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Which current invitational has the best name?

The Great American Mock Trial Invitational (Virginia)
11 (9.6%)
Happy Valley Invitational (Penn State)
4 (3.5%)
The Downtown Invitational (NYU)
7 (6.1%)
The Great Sonoran Showdown (Arizona)
4 (3.5%)
The Derby Challenge (Bellarmine)
9 (7.9%)
The Crimson Classic (Harvard)
4 (3.5%)
The Beach Party (UC Irvine)
15 (13.2%)
The Spartan Throwdown (Case Western)
8 (7%)
The Tobacco Road Invitational (Duke)
9 (7.9%)
The Revolution (Arizona State)
15 (13.2%)
The Cornshucker (Iowa)
15 (13.2%)
The Big Red Invitational Classic (Cornell)
5 (4.4%)
Polar Bear Invitational (ONU)
8 (7%)

Total Members Voted: 54

Voting closed: June 09, 2008, 01:58:50 pm

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AndrewLias

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Best invitational name
« on: June 02, 2008, 01:58:50 pm »
3 votes per person.  Tournaments listed chronologically.  Let me know if I've omitted any invitationals with great names.
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Nur Rauch

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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2008, 02:16:41 pm »
The one I don't get is ASU's. What's their mascot?
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2008, 03:58:14 pm »
you missed the demon deacon invitational though...yeah...probably not many votes there (sorry, Don  ;-))
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2008, 03:58:23 pm »
What?! No Demon Deacon Invitational Tournament, shortened to DDIT, cleverly also being my initials? And I get no love?! I Demand a recount! *aghast*
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2008, 04:10:28 pm »
Quote from: Nur Rauch on June 02, 2008, 02:16:41 pm
The one I don't get is ASU's. What's their mascot?

They are the Sun Devils.  The reasoning behind the "Revolution" title can be found here: http://www.perjuries.com/bbs/index.php/topic,3270.msg150366.html#msg150366.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2008, 10:00:51 pm »
Ummmm..... The Billiken Barrister Invitational!!!!!
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2008, 12:06:46 am »
Quote from: UMCane*GWB on June 02, 2008, 03:58:23 pm
What?! No Demon Deacon Invitational Tournament, shortened to DDIT, cleverly also being my initials? And I get no love?! I Demand a recount! *aghast*

Florida Republicans don't get to ask for recounts, Don.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2008, 12:26:33 am »
Quote from: Chris_Hitch on June 03, 2008, 12:06:46 am
Florida Republicans don't get to ask for recounts, Don.

Zing!
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2008, 12:32:54 am »
Technically our tournament is The Cornshucker Challenge, not just The Cornshucker, minor note. I kind of like the truncated version: "Shucker"....
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2008, 03:12:03 pm »
I personally liked GAMTI better when it was GAMTIT.

That was long before my time. :)
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2008, 03:12:42 pm »
P.S.  How is the revolution not winning this poll?
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2008, 03:26:57 pm »
Quote from: jwalk1028 on June 03, 2008, 03:12:03 pm
I personally liked GAMTI better when it was GAMTIT.

That was long before my time. :)


The original name that I came up with for the BRIC was the Big Red Eastern Annual Super Tournament or The BREAST...The coaches shot down that idea, so we went with our number #2...

I still haven't gotten over it.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2008, 03:28:25 pm »
Quote from: MT4e on June 04, 2008, 03:26:57 pm
The original name that I came up with for the BRIC was the Big Red Eastern Annual Super Tournament or The BREAST...The coaches shot down that idea, so we went with our number #2...

I still haven't gotten over it.

What haters....
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2008, 04:21:17 pm »
I'd like to echo a few other tournament hosts (Don etc..) in expressing my disappointment that my tournament (The Carolina Classic) was not included.  Granted we cannot compete with The Revolution...but still....stings a little.  :-(
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2008, 11:41:04 am »
Another minor clarification.... NYU's tournament is The Downtown Invitational Classic or more simply, The DIC.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2008, 09:46:40 pm »
HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAA....I don't get it.




Oh.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2008, 12:38:06 am »
Why isn't my Kangaroo Court Challenge on the list?
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2008, 12:52:36 am »
I feel bad for Andrew. He is taking a beating.
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Re: Best invitational name
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2008, 10:51:51 am »
Quote from: AndrewLias on June 06, 2008, 02:42:29 am
Because I screwed up.  I forgot about the Kangaroo Court Challenge, an invitational with one of the most creative names.  I also forgot about the Billiken Barrister Invitational and Columbia's "Big Apple."  I thinK I drew the list from the one compiled in another thread; I should have checked the AMTA website for a more extensive list. 

(However, I stand by my omissions of the Carolina Classic and DDIT.  These are fine tournaments, of course, but there is little exciting about their names -- just mascot and location.  Though, as I said a few days ago, this also calls into question my inclusion of Cornell's and Harvard's tournaments.)


Let's not forget other features of Cornell's tournament, like the easy to remember acronym (BRIC) or the awesome graphic of a bear busting through a brick wall that is used to advertise the tournament (Big Red used to be an actual bear that Cornell had on the sidelines at football games before it mauled someone....probably Prog)

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