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by OctagonJoe
Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 CO Trash: Specific question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3369

Re: Specific question discussion

Round 1, TU 16 - "gunnery sergeant" was the rank held by DI Hartman, but it's not a "job" and it's not synonymous with drill instructor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_instructor#United_States That's a valid assessment. My reasoning behind accepting it is that it is basical...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 CO Trash: Specific question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3369

Re: Specific question discussion

Could I see the soccer tossup on Toronto? I'm impessed how it avoided giving power just because one is Canadian but wondering what the clues were about. A club in this city was the last professional stop for Juventus (yoo-VEN-toos) legends Francesco Morini and Roberto Bettega. River Plate and Juven...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 CO Trash: Specific question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3369

Re: Specific question discussion

Yes, please email Carsten (OctagonJoe at gmail) for a copy of the set. As a note, I will be sending the version of the set that was used on Sunday, which means it will still have all the original errors. We have already been making edits to the set for future mirrors, but you can also e-mail me any...
by OctagonJoe
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy SNL: Season 8
Replies: 3
Views: 366

Re: Fantasy SNL: Season 8

Due to a cleric error, the gods decided to not allow stats to be posted for the last two weeks. Week Four Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 1-3-0-0 110 Maryland B 2-0-2-0 98 Team Gehring 1-1-2-0 101 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-4 55 Team Gehring Kenan Thompson -- 8 points Alex Moff...
by OctagonJoe
Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy SNL: Season 8
Replies: 3
Views: 366

Fantasy SNL: Season 8

Welcome back, sports fans! A new season of Saturday Night Live of course means a new season of fantasy SNL. This season's sponsor is last year's CO Trash. Last year's CO Trash: Never forget that this tournament happened. The teams are still the same as they always have been: Team Gehring, Team Cheyn...
by OctagonJoe
Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Packet Submission discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 10337

Re: Packet Submission discussion

I'm not speaking for ACF here, but I wanted to add some comments. If ACF wants to require teams to submit packets, it should directly teach people to write instead of throwing them into it blindly. If ACF assumes that people won't write on their own volition if packet sub didn't require them to, the...
by OctagonJoe
Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "modern reform" play-in round
Replies: 9
Views: 1094

Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "modern reform" play-in round

I think it's important to consider what months we're including in the MONTHS TOURNAMENT. And that starts here, with which galactic tones make it into the final field. As an expert on the Dreamspell calendar based on the Googling I've done in the last five minutes, I would like to make two requests: ...
by OctagonJoe
Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Minnesota (01/25/2020)
Replies: 3
Views: 2339

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Minnesota (01/25/2020)

Here are stats. Thanks to everyone who came and played or staffed!
by OctagonJoe
Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Minnesota (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 2979

Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Minnesota (11/02/2019)

Congratulations to Minnesota B, who defeated Minnesota A in the first game of an advantaged final. Thanks to everyone who came. Stats can be found here.
by OctagonJoe
Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl @ UMN (10/19/19)
Replies: 3
Views: 3821

Re: 2019 Penn Bowl @ UMN (10/19/19)

Here are the final stats: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... _combined/. Congratulations to Andrew, Evan, and Rob for winning, and thanks to everyone for showing up.
by OctagonJoe
Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl @ UMN (10/19/19)
Replies: 3
Views: 3821

Re: 2019 Penn Bowl @ UMN (10/19/19)

Stats through lunch are here.
by OctagonJoe
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Congrats to Mike Cheyne on winning another season of FSNL, his third in five opportunities. Congrats also to Kenan Thompson, who takes home the scoring title at what is looking to be a very promising start to his SNL career. I'm sure Tejas, Naveed, or Andrew will be posting FFSNL stats in the near f...
by OctagonJoe
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Here are the stats from last night's season finale. Sorry I forgot to post last week's stats. Week Twenty-One Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 8-8-5-0 605 Team Gehring 5-11-5-0 597 Maryland B 8-2-11-0 591 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-21 272 Team Gehring Cecily Strong -- 18 points ...
by OctagonJoe
Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Replies: 91
Views: 36921

Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19

I could use a teammate for Unanswered Question.
by OctagonJoe
Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Ten Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 4-5-1-0 302 Team Gehring 3-4-3-0 281 Maryland B 3-1-6-0 270 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-10 126 Team Gehring Kenan Thompson -- 19 points Aidy Bryant -- 6 points Leslie Jones -- 8 points Kyle Mooney -- 6 points 39 points Team Cheyne Cecily...
by OctagonJoe
Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals @ UMN
Replies: 1
Views: 5619

