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by jonah
Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2019 - Weekend of August 3rd
Replies: 98
Views: 77007

Re: Chicago Open 2018 - July 21st weekend

Cheynem wrote:Is this the lot/structure near the George Segal Visitors Center and the Paul Ryan Center for the Musical Arts?
Patrick Ryan! And yes, and yes it's free.
by jonah
Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT is now accepting writer applications
Replies: 3
Views: 3594

Re: NAQT is now accepting writer applications

There are approximately two weeks left in the writer application period. We've received a number of promising applications and would be thrilled to receive more!
by jonah
Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Appropriate Use of Potentially Ambiguous Identifiers
Replies: 5
Views: 3953

Re: Appropriate Use of Potentially Ambiguous Identifiers

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:Tangentially, specific prompts are a thing that should be used more often!
I strongly agree. (ACF rules don't seem to explicitly allow for this, though. NAQT rules do, but I've never seen it used.)
by jonah
Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 National Quiz Bowl Awards
Replies: 44
Views: 25486

Re: 2018 National Quiz Bowl Awards

Deviant Insider wrote:somebody who was on the MSNCT Championship team
somebody
by jonah
Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Quick question regarding application of the rules: After completing 20 tossup/bonus cycles in Round 19, my team (Santa Monica B) and our opponent (Olympian A) had heard 19 bonuses (1 tossup went unanswered). We correctly answered tossup 21 for 10 points. Since there were only about 20 seconds left ...
by jonah
Sat Jun 16, 2018 12:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

I recall a sports question where the first clue was about a player retiring due to blood clots (think it was hockey?). Could I see that please? In December 2015 a player on this team was forced to retire due to persistent blood-clot issues. A player on this team is the only teenager to have won a s...
by jonah
Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Plymouth Academic Quiz Tournament 2 (PAQT)
Replies: 13
Views: 5500

Re: Plymouth Academic Quiz Tournament 2 (PAQT)

There is no IS #177A. Please contact [email protected] to discuss your needs.
by jonah
Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Location of Powermarks
Replies: 7
Views: 6500

Re: Location of Powermarks

Hello, I'd like to revisit this thread since I'm writing some HS questions with powermarks. So, for each question I have, do I need to have like a definite point (not necessarily a cliff) where the question transitions from 15 point material to 10, as referencing the Ethan Frome example from above?...
by jonah
Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 14192

Re: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread

Curious Homunculus wrote:Specifically for Psalms, there are no other Biblical texts that people would write music for
I haven't seen the question, but this site lists dozens of musical settings of Biblical texts other than Psalms, and here's another listing, etc.
by jonah
Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

If I recall correctly, there was a question that referred to John Kasich as the former governor of Ohio. This is wrong, as he is the current governor. I think the team I was reading to converted it anyway, but wanted to point that out. Mitch Hedberg thinks it's fine , but you recall correctly. Than...
by jonah
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Cheynem wrote:In Round 11, there's a bonus part on the James-Lange theory of emotion, and in Round 12 James is asked for and James-Lange theory is a clue. I think these were both afternoon rounds.
Yep, that is an accidental repeat.
by jonah
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

If i recall correctly there was a tossup on tides both Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning that included a common clue between them.. May I please see the tossups on tides? Here is the only tide-related tossup I can find: The Magellanic Stream is a "tail" named for this phenomenon, caus...
by jonah
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Power Matching
Replies: 14
Views: 8441

Re: Power Matching

In case it helps, here is the preliminary master schedule from the 2018 HSNCT (in two different formats). The 2018 SSNCT Open Division preliminary card system had a few matches in which teams might have played a team with a record two off from their own (because there was no way to keep the at-most-...
by jonah
Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

If I recall correctly, the answerline of French Resistance was repeated in two games which I played, was this intentional? I can't find any evidence this happened. I see one tossup on the French Resistance in packet 22 (second round of the playoffs); do you have any memory of when the other might h...
by jonah
Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Were there repeated answerlines (but not repeated question content necessarily) between the morning and afternoon rounds? I recall playing Keats and Ishiguro tossups, although I do believe they were slightly different in terms of question content. Yes. To a first approximation, in the sense of repe...
by jonah
Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Can I see the tossup on Logan Paul and the first part of the Italian facism/Pirandello/six characters in search of an author bonus? Thanks. This man's conduct was described as "abhorrent and mutton-headed" in a letter from Maverick Apparel that demanded he change the name of his clothing ...
by jonah
Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Can I see the Brandenburg Gate tossup? One of my players negged the Brandenburg Gate tossup with the Reichstag. Given that they are next to each other and the thing on the top mentioned in the leadin is on both the Recihstag and the Brandenburg Gate (according to people who have actually been in Ge...
by jonah
Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48295

