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by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: From Tony Taylorism to Pre-Lew Fordism: Baseball in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Replies: 16
Views: 8842

Re: From Tony Taylorism to Pre-Lew Fordism: Baseball in the Second Half of the 20th Century

Are you considering doing a second set of this at some point? Possibly going into the 21st century?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25877

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

I fully agree with what Rob is proposing.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: College Quizbowl: After Hanukkah (CQAH)
Replies: 1
Views: 1309

Re: College Quizbowl: After Hanukkah (CQAH)

Folks have talked about there being an open tournament at this difficulty level in the recent past and how there needs to be more of that? I would presume this would have an open online mirror (or in-person if a site wants to do that) when the time comes?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3865

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

Will there be clues sourced from Nextdoor posts complaining about the people mover not stopping next to Olive Garden?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: SUDO
Replies: 19
Views: 8598

Re: SUDO

Is this something that might happen this year?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2023 COOT: Announcement
Replies: 8
Views: 8656

Re: 2023 COOT: Announcement

Curious whether the Britons want to host an online mirror at some point in the future for this? Or even if someone wants to just have an open online mirror for the American and Canadian audience that wasn't able to make it over the pond.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Festivus 2022 [23 December 2022]
Replies: 23
Views: 6375

Re: Festivus 2022 [23 December 2022]

Looking forward to this. Will there be a packet on pack line defense?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:57 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 12353

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion

I was on Dr Mike's median team, and I feel the same way in regard to the history tossups. There just weren't many things asked on the day tossup-wise where we had deep knowledge of and probably saw more of that in the bonuses (For example the historiography bonus with Eugen Weber, would have 30ed th...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 CO Trash: Thanks and general discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 3303

Re: Thanks and general discussion

I think the other sports could have been a little more diverse besides one soccer tossup on Manchester United and I only remember one women's sports question all day (Candace Parker) Not sure what you're referring to about Man U--do you mean the tossup on Chelsea? Here are the "other sports&qu...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 CO Trash: Thanks and general discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 3303

Re: Thanks and general discussion

I'm glad to have played this set and the way it asked about everything across the board really lent to a nice experience for me. I wasn't keeping track on the day, but I think the other sports could have been a little more diverse besides one soccer tossup on Manchester United and I only remember on...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Aug 02, 2022 4:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48395

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Cheynem wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 4:47 pm To be clear, I wasn't saying the recommended policy was "fine," I was saying that fundamentally you're requiring masks or not, "recommended" is basically "not."
That's fair enough, I do agree.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Aug 02, 2022 4:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48395

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

The BA2 variant is no longer the majority of cases in the world or US, but that's beside the point and also ultimately not what's being discussed here. I'm with Mike, and I think the recommended policy is already fine. I guess this is one of those things where we can see that surgical and cloth mask...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48395

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Quick question. Will there be an email address where we can submit proof of vaccination beforehand?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu May 12, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2020 (see new announcement thread for 2022)
Replies: 26
Views: 13198

Re: Chicago Open Trash 2020 (postponed)

Is the field or registration open for this yet?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Fri May 06, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Ontario Hybrid - Online Open Mirror Poll and Tentative Interest Sheet
Replies: 2
Views: 1191

Re: 2022 Ontario Hybrid - Online Mirror Poll and Tentative Interest Sheet

This might have been answered elsewhere but just to ask, would this be an open mirror?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite
Replies: 8
Views: 3100

Re: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite

I believe FICHTE might be the gold standard here outside of NAQT sets like SCT and ICT. I agree with Mike here in that this obviously can be done well if you do bring on some people to specifically edit within the categories.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Directed Prompts
Replies: 5
Views: 1958

Re: Directed Prompts

I'm confused, "Torah" is promptable -- would you not then say Oral Torah? If not, what is your understanding of the difference between the oral and written Torah? I wouldn't immediately go to "Oral Torah" if I was told "what set of beliefs is that collected in?" Becaus...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Directed Prompts
Replies: 5
Views: 1958

Re: Directed Prompts

Matt has a good springboard here on some of the concerns I would imagine most people would have. I am also wondering when you have a case of tossup where, while there is a directed prompt of some ort, it is still somewhat unclear as to what it is asking. For example we have this tossup from ACF Nati...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Livestream A/V Discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 1629

