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Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Could I see the Jimmy Carter tossup? If I remember correctly, it clued Love Canal second line (in-power iirc) and "adultery in my heart" directly aftewards. Both of these are clues that come up in high school regs. I was also wondering about the "decisive moment" clue in the walk...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Would like to shamelessly plug my own team, Beavercreek. Although it may not appear on stats, this squad of juniors has some very deep knowledge, and while they may not be a Top 25 yet, I would expect Abby, Tegan, and Tiffany to be improving quite rapidly over the course of the season. Joining them ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Thanks for all who played the mirror today! Here are the final standings: 1. where the f*** is my handle mr shatan 2. Coates + Li T3. Operation Coldstorage T3. The Love Song of J. Alfred Pumblechook 5. Munito the Learned Dog Who Started Touring Again After a Few Years' Break, During Which He Somehow...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Charbroil wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:24 pm
Pascal Plays Poker wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:00 pm The tournament will start at 10:00 in the morning.
In what time zone?

EST (sorry forgot to clarify)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Is there an update on when this tournament will be starting on Saturday? The tournament will start at 10:00 in the morning. We'll be running 8 rounds of questions, so it shouldn't take that long to finish. With a week left, there are still four team spots open until the field is maximized. If you a...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Looks like this happened again! The link should now work.

This will be run over Discord, but I'm not sure what the exact start time will be as of yet.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Based on the poll, it seems like most people would like to play this on July 13th. I’ve set up a spreadsheet where you can create your teams. The mirror fee will be $10 per player, and I’ll likely cap the field at 8 teams (unless there is more interest). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g6yc8...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

There will likely be an online mirror of META. Like the HSNCT mirror, it will likely be capped at 8 teams and run with the same format. The fee will be $10 per player.

I would also like to gauge interest and pick dates using this post. Please fill this out if you are interested in playing. Thanks!

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Thanks to all who played META last night! After 7 rounds of prelims, the standings were as follows (by # of wins): 1. Tejas et. al (Congratulations for sweeping the field!) 2. Deferred from Berus-Lie Academy for Gifted Thinksporters 3. Berus-1337 Academy 4. Shaw et. al 5. Laurie et. al 6. Quizbowl, ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

This is a bit short notice, but if you can meet at the L501 to L508 area at 8:00 PM instead of 8:30, that would be much better. If people cannot make it until 8:30, that’s okay with me and I will wait until then. But I would like to have this end as early as tomorrow so that those competing tomorrow...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Please meet in the area around rooms L501 to L508 on the Lobby Level at 8:20 on Saturday (They’re to the left of the Concierge desk when you enter the hotel). The following are the room assignments for tomorrow: Hari - L501 Blake - L502 Gabe - L503 John - L508 Thanks, and I hope to see you all tomor...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

The sign-ups are now closed. Further information about the tournament will be emailed out to participants later this week.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

META is now 100% finished! Special thanks to Justin French, Abby Cohen, and Evan Suttell for helping us get this done. Right now our only mirror is at HSNCT, so if any one else is interested in mirroring this set, feel free to contact either Nour or I.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Do you have an idea of when this event is taking place, as opposed to Imaginary Landscape? The tournament will be taking place on Saturday (May 26th) at 8:30 PM. Seeing as the field will likely be capped at 8 teams, here is the format we will be using: There will be running a 7-round round-robin in...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

I will be attending Georgia Tech in the fall and will definitely be playing quiz bowl.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Due to time constraints on Nour, Jakob, and I, we have unfortunately had to cut down the distribution from 24 tossups per packet to 20 tossups per packet. The changes are reflected below: Literature: 2/0 Long Fiction 2/0 Short Fiction 2/0 Extra/Other 1/0 Literary Criticism/Theory History: 2/0 Americ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

UPDATE: The 1st field cap is currently set to 8 teams of four. If there is enough interest, we will move the cap up to 12 teams. (This will be reflected in the main announcement)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Bump - I assume this event is being held Saturday evening? Not sure if I can make it in early enough Friday evening, and even if I can, ACRONYM and Imaginary Landscape are going on as well. Thanks for the bump (now that HSNCT staff invites have been sent out). I am confirming that the event will ta...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

A while back, I had made a post about getting more high school tournaments to use online scoresheets. In recent weeks, I have been working with Shawn Zhao of Montgomery Blair to help realize this. We present to you: Online Scoresheets V4! (or "Shawrisheets"): Powered by Groger Ranks These ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Could I see the Utah tu? The clue about “Vermillion Cliffs” seemed a bit ambiguous to me and could refer to something in Arizona.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

As another high schooler who played this set, I thoroughly enjoyed it. While it was extremely challenging, I still enjoyed hearing tossups on topics I've never even heard of. People posting about "core Western painting" here: are you not including tossups like Book of Kells and Pompeii? (i...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

This may not be that much of a concern, but none of the tiebreaker/replacement tossups are history tossups (I think the grey wolves one is ecology?)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Aaron's Rod wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:14 pm You need to change the permissions on the sheet for other people to access it.

