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- Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Re: RMBAT Tournament (1/26/19)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2710
Re: RMBAT Tournament (1/26/19)
Hey did like anyone ever like, proofread this set
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Famous People who played Quizbowl
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11330
Re: Famous People who played Quizbowl
Since I was coach at the time, I can supply the following: Current (2020) presidential candidate Peter Buttigieg competed for two years on the Quiz Bowl team for St. Joseph's, IN (the school's name at the time). During his junior year, he was third on the team in scoring and played at the National ...
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15991
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
In a similar vein to Aaron Rosenberg's request from last year for people to not write tossups on scientists, I respectfully ask that anyone writing chemistry please not submit tossups on elements. Functional groups also frowned upon.
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:33 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Berus-Lie Intramural Sectionals
- Replies: 3
- Views: 737
Re: Berus-Lie Intramural Sectionals
I don't understand what Berus-Lie is, is this post just some sort of in-joke?
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:53 pm
- Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Best Individuals in Illinois
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1327
Re: Best Individuals in Illinois
obviously your physical location makes things difficult but how many of these players have you actually seen play
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:47 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Common Links Across Scientific Disciplines
- Replies: 3
- Views: 989
Re: Common Links Across Scientific Disciplines
I'm not a tremendous fan of these kinds of tossups when they try to link a common word since often there are other names used for a term of art which can often lead to questions being confusing if you're only familiar with the alternative terms. An example of this was the 2017 CO tu on "Scanning" wh...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: How to Buzz Faster
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2475
Re: How to Buzz Faster
just learn more things that other people so you are buzzing beforehand or ready to buzz beforehand instead of whatever cheap priming tricks someone is going to suggest
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:25 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: 2019 NASAT: June 22 & 23
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4878
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:29 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6382
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
QB etiquette question: With these team formation spreadsheets... should you ask prospective team members first if you can join them, or do you simply assign yourself to open spots? I assumed the former but Alex thinks it's OK to assign yourself. What's the general rule? Also... what time of time of...
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:15 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2670
Re: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
I invite you to make and post your list of the 25 best history players in the greater Naperville area OK. 1. Me, the most important part of this list and also the protagonist of reality 2-25. The first 24 people in your dumb list lol Govind, Asil, and Arjun should also be in there somewhere but I d...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:35 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
- Replies: 82
- Views: 18325
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
hey so i went to a school that was hypothetically in the middle of the state of illinois, which happened to be maybe... less than 5 hours from OSu and like a 7.5 hour drive to umn I sure as hell would want to go to the osu mirror and would be pretty peeved if for some reason the editors of the set r...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Sun God @ UIUC (11/10/18)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2847
Re: Sun God @ UIUC (11/10/18)
stats should be available here
If you have any issues with the stats don't bother me about them I just ripped them from scoresheets
If you have any issues with the stats don't bother me about them I just ripped them from scoresheets
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:45 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
- Replies: 208
- Views: 124419
Re: Books "for Quizbowl"
Asking for a teammate, would Campbell’s textbook be a bit much for a 7th grader to take in? He has a decent understanding of physics and chem, it’s just his bio that’s weak.If it makes a difference, he already has it at his house (sibling) if he's a bright enough kid it should be fine. Understandin...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:15 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9588
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
The tossup on "antibodies" was extremely cliffy -- all the clues before "Y-shaped" were very hard. I looked this tossup up and it seems fine. I suspect that rather than this tossup being "very hard" that it actually contained words you do not know. In fact, the clues chosen are quite good (I will c...
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: IQBTee Shirts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3444
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:13 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2018 National Quiz Bowl Awards
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9464
Re: 2018 National Quiz Bowl Awards
Uh, are there really no members of either of the teams that won the NSC or HSNCT this year in the player of the year noms?
- Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:40 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: Podcasts for Learning Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1468
Re: Podcasts for Learning Quiz Bowl
a lot of good options were suggested in this thread
- Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: DC Metro Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: DC Metro 2018-2019 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11707
Re: DC Metro 2018-2019 Date Claim Thread
seconded: please don't intentionally mislead novices...1.82 wrote:Please don't call your tournament this.kiwikoalabear wrote: > November 17th for our inaugural novice tournament, NAQT (Novice Academic Quiz Tournament)
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
- Replies: 99
- Views: 36487
Re: Evanston Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
Due to issues with the room reservation process at the University of Chicago, this tournament will instead be held at Northwestern University . :party: :party: :party: Tomate, Chicken Shack, here I come! :party: :party: :party: In all seriousness, if anyone wants food suggestions/needs any help wit...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 4:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
- Replies: 99
- Views: 36487
Re: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
Due to issues with the room reservation process at the University of Chicago, this tournament will instead be held at Northwestern University . :party: :party: :party: Tomate, Chicken Shack, here I come! :party: :party: :party: In all seriousness, if anyone wants food suggestions/needs any help wit...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 4:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
- Replies: 99
- Views: 36487
Re: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend
I for one welcome more tournaments moving closer to my home
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:13 am
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: High School Player Poll
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11503
Re: High School Player Poll
To proselytize for someone I've never personally met, I keep hearing the stat quoted that Clark Smith (of Dublin Scioto) had 20 ppg at ACF Nats--on a team with Chris Ray. That's some astounding deep knowledge. I didn't intend on posting in this thread because HS individual player polls don't make f...
- Fri May 11, 2018 6:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 17597
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
I'd be down for a british main event
much less inclined for the canadian event
much less inclined for the canadian event
- Thu May 10, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: Staying Motivated over the Summer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2051
Re: Staying Motivated over the Summer
In general it helps to set up some sort of concrete goals you'd like to reach, perhaps make a list of what you want to go over and make sure you've reached certain parts of it by different segments of the summer
- Thu May 03, 2018 7:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2018
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8329
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2018
why would someone a year and a half out of school be at his peak
- Wed May 02, 2018 8:57 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: FONS III
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7192
Re: FONS III
will there be more stuff like this next year?
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 28213
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
I really liked the bio answerlines in this set! Basically my only complaint is the Haldane tossup, which was solidly science history (and included several non-bio history clues at that). I personally feel that books written for laypeople should NOT appear in science questions, and especially not *m...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Postseason poll
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5941
Re: Postseason poll
I appear to be mostly writing pro-British posts at the moment, but Oxford should 1) come higher on your ballots now then they did before and 2) be noted as only missing out on the top bracket by (iirc) 20 points in their tiebreaker game. It's also worth noting that their top of second bracket finis...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Postseason poll
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5941
Re: Postseason poll
I appear to be mostly writing pro-British posts at the moment, but Oxford should 1) come higher on your ballots now then they did before and 2) be noted as only missing out on the top bracket by (iirc) 20 points in their tiebreaker game. It's also worth noting that their top of second bracket finis...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32011
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Chicago A has won the tournament outright. The second place game will be played in 10-250 at approximately 2:45 PM. Not sure if this has started, but if it were livestreamed in lieu of a final I for one would very much appreciate it. I'm glad you asked Kevin Wang has one going which will hopefully ...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32011
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
I'm glad you askedgyre and gimble wrote:Not sure if this has started, but if it were livestreamed in lieu of a final I for one would very much appreciate it.Galstaff, Sorceror of Light wrote:Chicago A has won the tournament outright. The second place game will be played in 10-250 at approximately 2:45 PM.
- Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:23 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4476
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
more like l3d3rb3rg amirite
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13173
Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
will you have the time for that kind of NATION BUILDING?Cherrybell Miramonte wrote:I’m headed to the University of Arizona for an MS in medical physics. I may try and see if I can revive the team there, and I’d be happy to staff whatever high school stuff exists there, time permitting.
