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by Kouign Amann
Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Geoword
Replies: 29
Views: 11334

Re: Geoword

Safari 14.1 on MacOS 11.3.1, it looks like.
by Kouign Amann
Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Geoword
Replies: 29
Views: 11334

Re: Geoword

On Opus 4, I scored 20 points and was given a celerity of 1.000 for all correct buzzes before the end of the question. Didn't happen in any of the first three opera, nor—from a quick look at the non-round numbers on the leaderboard—did it happen to anyone else. Anyone have any idea what's up?
by Kouign Amann
Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:31 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Geoword
Replies: 29
Views: 11334

Re: Geoword

Really enjoying this, especially the difficulty as mentioned above. Small criticism of the audio itself: I would love a little more attention to even pacing and careful enunciation, and perhaps it would benefit the readers to take some time in advance of recording to look over the packet for words t...
by Kouign Amann
Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:00 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 11
Views: 4174

Re: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)

I am out of town a bunch this summer but should be around this weekend—if there's anyone else around who's similarly old and washed and wants to hang out for the day, let's do it! Should know my availability for sure some time next week .
by Kouign Amann
Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
Replies: 27
Views: 12253

Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)

so you’re telling us that a guy named moses did most of the work but couldn’t quite see the job through to the end?

hmm
by Kouign Amann
Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:44 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

My high school quizbowl team had a coach but went to a couple of events here and there without her. There were plenty of teams in our circuit that were more consistently unchaperoned. As a tournament director in high school and college, I regularly welcomed unchaperoned teams to events I was running...
by Kouign Amann
Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT (new specials and practice events!)
Replies: 22
Views: 13189

Re: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT (new events!)

If someone previously registered for Season 2C before D was available, is there an easy way to switch over?
by Kouign Amann
Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
Replies: 28
Views: 20725

Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota: POSTPONED

Are we getting close to a definite idea about a new date? I'm sure I'm not the only one who got an email from United yesterday reminding me that I'll have to change or cancel my ticket soon if I don't want to lose it. I believe most airlines these days let you cancel without a penalty so long as yo...
by Kouign Amann
Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
Replies: 28
Views: 20725

Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota: POSTPONED

Are we getting close to a definite idea about a new date? I'm sure I'm not the only one who got an email from United yesterday reminding me that I'll have to change or cancel my ticket soon if I don't want to lose it.
by Kouign Amann
Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

Hey, just remembered about this. If you, like me, are around New York but without a team because you also forgot this was happening, let's see if we can put something together. I could also probably staff if nothing pans out.
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20922

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

Put me down as saying we should honor the hard work of those who provide the events for us by, yknow, playing them as written.
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20922

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

UlyssesInvictus wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:06 pm We will be running Unanswered Question, META, and MUSES as Sunday side-events in that order.
Given that MUSES is twelve full packets of 20/20, I wonder if trying to stick it in at the end of the day is really the best choice. Any chance we could lead off with that?
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NYC Summer Open date poll
Replies: 45
Views: 22684

Re: NYC Summer Open date poll

I know a date can't really be nailed down until rooms, events, etc are decided, but at this point is there an estimate of when a firm date—if one is going to materialize at all—might be available? I'm looking at going out to the UIUC weekend, and it'd be nice to know if I should hold off because thi...
by Kouign Amann
Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Matchmaking
Replies: 16
Views: 8034

Re: CO Matchmaking

Maybe you'll get the 2017 me that kinda just sat there and scored 10 ppg, maybe you'll get the 2018 me that was leading scorer on a good middle-bracket team, and maybe you'll get something else entirely! Are you brave enough to find out?
by Kouign Amann
Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
Replies: 37
Views: 27859

Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)

I'm done and will be moving to northern New Jersey. Happy to help out with things in the greater tri-state area as my schedule allows. Given that I won't be in grad school anymore and will be moving from a boarding school to a day school, I should have much more free time than in the past two years.
by Kouign Amann
Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)

Just a reminder that this will be starting in about half an hour.
by Kouign Amann
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)

Looks like Monday it is. Let's start around 7:30 EST? I have no idea how to use Discord, but I think that's the preferred platform these days, so I will try to figure it out.
by Kouign Amann
Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:37 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)

I much-belatedly sent these packets to the archive yesterday. Before approving them, Mike Bentley asked me if I might be interested in running this set online since it was only played by a few people in one physical location last year. I'm not opposed to this idea, so if this is something that would...
by Kouign Amann
Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!
Replies: 24
Views: 2588

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!

