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- Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:33 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP Open Mirror - 4/24/2021
- Replies: 0
- Views: 330
2021 WORKSHOP Open Mirror - 4/24/2021
I am pleased to announce that the WORKSHOP team will be hosting an online open mirror of 2021 WORKSHOP on April 24, 2021 on Discord. You can find more information about the set here . I, Chris Sims, will be the tournament director. Eligibility All players, including those in school and not in school...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4020
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
In light of some recent discussion about positive feedback from editors, I realize I really should've taken the time to acknowledge some of the excellent submissions I was able to receive and use for Winter (if a few months late). I will focus on the categories I edited because I remember them best,...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:37 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4747
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
A few thoughts based on reading some more packets in practice as well as some critiques I had during the tournament: In pack A, the tossup on "Jews" erroneously claims that Handel's Judas Maccabaeus is an opera as opposed to an oratorio (and also includes an earlier clue about it in a toss...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4286
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
-The "space" phil TU dropped Kant + relational/absolute kind of early, the later clues feel harder to me than connecting those ideas. -Loved the "7" in music TU. Future writers should look to this question as an exemplary music theory TU, which we should have more of. I didn't l...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4020
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
For the "space" tossup, I probably should have figured out that because the question was in the philosophy distribution - answers like "reference frame" wouldn't really make sense and "relative position / location" was probably not likely to be what it was going for. S...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:43 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4020
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
Much like Chandler, I had a great experience editing this tournament - William was a wonderful head editor, and I will echo Chandler's comments amount Nick's immense contributions to the set. This was one of my first times editing, and my first time at a level higher than novice difficulty, so this ...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:15 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4286
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the tossup on virtue in packet J? thanks! After the “life of growth” and “life of perception” are ruled out in one text, this concept is discussed as a possible function for man. A book titled for this concept claims that the “state of grave disorder” of its author’s field is due to a f...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4286
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the tossup on virtue in packet J? thanks! After the “life of growth” and “life of perception” are ruled out in one text, this concept is discussed as a possible function for man. A book titled for this concept claims that the “state of grave disorder” of its author’s field is due to a f...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Packet Submission discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4352
Re: Packet Submission discussion
Additionally, packet submission has the unfortunate side effect of often creating duplicate questions especially at lower difficulties. There isn't a large surplus of physics answerlines at ACF Fall and I imagine many of the submissions had the same flavor (pardon the pun) even if the answerline va...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:31 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why are there negs in QB?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2573
Re: Why are there negs in QB?
Thanks for the discussion so far! I would be interested in hearing more about whether people have observed that negs might have a greater impact on female player's playing style - if that's indeed the case, then I think that alone would provide a good reason for experimenting with no-neg formats. I ...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:15 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why are there negs in QB?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2573
Why are there negs in QB?
After some occasional and maybe not especially rigorous thought about the gameplay purpose of negs in QB, I will confess that I’m not really convinced of the overall benefit of having them in the game. I think the gameplay benefit is very situational and that they usually end up penalizing actions t...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10013
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
Another clarification: it seems right now that a team's first buzz if both players answer at the end of the question is determined by how quickly they type and submit their answer. This seems fairly unideal to me since you can't coordinate between your teammate online and usually one player will be ...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:51 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11152
Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
One thing I'll add to this discussion: although PPB is a pretty reliable indicator of a team's skill across an entire tournament, the ~10 bonuses a team hears in a close game have a high variance associated with them that can only imperfectly advantage the team truly better at bonuses as opposed to ...
- Tue May 12, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6640
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
The results are now in from the trash ballot. There were four ballots from Isaac Renert, Milan Fernández, Henry Atkins, and Simone Valade. 1. Aaron Dos Remedios (96, median 2, max 1, min 3) 2. Christine Irwin (91, median 3, max 2, min 5) 3. Derek So (83, median 5.5, max 3, min 7) Tied-4. Simone Vala...
- Sun May 10, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6640
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
Sorry for the delay in getting the results out, but voting is now over for (most of) these polls. We didn't have enough trash or open ballots for me to feel comfortable reporting them officially, so I guess those can just stay open and if people want to submit they can. Main Poll We had 10 ballots f...
- Sat May 02, 2020 7:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6640
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
People have expressed to me that they would like an extension on the various polls. I'll give everyone another week, so please send in your ballots by midnight Pacific time on May 9. At this point, the open and trash polls may not happen due to lack of interest - I won't be publishing the results if...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:51 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6640
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
And... a slightly more Toronto-leaning ballot than Henry's, although we agree on many placements. I've noted approximately where I'd place open players. MAIN BALLOT 1. Derek So. Derek barely played, and definitely seems to fallen a bit from his peak last year, but I think he still edges out Rein giv...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6640
2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
I am pleased to announce the 2019-20 iteration of the Canadian circuit player poll! Although the season has been cut short, most of the tournaments we would normally consider in this poll have happened normally and the criteria will be similar to last year. Although this will not include national to...
