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I noticed that several questions used "them" as a gender-neutral pronoun instead of "he" or "she," but this was not consistent. Was this the result of specific writers, or some specific packet submission? Is this something writers might consider for the future? (Was there a discussion somewhere abo...

I think that the creation of an offender list is a good idea. One problem that has been discussed in relation to sexual harassment and also the (much less important) cheating allegations is that the identity of offenders is often an "open secret" that is not really "open." Tournament directors (and ...

Thanks to everyone who played today! We stuck with a simple 11-team round robin, which still lasted until around 6 pm due to the extra 2/2 in each packet. Congratulations to MIT A , who went 9-1 to clear the field and win the tournament! Brown A , MIT B , and the Yale Kids all tied for second place ...

I'll pub some of my Harvard teammates: Another guy who hasn't gotten enough love is Thomas Gioia from Harvard. Playing in DII and somehow being left off of Harvard A at Nats means he hasn't received a lot of attention, but Thomas should definitely be on your literature poll. Don't let his negs at Na...

I'll echo some of the previous praise that most of the bonuses we encountered had one part that definitely convertible without being insultingly easy. However, there were a few bonuses that seemed exceedingly hard, such as the one on category theory. My only significant beef with the tournament is t...

Will the finals be streamed anywhere?

One thing that makes me especially uneasy is that if someone is comfortable enough to post about these inappropriate thoughts in a public forum, they are probably more likely to act on those same thoughts. Quiz bowl puts people in contact with hundreds or even thousands of competitors, most of whom ...

How will the top subject area (history, mythology, etc) awards be determined? Will only the preliminary rounds will be taken into account?

How will the players be seeded for Round 1 Matches?