What correctness guidelines are these answer lines supposed to conform to?
(This is a matter that writers of question content would do well to address in all formal cases, like announcements for serious sets, though I rarely see it happen.)
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- Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:05 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: List of Country Answerlines
- Replies: 1
- Views: 390
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4508
Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
As far as actual additions to the wiki go, it would be really nice to have additional extensions. As one example, I would like to do things like automatically link to stats pages in people's infoboxes based on their listed name but to the best of my knowledge there is no functionality to split stri...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: College Bowl is back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2020
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1244
Re: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
Is there a place where there are sample packets in this format? I checked the NAQT website, and the sample packets on the NAQT site that I checked were still in the old format where the tossups and bonuses were separate. The sample packets at https://www.naqt.com/samples/ (now) use the paired format.
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:46 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Online Geographic Boundaries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 529
Re: Online Geographic Boundaries
For the record, NAQT has a feature (I think new since your tournament) by which hosts can limit their tournament to schools from the same state. Whether to use it is, of course, up to the host. (So far there aren't more flexible options like "schools from within a 100-mile radius" or "...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Online Gameplay Rules Changes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2256
Re: ACF Online Gameplay Rules Changes
I'm not planning on playing ACF tournaments online, but I dislike the push to get people to speak their answers, as opposed to type. I realize the rule says that if you have technical issues, you are allowed to type your answer. I am also aware why this rule is being used--it better simulates "...
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: LUKA for the South -- Online on 10/17
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2702
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Electronic scoresheets
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1095
Re: Electronic scoresheets
At least when stats are entered as a game summary (similar to SQBS) rather than cycle-by-cycle, Neg5 fails to validate many aspects, making it easy to produce stats that are obviously impossible and, therefore, not useful (and not acceptable to NAQT). Does the scoresheet entry mode do a better job?
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: Great Lakes Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Minnesota middle school
- Replies: 3
- Views: 475
Re: Minnesota middle school
In 2018–2019 there were at least five middle school tournaments in Minnesota. (I chose that year because the 2019–2020 season was truncated.)
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Could teams that played SCT last year be surveyed relatively easily? Or this year as part of the registration process (if sct is able to occur), or ask hosts to distribute and scan in surveys along with scoresheets? That seems like a way to sample a larger portion of NAQT’s collegiate customer base...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Has NAQT considered surveying their collegiate customer base about this? I suspect views on surveys vary. Historically, we have done some surveys at national championships. We get good participation in those when we give people time to complete it, but doing so comes with significant scheduling cos...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
I proposed that NAQT change all occurrences of "2 seconds" in our rules to "3 seconds." We took a vote; the vote tied (seven members for it, seven against, one abstention), so the change will not be made at this time. There was less discussion than during last year's discussion/v...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT (season 4 starts January 14!)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3876
Re: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT (new events!)
Write to [email protected] and we'll take care of it.Kouign Amann wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:00 am If someone previously registered for Season 2C before D was available, is there an easy way to switch over?
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Retroactive name changes in tournament results
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1837
Re: Retroactive name changes in tournament results
[email protected] or [email protected]The ChatSack Triple-Play wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:04 pm1. I know of at least one other trans person who's had their name changed on NAQT results, although they attended tournaments after coming out. Whom do I contact with a similar request? I don't want to inconvenience the wrong person.
- Tue May 19, 2020 5:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: NAQT's initial precautionary measures for NCT's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1152
Re: NAQT's initial precautionary measures for NCT's
To minimize the possibility of infections during the HSNCT, we plan to keep track of CDC and WHO guidelines for large-scale gatherings and follow the guidelines wherever possible. We have reached out to the hotels to ensure that they are taking the issue seriously and making effective changes to th...