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Livestream A/V Discussion

Audio issues aside, it was good to find some watch along for people who were interested, so thank you for that. I realize that this year would have not permitted it for a few reasons being the first big tournament back. What I would like to see is something akin to what PACE did for 2016 and 2017 in...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:23 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships
Replies: 21
Views: 9784

Re: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships

While I think it is too early to suggest boosters should be considered as part of the aspect of "fully vaccinated" for HSNCT, they should still be strongly recommended and if a multivalent or Omicron specific booster is out 2-3 months from now, required. I also appreciate NAQT's openness a...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33124

Re: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)

Apologies if this is announced somewhere and I missed it, but will there be something in place like a proof of vaccination before this tournament or something of the like? I know Illinois is in Phase 5 and basically fully reopened but understand Northwestern may have its own set of rules on this. T...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33124

Re: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)

Apologies if this is announced somewhere and I missed it, but will there be something in place like a proof of vaccination before this tournament or something of the like? I know Illinois is in Phase 5 and basically fully reopened but understand Northwestern may have its own set of rules on this. Th...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NASAT will be online, June 19-20
Replies: 7
Views: 7566

Re: 2021 NASAT will be online - preliminary announcement

Question about this. In the case that tournaments can be held safely again over the summer and into the Fall of 2021, will this be available for potential in-person mirrors? I know a few open sites usually mirror this in summer.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Jun 28, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June
Replies: 39
Views: 15818

Re: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June

Thank you a lot to the friends overseas for staying up till the wee hours of the morning hosting this to entertain some Americans wanting to play quizbowl. I generally thought the set was delightful to play (I think there is some sort of expectation you have to have going in with a British set, if y...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32760

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Spring 2021)

It didn't say in the initial announcement but I presume this tournament is not open. Will this tournament have an open playtest mirror over the Discord or Zoom?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu May 28, 2020 10:29 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
Replies: 19
Views: 11421

Re: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community

I heartily endorse Ganon's post; I don't have much to add because I think it pretty comprehensively lays out the systemic issues with quizbowl pop culture writing. It's really quite clear what kind of people make up most quizbowl writing corps when players have to sit through the umpteenth question...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue May 26, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June
Replies: 39
Views: 15818

Re: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June

I'm not playing this tournament, but in regards to Americanization: -I don't really think Americanized versions of CamO have worked out that well in years past. -In many cases, it's not really that the questions are "too British" but that they (by "they," I mean the offending qu...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon May 18, 2020 11:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Summer Events?
Replies: 7
Views: 2701

Re: Summer Events?

the hope is to have an in-person event down here in Florida in the late summer glad to see my fellow Floridians taking the pandemic seriously August or September is 3-4 months away and nothing else has been confirmed beyond what was delayed from the earlier date in May. The public health concern ha...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon May 18, 2020 6:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Summer Events?
Replies: 7
Views: 2701

Re: Summer Events?

With CO cancelled this year, it's looking pretty likely there won't be any in-person summer events. That's a long time without quizbowl. Most online open tournaments since the lockdown have largely been late mirrors of tournaments that already happened to some capacity in person. Unless I'm missing...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon May 04, 2020 10:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33124

Re: 2020 Chicago Open (POSTPONED)

This tournament has been postponed. A number of changes have been made to the original post in accordance - please re-read it for updates. We are actively considering options for when to re-host this tournament, from a fall or winter tournament ("QuizMas") to a full postponement to summer...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33124

Re: 2020 Chicago Open (July 18th)

A few announcements to make: 1. This tournament is going to happen, in-person, on either the proposed original date or a delayed date. 2. We will make a decision on whether to reschedule this tournament by 11:59 PM on May 9th at the absolute latest, as additional information about the COVID-19 situ...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)
Replies: 27
Views: 7194

Re: Even GHOTIer (GHOTI II 2020 Announcement)

I dunno if you will be at ACF Nationals (Likely In July or August via the new date) but that's probably a place it can be done (I think they ran SHAWARMA at the ACF Nats hotel last year)? CO weekend might probably be the best bet at this point then, though obviously folks have discussed in here that...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18979

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, through Fall 2020)

Question regarding the set. Since it is moving to the Fall, would then graduating students this spring still be able to retain their eligibility for this tournament and be able to play it?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
Replies: 14
Views: 6620

Re: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)

I'm extremely glad more and more tournaments at this level are happening, especially with the pretty good group of new writers you have there.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 9175

Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion

Round 7: _diving_: This tossup seemed very interesting and fun to me. Thank you! This was by far my favorite question I wrote for the entire set and was glad that Will included it. The philosophy behind it was definitely more along the lines of asking about a sporting activity from a different angl...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
Replies: 38
Views: 6399

Re: 2020 SCT general discussion

I staffed the Florida site of this and thought the set was indeed "inconsistent," but by no means was it a crime against quizbowl or even abysmal for that matter. I mostly read DII, but there were definitely some questions which seemed straight out of 2007 (boreholes, a strange Greek lette...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7833

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I have a lot of thoughts on how quizbowl handles popular culture in general that I am not going to delve too deeply into here, especially considering that there was 5/5 total popular culture in this whole set. My main view is that, oftentimes, non-NAQT quizbowl popular culture is much too reflectiv...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7833

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I staffed this tournament at the University of Florida site and it seemed as though most players were fine with what they were hearing. I thought the set was good, and probably the absolute hardest Regionals should be without going into Nationals level. I was a very big fan of the “Other” subjects (...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Matchmaking
Replies: 14
Views: 4632

Re: CO Matchmaking

This will be my 2nd CO and I want to have some fun. I'll get the team probably 2-3 good buzzes a round as well as 1 hilarious wrong answer. I'm pretty serviceable at history for this level as well as the Other Academic and Modern World categories.
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
Replies: 6
Views: 3946

Re: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)

Hey Eric,

We are getting a bunch of UCF and former UCF people finalized for teams. Would you be opposed to having Super ACRONYM on Sunday, or is everything already planned out?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31850

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

I’ll concede it’s completely reasonable to ask, and that it probably is an easy part. It’s going to have to be when the set is posted that I remember some of the harder lit things, as the Darwish and Anaya things were just the first bonus sets that came to mind. Ultimately, I think it’s me being una...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31850

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

The only criticism is that the lit bonuses seemed much more difficult than any other subject (to be fair we did not have a lit player, but even at this difficult level we all have pretty much a basic knowledge of author’s names or main characters). My teammates have commented on the music and my kn...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31850

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

I enjoyed playing my first CO, and the fact that it was this one (and with such incredible teammates). I will play any quizbowl I can get nowadays so perhaps my time in this game has become more of appreciating quizbowl for what it is and not so much being upset at the content. This is probably of t...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: High School Quizbowl and You
Replies: 4
Views: 8065

Re: High School Quizbowl and You

I’m sort of surprised the open consumption of alcohol during a side event at a high school national, in front of high schoolers, wasn’t shot down more or directly addressed before Lauren’s post (Maybe it was, just that people seem to find hypotheticals or what-ifs for a situation that shouldn’t have...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed May 29, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56930

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

(Berwick-upon-Tweed with the only clue about it being at war for Russia If I recall correctly, also I can find literally no evidence that this ever happened, unless the bonus mentioned it as a legend of course. I would have to see it again). One of the earliest burghs was this city on the River Twe...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Wed May 29, 2019 4:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56930

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

I thought that this set was largely good with some hard parts of bonuses (especially in history and geography) frequently flying off the rails (Berwick-upon-Tweed with the only clue about it being at war for Russia If I recall correctly, also I can find literally no evidence that this ever happened,...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue May 28, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GOLBEZ discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: GOLBEZ discussion

I take whatever quizbowl I can get nowadays and this set was pretty good despite not fully being in my wheelhouse; However, I will take a win playing with super strong teammates on video game questions. I particularly enjoyed learning quite a bit with the contemporary “gaming culture” things, though...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Fri May 03, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Remember Some Guys II: Let's Remember Some More Guys (HSNCT)
Replies: 24
Views: 14686

Re: Let's Remember Some Guys II: Let's Remember Some More Guys (HSNCT)

Yeah, since ACRONYM and GOLBEZ are happening at certain times, any idea when this is gonna happen?
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
Replies: 90
Views: 46720

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content

The history was also good, although I thought there were a few issues with balance between different topics. I found there were too many tossups that focused extensively on French kings in the Middle Ages and Renaissance in this tournament; 3 strikes me as excessive. In the packets I played, I don'...
by Here Comes Rusev Day
Mon Apr 15, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
Replies: 90
Views: 46720

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion

Hello, I submitted some questions for this tournament and in the final form, some were edited to better fit in (a White Sun of the Desert tu being changed to a bonus, etc...) But here’s what I have from what I recognized what I wrote TUs: President of Cuba Samoan Islands If possible, please give som...