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- Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353430
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Goodbye Stranger vs. Cold as Ice --Supertramp's three album run from Crime of the Century to Even in the Quietest Moments to Breakfast in America is incredible. That middle album is very, very good, and you probably haven't listened to the whole thing (though lord knows you've heard too much of &qu...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6989
Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
This tournament ran very well, and the moderators my team heard were all very good, even Aayush. I'm glad it ran without bonuses. Thanks to all the writers and staffers!
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353430
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Doctor, My Eyes vs. Roadrunner (Once) --This is a brutal choice for me, as I love both songs; I'd probably pick "Doctor" but since it seems certain to win, I'll be contrarian. Cherry Bomb vs. Easy --No problem When Will I Be Loved vs. Smiling Faces Sometimes --"Smiling Faces Sometimes...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353430
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time --That's a great Cheap Trick song, and they were a great band until after Dream Police. Short People vs. Closer to the Heart --These are terrible song choices for both artists. Pretty much any song on Newman's Good Ole Boys is better than "Short People,&quo...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353430
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight --"Heart of Glass" isn't even the best Blondie song of the '70s (that's probably "X-Offender") Radio Radio vs. Burning Love --Just before the pandemic got real, in the first week of March, I finally visited Graceland. Doesn'...
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6989
Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
Yeah, I'll adamantly second Conor's post above. I've only played three Discord tournaments, but the first two included bonuses and had rounds that ranged from 40 minutes (with a fast, clear reader) to nearly an hour. That means lots of waiting after you're in a fast round or rushing to play if you'r...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
- Replies: 132
- Views: 54643
Re: College Nationals and Its Problems
This has been an interesting discussion. I wonder if a possible palliative to the concerns about graduate students beating on UG players (regardless of whether one thinks this is really an issue or not) would be for NAQT to cap the number of years one can play ICT. For instance, a cap of five or six...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6343
Re: ICT Side Events
I think that's a good plan, Mike. I'd rather find a space for those interested in the film questions and just read to all rather than worrying about teams and a schedule. I'll be with my own Valencia team seeing Chicago sights during the day, so maybe starting around 9 pm or something would be good....
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8479
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
They probably have science players, Kai.
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8479
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
No.SU(3) being associated with QCD is relatively well known, even by non-science players.
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FLopen 2020
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18770
Re: FLopen 2020
I'll play, but only because you included a pronunciation guide for FLopen.
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4294
Re: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
Ah, I hope that's right, Chandler! It'll also be fun to play more teams and avoid a triple RR. See you there!
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4294
Re: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
Aaargh, bring them kids for a third team! Byes, sigh.
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Marking bonus parts as hard, medium, and easy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5871
Re: Marking bonus parts as hard, medium, and easy
I think this is a swell idea and hope that some set takes it up soon. Heck, I'll start by saying I'll use it for Delta Burke next year (actually a good tournament for such indicators, as when the set is mirrored for university teams I often get feedback that too many bonuses have two easy parts, an ...
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4294
Re: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
Cool, thanks for the update, Tejas. I'm hearing that UF may bring 2-3 teams, so let's hope it's three, as that could get us to six teams.
PS--I'll have a good wireless buzzer with me.
PS--I'll have a good wireless buzzer with me.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 6:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4294
Re: Terrapin Open @ GT (2/22/2020)
Howdy! So what's the status of this tournament? I'm looking forward to playing but maybe not as excited about a quadruple RR or something.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 6:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9588
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
SCT doesn't use the timer Wait, really??? Never actually having gone to one of those (the D2 set is used for CCCT, so no-go for me), I didn't know that. Crazy. In previous discussions of this, I've argued that I think the clock is good, but I'd be completely fine with increasing to 12- or 13-minute...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9588
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
I like the idea of a consistent three-second count for everything but bonuses; that makes it easier for moderators, especially new ones, to keep things straight. On a separate timing issue, I've been arguing for years that 11-minute halves (instead of the current ten) should be used for CC SCTs and ...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6343
Re: ICT Side Events
Yup! You can read another room if we break it out!
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6343
Re: ICT Side Events
If enough folks want to play Sean's "Questions on Cinema," I'd be open to doing it either Friday night (at 8:30 or later) or Saturday after the ICT is over. If it's that Saturday, however, it would probably be after a dinner break, as I hope/expect to have my Valencia team with me and to w...
