Escape from Chattanooga
Another week, another quizbowl tournament up in Chattanooga. I had a blast at Muck Masters, although I failed to defend my title from last year despite a much stronger supporting cast that ended up going 10-0 in the preliminaries. Lost in the semis to the eventual champs in one of the more thrilling matches I've ever played in. We were down 240-40 at the half, then stormed back to score 250 consecutive points to take the lead before allowing them to take the last three tossups -- on things I knew pretty well -- and the victory. Otherwise, it was plenty of routs throughout the day. Can't complain about the single-elim format since my teams have won twice up there as 3 seeds; guess it works the other way as well -- it was a 5 vs. 6 (out of eight playoff teams) for the title. Seemed like one of those conference tournaments in March.

Anyways, enough babble from here. I'll be spotty (like I hadn't been already) for most of this week as I'll be in Dallas for the AAJA National Convention. Maybe I'll update from Texas if I'm in the mood. We shall see.