Blake Registrants Thus Far
posted by Bietz on December 13th, 2004
The Hyatt Regency: Site of the Edie Holiday Tournament
If you are not yet registered for the Blake tournament, now is the time to send it in!
77 schools have registered. Most of the Minnesota teams have yet to register. We are at 189 in LD and 120 in policy.
If people want to see the weather: go here
UPDATE: 12/13
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Posted from: 216.195.0.34
December 3rd, 2004 08:51
When will the new TOC information be up?
Posted from: 205.167.47.158
December 3rd, 2004 09:58
THAT is what MN looks like?
INTENSE
Posted from: 209.98.146.245
December 3rd, 2004 10:16
Yup - we’ve paved paradise and put up a few parking lots.
Posted from: 143.229.201.104
December 3rd, 2004 10:24
Which new TOC info? (Our new TOC Scoreboard is in the works as we speak, if that’s what you meant.)
Posted from: 69.23.246.38
December 3rd, 2004 11:41
MN is hella pretty, if you will.
I don’t know how they made that photo that cool, but MN doesn’t normally like glow in the dark. But it’s pretty. oh yah fer sure.
Posted from: 64.122.128.28
December 3rd, 2004 11:51
minneapolis does glow like that at dusk… like vikrum says “it sparkles.”
Posted from: 66.15.175.130
December 3rd, 2004 11:53
aaaaaaaaaah minneapolis… i am excited about going back up there for blake!
even though it probably will be a lot less clear looking than this photo, it’ll still be nice.
don’t forget about the holidazzle parade.
michelinmassey.
Posted from: 129.44.183.241
December 3rd, 2004 13:06
I meant the new information for 2005 and the registration forms and whatnot, I think it’s on the UKY website? J.W. Patterson said they’d be up after December 1, but they’re not up yet.
Posted from: 12.37.85.2
December 3rd, 2004 14:41
Now that it’s a real school, East Mesa is ready to kick butt :)
Posted from: 170.215.98.116
December 4th, 2004 04:34
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton is from north-central MINNESOTA, not Iowa.
Posted from: 143.229.132.226
December 6th, 2004 16:48
Bietz - Berkeley Carroll is registered; I have the confirmation in my email box. :o)
Posted from: 24.191.68.62
December 6th, 2004 17:17
is it just varsity or jv as well?
Posted from: 68.196.138.36
December 6th, 2004 17:36
The Westbury school of debate will pwn
Posted from: 64.12.116.203
December 6th, 2004 18:22
Interesting that Edina isn’t registered…
Posted from: 63.225.152.73
December 6th, 2004 18:47
there is no jv at blake
Posted from: 63.194.185.131
December 6th, 2004 20:53
Edina will be there….along with all the other Minnesota schools. They are always the last to register for tournaments in Minnesota.
Posted from: 69.23.246.38
December 7th, 2004 05:26
who’s the sneaky one posting as me?
Posted from: 67.126.115.114
December 7th, 2004 16:56
boo
Posted from: 24.205.214.223
December 7th, 2004 18:50
wtf that’s super-lame
Posted from: 64.122.128.28
December 9th, 2004 08:12
Word on the street, or from my inside sources, has it that there are nearly 180 LDers registered for the tournament…
Breaking to doubles would mean that that will be one HELLUVA 4-2-and-not-clearing number… like 30!
Posted from: 216.223.203.62
December 9th, 2004 11:30
shit…
Posted from: 208.42.163.11
December 9th, 2004 12:50
Holy smokes!! Any chance of breaking to triples?
Posted from: 64.122.128.28
December 9th, 2004 13:02
updated list
Posted from: 69.22.251.0
December 9th, 2004 16:14
where is/what is SPASH
Posted from: 208.42.163.11
December 10th, 2004 06:52
Stevens Point Area Senior High–a wisconsin school
Posted from: 64.122.128.28
December 10th, 2004 12:40
up to 187 in LD and 130 in policy
Posted from: 66.15.175.130
December 10th, 2004 19:26
umm… are there enough rooms? is the tournament triple flighting?
michelinmassey.
Posted from: 24.6.187.21
December 12th, 2004 10:06
who wants to revert to Nov/Dec.
oh and might the tourney break to triples..
Posted from: 216.251.190.58
December 12th, 2004 14:52
Yes…they posted a schedule change. They are clearing to triples after round 6.
Posted from: 69.22.251.0
December 13th, 2004 21:47
oh dear it’s cold…
Posted from: 216.159.104.202
December 14th, 2004 03:55
Thank you for providing a weather link! Even though we just live a little south of MN, the weather this time of year tends to be quite different up there. That’s quite helpful!
