AC Tournament
So it wasn't actually my first tournament (that happened last year, and was...well, not pretty to say the least. My self-esteem was dented quite a bit.) but I still considered today's tournament my first official tournament. (If you disagree, oh well. It's my LJ, so I can say whatever I feel like saying on it.) Either ways, I think it was an improvement. First round was bad for me since I didn't answer any questions at all (like last time) but in the rounds after that I answered at least one question per round (which was still better than what I did last time.) I have the opposite problem of most people, I think. Instead of hitting the buzzer too often and too fast, I don't hit it often enough and not fast enough. (But I still managed to power on Dostoevsky and Tale of Genji, and maybe some others? All literature ones, anyway...) You should have seen me twitching during the LASA B round that I had to sit out on, though. I could have powered on Modest Proposal from the second they said Psalmazaar and his American friend (see, it does pay off to obsessively annotate), but oh well. (There were so many Jonathan Swift questions, it was ridiculous.) We did pretty well overall though, I think. (We actually were very close to beating Bellaire A at one point, before we got decimated...)
Of course, the most awesome win was Bellaire A's against St. John's A. I was keeping score, and it was stressful to just do that. They won by 10 points, with Nagasaki and the galaxy bonuses. All in all, the whole thing was very fun.
Of course, the most awesome win was Bellaire A's against St. John's A. I was keeping score, and it was stressful to just do that. They won by 10 points, with Nagasaki and the galaxy bonuses. All in all, the whole thing was very fun.