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There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:12 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
At long last (after years of toying with the idea of writing this), I am ready to announce There Will Be Stock Clues, a culinary side dish...er, tournament that will be ready in time for the traditional post-CO August slot in 2017. This event will consist of 8-10 powermarked tossups-only packets written by me, with assistance from Max Schindler. The tentative distribution of each packet's 20 tossups is as follows:

4 Non-Trashy Savory
2 Non-Trashy Sweet
2.5 Trashy/Packaged Savory Foods
1.5 Trashy/Packaged Sweet Foods
2 World Culinary Traditions
1 Beverages
.5 Highbrow Restaurants
1 Lowbrow Restaurants
1.5 Food Shows/Celebrities
1.5 Food/Drink in Fiction/Films/TV
1 Kitchen Appliances/Gadgets
1.5 Misc.

These categories are all fairly loose. The savory category could be filled by a common-link on an ingredient clued from dishes from different cultures; a particular country, region, or city, clued from various dishes; a particular dish, based on its variations; etc. The questions in non-trashy savory and sweet will skew North American/European, but will still include fairly copious clues from other traditions. The World Culinary Traditions will be the same thing, except focusing only on non-North American/European cuisines. The other categories should be fairly self-explanatory.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:39 pm
by $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy
Yesssssss

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:09 pm
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
prepare for the tossup on flavortown

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:32 pm
by merv1618
Bliss

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:52 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
Holy moly

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:38 pm
by Rococo A Go Go
I look forward to some flavorful questions

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:48 pm
by AKKOLADE
THAT'S A SPICY PACKET

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:02 pm
by Wynaut
Sweet!

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:27 am
by Harpie's Feather Duster
:party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:15 pm
by The Ununtiable Twine
Can I demand a mandatory Thai subdistro?

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:48 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
The Ununtiable Twine wrote:Can I demand a mandatory Thai subdistro?
Neither Thai nor bow tie will be mandatory. But the former will doubtless feature. (No comment about the possible presence of the latter in some pasta question.)

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:03 am
by Excelsior (smack)
But where is the distribution for foods that are neither sweet nor savory???

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 11:23 am
by Valefor
Will this tournament use spoons and wine glasses instead of a standard buzzer system?

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:51 am
by Cheynem
What's the status of this tournament (i.e. will it be complete and how many packets will there be?)

(I am simply asking to determine logistics for the summer opens; I do not mean to insinuate that it's not completed)

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:05 pm
by mozzarella
Cheynem wrote:What's the status of this tournament (i.e. will it be complete and how many packets will there be?)

(I am simply asking to determine logistics for the summer opens; I do not mean to insinuate that it's not completed)
If this is an abandoned project (I hope not!), I will happily take this over and write something, omg

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:27 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
This is still happening. We have started writing it. But it would be very nice to get final confirmation soon from the Virginia site as to whether they're mirroring this or not, so we know the exact timeline to completion (i.e. whether it needs to be done by the first week of August).

Projected tournament length is eight packets. There will be powers. Questions will be capped at eight lines, but some will be as short as six, depending on what the subject matter seems to require.

If we fall behind, we may adjust the sub-distributions towards things we have an easier time writing on. If that's the case, we'll announce the changes as they are made.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:57 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
The set is complete, and has been sent to the VCU site to be played tomorrow. We finished the full eight packets, and we managed to keep to the advertised distribution (interpreting it slightly generously).

I've asked the admins to create a private discussion forum. Those who played it at the VCU site are welcome to comment and also to let us know of any errors they catch that should be fixed before future mirrors.

We hope you enjoy the set.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:33 pm
by Kouign Amann
This tournament was a veritable stew of delightful topics, seasoned with a perfect blend of Lawrencian refinement and Schindlerian degeneracy. Neither flavor overpowered the other in the course of doing a wonderful job of asking about many different kinds of foods and the many different ways in which they can be important to society. Difficulty-wise, it was neither too tender nor too tough. My compliments to the chefs. Everyone should play this.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:12 pm
by Mewto55555
A private discussion subforum for this set is now open.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:23 pm
by Cheynem
What is the pricing for this event?

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:21 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
$5 per player

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:22 pm
by Cheynem
God bless you sir

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:29 am
by Valefor
Any chance for a Skype mirror of this?

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:45 pm
by merv1618
Vissi d'arte wrote:Any chance for a Skype mirror of this?
Seconded

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:59 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
Neither Max and I can run a Skype mirror ourselves. But we are entirely open to such a mirror happening if staff can be found to run it.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:40 pm
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
This set is incredible

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:40 am
by Cheynem
This was very enjoyable. I hope someday John writes a pure trash tournament.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:26 am
by Red Panda Cub
This was the most fun I've had playing a quizbowl tournament. Thank you so much to John and Max for putting it together. I really hope someone else writes another food tournament soon.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:26 am
by ThisIsMyUsername
The Oxford mirror was the last scheduled mirror of this tournament. A couple of people said they wanted a Skype mirror, but neither Max nor I is available to run one ourselves. If someone still wants to set one up, please e-mail me in the next couple of days to discuss. If no plans emerge for this by this Friday (10/20), I'll consider this tournament's run officially over, and I'll post the set to the archive.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:54 pm
by sephirothrr
Did this ever get resolved, one way or another?

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:13 pm
by Judson Laipply
I have no experience in running skype mirrors, but I would be very interested in playing if someone with experience were to set one up.

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:57 pm
by ThisIsMyUsername
I've uploaded the set.