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- Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Introducing new moderators to the game
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10236
Re: Introducing new moderators to the game
- Fri May 27, 2016 1:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11320
Re: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
I wasn't invited to staff HSNCT so I won't be around but I'll try to write a packet! edit: definitely not by 5pm tomorrow though Whatever questions you can contribute tonight — or by midday tomorrow — would be most appreciated. Not counting your questions we'll probably have two packets of 10/10, w...
- Wed May 25, 2016 11:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11320
Re: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
I wasn't invited to staff HSNCT so I won't be around but I'll try to write a packet!
edit: definitely not by 5pm tomorrow though
edit: definitely not by 5pm tomorrow though
- Mon May 02, 2016 12:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
- Replies: 88
- Views: 44105
Re: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
demonstrably unfair I have not seen this idea fleshed out. How is putting three teams against each other any different than putting eight individuals against each other? There's no way to demonstrate whether or not this is more fair or not; if you know more and are better at History Bowl, there's n...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 36820
Re: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
We are claiming Saturday January 9 as the likely date of the Maryland History Bee and Bowl at Liberty High School in Carroll County.
EDIT: The Capital Region Championships will once again be at Centennial in Ellicott City. It will be on March 12.
EDIT: The Capital Region Championships will once again be at Centennial in Ellicott City. It will be on March 12.
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 36820
Re: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
Sunday, November 15 will be the date of the first NHBB tournament in the DC area. It will be at St. Anselm's Abbey School on our C-set.
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 52
- Views: 36820
Re: DC Metro 2015-16 Date Claim Thread
Are the UVA and Georgetown IS-set tournaments going to be on the same IS-set?
- Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship
- Replies: 46
- Views: 26177
Re: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship
However, running the regional was still the most troubling event I’ve directed in four years. First, the registration process was kind of annoying, it really doesn’t make any sense why teams don’t just register directly with the host. Having it related second-hand to me in real-time in the days pre...
- Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: Question set discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 38533
Re: 2015 PACE NSC: Question set discussion
A weird thing to point out, but it really stood out to me: Was it just me and the people I discussed it with or were there a lot more answer lines that were animals than in average set. Lots of myth and art focused on animals, and I think in the 12 rounds I read, cow or cattle was a bonus answer twi...
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 102
- Views: 77313
Re: 2015 HSNCT discussion
[*] In retrospect, blue crabs was probably a bit easy for a 2nd line on the Chesapeake Bay. Raynell, how do you feel about the oysters clue in the first line? I think it's fine, though the problem with that is that it's not particularly uniquely identifying. Many places on both coasts have lots of ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discussion of pronunciation guides
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17313
Re: Discussion of pronunciation guides
We're talking about an issue that surfaced at HSNCT, but is applicable to all sets everywhere. I also think Andrew Hart's suggestion should be followed and decided not to mention that in my first post, since a million other people had already chimed in to support that fine idea. I agree that it's i...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 102
- Views: 77313
Re: 2015 HSNCT discussion
Corry, I really liked a lot of the questions you wrote. Washington, DC, nuclear tests, the isthmuses bonus, and Wyoming stood out to me as very good. Here are a few issues with others: --I know I'm biased here, but blue crabs really shouldn't be in power for Chesapeake Bay. It's to this state what l...
- Sun May 17, 2015 11:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12688
Re: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
Echo this.Great Bustard wrote:I will certainly play this of course (Raynell will too, not sure if he's checking this thread) and will write an unspecified number of questions for it (somewhere between 2/0 and a full packet, time permitting).
- Sat May 16, 2015 10:09 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Team Going to 2015 NAC, Should I Be Worried?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5408
Re: Team Going to 2015 NAC, Should I Be Worried?
My team went to the 2009 NAC. Being "worried" is a strong term, but I was surprised at how badly we did. This was definitely the worst season in the last 13 years of RM quizbowl as far as I can tell, but we definitely would have done better against that field on pyramidal questions. It's a...
- Tue May 05, 2015 9:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
A few of them are already up -- I had a big project come up but the rest should be up by the end of the week.Halved Xenon Stinging wrote:On a side note, when are the NHBB TV videos being released?
