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- DeckardCain
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1. Truman B
2. UMR A
3. UMR B
4. Truman A
Highlights of this tournament include myself giving what is probably the worst neg of all time, and Seth Stanley's "buzzer throw."
2. UMR A
3. UMR B
4. Truman A
Highlights of this tournament include myself giving what is probably the worst neg of all time, and Seth Stanley's "buzzer throw."
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neg better than instead of Henry's law I give the Bends.
- Jeffrey Hill
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They were great... other than that not really any highlights for us... we played horriblyDeckardCain wrote: Highlights of this tournament include myself giving what is probably the worst neg of all time, and Seth Stanley's "buzzer throw."
You should have seen our lack of focus when a question in our second to last game started out "This phylum..."
I think I had 2 negs - both were geographical locations a little west of the correct answer (Ontario for Quebec and Warsaw for Kiev)
Oh, and another high point:
- DeckardCain
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I had fun overall, but the lack of any seriousness killed us, you and me in particular. We played much better in the playoffs, I thought.
Ode to Joy is not a Mozart work (this wasn't an actual answer, but funny nonetheless).
I never did find my pen.
Ode to Joy is not a Mozart work (this wasn't an actual answer, but funny nonetheless).
I never did find my pen.
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Yeah we definitely did. We kept that last game against Truman B pretty close the whole time. Still plenty of questions I had a fairly good idea on but I waited on them... not so much in the later games though
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You know J-Live and I set this up back in the day to be fun and not serious right?
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I don't think those two terms are mutually exclusive, but yeah, I'm fully aware of that.
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Yes that's why I didn't care too much.
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i thought it was joy to odeDeckardCain wrote: Ode to Joy is not a Mozart work (this wasn't an actual answer, but funny nonetheless).
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Yeah, but then I came and frakked things up, remember?East Buc & UMR wrote: You know J-Live and I set this up back in the day to be fun and not serious right?
A good thing I stuck with helping broadcast a Truman Football win (they're not as rare as they were in previous years) over the airwaves and online.