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- Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Festivus (23 Dec)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1742
Re: Festivus (23 Dec)
Can the packets be posted soon?
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:27 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Homewood-Flossmoor 2nd Annual Pop Culture Tournament
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2669
Re: Homewood-Flossmoor 2nd Annual Pop Culture Tournament
Can we get a field update?
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6342
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Thanks to Rama and all the readers, this was the most well run online tournament I’ve played in.
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:30 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2018 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7344
Re: 2018 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
All of the collegiate mirrors of this set are complete, the only remaining high school mirror is at Solon in February. To reiterate, EFT is not clear until February, so please discuss it only in the private discussion forum. If you are in college and would like a copy of the set, whether you played ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Guerilla History Event (PIANO side event)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4093
Re: Guerilla History Event (December)
I would prefer to play in person (possibly after a PIANO mirror?).
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:36 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: QANTA League: Human-Computer Open Tournament / Question Writing Competition (15. Dec, 2018, UMD)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9760
Re: QANTA League: Human-Computer Open Tournament / Question Writing Competition (15. Dec, 2018, UMD)
Hasn’t this team been asked to stop doing this?
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ University of Maryland, College Park on 9/29
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3734
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) @ University of Maryland, College Park on 9/29
Thanks to everyone for playing. To discuss the set, please join the discussion forum at User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> 2018 EFT Discussion.
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT at Michigan (09/29/2018)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3341
Re: EFT at Michigan (09/29/2018)
Thanks to everyone for playing. To discuss the set, please join the discussion forum at User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> 2018 EFT Discussion.
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:36 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3376
Re: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
The winners were Don't Forget to Bring a Towel! (Stephen Liu, Jason Golfinos, Alex Schmidt, Peter Schmidt). Stats will be up on SQBS within a few days. Also, I want to request again that anyone who played this tournament join the discussion forum and share your thoughts. The goal of this mirror was ...
- Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:13 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3376
Re: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
The discussion forum for this set is now up.
- Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3376
Re: EFT Open Discord Mirror (09/22/2018)
Thanks to everyone for playing, hope you enjoyed the set. A discussion forum will be up soon, but in the meantime please email me at tejascraje at gmail with any comments, criticism or feedback. Thanks again to Alex for running this and to all of the readers as well.
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: IQBTee Shirts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3429
Re: IQBTee Shirts
I have serious concerns with the contents of these shirts, both of these make some sense in the context of quizbowl but I would absolutely not want to wear them in public. As you know, the usual definition of negging is something totally different and entirely negative and the second shirt seems lik...
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:30 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 17472
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Thanks to Mike and everyone else at UIUC for running this, it was a really fun and well organized weekend. Thanks as well to everyone who staffed and helped out, and of course to the writers.
- Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:38 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 17472
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
I’m in favor of keeping the format as is for Words and Objects, with free agents just joining existing teams. I recognize the issue with not having the best way to determine a champion but I think this format will get the most out of the existing packets.
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 17472
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
For what it’s worth, I’d prefer to move one of the two film tournaments to the Saturday night spot previously occupied by Snick and keep everything else the same.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2019 Terrapin 30 proto-announcement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2802
Re: 2019 Terrapin 30 proto-announcement
Is there a reason you’re abandoning the longstanding and beloved tradition of Terrapin’s name using Roman numerals?
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 46
- Views: 15719
Re: Players Choice Awards
I’d suggest having a separate award for total newcomers, players who had never played quizbowl before.
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: SOUNDTRACK playtesting at ICT
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4073
Re: SOUNDTRACK playtesting at ICT
I’ll second Mike, I haven’t watched as many of the movies that came up here but this was very fun to play.
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:47 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Your Favorite Question
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12992
Re: Your Favorite Question
I don't know much about the topic of this question, but it has one of the best leadins I've heard. This poet’s complaint about Ben Jonson’s phrase “the bodies that those souls were frighted from” is probably the source of the prescription against using prepositions to end sentences with. Matthew Pri...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 81
- Views: 7862
Re: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
I enjoyed the set, I thought in general the questions were quite good and I didn't notice any systemic problems. Here's a few general comments I had: The trash felt really imbalanced to me, I remember only one TV bonus and a couple film questions but almost all of it was music. There were two too ma...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6000
Re: Managing Tournament Staff
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this but one very important thing a TD needs to do is double check that for packet sub tournaments, no team is scheduled to play on their packet.
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8675
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Someone should correct me if I'm wrong, but from my analysis, the median buzzpoint at the Georgia Tech site, which had (according to forum post here ) ten teams in attendance, was .996 (!!) (and an average above .90) Just to be clear, this was only referring to music tossups, as Chandler's hypothes...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11067
Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey
I've gone through the stats and tried testing some of the hypotheses people have posted in this thread that have not yet been answered. "Bad" teams (let's say <12PPB) will have a higher percentage of 30'd bonuses than buzzes in the first two lines, and "good" teams (>18PPB) will have a higher percen...
