Well, it's 4am and I can't sleep. What to do? Reflect and expound. That's what the Internet is for. How to interpret Dave Goodman becoming the youngest millionaire (thus far) on WWtBaM? Well, I can only call it a fitting capstone to what has been a tumultuous, adolescent year for QB. Just a brief summary of the events since this time last year (and I'm doing this from memory on a caffeine lingering, so I may be completely out of the ballpark for some of these): - CBCI declared bankruptcy of some kind - WWtBaM (and carbon copies) premiered - NLIT 9 proved that the circuit can self-police - Penn Bowl reached 60 or so teams - New programs appeared at (short, regional list) Bryn Mawr, George Mason, Yeshiva; JHU, GW, UMCP all expanded - The high school circuit expanded generally; NAQT HS Nationals expanded from 26 to 52 teams To hearken back to the records, at this time last year, people were saying nice things about Mad City Masters and Capital [sic.] Punishment I. I'd like an assessment. I don't have all the records here -- I purge my e-mails frequently -- but I'd like to put forth the hypotheses that, in the past year: - The number of active circuit teams outside CBI has increased - The size of active teams has generally increased - Tournament attendance has generally increased - Nationwide recognition for QB-style achievement has generally increased - And these are all Good Things Edmund
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