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by Charbroil
Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:28 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Setting better guidelines on eligibility exemptions.
Replies: 3
Views: 1462

Re: Setting better guidelines on eligibility exemptions.

Randomly, on our way to lunch, we got into a conversation with one of the folks from WUSTL, who informed us that despite us having 3 players that broke the 50PPG rule (one of which was not able to participate at ACF Winter), we likely could have gotten an exemption and played ACF Fall the past 2 ye...
by Charbroil
Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll 2019-2020
Replies: 26
Views: 18027

Re: Preseason Poll 2019-2020

I'm returning to WashU for graduate education, so I'll be coming back this year; my A team teammates Vishal Puppala and Rohan Rai will be returning as well. Our fourth player for our A team is still to be determined.
by Charbroil
Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Online Mirror of OCTAVIAN
Replies: 7
Views: 4221

Re: Online Mirror of OCTAVIAN

The Abydos Helicopter wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:28 am Looks like Sunday 15th September is the most popular date, so I will go for that - 18 people are signed up, so six teams of three seem ideal
Can the team size be increased to 4 per team so that people who didn't vote in the poll can still play?
by Charbroil
Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: META online
Replies: 10
Views: 4658

Re: META online

Pascal Plays Poker wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:00 pm The tournament will start at 10:00 in the morning.
In what time zone?
by Charbroil
Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly II Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/19)
Replies: 1
Views: 4715

Re: John Charles Daly II Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/19)

Thanks for everyone who attended our 2019 St. Louis Open Trash tournament! Team "Kill Bill: Vol. 3" (Max Ryle and Rohan Rai) won after going 7-1-1. Harrison Whittaker from NYU was the top scorer, with 78.89 PPG. Stats for the tournament can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournamen...
by Charbroil
Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Available for Mirroring Starting 6/30
Replies: 21
Views: 11266

Re: NASAT Available for Mirroring Starting 6/30

John Ketzkorn wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:53 am Am I understanding this right that the Wustl mirror is now this Sunday? as opposed to 6/29 Saturday?
It's Saturday. I think it was originally announced as being on Sunday by mistake, so that might be the source of the confusion.
by Charbroil
Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15103

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

ACF Nationals: Amherst A 215 - WUSTL A 210 Amherst (9-5) won a bonus protest to win by 5, pushing WUSTL (9-5) into 3rd bracket instead of being in contention for 1st. Your bonus conversion was actually higher than ours at the tournament, so I don't know if this really constitutes an upset. (It was ...
by Charbroil
Fri May 17, 2019 11:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: St. Louis Open NASAT Mirror (6/29/2019)
Replies: 3
Views: 3412

Re: St. Louis Open NASAT Mirror (6/29/2019)

1992 in spaceflight wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:29 am We’re also planning on mirroring a trash tournament on Sunday, June 30th. Charles Hang will be directing that event; please direct any inquiries to him.
I've posted the announcement for this here.
by Charbroil
Fri May 17, 2019 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly II Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/19)
Replies: 1
Views: 4715

John Charles Daly II Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/19)

We will be hosting a mirror of the John Charles Daly II trash tournament at Washington University in St. Louis on Sunday , June 30th, 2019. Unlike in previous years, this will be a full day's tournament taking place the day after our NASAT mirror . I, Charles Hang, will direct this tournament. Regis...
by Charbroil
Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
Replies: 206
Views: 154990

Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl

With another ICT coming up, local news stations are interviewing teams again. Here's the interview we did this morning:

https://fox2now.com/2019/03/27/washus-q ... -to-naqts/
by Charbroil
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Replies: 33
Views: 14768

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)

hexagonman wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:42 pm After a grand total of 0 responses to the SHAWARMA II poll, we will not run that event.
What poll was this?
by Charbroil
Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

Re: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

Team "Trust Me, I'm a Lawyer" (Andy Walz and Sean Philips) won this tournament after going 5-1. Tournament statistics can be found here.

