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Byko wrote:
aestheteboy wrote:1. That girl from Indiana was by FAR the most beautiful quizbowl (or should I say academic challenge) player I've ever seen. :oops: :oops: :oops:
Now I know the real reason why you guys wanted to scrimmage with Indiana!
You and Daichi are forgetting the cardinal rule of internet forums. CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PICS!
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Byko wrote:
aestheteboy wrote:1. That girl from Indiana was by FAR the most beautiful quizbowl (or should I say academic challenge) player I've ever seen. :oops: :oops: :oops:
Now I know the real reason why you guys wanted to scrimmage with Indiana!
I thought that the combo from Idaho was pretty darn good lookin' too.

P.S. I don't have an pictures, though...sorry :sad:
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You can stop with this line of discussion any time.
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Greg/Carlo's peanut joke? Is that because you weren't sure which of them told it, or because they both told the same really lame joke :wink: (I wouldn't be surprised...)?
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I wasn't there, but I blame Carlo.
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swwFCqb wrote:
Byko wrote:
aestheteboy wrote:1. That girl from Indiana was by FAR the most beautiful quizbowl (or should I say academic challenge) player I've ever seen. :oops: :oops: :oops:
Now I know the real reason why you guys wanted to scrimmage with Indiana!
I thought that the combo from Idaho was pretty darn good lookin' too.

P.S. I don't have an pictures, though...sorry :sad:
Didn't you encourage her to join Facebook? Silly kids.

I also agree with Matt about this discussion. Please stop... unless any of the girls who were there want to comment...
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E.T. Chuck wrote: Didn't you encourage her to join Facebook? Silly kids.

I also agree with Matt about this discussion. Please stop... unless any of the girls who were there want to comment...
Was this an attempt at humor? :roll:

I disagree with Matt. There is nothing more appropriate to do in a Panasonic results thread than to talk about the attractiveness of each team.
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Moderate attempt at humor, but still a bit serious. We do have a very underutilized bulletin board on the Facebook group for the 2007 PAC. I think I see more conversations along those lines there. Otherwise I'll split this thread off from National Tournaments and put it somewhere else since the content is rising up the "creep" factor.
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Incidentally, was Illinois the only team that took 18 hours to get home?
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Incidentally, was Illinois the only team that took 18 hours to get home?
WHAT HAPPENED??? o_O
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leapfrog314 wrote:Incidentally, was Illinois the only team that took 18 hours to get home?
I hadn't heard of any other teams having problems...did everyone go home together?

Some of us left at different times, but as far as I know, nobody from Missouri had any problems whatsoever.
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Was the craziness at O'Hare still going on when you were trying to make it home?
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Does anyone know who made the "All-America Team" at PAC?
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There was a Florida person (Bud Shinn from Polk County), but I don't remember any of the other names.
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CoachJET wrote:Does anyone know who made the "All-America Team" at PAC?
The girl from California and a guy from Illinois are the only two I remember. Hopefully that helps some, but probably not.
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Greg Gothier (sp?) from Illinois, someone from California, someone from New Jersey, and I can't remember anybody else.
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The reason I hit Kipp was because he was answering on a California buzz. In the end, I suppose, it did help us because we ended up getting the makeup question. Ah well, it was just an accident, and CA did make the finals anyway.
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Here's what I remember as far as All-America:

A girl from California
Martin Ye, Oklahoma
Greg Gauthier, Illinois
Bud Shinn, Florida
A girl from New Jersey
Someone from either Vermont or New Hampshire

I'm sure some of it will come back to me when I get home and have the individual team rosters in front of me.
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Team West Virginia (Parkersburg Catholic H.S.) thoroughly enjoyed the tournament, unfamiliar format and all. Our trip was covered by sponsors, although ours was mostly of the "lots of people giving $10-20 each" variety, who were all very appreciated.

