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by Ehtna
Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:54 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter General Thanks
Replies: 1
Views: 1514

2023 ACF Winter General Thanks

I’d like to take the time to thank everybody who worked on this year’s set to some degree. With 14(!) individual subject editors, this is the largest corps of writers we’ve ever had working on an iteration of Winter, and I think it shows. The editors consistently brought creative ideas to their cate...
by Ehtna
Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7118

2023 ACF Winter Discussion

I invite players, staffers, and people involved in production of 2023 ACF Winter to post their thoughts on the set or questions about content below. Note that I'll be posting my general thanks in a separate thread, in an effort not to clog up discussion. The set will be uploaded within the next few ...
by Ehtna
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

Thank you to everybody who played ACF Winter this year! The set is now officially clear. Packets will be uploaded to the question archive in a day or two after we fix some typos.
by Ehtna
Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/11/2023)
Replies: 1
Views: 822

Re: 2023 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/11/2023)

Congratulations to Iowa State, who went 9-1 to clear the field! Minnesota B came in 2nd with a 7-3 record, and Minnesota C came in 3rd with 6-4.

Full stats for the tournament can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8533/
by Ehtna
Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is a reminder that the +$50 deadline for half-packet submission is this Saturday, October 28th, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. Submissions past that point will receive an additional +$10 penalty for each day after the 28th. Any teams required to submit that have not done so by November 4th will be d...
by Ehtna
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:20 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is a reminder that the +$25 deadline for half-packet submission is this Saturday, October 14th. If your team is required to submit a half-packet and hasn't requested a distribution yet, please do so soon!
by Ehtna
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is a reminder that the no-penalty deadline for half-packet submission is this weekend. Additionally, the -$50 deadline for packet-sub optional teams to submit is this weekend, after which no discounts will be offered to packet-sub optional teams.
by Ehtna
Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:23 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/11/2023)
Replies: 1
Views: 822

2023 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/11/2023)

I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2023 ACF Winter will be held at the University of Minnesota on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The tournament will take place Falwell Hall at 9 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. The opening meeting will begin at 8:40 am Central and gameplay will ...
by Ehtna
Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

The announcement post has been updated with site locations, as well as links to the team registration form, staffer registration form, and fields for each site. Additionally, the team discount for providing staffers has been changed from -$15 to -$25 per staffer.
by Ehtna
Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is a reminder that the -$25 half packet submission deadline is this Saturday (September 16th). Remember to send requests and submissions, as well as any questions, to [email protected]!
by Ehtna
Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter Playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 2562

2023 ACF Winter Playtesting

We're seeking people without a school affiliation to playtest 2023 ACF Winter. We'll be holding two playtesting sessions: one in the second or third week of September to test editor's questions, and one in late-October to test submitted questions and final packets. If you're interested or have any q...
by Ehtna
Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:17 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

Re: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is a reminder that the -$50 half packet submission deadline is this Saturday (September 2nd). Don't forget to request a distribution and get those half packets in!
by Ehtna
Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)
Replies: 8
Views: 11064

2023 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 11)

This is the official announcement for 2023 ACF Winter, which will be held on November 11th, 2023. Like previous Winters, this set will target a difficulty halfway between ACF Fall and ACF Regionals. The tournament will be head edited by me, Ethan Ashbrook. The subject editors will be: Rachel Ezriele...
by Ehtna
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:32 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: The Direction of ACF Winter
Replies: 4
Views: 4859

The Direction of ACF Winter

With three iterations of modern ACF Winter come and gone, I wanted to take the chance to gauge people's thoughts on the current state of its difficulty and how well it fits the goal of being "halfway between ACF Fall and ACF Regionals." From the smattering of opinions I've heard from peopl...
by Ehtna
Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anybody got strategies for tilting your opponents
Replies: 13
Views: 6264

Anybody got strategies for tilting your opponents

asking for a friend

but also surely somebody has thought of trying to develop methods for tilting other teams past just being good at quizbowl, regardless of sportsmanship considerations, so why not get it out in the open while you can :grin:
by Ehtna
Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Top 100 Player Ranking
Replies: 25
Views: 11253

Re: Top 100 Player Ranking

Where is Joe Kammann
by Ehtna
Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:41 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 1863

Re: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion

Reserving any thoughts for other questions in this set, the worst question we heard by far was the tossup on the Roma focusing on Garcia Lorca's poetry and here's why: 1. Certainly feel free to disagree with me here, but I don't think the answerline is very obvious/specific given some of the clues. ...
by Ehtna
Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Winter Closed 2022 - General Set Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1157

Re: Winter Closed 2022 - General Set Discussion

This set was fine. I think our team had about as much fun as we could for an online tournament. I think my biggest issue with these questions was that they ended up feeling a bit too...interesting. It felt like we had a lot of instances playing where the questions were cluing things very obliquely o...
by Ehtna
Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/05/22)
Replies: 1
Views: 601

Re: 2022 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/05/22)

Congrats to Minnesota A, who went undefeated to win the tournament! Congrats also to Iowa State A for 2nd place, as well as Truman A for top DII team!

