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by Mnemosyne
Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
Replies: 21
Views: 11657

Re: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)

I'm leaving school and taking a job in Georgia. I'm not sure if I'll remain involved or not.
by Mnemosyne
Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8
Replies: 16
Views: 8093

Re: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8 - registration open

It seems to me that there is still a big gap geographically in the Mid-Atlantic by not having a site in either Virginia or North Carolina. Do you plan on adding another site to fill this gap? I guess the answer is no? Last year's SCTs locations were Virginia Tech and Rutgers. Both of those appear t...
by Mnemosyne
Mon May 20, 2019 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63829

Re: Player Poll 2019

I like the subject polls, and I think they will be a little better/more accurate next year. The player poll would be horrible if there was no poll from the previous year to modify, and now that we have "base polls" for all the other categories, these should improve too. I look forward to a...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63829

Re: Player Poll 2019

Some comments on players I've seen this year: I don't know much about the science landscape, but the unheralded Rohan Narayan from Delaware impressed me a lot at PIANO. He had 4 science powers, a bunch of solid 10s, plenty of 30s on bonuses, all while playing next to Eric Wolfsberg, who has non-triv...
by Mnemosyne
Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82606

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

What is the planned time for the lunch break? Last year I think "lunch" was at 2:30 or 3pm? If it will be at the same time, I think it should be announced so we can pack actual meals to eat between rounds instead of just snacks.
by Mnemosyne
Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 9790

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion

I enjoyed the tournament. Thanks everyone for writing it. Our team had four decent but not elite college players, and it seemed like we all powered things we knew well and didn't power the things we didn't know well. Hardly any tossups went dead (<1 per round), but we also played some really good op...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 292280

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the tossup on sarcophagus? I answered "tomb" on the Barbatus clue, which I'm sure is technically wrong, but it's frustrating since it was in the "Tomb of the Scipios" and I might have been able to get it on a prompt. I'm glad the Inca tossup was fixed, but I just want...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Replies: 33
Views: 14768

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)

Will there be side events (such as Guerrilla History, Eyes that Do Not See) at this tournament? I see people referencing "Guerrilla History at JHU", but I haven't seen anyone from Hopkins confirm this is happening.
by Mnemosyne
Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82606

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

Are people generally satisfied with the results of the strength of schedule formula? I was surprised that the Swarthmore site teams had a lower SoS than other top teams, considering the depth at the top of the field. I haven't paid attention to the years of discourse about these things, so maybe I d...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl Detailed Stats
Replies: 5
Views: 1842

Re: 2018 Penn Bowl Detailed Stats

A stat I think would be cool to see is something like "best buzzes," defined as the largest differences in words between the first buzz on a tossup and the second buzz on that tossup.
by Mnemosyne
Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats
Replies: 24
Views: 7716

Re: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats

You might want to make sure all the spreadsheets are view-only. I think I changed (and unchanged) something while trying to ctrl + f.
by Mnemosyne
Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41339

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

I put together a rough tier list of generalists and specialists, since I find it very hard to decide between the two groups when making my ballot. In general, I tried to avoid overlap as much as possible, except where it was unavoidable or instructive to prove a point (i.e. Kai/Alston/Jaimie have a...
by Mnemosyne
Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8246

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

Just an observation: There was a packet where there were effectively 3 math (or stats) tossups in my room. Frequentist, sets (I buzzed on the phrase "naive set theory", which I know from math exposure, not philosophy) and then a physics tossup on Cauchy that switched to "as a mathemat...
by Mnemosyne
Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Midseason poll
Replies: 16
Views: 11642

Re: Midseason poll

Did anyone record the log of the discussion? (and could send it to me) I tried to catch it on my computer during our practice but I lost connection.
by Mnemosyne
Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion
Replies: 62
Views: 23720

Re: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion

I 100% endorse Alex's post above. We've gone through a similar alliance-forming process in Louisiana over the last 6 years. In 2012, there were two (legitimate) NAQT tournaments in the state. This year there were 18. When I first graduated high school, I was super ambitious and thought we could just...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck
Replies: 11
Views: 8810

Re: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck

Team Formation spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KnYTFBXfTuq84SG6nZ1-5qsCdufldIC2xgcDpTUovH4/edit#gid=0 Caleb Kendrick (and Itamar) and I need two one more player s . We'd like to write a quality packet for the first deadline on May 13th. We don't plan on doing well, so no...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: General Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 9428

Re: CMST: General Discussion

I had a lot of fun playing this set. Thanks to everyone for writing it.
by Mnemosyne
Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

Here are a few issues I encountered that probably aren't a huge deal. For the volva tossup, I buzzed in with "female giant" when the clues were describing Hyndla. In the books in which I've read the story, she's just referred to as a giantess (even though I see now wikipedia just says volv...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
Replies: 15
Views: 9601

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)

Our team (Aaron, Rein, me) has an open spot after our fourth player dropped. Contact one of us if interested. Playing shorthanded isn't fun.