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:03 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4849
Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
I did some work on the Toronto page recently, and I'm fairly happy with how it turned out: https://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/Toronto I think Wiki pages for clubs should use some transparent and (ideally) verifiable criteria for determining who gets listed in the membership section: I don't think everyone ...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8506
Re: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
I will fulfill my lifelong dreams of becoming an eternal grad student by starting a (probably JD/)PhD in economics at Northwestern in the fall. I definitely plan on playing as time permits, and I'm looking forward to meeting the team and the Midwest circuit generally.
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
- Replies: 132
- Views: 16884
Re: College Nationals and Its Problems
A few scattered thoughts: At Toronto, almost none of our players played QB in high school (many played Reach for the Top, although that doesn't tend to be too helpful), and yet I don't really hear any of our players (even those who leave/reduce their involvement) complaining about the difficulty of ...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1492
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
Unsurprisingly, the university has cancelled our room bookings so this tournament will not happen.
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1492
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (DATE CHANGED)
I would be willing to run it if our room bookings aren't cancelled, although I think only people who live in or near Toronto should plan on coming.Taper or die. Can you do any less? wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:53 am Is this tournament still happening?
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your nationals stories—no title teams allowed
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2141
Re: Your nationals stories—no title teams allowed
In one of the bottom-bracket games of 2017 ACF Nats, when I played on a two-person team with Zhenglin Liu, there was this tossup that was in large part based around Aldous Huxley's obsession with Carlo Gesualdo. My only knowledge of this connection was from an aside in my Music History 2 textbook th...
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:06 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Regionals and SCT Fee Schedules
- Replies: 6
- Views: 969
Re: ACF Regionals and SCT Fee Schedules
For SCT, the staffer discount at $40 per school-provided staffer is also substantially larger than what I would otherwise provide (and what I can get local staff for providing). Of course, there's a broader question about compensation in QB that I don't want to wade into, but at least at U of T we ...
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Regionals and SCT Fee Schedules
- Replies: 6
- Views: 969
ACF Regionals and SCT Fee Schedules
As a host for both ACF Regionals and SCT, I found that both tournaments had one very unusual feature of their fee schedules that ended up creating strange incentives for teams and hosts. For ACF Regionals, I'm very unclear what the rationale is behind providing a massive shorthanded discount for a t...
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
Thanks to everyone for coming to this tournament! This was one of the biggest fields we've gotten in Canada ever, which was really great to see. McGill A cleared the field to win Division 1, and McGill B won a one-game final against Toronto C to win Division 2. Various permutations of the stats can ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP at Toronto (3/7/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 953
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP at Toronto (3/7/2020)
This post is reserved for field updates. The field has been closed at 8 teams.
Field
Toronto x4
Waterloo x2
Queen's
Toronto Scholars
Field
Toronto x4
Waterloo x2
Queen's
Toronto Scholars
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP at Toronto (3/7/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 953
2020 WORKSHOP at Toronto (3/7/2020)
I am pleased to announce that the Eastern Canadian site of WORKSHOP will be held at the University of Toronto on Saturday, March 7, 2020. The tournament will take place at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., with team check-in beginning at 9:30am in SS 2101 and gameplay beginning at or before 10:...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:03 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8125
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Someone in the General Discussion thread brought up an example of “bait,” which was disappointingly more widespread than one question. Off the top of my head, the E minor question had a sentence along the lines of, if I recall correctly, “Victor Herbert’s second cello concerto in this key inspired ...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8125
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Someone in the General Discussion thread brought up an example of “bait,” which was disappointingly more widespread than one question. Off the top of my head, the E minor question had a sentence along the lines of, if I recall correctly, “Victor Herbert’s second cello concerto in this key inspired ...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUN at Toronto (3/8/2020)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1135
SUN at Toronto (3/8/2020)
I am pleased to announce that the Southern Ontario site of Spring Undergraduate Novice will be held at the University of Toronto on Sunday, March 8, 2020. The tournament will take place at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., with team check-in beginning at 9:30am in SS 2101 and gameplay beginning...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Toronto (01/25/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1129
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Toronto (01/25/2020)
Thanks to all the players and staffers for coming to the tournament today! Final stats have been posted here.
Toronto A cleared the field to win the tournament and Waterloo won the undergraduate championship by having two more wins than Toronto D.
