hoa whoa whoa... I didn't want you to think it was a waste of time to raise the suggestion. I'm also not saying that it's not a bad idea, but the construction...
ust another reminder about the Top 25 Poll.<br><br>It will remain open through May 14. For more information, e-mail tjyoung@....<br><br>Another annoucement...
heartily suggest that spam such as the "settlers III" message that was posted be met with a swift and approrpiate response. Please respond to the poster...
omeone requested that there be power TUs for Philly Experiment.<br><br>At any rate, I would like to present the format for power TUs that I would like to use ...
he first annual Geek Pride Festival is going to happen in Boston on Oct 1,2,3. They're advertising the following:<br>Stump The Geek<br> We're putting together...
am so conditioned to the use of "For 10 points" as a signal that we are about to hear the last clause of a tossup, that I would find a series of tossups like...
t is a fatally bad thing, just that it is so different from what we are used to. Personally, I don't think the plus of knowing exactly when the power mark is...
amer lists various options that avoid the situation where a power mark exists but teams don't know its location.<br><br>Apparently he sees that as an ...
Samer lists various options that avoid the situation where a power mark<br> exists but teams don't know its location.<br><br> Apparently he sees that as an...
nstance, that it occured at the "s" in for ten points, 90% of people would buzz in on the "for"... If it occured before the "for ten points" 90% of people...
believe that a distinction should be made before and after the "For 10 points" marker ... however for a variety of pre-conditioning reasons, I believe that the...
s part of the club that is most intimiately involved with this version of the power tossup, I would first point out a sample round in this format is available...
irst my bad...<br><br>The paragraph...<br>"The number of the stretch round (20 -> 10 on FTP) tossups which are converted for 20 points was on average 3/10 ...
'm not sure, but I think because of schools having finals in many parts of the country, it's nice to see the chat room getting more use. Though staying up ...
inally, last note of encouragement in favor of the said proposal... this is "Philly Experiment" after all. It's worth a shot at any rate, simply because this...
ell, I have to guess whether the chat room activity will increase during the summer (when people have copious amounts of free time) or decrease (because people...
RASH is pleased to announce that the 1999 TRASH Southwest Regional is tentatively slated to be held at the University of Texas-Austin the weekend of November...
amer has suggested a number of innovations to be used at PE V: bonus laming, "second chances", modified power tossups. I think that innovations on the game ...
y thinking was that (a) since the name of the tournament is "Philadelphia Experiment", and (b) this is a summer tournament, that we could probably experiment ...
he power tossup is to quizbowl what the three-point shot is to basketball, and they both have the same effect: they make competitors play more haphazardly than...
K, look, I know you could theoretically already be subscribed to three different mailing lists, and lets face facts, that may seem like a lot, but I have also...
o those members who have not done so, please fill out your public profile, so it's easier for us to identify you on chats. It just takes a couple of ...
etaining -5 and +15's in my opinion actually promotes individual statistics hogging. Previously, all of us who cared about such things were worried about...
n October 2, 1999, the University of Missouri at Kansas City is holding a tournament. So is University of Missouri at Rolla. UMKC is "NAQT-style" while...
note two important pieces of information in Dan's post: 1) The weekend in question is during the academic school year, and 2) He is asking on behalf of the ...
eader UIUC_Fraud, Questions by Jeff Johnson (Harvard) for 1997 ACF Nationals<br>Player Tossup Interrupt<br>Boson0 1 1<br>Tak_Seorangpun 4 1<br>Aughoti 2 ...
irst, I'd make sure that whoever announced the latest or is the "newer" of the two competitions knows that their tournament is in direct conflict. Most ...