The tournament, and Disney, were first class all the way.
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hardeecoach wrote:Some of my team members overheard Panasonic staff discussing an "incident". Anybody know the scoop? Inquiring minds want to know.
I'm not sure, but it may have been the first time I have ever seen Mrs. Harrod actually get angry ....... a player one one of the final teams was playing with a football, and apparently, the coach of said team had told said player to put it away. As Mrs. Harrod was trying to give last minute instructions to the finalists, she finally let the kid have it, telling him to listen to his coach, put the ball away, and pay attention. I don't balme Mrs. Harrod one bit ..... perhaps the kid was just nervous, but it was distracting.
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Oh man, listen, when Peggy Harrod is giving instructions before the championship round, you SHUT UP and LISTEN! Haha, that's not the first time she's gotten ticked at a team/player in that situation. I have seen this at CAC as well as PAC.
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brownboy79 wrote:The reason I hit Kipp was because he was answering on a California buzz. In the end, I suppose, it did help us because we ended up getting the makeup question. Ah well, it was just an accident, and CA did make the finals anyway.
I didn't realize fisticuffs were allowed in quizbowl... Can you also smack your teammate if s/he reads the answer off your paper after you've buzzed in?
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No idea, but it would be great fun. And if I belted Kipp a bit too hard, it was out of love.
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Kechara wrote:
F Hooper wrote: my middle schooler was on the MathCounts team, Mu Alpha Theta, KnowledgeMasters, a middle school academic team, and the FL Jr Beta Club academic team
What all is going on at the middle school llevel in FL, and how widespread is it?
My information in this regard is only anecdotal, and the situation is constantly in flux. It's very much dependent on the individual school district.

My impression is that math teams are fairly widespread (there are district, regional, and state level tournaments). To the best of my knowledge, academic "quiz bowl type" teams only compete thru regionals and, while many (by no means all) schools have a team, some only throw them together for tournaments; even that is dependent on the priorities of individual school and district administrations.
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hardeecoach wrote:Some of my team members overheard Panasonic staff discussing an "incident". Anybody know the scoop? Inquiring minds want to know.
The incident involved team NH. In the second game there was a question about the order of events in "A Midsummer Night Dream." The judges ruled the response incorrect, and our team challenged it. One judge left the room and returned at the end of round two and ruled that the challenge had been denied, which cost us 20 points. We ended up losing to Montana by 225-209. After the game, my teammate who had issued the challenge talked with the judges. As it turned out, the judge who left failed to do his due-dilligenge and only asked one judge if he had confidence in the question he wrote. Our response was in fact correct, but Peggy Harrod ruled that the decision of the judges was final, barring us from remaining in the tournament. This was even more aggravating as the previous day against NJ, we had about a ten point lead after the team question, when the judges came back and ruled that NJ's challenge to a third round question had succeeded, giving them 30 points and the win.

That's the dirt. :twisted:
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Former_HS_Quizbowler wrote:
hardeecoach wrote:Some of my team members overheard Panasonic staff discussing an "incident". Anybody know the scoop? Inquiring minds want to know.
The incident involved team NH. In the second game there was a question about the order of events in "A Midsummer Night Dream." The judges ruled the response incorrect, and our team challenged it. One judge left the room and returned at the end of round two and ruled that the challenge had been denied, which cost us 20 points. We ended up losing to Montana by 225-209. After the game, my teammate who had issued the challenge talked with the judges. As it turned out, the judge who left failed to do his due-dilligenge and only asked one judge if he had confidence in the question he wrote. Our response was in fact correct, but Peggy Harrod ruled that the decision of the judges was final, barring us from remaining in the tournament. This was even more aggravating as the previous day against NJ, we had about a ten point lead after the team question, when the judges came back and ruled that NJ's challenge to a third round question had succeeded, giving them 30 points and the win.

