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by PCreedon
Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:55 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: First St. Louis U. High Scholar Bowl Tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 1126

First St. Louis U. High Scholar Bowl Tournament

This is posted in lieu of Frank Corley. I would like to announce the First St. Louis U. High Scholar Bowl Tournament Date: January 14, 2012 Sixteen Varsity Teams and Eight JV Teams Cost: $60 for the first team, $40 for a second with a $10 discount per buzzer system. We will be using questions from Q...
by PCreedon
Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:07 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Missouri Open II (08/14/2010) at MU
Replies: 52
Views: 3984

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Missouri Open II (08/14/2010) at MU

Damn, I would love to go, but I'm moving my stuff to Oklahoma that weekend. Anywho, if you need any any help with questions, I could probably bust out about 20 good questions. Send me a PM if you want me to.
by PCreedon
Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:58 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Charles Open at St. Charles CC
Replies: 21
Views: 7830

Re: St. Charles Open at St. Charles CC

Is this the sort of thing that might tick of MSSHA, if high schoolers were to play?
by PCreedon
Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:32 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Summer Practices
Replies: 10
Views: 1571

Re: St. Louis Summer Practices

Will there be a practice this Thursday?
by PCreedon
Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Announcement
Replies: 18
Views: 2886

Re: Announcement

This is a bit overdue, but congratulations, Paul! The quality of Missouri quiz bowl is due to your efforts.
by PCreedon
Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:25 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Things that don't suck
Replies: 620
Views: 693602

Re: Things that don't suck

-It's Pi Day!!!
by PCreedon
Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:16 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis University High JV Tournament: March 6, 2010
Replies: 10
Views: 4330

Re: St. Louis University High JV Tournament: March 6, 2010

I'll post results once the coach sends them to me. I'll have to poke and prod him, though.

Also, Matt, you know you won, and you're the only one from the whole tournament who is on this board,as far as I know.
by PCreedon
Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: College Movement
Replies: 34
Views: 6743

Re: College Movement

I'll be attending the University of Tulsa for close to full tuition, if not a full ride (including room and board). Possible majors include but are not limited to Russian Studies, Film Studies, Psychology, and Linguistics. They offer Russian Studies at Tulsa? Actually, Tulsa's an oil town, so I can...
by PCreedon
Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Random posts about food
Replies: 177
Views: 119504

Re: Random posts about food

Actually, I would frequent a restaurant called Diary Queen. "DQ, where we serve up your most secret desires..."
On second thought...
by PCreedon
Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:04 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

^Very funny

-getting rejected by Wash U. Member of the MOQBA I cannot be. Once again, ouch.
by PCreedon
Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

On a related note, I stayed up until 4:45 working on an essay in Philosophy of Mind, which meant I had no energy whatsoever to get up and go to my 9 am Indigenous Religions class, and once I made that choice it was easy to skip my 11 am Regional Dialects class. I finally got up and went to Philosop...
by PCreedon
Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:02 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

-Only got an hour of sleep due to an essay on Alexander Pope's Essay on Man. Made it throughout the whole double length periods until film class. Fell asleep for 5 minutes, and now I have no idea what the hell is happening in Citizen Kane.
by PCreedon
Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:47 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Helias Tournament 2010 (Saturday, Feb. 27)
Replies: 5
Views: 1264

Re: Helias Tournament 2010 (Saturday, Feb. 27)

Final Resuts Team Wise
1: Rock Bridge A
2: SLUH
3/4 (I forget who got which place): Hallsville A and Fulton A
by PCreedon
Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Keep questions secure! Note the set your event will use!
Replies: 12
Views: 17199

Re: Question security is important!

