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- Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:28 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: St. Louis University Academic Competition (10/30/2010)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10139
Re: St. Louis University Academic Competition (10/30/2010)
I'm going to play the role of Chris Zhang and say this: The internetz. its serios bizness. I had fun, and I really hope we pull it off next year. I'd never seen Oakville play before, so I can say I am surprised. Villa's great, as per expectations. I'm a bit disappointed in my alma mater. William's g...
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:05 am
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: WUHSAC XIII (01/29/2011) at WUSTL (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 26526
Re: WUHSAC XIII (01/29/2011) at WUSTL (St. Louis, Missouri)
Well, if you need staffers, Mohammad (sp?) and I would be willing to man a room.
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:27 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: St. Louis University Academic Competition (10/30/2010)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10139
Re: St. Louis University Academic Competition (10/30/2010)
Why are there no Parkway schools on this team roster? I'm looking at you Central. I'll have to get Mohamed to nag his brother to make them go now...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Saint Louis University
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2344
Re: Saint Louis University
This Wednesday is our first general interest meeting as an officially chartered organization. We've been trying to advertise it, but if anybody on this board knows any interested SLU students, tell them to contact us at slu.ac.team@gmail.com, or come at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 24th in Ritter Hal...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:19 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Missouri's all-star team
- Replies: 44
- Views: 19859
Re: Missouri's all-star team
Niiiiice. That's one thing I'd love to get to know for my high school days-- if I'd make this sort of list.
Have these people agreed to go and play, or have they not yet replied? And if they can't go, is there a sort of "waitlist"?
Congrats!
Have these people agreed to go and play, or have they not yet replied? And if they can't go, is there a sort of "waitlist"?
Congrats!
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:11 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Clarence Cannon Conference 2010
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4721
Re: Clarence Cannon Conference 2010
Haha, QG does suck. I mean, honestly. In our year of playing with them (2008-2009) we had these gems that went along the lines of (all questions are changed, but the gist remains): "There are three primary colors. One is associated with sunflowers, yellow. The other is the color of the sun in t...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:14 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
- Replies: 92
- Views: 19184
Re: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
Nice, nice. I didn't know SLUH was that strong. IIRC, at Spirit of St. Louis, they didn't do as well as they did in this tournament.
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:54 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Scribblenauts
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21649
Re: Scribblenauts
Jump! Super Stars is the video game I wish came out when I was 13. All those characters from those crazy Japanese cartoons (Naruto, Shaman King, One Piece, Bleach, etc.) fighting it out... ah, I want a DS!
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Bear Bowl I at Missouri State 1/30/10
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2638
Re: Bear Bowl I at Missouri State 1/30/10
Aw man, that sucks. Sure hope Wash U doesn't get snowed out.
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:26 am
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Re: Two Saints, 2009
Huh. Well, about Eureka this year... William's a math beast. Hence, why he does really well on MSHSAA distributions. He and Jason are also pretty good at other topics (science, literature, history) but not nearly as beastly as they'd like. So basically, math is the topic that gives Eureka any advant...
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:23 am
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 Hancock Tournament (Dec. 6, 2009)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2050
Re: 2009 Hancock Tournament (Dec. 6, 2009)
I love Will from Eureka. He's a beast.
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:38 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Two Saints, 2009
What advantages are you talking about Charles? If you're referring to this post: Long story made short, but the league has improved dramatically over the last few years since we started implementing this policy. We want you to choose our activity over the million other activities you could be doing....
- Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:18 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Two Saints, 2009
Anything from St. Charles and the other St. Louis bracket?
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:32 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Two Saints, 2009
I did stats for Two Saints one year. Such a pain, because all moderators used different notations/markings for points/bonuses and tossups.
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:00 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Two Saints, 2009
Eureka and Lafayette from STL A
PCH A and Clayton from STL B
I don't know about St. Charles.
PCH A and Clayton from STL B
I don't know about St. Charles.
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:49 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Two Saints, 2009
- Replies: 150
- Views: 41451
Two Saints, 2009
What are the section assignments? Are there any additional teams?
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Saint Louis University
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2344
Saint Louis University
We've been practicing off of ACF Fall questions.
- Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Saint Louis University
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2344
Saint Louis University
Update: - We have a faculty adviser - We're all set on the paperwork, we just need to turn it in now - We've had one practice, borrowing Wash U's buzzers - We are all complete n00bs. Like, really, we are complete and utter n00bs. Yes, Charles, we are looking at new packets, but it's a bit of a pain ...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New High School - New Team
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1498
New High School - New Team
Festus High School has a team, so you can contact them. The QuizBowl community is pretty chill-- we're all for helping each other out. I'm pretty sure a nearby school would be willing to lend you their buzzer system as long as you don't damage it. Charlie Dees already mentioned most of what I was go...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:03 am
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13227
Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
I'm nagging Eureka's coach by proxy, but they have a weird schedule. If there's still a possibility they can get in, I'll nag them more.
- Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missouri High School Preview 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3613
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missouri High School Preview 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3613
Missouri High School Preview 2010
Ah, George. I was under the impression that math calculations were being phased out (ie: a lot of tournaments now are using questions with little to no math calculation), so I dunno how much George can get. Kevin, Alex and I actually mapped out the whole "history of Eureka QuizBowl", with ...
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:45 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament (10/10/09)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25704
Missouri Fall Academic Tournament (10/10/09)
They dropped out? That's lame. Like, super lame. Like, wow. This reminds me of the time last year the only two people who were willing to go to MST Fall/Winter were Kevin and me. We were willing to go, but John said "No, we're only taking a full team", and didn't let us go. In retrospect, ...
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:42 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament (10/10/09)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25704
Missouri Fall Academic Tournament (10/10/09)
Just curious-- how'd Eureka fare? I see they didn't make it past prelims, but was it just bad luck in the pools or what?
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missouri High School Preview 2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3613
Missouri High School Preview 2010
Eureka had a decent year last year, but I think that was a down year for them and they may well rebound to a very high level; we'll see. I'll agree-- it seemed our junior year is when we did best (4th at State, District winners), although part of that could be the questions and the format (last yea...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Washington Middle School Academic Tournament
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2016
Washington Middle School Academic Tournament
Huh. I'm not digging the written tests-- that's making it more like MathCounts and things. QB rewards depth of knowledge (which can be tested with funnel questions). And math calculations are another issue that people will bring up. Is this different from the High School tournament at Washington Hig...
- Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:56 am
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: ALL 2009-2010 ANNOUNCED DATES
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14362
ALL 2009-2010 ANNOUNCED DATES
Don't see an announcement.
I'm disappointed-- North County usually takes STL teams, and with Nelson's tourney the same day...
I'm disappointed-- North County usually takes STL teams, and with Nelson's tourney the same day...
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13227
Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
No reply from Eureka?
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:59 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13227
Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up at Parkway Central
What's the play-off format? The same one you mentioned to me a month ago? - 2 pools of 8. - Round robin within pools. - Seed each team 1-16. - Top 4 seeds (seeds 1 & 2 from each pool) play round-robin, and rankings after that determine final ranking (trophies) - Remaining 12 teams are split into...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
- Replies: 92
- Views: 19184
Villa Duchesne Invitational -- Formal Announcement
Yeah. Go for it. There's typically a reduction in price for new teams, so the cost should be less.
A lot of the high schoolers/college kids here on the forums will gladly give you tips too!
A lot of the high schoolers/college kids here on the forums will gladly give you tips too!
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Saint Louis University
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2344
Saint Louis University
So it's semi-semi-official. Saint Louis University Academic Competition Team is having an unofficial informational meeting tomorrow at 2:45PM at Grand Market in the Busch Student Center. If anyone's interested, please email me at ashoaib [at] slu.edu. Spread the word to all people you know who might...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:02 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: MOQBA to sponsor Missouri team at HSAPQ NASAT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1064
MOQBA to sponsor Missouri team at HSAPQ NASAT
So long as QGalore is being used, I'd be ticked if they were picked by virtue of All-State. That's always an issue-- team members from the same (good) team overshadow each other. Why am I a freshman in college NOW? <div class="editby">Edited by <a href='http://s4.zetaboards.com/Academic_Co...
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:39 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Trivia Night
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10577
Trivia Night
Heh, I just met Paul a few hours ago.
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MSHSAA Format/Distribution Changes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1968
MSHSAA Format/Distribution Changes
Hurray for getting out of high school quizbowl at the right time.
Well... "It is always darkest before the dawn". Right? Or does it just get darker?
Well... "It is always darkest before the dawn". Right? Or does it just get darker?
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MSHSAA Format/Distribution Changes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1968
MSHSAA Format/Distribution Changes
Motion Camp, Werr second to recommend that the Missouri format for bonus questions be modified, to begin in 2009-10, from four-part bonus questions worth five points a piece to two-part bonus questions worth ten points a piece, with no change in the immediate rebounding rules. Motion passed 8-0. Th...