That's the dirt. :twisted:
That's a bummer. I don't blame your teammate at all...if it was me, I probably would have bitched up an even bigger storm.
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We all know that Panasonic rules and regulations are ridiculous and unfair. For instance, apparently if one team rings in but another team answers (with the correct answer, though incorrect might count too, haven't checked), the question is thrown out regardless of whether the first team had the correct answer or not. The entire tournament is filled with logical fallacies that serve only to make the lives of the officials easier and not to make the game more fair for the players.
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Mephistopheles wrote:We all know that Panasonic rules and regulations are ridiculous and unfair. For instance, apparently if one team rings in but another team answers (with the correct answer, though incorrect might count too, haven't checked), the question is thrown out regardless of whether the first team had the correct answer or not. The entire tournament is filled with logical fallacies that serve only to make the lives of the officials easier and not to make the game more fair for the players.
Did this stuff actually happen at PAC this year? Because it shouldn't have. Below is an excerpt from the official PAC rules:

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15. The tournament director and judges have final authority during competition play. They make decisions when:

(a) a challenge is made

(b) team gives questionable response

(c) wrong team responds

The reader recognizes the team that has hit its button first by calling the team number and name. Teams are cautioned not to respond unless their team number and name have been called. In the event a team who has not been recognized gives a response, the reader asks for a response from the recognized team.


(d) wrong team is recognized

If the question reader recognizes a team incorrectly and rules on the correctness of the response, then the question is discarded and is replaced. The replacement question may not be from the subject area.

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Item (c) specifies that a recognized team should still get the chance to answer even if another team has already blurted something out. So if the judges did indeed throw out a question when that happened, they were wrong to do so. (But if the judges recognized the wrong team, then yes, the question should be discarded and a replacement is used.)
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I doubt this was the first time that rules were never really followed.
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It happened in our semifinal room -- this was the question where Papa hit Kipp...

I forget what the question was, but it was some ordering question and California rung in... Kipp shouted out 3421 or something like that before California was even recognized.

Now according to the rules, California should have been allowed to answer, and they had the right answer. The question was thrown out however, and a new question was read to ALL teams... which Kentucky proceeded to get. Now, it didn't make a difference in Kentucky's placing really, because they were far ahead. California however, only ended up beating us by 9 points total, and it could have meant the difference between getting out of the room and going home empty-handed.
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hardeecoach wrote:
Some of my team members overheard Panasonic staff discussing an "incident". Anybody know the scoop? Inquiring minds want to know.


The incident involved team NH. In the second game there was a question about the order of events in "A Midsummer Night Dream." The judges ruled the response incorrect, and our team challenged it. One judge left the room and returned at the end of round two and ruled that the challenge had been denied, which cost us 20 points. We ended up losing to Montana by 225-209. After the game, my teammate who had issued the challenge talked with the judges. As it turned out, the judge who left failed to do his due-dilligenge and only asked one judge if he had confidence in the question he wrote. Our response was in fact correct, but Peggy Harrod ruled that the decision of the judges was final, barring us from remaining in the tournament. This was even more aggravating as the previous day against NJ, we had about a ten point lead after the team question, when the judges came back and ruled that NJ's challenge to a third round question had succeeded, giving them 30 points and the win.

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If this is true, then PAC has entered a very new realm of questionable competition. Why people insist on supporting the illogical "paper/judges are right even when they're wrong" crap is beyond me, and that kind of approach is very quickly going to get left in the dust as teams collectively move forward. Assuming it actually happened like that, it bodes quite poorly for PAC's tournament.
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BobGHHS wrote:It happened in our semifinal room -- this was the question where Papa hit Kipp...

I forget what the question was, but it was some ordering question and California rung in... Kipp shouted out 3421 or something like that before California was even recognized.