Nah, I'm pretty sure the topic is referring to me...
by PCreedon
Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: College Movement
Replies: 34
Views: 6743

Re: College Movement

I'll be attending the University of Tulsa for close to full tuition, if not a full ride (including room and board). Possible majors include but are not limited to Russian Studies, Film Studies, Psychology, and Linguistics.
by PCreedon
Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spring 2010 chat room games availability
Replies: 85
Views: 13967

Re: Spring 2010 chat room games availability

Except for Wednesdays (the days on which I usually work the most), I'm available on most days throughout the week. If we started at 8 p.m. that would be pretty convenient for me.
by PCreedon
Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:41 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

- Didn't get a single one of the Wash U scholarships I applied for. Ouch... Yeah, that's no fun. Are you still planning on coming here to WUSTL? I would love to be able to go to WUSTL, but there are two conditions: 1) I have to get in first. 2) I have to get pretty close to a full ride in financial...
by PCreedon
Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:21 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

- Didn't get a single one of the Wash U scholarships I applied for. Ouch...
by PCreedon
Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:44 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Warrenton Tournament 2010 (Feb. 20)
Replies: 8
Views: 1519

Re: Warrenton Tournament 2010 (Feb. 20)

Was the format of this tournament like that of Washington High School's?
by PCreedon
Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
Replies: 92
Views: 19171

Re: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement

From what I could tell, the finals are exactly as your described them with the best record winning out in the end. Ammar, you mention a balanced team. Just out of curiosity, are you referring to the teams in the finals or PCH or SLUH specifically? Though I like the idea of a balanced team (which is ...
by PCreedon
Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:18 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
Replies: 92
Views: 19171

Re: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement

I'm curious. How was the tie between PCH and Clayton resolved?
by PCreedon
Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PACE Introduces Freelance Quiz Bowl University
Replies: 5
Views: 1964

Re: PACE Introduces Freelance Quiz Bowl University

PCreedon wrote:This is something I can get behind. I look forward to seeing articles that tell you how to be a better player that can't be summarized by saying "Know more stuff."
Thank you for pointing that out. The change has been bolded.
by PCreedon
Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PACE Introduces Freelance Quiz Bowl University
Replies: 5
Views: 1964

Re: PACE Introduces Freelance Quiz Bowl University

This is something I can get behind. I look forward to seeing articles that tell you how to be a better player that can be summarized by saying "Know more stuff."
by PCreedon
Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Things that don't suck
Replies: 620
Views: 693602

Re: Things that don't suck

-Pringles, according to the can, are now crispier

- Acing a scholarship interview
by PCreedon
Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:09 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: things that suck...
Replies: 623
Views: 442358

Re: things that suck...

Pizzalicious Pringles are now simply called Pizza Pringles.

Zhang, what was your first choice?
by PCreedon
Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:29 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Class schedules for next semester
Replies: 212
Views: 237475

Re: Class schedules for next semester

As far as I can tell, AP Computer Science is concerned with the more complicated aspects of Java.
That's what is covered as far as I can tell at SLUH.
by PCreedon
Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:06 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Scribblenauts
Replies: 8
Views: 21604

Re: Scribblenauts

My favorite game by far for the DS, though I do immensely enjoy most of the games on the above list, is Jump! Ultimate Stars, an import game similar to Super Smash Brothers.
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:11 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Washington High School Tournament (January 23, 2010)
Replies: 21
Views: 2626

Re: Washington High School Tournament (January 23, 2010)

To Mr. Gibbs: Did the individual rankings change since the actual tournament? I recall tying with Ellie for fourth, and I was fairly certain that Brian on my team did not place.
by PCreedon
Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: WUHSAC XII (01/30/2010) at WUSTL (St. Louis, MO)
Replies: 65
Views: 19552

Re: WUHSAC XII (01/30/2010) at WUSTL (St. Louis, MO)

Mr. Ahlfield, is it possible for you to post a list of the teams currently registered to compete?
by PCreedon
Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:07 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis University High JV Tournament: March 6, 2010
Replies: 10
Views: 4330

