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by Charbroil
Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:59 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2017 (7/8/2017)
Replies: 8
Views: 2773

Re: St. Louis Open 2017 (7/8/2017)

In the trash tournament, we played a 5 game single round robin, followed by a 1-round playoff between the top 2 teams, the middle 2 teams, and the bottom 2 teams. Teams "The BHSU That Couldn't Slow Down" and "Sean Phillibecky" both went 5-1, but since the former team had a higher...
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:23 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2017 (7/8/2017)
Replies: 8
Views: 2773

Re: St. Louis Open 2017 (7/8/2017)

Hello, everyone! I'm pleased to announce that we will also be hosting a mirror of the Cottage Bowl trash tournament after our NASAT mirror . I, Charles Hang, will be directing it. Registration To register, please e-mail us at washuqb@gmail.com with the following information: 1/ How many teams you wi...
by Charbroil
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:13 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at WUSTL - 3/25/17
Replies: 2
Views: 6366

Re: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at WUSTL - 3/25/17

Congratulations to Chicago (Max Schindler playing solo) for winning our mirror of the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament. He went 10-0 to clear the field. WUSTL A and WUSTL B tied for 2nd with records of 7-3. Final results can be found here ; the top individual scorers can be found here . Thank you to e...
by Charbroil
Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at WUSTL - 3/25/17
Replies: 2
Views: 6366

Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at WUSTL - 3/25/17

The Washington University Academic Team will be hosting a mirror of the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament on March 25th, 2017. I, Charles Hang, will be the Tournament Director. To register for the tournament, or if you have any questions, please email me at charleshang228@yahoo.com. Eligibility Only un...
by Charbroil
Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:00 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)

Statistics for the trash tournament are here . Congratulations to "Brexit Koax Koax," which beat "Madrigal Electromotive" 570-125 in the final to win! Max Havey, Andy Walz, Brad Fischer, Jared McNett, and Sean Phillips were the top scorers. Thanks everyone who attended! Also than...
by Charbroil
Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer Side Events Mirror Day-Interest?
Replies: 2
Views: 3024

Re: Summer Side Events Mirror Day-Interest?

I assume you're planning to mirror this? I'm planning to attend the main site, but I'd be happy to direct or staff such an event if it happens. We can also almost certainly have it at WashU if there's enough interest.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:48 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)

Hello, everyone! I'm pleased to announce that we will also be hosting a mirror of the ACRONYM trash tournament after the NASAT mirror. I, Charles Hang, will be directing it. Registration To register, please e-mail me at charleshang228@yahoo.com with the following information: 1/ How many teams you w...
by Charbroil
Tue May 03, 2016 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll
Replies: 3
Views: 3101

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll

We'll be having this tournament on 6/25 based on the results of the date poll. Information about it will be posted here as it becomes available.

Thanks to everyone who voted!
by Charbroil
Tue May 03, 2016 11:39 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)

Since 6/25 beat out 7/9 in the poll, we're moving this tournament to that date. More information will be forthcoming soon.
by Charbroil
Mon May 02, 2016 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll
Replies: 3
Views: 3101

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll

We'll be making our final announcement about this tomorrow, so if you still haven't voted, you have until 8 PM tomorrow to do so.
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:56 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 (7/9/16)

In case anyone didn't see this, we had some people ask for a different date for this, so we're currently running a date poll here.
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll
Replies: 3
Views: 3101

Re: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll

I just wanted to post a reminder about this poll. We're probably going to pick our final date in about a week, so vote before then!
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll
Replies: 3
Views: 3101

St. Louis Open 2016 Date Poll

I've been asked about the possibility of moving St. Louis Open to June 25th, so here's a date poll. Vote for which dates you can make the tournament. (Please select both if you can make both.)
by Charbroil
Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)
Replies: 15
Views: 4120

St. Louis Open 2016 (6/25/16)

As in the past, We are going to have St. Louis Open at WashU this summer. We will have an academic tournament on the NASAT set as well as a trash tournament on the ACRONYM set.

