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by jonpin
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Replies: 30
Views: 4102

Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals

Another huge problem you're neglecting--you really can't block off outdoor spots from noises or other people. Do you really want an ACF Nationals match having to be played at a picnic table next to another group of campers who are playing music or frisbee? To be fair, that's no worse than that time...
by jonpin
Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: Looking for a Packet Writer?
Replies: 3
Views: 1475

Re: Looking for a Packet Writer?

I am no longer a forums moderator, so I cannot technically tell you how to post. I have not been actively involved in writing quiz bowl questions for several years, so I cannot tell you what the current economy and mechanics of the writing process are. But I can tell you that you are a seventh-grade...
by jonpin
Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: All-Northeast Master Calendar 2023-24
Replies: 11
Views: 4894

Re: All-Northeast Master Calendar 2023-24

Can you clarify what the color is meant to indicate for each event?
by jonpin
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions
Replies: 3
Views: 4933

Re: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions

Welcome to the Quiz Bowl community! You may also find this primer from PACE, another national quiz bowl organization, helpful in learning some of the jargon that you'd see and hear.
by jonpin
Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: Brooklyn Bridge Battle Tournament (RESCHEDULED to 6/24/23) (HS Regs Minus)
Replies: 17
Views: 8708

Re: Brooklyn Bridge Battle Tournament

Am I misreading this or are you announcing this tournament today to run one week from now?
by jonpin
Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: What's the purpose of an advantaged final?
Replies: 14
Views: 6083

Re: What's the purpose of an advantaged final?

The purpose of an advantage final is to balance the benefit of a final that provides public display of the best teams and the crowning moment against the detriment of a team going X-0 all day, then losing a one-off final to a team that went (X-1)-1 who they had beaten earlier in the day. And if the...
by jonpin
Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: What's the purpose of an advantaged final?
Replies: 14
Views: 6083

Re: What's the purpose of an advantaged final?

The purpose of an advantage final is to balance the benefit of a final that provides public display of the best teams and the crowning moment against the detriment of a team going X-0 all day, then losing a one-off final to a team that went (X-1)-1 who they had beaten earlier in the day. Well, the *...
by jonpin
Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:59 am
Forum: Single-Subject Events
Topic: Geography Circuit GeoBee
Replies: 3
Views: 4111

Re: Geography Circuit GeoBee

Is there a registration fee? Could you provide a brief description of game and tournament format for anyone who's not familiar with the no-longer operating NatGeo Geography Bee?
by jonpin
Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:56 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023
Replies: 35
Views: 12809

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023

a Joe wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 4:10 pm
x'x(-1)x'y wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:42 pm Berwick would like to claim December 3rd for an in-person tournament in Eastern Pennsylvania. Announcment is in the tournament forum.
I might just be blind, but I'm not seeing anything. Can you link it?
It was posted a few days ago.
by jonpin
Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago - Congratulations Lambert!
Replies: 14
Views: 12921

Re: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago - Congratulations Lambert!

From what I can tell, here are performances that enter the top ten of PACE's modern statistical records page. I plan to review the last few years of NSC and make sure all the top-ten lists on this page are updated early this summer. Team powers in a single game - 12 Lambert, Round 2 vs Richard Montg...
by jonpin
Sun Jun 12, 2022 12:02 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago - Congratulations Lambert!
Replies: 14
Views: 12921

Re: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago

Lambert, Richard Montgomery, Kinkaid, and Thomas Jefferson enter the elite eight championship bracket with a win, while Hunter, Great Valley, Barrington, and Strake Jesuit carry forward a defeat. These teams will face off tomorrow to determine this year's PACE NSC champion!
by jonpin
Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago - Congratulations Lambert!
Replies: 14
Views: 12921

Re: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago

PACE Announcements wrote: Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:13 pm You can view the website (with schedules, stats, and the program) here!
And Harry White's live-updating stats page is up and running.
by jonpin
Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:17 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Introducing the UQC
Replies: 23
Views: 7307

Re: Introducing the UQC

I was informed after the fact by an acquaintance that there is an “Ultimate Quizzing Championships” event in Europe—I apologize for any confusion this may cause. My company is legally registered in the state of Minnesota, and I am assured there is no issue with the name. As I’m mostly operating in ...
by jonpin
Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 10495

Re: 2022 HSNCT discussion

(I haven't worked on the HSNCT schedule in several years, and even when I did it was prelims rather than playoffs.) Keep in mind that before the tournament NAQT does not know exactly how many teams will be in the top bracket and the bottom bracket when playoffs begin. That number depends on the out...
by jonpin
Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 10495

Re: 2022 HSNCT discussion

C. NFT owners are commonly mocked by people "taking ownership" of their NFTs by performing this simple action. A lambasted viral tweet compared the "mentality" of people who do this to people who make Salt Bae's meals at home. answer: right-click ing (and saving) (accept right-c...
by jonpin
Fri May 20, 2022 10:04 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Yoda-Style Questions
Replies: 15
Views: 6841

Re: Yoda-Style Questions

This is the kind of nonsense we lost when AHAN stopped being regularly available.

