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Daedalus wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:59 pm yeah uh about that

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I'll address others' comments in a separate post, but first I get to enjoy typing out a self-serving editor's post. =D As you already know, I did the classical music (minus an Andrew Hart tossup and a Will Nediger bonus) and the non-jazz auditory fine arts (minus an opera tossup from Rob Carson and ...

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I am starting a MlIS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I assume I’ll be for two years. I will be starting an two-year MA program at UChicago's Divinity School. I intend to continue to play. I'm starting a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois at ...

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The problem with all-bracket entry tiebreakers is that they do significantly delay the tournament because there are far more tiebreaker situations to determine and read -- look no further back than PACE NSC 2018. Having played PACE NSC 2018, I did not notice any delays anywhere significant enough w...

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I agree with the concerns over making it work at CO. SA2's questions are a little bit shorter than CO Trash's, so having one other tossup only event might work, but two would certainly be pushing it. I really don't want to step on anyone's toes there, so if two other side events are confirmed (or i...

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As a forums moderator that tries to be very responsive to community concerns, I've split this thread--posts about how NAQT responds to community concerns can go here, and the ICT format discussion can stay here.

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Alex, I don't think "harshest criticism" and "harshest treatment" are the same thing. I agree that NAQT should be held to higher standards. This does not mean they should be subjected to our most abusive rhetoric. Sure, and I appreciate your succinct clarification. I, too, have ...

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As Mike pointed out, for a community where we spend so much time self-flagellating about how people often treat each other (which, incidentally, seems to result in these same people being more civil and conflict-averse in public, but nasty and gossipy in group chats), we sure as hell seem to have a...

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It looks like I accidentally stole someone's pair of black sunglasses. They say @UMNUSA on the back and looked exactly like mine. Sorry! If they're yours, please let me know and I'll try to get them back to you.

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Apologies for the egregious thread necromancy, but ICT being this weekend and Will Nediger posting about a bonus in the Quizbowl History Forum reminded me of this. I was spectating 2018 ICT, since DePaul didn't get off the standby list. This is one of my favorite bonuses of all time: A play about th...

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Of the two teams Yale is sending to ICT this year, only one of our players is female. We are therefore wondering if anyone would be interested in splitting the cost of a double room at ICT with that player for the nights of Friday April 5 and Saturday April 6. Feel free to PM me your contact inform...

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Adam Silverman is our king, and I have a couple of questions I wanted to specifically call out as being awesome: The decision trees/overfitting/boosting bonus is like my Platonic ideal of a data science bonus. The OSci in general was extremely well-executed. The R tossup ruled. Haters stay mad. Kudo...

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Any reason why this can't be multiple-select?

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I'm frustrated that the subject of conversation has gone so far afield from the original post, which is excellent. However, since we're here, I agree with Charlie on many points. It gives me extreme pause to introduce quizbowl people to my normal friends/significant others, because there's nothing e...

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Being that none of these teams are from a school (i.e., I assume nobody has to go through a finance office to send a check), perhaps just email teams about the benefits/drawbacks of a potential price increase, and raise the price if everybody consents? It's not the most graceful option, but it seems...

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You need to change the permissions on the sheet for other people to access it.

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EFT is clear! Thank you everyone for your patience, and for playing EFT!

The packet uploads are ~~pending approval, but when they're available they'll be~~ here.

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Glad to see this topic bumped recently, I meant to respond in November but never got around to it. For reference, I went to an all-undergraduate four-year school of about 1,500 students, in a state (WI) where pyramidal high school quizbowl is not unknown but very small, and which also draws heavily ...

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Looks like a great team of younger writers/players who are known for these subjects.

Super hyped for this much 20th century music!

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Just for my own curiosity (and apologies if this is posted elsewhere on here, the ACF website, etc.) --- but is there a policy on spoiler (or otherwise ineligible) teams joining a field, when such a tournament is a national qualifier? The ACF Hosting Guidelines detail the penalties incurred for ine...

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ACF is pleased to announce that we have secured a hotel block at the Study at University City . Teams can book rooms on Friday 4/12/19, Saturday 4/13/19, and Sunday 4/14/19 for $194 + citywide 16.25% tax rate. You can book by clicking here . Or, to make reservations over the phone, call 215-387-1400...

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This is a really good post (is this cross-posted in the HS forum as well?). We don't really have proper cross-posting, but there's now a stickied topic in the Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl forum directing people to the Community Discussion forum. I wonder if you (or others) think that when tal...

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(DISCLAIMER: I've had this post on the back burner since the summer, so there's no one and nothing I'm alluding to in particular. Also, I'm making this post as myself, and not on behalf of the misconduct form or anybody associated with it, or any organization or question set I'm associated with.) Th...

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Would people be open to running something Friday night of ICT, or do teams generally get in too late for that?

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I got a box of Frango mints, some Christmas socks, and a copy of Kafka on the Shore! Thanks, Secret Santa! I'm bringing the socks to my family's house so I can wear them while we open presents tomorrow. =)

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I ordered my gift, but unfortunately it won't arrive until after Christmas.

