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by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
Replies: 8
Views: 5204

Re: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)

We currently have 10 teams signed up for this mirror. We have a lot of staff available, so I'm not instituting a field cap for now.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)
Replies: 15
Views: 9276

Re: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)

I would love to play more packets, but at least speaking for a team with three graduate students, it might be hard to find the time for two days of QB over a weekend. Not sure what the situation is for other teams. I'll also speak in favor of bouncebacks, they really do help with engagement, and the...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

We are still seeking a school or independent TC who is interested in running a Midwest mirror of this tournament! Please contact me privately if you would be interested in hosting one. A reminder that schools can and should feel free to set their own fee structure when hosting (provided they pay the...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Writing Good Poetry Tossups
Replies: 3
Views: 2621

Re: Writing Good Poetry Tossups

I think the same process that goes into "understanding" a poem goes into writing it. It goes without saying that you should read the poem first, but the "reading" of the poem is of course greatly enhanced by getting context, since most readers won't be able to get every allusion ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
Replies: 8
Views: 5204

Re: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)

Albert is correct. I've updated the field based on who has registered so far.

As a note, the current plan is for this to be staffed by an in-house team of Columbia staffers, with a couple of outside mods. Thanks!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - General Set Discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 5341

Re: General Set Discussion

Hi all! I head-edited this tournament. Subject editors were as follows: Hari: History, Visual Arts, Geography Gerhardt: Beliefs Billy: Science Will: Literature, Phil/SS, Auditory Arts, Modern World/Misc Ac. In order from most questions written to least, the writers were: Will Alston, Hari Parameswar...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Congratulations to Texas A, who won this tournament by going undefeated. Full stats will be posted tomorrow. For future events, we will be exploring shorter formats (8-9 rounds max including playoffs) with bouncebacks, as based on the mirrors we've run so far, we believe this will increase player en...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

I am sincerely sorry for the moderator issues and technical difficulties at this tournament. We will do our best to fix things up for the afternoon rounds.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)
Replies: 29
Views: 11715

Re: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)

oh my god people being flexible to fill out fields for an online tournament with a closed field?

WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY QUIZBOWL this is an outrage

im speaking to the manager of this establishment, even though i have nothing to do with it whatsoever
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Oct 01, 2020 4:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Since we're still at 15 teams, we'd be happy to have a team from a different regional mirror site fill out the field. EDIT: University of Texas A has joined this field. We are closing it now at 16 teams. We will play a round with 2 brackets of 8, followed by four crossover playoff games and a final ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10387

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

Miscellaneous comments from playing packet 12: The tossup on Dutch seems kind of hard - I feel like a description of a Harry Mulisch novel is rather tough for a second line at this level, and only Harry Mulisch clues for power seems kind of rough, particularly for newer players. The tossup on South ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

We still have 15 teams in the field, with a few new additions and a few drops. I'd like to have a nice even number at this field - 16 and 18 would be ideal field sizes enabling clean formats. Get your registrations in!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Excitingly, there are now 15 registrations for this tournament! Please keep them rolling in.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

Registered teams have been invited to the Discord; free agents have been assigned to teams and will be shortly invited as well. With 8 teams currently in the field, I'm going to close the field barring enough sign-ups to get us to 10 teams. We'll plan on a round-robin prelims, followed by a 4/4 spli...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10387

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

Thanks Bradley. I would note that mentioning scorched earth tactics on homesteads and an English name led to a first-line buzzer race on the Boer War in my room. For the Li Bai question, I get that it's cluing a specific Ezra Pound poem but I think the sorrowful monkey line could just as well be a ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1
Replies: 14
Views: 7833

Re: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1

My ranking: 1 Columbia A 2 Chicago A 3 Illinois 4 Maryland 5 Harvard 6 Stanford 7 Texas 8 Berkeley 9 Virginia 10 Florida 11 OSU 12 Cambridge 13 Oxford 14 Yale (speculative, assumes Stephen is around) 15 Cornell 16 Johns Hopkins 18 Southampton 18 Columbia B 19 Chicago B 20 WUSTL 21 Georgia Tech 22 UC...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sun Sep 20, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

