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- Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Proto
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13676
Re: Proto
here's your protobowl http://quinterest.org/quizbug.html Now that I realized that this doesn't work on an iPad, this is far superior to Protobowl. That... made no sense. I was referring to the QuizBug feature of Quinterest, which only seems to work on my laptop, as I need a space bar for it. Sorry ...
- Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:06 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Proto
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13676
Re: Proto
here's your protobowl http://quinterest.org/quizbug.html Now that I realized that this doesn't work on an iPad, this is far superior to Protobowl. That... made no sense. I was referring to the QuizBug feature of Quinterest, which only seems to work on my laptop, as I need a space bar for it. Sorry ...
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:40 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: New AMSQG announcement
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12955
Re: New AMSQG announcement
I'll preface this post by stating that my role in this project is only feedback based. I am not receiving, nor seeking, financial compensation for my work and as a result am not directly writing or editing any tossups but rather providing guidance to the writers and editors and keeping the answerli...
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:09 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: New AMSQG announcement
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12955
Re: New AMSQG announcement
...one of the main problems with middle school quizbowl was that the amount of answerlines that were tossed up were way too narrow. ... I think one of the things that Coach Dennis was trying to emphasize was that this statement is statistically *not* true for the vast majority of middle school team...
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: New AMSQG announcement
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12955
Re: New AMSQG announcement
...one of the main problems with middle school quizbowl was that the amount of answerlines that were tossed up were way too narrow. ... I think one of the things that Coach Dennis was trying to emphasize was that this statement is statistically *not* true for the vast majority of middle school team...
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas '17-'18
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5280
Texas '17-'18
The TQBA website is used for schedules and stuff, but I figured I'd make this thread more of a "use it if/when you need it" type thing (rankings, TI, miscellaneous stuff, etc).
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quiz bowl documentaries
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4356
Quiz bowl documentaries
Does anyone have some good documentaries on "quiz bowl" subjects? As an example, I really liked The Stanford Prison Experiement, and it gave me a lot of really good, quality, knowledge.
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:30 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Proto
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13676
Re: Proto
Now that I realized that this doesn't work on an iPad, this is far superior to Protobowl.vinteuil wrote:here's your protobowl http://quinterest.org/quizbug.html
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:29 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Proto
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13676
Re: Proto
It hasn't worked for me either.
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Working with quiz bowl teammates
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8756
Re: Working with quiz bowl teammates
So back in my freshman year I started quiz Bowl when the year began in September. I was the only freshman. Majority was juniors and seniors. I was extremely intimidated with all the older kids. Nevertheless I stuck with it and now as I enter my junior year I'm president and captain. The problem is ...
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall mirrors for HS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2756
Re: ACF Fall mirrors for HS
They just posted the announcement, check this out: This is the announcement for ACF Fall 2017. We are claiming the weekend of November 4, 2017 , for ACF Fall. Fees : Base fee: $135 Buzzer: -$5/functional system Staffers: -$10/staffer Shorthanded fee (teams of 1 or 2 players): $60 "New to Quizbo...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall mirrors for HS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2756
Re: ACF Fall mirrors for HS
I don't believe info for ACF Fall is out yet, so ACF Fall mirrors in the South are still in question.
Edit: Speaking of which, where are the ACF Fall mirrors in TX usually held?
Edit: Speaking of which, where are the ACF Fall mirrors in TX usually held?
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 1:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: AMSQG Set (Novice/MS Level)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3238
Re: AMSQG Set (Novice/MS Level)
I'd probably be willing to contribute a few literature/trash tossups if needed.
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:49 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Quinterest is down
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10159
Re: Quinterest is down
I guess the only option now is....Protobowl... If you just want to search for topics, aseemsdb (aseemsdb.me) is actually a modestly superior choice. (It's much less user friendly than Quinterest, but it actually has more questions archived.) Thanks! I've been trying to look for tossups for stuff on...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:42 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Quinterest is down
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10159
Quinterest is down
I was wondering what the status on Quinterest is? The page tells me that the site has "stepped out". What does this entail?
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A PSA on Posting Question Sets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2606
Re: A PSA on Posting Question Sets
Thank you for this thread.
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31884
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
What can we do to repair this relationship? Well, let's see, USABB is: -Copying the NAC strategy of bribing the top teams to play worse competition and claim to be "national champions." -Running 14 TU matches (!!) and claiming it's just as legit as regular quizbowl (and charging basically...
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 National Quizbowl Awards
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12493
Re: 2017 National Quizbowl Awards
Can we PM you our Provisional Writer applications?
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16506
Re: Quizbowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyo
I believe it's just LV, however, I'm not sure.
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16506
Re: Quizbowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyo
Nevada has a full league, as well as a consistently updated website: http://www.lvqba.org
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: AARDVARK: An Arthur MiniTournament
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11817
Re: AARDVARK: An Arthur MiniTournament
I loved this show, and now there's this? I better learn how to use IRC. I finally have an excuse to binge watch this show!!!
