Friedrich Nietzsche - 2025 ACF Fall

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This philosopher proposed that the Latin word bonus derived from a word for war to argue that ancient societies equated goodness with power. (10[4])This philosopher called for a (10[1])“transvaluation (10[2])of values” (10[4])to combat (10[2])a system (10[3])motivated (10[1])by ressentiment (10[3])(“ruh-SAWN-tee-MAWN”). A (10[2])“polemic” (10[2])by this philosopher argues that the founders of Christianity (10[1])who condemned the will (10[1])to power (10[7])initiated (10[3])the (10[1])“slave revolt (10[8])in (10[1])morality.” (10[14])This philosopher (10[1])argued (10[1]-5[1])that “European morality” (10[2])will (10[1])soon collapse due (10[1])to (10[1]-5[1])declining (10[1])religious (10[1])belief. (10[9])This philosopher’s Genealogy (10[1])of (10[1])Morals (10[2])is (10[2])a sequel (10[2])to (-5[1])Beyond (-5[1])Good and (10[1])Evil. (10[3]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[3]-5[1])name this philosopher who claimed “God (10[1])is dead, (10[12])and we (10[2])have (10[4]-5[1])killed (10[1])him” (10[3])in Thus Spake (10[1])Zarathustra. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Friedrich Nietzsche [or Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	McMaster A	22	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rowan	22	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Stony Brook	22	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	22	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC B	27	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	28	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	28	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty B	30	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	30	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	30	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Clemson B	30	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary A	32	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Maryland C	32	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	34	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto C	34	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	34	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	35	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	37	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan B	37	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	37	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont A	38	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	38	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville A	39	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	39	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	48	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	52	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC B	54	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	54	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	54	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Liberty A	54	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Chicago B	54	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Williams B	54	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	54	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Toronto G	55	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	55	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham C	55	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa B	56	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	58	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton A	58	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	58	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers A	58	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston University B	58	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	58	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	58	10
Alex Coleridge	Durham B	Edinburgh B	58	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCSD B	59	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	60	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto F	60	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	60	10
Bennet Radey	Michigan C	CWRU D	60	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	WVU A	60	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	60	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Iowa A	60	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	60	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown A	60	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	60	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	60	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	60	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Georgia A	60	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	60	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Waterloo A	62	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	63	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	63	-5
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Tufts A	66	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	66	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo C	67	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	CWRU A	70	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	71	-5
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh B	71	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	72	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	73	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UC Irvine	74	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	74	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Michigan D	74	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Princeton	74	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	74	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	74	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	74	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh D	74	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial A	74	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	77	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	NYU C	78	10
Dashiell Helmer	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	79	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University A	79	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	80	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Oxford	80	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	WashU Grolars	82	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Southampton	82	10
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Ohio State A	83	-5
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	RIT B	84	-5
Yun Loh	Penn	Rutgers D	86	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Brock A	87	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State C	87	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	87	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	87	-5
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	88	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	89	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto I	90	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Ohio State B	90	-5
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	90	10
Ada Bendel	Bristol	Imperial C	90	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	96	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	98	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	98	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Tusculum A	98	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	William & Mary B	98	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	98	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	98	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	Williams C	98	10
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial B	98	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	98	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	98	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell C	98	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	ESF	98	10
June Miller	Florida A	UCF A	100	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Michigan State D	100	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	UCSC	101	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Louisville B	101	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	101	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brown B	101	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	101	-5
Andrew Park	Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	102	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Vermont A	103	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia B	103	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	103	10
Andres Lorenzo	RIT B	Binghamton A	106	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh A	107	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	108	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	108	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	George Mason C	108	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	108	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell A	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	71.40
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	14%	86.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	91.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	52.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	54.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	59.00
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	87.50
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	17%	74.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	59.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	0%	62.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	79.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	73.89
North	US	4	100%	0%	62.75
Northeast	US	11	100%	0%	70.09
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	56.75
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	58.23
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	33%	101.00