Thank you to whoever got me the books about Protestants and subways! I look forward to next year's gift of a book about Protestants and subways.
by Kouign Amann
Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: International Expansion of Quizbowl
Replies: 17
Views: 8632

Re: International Expansion of Quizbowl

Has there ever been a good quizbowl tournament run on non-English questions? To my knowledge, no one's figured out how to do pyramidality in other languages I don't think it's so much that no one has figured out how to do it (for at least a few languages many quizbowlers are familiar with, there ar...
by Kouign Amann
Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Best Film Player
Replies: 44
Views: 27967

Re: Best Film Player

[*]Aidan Mehigan: I'm basing this solely on the fact that he 30'd the 2016 ACF Nats bonus on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , and the fact that he's eagerly awaiting SHAWARMA II. Unless we decide the film canon should consist only of, like, that one bonus plus Saul's SHAWARMA tossup on Muppet Tre...
by Kouign Amann
Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 20

This thing is done(!!) and is happening at UMN tomorrow—if anyone else would like it for this weekend or some other weekend, just let me know.
by Kouign Amann
Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5258

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

Many thanks to Rob for the copies of Lost Twin Cities and Mark Twain's Christian Science, both of which look to be supremely enjoyable, albeit in very different ways.
by Kouign Amann
Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5258

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

Copy and pasting from last year because this seemed to work pretty well: Name: Aidan Mehigan Email: aidantmehigan@gmail.com Present requests: 1. A book on (some aspect of) American religious history. 2. A book on some aspect of architectural history. The more niche/specific/weird, the better. 3. A &...
by Kouign Amann
Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 20

There seems to be some interest in attaching this to CMST in some way. If you'd be interested in playing Angels 2 this spring, peer pressure your TD into getting into contact with me and we'll see what we can work out.
by Kouign Amann
Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 EFT: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 5926

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Hey, whatever the first creed bonus part got "fixed" to is still wrong. I can't remember exactly what it said yesterday, but it still was claiming the line in question had something to do with Eucharistic theology, which just isn't what's been talked about there at all.
by Kouign Amann
Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: There Will Be Stock Clues
Replies: 31
Views: 18930

Re: There Will Be Stock Clues

This tournament was a veritable stew of delightful topics, seasoned with a perfect blend of Lawrencian refinement and Schindlerian degeneracy. Neither flavor overpowered the other in the course of doing a wonderful job of asking about many different kinds of foods and the many different ways in whic...
by Kouign Amann
Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017
Replies: 31
Views: 17453

Re: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017

For what it's worth, I would be a fan of moving all of the already-announced stuff up in the day and appending whatever substitute event we settle on to the end of the schedule.
by Kouign Amann
Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 20

After various discussions at and after CO, it doesn't seem like this tournament is going to find a slot to run in this summer. Given that, I'm not necessarily gonna push myself to finish it in the next week or two. However, it did seem like the interest in this set was pretty substantial and enthusi...
by Kouign Amann
Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017
Replies: 31
Views: 17453

Re: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017

Hey, could people who have registered get added to the spreadsheet, and could we get some fee info?
by Kouign Amann
Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 NSC set discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 53849

Re: 2017 NSC set discussion

Hi everyone, stepping in as a mod to remind everyone, young and old, to follow the board rules. If you aren't familiar with the rules, please remedy that by reading up here as soon as possible. Specifically, please do not make content-free posts (especially not as responses to other content-free pos...
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 15, 2017 9:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Jordaens Visual Arts
Replies: 36
Views: 23737

Re: Jordaens Visual Arts

Looking to play this with someone who knows old paintings and/or film. By the time this tournament happens, I'll have two degrees in art history and will undoubtedly still suck at paintings questions.

edit: playing this with B
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Re: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 20

I know the side event economy is currently dealing with a supply shock of unprecedented severity, so I don’t want to push this event on anyone unduly, but I thought I’d throw out a reminder to hosts that this tournament will indeed be available from early August onward. If you're a host who thinks t...
by Kouign Amann
Wed May 31, 2017 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: UK Player Poll 2017: Now With More Tweed
Replies: 27
Views: 19135

Re: UK Player Poll 2017: Now With More Tweed

Quantumhovercraft wrote:
Edmund wrote: 8. Aidan Mehigan

Ran Penn Bowl to time with frightening military precision. Probably a good moderator if I could understand his accent. #britishproblems
This was actually Salman.
Scared Edmund so much at EFT he forgot what tournament it was, I guess.
by Kouign Amann
Tue May 30, 2017 1:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 105
Views: 59536

