The Quizbowl Resource Center

http://aseemsdb.me/



This database is intended to let you search a wider selection of packets compared to other databases such as Quinterest. However, this database has several drawbacks and is not intended to be a replacement for Quinterest as described in the FAQ section.
Pros: More tossups available to search, and many more bonuses
Cons: A small but not nonexistent learning curve, links to packets instead of displaying questions below (read FAQ please)

Disclaimer: See this thread regarding how the number of database hits is often not a good measure of difficulty.

As this is the first time I've announced the site to a group this big, there is a possibility that it will go down from too much load, but this is probably not likely. If you have any feedback/criticism, let me know by either posting below or emailing me at the address on the about page.

Great job on the UI design and fast searching! I also really like the answerline feature, must have taken a while to do that.

I just read a poem by John Milton and I wanted to see what clues came up from it, so I just went on aseemsdb.me and aseem'd the phrase "Lycidas." One quick aseem later, and now I'll never forget the line "I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude." Thanks Aseem!

-Jason Cheng 2015, quiz bowl player, UCSD

I've been using this database for a couple of months now, and I definitely recommend it. Thanks Aseem!

-Kion You, quiz bowl player at Rancho Bernardo

This database is among the most useful Quiz Bowl resources I've ever used. Although it fills a different niche, Aseem's DB will be just as useful as Quinterest until a complete parsable database comes along that combines the best of the two.

-Kevin Wang, quiz bowl player, Arcadia

Are you tired of Quinterest being incomplete and not getting a complete picture of database hits? Are you tired of having to search for that one question on Edwidge Danticat buried in a set from those years where it was cool to write about her? Introducing ASEEMSDB(TM), the first all-purpose solution to all your quiz bowl database problems! Never again will you have to wait for the slow process of sets being uploaded to Quinterest from the database. You can have all this, a $400 value, for 4 easy payments of $0.00! But wait! Call now in the next 10 minutes and we'll throw in a cattle prod! If you ever wanted to punish your teammates for negging you out of your categories, the cattle prod's dual electrode action will remind your teammates never to infringe on your territory! An $80 value, yours free! But you have to call now in the next 10 minutes. Operators are standing by to take your call. That's a $480 value for 4 easy payments of $0.00! ORDER NOW!

Do we have to pay separate processing and handling though? But in all seriousness, this is a great resource.

aseemsDB has been pretty unstable in the past couple days due to a couple updates I have made. The updates should prevent the excessive amounts of downtime the database has experienced in the past, an increase in performance, and they add a link to "Preview" each packet which opens a text-only version in a new window.

aseemsDB has been migrated to a new hosting service that will provide much better performance. Users should see an obnoxious "(new)" next to the name in the navigation bar if they are using the new site (this will be removed in a couple days).

I've uploaded a video going over how to write advanced queries for aseemsDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WYlzOyLaVo. The slides (which have examples) are linked in the video description.

aseemsDB has been completely rewritten and several new features have been added:

1. Search results now automatically scroll to the PDF page containing the query when the packet is opened
2. Snippets now have case and punctuation (this didn't require any work and came along with an update to recoll)
3. A better, more responsive mobile experience
4. An updated "Preview" link that provides an HTML version of each packet
5. A Google form to request a set in the navbar
6. Snippets can be turned off in the "More options" section
7. The set name in each result is now a link that displays all the packets in that set
8. A better looking and trimmed down settings page available at aseemsdb.me/settings.

Full release notes: https://github.com/aseem-keyal/aseemsDB ... s/tag/v2.0

Looks like people are using the set request form, which is great! I've added all the requested sets so far to the database. Here's a list of requested and added sets that I will update until I add a feature on aseemsDB for this.

Apologies for being late on set uploads for the last couple weeks, all requested sets have been uploaded now.

aseemsDB now has a dark mode and a multiselect feature for tournament names.