Some very quick results from Philadelphia Experiment: 1st place: 3 Boys and a Goy (C. Goheen, L. Burte, D. Fuller, V. Rosenberg) 2nd place: Quizbollah (G. Jordan, C. Jordan, E. Cohn, J. Pahk) 3rd place: Smooth Operators (D. Hamilton, D. Goodman, M. Colvin, S. Hayeslip) Happiness is a Warm Buzz(er) (E. Brenner, R. Gunderson, R. Craig, D. Loo) Special thanks to those volunteers who moderated and scorekept: Andrea Rossillon, Shawn Pickrell, Tom Chuck, Dan Larsen, Felicia Wu, and Steve Halber, as well as all the Penn people who moderated--Marino Saveri, Jason Garbowski, Kathy Fidler, Chris Horrocks, Kim Klimczuk, and Alex Rodriguez, and especially to the assistant Tournament Director, Kelly Affannato. More detailed statistics and commentary will follow in the next few days. <> At the bottom of this message are the statistics for the 72 players at Philly Experiment. [I am still trying to decipher parts of a couple of scoresheets. Those changes will not affect the 'awards', though.] The All-Stars for Philly Experiment are: FIRST TEAM: David Hamilton, Smooth Operators (undergrad) Jacob Mikanowski, Fouling Up Can Kill Us (undergrad) Eliot Brenner, Happiness is a Warm Buzz(er) (undergrad) Rick Grimes, Post-Raphaelite Brotherhood (undergrad) SECOND TEAM: Victor Rosenberg, 3 Boys and a Goy (masters) Subash Maddipoti, Samer's Evil Twin (undergrad) John Nam, Chicks Dig the Power Tossup (grad) David Madden, Psychic Scully Network (undergrad) HONORABLE MENTION: Zeke Berdichevsky, Chicks Dig the Power Tossup Aaron Lichtig, Yale Men, Brown Woman Roger Craig, Happiness is a Warm Buzz(er) Tim Young, Post-Raphaelite Brotherhood HOSEBEAST awards go to these players: Andy Wang, 26 INTs, 12.19 PPG, 1.19 TU/I Joe Wright, 23 INTs, 25.00 PPG, 2.17 TU/I The -5 AVOIDANCE award goes to three players: Tom Shields, Basil II Fan Club, 25.7 PPG, 11.67 TU/I Thad Novak, Yale Men, Brown Woman, 13.6 PPG, 17.00 TU/I Ryan Gunderson, Happiness is a Warm Buzz(er), 12.65 PPG, 21.00 TU/I The PSYCHIC BUZZ awards, for best PTU/INT ratio (min. 5 PTUs) go to: Carol Jordan, Quizbollah, 13 PTUs, 6 INTs Tom Shields, Basil II Fan Club, 10 PTUs, 3 INTs Slightly more complete statistics will be posted on the WWW in the near future; the URL will be announced when they are ready. ************************************************* Team abbreviations: 3BG = 3 Boys and a Goy; 3GM = 3 Generations Under a Mattress; B2FC = Basil II Fan Club; CD = Chicks Dig the Power TU; ED = Expletive Deleted; EPD = Extruded Plastic Dinguses (aka Gundroppers); FU = Fouling Up Can Kill Us; HW = Happiness is a Warm Buzz(er); KS = Knobel Spice; PRB = Post-Raphaelite Brotherhood; PSN = Psychic Scully Network; QB = Quizbollah; SAR = Some Assembly Required; SET = Samer's Evil Twin; SO = Smooth Operators; VC = Vish 'n' Chips; WSM = World's Strongest Men; YMBW = Yale Men, Brown Woman. RANK TEAM Player 15s 10s 5s G PPG TU/I 1 SO David 29 52 20 17 50.29 4.05 * CD Arthur 3 26 4 6 47.50 7.25 2 FU Jacob 18 59 16 17 45.88 4.81 3 HW ManCrowd 22 50 16 17 44.12 4.50 4 PRB Rick G. 11 54 9 17 38.82 7.22 5 3BG Victor 13 53 18 17 37.35 3.67 6 SET Subash 20 42 19 17 36.76 3.26 7 CD John 9 56 18 17 35.59 3.61 8 PSN Id 7 48 13 16 32.50 4.23 9 CD Zeke 11 42 9 17 31.76 5.89 10 YMBW Aaron 10 34 7 14.5 31.38 6.29 11 HW Superior 7 46 7 17 31.18 7.57 12 PRB Tim 9 46 14 17 30.88 3.93 13 SO Goodman 14 38 14 17 30.59 3.71 14 QB Carol 13 35 6 17 30.29 8.00 15 VNC Erik E. 9 41 8 17 29.71 6.25 16 VNC Chip L. 7 46 13 17 29.41 4.08 17 3GM Sam 17 34 22 17 28.53 2.32 18 QB Guy 9 39 13 17 27.06 3.69 19 QB Ed 15 27 10 17 26.18 4.20 20 SAR Andy 5 39 5 17 25.88 8.80 21 B2FC Tom 10 25 3 15 25.67 11.67 22 3BG Lorin 4 43 11 17 25.59 4.27 23 3BG Chris 7 39 12 17 25.59 3.83 24 SET Chris 5 37 8 16 25.31 5.25 25 VNC Vish 9 35 12 17 25.00 3.67 26 EPD Joe 8 42 23 17 25.00 2.17 27 PSN Steve 4 41 18 16 23.75 2.50 28 B2FC Matt H. 11 29 13 17 22.94 3.08 29 FU Fred 9 33 15 17 22.94 2.80 30 QB Joon 13 27 16 17 22.65 2.50 31 SET Jeremiah 10 25 6 17 21.76 5.83 32 YMBW Ramin 4 33 17 15.5 19.68 2.18 33 SO Matt 12 19 9 17 19.12 3.44 34 3GM Jason 8 22 8 17 17.65 3.75 35 PRB Edmund 9 21 10 17 17.35 3.00 36 EPD Jeremy 7 28 18 17 17.35 1.94 37 ED Todd 2 35 21 16 17.19 1.76 38 KS Rob 4 28 14 16 16.88 2.29 39 3GM Josh 4 25 6 17 16.47 4.83 40 VNC Chip B. 6 22 7 17 16.18 4.00 41 FU Adam 4 23 4 17 15.88 6.75 42 SAR Wai Chi 6 21 6 17 15.88 4.50 43 3BG Dan 2 16 3 12 14.58 6.00 44 YMBW Thad 1 16 1 12.5 13.60 17.00 45 HW Lizard 3 23 10 17 13.24 2.60 46 WSM Dale 3 23 13 16 13.13 2.00 47 HW NatTrust 2 19 1 17 12.65 21.00 48 ED Andy 3 28 26 16 12.19 1.19 49 KS Eve 12 3 17 5 16 11.88 4.00 50 WSM Doug 3 19 9 16 11.88 2.44 51 3GM Matt 2 21 8 17 11.76 2.88 52 ED Kyle 5 12 3 16 11.25 5.67 53 WSM Adam 2 21 14 16 10.63 1.64 54 SET Mike 2 19 8 17 10.59 2.63 55 EPD Phil 2 20 11 17 10.29 2.00 ******* 10 PPG AVERAGE ******* 56 FU Brian 3 13 2 17 9.71 8.00 57 KS Cyndi 1 14 4 16 8.44 3.75 58 WSM Ilene 1 12 1 16 8.13 13.00 59 B2FC Tim 1 13 4 17 7.35 3.50 60 B2FC Matt R. 2 13 8 17 7.06 1.88 61 KS Eve 11 4 11 12 16 6.88 1.25 62 EPD Ross 2 10 6 17 5.88 2.00 63 PSN Dave 1 10 5 16 5.63 2.20 64 PRB Rick T. 1 8 0 17 5.59 ERR * SAR Kieran 0 1 0 2 5.00 ERR 65 YMBW Fran 0 7 2 12.5 4.80 3.50 66 PSN Laura 1 5 1 16 3.75 6.00 67 SAR Matt 0 6 4 12 3.33 1.50 68 SO Shaun 0 7 4 17 2.94 1.75 69 YMBW David 0 4 5 12 1.25 0.80 70 SAR Al 1 2 5 10 1.00 0.60 *The minimum number of games needed for a ranking was 9.