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals @ UMN

Minnesota A cleared the field to win this site. Minnesota B took the UG title, and Carleton claimed the D2 title. Stats can be found here.
by OctagonJoe
Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Nine Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 4-4-1-0 267 Team Gehring 2-4-3-0 242 Maryland B 3-1-5-0 247 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-9 113 Team Gehring Kenan Thompson -- 10 points Heidi Gardner -- 10 points Mikey Day -- 9 points Leslie Jones -- 3 points 32 points Team Cheyne Cecil...
by OctagonJoe
Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Eight Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 4-3-1-0 241 Maryland B 3-1-4-0 225 Team Gehring 1-4-3-0 210 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-8 99 Team Gehring Kate McKinnon -- 4 points Mikey Day -- 15 points Beck Bennett -- 11 points Kyle Mooney -- 4 points 34 points Team Cheyne Kenan Th...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Seven Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 3-3-1-0 202 Maryland B 3-1-3-0 201 Team Gehring 1-3-3-0 176 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-7 88 Team Gehring Kenan Thompson -- 6 points Pete Davidson -- 7 points Heidi Gardner -- 5 points Kyle Mooney -- 1 point 19 points Team Cheyne Kate ...
by OctagonJoe
Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Six Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 2-3-1-0 172 Maryland B 3-0-3-0 173 Team Gehring 1-3-2-0 157 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-6 79 Team Gehring Cecily Strong -- 7 points Aidy Bryant -- 10 points Kyle Mooney -- 0 points Leslie Jones -- 8 points 25 points Team Cheyne Kenan Tho...
by OctagonJoe
Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Replies: 62
Views: 41765

Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)

Cheynem wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:10 pm Wow, the order of the questions in the packets got REALLY changed from the first running.
If anyone wants a copy of the version played in "Chicago," I can send that out by e-mail.
by OctagonJoe
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Replies: 62
Views: 41765

Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)

Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:52 pm Are there any more remaining mirrors? If not, can it posted soon?
The set has been posted.
by OctagonJoe
Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Five Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 2-3-0-0 150 Maryland B 2-0-3-0 135 Team Gehring 1-2-2-0 132 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-5 69 Team Gehring Kate McKinnon -- 13 points Heidi Gardner -- 6 points Mikey Day -- 9 points Kyle Mooney -- 8 points 36 points Team Cheyne Kenan Tho...
by OctagonJoe
Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Four Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 1-3-0-0 104 Maryland B 2-0-2-0 109 Team Gehring 1-1-2-0 96 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-4 53 Team Gehring Beck Bennett -- 3 points Heidi Gardner -- 3 points Mikey Day -- 4 points Aidy Bryant -- 10 points 20 points Team Cheyne Kenan Thomp...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Three Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Team Cheyne 1-2-0-0 78 Team Gehring 1-1-1-0 76 Maryland B 1-0-2-0 79 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-3 41 Team Gehring Mikey Day -- 0 points Beck Bennett -- 8 points Kyle Mooney -- 7 points Heidi Gardner -- 9 points 24 points Team Cheyne Cecily Strong...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week Two Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Maryland B 1-0-1-0 57 Team Cheyne 0-2-0-0 53 Team Gehring 1-0-1-0 52 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-2 29 Team Gehring Kate McKinnon -- 9 points Mikey Day -- 8 points Alex Moffat -- 7 points Leslie Jones -- 6 points 30 points Team Cheyne Cecily Strong -...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

Re: FSNL Season Five

Week One Stats Standings Team Record Points scored Maryland B 1-0-0-0 34 Team Cheyne 0-1-0-0 28 Team Gehring 0-0-1-0 22 Robot Matt Bollinger 0-0-0-1 16 Team Gehring Kenan Thompson -- 2 points Mikey Day -- 10 points Chris Redd -- 6 points Ego Nwodim -- 4 points 22 points Team Cheyne Kate McKinnon --...
by OctagonJoe
Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FSNL Season Five
Replies: 22
Views: 2041

FSNL Season Five

Fantasy Saturday Night Live Season Five will be brought to you again here on the HSQB forums. This season is being sponsored by last year's CO Trash. Last year's CO Trash: You know, the one from last year. Scoring for FSNL is the same as it was for last season, Season Four. Appearing in a sketch ear...
by OctagonJoe
Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Replies: 22
Views: 11494

Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)

Thanks to everyone who played today. Due to the small size of the field, we decided against doing a full tournament and started with a quick round robin of three games. The stats for the round robin, which was won by the team of Chip Horton, Brian McNamara, and Delano Barnes, can be found here . Aft...
by OctagonJoe
Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Replies: 92
Views: 37315

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

I just put my name down as a free agent for some things. Let me know if want to team up.
by OctagonJoe
Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 CO Trash: Please avoid spoilers
Replies: 4
Views: 6412

Re: Please avoid spoilers

I realize this is the height of "nobody cares," but I don't think Leon is actually Air Controller Macias. Macias is the guy who says such lines as "Maybe we ought to turn on the searchlights now." He wears kind of a light colored tie and seems older yet has slightly more hair th...
by OctagonJoe
Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 CO Trash: Discussion of specific questions
Replies: 12
Views: 9196

Re: Discussion of specific questions

If anyone wants a copy of the set, send me an e-mail. Please do not distribute it to anyone who did not play or staff on Sunday.
by OctagonJoe
Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:36 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 CO Trash: Discussion of specific questions
Replies: 12
Views: 9196

Re: Discussion of specific questions

I'd like to see the question on "Behind Blue Eyes"; I have zero doubt that I made a bad reflex buzz, but as soon as I heard this was a song originally slated for the Lifehouse album and then a reference to Meher Baba (I think by name?), I negged with "Baba O'Riley," which now ou...
by OctagonJoe
Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Best Film Player
Replies: 44
Views: 27967

