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- Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:30 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19772
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
At the start of any tournament, the TD or some other high level staffer representing the host should include similar remarks, until "This tournament will not tolerate any abusive language or behavior" becomes as commonplace as "Our timing rules are five seconds for everything." ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:39 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19772
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
This sort of virtue signaling is unnecessary. What can you do to ensure that you and other men are making quizbowl a more "welcoming place"?
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:39 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19772
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
And I do mean men, because this is my second point: all of the work of making this community become a less toxic place to women should not have to come from women. This is the umpteenth thread like this that has been posted, usually in response to some egregiously vile thing that some guy in quizbo...
- Thu May 07, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals Cancellation Discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1764
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern
Is it not feasible to attempt to reschedule this in a state that is following less strict guidelines, i.e. Florida or Georgia? I keep rereading this line and it's starting to make sparks and smoke come out of my brain. You are asking other teams and staffers to put themselves and others at risk for...
- Thu May 07, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals Cancellation Discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1764
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern
Will, I'm not an ACF member but I'd hazard the "reasons behind the cancellation" would be "a frakking global pandemic that will nearly certainly get worse as states relax restrictions without real medical progress being made." I am definitely deeply disappointed that all our tou...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:26 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: Nationals Alternatives?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2804
Re: Nationals Alternatives?
This.Cheynem wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:19 pm If people want quizbowl, I suggest like organizing a few scrimmage tournaments on guerrilla packets or by paying homeward bound wage slaves (like myself) to write them. You could do like an invitational online where 5-7 good teams play each other in a round robin.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Chiming in to say that the 2-second limit to say one's answer after buzzing in is also frustrating and inopportune for those of us who have speech delays.
- Mon May 20, 2019 9:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 PACE NSC: Congratulations Thomas Jefferson A!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 25697
Re: 2019 PACE NSC: June 8-9, Reston, VA
T-shirts for the 2019 National Scholastic Championship are now available in Women's and Men's styles! Small through XL shirts are $16; 2XL and 3XL are $17. Fill out this this form to order your shirt. The deadline to place an advance order is Monday, May 27th . All shirts will be paid for and picked...
- Mon May 06, 2019 12:09 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: NAQT, Outreach, and Social Media
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12209
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:39 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22346
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
One idea we had was combining religion and myth into a single 1/1 I like this idea. I'd use the resulting extra question to have 1/1 "mathematical sciences" including pure math, math applications, statistics, and CS, and 1/1 "other science" including Earth science, astronomy, en...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 PACE NSC: Congratulations Thomas Jefferson A!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 25697
Re: 2019 PACE NSC: June 8-9, Reston, VA
2019 PACE NSC Venue Information Location: As stated above, the 2019 PACE NSC will be held at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA. Address: 1800 Presidents Street, Reston, Virginia, United States, 20190 Phone Number: 703 709 1234. When calling the hotel with questions or to reserve rooms, please ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RULFO at PACE NSC
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8073
Re: RULFO at PACE NSC
Have you run this by anyone at PACE?
- Wed May 30, 2018 3:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 74877
Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
NAQT has an open investigation into all aspects of the situation, including the alleged sexual assault at Boston University and the series of blog posts. This is not just an informal "we're looking into it" probe, but a result of NAQT's formal grievance process having been triggered. This...
- Wed May 30, 2018 2:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 74877
Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
Is there any internal difference between termination of membership and resignation within NAQT? I know that there some sort of profit-sharing given to NAQT members at the end of each year's cycle. Would resignation divest a member? Or does it work like stock in that a resigned member could still pro...
- Wed May 16, 2018 1:02 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18607
Re: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
My reading of Tamara's point is that all of us in quizbowl can get caught up in the details of the game (competition, PPG, ranking, tournament wins etc...) to the point where we prioritize that over the creation of a free, open, and comfortable community in which people can exist as themselves. (*) ...
