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- Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall West (11/6/11) at UCI
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18362
Re: ACF Fall West (11/6/11) at UCI
Caltech seems to have secured transportation, so our attendance is now "highly probable."
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
- Replies: 23
- Views: 57632
Re: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
Caltech now has transportation and a buzzer system.
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
- Replies: 23
- Views: 57632
Re: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
Caltech is having a hard time finding transport, so that could grow to three spots in the next few days.
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5682
Re: QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
Version 2.2 is now available. You can now change the speed at which questions are read without closing the program, editing the source, and re-opening it.
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
- Replies: 23
- Views: 57632
Re: MAGNI - 10/29/11 - UCSD
I'd like to change Caltech's commitment to one contingent on finding transportation.
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California Discussion 2011-2012
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2407
Re: Southern California Discussion 2011-2012
I'd estimate the probability of a move to pyramidal questions this year at approximately ε due to the slightly-increased interleague peer pressure; it's not much, but at least it's better than 0.
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MOO Mirror at the Claremont Colleges (10/09/11)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4147
Re: MOO Mirror at the Claremont Colleges (10/09/11)
Caltech will send a team if we can find transportation.
- Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MOO Mirror at the Claremont Colleges (10/09/11)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4147
Re: MOO Mirror at the Claremont Colleges (10/09/11)
Caltech might be there. Emphasis on might.
- Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall West (11/6/11) at UCI
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18362
Re: ACF Fall West (11/5/11) at UCI
Expect at least one team from Caltech.
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:01 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Good Tournament Directors/Organizers?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11514
Re: Good Tournament Directors/Organizers?
The (current) UCLA folks, especially Ian Drayer, have earned a good measure of TD respect on the SoCal circuit.
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:48 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Moving Away From The "Long Island" Quiz Bowl Team Stereotype
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6145
Re: Moving Away From The "Long Island" Quiz Bowl Team Stereotype
"I'd like to address with you the nature of the game of Regional Quiz Bowl, and how it compares to traditional Quiz Bowl.... I, and many other teams, find that the questions used in RQB lack the elements that questions in traditional 20/20 quiz bowl allow for competitive, fair, and enjoyable g...
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5682
Re: QB Reader 2.1 (now with scoring and semi-sane ans. checking)
The reader will now track your score and has a semi-sane answer-checking scheme. See the first post for details.
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California Date Claim 2011-2012
- Replies: 45
- Views: 14066
Re: Southern California Date Claim 2011-2012
To make things a little clearer... DATES TESTS TOURNEYS (LOCATION) 03-09 10-09 ACT 17-09 24-09 01-10 SAT(2) TWAIN (UCLA) 02-10 Early Autumn College Novice (UCLA) 08-10 Triton Novice (UCSD) 15-10 PSAT 22-10 ACT MAGNI (UCSD); CBCT (UCI) 29-10 05-11 SAT(2) 12-11 Triton Fall (UCSD) 19-11 Technophobia Jr...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5682
Re: Torrey Pines QB Database w/o internet--ver. 2.0 (GUI added!)
I've hacked a graphical interface out of GTK+. Should have cross-platform compatibility now, as long as the computer used has Python and GTK+ installed, but I've only tested it on Linux.
- Tue May 31, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5682
QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
On the flight to HSNCT I found myself wishing I could use the Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database, so I wrote a script to function in much the same way as the database's "Read To Me!" section. I thought I'd share it with the rest of the QB community, so I posted it here. I decided to turn the s...
- Mon May 16, 2011 8:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Replies: 108
- Views: 98064
Re: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
Are we doing something wrong? Is this something that can be addressed? Yes and yes. Simply tell your students to stop using that pitiful excuse for a browser, and they should find that many of their internet-related issues are solved. that post was so ill-conceived It works perfectly on IE9--try up...
- Mon May 02, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Replies: 108
- Views: 98064
Re: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
The "Read To Me" section no longer checks answers. It's just timing out. Are you typing "buzz" to stop the question before you type in your answer? Yes. If it's relevant, I'm using Chrome on Ubuntu 10.04. UPDATE: I moved over to Firefox, and it's fine. On another note--How does ...
- Mon May 02, 2011 1:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 125526
Re: On-going season rankings
A school that's been consistently passed over--University High School (CA). They've managed to beat Torrey Pines (#25) a time or two and have beaten Rancho Bernardo (#30) with some consistency, but they never seem to make it into the list. <sarcasm>OMG FRED THIS ANTI-IRVINE BIAS IS COMPLETELY UNACCE...