Posted from: 149.169.80.63
December 14th, 2004 10:53
with this many folks coming out, an octos bid next year might not be out of the question. any thoughts?
Posted from: 207.172.84.59
December 14th, 2004 13:17
With 189 people at the tourney, I still doubt all 4-2s will clear… that is one HELL of a lot of people. Whoever organized that tournament is doing a kick-ass job, because I seriously doubt any tourney aside from maybe Harvard could get that many people to travel to their tourney.
Posted from: 143.229.110.16
December 14th, 2004 13:24
The growth of Blake must be one the most rapid expansions of a tournament in the history of LD. Have any others ever grown this quickly?
I know I’m looking forward to it. And not just because of the possibility of karaoke with Bietz.
Posted from: 66.15.175.130
December 14th, 2004 13:47
blake, unfortunately, is unlikely to receive an octos bid. i think the trend with the toc is to decrease the number of bids and thereby the amount of kids who attend the toc. adding eight bids to the event will not happen unless a current octos bid tournament loses its status.
which one of these octos bid tournaments should lose their status?
greenhill
st. mark’s
glenbrooks
emory
berkeley
harvard
when you think of it, none of these tournaments could *lose* their status. the question would then become: if blake gets eight more bids, which tournaments will share the loss of eight bids?
michelinmassey.
Posted from: 208.42.163.11
December 14th, 2004 13:58
Blake is now at 200 LDers. The numbers just keep growing. It is incredible.
I agree that if these numbers continue for another year or so, they will have to get serious consideration for an octos bid. I know that JW has been at the tournament the last three years and is going to be there again this year.
Not sure about 8 bids that would be lost to shift to Blake. One thing is for certain. Hopkins will lose their bids. That’s only 2 bids. I don’t know about 6 more. Blake has been growing by leaps and bounds. It started as a finals bid about four years ago and has quickly moved to semis and now to quarters.
It is pretty easy to draw people. I mean the whole tournament is held in a wonderful hotel. You never have to go outside. It is a perfect site to have a big tournament. Anybody who has not been should go.
Posted from: 149.169.80.63
December 14th, 2004 14:04
in terms of the number of students attending, none of those tournaments should lose their octos bid. if we evaluated in terms of competition, harvard might be the only one worth reducing (no hard feelings to those in the NE). a better strat might be to pick off bids from quarters, semis, or finals bids that are harder to justify. i am not sure which tournaments to start at, but i know that some people express lack of enthusiam for alta, auburn, asu, whitman, homewood, fed way and others. whoever had to made that decision would have a tough time either way. just my two cents.
Posted from: 129.15.71.105
December 14th, 2004 14:20
I can’t imagine a tournament of that size not breaking to triples. It is possible though.
Posted from: 143.229.110.16
December 14th, 2004 14:57
Whatever misgivings there are about the judging pool (I think the misgivings are centered on that, rather than the pool of competitors), Harvard’s enormous size - 350 debaters in varsity - makes it unlikely and unrealistic that it would be reduced to a quarters bid.
Posted from: 149.169.80.63
December 14th, 2004 15:17
i would probably agree. my guess is that if they bumped that to a quarters bid, they would take the bids from other small tournaments.
Posted from: 216.239.28.36
December 14th, 2004 15:26
I’m scared! I’m from a small school and going to this tournment. Am i just going to be picked off by all the traveling teams or does Minnesota debate prepare you pretty well for the national scope.
Posted from: 66.15.175.130
December 14th, 2004 17:08
the assignment of toc bids has more to do with geography and the composition of the toc advisory board than anything else. quite simply, just because people in different parts of the country don’t like tournaments in (say) the northeast or northwest, it does not mean a tournament deserves to lose a bid.
there are debaters in these parts of the country. the way that tournaments retain their vibrance is by having toc bids since that is the way that people make their traveling decisions.
it is very doubtful that blake will get an octos bid next year. if ever, it will have to sustain these kinds of numbers for several years (think 3-5 not 1-2). in that case, the toc will be forced to give it the octos bid consideration.
and for bvllekid… worry not. local minneapolis-st. paul debate is about as good as local debate gets. yes, there are some super star kids who are going to be at blake this year. but, remember… minnesota ain’t small potatoes! keep your chin up.
michelinmassey.
Posted from: 69.23.246.38
December 14th, 2004 18:38
I’m way confused… who’s posting with my name?
Posted from: 198.174.17.254
December 15th, 2004 12:15
Maybe this was announced somewhere, but does anyone know who’s in the round robin from the schools that were announced as ‘TBD’ (specifically, Apple Valley, Lakeville, and Schrieber)?
Posted from: 68.117.44.221
December 15th, 2004 16:27
I’ll be in the round robin for Apple Valley.
-Katie Reinan