Fixed.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

This is an announcement for META at HSNCT: The current mirror fee will be $10 per player. The 1st field cap will be 8 teams of four. If there is enough interest, the cap will be moved up to 12 teams. This is to ensure that each team will get to hear 8 rounds of questions. The date has been confirmed...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

There seems to be an overwhelming opinion to host META at HSNCT. We will post a sign-up sheet as soon as we get permission from NAQT.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

As META (Monstrocity of Ethnological and Theological Academia) reaches 66% completion, we are interested in whether this set would like to be played at either HS National (HSNCT and/or NSC). The set will likely not be ready by ICT or ACF Nationals. Further information about the set can be found at t...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Banned Tiny Toon Adventures Episode wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:33 am I don't understand what Berus-Lie is, is this post just some sort of in-joke?

The packets and stats are entirely real. However, this post was not intended to be posted on the forums and I was being extremely foolish last night.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Berus-Lie is hosting a intramural sectionals with 9 in-house teams. The packets are all being written by the teams. Once edited, they may available for use by other tournaments. To follow, use the following spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15bUecL4EdLRuOl6u7G4Q6IuFlYXMkNiPRfncEsZz...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

The OP was mostly facetious, but to expand seriously upon my argument: The idea behind listing "an obscure Hungarian movie like Satantango" was based upon the impression that Indian film directors seemed to be under-asked when compared to European, Iranian, and east Asian directors. Other ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

If quiz bowl is willing to ask about obscure Hungarian movies like Satantango and others, why is Bollywood so unpopular? I understand there is a general stigma towards Bollywood movies, but not all of them are bad! They do merit exposure! After all, Bollywood is even bigger than Hollywood!

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

The wise man OACAN once said, the buzzer is the sixth finger. Don't know what it means, but take it as you will. In all seriousness, buzzing with your thumb while keeping your buzzer on the table seems to be the best strategy, especially when flicking your thumb away from the buzzer instead of press...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

This set is now more than 50% complete. We are currently looking for players interested in play-testing and sites interested in mirroring. Nour, Jakob, and I expect the set to complete by mid-May.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:29 pm I'll plan to have this ready by CO

Does this mean that there will likely not be a mirror at HSNCT or PACE? (Or online)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

I've been to a number of tournaments that used online scoresheets, and they certainly can be beneficial. Princeton generally has a separate file for each room's games, to make sure they don't run into the size limit. I will reiterate that if you're going to use such a system, you need absolutely bu...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Just a few hours ago, the "Give Thanks for Matt's Buzzers V" at MVS just finished running a tournament using online scoresheets. While most of the scoresheets were entered by hand, I believe that the success of this tournament shows the potential for online scoresheets to be used in future...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Thank you all for coming to the 2018 Beavercreek Fall Invitational! The tournament was won by Miami Valley A, who got their revenge on Miami Valley B in a one-game final with a score of 510-240. All of the stats can be viewed here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5367/stats/overall/ Bracket Win...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Did the Heian tossup and the Pillow Book/Shonagon/Murasaki bonus share any info? Even if they didn't, I still feel like you shouldn't put different questions on similar topics in the same set.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Sorry about that (above)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Any chance you could post the Nigeria, Abstract Expressionism, and Japanese-Americans tossups?

(was curious on seeing the lead-ins, especially since these were some of the tougher tossups imo)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

I'm curious whether or not the post-nationals player polls were taken into consideration by the selection committee. They were generally considered by high schoolers to be a better representation of how players stacked up against each other nationally than what Fred Morlan initially presented in his...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Will there be a discussion thread for this question set?

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Other than the history bowl sets from previous years, are there any other sets of practice questions to prepare for NHBB?

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

When will the All-World Team results posted?

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Could I see the TU on the "Death of Federico Garcia Lorca"? Felt that maybe it was a bit too hard for this set.(Same with the Kahneman bonus)

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

This is probably a minor issue, but I buzzed in the clue on Punta Arenas and stated Costa Rica, as a capital of a province in Costa Rica is the similarly named Puntarenas. A person on the other team said he would have also negged on that clue. Could you provide more clarification perhaps in the que...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Can I see the Chile question? It is not Peru, but this country’s city of Punta Arenas became a penal colony after the Mutiny of Cambiazo. Today it is a popular destination for tourists visiting Torres del Paine National Park. Alexander Selkirk was mutinied on this country’s Juan Fernandez Islands, ...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Congratulations to MVS A , who defeated Solon A in an advantaged final 415-195 to win the Beavercreek Fall Invitational! Division Winners: Sonic: MVS A Tails: Solon A Knuckles: Northmont Shadow: Fisher Catholic Top Individual Scorers: 1. John John Groger, MVS A (120 ppg) 2. Tegan Kapadia, Beavercree...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

raginbulls wrote:Is there a subforum for discussion of this set?

The admins created a private discussion thread just now.

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Thanks for playing the 2017 Richard Montgomery-Beavercreek Collaborative Tournament! If you have any questions regarding the set, please post here. We would love to hear feedback. You can request any questions if you'd like. Richard Montgomery and Beavercreek split the questions about 50/50. NOTE: P...

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan

Thanks all for playing and giving suggestions. Here are my comments: Posting the schedule ahead of time would also be helpful. This tournament had a very weird schedule where most teams had something like 2 meaningful games and the rest byes. Rather than just letting any number of teams sign up, com...

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