Each person can decide for themselves what my (and their) opinion of that is.
by jonpin
Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maroon Bowl III @ Ridgewood (3/26/22)
Replies: 7
Views: 3018

Re: Maroon Bowl III @ Ridgewood (3/26/22)

I trust that full logistic details will be emailed out in the coming days, but could you let us know when the tournament starts so we can plan when to arrive?
by jonpin
Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: Single-Subject Events
Topic: Prometheus Science Bowl
Replies: 3
Views: 5676

Re: Prometheus Science Bowl

At the very least, the website looks more put-together than the s c i e n c e c h a m p i o n s h i p was. But "for legal reasons, no, you can't know our sponsors" is... off-putting.
by jonpin
Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:22 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships
Replies: 21
Views: 9761

Re: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships

Right now, boosters are not required to count as fully vaccinated under the CDC's definition, which is the definition we will use for our 2022 in-person national championships. We think it's reasonably likely that by March 1 (the "policy as-of" date we're using) boosters will be required ...
by jonpin
Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Name Changes
Replies: 4
Views: 3524

Re: Name Changes

Current practice: The following are generally acceptable: surnames, family names, nicknames that are nearly universally known (e.g., LBJ but not Landslide Lyndon), pseudonyms, birth names, unmarried or married names, and regnal names. If a person's family name changed over the course of his or her l...
by jonpin
Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Notable Buzzers
Replies: 32
Views: 20579

Re: Notable Buzzers

The second, far less well known buzzer I want to discuss is something that the MIT team had in its possession circa 2008-2009, and brought to at least a few tournaments. This was a homemade system, I think, and the notable thing about it is that the noise it made when somebody buzzed in was a "...
by jonpin
Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread
Replies: 47
Views: 18505

Re: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread

long time lurker, first time poster the perfect complement to mob-rule is travelmapping , the much more exclusive (and obsessive) club of people who track the highway segments they’ve driven i added 795.96 miles and 24 counties for 2021 acf nationals, including 5.8% of US30 (much of which was forme...
by jonpin
Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread
Replies: 47
Views: 18505

Re: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread

Y'all.

Please don't die driving to a quiz bowl tournament. Get some goddamn sleep before day-long roadtrips.
by jonpin
Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 IQBT NASAT - Congratulations Illinois Blue!
Replies: 47
Views: 33264

Re: 2021 IQBT NASAT - Congratulations Illinois Blue!

The final version of the championship bracket.

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by jonpin
Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 6453

Re: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion

I think it's also fine to have an occasional use of the pre-question note Look over the answer line before reading this question.
by jonpin
Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSNCT and its Problems
Replies: 30
Views: 16290

Re: HSNCT and its Problems

Does anyone else get uncomfortable when we start having conversations about what "elite teams" are deciding should and should not be done as part of a national tournament, and when the threat that the elite teams will cease attending the event because it does not meet their standards is p...
by jonpin
Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSNCT and its Problems
Replies: 30
Views: 16290

Re: HSNCT and its Problems

2. Cost/Structure. HSNCT is far too expensive, and it is far too short. [...] In general, HSNCT's format is incredibly outdated. Very few other tournaments use double elimination. Most, including the two other national tournaments set to run this year, use a rebracketing format. Why does HSNCT not ...
by jonpin
Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [QUARTERFINALS, SUBMIT BY 12/30]

Fast Car
When Doves Cry
Billie Jean
Once in a Lifetime
by jonpin
Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT video seminars about online tournaments
Replies: 5
Views: 2521

Re: NAQT video seminars about online tournaments

Important Bird Area wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:45 pmWe will also make recordings of the seminars available to the community afterward.
Have these recordings been posted yet?
by jonpin
Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND OF SIXTEEN, PART TWO: SUBMIT BY 12/26]

Free Fallin'
no opinion
Once in a Lifetime
Craaaaaaaaaaaazy Traaaaaaaaaaaaaain
by jonpin
Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND TWO, PART TWO: SUBMIT BY 12/19]

80s BRACKET ROUND OF 16: LEFT BRACKET SUBMIT VOTES BY 11:59 PM PST 12/23 We're down to sixteen, so we'll do batches of four matchups this round. 1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" 6 Nena, "99 Luftballons" vs. 7 Dexy'...
by jonpin
Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND TWO; SUBMIT BY 11/11]

19. The Head That Talks Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime” Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House” 20. Pick ‘em: U2 (“With or Without You” is untouchable) U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)” 21. Calling The Police ...
by jonpin
Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