Thanks to everyone who attended!
by Charbroil
Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

Re: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

I've assigned free agents to doubles teams and will send out an information email later this evening.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

Re: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

The spreadsheet is updated with everyone I've been told will be playing the tournament.
by Charbroil
Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

Re: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

mrmaguda wrote:I am playing for sure. I was just leaving registration up to Sean.
Andy was not one of the free agents I was already told about, so that brings the total up to at least 7.
by Charbroil
Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

Re: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

Fucitol wrote:Five days out from the date of the tournament, it would be nice to know if there is more interest in this tournament than the 3 free agents in the google doc.
I've heard that there are another 3 free agents who are interested; if we hit 8 players, I was thinking of running this as a doubles event.
by Charbroil
Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)
Replies: 8
Views: 5848

John Charles Daly Mirror at WUSTL (6/30/18)

Hello, everyone! I'm pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of the John Charles Daly trash tournament after our NASAT mirror . I, Charles Hang, will be directing it. Registration To register, please e-mail us at washuqb@gmail.com with the following information: 1/ How many teams you wi...
by Charbroil
Mon May 14, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Replies: 92
Views: 37313

Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18

Also, if OCTAVIAN is going to be played (since it will apparently be done by the end of June), I will 100% be there.
by Charbroil
Mon May 14, 2018 3:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Replies: 92
Views: 37313

Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18

I'm definitely going to this if there is an all-subject main event in addition to side events, but there's a good chance that I'll come to an all side-event weekend as well. If I do come, I'll try to bring some WUSTL people as well.
by Charbroil
Tue May 08, 2018 10:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin announcement [medium-difficulty, March 2019]
Replies: 13
Views: 11887

Re: 2019 Terrapin announcement [medium-difficulty, March 201

Is there a rationale behind not letting closed high school teams play this tournament? Closed high school teams are allowed to play this tournament, but only at designated high school mirrors intended for nationals preparation. An announcement for high school mirrors is forthcoming. Okay, is there ...
by Charbroil
Tue May 08, 2018 9:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin announcement [medium-difficulty, March 2019]
Replies: 13
Views: 11887

Re: 2019 Terrapin announcement [medium-difficulty, March 201

Is there a rationale behind not letting closed high school teams play this tournament?
by Charbroil
Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)
Replies: 18
Views: 11710

Re: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)

I don't have a personal stake in this, but couldn't you just upload what you have? Based on what you just said, you do have results for 85 of 88 games. I can't imagine that anyone would hold it against you to simply put down the win/loss information for those remaining 3 games. Alternatively, you co...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

We wrote two additional full editor packets... I'm curious what the rationale was for not using one of these packets to play off the tie between us and McGill. We certainly considered doing just that, but we decided that we weren't comfortable risking the exposure of questions that could very well ...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

theMoMA wrote: We wrote two additional full editor packets...
I'm curious what the rationale was for not using one of these packets to play off the tie between us and McGill.
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Replies: 64
Views: 72981

Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)

It looks like the prelim games between teams in the same playoff bracket are double counted in the combined stats.
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 11362

Re: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion

Do we know at this point what the list of schools with active teams who could actually host a 50 (or 60)-team national championship in 2 buildings with access to a major airport is? We have two buildings with 16 and 19 classrooms, respectively, though I don't think we've never tried to reserve over...
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 11362

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

I endorse everything in Jacob's post. That said, we did have fun at the tournament--thanks to all of the writers and editors for their hard work!
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8246

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

This ruler created a society of knights who were prohibited from retreating more than four steps, the Order of the Star. This man's daughter married Charles the Bad of Navarre to secure an alliance. The French franc was created to pay this man's (*) ransom, which was set at 3 million écus by the Tr...
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ICT general discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2083

Re: 2018 ICT general discussion

...? All other tournaments with relatively short questions have much longer games than NAQT tournaments that use the clock. I believe--and Jacob can correct me if I'm wrong--that Jacob is confused because there are no other mainstream collegiate tournaments whose questions are as short as NAQT's.
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Replies: 64
Views: 72981

Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)

We just replaced Yale B in the field.
by Charbroil
Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

To be clear:
Charbroil wrote:I'm not saying...the ACF editors are "incapable." Rather, I'm saying that it is impossible to powermark ACF Nationals based on [Nolan's] parameters.
by Charbroil
Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

...I don't see how you're drawing the conclusions you're drawing about what I said. You started by saying: I'd think if we started powermarking ACF Nats, it would be an almost entirely wasted effort. If the power mark appeared roughly at 25%-33% of the way through the tossup, frankly, I don't think...
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
Replies: 27
Views: 20010