Stats are up! Find them here. The Carlson/Hothem/Droge/Rao-Pothraju team won the tournament in a thrilling two-game finals series against the Bentley/Magin/Nussbaum/Lasker team which came down to the last tossup.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

The bouncebacks were fun to implement for once, but perhaps predictably ended up making this tournament take too long. We will not be using them at mirrors with large fields; we may consider them for small fields as player feedback suggests that it helped people stay engage during online events. We'...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10387

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

Could I see the tossup on ceiling frescoes? I (probably incorrectly but I have looked much) was prompted with "where" or "in what location" (something along those lines) for saying friezes on the Tiepolo clues and said in a Palace, which Wurzburg is, and was negged. My instinct ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33134

Re: 2021 Chicago Open

Ike Jose has officially resigned from this tournament's editing team. He will still be occasionally consulting and advising us. Some adjustments have been made to the original post.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
Replies: 8
Views: 5204

IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)

I am pleased to announce the Northeast Mirror of IKEA, a medium difficulty college set written by the Georgia Tech and Columbia quiz bowl teams, which you can read more about here . The set will be around Terrapin 2016/DRAGOON difficulty, a 2.5 on Ophir's Calendar. This mirror is for "closed&qu...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

This is a fair point. I will send out information regarding bouncebacks in the tournament email.

Also, we are looking for a 12th team to play this event, so we don't have to give any byes and can run 10 rounds instead of 11.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

Hi folks - this tournament is four days away! We're planning on capping the field for the first mirror at 12 teams. If there are 10 teams, we will offer a 9 game round robin. If there are 12 teams, we will split into two brackets of 6, followed by a split of 3-3 into round-robin playoffs (prelims ga...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

A centralized form with registrations for all sites can now be viewed here.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

A centralized form with registrations for all sites can now be viewed here.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)
Replies: 27
Views: 7195

Re: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)

After narrowing down dates a bit, here's what we have to work with (please let me know what works and if you intend to play; it would be nice to have at least 8-10 players!) Sept. 13 (evening) Sept. 20 (afternoon/evening) Sept. 26 (afternoon/evening) Or else sometime in October if we can't get enou...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

Players are expected to play in a quiet environment if possible. If the only areas available to you with a quiet environment (due to quarantine or other circumstances) have poor internet, I strongly suggest purchasing and using an ethernet cable, which can usually be acquired for a low price - Amaz...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT - Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1028

Re: Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion

So, with all of that said, please feel free to discuss how you felt about any aspects of the set itself, our goals for LIT (how well we did or didn't achieve them) and anything else in this thread. Overall, I think this tournament accomplished its goals. It felt similar to Terrapin 2019 in overall ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10387

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

I relayed most of these to the editors, but wanted to document several minor issues I saw during the tournament in this thread, to help collect them for fixing for future mirrors: The aforementioned issue with the placement of the Balkans tossup, which also named several large Balkan cities early in...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

As an addendum to the above, players can and should petition the TD in advance if they anticipate having connection issues and being unable to use a camera. The TD will email post a list of all players with granted exceptions at the beginning of the tournament. Players who have issues during the tou...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22868

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

For what it's worth, I don't think 11 is an overly ambitious number of games. I've played several online tournaments that went at a clip of ~45 minutes per round, which would make for a tournament of 9 hours with a 45 minute lunch break, or 9 to 6. I will not impose any constraints on how many round...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

Based on discussions with people experienced in moderating online tournaments and the use of them to catch cheating, cameras/webcams will have to be turned on by all players participating at all mirrors of this tournament during their games. If a player is not able to turn their camera on, they will...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18983

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

This is a good tournament and an excellent fit for the "regular minus" slot for this fall - a little bit above the EFT notch, but still an on-target set that serves the role of a good introduction to the rigors of college quizbowl for experienced high school players and provides a reasonab...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)
Replies: 27
Views: 7195

Re: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)

Senator_Jay wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:27 pm Anyways, hope to see all of you historical geography enthusiasts drop by for a good time!
I will enthusiastically play this - any date but the 5th, 19th, or 27th should work.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why are there negs in QB?
Replies: 17
Views: 4999

Re: Why are there negs in QB?