Toronto A cleared the field to win the tournament and Waterloo won the undergraduate championship by having two more wins than Toronto D.
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3113
Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
A somewhat more unorthodox response to this concern might be to not give any points for getting a tossup right and have the only benefit of buzzing correctly being the chance at answering the bonus. While this might exacerbate concerns about variability in bonus difficulty, I think this would signif...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Understanding Literature as a Category
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2102
Re: Understanding Literature as a Category
Could this not be applied to many categories? I'll take history. You mention the Battle of Iwo Jima. You could read a long book or article on Iwo Jima, which would take as much time as like reading Pride and Prejudice. You could do this for all of World War II or any of the major battles--El Alamei...
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1492
Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
I'm pleased to announce that the University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club will be holding the Eastern Canadian mirror of Terrapin Open on Sunday, March 29, following the main site of Canadian Hybrid the previous Saturday. Because of room booking incentives, I will provisionally cap the field at 6 ...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
There will be a mirror of Ohio Trash on the Sunday after this tournament - the announcement for that tournament can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=19&p=364599#p364599.
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio Trash at Toronto (2/9/20)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1445
Ohio Trash at Toronto (2/9/20)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club is pleased to announce a mirror of the Ohio Trash set happening on Sunday, February 9, 2020. This is the Sunday after our SCT tournament. This tournament will take place in Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St. Tournament will begin at 9 am sharp so ple...
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the NAQT Eastern Canada Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2019. The tournament will take place in Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., with registration beginning at 9:00am in SS ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Toronto (01/25/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1129
2020 ACF Regionals at Toronto (01/25/2020)
I am pleased to announce that the Eastern Canadian site of 2020 ACF Regionals will be held at the University of Toronto on Saturday, January 25, 2020. The tournament will take place at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., with team check-in beginning at 9:30am in a SS 2101 and gameplay beginning a...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT at Toronto (10/05/19)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3173
Re: 2019 EFT at Toronto (10/05/19)
Thanks to everyone who came out to EFT in Toronto today! Toronto B defeated McGill A 300-260 to win the tournament in the first game of an advantaged final. Over 60 players at a tournament is probably pretty close to a record for a tournament in Canada and it was great to see several teams who haven...
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT at Toronto (10/05/19)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3173
2019 EFT at Toronto (10/05/19)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia will be holding a mirror of the 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT) on October 5, 2019. Logistics The tournament will begin at 10am sharp in Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., Toronto. Please arrive by 9:40am if you are playing, and by 9:35am if you are sta...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/21/2019)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1396
NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/21/2019)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice set (CNS-186) on September 21, 2019. Logistics The tournament will begin at 10:00am in room 2105 in Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St, Toronto. I would ask all staff and people bringing buzzers to ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17265
Re: CO 2019 Discussion
This was my first CO, and I really enjoyed the tournament. The history was excellent, with lots of interesting questions and a distribution that felt pretty much exactly right from a regional/era perspective. The thought was great, with the focus on contemporary philosophy in particular being much w...
- Tue May 21, 2019 8:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
2. Rein Otsason (212, Highest #2, Lowest #5, Median #2) 3. Aayush Rajasekaran (206, Highest #2, Lowest #5, Median #3) Sigh... I fear it may look like I have some vendetta against Rein, but conscience compels me, etc. etc. Also, the McGill chat challenged me to produce a compelling argument for my (...
- Tue May 21, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
The results are in! Thank you to our voters Adam Swift, Kevin Lei, Chris Sims, Joe Su, Jack van Nostrand, Daniel Lovsted, Erik Christensen, Raymond Chen, and Milan Fernandez. 1. Derek So (225, Unanimous #1) 2. Rein Otsason (212, Highest #2, Lowest #5, Median #2) 3. Aayush Rajasekaran (206, Highest #...
- Thu May 09, 2019 1:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
I'll extend the deadline on this until May 20th to give people some more time to get ballots in.
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:22 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
I guess the bottom line is this: polls like this are defined by their eligibility requirements. If, for instance, I had just said in the initial post that this was a Canadian player poll and that people should submit 25 players on their ballots, then it would certainly appear that anyone playing at ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:52 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Thank you, Naveed, for going back 3 years to find a poll that had substantially different eligibility requirements to prove a point that is clearly not true anymore. Each of the last two polls have had basically identical eligibility to this year's version, and I recall complaints about Rafael not b...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:15 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17634
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
I suppose I could amend the description to make it absolutely clear that the "Canadian" here refers to the circuit and not the country overall, but no one (to my knowledge) has ever actually interpreted the poll this way until you started posting--indeed, if you actually took the name lite...