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by BReid
Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:14 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Scores were as Follows:
1. NKC 95 pts.
2. Park Hill 68 pts.
3. Truman 65 pts.
4. Liberty 57 pts.
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:49 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Umm... at last check, MSHSAA format is still being used at MSHSAA's district tournament, which is suppose to be the state standard. Now, if they're going to switch to pure NAQT, then this is the first I've heard of it. Everything that I've heard from coaches all season is that MSHSAA, while they ar...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

I've got congress though... so It'll work itself out in the end.
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:21 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Stephanie, **** disturbing is my pastime. It's what I do. I also only got in three rounds last weekend, so I'm catching up on my debate debt. And Mr. Roney, I understand your worksheet related concerns, but much of that depends upon the implementation of the worksheet itself. While you are right tha...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:14 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

No, Trashman, bad questions (such as those that we've been playing with all year on the quad circuit), lightening rounds (completely variable). Worksheets do not immediately equate to bad quizbowl. The basis of my claim is that your claim here is a classic example of ad verecundiam logic. There's no...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:44 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Define Quiz [a short oral or written test]. Define Bowl [game between specially invited teams]. By these definitions, provided by Merriam-Webster (with bowl modified to not refer specifically to football), it is demonstrated clearly that what occurs at Maple Woods is in fact, the portmanteau quizbow...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:27 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Your worksheets claim is inapplicable since NKC has, historically, used worksheets at their tournament.
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:22 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

If that's the case, then what will be occurring at Districts this year is not in any way to be considered quiz bowl, chiefly because the format that MSHSAA is now using is two halves of 10 Tossups with Bonuses. And my argument was holistic, since Charles seemed to be referencing the NAQT tournament ...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:40 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

To seriously suggest that this isn't actually a quiz bowl tournament would require us all to prescribe to the same framework for what quiz bowl is and isn't. So what's the brightline here? Do buzzers and timers make the concept, or is the concept dependent upon the testing of knowledge? Is there a p...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:57 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Bizarre philosopical constructs that the Tournament Director loves and that nobody competing has a chance to have learned? Your point, sir? This complaint is non-unique. It assumes that anything related to the activity would have to exist within the normal bounds of your average secondary school ed...
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:36 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

No accusation of an attempt at complaint. The point was that the system isn't perfect.
by BReid
Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

I would assume that for the final round they would make sure to check and re-check their answers. Even if they don't moving into to day, extra care to double check protests will undoubtedly be made. Even then, it's important to remember that mistakes are made at these kind of things, something made ...
by BReid
Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

I know that hindsight is always 20/20... but we made a lot of stupid mistakes that cost us at least 5 points against the Maple Woods field. Everyone probably thinks that though.
by BReid
Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:12 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

We've been doing well. Undefeated through Quads, though we lost to Blue Springs for the championship. I've missed some of our tournaments for Debate, but things have been good. Our best year in quite a while.

But Maple Woods is the format that plays most to our strengths.
by BReid
Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament
Replies: 57
Views: 4630

2008 Maple Woods Worksheet tournament

Looking at the Wednesday List... Kansas City Catholic Homeschools, Liberty, Park Hill, Platte County, and Excelsior Springs (I believe that's our line up) I'm feeling fairly confident that the qualifiers on Wednesday will be Liberty and Park Hill.
by BReid
Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Suburban Conference Quads
Replies: 27
Views: 2557

Suburban Conference Quads

I rather enjoy quads. They give me something to do on Wednesdays. It's also nice since for me, Quiz Bowl is secondary to Debate. If I was at NKC or Liberty, it'd have to be one or the other.
by BReid
Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:58 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Suburban Conference Quads
Replies: 27
Views: 2557

Suburban Conference Quads

That seems to be the state of things. I hadn't seen them scheduled for anything. And even if they had been scheduled, I cannot conceive of a reason that they would not be in finals.
by BReid
Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:18 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Suburban Conference Quads
Replies: 27
Views: 2557

Suburban Conference Quads

The other undefeated team coming into this week, and still undefeated is Park Hill. What is the Quad Final looking to be? Truman, Park Hill, Lee's Summit North, and Blue Springs?
by BReid
Sat May 26, 2007 12:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Final Rankings 2007
Replies: 22
Views: 1792

Final Rankings 2007

Our district was odd in that there were decent teams eliminated in the morning (Oak Park and Benton) because they had awful schedules - both teams played us, then they played each other. Then PHS was an awful team who had just ran up a huge score against some crappy tonka-esque team, so they snuck ...
by BReid
Wed May 16, 2007 7:16 pm
Forum: Board Rules and Announcements
Topic: Who is everybody?
Replies: 186
Views: 590728

Who is everybody?

Ben Reid
Park Hill High School (Kansas City) Class of 2008
My current intention is to enter William Jewell College in 2008 as an Oxbridge Institutions and Policy Major, but we'll see.

Most of my time is spent with the PH Debate Team, or elsewhere.