- Tue May 15, 2018 9:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18607
Re: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
Bunnie and I just had a very productive conversation and found out we're on the same page in many important ways, I wasn't making anything up when I say that I'm thankful for her willingness to call out flaws because I think this process deserves heavy scrutiny and nobody should trust themselves to...
- Mon May 14, 2018 10:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18607
Re: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
Speaking just for myself here, let it crumble. Our validity and humanity is worth more than quizbowl.
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7707
Re: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
I whole-heartedly encourage everyone to embrace my (former) Minnesotans' advice in this thread. I don't post much anymore because of much of this (including to avoid the temptation to engage myself, as I have in the past), so I feel we should all really sit with this advice and think about how we ca...
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42847
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Also does anyone have some advice on where/how close to campus teams should stay? Anywhere off the Red Line is good. The Courtyard South Boston has pretty cheap rates and is a short walk to the T, which would take you to campus in less than 30 minutes. The cheapest and closest options in Cambridge ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: List of HSNCT (2018) side events
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8589
Re: List of HSNCT (2018) side events
I like them, even if I do not win a lot.Cheynem wrote:I mean, the last two years there's been a summer open that's just been all side events.
(I like those because I win a lot)
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:21 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14740
Re: We Need an Alternative to the Women in Quizbowl Forum
While Athena is right to point out that putting the work on women isn't necessarily fair, I am willing to do some work as both a woman and a board staffer here. In such a forum or the existing one, I would like to propose something like "Dear Prudence," which I would run, possibly along w...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:48 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 38860
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Based on my observations of human social behavior and gender relations, women are more likely to be disinclined to sticking around a space full of smelly, unkempt men than men are. Speculating as to what those reasons are is beyond my scope. Dude, we are calling you sexist because you are making es...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CMST at Michigan (NOT HAPPENING, see thread)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8755
Re: CMST and side event weekend at Michigan (17-18 March)
Miscellaneous Many of you had a negative experience at our EFT mirror due to our failure to provide enough competent staff, so we would like to make it clear that we will not consider playing house teams until we know we have two staffers for each room, including at least one competent moderator pe...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 46448
Re: 2017 ICT bids
I think Fred's point would be something like "the system is flawed, but that means you should reform the system, not get mad at the people using the system now." Right, so Fred's response to John would be along the lines of "the claim you make about the moral culpability of actors in...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 46448
Re: 2017 ICT bids
Would it be worth considering moving the ICT out of being held at a hotel then? It seems that it would be more cost-economical for NAQT, because they'd have to pay less for facilities and could potentially accommodate more teams, which seems to be something that most people are in favor of. Also ju...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 46448
Re: 2017 ICT bids
Hotel Sales & Catering Manager here. While I cannot speak to the specifics of NAQT's budgetary constraints nor the specifics of their contracts, I can tell you that NAQT is not exaggerating the increased costs of a larger ICT. Hotels strive to capture business that optimizes revenue capture from...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 53973
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
I've been incubating a Festivus packet. The distribution is roughly: 25% Game of Thrones mashups 25% hard answers from easy video games (i.e. more questions like the ones in my Nintendo packet from a couple years ago) 25% wint's Twitter (@dril) 25% Seinfeld and other miscellanies So hopefully somet...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 26305
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I'm going to Minnesota for a two-year MS in Statistics. I'd love to continue staffing, especially (but maybe not exclusively?) at collegiate tournaments. The only situation in which I can see myself playing is if there's a spot on a DI NAQT team that would otherwise go unfilled--I'm done with learn...
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:14 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Lunch in college: Not after round 5, anything but that!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4465
Re: Lunch in college: Not after round 5, anything but that!
Breaks should be scheduled to maximize tournament efficiency. Bring snacks, yo.
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 53973
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
I am ready for thisRexSueciae wrote:I will probably have finished at some point a packet on "fictional characters in popular music."
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 26305
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I suppose I should actually announce that I'm working in Seattle for the near future. I'll be around and *may* want to take a class or two.Mike Bentley wrote:I don't suppose anyone knows of anyone heading to the Pacific Northwest...
- Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 54320
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Cody wrote:Final rankings! Michigan A is your 2016 ACF Nationals champion, having beat Chicago A in the first game of an advantaged final.
Wahoo, congratulations Michigan!
- Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
- Replies: 75
- Views: 59946
Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
Any lost and found items have been handed off to the hotel. Please contact them at 703-709-1234 if you are looking for anything. Thanks.
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
- Replies: 75
- Views: 59946
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5472
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5472
Re: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
If you're feeling student theatery.... (and want to be overly dramatic about how long your podcast is)


- Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5472
Re: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
For a classier look:


- Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Up Late with Eric Xu cover art
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5472
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition
- Replies: 74
- Views: 32196
Re: IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition
I'd be willing to churn out a sub-20 number of musical theater/musical film questions and/or pun questions, all with ridiculous answer lines, if interest exists. (hi john lawrence) Hi, there! I will write some amount of James Bond tossups. And hello to you too! If I find time, I'll write an all car...
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Tournaments/Being Competitive
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11680
Re: Tournaments/Being Competitive
Oh, I'm so glad that you talked to one of your "feminist classmates" about "your biggest regret" and the best you have to offer is "good luck". As a woman in QB, do you have any thoughts or suggestions that can help to either advance the conversation or make women feel...
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:37 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Tournaments/Being Competitive
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11680
Re: Tournaments/Being Competitive
My impression has been that if it's even slightly uncomfortable, that is enough to drive away the vast majority of women unless they have some other reason to stay. At my undergrad club some women quit because they found the guys' harsh/demeaning trash talk (to each other, not directed at the women...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17986
Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
I'd highly recommend reducing the amount of social science if you plan on writing a set that is accessible to more than the top five teams in the country. Writing social science at a high school level is incredibly difficult, and you should take into account the possible reduction in question and s...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17986
Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
I'd highly recommend reducing the amount of social science if you plan on writing a set that is accessible to more than the top five teams in the country. Writing social science at a high school level is incredibly difficult, and you should take into account the possible reduction in question and se...
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO History 2015
- Replies: 139
- Views: 68400
Re: CO History 2015
Also, the lack of bonuses means more wacky tossups, which I am all for.Ukonvasara wrote:In the abstract I'm fine with bonuses because they're amusing to play, but I think the overriding concern is trying to fit more events into Sunday, so I'd prefer it lack them.
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO BBQ Dialogue Liveblog
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2217
Re: CO BBQ Dialogue Liveblog
Max Schindler - comedy gold.
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 1:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Triacontakaipentagon 2.5: August 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15764
Re: Triacontakaipentagon 2.5: August 2014
I would be.Cheynem wrote:I might like to write a packet of this if anyone's interested in collaborating.
- Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Preparing for NAC format
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4563
Re: Preparing for NAC format
No,tofutoaster wrote:I am well aware of the NAC' s poor quality and non-pyramidal tossups. However, I plan on attending NAC next year to win the prize money. Does anyone have tips on how to adjust from regular tossups to the ones QU provides?
- Mon May 26, 2014 11:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
- Replies: 135
- Views: 55145
Re: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
Stats will be posted as soon as I have all the files in my possession. Thanks to everybody who helped staff this event. I have heard from multiple sources that Blake, Bruce Arthur's non-quizbowl playing friend, was threatened during the first round by a member of Matt Weiner's team after that playe...
- Mon May 26, 2014 2:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
- Replies: 135
- Views: 55145
Re: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
Some teams are still planning on continuing this in the morning. If you want to keep playing, show up in room 1232 at 10:00. NO DON'T If you guys want, we have Tall Oaks, North Point, and Hunters Woods down on the second floor of the hotel until 5pm tomorrow. That probably would work better for act...
- Thu May 01, 2014 12:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Praise Song
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12548
Re: Praise Song
I would like to thank Michael Arnold, a man with an enemies list the length of his arm, a scornful attitude toward high school quizbowl, and a perceptive and merciless critic of those around him. Despite (or because of) all of that, it was in large part his delightful personality and company that w...