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, January 2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8421
Re: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, Janaury 2019)
This distribution is standard except for the .75/.75 chemistry because we felt that much of collegiate chemistry has significant overlap with physics and biology, so there will be some cross disciplinary questions there. We also felt that there are some under explored topics in the Other Science su...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:10 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: The Best Two-Way Players
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3602
Re: The Best Two-Way Players
who's the best defensive quizbowler
- Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:15 am
- Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Illinois '17-'18
- Replies: 154
- Views: 38347
Re: Illinois '17-'18
beyond the ihsa scorezone?AGoodMan wrote:Out of sheer curiosity, would stats from this year's sectionals and state be posted anywhere?
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:21 pm
- Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: IHSA 17-18
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3894
Re: IHSA 17-18
Irreligion in Bangladesh wrote: *Mr. Andrew Wang, whose science and mythology questions were incredible, and without whom we would have been lost.
heterodyne wrote:While it's great that quality writers are taking over the production of IHSA questions, I'd just like to note that this certainly does not warrant referring to Andrew as Mr. Wang.
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:46 pm
- Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: IHSA 17-18
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3894
Re: IHSA 17-18
Dominator wrote:Congratulations to all the teams that played in Peoria today, particularly Williamsville and Stevenson.
If anyone has any feedback on the questions, I'd like to hear it. I'd also love to hear any good stories or anecdotes.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6801
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:28 pm
- Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Illinois '17-'18
- Replies: 154
- Views: 38347
Re: Illinois '17-'18
I noticed that there was very little RMP on the regionals sets--was this put in place just at regionals so that the weaker teams would be able to convert a higher percentage of the questions, or is the low ratio going to be used at the sectionals and state tournaments as well? this is more a result...
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Dominance of Thought
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4580
Re: The Dominance of Thought
For example, I feel like some of the "traditional" social sciences really get undervalued at hard tournaments as opposed to easy tournaments (I'm probably just forgetting stuff and I'm not talking about CMST here, but psychology seems way underrepresented at hard tournaments, besides, again, the mo...
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4667
Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Hey everyone - I'm currently looking for teammates for my team. There are two spots open, so let me know if you're interested! yo I'm on this team. we still need a 4th. ignore the haters, we're gonna win Celebratory lunchtime beers on me if we make top 2 or bottom 2 of our prelim pool (replace 2 wi...
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:08 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9761
Re: PACENSC 2018 @HSNCT
Have fun in the bottom bracket thenRobert Williams Avenger wrote:Rob and I are teaming up yet again. We would prefer to not be in the same bracket as Wang this year.
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8752
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
yo I get that playing long questions tougher than you're used to is hard but please explain but you mean by "better pyramidality" I assume he's probably thinking something like "all the tossups in the beginning of questions are clues that are all equally too difficult followed by a difficulty cliff...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:11 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8752
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
yo I get that playing long questions tougher than you're used to is hard but please explain but you mean by "better pyramidality" additionally some people in fact like playing questions that have clues that haven't heard before. I'm not sure about your team but certainly when I read for teams at the...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:15 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: 2018 HSNCT sponsorship
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11698
Re: 2018 HSNCT sponsorship
i demand all ict editors and writers just admit the jig is up already and that ur gonna make all of the science biased towards the russia
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:51 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 20637
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
leave libo alone
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11187
Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey
Buzzpoints by team, split by player EDIT: The area under a player's curve is equal to the number of tossups answered correctly. Y axis is thus in arbitrary units of points*probability. Someone should design an interactive website with custom results and graphs but that I unfortunately don't have th...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:17 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Nathan Freeburg
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8135
Re: Nathan Freeburg
That trick about "The Palm Frond" came out of conversations that Raj Dhuwalia, Raj Bhan, Seth Kendall, and I (and others) had had about Nathan's predilection for not ever admitting he hadn't heard of something, especially anything related to lit or history. We could hear the most obscure CO bonus p...
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29881
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
with modern technology we might even be able to run a public discussion threadnsb2 wrote:Are there plans for a private discussion forum within the next few days? I didn't see it on the list in my control panel.