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11067
Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey
I'd like to look into whether or not there is a correlation between opponent strength and neg rate. I predict that there is not one, since I don't think teams are as strategic as people might think in how they approach different games, and because the weaker team would have fewer opportunities to bu...
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 2:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: MSU WAO 2 11/11/2017
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6247
Re: MSU WAO 2 11/11/2017
Just wanted to commend MSU for their running of the tournament. They were very proactive in sending out schedules early so that we could look them over and give feedback on seeding issues so that everything was ready, and Briana did a great job handling the issues caused by the editors not sending p...
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:39 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: a Game of Thrones Set
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9919
Re: a Game of Thrones Set
Can you just post it to the archive?
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:25 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: MSU WAO 2 11/11/2017
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6247
Re: MSU WAO 2 11/11/2017
Can we get a field update please? I emailed to register my team already.
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 2017)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 35184
Re: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 20
I am playing this with Rob Carson, Billy Busse and Rama Rangaraju and we also intend to submit a packet.
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:04 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT Open Test Mirror (9/16)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5239
Re: EFT Open Test Mirror (9/16)
Personally I'm in favor of this, mostly due to time constraints and the fact that as Will noted, we'd spend a lot of time on easy bonus parts.
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:44 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Chicago Open 2017 - July 22nd
- Replies: 60
- Views: 26690
Re: Chicago Open 2017 - July 22nd
I would prefer some weekday instead.
- Mon May 01, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21217
Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
I will play this.
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 21509
Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
As a staffer, I just wanted to thank Cody, Jerry and Jon again for the amazing work they did organizing the tournament despite the various snafus. And of course, thanks to Matt, Tommy, Evan, Austin, Rohith and Ike for producing a fantastic set, I was glad to see that teams of all levels enjoyed play...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Skype Tournament Guidelines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4290
Skype Tournament Guidelines
I’ve played a number of Skype tournaments over the past few years and staffed one, and while I’ve had very positive experiences on the whole there are a few general issues I’ve had with how the tournaments have been run. I’ve seen a few easily fixable problems arise multiple times, as well as some t...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:16 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16461
Re: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
May I suggest that all tossups end with "For 10 points, remember this guy who ..." with a question mark at the end.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: OAT Mirror @ ND
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1796
Re: OAT Mirror @ ND
To clarify, will this mirror be open?
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 32816
Re: 2017 ICT bids
I am also curious as to how Yale got two DI bids. I assume one is for hosting and one is for Jacob and Stephen editing SCT, I'm not clear as to why they get two for this though.
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 WAO: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1529
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
I liked the set a lot and wanted to note a couple positives from it. One is that the editors did a pretty good job keeping difficulty consistent through different packets and categories. This wasn't perfect, as Jordan notes, but good given the vague "regular plus" stated difficulty. I also thought t...
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Eyes That Do Not See VIII - January 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5786
Re: Eyes That Do Not See VIII - January 2017
Unfortunately we couldn't read this at UChicago due to WAO running late, but a group of us got together and played it later. Scores are below: Athena Kern - 305 Rob Carson - 115 Will Alston - 110 Dylan Minarik - 95 Bryan Berend - 80 Bernadette Spencer - 75 Tejas Raje - 75 Ike Jose - 75 Alex Damisch ...
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17893
Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Everyone's waiting in the IRC.
- Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: It's Lit
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20575
Re: It's Lit
I'll play this. I'm even worse than Mike Cheyne at Lit.
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:21 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2363
Re: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)
This was great, thanks Jasper and Anderson for writing it and for holding this mirror.
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 20940
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I'm moving to Chicago soon, I'll be available to staff things and play open events.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:22 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Hand Down, Neg Down: A Basketball Set
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2779
Re: Hand Down, Neg Down: A Basketball Set
But you'll work harder on those questions so it's fine.Cheynem wrote:In the spirit of college basketball, those questions will be worth 50% less points than the other questions and be written in a whiter font.
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 28091
Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Billy wrote the question, I believe.Cody wrote:Was photonic crystals really only gotten in one room? I'd assumed from Billy's post that both he and I got the tossup.
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 28091
Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Full conversion stats can be found here.
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14237
Re: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
Can the set be posted?
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:08 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 50806
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
This tournament was great, many thanks to Rob, Andrew and Carsten for writing it.
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:24 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Writing Good History Questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13915
Re: Writing Good History Questions
Okay here's some data: 2012 ICT had a tossup on Haydn string quartets that went like so: ...The "Sun" and (*) "Erd\"ody" [air-DOH-dee] groups of these pieces were written while their composer was employed by the Esterh\'azys. For 10 points--name these chamber works by the composer of the {~Farewell...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:24 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Writing Good History Questions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11464
Re: Writing Good History Questions
Okay here's some data: 2012 ICT had a tossup on Haydn string quartets that went like so: ...The "Sun" and (*) "Erd\"ody" [air-DOH-dee] groups of these pieces were written while their composer was employed by the Esterh\'azys. For 10 points--name these chamber works by the composer of the {~Farewell...
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (CO Sunday?)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10999
Re: The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (CO Sunday?)
I'd like to play this.