Edit: Seth Ebner has joined us.
by Mnemosyne
Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:29 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
Replies: 64
Views: 54213

Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive

I do a lot of these things at tournaments, even though I hate when other people do them, and I usually feel guilty afterwards when I'm not in locked-in-tournament-mode anymore. In my experience a lot of players in the "very competitive" category do this, and we should all be less obnoxious...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II & Delta Burke @ VCU (02/17/2018; Richmond, VA)
Replies: 23
Views: 11707

Re: WAO II & Delta Burke @ VCU (02/17/2018; Richmond, VA)

Can we get a field update, or any sort of confirmation that this tournament is actually happening? Did anyone sign up this time?
by Mnemosyne
Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
Replies: 15
Views: 9601

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)

There are currently 3 teams registered in the OP and two formed on the spreadsheet. Does that mean there are currently 5 teams planning to play this tournament? (I don't know who UMBC is) Also, Virginia is not able to play this as a full team, so I (and probably Vasa?) are looking to join an open te...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 13963

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

* These sentiments are those of a sophomore with limited college reg-level exposure. I thought overall the tossups of this set were more difficult than last year's. One packet that included Charles Bukowski as an answerline stuck out to me as a particular difficult round (4 tossups went dead). In t...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT Open Online Test Mirror (2/24)
Replies: 41
Views: 16438

Re: SMT Open Skype Test Mirror (2/24)

Will Alston made this post after EFT: Have a variety of skill levels at your playtest mirrors, and ask some teams to break up if you need to achieve this. This year we didn't have a good ability to test for things that were too hard because every team in the field was scoring above 20 PPB. Will ther...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
Replies: 20
Views: 20310

Re: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

mozzarella wrote:Hey, UVA, can you let me know the mirror date ASAP since AU club funds are weird this year

The UVA mirror is 10/14. Thread is here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =8&t=20235
by Mnemosyne
Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Louisiana 2017-2018
Replies: 11
Views: 6692

Re: Louisiana 2017-2018

sgoebel wrote:Full results for the Tal Atkins Memorial Quiz Bowl tournament are available here. Coppell placed 1st, C.E Byrd A placed 2nd, West Monroe A placed 3rd, and Dutchtown A placed 4th.
Just to be sure, the format for this tournament was 4 games and then a single-elimination playoff?
by Mnemosyne
Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 20365

Re: Preseason Poll

Here is the postseason poll. It would probably be useful for people to post about who is leaving, joining, etc. 1. Michigan A 2. Maryland 3. Yale 4. Stanford 5. Chicago A 6. Columbia 7. Northwestern 8. Penn 9. Berkeley A 10. Oxford A 11. Minnesota 12. Ohio State 13. Chicago B 14. WUSTL 15. McGill 16...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Jun 26, 2017 5:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: What tournaments are "must-attend" events, and why?
Replies: 16
Views: 11017

Re: What tournaments are "must-attend" events, and why?

I think your best option for something exciting will be a southern EFT mirror. There should be a mirror within a few hours drive, and there will probably be a mix of teams at an appropriate skill level (you won't have to worry about getting beaten down by really good college teams all day), assuming...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14445

Re: The Case for Short Questions

I wonder if there's a specialist vs. generalist element to the debate as well. I don't mind long questions on the categories I play, but it's pretty miserable to sit through 12+ really long questions that I have no intention of buzzing on. If you can buzz in almost every subject, then you might not ...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24579

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Will ties for the playoff spots be broken by PPG?
by Mnemosyne
Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 (T)TIaC: Literature
Replies: 17
Views: 4184

Re: Literature

Do you have a rough breakdown of the number of answer lines by country of origin? I only heard 8.5 packets, so I don't want to criticize, but I can only think of 3 pure US lit tossup answer lines I heard. I was frustrated by one round that I recall having 3 100% British answer lines. I like the idea...
by Mnemosyne
Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX @ Louisiana Tech 4/8/17 (open)
Replies: 1
Views: 1758

Terrapin XXIX @ Louisiana Tech 4/8/17 (open)

This is an announcement for Louisiana Tech's mirror of Terrapin on 4/8/17. More information about the set can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18768 This is an open tournament. Any person who has not heard the set can play. This tournament will take place in a ...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:15 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77806

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

At SCT this weekend, Oklahoma lost to Rice in Round 1.

Oklahoma won out to finish 8-1. Rice lost out to finish 1-8.
by Mnemosyne
Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:35 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77806

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

CPiGuy wrote:
Ike wrote:I'll PM you with specifics. I would post the specific instances of this story here, but the set is not clear -- so I'll definitely do that once Terrapin is clear.