Now according to the rules, California should have been allowed to answer, and they had the right answer. The question was thrown out however, and a new question was read to ALL teams... which Kentucky proceeded to get.
This was because. according to the moderator, he had already begun to say correct before he realized the wrong team had said the answer. No one else heard him say it (I didn't anyway) , and California tried to argue this, but that was why he threw out the question.
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Mr. Kilner,
I think he did recognize California before Kipp started his answers. And I saw him nod after Kipp finished. So he acknowledged that we had the right answer. It wasn't a particularly hard question, and I'm fairly sure that California had it right too. I really don't think that it would've helped Ohio to have California answer that question, but that's just speculation. Regardless, according to the rules, he did it right. Part d of the rules above are almost exactly the same with what the situation was, atleast to me. And while he definitely didn't say anything, I think he was better off playing it safe and just throwing it out. In the end, it hurt California a bit, but better to throw out a shady ruling than to give an advantage to a team after said shadiness.

By the way, I think the way that PAC rules those, is somewhat good. If the other team is recognized as correct, it should be thrown out. But there is also a provision against teams doing that repeatedly, just to irritate the opponents.
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I really don't think that it would've helped Ohio to have California answer that question, but that's just speculation.
No, I'm saying it helped us more that you got the replacement question right. If they would have gotten that question, they would have been up by 17 going into the last round instead of just 2...

I don't particularly care at this point, its all said and done. Kentucky blew out our room and I was surprised to see what happened to them in the finals.
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Sorry if I'm a bit delayed in responding about FL tournaments... but as a student at Rickards - one of the more competitive teams in the panhandle - I must say that the reason we don't go to more tournaments is largely due to sponsors. That isn't inherently their fault, but its honestly alot of hassle for them.

Our club usually has alot of money to throw around to registration fees and transportation costs for 2-3 teams since we hold two tournaments a year. Every time I hear about an NAQT tournament being held in like Savannah, GA, I cringe a little. I know that if the club begs them enough, they will do it... but we'd have to sacrifice going to fewer events or holding fewer tournaments. Its kind of a pain knowing that they are giving up their saturdays that they could instead be spending with their families. Its just kind of a bad situation. We don't have any young sponsors that'll be willing to go with us somewhere. In the spring, this situation became so dire, that we almost couldn't attend the UF state NAQT tournament. Our sponsors were unwilling to go... so we kinda broke several rules and went to the tournament as a two person team (me and Allan Long). We had one of our better finishes of the year.. a 3rd place in the State tourney.

This same concept applies analogously to hosting tournaments. Our sponsors have realized that we, the students, will be doing most of the work. Their main job is to collect registration, buy the snacks and pizza, and make sure that everything gets done fairly. I think we will host a middle school event or two this year.

I think most of the panhandle area really enjoys the NAQT format as opposed to CAC, PAC, or PACE formats. It is significantly more... regular. If there is an outcry for a PACE style tournament, we may make our spring tournament PACE, but I doubt it.

Its a shame that we don't attend more tournaments, even in our own state.
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More PACE clarification must be necessary here.

Coming from NKC, a program with a sponsor who is over 60 and married with kids etc. etc. We have never had trouble getting places. Mr. Allen always makes the time to get us as far away as Vanderbilt, Tulsa, Arkansas, you name it (and we would be going a lot further if Missouri's rules allowed). So I just think people should know that there are coaches who do successfully balance all the travel and other quiz bowl necessities along with their real lives. I am aware that Mr. Allen is in a group of coaches that is pretty exceptional in how much effort is made for the team, but that group of coaches is almost always the group with teams making the playoffs at nationals (OK, NKC hasn't much, but even then Mr. Allen is putting in the effort). If your coaches are fine with reducing your team's potential by keeping their personal lives the priority (and I'm not saying they shouldn't be able to live normal lives) then they shouldn't care as much when they never build a nationally dominant type of program. It's a kind of trade-off (although I think my coach is proof is that it can be done successfully).
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We ended up making it a family affair after my wife became my assistant coach when I moved over to Scottsboro and started a team here. Now we have one playing, my 13 year old daughter, on the JH team and my 9 year son just tags along when he wants to or stays with his grandmother in town when he doesn't what to go. It is possible to balance the two, life and quizbowl, but is possible
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BobGHHS wrote:It happened in our semifinal room -- this was the question where Papa hit Kipp...