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)

Since there was speculation about this in the pre-ICT discussion, I'm graduating next year instead of this year because I had to spend a significant part of this school year out of the country to handle a family emergency. (In other words, I'll be at WUSTL for one more year as an undergraduate.)
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

I also suspect that the use of bold text increases the perceived amount of text that's in power. Not to grind any axes, but I did want to mention that my "more than 50%" statistic was based on counting the percentage of words in power (excluding pronunciation guides) in the first ~10 toss...
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

...the power text takes up a too substantial portion of the question (for me this would probably be anything over roughly 40% of the text)... ...NAQT does a pretty reasonable job placing powers. These two statements are contradictory; looking at the sample packet from last year's ICT, almost every ...
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

Are the ephemeral opinions of some nebulous group of "newer players"--which, as I've commented above, aren't likely to be that strong anyway--really more important than the opinions of everyone in groups 2 and 3? Could you clarify what you meant by "newer players," Charles? Do y...
by Charbroil
Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

new players...respond well to what they are normalized to/presented as good. Precisely. If you think ACF Nationals can be less tough or uninteresting with powers, I think ACF Nationals is going to be equally tough and uninteresting to you with or without powers. This touches on an important point. ...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8023

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

10. Oklahoma (UG) 11. Missouri 12. WUSTL A Take that, Itamar/Charles. https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=748236 I honestly think your teams are better than ours, but since we're on the subject of last year's ICT... https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=748252 ht...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

...if 6 out of 8 lines are power, that doesn't give you a whole lot of space to write non-power clues. I never said anything about having "6 out of 8 lines" in power. Is this another number you "pulled out of roughly nowhere?" If there is a set where 6 out of 8 lines of each tos...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

El Salvadoreno wrote:
I do think consistency brings some advantages namely in that it would help comparisons between different tournaments.
Why should all tournaments be comparable? I would find that to be much more boring than the present situation.
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

That being said, I still hold on to my belief that ACF should have powers in order to create more across-format consistency I'm curious why powers are the aspect of cross-format consistency you're most concerned about. The presence of powers doesn't really change people's playing habits, except may...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

...more consistency across formats will be good for the game long-term as it creates less of a shock for newer players shifting formats...longer games may lower retention rates for beginner level players...shorter, quicker [games] will help the game expand long-term. I don't want to speak for "...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

I'd think if we started powermarking ACF Nats, it would be an almost entirely wasted effort. If the power mark appeared roughly at 25%-33% of the way through the tossup, frankly, I don't think we'd be seeing a lot of powers. Why would the powermark have to be 25-33% of the way through a tossup? Chi...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34841

Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)

I think there's value to having a diversity of question formats. ACF format, with its longer questions and lack of powers, promotes a slower, more thoughtful game. Some people find it "dour," as someone mentioned in the other "ACF and Powers" thread. However, I like being able to...
by Charbroil
Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
Replies: 206
Views: 154990

Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl

It's not precisely a "video of quiz bowl," nor is it a media appearance as my last two posts were, but one of our new players this year is a vlogger with 2300 subscribers, and one of his vlogs from last year featured excerpts from our trip to ACF Fall at Illinois as well as the high school...
by Charbroil
Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Replies: 64
Views: 72981

Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)

Is the spreadsheet fully updated to take into account all cancellations before the deadline?
by Charbroil
Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:05 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
Replies: 206
Views: 154990

Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl

Our local FOX affiliate also gave me and another of our players a live in-studio interview about our team and ICT. This time, there isn't any actual game footage, but the interview is here.
by Charbroil
Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, January 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 19128

Re: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, January 2019)

Glad to see so much detailed information about who's going to be responsible for each category. Thanks for addressing everyone's concerns! Just one more question: More pertinently, the biggest issue with WAO II was that stuff didn't get done on time, and quality suffered. Wasn't a big part of this b...
by Charbroil
Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, January 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 19128

Re: Spartan Housewrite (Regular difficulty, January 2019)

Yeah, wasn't a major issue with WAO II the fact that no one was explicitly responsible for religion, myth, and trash? Conor, you specifically wrote in the discussion thread for that tournament: Like, who thought it was a good idea to take 3/3 of the distribution and just decide it would be "col...