GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
The twenty-fourth incarnation of Maggie Walker Governor's School's GSAC is now seeking mirrors! The mirror fee will be $12 per team attending, and the set will be available from December 10, 2016 onward until the end of the season (this date may be flexible if you feel that you can only mirror it some time before that). Please contact me at parthsemail AT gmail DOT com if you are interested in hosting a mirror or if you have any additional questions.
The set will be head-edited by myself and written by myself and other members of the Maggie Walker team. In keeping with tradition established last year, we will be power-marking the set. This year, we have enacted more strict distribution of each category to ensure equal representation from time periods / geographic areas / whatever.
The distribution is as follows:
4/4 Literature
4/4 Science
1/1 Bio, 1/1 Chem, 1/1 Phys, 1/1 Other (Math, Astronomy, etc.)
4/4 History
1/1 American, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, 1/1 Ancient/Modern (post-1945)
2.5/2.5 Fine Arts
2/2 Religion, Mythology
1.5/1.5 Philosophy and Social Science
1/1 Geography, Current Events, and Other Cultural
1/1 Pop Culture, Sports, and Other Trash
The difficulty of the set will be near what it has been for the past two years, which have had +.2 and -.14 stat adjustments compared to IS-sets, i.e. very close to what is considered regular difficulty at the high school level.
CURRENT MIRRORS:
Richmond, Virginia: GSAC Main Site on December 10, 2016
Powell, Ohio: Olentangy Liberty High School on January 7, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri: Oakville High School on January 21, 2017
Cullman, Alabama: Good Hope High School on January 21, 2017
Pilot Grove, Missouri: Pilot Grove High School on January 28, 2017
Hannibal, Missouri: Hannibal High School on January 28, 2017
Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt on February 11, 2017
Malvern, Pennsylvania: Great Valley High School on February 11, 2017
Lincroft, New Jersey: High Technology High School on February 25, 2017
Independence, Missouri: Fort Osage High School on February 25, 2017
Berkeley, California: UC Berkeley on March 4, 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT on March 18, 2017
Athens, Georgia: Cedar Shoals High School on April 1, 2017
The set will be head-edited by myself and written by myself and other members of the Maggie Walker team. In keeping with tradition established last year, we will be power-marking the set. This year, we have enacted more strict distribution of each category to ensure equal representation from time periods / geographic areas / whatever.
The distribution is as follows:
4/4 Literature
4/4 Science
1/1 Bio, 1/1 Chem, 1/1 Phys, 1/1 Other (Math, Astronomy, etc.)
4/4 History
1/1 American, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, 1/1 Ancient/Modern (post-1945)
2.5/2.5 Fine Arts
2/2 Religion, Mythology
1.5/1.5 Philosophy and Social Science
1/1 Geography, Current Events, and Other Cultural
1/1 Pop Culture, Sports, and Other Trash
The difficulty of the set will be near what it has been for the past two years, which have had +.2 and -.14 stat adjustments compared to IS-sets, i.e. very close to what is considered regular difficulty at the high school level.
CURRENT MIRRORS:
Richmond, Virginia: GSAC Main Site on December 10, 2016
Powell, Ohio: Olentangy Liberty High School on January 7, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri: Oakville High School on January 21, 2017
Cullman, Alabama: Good Hope High School on January 21, 2017
Pilot Grove, Missouri: Pilot Grove High School on January 28, 2017
Hannibal, Missouri: Hannibal High School on January 28, 2017
Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt on February 11, 2017
Malvern, Pennsylvania: Great Valley High School on February 11, 2017
Lincroft, New Jersey: High Technology High School on February 25, 2017
Independence, Missouri: Fort Osage High School on February 25, 2017
Berkeley, California: UC Berkeley on March 4, 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT on March 18, 2017
Athens, Georgia: Cedar Shoals High School on April 1, 2017
Last edited by parthenon on Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:01 pm, edited 14 times in total.