I forget what the question was, but it was some ordering question and California rung in... Kipp shouted out 3421 or something like that before California was even recognized.

Now according to the rules, California should have been allowed to answer, and they had the right answer. The question was thrown out however, and a new question was read to ALL teams... which Kentucky proceeded to get. Now, it didn't make a difference in Kentucky's placing really, because they were far ahead. California however, only ended up beating us by 9 points total, and it could have meant the difference between getting out of the room and going home empty-handed.
I was a bit distressed by this question, because in the end the only team to be penalized by Kentucky's mistake was California, and they had been recognized as buzzing in first. Ohio was greatly helped by this because they were very close to 2nd place and it could have turned the whole game around for them, if they had gotten the new question right then they would probably have been in the finals instead of California. This is not to knock the Ohio team the were a good, and it all did turn out ok in the end, but I think there needs to be some penalty for just the sort of thing that happened and not for the team that was rooked.


I also want to congratulate Team Illinois, you guys have been great to us the past two years that we competed at PAC, your not only a great team but great people!
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This is not to knock the Ohio team the were a good, and it all did turn out ok in the end, but I think there needs to be some penalty for just the sort of thing that happened and not for the team that was rooked.
You're right, and that was the point I was trying to make... whether the rule is a bad one, or they didn't follow it correctly, California nearly got hosed by the result of this question. Especially because what their girl (who made AA) had on her paper was correct (she was sitting right in front of me).

Oh well, it didn't end up mattering, California still beat us, so all is fine and dandy.
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SaiemGilani wrote: I must say that the reason we don't go to more tournaments is largely due to sponsors. That isn't inherently their fault, but its honestly alot of hassle for them. We don't have any young sponsors that'll be willing to go with us somewhere.
Have you tried asking your parents to go? I don't know if FL has rules that prohibit it, but I've seen parents go instead of sponsors plenty of times...the key seems to be having a responsible adult, not whether that adult is paid by the school. In fact, my coach in high school only went to the Saturday tv show...she never went to Saturday invitational tournaments because she was Jewish and was at the synagogue all day. My freshman and sophomore years we had one parent that took us everywhere. After her son graduated we had to scrounge a lot more, but we were always able to find someone.
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Kechara wrote:
Have you tried asking your parents to go? I don't know if FL has rules that prohibit it, but I've seen parents go instead of sponsors plenty of times...the key seems to be having a responsible adult, not whether that adult is paid by the school. In fact, my coach in high school only went to the Saturday tv show...she never went to Saturday invitational tournaments because she was Jewish and was at the synagogue all day. My freshman and sophomore years we had one parent that took us everywhere. After her son graduated we had to scrounge a lot more, but we were always able to find someone.
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Have you tried asking your parents to go? I don't know if FL has rules that prohibit it, but I've seen parents go instead of sponsors plenty of times...the key seems to be having a responsible adult, not whether that adult is paid by the school. In fact, my coach in high school only went to the Saturday tv show...she never went to Saturday invitational tournaments because she was Jewish and was at the synagogue all day. My freshman and sophomore years we had one parent that took us everywhere. After her son graduated we had to scrounge a lot more, but we were always able to find someone.
Team VA had a parent as sponsor from 2002-2004. It's totally alright with the powers-that-be.
Maggie Walker does not allow a parent to be the adult in charge at tournaments unless they go through the paper work for becoming a "substitute teacher." Does TJ have such a requirement? I suppose they do not.
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jbarnes112358 wrote:Maggie Walker does not allow a parent to be the adult in charge at tournaments unless they go through the paper work for becoming a "substitute teacher." Does TJ have such a requirement? I suppose they do not.
Technically...we do. But do not tell anyone.
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Our system does not allow non certified personal to take anyone anywhere. My wife, our assistant coach, can't take the JH team to a tournament unless we can get another teacher to go even though she is a 12 month employee of the school board as a bookkeeper. Go figure
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Matthew D wrote:Our system does not allow non certified personal to take anyone anywhere. My wife, our assistant coach, can't take the JH team to a tournament unless we can get another teacher to go even though she is a 12 month employee of the school board as a bookkeeper. Go figure
Same here. I coached for several years before I finished college and was a certified teacher. EVERY tournament we went to, I had to find some teacher willing to give up a Saturday and tag along. They did nothing, because I was the coach. They just had to be there. Even as a certified sub, I was not allowed to take the team to a tournament.