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6343
Re: ICT Side Events
Should we finally consider using the five rounds of 20-tossup packets of film questions by former Valencia player Sean Platzer? I reckon that would only take 90 minutes or so if run as a shootout, a little longer with duo teams or something. Whatever! It's done and ready if people think that would b...
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 720
Re: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
Fair enough, I always answer "Detroit Red" for toss-ups on Malcolm X....
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 720
Re: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
Yeah, I think that's completely fair. I should think about that more, and Billy Beyer, who writes all of the science and some other stuff, often edits to add those. Having said that, and I know I'm very much not of the quiz bowl mainstream on this, why is somebody going to answer "Charles Lutwi...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 720
Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
Howdy! I'd love to hear any thoughts on the questions and, especially, the power marking. We aimed for a pretty generous definition of a power based on the main site's (Orlando) field.
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:17 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Notable Buzzers
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20849
Re: Notable Buzzers
When I started coaching in the 90s, most teams had a Quik Pro connected by telephone plugs, and there were some coaches who carried around equipment and parts so that they could replace the plug at the end of the cord when the plastic tab broke off. Other teams just taped the cords into the plug to...
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2639
Re: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)
I'm excited that the set will get to be used out west; thanks to Colin for organizing this!
I'm going to see if I can be free to moderate, though I see that there's already a good list of folks willing to do so: thanks to y'all, too!
I'm going to see if I can be free to moderate, though I see that there's already a good list of folks willing to do so: thanks to y'all, too!
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fall Open Online Mirror (Dec. 7, 2019)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3579
Re: Fall Open Online Mirror (Dec. 7, 2019)
Good morning! It's 9:51 am and our discord invite in the e-mail Aseem sent is directing us to a page that says "Invite Invalid." Please let us know what we need to do. Thanks!
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Should I quit quizbowl?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5509
Re: Should I quit quizbowl?
I think the third of your "Arguments Against" makes the most compelling point in your post: if you enjoy quiz bowl--that is, if you enjoy going to practice, being around teammates, and going on trips--then there's little reason not to continue with it, at least for the near term. I coach a...
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2019 (Mirrors Available!)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3273
Re: Delta Burke 2019 (Mirrors Available!)
So this happened and a fine time was had by all. Congrats to Northwest Florida State College A for going 10-0 and clearing the field. (Note: that team comprises dual-enrolled HS players who will, alas, be choosing to play HS nationals rather than CCCT). Chipola Blue was second and Chipola Gold third...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Films films films
- Replies: 2
- Views: 521
Re: Films films films
Some hipsters definitely learn some "life lessons" in Midsommar, but, um, they won't be able to really grow from them (or at least most won't).
Dumb jokes aside, it's a great movie, but disturbing for all kinds of reasons, so beware.
Dumb jokes aside, it's a great movie, but disturbing for all kinds of reasons, so beware.
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: What's the State of the College Game?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7319
Re: What's the State of the College Game?
So I think this anecdote might be relevant. At Valencia this fall I have a new player who was at a state university that finished in the top 20 of D1 at ICT (not my alma mater! Find your Pierre Delecto!) and attended 4-5 practices last fall (so fall of 2018). First, let me emphasize that this studen...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 903
Re: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
As I noted when taking a shot with Ko Un, all I know about him is that he's a Korean poet. Thanks for the update about his skeevy behavior, which I agree makes him unlikely. I'll go with Billy Bragg as my second choice, as he should win just for "Greetings to the New Brunette." Anyway, I r...
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 12:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 903
Re: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
HOW DARE YOU BOGART MY THREAD MIKE BENTLEY!!!! But yeah, I was remiss. Honestly, I thought about it yesterday morning while walking to class, wondering if the prize was being given this year or not; I didn't know if it was just a one-year hiatus. It's crazy that there will be two winners, especially...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:34 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New community college team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14175
Re: New community college team
Demos of the game of any type work really well for me. I get people each year just by setting up in a public space (a plaza or quad or busy walkway) with the buzzers and getting folks to stop by. The buzzers themselves are actually quite a draw, as kids (well, kids to me) want to play with them. But...