- Sun May 17, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: NAQT Category/Subject Distribution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 924
Re: NAQT Category/Subject Distribution
All the currently published NAQT distributions:
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:45 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4508
Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
I've been unable to edit any of the pages from 1/24/2010 that were lost; when I click "Save Changes," I am sent to the "edit conflict" page that results when two or more people attempt to edit a page at the same time. Does anyone more familiar with the software know any potentia...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:30 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4508
Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
There are dozens if not hundreds of pages that exist but say "this page has no content" ( like this one ). I'm thinking this was a server error at some point, though it seems like more pages are lost every time I go back there. I think that would be a good place to start. This is just how...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4508
Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
There are dozens if not hundreds of pages that exist but say "this page has no content" ( like this one ). I'm thinking this was a server error at some point, though it seems like more pages are lost every time I go back there. I think that would be a good place to start. This is just how...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
- Replies: 132
- Views: 15944
Re: College Nationals and Its Problems
Creating subsidiary titles is a very cheap and logistically easy way to give lots of teams something tangible to play for at a nationals. I'm not qualified to weigh in on this thread as a whole (having played little college quiz bowl and never been very serious about it as a player), but I do want ...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Moderators of past national finals
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1069
Re: Moderators of past national finals
Matt Weiner used to keep a spreadsheet of this, and I had been updating it for events I knew about. Some of it is…perhaps not the most professional, so I'll copy it over into the new doc.
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mountain Vista Governor's School Open IV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 910
Re: Mountain Vista Governor's School Open IV
NAQT is still waiting on results for this event. Please send them to [email protected] as soon as possible. Thanks!
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Ideal Host Cities for a Nationals Event
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1968
Re: Ideal Host Cities for a Nationals Event
Have you read NAQT's notes on nationals site selection ? Not all of them apply to every conceivable national championship (e.g., NASAT doesn't need an HSNCT-sized site), but many of the sites you mention are extremely expensive, practically devoid of local staff and/or teams. And smaller events tend...
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: A Modest Proposal Regarding D2 ICT Qualification
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5214
Re: A Modest Proposal Regarding D2 ICT Qualification
Also, I'll reiterate a prior offer that if you want to examine NAQT performance data in some way that's not convenient on our website, talk to me and I'll make reasonable efforts to provide reasonable data in a useful form.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:55 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: A Modest Proposal Regarding D2 ICT Qualification
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5214
Re: A Modest Proposal Regarding D2 ICT Qualification
After spending a lot of time looking at D-values, reading arguments about DII corrections and PPB clamping, and spilling ink untold on the forums and Discord, there's something I've started to consider: Why not just use PPB? Given the massive amount of edge cases involved in deriving a D-value form...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
For what it's worth, in summer 2019 I proposed changing to 3/3/5. Only one member other than me supported the proposal, and they did so very lukewarmly by my reading. Quite a number of members explicitly opposed it. Appreciate this info, Jonah! That being said, I think it's worth thinking more crit...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
For what it's worth, in summer 2019 I proposed changing to 3/3/5. Only one member other than me supported the proposal, and they did so very lukewarmly by my reading. Quite a number of members explicitly opposed it. edit (see later post): Only two members other than me supported the proposal; one di...
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: SQBS Help Thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 35551
Re: SQBS Help Thread
Is there a way to manually set final rankings outside of editing the HTML report? I had an eleventh round for the top six teams and the real-life fifth-place team is listed as third on the report. Unfortunately, no. I've seen some tournaments create "divisions" (SQBS's term for what most ...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 174
- Views: 102493
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Additionally, I'd love for Neg5 to actually validate stats. Especially that there aren't too many players in the same game and that bonus (and, if applicable, bounceback) points are divisible by 10, but there are a lot of missing validations. But it really seems to me that this project has been aban...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: SQBS for Mac available soon
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16351
Re: SQBS for Mac available soon
Chris Sewell has posted a 64-bit version of SQBS for the Mac on his website. Thanks, Ben and Chris!
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2019-2020 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13875
Re: Alabama 2019-2020 Discussion Thread
LAMP stats (high school divisions)
(If you know how many tossups were read in each game, let me know and I'll add that.)
(If you know how many tossups were read in each game, let me know and I'll add that.)