- Wed May 27, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: ALL 2009-2010 ANNOUNCED DATES
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14362
ALL 2009-2010 ANNOUNCED DATES
When does MSHSAA announce state/district/sectional dates? And I think Mr. Jeremy Gibbs might have an estimate for Two Saints sometime in August.
- Mon May 18, 2009 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ITT decide whether to meet with Questions Galore
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1135
ITT decide whether to meet with Questions Galore
Ah, I have a friend who's going to Wheaton next year...
It'll be a useless effort, but go for it. It'd be sorta like complaining to Bill Gates about Windows... it's not as if he'll do anything. Or do you have some pull in MSHSAA?
It'll be a useless effort, but go for it. It'd be sorta like complaining to Bill Gates about Windows... it's not as if he'll do anything. Or do you have some pull in MSHSAA?
- Wed May 13, 2009 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MSA
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7356
MSA
Kevin Sheng and Spencer Templeton from our team both went there.
- Tue May 12, 2009 6:30 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Post-Sectionals Poll
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1709
Post-Sectionals Poll
There's something funny about how you guys can crank out these polls at a moment's notice after they're due... Well, part of it is that I just can't remember which teams are good. If I see a list of the top teams, I'll be able to rank them from there, but pulling them out of my head... whoo. Hard w...
- Mon May 11, 2009 3:47 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Post-Sectionals Poll
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1709
Post-Sectionals Poll
I agree with Will's, but throw in Clayton somewhere in there.
- Mon May 11, 2009 3:44 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA State Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 113
- Views: 25994
2009 MSHSAA State Tournament Discussion
Did you guys win 3rd at state 2 years ago or something?
- Sun May 10, 2009 2:37 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA Sectional/State Predictions
- Replies: 104
- Views: 20650
2009 MSHSAA Sectional/State Predictions
So true. At WUHSAC, neither us nor PCH knew any of the Japanese authors' works...in my experience, Missouri's knowledge of Asian literature is VERY behind the curve
- Fri May 08, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA Sectionals/State RESULTS
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14914
2009 MSHSAA Sectionals/State RESULTS
Pilot Grove had a really good player... Nate I think? What happened, did he graduate?
- Mon May 04, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Summit Conference Tournament
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1194
Summit Conference Tournament
To quote Mr. Harris: "It is better to strike the fear of God into their hearts when they hear your name than to be obscure and a surprise winner".
- Sun May 03, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: Summit Conference Tournament
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1194
Summit Conference Tournament
Huh? Why would posting these scores be bad? Trying to keep your team a surprise? You wily dog!I should have posted these earlier, but I didn't want teams knowing we could put up these types of points before districts/sectionals.
- Fri May 01, 2009 5:05 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA Sectional/State Predictions
- Replies: 104
- Views: 20650
2009 MSHSAA Sectional/State Predictions
This much variation in scores shows that something is amiss-- that points which come from depth of knowledge (what is supposed to be tested in this game) varies so much between different games shows that.
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:43 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 ACF Nationals (April 25th-26th)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6384
2009 ACF Nationals (April 25th-26th)
It's silly for Mr. Gibbs to be the fall guy for all of Missouri's problems. I doubt that he has the power to resolve many (if any) of Missouri's multiple issues by himself. What we are failing to note is that Mr. Gibbs is trying to understand our complaints, and is taking steps to better understand...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ranking Players (Again)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2994
Ranking Players (Again)
Haha, Kevin and I getting a vote as top pair. Funny joke. Although in some respects, I can see it. And yes, Parkway Central is mos def the most balanced team. No individual medals, yet still got 3rd at WUHSAC. <div class="editby">Edited by <a href='http://s4.zetaboards.com/Academic_Competi...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:48 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA Sectionals Discussion
- Replies: 56
- Views: 17419
2009 MSHSAA Sectionals Discussion
^Ditto^ I mean, really? We trounced Clayton at Two Saints. And just the absence of 1 player (who usually splits with Kevin) shouldn't account for losing by 100. Or am I just underestimating myself? Last year, losing to Ladue and to Kirksville wasn't that bad. They knew more than we did. But from wha...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
- Topic: 2009 MSHSAA Sectionals Discussion
- Replies: 56
- Views: 17419
2009 MSHSAA Sectionals Discussion
Well, I didn't go on account of being ill... Kevin did. We lost to Clayton.
The questions, from what Kevin told me, sucked. Hardcore.
The questions, from what Kevin told me, sucked. Hardcore.