The tournament will be June 25th. Full details are below.
by Charbroil
Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Summer Practices at Washington University in St. Louis
Replies: 0
Views: 4737

Summer Practices at Washington University in St. Louis

WUSTL's club is going to have practices from 7-9pm-ish on Mondays through the summer up to mid August in whatever room is open in Eads Hall. Anyone's welcome to join; we'd love to see any new faces. The time slot's subject to change based on demand (so let me know). Feel free to email me if you wan...
by Charbroil
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Malkot ha Makolet (Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, Jared Lockwood, Adam Sperber) won the academic tournament, going 10-0. Ben Zhang was the top scorer with 152 PPG. There was a three way tie for 1st in the Hybrid tournament between Unnamed (Ben Zhang, Sean Phillips, Itamar Naveh Benjamin, and Andy Walz), Tro...
by Charbroil
Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:27 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

This is occurring as we speak. Statistics for the academic tournament are here; statistics for the hybrid tournament will be here once they are available.
by Charbroil
Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:10 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

The academic tournament schedule can be found here ; the hybrid tournament schedule is here . The listed rosters reflect the spreadsheet as it currently stands, so if you want to make any changes (such as, say, adding a team name), you have a couple of hours to let me know before I go print them. Al...
by Charbroil
Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Also, a brief note--the hours for the building we'll be in have changed since 2012; it now closes at 8, so we'll ending the tournament then instead of 9 as in the past.
by Charbroil
Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:04 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

I've updated the initial post with where we're meeting this Saturday (DUC 234). I still don't know the final schedule yet, since the number of teams for the academic tournament is still in flux. If we have 6 teams, we will have a double round robin and advantaged final (10 games guaranteed). If we h...
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

The spreadsheet is now updated with the most recent information I have available. If there are any mistakes, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll create a schedule tomorrow and send it to all of the teams with invoices.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:07 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Also, if any of the academic tournament teams would be willing to divide to give us an 8th team, please let me know.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:06 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Since 6 teams is perfect for the hybrid tournament in terms of scheduling and staff, I'm going to close registrations for that. If you still want to participate and can bring a moderator, let me know. We still have one opening for the academic tournament, or more openings if teams bring additional s...
by Charbroil
Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:45 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Since this event is a week from today, I would greatly appreciate it if people would start registering soon so we can get a final count of teams.

Also, if some of the teams of 1 and 2 could combine to help with our staffing situation, that would be appreciated.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:42 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

Re: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

If you're coming to this and can bring buzzers, that would be greatly appreciated. We currently have just enough buzzers for the current field, so additional buzzers would be quite helpful as backups or if the field expands.
by Charbroil
Tue May 13, 2014 10:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open Date Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 3219

Re: St. Louis Open Date Poll

The tournament announcement is here.
by Charbroil
Tue May 13, 2014 10:21 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)
Replies: 14
Views: 12900

St. Louis Open (06/28/2014)

Hello, everyone! I'm pleased to announce that we will be hosting the St. Louis Open at Washington University in St. Louis on June 28th 2014. I, Charles Hang, will be serving as the Tournament Director, and can be reached at charleshang228@yahoo.com. The tournament will feature both an academic and a...
by Charbroil
Tue May 06, 2014 12:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open Date Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 3219

Re: St. Louis Open Date Poll

Since we haven't had too many people vote yet, I'm going to send out an email to past attendees to get a better idea of interest before finalizing a date. I should announce a date by the end of the week.
by Charbroil
Sun May 04, 2014 4:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open Date Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 3219

Re: St. Louis Open Date Poll

richardyu wrote:Probably not a big deal since you guys ran ATTACK two years ago, but couldn't you have gotten Delta Burke or something instead of a high school set?
I was planning to use Delta Burke, but was told people preferred IMSANITY.
by Charbroil
Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: St. Louis Open Date Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 3219

St. Louis Open Date Poll

As in the past, I'm going to be directing St. Louis Open at WashU this summer. We're going to have an academic tournament using the IMSANITY set as well as a trash tournament using the Ottawa Hybrid set. Please pick which dates you could make such a tournament. If you'd like to staff, please feel fr...
by Charbroil
Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:56 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13
Replies: 6
Views: 7630

Re: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13

Stats: Preliminaries - Playoffs- Combined

Because we did not carry over preliminary games into the final standings, the playoff stats reflect the final standings (minus the final).
by Charbroil
Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:23 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13
Replies: 6
Views: 7630