St. Louis University High JV Tournament: March 6, 2010

St. Louis U. High Junior Varsity Tournament March 6, 2010 Contact: Frank Corley, fcorley@sluh.org This will be a sixteen team tournament for freshmen and sophomores. Each team may have one junior with little or no varsity experience. Morning will consist of three matches and all teams will advance t...
by PCreedon
Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Fort Zumwalt Invitational
Replies: 43
Views: 6138

Re: Fort Zumwalt Invitational

First of all, the only thing I have learned from Scribblenauts is that Cthulu is the only thing you need. Second of all, I would like to say that SLUH was ranked in the top 10, too, but my mentioning that sounds like blatant arguing that could lead to a flame war. I would like to mention that I am n...
by PCreedon
Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:49 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Fort Zumwalt Invitational
Replies: 43
Views: 6138

Re: Fort Zumwalt Invitational

I'll admit that their is certain amount of luck to these tournaments. We ARE competing in a high stress environment. That is why we play on a buzzer system instead of just handing the team captains a list of questions and ask them to fill in the blanks with their teammates. However, random seeding i...
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:49 pm
Forum: Board Rules and Announcements
Topic: Who is everybody?
Replies: 186
Views: 590754

Re: Who is everybody?

Ooh Esperanto!! I'm a linguistics major, and I'm really interested in constructed languages. Awesome! I'd actually set out to learn Lojban (derivative of Loglan) but realized that it would be more "practical" to learn a language with a larger population of speakers. Plus, I would have the...
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:33 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Re: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)

It may have been coincidence, but the questions were written very similarly to the pyramidal style questions that the NAQT produces. Some of the questions from Questions Galore gave a somewhat clear idea of what the question asked that could sufficient a guess but were still vague enough that one wo...
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:14 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Re: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)

SLUH B roster:
Jack Newsham
Morgan Keefe (Captain)
David Boll (first time)
Dominic La Mantia (alternate)
Matthew Sainz (alternate)
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Re: De Smet Varsity Tournament 2010 (January 9)

Other than a few repeats, the questions were remarkably well paced, especially considering how annoying they were during the Private League games late in 2009. I think that it would be interesting to note that the SLUH B team that won had only one senior on the team. They did much better than I even...
by PCreedon
Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:20 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Class schedules for next semester
Replies: 212
Views: 237475

Re: Class schedules for next semester

This thread makes me feel as if college will be a lot easier than high school.
Classes for Spring Semester, Senior Year, SLUH:
-Russian IV
-AP BC Calculus (i.e. Calc II)
-AP Psychology
-AP Comparative Government
-British Literature
-American Film Directors
-Spirituality and Prayer
by PCreedon
Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:38 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
Replies: 92
Views: 19171

Re: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement

What difficulty level will the NAQT questions be, or is that giving away too much?
by PCreedon
Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2009-2010 Midseason Team Rankings Poll
Replies: 16
Views: 3173

Re: 2009-2010 Midseason Team Rankings Poll

Wow, I'm surprised that SLUH is considered as good a team as this poll seems to show. Cool.
by PCreedon
Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:58 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2009 Hancock Tournament (Dec. 6, 2009)
Replies: 6
Views: 2050

Re: 2009 Hancock Tournament (Dec. 6, 2009)

I will forever hold this tournament in my heart for it is the first time that SLUH beat Villa this year.
by PCreedon
Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:21 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Random posts about food
Replies: 177
Views: 119504

Re: Random posts about food

Speaking of Penn Station, the cheesesteak that Quiznos advertises is terrible. I work there, and it's a blow to my soul every time someone orders it as a Philly Cheesesteak (which is kind of sad).
by PCreedon
Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:03 am
Forum: Board Rules and Announcements
Topic: Who is everybody?
Replies: 186
Views: 590754

Re: Who is everybody?

Hello! I'm Patrick Creedon, but I really have no preference to what you call me. I'm a member of the Class of 2010 at St. Louis University High School. This is my second year captaining Varsity Quiz Bowl, and we've done fairly well over the past year and a half: second place in 2009 districts, 3rd a...