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:29 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Coaching strategies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6898
Coaching strategies
To all experienced MS coaches, My name is Vishal Sivamani, and I was an 8th grader for the Coppell West quiz bowl team. In wake of my graduation and the resignation of our coach prior to the 2017-2018 season, I have been appointed as the head coach of Coppell's middle school team. I am very, very ne...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 8:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 2016-17
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6260
Re: Mississippi 2016-17
Is there a rough schedule set out for Mississippi in 2017-2018? We plan to attend a tournament in Mississippi with our team in the fall, so it would be cool to know so we can plan accordingly.
- Thu May 25, 2017 8:39 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: USABB Nationals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8339
Re: USABB Nationals - final call for players!
Is there an opening meeting to attend at USABB Nationals?
- Wed May 24, 2017 7:33 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Making an impact at MSNCT...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7321
Re: Making an impact at MSNCT...
I'm flattered, really! I just love quiz bowl a lot and love working hard to try and succeed! Thanks for all of the advice and help!Big Y wrote:Going from 5/27/7 to 26/45/19 in one year is an impressive amount of improvement.
- Wed May 24, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Making an impact at MSNCT...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7321
Re: Making an impact at MSNCT...
Thanks a lot for your advice! We only went 5-3, but we were able to become much better than we were last year!
- Mon May 22, 2017 9:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Math Monstrosity (Preliminary Announcement)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14547
Re: Math Monstrosity (Preliminary Announcement)
I had a last minute appointment that meant that I couldn't make it at MSNCT, hopefully the set's mirrored during the summer or something.
- Wed May 17, 2017 10:30 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: The evolution of MSNCT
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11695
Re: The evolution of MSNCT
Speaking of brutal draws, I don't want to carp (our negging got us two deserved losses), but playing the T-21 Meyzeek team in Round 1 of the playoffs and the T-8 Smith team from Michigan in Round 2 (due to an upset loss against Mount Mourne in the previous round) has to make Coppell's short run one ...
- Tue May 16, 2017 7:27 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: USABB Nationals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8339
Re: USABB Nationals - final call for players!
Mr. Fischer,
Coppell has registered with a team. Do you know when an updated field list sill be available? Also, are the stats from USABB Regionals ready to be posted on the USABB site?
Coppell has registered with a team. Do you know when an updated field list sill be available? Also, are the stats from USABB Regionals ready to be posted on the USABB site?
- Wed May 10, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Great Quizometrical Survey
- Replies: 37
- Views: 27382
Re: Great Quizometrical Survey
Would anyone be interested in participating in one of these for middle schools? Yeah, this would be really cool to examine at the MS level. What regions do you think would make the most sense for the MS level? Probably the top areas first, California, Chicago, Georgia, Texas, the Tri-State area, an...
- Tue May 09, 2017 8:18 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Leland Junior Challenge @ Leland HS (5/20; San Jose, CA)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5960
Re: Leland Junior Challenge @ Leland HS (5/20; San Jose, CA)
Just a quick reminder that MS-22 will have already been released by the playing of this tournament, but it's ultimately up to you to decide the logistics of that.
- Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20868
Re: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!
The podcasts for the 2016 MSNCT state that they occurred in Dallas, but it occurred in Atlanta. Can we have that changed?
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Math Monstrosity at HSNCT and MSNCT
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12448
Re: Math Monstrosity at HSNCT and MSNCT
Sounds fun, I might go to the PACE a playing of Math Monstrosity, seeing as it doesn't conflict with USABB Nats.
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Great Quizometrical Survey
- Replies: 37
- Views: 27382
Re: Great Quizometrical Survey
Yeah, this would be really cool to examine at the MS level.Benjamin Knight wrote:Would anyone be interested in participating in one of these for middle schools?
- Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: International Geography Bee
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3504
Re: International Geography Bee
If you qualify for the MS IGB in your 8th grade year, do you forfeit your eligibility for Worlds due to being a 9th grader in the year of competition?
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Elementary/MS editing help needed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1954
Re: Elementary/MS editing help needed
Mr.Dzurick I'm only an 8th grader, but I think that I could definetly be of assistance in writing SAGES in the distribution areas of literature, mathematics, a bit of history, and philosophy(if you choose to add anything more than maybe a random Freud tossup in Round 5 or something). I've actually a...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9575
Re: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
I'd be down for something like this in high school.
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:34 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Making an impact at MSNCT...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7321
Making an impact at MSNCT...
Hey ya'll, I play for/captain the Coppell MS quiz bowl team, and we qualified for MSNCT early this season. Despite our ecstasy about this, however, we've been in need of some advice on how to be a real threat at MSNCT(6-2 or higher), as we were 3-5 last year at MSNCT (and finished #108) with a full ...