Parth Kotak
Maggie Walker '17
GW '21
Maggie Walker '17
GW '21
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Oakville HS (St Louis, MO) is interested in hosting a mirror in spring 2017, date pending.
Christina Whelehon
Oakville High School Academic Quiz Bowl Coach
Oakville High School Academic Quiz Bowl Coach
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Can a private group be set up to discuss this set?
Julia Tong
Darien 2014-2018; Co-Captain 2015-2018
Barnard 2018-2022 (VP Columbia Quiz Bowl)
Member of the Connecticut Quiz Bowl Alliance: ctquizbowl.org
Darien 2014-2018; Co-Captain 2015-2018
Barnard 2018-2022 (VP Columbia Quiz Bowl)
Member of the Connecticut Quiz Bowl Alliance: ctquizbowl.org
Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
I second that request.
Chloe Levine (she/her/hers)
PACE Member; Gender Equity Advocate
Harvard College Quiz Bowl, Class of 2022
Hunter College High School Quiz Bowl, Class of 2018 (2017–18 Captain)
HSNCT Runner-Up 2018; HSNCT Champion 2017; Player of the Year Nominee 2018
Head Editor of Prison Bowl XI; Vice Head Editor of Prison Bowl X
PACE Member; Gender Equity Advocate
Harvard College Quiz Bowl, Class of 2022
Hunter College High School Quiz Bowl, Class of 2018 (2017–18 Captain)
HSNCT Runner-Up 2018; HSNCT Champion 2017; Player of the Year Nominee 2018
Head Editor of Prison Bowl XI; Vice Head Editor of Prison Bowl X
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Add me to that list of requests.
Brett Hogan
former player, Wallace State Community College
Athens State University alumni
former player, Wallace State Community College
Athens State University alumni
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Since there's still no discussion set up I just wanted to throw some general thoughts out there. The set started out alright, if not a bit stocky- there were also some weird difficulty changes (really/unnecessarily hard bonus parts or really easy tossups; I think a few odd powermarks as well?). However, there are definitely questions that need to be reworked- for example main characters really shouldn't mentioned in the first line of lit tossups, especially in the finals packets!
I'll cite some more specific examples if/when a private discussion is formed.
I'll cite some more specific examples if/when a private discussion is formed.
Julia Tong
Darien 2014-2018; Co-Captain 2015-2018
Barnard 2018-2022 (VP Columbia Quiz Bowl)
Member of the Connecticut Quiz Bowl Alliance: ctquizbowl.org
Darien 2014-2018; Co-Captain 2015-2018
Barnard 2018-2022 (VP Columbia Quiz Bowl)
Member of the Connecticut Quiz Bowl Alliance: ctquizbowl.org
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
I second all of these things. The finals and 3rd-place matches at the site at which I played hinged at least partially on the aforementioned question and one other that put the name of the lead of a composer's best known work in the first line.Couch's Kingbird wrote:Since there's still no discussion set up I just wanted to throw some general thoughts out there. The set started out alright, if not a bit stocky- there were also some weird difficulty changes (really/unnecessarily hard bonus parts or really easy tossups; I think a few odd powermarks as well?). However, there are definitely questions that need to be reworked- for example main characters really shouldn't mentioned in the first line of lit tossups, especially in the finals packets!
I'll cite some more specific examples if/when a private discussion is formed.
Jakob M. (they/them)
Michigan State '21, Indiana '2?
"No one has ever organized a greater effort to get people interested in pretending to play quiz bowl"
-Ankit Aggarwal
Michigan State '21, Indiana '2?
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Was this ever uploaded to the archives?
Raynor Kuang
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
^ Seconded, is there any chance it can get uploaded in the future?
Wonyoung Jang
Belmont '18 // UChicago '22
ACF; NAQT; PACE
Belmont '18 // UChicago '22
ACF; NAQT; PACE
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Re: GSAC XXIV Mirror Requests
Thiccasso's Guernthicca wrote:^ Seconded, is there any chance it can get uploaded in the future?
Raynor Kuang
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM