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'''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was an open difficulty side event written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] and [[Akshay Govindan]].
 
'''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was an open difficulty side event written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] and [[Akshay Govindan]].
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The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the canon" - many of its questions entered novel new territory, while remaining accessible to players.
 
The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the canon" - many of its questions entered novel new territory, while remaining accessible to players.
  
At the CO site, the set was played as a nine-way shoot-out that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.
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==Mirrors==
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The [[HSNCT]] site of CANONEXPANSION had logistical difficulties - four teams only heard 11 questions in round 4 for whatever reason. The mirror ended with both "Elitzur-Why Man Bomb" ([[Noah Chen]], [[Sarah Wang]], [[Sam Rombro]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]]) and "Illini Generations" ([[Billy Busse]], [[Andrew Wang]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Mike Etzkorn]]) tied for first with a 5-1 record. [[Jonathen Settle]] was the high scorer and had the most powers, while Billy Busse had the most superpowers and the second most powers.
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At the [[2019 Chicago Open|CO]] site, the set was played as a [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988 nine-way shoot-out] that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:15, 13 April 2021

CANONEXPANSION
Competition season 2019-2020
Head editor(s) Geoffrey Chen
Difficulty Open
First mirror
Announcement link
Packets link

CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural) was an open difficulty side event written by Geoffrey Chen, with contributions from Vishwa Shanmugam and Akshay Govindan.

The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the canon" - many of its questions entered novel new territory, while remaining accessible to players.

Mirrors

The HSNCT site of CANONEXPANSION had logistical difficulties - four teams only heard 11 questions in round 4 for whatever reason. The mirror ended with both "Elitzur-Why Man Bomb" (Noah Chen, Sarah Wang, Sam Rombro, Ophir Lifshitz) and "Illini Generations" (Billy Busse, Andrew Wang, Auroni Gupta, Mike Etzkorn) tied for first with a 5-1 record. Jonathen Settle was the high scorer and had the most powers, while Billy Busse had the most superpowers and the second most powers.

At the CO site, the set was played as a nine-way shoot-out that had Eric Mukherjee pull narrowly ahead of Kai Smith over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and Kevin Wang all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.