Re: 2017 HSNCT discussion

Antrobus63 wrote: Was my post actually removed for being offensive? Wow.
I'm not the moderator who did it, but I can almost guarantee that your post was removed for being total nonsense and provoking a messy tangent that detracted from the purpose of the thread. Let's refocus, everyone.
by Kouign Amann
Tue May 16, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Replies: 53
Views: 33439

Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17

Also, could you add Thought Monstro, Stock Clues, The Celebs, OCTAVIAN, and whatever else to that sheet, just so we can try to gauge interest in the whole slate of potential events? Obviously, it's all too much, but I figure the more data you have the better, and it might come in handy for figuring ...
by Kouign Amann
Tue May 16, 2017 9:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Replies: 53
Views: 33439

Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17

Beevor Feevor wrote: Naveed Bork
If there's already a huge glut of side events and we're going to limit ourselves to just ~3, why use one of those slots on something that a non-zero fraction of the field will have already heard at CO?
by Kouign Amann
Tue May 09, 2017 5:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
Replies: 32
Views: 20070

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)

For the next two years, I'll be living, teaching, and (fingers crossed!) coaching at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville. The kicker is that I will be doing so as part of a master’s program run out of the UPenn GSE. I have no idea how much time I’ll have to play things (probably not a ton!...
by Kouign Amann
Mon May 08, 2017 10:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Replies: 53
Views: 33439

Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17

Absolutely in, absolute advocate for the maximum amount of quizbowl.
by Kouign Amann
Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Quizbowl Question of 2016
Replies: 27
Views: 2678

Re: Best Quizbowl Question of 2016

my favorite question was the one that made me feel really good about myself because i got it super early off a clue i was enthusiastic about

alright, good thread everyone, see you next year
by Kouign Amann
Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6948

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!

Big thanks to Jacob O'Rourke for Sydney Ahlstrom's A Religious History of the American People, which looks as enjoyable as it is immense!
by Kouign Amann
Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Books You Read in 2016
Replies: 17
Views: 1266

Re: Best Books You Read in 2016

The most fun I've had reading for work this year was with Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images , in which David Morgan uncovers and explores a latent but vibrant iconographical tradition in American Protestantism. Not a new book, but if you're interested in social history, ...
by Kouign Amann
Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false names
Replies: 56
Views: 25543

Re: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false name

If this is all so easy and innocent and just a big misunderstanding about different circuit norms, then why lie when asked about it the first time? That's the thing I haven't been able to understand yet. It was an ill conceived joke premised on the notion that Naveed was already aware what was goin...
by Kouign Amann
Sun Dec 18, 2016 9:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false names
Replies: 56
Views: 25543

Re: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false name

But when Naveed says "Will and Eddie have found a way around this problem by simply pretending to be students." - no that's, wrong! I'm willing to lay dollars to donuts that if Jordan had said "no, you guys can't play" then Will and Eddie would not have played. Ike This is accur...
by Kouign Amann
Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6948

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!

Charbroil wrote:Thank you to whoever sent me copies of Brideshead Revisited and To the Lighthouse!
That was me—hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
by Kouign Amann
Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6948

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Signups Open!

Name: Aidan Mehigan Email: aidantmehigan@gmail.com Present requests: 1. A book on (some aspect of) American religious history. 2. A book on some aspect of architectural history. The more niche/specific/weird, the better. 3. A "thought-provoking" indie game (I think I still have a Steam acc...
by Kouign Amann
Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)
Replies: 17
Views: 10418

Re: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)

vinteuil wrote:
hydrocephalitic listlessness wrote:jacob, now we don't have to write VIICO
that'll be the all lit crit/art theory/historiography complement to this set, duh
bring it on
by Kouign Amann
Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:17 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!
Replies: 64
Views: 3626

Re: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!

The best part of this is that David Madden has been vindicated!!! http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15211&p=272065#p272065 Personally, I'd be fine with musical theatre coming up more frequently, though George is right as to the main reason it doesn't come up more often than i...
by Kouign Amann
Sun Jun 26, 2016 10:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Side Event Weekend 2016
Replies: 11
Views: 7677

Re: VCU Side Event Weekend 2016

2) Once you have registered as a participant in the weekend, you will be granted access to a Google spreadsheet on which you may officially form teams for each event. Since only people who have actually registered using their real e-mail addresses will be able to edit the spreadsheet, the spreadshe...
by Kouign Amann
Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)
Replies: 11
Views: 11659

Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger (Summer 201x)

What’s going on? Now that NSC is off to the printers, I am very pleased to announce that I have just about finished picking out the answers for Angels in the Architecture 2: Build it Bigger, a new side tournament all about architecture. Jeez man, you’re doing this to us again? How much more materia...