- Sat May 02, 2015 9:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
This year the second place JV team was unranked coming into Nationals I believe. Just want to mention that Saratoga definitely flipped their JV A and JV B teams (I believe Saratoga JV A went 1-4 in the morning or something ridiculous like that). Saratoga JV A had a Madden Rank of 9-I remember this ...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
Since these events were all contained on Friday, I don't really see how their existence impacts and what time the bowl would end on Saturday. I don't either, perhaps because the Bowl's end time on Saturday isn't relevant to (or a dismissal of) any of the substance of my post. The "this issue&q...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
But considering how packed the entire weekend was, I don't know what else could have been done. one might consider abandoning the Russian nesting doll principle of running tournaments, and, you know, cutting some. I'm sure the nearly 200 people each who signed up for the US History Bee and US Geogr...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Predictions/Analysis for Nationals
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3293
Re: Predictions/Analysis for Nationals
Edit:On a side note, does anyone know if History Bee draws are posted yet? I'm leaving tomorrow morning and I still haven't found out who I'm playing History Bee on Sunday(hotel seems to lack free wifi) They have not been. The most recent email (which included the Bowl draws--which are currently be...
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl in Foreign Languages?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9573
Re: Quizbowl in Foreign Languages?
Not that ASL is a foreign language per-se, but I remember there being some discussions in the past regarding deaf participation in quizbowl. Back then, applications were not readily available for one-word-at-a-time display... but now there are things like Spritz and Spreeder . So, to go along with ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30018
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
I will be pursuing a Master in Community Planning at Maryland. I'll definitely go to a few practices, but I'm not particularly good at this quizbowl thing anymore.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed (RESOLVED)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16609
Re: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed (RESOLVED)
After the questions and set are further edited and polished, how will this compare to previous NHBB sets in difficulty, question length, and quality? Speaking solely in my role as someone who directed a tournament on these questions, I would say: approximately the same, maybe a touch longer at time...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:11 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: New High School Team in Oregon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4111
Re: New High School Team in Oregon
There are History Bowl tournaments in the Portland area every year!
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT eligibility rules discussion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3138
Re: NAQT eligibility rules discussion
As someone who (not deliberately) avoided playing SCT for three years and will be playing DII (solo) this weekend, I do feel like I'm sort of cheating the system a bit. I actually think I'm a worse quizbowl player than I was my freshman year, because I'm not fresh off four years on a legitimate quiz...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25995
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
Re: "Tossups on Hard Answerlines" - In my estimation the tossup answers below were the "hard" answerlines for this tournament. Clovis In the Penal Colony heaps Burgundy Soseki Lucia de Lamermoor ETA Hoffman Again - the editors didn't deliberately write tossups on these answerlin...
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25995
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
With the exception of the "bridge" tossup that had cantilever in the first line and mentioned something like going over a body of water, I really thought this was a great set. The unique approaches to history tossups (the WWII tossup solely on US actions before the war, USA and CSA) were e...
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 75610
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
Can we see that tossup and then also can who wrote it come forward for questioning? That's not really how NAQT works. If NAQT editors determined that the question was too difficult, they could have used it at an SCT or ICT, or they could have just rejected it. Writers propose a difficulty when they...
- Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where the Chip Teams Are
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6784
Re: Where the Chip Teams Are
Really quite shocking to see a team from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'll definitely try to get in touch with them.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 75610
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
This is a pretty ridiculous thing to tossup. Can we see that tossup and then also can who wrote it come forward for questioning?Corry wrote:You are a geography god.Schmidt Sting Pain Index wrote:I really liked the Geo tossups especially Charlotte Amalie...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17249
Re: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
I haven't played quizbowl on the IRC in half a decade but I would also be down for this.
- Thu May 15, 2014 5:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Leadership positions on the team
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4281
Re: Leadership positions on the team
Each team has logistical tasks that need to be performed. Consider going to a tournament. Somebody has to do each of the following: (1) let people know that there's a tournament, (2) see who can make it to the tournament, (3) make teams out of the people who are going to the tournament, (4) rent a ...
- Sun May 04, 2014 3:55 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Japanese Literature
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10668
Re: Japanese Literature
Japanese literature is one of those things like Nigerian authors, Scandinavian authors, modern architecture, religions, South American wars, Civil War battles, etc. where there are only 4-10 of those things tossupable at the non-nationals high school level, and if you learn a few specific titles/nam...
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
- Replies: 135
- Views: 64291
Re: Modern World Tournament - Post-NSC Mirror
I am a free agent.
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14961
Re: Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?
Although there is no universally agreed-upon guideline regarding the use of compound words in the English language, in recent decades written English has displayed a noticeable trend towards increased use of compounds. Recently, many words have been made by taking syllables of words and compounding...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How successful has NHBB been at promoting regular quizbowl?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7812
Re: How successful has NHBB been at promoting regular quizbo
David would have a better idea, but I do know there are several teams who have/will attend HSNCT whose first quizbowl interaction was History Bowl. Florida's Chaminade-Madonna and Oregon's Westview come to mind.
