If I'm not mistaken, not only were there no postdocs at COTKU (are postdocs even eligible to play?), but many of the usual top grad students were missing. I don't think any of last year's top 4 scorers were present (Kelly McKenzie, Vernon Davenport, myself, & Freeburg), though Kevin Comer and Wes Matthews were there this time. Robert Trent is another grad student who is usually among the top scorers at COTKU, but I don't know if he (or Vandy) was there. And if Jeff Zahnen was there with the UF team, he might have been the senior-most player (assuming Trent was not there). But I don't know when Zahnen and Kendall started playing at the college level, so I don't know which one wins as Most Antiquated. And as one more added note, it's been said before, but I'll repeat it -- being in grad school is generally NOT an advantage for a quizbowler. It's only an advantage in the sense that one may have been playing for many years by the time they reach grad school. But, if I may overgeneralize, material studied by grad students has limited overlap with the "quizbowl canon." Nor, in general, does one have as much spare time as a grad student to read over plot summaries or glossaries of geology terms. I don't think being a postdoc would be much of an advantage either, for the same reasons. Nor is being 30 -- my memory is as sharp as Nerf these days. I've forgotten what question I was responding to, so I guess that'll be all. --Raj Dhuwalia, UF --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Webb" <sdwebb91984_at_y...> wrote: > There were no postdocs at the tournament. In fact, I think the > senior-most player present was Seth Kendall. > > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, myamphigory <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > > > As an undergraduate player at the very > > > beginning of my 3rd year, it sucks to play > > > against postdoctoral students. > > > > I'm just curious; were there actually postdoctoral students playing > > at COTKU, or is this more silly hyperbole a la "waahh waahh thirty- > > eight-year-old graduate students played at ACF Fall"? > > > > Susan
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