Re: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13

Mickey0R0urke wrote:Unless I read the statistics report on Young Frankenstein wrong (or it messed up the PPG, which I guess is possible), I think Dylan finished ahead of Greg Lindsey in the individual standings.
There are some errors in the preliminary statistics; Greg Lindsey was the correct 8th place scorer.
by Charbroil
Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:36 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13
Replies: 6
Views: 7630

Re: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13

WUSTL A (Richard Yu) took first; Tamil Tiger Mothers (Ben Zhang, Kisan Thakkar, Jialin Ding) took second after having to leave without playing a final. Richard was the top scorer, Ben was second. Stats will be forthcoming.
by Charbroil
Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13
Replies: 6
Views: 7630

Re: Michigan Fall at Wash U 10-5-13

The Washington University Academic Team will be hosting a mirror of the Michigan Fall Tournament (MFT) on October 5th, 2013. I, Charles Hang, will be serving as the Tournament Director. To register for the tournament, or if you have any questions, please email me at charleshang228@yahoo.com and CC o...
by Charbroil
Wed May 29, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013
Replies: 56
Views: 52041

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Any news about the side event?
by Charbroil
Wed May 08, 2013 5:45 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013
Replies: 56
Views: 52041

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

I'm debating between declaring free agency (Team "Nigel Farage Stunt Doubles", anyone?) and volunteering as a staffer. I've mentioned the idea to Stephanie as well, so unless she stamps her foot and says no, I'd be a two-fer. play play play I agree that this tournament would be more inter...
by Charbroil
Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:40 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Congratulations to The Tickle Monsters (Sean Phillips, Jason Loy, Matt Chadbourne, Kent Buxton) for winning the trash tournament after going 9-1. Stats are here . Some of the trash stats are wrong. Not that it really matters. If you'd like me to fix them, I'd be happy to do so--just let me know wher...
by Charbroil
Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Stats for the trash tournament here.
by Charbroil
Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:20 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Team M&M's (Max Schindler and Michael Prablek) won the academic tournament; stats are here.
by Charbroil
Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:48 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

The tournament started about an hour and a half ago; stats will be updated throughout the day here.
by Charbroil
Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:32 am
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

I still haven't received contact information from several teams and several staffers, so if you haven't sent me your phone number (or the number of someone on your team), please do so.

Also, there are still two open laptop discounts, so email me if you want them.
by Charbroil
Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:11 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

To cover a potential shortfall in laptops, we'll be offering three $10 laptop discounts on a first come, first served basis. Thus, if you're going to be in attendance for both the academic and trash tournaments and would be willing to let us use your laptop for staffing purposes for both, email me a...
by Charbroil
Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:10 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

merv1618 wrote:Are you going to officially let teams know how much they owe anytime soon?
Yeah, that's also going out tomorrow.
by Charbroil
Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:48 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Just to give everyone an update, I'm still waiting for one last registration (from the Alex Meneses, et al. team), so if anyone knows how to reach them and can ask them to email me (charleshang228@yahoo.com), that would be appreciated. Beyond that, the tournament information email will be going out ...
by Charbroil
Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:18 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Will the fields be updated? Except for one additional team which should be updating the spreadsheet with players shortly, the spreadsheet is current. Also, at the moment, it looks like we have nine teams for the academic event; thus, if someone (or some group of someones) would like to play on a te...
by Charbroil
Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:30 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Will the fields be updated? Except for one additional team which should be updating the spreadsheet with players shortly, the spreadsheet is current. Also, at the moment, it looks like we have nine teams for the academic event; thus, if someone (or some group of someones) would like to play on a te...
by Charbroil
Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:44 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

Also, if you haven't sent me a registration email yet (at charleshang228@yahoo.com), please do so.
by Charbroil
Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:35 pm
Forum: College Quizbowl
Topic: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)
Replies: 38
Views: 38540

Re: St. Louis Open (07/14/2012)

christino wrote:Is this tournament going to use powers, since ATTACK is powermarked?
Sure, why not.
by Charbroil
Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA State question discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 2556

Re: 2012 MSHSAA State question discussion

One of the shows I've been producing lately is a paid financial services program, so I've gleaned a thing or two in this subject matter. A pension is a fixed annuity that's (suppose to be) contractually guaranteed. It's a type of fund, as "fund" would also include variable accounts. As &q...