PLAY-INS, SLATE ONE PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR VOTES BY MIDNIGHT PST 11/8 1. Clash of the Clash The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go” , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM The Clash, “Rock the Casbah”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ 2. Country Crossover Corner Willie Nelson, “Alway...
by jonpin
Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

rylltraka wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:59 am The greatest revelation here is that "Uptown Girl" was made in the mid-80s and not the late 60s.
The whole album is tributes/homages to older sounds, so that's understandable.
by jonpin
Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

I was raised on Billy Joel, and I do like the song, but is "We Didn't Start the Fire" really the best we can do for him in the 1980's? I feel like half of An Innocent Man could be chosen; if you twisted my arm to pick one, I'd say "Uptown Girl" or "Keeping the Faith". F...
by jonpin
Wed Oct 28, 2020 7:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall II on 11/07
Replies: 7
Views: 4381

Re: Clarke Fall II on 11/07

Just as a suggestion, I recommend you keep the field update outside of the first post, because as a new account, when you edit a post, it goes away until it's approved. And if you're editing the first post, the entire thread goes away until a mod approves the post.
by jonpin
Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
Replies: 23
Views: 10764

Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE

Something I'm frustrated by, which I think I brought up a few months ago when LIQBA started announcing their spring online series, is the registration fee. Much like what has happened with NHBB regional tournaments, you're charging a registration fee which is very similar to the going rate and offer...
by jonpin
Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
Replies: 7
Views: 3060

Re: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021

No player may, during the same competition year, compete for multiple homeschool co-ops, multiple online schools, or a combination of non-online (i.e., in-person) schools and homeschool co-ops and/or online schools, regardless of established affiliation. In other words, during a single competition ...
by jonpin
Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Maintaining Boundaries II (Focus on Social Media)
Replies: 8
Views: 9735

Re: Maintaining Boundaries II (Focus on Social Media)

I also agree with much of what's said in this thread. My school district has a specific policy that we are not to accept friend requests from students at our school (even if they are not in our class), and that online conversations should be conducted via our school email addresses, rather than pers...
by jonpin
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Online Events
Replies: 2
Views: 2831

Re: Online Events

There have been a few threads scattered throughout the forums, but I think most of the discussion there has been about organizing and running online tournaments, so it's good to have a thread about how it operates for players (and coaches), what they have to do in advance and on game-day, what the e...
by jonpin
Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Vulching (Continued)
Replies: 6
Views: 5068

Re: Vulching (Continued)

What is "vulching"? That's totally new to me. A tossup the other team has already negged has sometimes been called a "sitting duck" tossup or any of a number of other slang terms meant to imply it's sitting their, ripe for the taking. To swoop in greedily and grab the tossup and...
by jonpin
Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:17 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Replies: 51
Views: 64107

Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community

One difficulty that I sometimes feel when these conversations come up is trying to find the fine line between, on the one side, repeating platitudes that don't necessarily add anything to the discussion, and on the other side, speaking over the voices of women and non-binary people. And given my ten...
by jonpin
Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - THE FINALS!

Someday girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place where we really wanna go and we'll walk in the sun
But til then, tramps like us, baby we were BORN TO RUN
by jonpin
Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!

In terms of selecting four artists as the potentially greatest of the '70s, this is a pretty good group. It certainly leaves out punk and disco, so there are historical issues, but in terms of what you'd actually hear on the radio in that decade, this is spot on. I mean, it also leaves out any wome...
by jonpin
Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!

Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ - THE HIGHWAY'S JAMMED WITH BROKEN HEROES ON A LAST CHANCE POWER DRIVE
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
by jonpin
Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: National Charity QB Tournament
Replies: 20
Views: 5313

Re: National Charity QB Tournament

The notion that you're going to write a set in a month and then hold a 48-team Discord tournament over two days, without needing any outside staffers, seems like a series of choices that are each individually questionable and together seem extremely reckless, probably because of not realizing how mu...
by jonpin
Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Laws and Treaties: A Vanity Packet
Replies: 9
Views: 2984

Re: Laws and Treaties: A Vanity Packet

I'd like to play this, but acronym league is tomorrow night, starting at 7 central. I can't remember how long it took last time, but I think I would miss out if so. If I'm the only one with this overlap I'll just read it later, so no worries :) Both weeks that I played, it seemed the three games go...
by jonpin
Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Retroactive name changes in tournament results
Replies: 9
Views: 10902

Re: Retroactive name changes in tournament results

As someone who has run stats at tournaments, I believe the chances of anyone whatsoever still having SQBS files on their computer from random tournaments five years ago are remote. I'll call around and see what I can do about the nationals I went to. But not zero. More importantly, the hsqbdb allow...