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:07 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New community college team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14175
Re: New community college team
Good work, Colin! I think brand-new players would have a pretty hard time coaching themselves and getting better, though if they're motivated they could get by. I think if you were able to go down there once a week for even two-three weeks you could model how to learn from reading practice packets, ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/22/19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4024
Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/22/19)
Daaaaaamn, Anthony is incredible at film questions, as I saw first-hand in August when he whipped me on most of the film distribution at The Unanswered Question mirror. Impressive to put up those kinds of points on Taylor. Congrats!
PS--Hahahaha Jonathen Settle
PS--Hahahaha Jonathen Settle
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21684
Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Hmm, if your answers mostly indicate your music taste, looks like you may be catching up!That's just because you're old, Chris Borglum!
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21684
Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
After the online mirror, I'll have some comments on some of the questions; I reckon we can use this thread for minor discussion, as I don't suspect there will be a huge amount? I will single out Taylor Harvey's and Mike Cheyne's packets as particularly good for me, by which I mean they were good tos...
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2019 (Mirrors Available!)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3273
Delta Burke 2019 (Mirrors Available!)
This year's Delta Burke tournament at Valencia College in The City Beautiful, Orlando, Florida, will be held on Friday, November 8, and Saturday, November 9, for community college teams. My Florida CC colleagues will all hear much more details about that iteration of the tournament directly, but if ...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New community college team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14175
Re: New community college team
Hey, Colin! I'm glad you're getting a CC team going in the Northwest. There are plenty of big differences between the university circuit and the CC circuit. To wit: I imagine that the fact that students are usually present for just two years presents a challenge (less time to develop them). --Hahaha...
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Best Film Player
- Replies: 44
- Views: 28098
Re: Best Film Player
Ugh, since none of you punks is ever going to mention me, I'm going to have to. I saw The Star Wars in the theater in 1977.
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/22/19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4024
Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/21/19)
Weeeeeak. That's going to cut 8-10 registrations for the UF tournament. Bummer.
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/22/19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4024
Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ University of Florida (9/21/19)
Hey, Zach! Do you know what NAQT Invitational Series sets will overlap with the Collegiate Novice set? This will be important to community college teams who want to attend your event, as College of Central Florida will be using some IS set in late October. But maybe this is a question for some NAQT ...
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT Mirror at Valencia: August 10, 2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2441
Re: NASAT Mirror at Valencia: August 10, 2019
Yay, stats are now working: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5 ... ncia_2019/
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT Mirror at Valencia: August 10, 2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2441
Re: NASAT Mirror at Valencia: August 10, 2019
Yeah, I cleared those files and re-uploaded and it still isn't working. I guess I'll try deleting the whole tournament entry and then re-trying, but I'm open to ideas. But I reckon I should announce that a team of Tracy Mirkin, Alex Shaw, Leo Law, and Zach Knecht went undefeated to win the Valencia ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 31988
Re: CO 2019 Discussion
a tossup on Vargas Llosa punching Garcia Marquez being turned into a tossup on both authors Yeah, I was feeling pretty clever about this, but it was definitely too clever by half, so good revising. I thought that incident was really well known, but obviously I was mistaken. But I think it does spea...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Faster (Human) Parsing of Answer Lines
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6903
Re: Faster (Human) Parsing of Answer Lines
Huh--I actually like that a lot. It's a clean look and easier to read. How would you modify it to include the kind of specific prompting questions that have become more common of late, such as "What class of diseases were treated?" or "Prompt on 'xxxxx' by asking "In what publica...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Scattergories 3 discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1113
Re: 2019 Scattergories 3 discussion
I had so much fun playing these questions in a tournament setting after just reading the first two iterations casually with Orlando-area players. I absolutely loved most of the answer ideas. And I negged on the two questions that I loved most: using Nurse with Wound (!!!) as a lead-in to the answer ...
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Potential Post-CO Sunday Stuff
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4855
Re: Potential Post-CO Sunday Stuff
Yeah, I'm happy to read the 100 film tossups Sunday as I'm also staying till Monday. Mike can figure out scheding but we can just shoot it out and it should only take an hour or so.
Oh, and I guess I'll charge like $2 to defray after-tournament beer expenses.
Oh, and I guess I'll charge like $2 to defray after-tournament beer expenses.
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:19 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46142
Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Thanks for the critiques, y'all! It looks like Sketchbook lets you bring in food, so I think we'll start there and bring in some cheaper eats. Again, we'd be happy to have company. Allllllllll are wellllllllllcome.