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB TV
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3754
Re: NHBB TV
I will add to the captions and fix that (and other) typos in the coming days The concept of NHBB TV seems relatively inoffensive and fun if there are spare staffers to run it; it gives players who consent to being filmed something to show parents, administrators, etc. for their efforts. I think it w...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB Nationals thread
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14781
Re: NHBB Nationals thread
With the disclaimer that I wasn't there: I worry that it will be difficult in the future for the US History Bee, Geography Olympiad, the Bee, and the Bowl to all occupy one three-day time span, and wonder if participants think the US Bee was a valuable use of time/resources or an extraneous use of ...
- Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB TV
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3754
NHBB TV
Hi all, So at this year's nationals, we had a videographer come and record matches, as well as set up a makeshift studio for recording previews/recaps and most interestingly interviews. Here's the channel! Take a look. This is the first year and we know I wasn't perfect on camera but we definitely w...
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Late Game
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5066
Re: Late Game
So we went to a JV tourney and on the last tossup, we were down by 5. We were taking it easy, and the other team negged on something about [QUESTION CONTENT IN A SET THAT IS STILL BEING USED --the mgmt] at the end. So we ended up winning, but this was not agaisnt a very good (relatively) team. So w...
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to Study American History
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9717
Re: How to Study American History
Shorter textbooks, like the one published by AMSCO (I don't remember what it's called, we just called it "AMSCO") that are usually used to study for the APUSH exam, can be helpful. Visit places. Go to Bunker Hill, Lexington, Concord. If you have the opportunity, visit Antietam and Gettysbu...
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:07 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 88273
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
Sam Deutsch unintentionally honoring RM alum Chris Ray with "Barge (Remix)" in 2011.
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Role of a Moderator
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13814
Re: The Role of a Moderator
This discussion makes me wonder; Since Pseudonyms seem to be for people playing outside the confines of their school's administration, Do the rules require all members of a team to be from the same school? Could, for instance, a player from Bethlehem team up with a player from Ithaca and play in a ...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 53801
Re: It's Academic discussion
There are two things we can do about this. One is, again, making it clear that IA and quizbowl are different activities for different people, and not stopping in the search for the right quizbowl coach at a school just because we've found the IA sponsor (or, in short, "destroying" the imp...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 53801
Re: It's Academic discussion
Maggie Walker has Dr. Barnes Not anymore. He retired at the end of last year. Maggie Walker is now led by Ms. Hana Reed. Quibbles aside, I completely agree with everything you said. Thanks, definitely should have known this. Some "data" to support the point about coaches: Forums posting i...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 53801
Re: It's Academic discussion
There are a lot of things being in this said that are very off-base, in part because many people do not really have a background in this. I agree with many of the things Weiner et al. have said, but I think it should be noted: We cannot destroy It's Ac. As much as people would like, this is the long...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Aggression and Negs across formats
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2237
Re: Aggression and Negs across formats
There's really no way to look at this in a way that can be both a) quantified and b) generalized. As Dylan said, it's dependent on the teammates and your own confidence. While you may be able to figure it out with your team based on their strengths, their grasp of the canon and ability to make good ...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Role of a Moderator
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13814
Re: The Role of a Moderator
If a team pays money to hear questions, then I think they have a right to neg those questions (they clearly had fun; as did their opponents). I also don't think those two students should be penalized for "throwing" a match that they technically won, especially by a school with which they ...
- Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Role of a Moderator
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13814
The Role of a Moderator
I was moderating at a tournament at my alma mater, RM, when I got a round 5 matchup between #CashCrew C and Gonzaga. Both teams came into the game 1-4, and #CashCrew C consisted of two people, one of whom had never played quizbowl before, neither of whom seemed to care about quizbowl, at least not i...
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Asian Circuit Activity
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5161
Re: Asian Circuit Activity
David Madden will almost certainly swing by this thread, but in case he doesn't, I will reiterate that there are now a ton of schools that do History Bowl in Asia. This has been a really successful season across the continent. I have no idea what, if any, sort of means exist to convert these teams t...
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' consent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9215
Re: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' cons
Anything that requires, or should require, a quizbowl interpretation of the questions written should be an editorial decision. Saying that there are negs or no negs, or removing powers, or bouncing back bonuses, do not require a person to have ever played a game of quizbowl, let alone written or edi...