Ike
I *think* Terrapin is clear now?
Nope. LA/TX mirror is a work in progress
by Mnemosyne
Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 Louisiana State University SpoOoOoktacular
Replies: 4
Views: 3164

Re: 2016 Louisiana State University SpoOoOoktacular

brookealicelowe wrote:I am new to forming a team in Louisiana. Is there a place where I can sign up to learn of the tournament dates?

Thanks,
Brooke Lowe
Stanley High School
A schedule of Louisiana tournament dates can be found here: http://www.louisianaquizbowl.org/schedule/
by Mnemosyne
Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New Louisiana Team
Replies: 1
Views: 1792

Re: New Louisiana Team

Middle school teams can compete at high school tournaments. There are high school tournaments every few weeks throughout the state. A list of high school tournaments and their dates can be found here: http://www.louisianaquizbowl.org/schedule/ There aren't really middle school tournaments (or teams)...
by Mnemosyne
Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
Replies: 3
Views: 2918

Re: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)

We played a 10 team round robin. LSU A defeated Tulane in the first game of an advantaged final. Note that LSU A defeated LSU B in a coin flip after they were both pulled over on the way to the tournament and chose to coin flip their match against each other instead of delay the tournament significa...
by Mnemosyne
Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
Replies: 3
Views: 2918

Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)

Louisiana Tech will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice set 158C or 161AC (the easier one) on Saturday, September 24, 2016 on our campus in Ruston, LA. The tournament will begin at 9:30 AM in Davison Hall, with registration running from 9 AM to 9:25 AM. The tournament should be concluded...
by Mnemosyne
Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll 2016-2017
Replies: 27
Views: 16419

Re: Preseason Poll 2016-2017

We'll ride last year's solid athletics momentum and proclaim LA Tech to be the Conference USA favorite
by Mnemosyne
Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)
Replies: 6
Views: 6484

Re: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)

Any update on this?
by Mnemosyne
Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Studying math theory
Replies: 8
Views: 6573

Re: Studying math theory

I just ran across this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZzHxk_TPOStgPtqRZ6KzmkUQBQ8TSWVX It's an introduction to a huge portion of the theoretical math canon. I only watched one video, but based on the one I saw, watching the whole thing looks like it would be an awesome way...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Jun 19, 2016 4:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Studying math theory
Replies: 8
Views: 6573

Re: Studying math theory

A starting point is to look at all the fundamental undergraduate math courses after calculus (linear algebra, abstract algebra, discrete math/graph theory, real analysis, point-set topology, probability/stats, and a few others), and learn (and understand) the basic definitions from each chapter in (...
by Mnemosyne
Sat May 07, 2016 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 9883

Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion

The only thing I want to complain about is the "Gods of Flooding of the Nile" question. I haven't seen the full question text but I'll explain how it played out. First clue: some god of this phenomenon that I don't know... so we're probably looking for some sort of domain that someone can ...
by Mnemosyne
Wed May 04, 2016 12:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16
Replies: 19
Views: 11126

Re: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16

The Louisiana Tech team appears to have transitioned into a team of Nick Collins + Caleb Kendrick + Victor Prieto* + potential future teammate

*edited to add
by Mnemosyne
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MLK: Specific Questions
Replies: 44
Views: 8018

Re: Specific Questions

2 things about the derivative question: At the risk of looking like an idiot, it claims the derivative of sqrt(x) is 1/sqrt(x), which is wrong. I also think that question has a huge difficulty cliff from exterior derivative to Rolle's theorem. I might have a huge gap in my knowledge, but that questi...
by Mnemosyne
Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
Replies: 21
Views: 19943

Re: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"

That's an absolutely stupid policy. Asking people in the South to travel hundreds of miles or play on Skype instead of letting somebody host a mirror can't possibly be based on anything other than complete indifference to the concerns of an entire region of the country. Why would you assess the pot...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT state championships 2016
Replies: 4
Views: 4457

Re: NAQT state championships 2016

Just noticed that there will be an NAQT State Championship in both Arkansas and Mississippi this year. Cool. (And not Louisiana as of now - not cool.)
by Mnemosyne
Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 15448

Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion

I think the issue can be fixed simply by adding a few words to the second sentence that include the word "metric." That would stop people from saying metric (which is a better wrong answer than norm) and hopefully guide them to the right answer. Maybe something like "The Euclidean fun...
by Mnemosyne
Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 15448

Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion

There was a math bonus where the answer was "distance." Should "norm" have been acceptable? The other math people there agreed with me that it should have, but I never got to reread the full question. I recall it saying "the Euclidean this ...", which is begging for som...
by Mnemosyne
Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)
Replies: 28
Views: 13559

Re: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)

Unofficial tournament results: Billy Beyer/Kevin Marshall led after 10 rounds at 9-1 ULL + Dargan Ware was at 8-2 Tulane 7-3 LA Tech 6-4 The tournament was called because it was after 7 and I think Tulane didn't want to stay any longer. Mr. Sundberg plans to force Billy and Kevin into a Skype final ...