This is still a hassle for me. If I have a conflict on a given Saturday, then my whole team has to miss a tournament.

Matt, come back to BMHS so I can get a Saturday off :wink:
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LOL.. I think I would have a big problem with my new boss about bailing on them now but I seriously feel you pain Lee... but I have got the kids old enough to be traveling around with us now...
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jewtemplar wrote:Team VA had a parent as sponsor from 2002-2004. It's totally alright with the powers-that-be.
BuzzerZen wrote:
jbarnes112358 wrote: Maggie Walker does not allow a parent to be the adult in charge at tournaments unless they go through the paper work for becoming a "substitute teacher." Does TJ have such a requirement? I suppose they do not.
Technically...we do. But do not tell anyone.
Apparently, it's not "totally alright." And you've just told the entire world.
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Howard wrote:Apparently, it's not "totally alright." And you've just told the entire world.
Oh no, now Virginia won't be able to send a team to Panasonic anymore. What a tragedy.
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Matt Weiner wrote:
Howard wrote:Apparently, it's not "totally alright." And you've just told the entire world.
Oh no, now Virginia won't be able to send a team to Panasonic anymore. What a tragedy.
Actually, Virginia will send a team. I suspect the folks that went before TJ started going will pick up again. I think it was the winner of the AVA (Association of Virginia Academies) Scholastic Bowl league.
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StPickrell wrote:
Actually, Virginia will send a team. I suspect the folks that went before TJ started going will pick up again. I think it was the winner of the AVA (Association of Virginia Academies) Scholastic Bowl league.

I am not familiar with the group you mention, but hopefully they would not send a team to PAC as currently constituted. The most effective way that PAC or any other tournament will be reformed is if people vote with their feet. Just as Virginia led the way in the American Revolution, hopefully we will be at the forefront of the quizbowl revolution that is really starting to pick up steam. There is little reason for teams to go to "bad" tournaments when better alternatives are available, or at least until the "bad" tournaments reform themselves.

Only around half the states went to PAC, and many of the teams there were not nearly the best the state could have sent. I mean no disrespect to the many excellent players in attendance. Many attended for reasons of expediency, bureaucratic momentum, or reasons beyond their control. The number of teams that actually like the format seems to be in decline, however. Many apparently only like to go for a "free" trip to Orlando.

It has been alleged that some teams go to "bad" national tournaments because they might have a better chance of doing well. Well, if so, perhaps there is a need for two or more tiers of competition in high school quizbowl, just like the NCAA has its divisions in football, etc. But, why not have any level play on quality questions with formats that tend to favor the best (i.e., most knowledgeable) team winning. Again, no disrespect intended to Illinois or others that finished highly. Illinois may very have been the best team there. They obviously had an excellent team. But, the format does create strange situations and likely upsets.

I hope I do not offend anyone. Heck, my school sent players to PAC as recently as last year. I don't begrudge anyone for going to PAC or
:chip: or wherever. Quizbowl is basically a free market. And in a free market, the consumer wins in the end. If PAC and :chip: survive, more power to them. But, more and more, consumers are demanding better, and they are getting it.
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