I would agree with Mike that negs have a massively disproportionate impact in tossup-only formats and some more thought should be given to why they're present. Especially in shoot-outs, it's very easy for a tossup to result in a net decrease in aggregate scores, which seems pretty unideal. At the C...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22868

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

According to the spreadsheet, Columbia has registered a team for this tournament despite the fact that New York is not one of the states included in the first post of this thread or in the Mid-Atlantic region on the overall LIT announcement. I don't much care whether they play this mirror or the No...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

I don’t care who the high schooler is or what their logistical capabilities are, having a high schooler as the head position of authority makes it an environment that is dramatically lacking in professionalism. To alleviate the concerns expressed in this thread, I will direct this tournament on the...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Response as promised earlier: I can't speak to the bid situation, but I dislike this train of thought, re: "experience directing several online tournaments". The entirety of quizbowl has to adjust to an online hosting paradigm that has not previously existed, and with which few teams have ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

As an addendum, the original post has been updated to reflect corrections to payment information, as well as link to our centralized registration form.

Thank you all for your patience!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

Per some concerns raised, we will be creating a central Google Form and non-editable spreadsheet for all teams to register and provide contact information, number of teams they plan on bringing, method of payment (check/PayPal/Venmo/etc.) invoice requirements etc. This will be along the lines of the...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Cody raises several interesting points which are worth responding to, and which I will indeed respond to later, but I'd like to address this one: No disrespect to Nick, but there are a number of problems with this announcement that proceed from the TD being a high school senior with no collegiate ho...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Replies: 20
Views: 14485

Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)

Thanks for getting this up! Very glad to see that ACF has put good plans together for this fall's quizbowl season. Look forward to seeing you all virtually!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:37 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Separate post for a small point of clarification - bouncebacks are still up in the air, and we will use the bounceback playtest mirror to confirm whether they are viable or not. Teams which would like to attend this mirror are encouraged to voice their preferences!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)
Replies: 18
Views: 7787

Re: IKEA Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (10/3/20)

Without questioning Nick's particular skills or abilities: why is a high schooler directing this college tournament? Did we not just have several discussions about appropriate boundaries? This is a valid concern which I considered carefully in making this decision. However, Nick has experience dire...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN
Replies: 14
Views: 6581

Re: IKEA Discord Open Mirrors (9/19 and 9/27) - SIGNUPS OPEN

Mike Bentley wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:09 pm Just want to confirm that the 9/27 date is intentionally on a Sunday.
Correct. It had higher poll response numbers than the Saturday for that weekend.
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021
Replies: 6
Views: 7847

Re: ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021

I may have missed it, but is there a submission schedule out yet for ACF Winter? Trying to plan Columbia's submissions for that event - thanks!
by naan/steak-holding toll
Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:03 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Underappreciated Supporting Performances
Replies: 4
Views: 7433

Re: Underappreciated Supporting Performances

I'm not sure this counts, since we never got to play Nationals as a team, but I wanted to take time to give a shout-out to Harrison Whittaker, who was an absolutely incredible supporting player throughout the year we played together. Harrison's knowledge in literature, film, popular culture, current...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

Updated a bit on the pricing structure: schools who run mirrors of this set are free to set their own prices, but must pay us the $45 mirror fee per team. Events run by independent TCs will use the TC and moderator payment model outlined above, with $10/team to the TC and $40 per day to moderators. ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

A further clarification - colleges which host this tournament will be granted an automatic exemption to the ban on enrolled college players participating in the open. Such schools which are granted hosting privileges are strongly encouraged to play the open mirrors! British Columbia will be counted ...
by naan/steak-holding toll
Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

What's the logic behind including Idaho along with the "Mountain" circuit? Idaho teams (such as Boise State) play just as often, if not more, at UW and West-Coast sites, than at "Mountain" tournament sites. Teams from Washington and Oregon also attend tournaments in Idaho somewh...