Full stats can be found here. Thanks to everybody who came out!
by Ehtna
Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/05/22)
Replies: 1
Views: 601

2022 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/05/22)

I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2022 ACF Winter will be held at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The tournament will take place at Nicholson Hall at 216 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 am C...
by Ehtna
Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: Second Online Mirror (Date TBD)
Replies: 0
Views: 393

MUSES III: Second Online Mirror (Date TBD)

I'm pleased to announce that we'll be holding a second online mirror of MUSES III: Select Difficulty ! We plan to run this tournament as another open mirror with teams of four players, though we may change it depending on interest. As we do not have a date set for this tournament yet, if you're inte...
by Ehtna
Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: Second Online Mirror Interest Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 503

Re: MUSES III: Second Online Mirror Interest Poll

A reminder that this poll closes tomorrow. Please vote if you're interested in playing this in an official online mirror setting!
by Ehtna
Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: Second Online Mirror Interest Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 503

MUSES III: Second Online Mirror Interest Poll

This is a preliminary interest poll for a second online mirror of MUSES III . If you're interested in playing, please select at least one of the format options above. If there's sufficient interest, we'll organize an official online mirror likely later this fall. The poll will be open until ten days...
by Ehtna
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congratulations Chicago A!
Replies: 41
Views: 16508

Re: IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Online - March 4, 2023

The entry fee will be $325 per team. In the words of the forum smilies, :w-hat: How is this at all worth it for an online tournament? I understand that the set writers and staff need to be compensated, but this seems like a *steep* price for most clubs to pay to send four people to a tournament tha...
by Ehtna
Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 3645

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

Shoutouts to everybody in the UMN quizbowl club for being awesome people and great friends. I'd almost certainly forget somebody if I tried naming names so this is for everyone. Your willingness and enthusiasm to drive 8+ hours to play quizbowl tournaments is extremely admirable, a little alarming, ...
by Ehtna
Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4560

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion

This might be an issue deserving of its own discussion elsewhere, but the tossup on "violin" in jazz in one of the later packets explicitly names the jazz style developed by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, which has an ethnic slur for the Roma people in it. Given that it is the na...
by Ehtna
Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25802

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

My knowledge of biology and genetics isn't the best, but can I ask what the reasoning was behind having "this phenotype" as the indicator for the death tossup? A lot of people I talked to at our site were really confused by that question, since it seemed like a fairly obtuse way to ask for...
by Ehtna
Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:52 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Zelda Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2983

Re: Zelda Packet

Thanks to everybody who came out to play this! Brandon Jones won the packet reading with a very impressive 140 points.

The packet has been posted to the archives under the impromptu title "Master Quest." Here is the link if you want a shortcut.
by Ehtna
Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:36 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Zelda Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2983

Re: Zelda Packet

Reminder for anybody interested that this is happening tomorrow night in the main Quizbowl Discord server.
by Ehtna
Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Zelda Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2983

Re: Zelda Packet

The Ununtiable Twine wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:05 am Have you figured out a date and time yet?
Thank you for reminding me—I'll read this packet in the Quizbowl Discord on Thursday, the 13th, at 8:00 pm Central.
by Ehtna
Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:27 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Zelda Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2983

Zelda Packet

I wrote 20 tossups on the Legend of Zelda series that I will tentatively be reading on the Quizbowl Discord server some evening during the week of January 10th. I'll have a more exact time and date in the near future. The tossups all involve clues from the mainline Zelda games, some of the side game...
by Ehtna
Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28787

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

Speaking solely as a staffer here, paired tossups and bonuses have been my favorite part of the NAQT online question system and some of the housewrites following the trend. The extra mental capacity that gets saved by not having to switch tabs and/or keep track of two separate copies of the packet a...
by Ehtna
Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:01 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 6310

Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

Riding the bandwagon, here were my favorite submissions of the many, many that I looked through and enjoyed. Of the ones that ended up getting used to some degree: WUSTL A's fairy tales bonus, UNC B's Penguin Island tossup that got bonusified, Minnesota B's Brothers Karamazov tossup, Liberty A's Iva...
by Ehtna
Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 4227

Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion

I was the European literature, philosophy, and mythology editor for Winter this year. Despite some of the frenzies that come with editing packet sub tournaments, this was an amazing group of people to work with and I would not have gotten through this without them! I want to give special thanks to T...
by Ehtna
Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1502

Re: 2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)

Thank you to everyone who came out to staff and play! Chicago B won the tournament, making them the overall, UG, and DII champions. Carleton A won 2nd overall and 2nd UG. Chicago C won 2nd place in DII.