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A Very Long Math Tossup wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:28 am
touchpack wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:18 am Can you guys decide on a date soon? I work ~26 weekends a year and need to request time off well in advance.
As someone flying in, I heavily second this.

It would be really nice if this could get resolved soon!

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Hi Samir, glad you found the forums! How is one supposed to interact with the online community? What's the "ultimate purpose" for doing so? I'm sure lots of people will have something to say about this, but I like talking about quizbowl and talking to quizbowlers. It's also fun to get to k...

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It is a time-honored quizbowl tradition to read packets on Festivus, December 23rd. This year, that is a Sunday, so it's unusually convenient for those of us who work full-time. Usually a post about Festivus is made sometime in November(!), so I was wondering whether it's happening this year. There ...

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I just also think that hosting the only Midwest mirror in Minnesota is more dumb, What part of "Minnesotans wrote for this" do you not get? seeing as Minnesota is basically the least convenient possible site in the Midwest (short of, like, Michigan Tech). Michigan Tech! A great example of...

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Expecting Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State, plus any other interested Ohio schools, to travel great distances for the second year in a row is pretty unreasonable, not to mention that the existence of an OSU site should be more convenient for Chicagoland people, who now have a site that's ov...

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I didn't read the set [speculation] What kinds of note clues were being used? [speculation] Perhaps it would be prudent to get a copy of the set before making these sorts of comments and musings, especially when (emphasis mine): I want to correct some formatting issues before I upload the set, so m...

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What does the field look like right now?

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Thanks for working on this, this will be useful to a lot of people. Will all of the staffers' information be available on the front page, or will viewing information of staffers near you require entering a query? If the former, will this be indexed by search engines? If the latter, are the people li...

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the packetization had some feng shui issues that didn't spread diversity as much as it should have Along with what Jacob mentioned about the set being very heavily CS-driven, I wonder if the packetization issues contributed to (if memory serves) the total absence of jazz in the first ~8 rounds. (An...

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In case you go looking for it (like I did), stats are indeed up, and they're here.

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I think it would be a good idea to have an annual top-down project in which we go through every school on the list and verify that the contact info is current and actually works. Plenty of people forget to update the old list when they leave their club, I've been burned by outdated contact info in ...

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I look forward to getting my ass kicked by Mike Cheyne and getting mad about the lack of apocrypha.

Because you mentioned emphasizing "concepts" and "objects," I'd love to know at some point what your guys' preferred translation(s) is/are.

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I hope everyone's enjoyed the first few mirrors of EFT! We've recently agreed to let a high school tournament at Solon use the set in February, 2019 . Please be aware that this set will not be clear for an unusually long amount of time, and refrain from discussing it in public. I'll update our list ...

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I am very pleased to announce that IAC, the umbrella organization that includes NHBB, is joining PACE, NAQT, and ACF on the misconduct reporting form task force. We are very excited to work with our colleagues Jason Russell (Director, IAC US Middle School/Elementary Division) and Niki Peters (Region...

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I am very pleased to announce that IAC, the umbrella organization that includes NHBB, is joining PACE, NAQT, and ACF on the misconduct reporting form task force. We are very excited to work with our colleagues Jason Russell (Director, IAC US Middle School/Elementary Division) and Niki Peters (Region...

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Thanks for your patience on stats! Echoing Tejas' call to join the private discussion forum...it's not a playtest mirror for nothin'.

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Thanks to everyone who has signed up on the spreadsheet so far! We're in serious need of two more staffers, and are willing to pay for your time (see the OP), so if you are available, please consider helping us out and staffing for this tournament. A logistics email will be coming soon for players,...

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A reminder that this is in a week, and please get your registrations in today. We are still seeking paid staff!

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Can you explain the "girl fifteen" one with the whale? I guess "girl power" (?), but what's with the whale?

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I'm guessing the score in game 9 between Greater East Naperville Co-Prosperity Sphere and I Fell During Bite the Box and Now I Have This Scab Team is incorrect, so if any of the participants in that game have the real score, let me know. Otherwise, it will take me a while to check the scoresheet. I...

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Continuing this set’s proud tradition of online playtesting, I am pleased to announce the open test mirror of the 2018 Early Fall Tournament , which will be held on this Discord channel on September 22nd, 2018, starting at 11 AM EDT. I will be running the tournament. You can register here . Please r...

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You can really see how different whims of different authors influence how someone's film knowledge is rewarded or not. John Lawrence's line at FILM, while nothing to sneeze at, was just pretty good (and no superpowers, if I recall), but he then utterly destroyed my event. Agreed. Carsten's performa...

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The misconduct form has a small personnel changes due to PACE's 2018-2019 elections--Sarah Angelo has replaced David Reinstein as one of PACE's representatives. (I also am no longer representing PACE on the form, but I'm staying on through ACF.) David was instrumental in getting all of this done, an...

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The misconduct form has a small personnel changes due to PACE's 2018-2019 elections--Sarah Angelo has replaced David Reinstein as one of PACE's representatives. (I also am no longer representing PACE on the form, but I'm staying on through ACF.) David was instrumental in getting all of this done, an...

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