Re: Best Film Player

Alice (née Andreas) Stoehr was really good at film back in the day and probably still is.
Cheynem wrote:If we only focused on mumblecore, Carsten Gehring might possibly make the list.
Or if we made a list of people who have made you swear by beating you to movie tossups.
by OctagonJoe
Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
Replies: 49
Views: 19832

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)

I don't know if this will cause any issues for quizbowlers, but there is a road closure on I-35W this weekend to be aware of.
by OctagonJoe
Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Periods, Closing Quote Marks, and You
Replies: 17
Views: 7077

Re: Periods, Closing Quote Marks, and You

Since I've already initiated a fussy punctuation/editing discussion, I'll point out that in NAQT's IS-174, which we read for the CC SCTs yesterday, it seemed consistent (though I haven't gone back to double check, so maybe it was sporadic?) that proper names ending in -s used as possessives did not...
by OctagonJoe
Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Periods, Closing Quote Marks, and You
Replies: 17
Views: 7077

Re: Periods, Closing Quote Marks, and You

Technically, British style would be to use single quotation marks pretty much everywhere that we (correct Americans) use double quotation marks, so people who use double quotes and exterior punctuation aren't really following any common publishing style (I say without double-checking if that's true)...
by OctagonJoe
Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Replies: 23
Views: 12298

Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 4

Given that Eddie has just ceded his spot at CO 2018 and that there were two other audio tournaments vying for spots at NSC and HSNCT, I would like to move the main site of Imaginary Landscape to CO 2018, with the possibility of running additional post-CO mirrors either on Discord, or at one or more...
by OctagonJoe
Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GRAB BAG at UMN 12/9/17
Replies: 1
Views: 1999

GRAB BAG at UMN 12/9/17

We read 4 rounds of GRAB BAG. Stats are here . The scores ending in 1 and 6 are not errors. The cumulative individual stats (which are hard to figure out from the SQBS stats) were as follows: Erik: 0/5/22/0 295 Carsten: 1/9/5/2 191 Danny: 0/2/17/2 190 Sam: 0/7/4/4 125 Foster: 0/1/5/1 60 Adam: 0/0/2/...
by OctagonJoe
Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
Replies: 104
Views: 56066

Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)

What is the fee for each event?
by OctagonJoe
Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
Replies: 104
Views: 56066

Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)

I'm looking for a team for The Modern Age, I guess. Or I can staff it.
by OctagonJoe
Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Documenting plagiarism
Replies: 20
Views: 11183

Re: Documenting plagiarism

I sometimes come across plagiarism in old sets and just brush it off since most were written a decent amount of time ago, but I feel like having a thread to document egregious examples would be fun. This is not meant to be witch-hunty since most of the offenders probably aren't even active anymore;...
by OctagonJoe
Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime weekend - 2/25-26/17 - Michigan
Replies: 70
Views: 42305

Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime weekend - 2/25-26/17 - Mich

I've put out entreaties for additional staffers. If ACRONYM runs first on Sunday, I would probably be able to make it work that I could staff on Saturday. (If it runs second on Sunday, I would need to fly in to Michigan on Saturday to avoid missing two days of work just to play a trash tournament.)...
by OctagonJoe
Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime weekend - 2/25-26/17 - Michigan
Replies: 70
Views: 42305

Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime weekend - 2/25-26/17 - Mich

Auroni wrote:followed by HIT and ACRONYM (in that order) on Sunday.
Isn't it usually standard to play the full tossup/bonus tournament first and then the niche tossups-only side event afterward?
by OctagonJoe
Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) at Minnesota (Sept. 24, 2016)
Replies: 9
Views: 5562

Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) at Minnesota (Sept. 24, 2016

AsherJ wrote:Despite my best efforts, I think I put this up correctly. Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/
UMN C has 5 players who played all 10 games, which is impressive and inaccurate.
by OctagonJoe
Sat Sep 10, 2016 6:05 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455166

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I wrote a half packet comprising 3 groups of 3 tossups that share a theme and 1 tossup that might elicit the statement "that's random." I'll read it on the IRC sometime when there are people to hear it.
by OctagonJoe
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)
Replies: 26
Views: 12622

Re: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)

If there are people not playing this live, I'll read my "team"'s packet tonight at 8:00 (so about 1.25 hours from right now) in #guerrillabride on the IRC. This packet by quizbowl favorites Sam Bailey and The Rob Carson will be read any minute now. Also, Jonathan Magin is offering to read...
by OctagonJoe
Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)
Replies: 26
Views: 12622

Re: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)

If there are people not playing this live, I'll read my "team"'s packet tonight at 8:00 (so about 1.25 hours from right now) in #guerrillabride on the IRC.
by OctagonJoe
Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)
Replies: 26
Views: 12622

Re: Bride of the Guerrilla Tournament (Film 2016)

Auks Ran Ova wrote:Carsten and I are planning to write a packet for this.
Sam Bailey has joined this packet.