Full stats for the tournament can be found here.
by Ehtna
Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1502

Re: 2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)

Field update (14/16) : Carleton College A Carleton College B Chicago A Chicago B Chicago C Chicago D Chicago E Chicago F Chicago G Iowa State A Minnesota A Minnesota B Minnesota C Northern Michigan University If any teams or staff are still looking to attend this mirror, please sign up in the appro...
by Ehtna
Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1502

2021 ACF Winter at University of Minnesota (11/06/2021)

I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2021 ACF Winter will be held at University of Minnesota on Saturday, November 6, 2021. The tournament will take place at Bruininks Hall at 222 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45am CT and gameplay will begin a...
by Ehtna
Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:22 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Boundaries and Being Off-topic on the Discord
Replies: 17
Views: 10650

Re: Boundaries and Being Off-topic on the Discord

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User was warned that "tired Internet memes of any kind ... are prohibited at all times."--the Mgmt
by Ehtna
Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 9698

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion

I liked the set. We didn't do as well on it as I hoped we would, but the questions consistently piqued my interest in their subject matter and made me want to learn about the topics more when I got home. I was curious if the editors/proofreaders/anyone else working on the packets currently were plan...
by Ehtna
Wed Jun 30, 2021 2:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.
Replies: 11
Views: 5963

Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.

Is there someone who's able and willing to just make a "vanity" tab or something else in that vein on the archive? I'd rather this thread didn't die for three months again with nothing happening.
by Ehtna
Tue Jun 08, 2021 12:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.
Replies: 11
Views: 5963

Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.

I think the most pressing issue is simply separating the full-subject tournaments from the vanity sets, especially if it's a relatively simple change. It's more in tune to Jack's original concern and would certainly make browsing through the collegiate page a lot less onerous, as others have pointed...
by Ehtna
Sat May 15, 2021 6:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021
Replies: 3
Views: 3025

Re: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021

Congratulations to Columbia for winning the tournament in an advantaged final against Encyclopedia [Trivial:Failure]! And thanks again to every team that played.

Final stats for this tournament can be found here.
by Ehtna
Fri May 14, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021
Replies: 3
Views: 3025

Re: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021

The tournament email has been sent out to team contacts. The field is capped at 12 teams. I'm still looking for one more staffer for this tournament, so if anybody is interested please let me know as soon as possible.
by Ehtna
Mon May 10, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021
Replies: 3
Views: 3025

Re: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021

Registration for this tournament will close on Wednesday, May 12th at 11:59 p.m. Central Time, after which I'll form teams from remaining free agents. We are currently at 5 teams registered, so we could certainly use more players!
by Ehtna
Mon Apr 19, 2021 3:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021
Replies: 3
Views: 3025

Southeast-Midwest Housewrite 2 OPEN 5/15/2021

Overview This is an announcement for the Open mirror of SMH2, which will take place on May 15. This tournament will cost $70 per team. I, Ethan, will be directing this tournament through Discord. Registration Information and Discounts The team formation spreadsheet for this tournament can be found ...
by Ehtna
Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite @ Northeast, 02/27/2021
Replies: 8
Views: 3550

Re: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite @ Northeast, 02/27/2021

I heard that this tournament doesn't have an advantaged finals; could I ask for the reasoning behind this decision? I could be wrong, but to me it seems pretty standard in quiz bowl to have advantaged finals by default, foregone only with a good reason (like a large number of rounds or playing the ...
by Ehtna
Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WOOLF (Spring-Summer 2022)
Replies: 8
Views: 4632

Re: WOOLF (TBD)

If anyone would like to collaborate, I have read some books and non-books and stuff.
by Ehtna
Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
Replies: 21
Views: 3139

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata

In the Mary Shelley tossup in Packet 9, Robert Walton's expedition does not discover Victor Frankenstein dead on an ice floe. They find him and his dead dog team stranded on an ice floe and nurse him back to health, during which time Frankenstein tells the main story of the novel. He dies when the m...