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Can I see the tossup on "relatively prime"? I negged it with "a + b = c" on the leadin, but I might have misheard what exactly it was asking for. Three numbers must have this property in a claim, possibly proven in 2012 by Shinichi Mochizuki via "interuniversal Teichm\"...
by jonah
Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
Replies: 47
Views: 27358

Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!

Jeff (or anyone else who may know), has there been a discussion of splitting the HSNCT into TPS and Open Divisions like at the SSNCT? I looked at a few forums and didn't see anything mentioned, but I may have missed it. Just curious if it's been brought up before. Thanks. There has been no such dis...
by jonah
Thu May 17, 2018 11:32 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: My Health
Replies: 11
Views: 8085

Re: My Health

We love you.
by jonah
Mon May 14, 2018 12:04 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455501

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I wrote some questions about the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Tossups, bonuses (including deprecated bonus formats), and just for the hell of it, lightning rounds. It's ridiculous and probably not much fun to play for most people, but a few people asked about it, so I have posted it (with slight tweaks for...
by jonah
Sat May 05, 2018 12:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8268

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

The Stately Rhododendron wrote:Is there an ETA on the recordings of the final?
Sometime this summer.
by jonah
Tue May 01, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: QBNotify: An email notification system for tournaments
Replies: 18
Views: 20382

Re: QBNotify: A email notification system for tournaments

It would also be nice if I could input a ZIP or address instead of having to look up my lat/lon. Americans have a pretty poor sense of how many meters they'd be willing to travel for a tournament. This or this may be useful to you (disclaimer––I haven't personally used either). The Google Maps API ...
by jonah
Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41440

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

Is this helpful for ICT PATH? Note the "Phase" and "Round" filters. I'm sorry if I did this wrong; I've never computed PATH before.
by jonah
Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41440

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

Feel free to send me (detailed, specific) requests for things to look up/calculate from the ICT stats. I can't promise timely responses, especially with the SSNCT coming up this weekend and the MSNCT and HSNCT following soon, but in general I'm happy to try to help and I'll try to be timely.
by jonah
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41440

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

My number one is Jacob Reed. He was the second scorer in the top bracket at ICT (based on overall, since NAQT doesn't have a separate page for individual playoff stats) Top ten PP20TUH in 2018 ICT Division I playoffs only: Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, 73.48 Jakob Myers, 69.47 Chris Ray, 68.23 Hidehiro An...
by jonah
Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The new naqt.com
Replies: 14
Views: 8362

Re: The new naqt.com

This may or may not be intentional, but there are certain national championships missing from that national championships page when you open the naqt site on mobile. See below: It's working for me in Safari on iOS 11.4. Given the cutoff point I suspect this is a scrolling issue—can you scroll and s...
by jonah
Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41440

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

My number one is Jacob Reed. He was the second scorer in the top bracket at ICT (based on overall, since NAQT doesn't have a separate page for individual playoff stats) Top ten PP20TUH in 2018 ICT Division I playoffs only: Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, 73.48 Jakob Myers, 69.47 Chris Ray, 68.23 Hidehiro An...
by jonah
Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 SSNCT Pre-Nats Discussion
Replies: 34
Views: 22487

Re: 2018 SSNCT Pre-Nats Discussion

tksaleija wrote:Out of curiosity, does anybody have any idea what the min/max number of 6-4+ records for the open bracket (61 teams)?
From 64 teams, there will be 21 to 26 playoff teams, most likely 24.
by jonah
Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-29, Chicago
Replies: 22
Views: 19642

Re: 2018 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-29, Chicago

Out of curiosity, was the cut-off for All-Star awards changed from last year, and if so, how? No (but it would have been plausible to do so because each team plays ten prelim games instead of nine). The number of awards in the Open Division is twice the number from last year's Charter and Private S...
by jonah
Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
Replies: 55
Views: 28981

Re: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago

The aforementioned video is the only one. We tried to livestream the finals, but it didn't work.

We recorded audio of every round and will post the recordings when they are edited and the set is clear.
by jonah
Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The new naqt.com
Replies: 14
Views: 8362

Re: The new naqt.com

This may or may not be intentional, but there are certain national championships missing from that national championships page when you open the naqt site on mobile. See below: It's working for me in Safari on iOS 11.4. Given the cutoff point I suspect this is a scrolling issue—can you scroll and s...
by jonah
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:50 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Haven't recieved my NAQT Account Activation E-Mail
Replies: 1
Views: 2130

Re: Haven't recieved my NAQT Account Activation E-Mail

You did successfully activate your account, which means you must have received the activation e-mail.

We haven't received any e-mail from you. If you have further problems, you can try e-mailing us and [email protected] again (making sure you are spelling the addresses correctly)
by jonah
Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT press guide
Replies: 2
Views: 8130

Re: NAQT press guide

In the correct thread this time, the section "who are the defending national champions" lists last year's ICT champtions (switching Berkeley's and Oklahoma's titles as well) and links to last year's CCCT. Fixed; thanks. Serves me right for creating this page the week before a national cha...
by jonah
Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8268

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

I was pretty surprised that the bonus part on "reduced mass" didn't have mu listed as an (at least promptable) answer. There was another case later in the day when Maia said a Greek letter for a different bonus and wasn't prompted. Was there a conscious decision on NAQT's part to not incl...
by jonah
Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
Replies: 55
Views: 28981

Re: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago

Full statistics with standings are now available.

Thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, friends, and staff. I had a great time and I hope you did too.
by jonah
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8268

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

I was pretty surprised that the bonus part on "reduced mass" didn't have mu listed as an (at least promptable) answer. There was another case later in the day when Maia said a Greek letter for a different bonus and wasn't prompted. Was there a conscious decision on NAQT's part to not incl...
by jonah
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8033

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

Georgia (Cancellation Requested) Does this mean they are replaced by DePaul (#1 on the standby list)? We've just gotten in touch with the waitlist teams to see who can attend on short notice, if anyone. Several teams near the top of the waitlist are local. Of course, if there is interest from multi...
by jonah
Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34865

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

I don't think this is that hard. Literally you could just have the head editor be like "ok mates I want the power mark to end so that we intend to have 33% of people power it by the end of the tossup". Then he can send that logistics email to every other editor so they're all on the same ...
by jonah
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Replies: 11
Views: 6604

Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program

Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:I really want to know about "Harmonic Divergence Bowl".
I have the packets from a 1994 tournament at Berkeley called Harmonic Convergence Bowl, so I assume this is a follow-up to that.
by jonah
Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8033

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

Georgia (Cancellation Requested) Does this mean they are replaced by DePaul (#1 on the standby list)? We've just gotten in touch with the waitlist teams to see who can attend on short notice, if anyone. Several teams near the top of the waitlist are local. Of course, if there is interest from multi...
by jonah
Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Replies: 11
Views: 6604

1995 ACF Nationals program

David Frazee sent me a box of old quizbowl stuff. One of the more interesting things was a program from 1995 ACF Nationals, featuring some artwork; a combination welcome and birth announcement from Don Windham and Carol Guthrie; information on participating teams (including messages), officials, and...
by jonah
Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Student looking to start a team
Replies: 5
Views: 12945

Re: Student looking to start a team

Is this article helpful?
by jonah
Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 8569

Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament

After a few more weeks with the stats still Pending on the official NAQT stats page, I wrote NAQT. They replied, "We are waiting for the hosts to correct errata." I wrote the TD again, who said: "We corrected all we could. We told them. Never heard back. Stats are on Neg5. Why is thi...
by jonah
Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SOUNDTRACK at HSNCT - Saturday
Replies: 8
Views: 5645

Re: SOUNDTRACK at HSNCT - Sunday night

Silverman wrote:If you're willing to provide your team's buzzers, or your hotel room in case the game rooms are no longer available
Per the NAQT side event policy, "No [tournament game] rooms will be available after the conclusion of the tournament finals and awards."
by jonah
Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:44 pm
Forum: Scheduling reform
Topic: Quizbowl Needs a Scheduling Committee
Replies: 50
Views: 38560

Re: Quizbowl Needs a Scheduling Committee

I don't know much of the details, but I'm pretty sure this (or something similar) was attempted about eight years ago. If I'm right, it might be instructive to figure out what went right (if anything) and wrong with that group, and why it's no longer around.