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:56 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1942
Re: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set)
They're a new user, so when they make new posts or edit old posts, the post has to be approved before it is publicly visible. They probably edited the original post and it's awaiting reapproval.
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:53 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: To NAQT: Ask Ken Jennings to Promote Pyramidal Quiz Bowl on Twitter ASAP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1703
Re: To NAQT: Ask Ken Jennings to Promote Pyramidal Quiz Bowl on Twitter ASAP
We are aware of the tournament and have plans around it. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity, IL (12/14/19) (Penn Bowl & NAQT IS-189A)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4180
Re: New Trier Varsity, IL (12/14/19) (Penn Bowl & NAQT IS-189A)
Final, complete stats for both divisions: https://www.naqt.com/go/stats/10735
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: SQBS for Mac available soon
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16351
Re: SQBS for Mac available soon
The Mac edition of SQBS is 32-bit and thus cannot be used with Mac OS X Catalina (or subsequent versions). Is there any chance of a 64-bit version?
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 10/26/19 - Johns Hopkins Fall Tournament
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3490
Re: 10/26/19 - Johns Hopkins Fall Tournament
NAQT is still waiting to receive official results and team contact information from this tournament; we've sent several e-mails to many people associated with the Johns Hopkins team but haven't gotten a response. Please send the required information to [email protected] as soon as possible. Thanks!
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Scobol Solo November 16, 2019 (IL)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5948
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Scobol Solo November 16, 2019 (IL)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5948
Re: Scobol Solo November 16, 2019 (IL)
I have added the Championship Match scoresheet and a brief summary of the results. Let me know if you spot any issues.
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Scobol Solo November 16, 2019 (IL)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5948
Re: Scobol Solo November 16, 2019 (IL)
Thanks; I have fixed this. (It arose from a protest resolution that changed the result of one game.)
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Bronco Bowl Jr. II @ San Diego, CA [MS-32] (1/4/20)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 520
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT SSNCT: CANCELED
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
Re: 2020 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-26, Chicago
Certainly not this year, and I think not since it was introduced.MahoningQuizBowler wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:15 pmHas the definition of Very Small School changed recently?
- Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Hypothetical: Three teams for three kids
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3931
Re: Hypothetical: Three teams for three kids
All the national-scope rule sets that I'm aware of say that's fine. (Some state-specific rule sets stipulate a minimum number of players required to play.) However, as tournament director, it's completely reasonable for you to say "you can't split up that much; it's hogging spots that other tea...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:16 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Introducing YellowFruit.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 15762
Re: Introducing YellowFruit.
Looks like in the SQBS converter, for forfeits you output a blank line for tossups heard. SQBS would output a 0.
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:08 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: NEG 5 uploading to HSQB/NEG 5 vs. SQBS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2779
Re: NEG 5 uploading to HSQB/NEG 5 vs. SQBS
Not directly that I know of. This thread might help, and if you use NAQT questions and submit a valid Neg 5 file that would also be valid in SQBS (i.e., no team uses more than eight players in one game), I can send you the SQBS version. That said, Neg 5 is extremely prone to allowing/producing inval...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:10 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New community college team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8675
Re: New community college team
That was the case last year, but might not be the case this year: if you want to host one, just let us know at [email protected].
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:00 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New community college team
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8675
Re: New community college team
The tournament is the Community College Championship Tournament, or CCCT. Qualification to it works pretty much analogously to qualification to the ICT: it takes place via a sectional tournament (CC SCT).
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT HSNCT: CANCELED
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10794
Re: 2020 NAQT HSNCT: Atlanta, May 22-24
Are there any tentative estimates for field size? Not really—very few qualifying events have occurred yet (off the top of my head, I think only one). We expect to be able to accommodate similar or somewhat higher numbers of teams as in the past, but the actual final field size probably won't be kno...
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2019-2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4222
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT HSNCT: CANCELED
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10794
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT HSNCT: CANCELED
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10794