Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
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Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Hey, I'm thinking of putting together some open events at VCU in August. The Saturday event would be a Chicago Open-level tournament written mostly by me, the Sunday would be a mirror of the Irvine novice if the people in charge of that event are willing to set up such a thing. Who would be interested in playing this?
Note date change in topic.
Note date change in topic.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I'd be very interested, and I think some of the other Stuyvesantians might be as well (presence in the country depending). BTW, first Titanomachy, and now this? Are you a packet-writing machine, Matt?
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I would be interested.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I'd try to get out there for this.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.
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Ukonvasara wrote:theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Hmm... I would consider playing this... solo... six weeks before fall term starts. I'm officially an addict.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I believe Matt was making the novice tournament open to everyone and potentially splitting things into divisions if there was enough interest.CasanovaFrankenstein wrote:I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Indeed. So it'd be like a 6-hour drive anyway, but you get the point.SwissBoy wrote:Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
I'd hit this up.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
but matt this coincides with BOOOOOOOOOTCAMP
EDIT: this sounds interesting and I am willing and available to be apart of this.
EDIT: this sounds interesting and I am willing and available to be apart of this.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
dude... bootcamp!
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Ah yes.
Now moving to the 16/17.
Now moving to the 16/17.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I'd be interested in playing in the open tournament with a team and I'd do my best to convince some of my teammates to accompany me and play in the novice tournament (I could help read or whatever, or play, I'm not sure whether I'd be eligible or not).
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I'll actually be moving to Virginia about a week before this (thanks to the date change), so I might be interested in playing or helping read or something.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Awesome.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
That would make it many times more likely that I (and probably the rest of Minnesota) would show up. Hooray!Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Still no for me, though - if U of C mirrors it, then I'm in for sure.
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Please do this.Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
When does class and orientation start at VCU? http://www.vcu.edu/academiccalendars/ That seems to cut it a bit close.
(Of course I wind up being "on call" for freshman orientations and first-month-of-class...)
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I will play both of these tournaments.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I'll try to show up.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I'll try to show up, too.
My parents will probably not let me drive to VCU, considering that I've never driven solo to Virginia before and they (rightly) will have a low expectation for how much I'll sleep at this thing. Anyone coming to this thing who plans to take a route that goes through (or reasonably near) Pittsburgh?
My parents will probably not let me drive to VCU, considering that I've never driven solo to Virginia before and they (rightly) will have a low expectation for how much I'll sleep at this thing. Anyone coming to this thing who plans to take a route that goes through (or reasonably near) Pittsburgh?
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
It is likely that I will be there and probably pretty likely that other Maryland people will be there.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.
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Man if I worked in a place with a Genius Bar I would probably have to kill myself.BuzzerZen wrote:I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Hey, any company that replaces a bunch of keys on my keyboard for free, and that doesn't bat an eye when I explain that they got knocked off when I dropped a tart pan onto my laptop, is fine in my book.Matt wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I would undoubtedly show up for this as well.Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Matt Weiner why do you hate everything I hold most dearMatt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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So no Alienware?Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
OK, there is clearly interest for this, so I will take the next steps of finding out if we can get rooms at VCU, and talking to Irvine about mirroring their tournament.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Matt, you and I may disagree on many things quizbowl, VHSL, and politically-related, but on the issue of Macs, we are in complete concordance.Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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Dude, you're getting a Dell!leftsaidfred wrote:So no Alienware?Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
I'll probably be able to come to the Midwest mirror.
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Can we play in just one tournament or do we have to play in both, cause I'm sure Cameron and Tommy and I would love to play in the Novice one, but I wont be here on the Chic Open one + we would uh...not do well. Ill talk to you about it on Tuesday though
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Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Hey, we just got our room reservations confirmed so this weekend will be happening. Expect formal announcements of both tournaments shortly.
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