- Mon May 02, 2011 1:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Replies: 108
- Views: 98064
Re: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
The "Read To Me" section no longer checks answers. It's just timing out.
- Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mirroring and Collaborating for Fall 2011
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6407
Re: Mirroring and Collaborating for Fall 2011
Note to self: search the other threads before posting.
- Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Replies: 108
- Views: 98064
Re: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
3. This would be even more awesome if "Read To Me!" had a speech option--generate an MP3 file from the text of the question, send it to the user's computer, and have it be played from within the browser. you gonna read them all? No--text-to-speech converters (even the free ones) are getti...
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Replies: 108
- Views: 98064
Re: Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
1. The interface allows you to fix the category if it's incorrect. In every tab but the Read To Me! tab, you can manipulate the result by clicking on the category (which is underlined and in curly brackets) and a dropdown will appear, and selecting a new category will change it. It might be helpful ...
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Most Surprising Teams?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12775
Re: Most Surprising Teams?
In 2008, Santa Monica High School went 9-1 in the preliminaries of the HSNCT and proceeded to take 11th overall. They were definitely a known force in quizbowl, but very few people had heard of them before... Hence the surprise.
- Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NAQT Southern California State Championship
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2857
Re: 2011 NAQT Southern California State Championship
Due to a lack of available carpooling, it's entirely possible that RB will be a one-man team. Again.
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Spring - 4/23
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5708
Re: Triton Spring - 4/23
Let's make that two teams for RB.
- Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Spring - 4/23
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5708
Re: Triton Spring - 4/23
Rancho Bernardo will attend with at least one team and at least one buzzer set. More specificity to come in the near future.
- Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: West Coast Invitational (4/2-3/2011) at UCLA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3616
Re: West Coast Invitational (4/2-3/2011) at UCLA
Bumping: a tournament this large and only one month away should not be at the bottom of the second page.
In the meantime, how's the field so far?
In the meantime, how's the field so far?
- Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7570
Re: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
When will stats be uploaded to NAQT?
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14870
Re: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
How does the field look so far?
- Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7570
Re: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
Actually, since the tournament's existence is no longer dependent on RB sending three teams instead of two, we're going back down to two properly-manned teams, so, nevermind.
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7570
Re: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
It's looking as though, if RB splits to three teams, two will be two-man teams. ACF grants discounts for teams lacking two or more players; will similar discounts apply here as well?
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7570
Re: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
RB can definitely split into the third team if necessary to bring the total to 8; thus, at the moment, I'd list the field as
RB - 3
La Jolla - 4
Diamond Bar - 1
RB - 3
La Jolla - 4
Diamond Bar - 1
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7570
Re: 1/15/11 Carnal Embrace V @ Arcadia High School, CA
We can probably split teams to get a third and might be able to recruit to a fourth... I'll let you know how that turns out.
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Winter @ UCSD (2/19/11)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7196
Re: Triton Winter @ UCSD (2/19/11)
You can expect at least one team from RB with three buzzers.
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Technophobia Jr. @ Caltech 11/20/2010
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2645
Re: Technophobia Jr. @ Caltech 11/20/2010
When will stats be announced?
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CBCT X (10/23/10) at UC Irvine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2853
Re: CBCT X (10/23/10) at UC Irvine
RB will send one or two teams with three buzzers.
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14870
Re: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
I don't do Science Olympiad and am perfectly fine with going solo (I've done it at ASCII 1 and Technophobia Jr 2009), so yes. Without asking, I don't know any other RB quizbowlers who do Science Olympiad, but I don't think there are any; besides, we won't know anything about this for sure until our ...
- Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14870
Re: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
I'm sorry, but accommodating a single player having a conflict is not at all a good reason to ask for an entire tournament to change its date. I think it was implied that "other people want this too" - ... David might be saying that a bunch of RB people are needed to staff Science Olympia...
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14870
Re: Torrey Pines Open Tournament (2/5/2011)
Rancho Bernardo will probably send 2-3 teams with at least two buzzer sets.
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: TWAIN XI at UCLA, October 2, 2010
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3381
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: TWAIN XI at UCLA, October 2, 2010
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3381
Re: Announcement: TWAIN XI at UCLA, October 2, 2010
RB intends to compete (1-2 teams & 2 buzzers)
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UPDATED DATE: UCSD TNT (Triton Novice Tournament) (10/16/10)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1851
Re: UPDATED DATE: UCSD JV Tournament (10/16/10)
Erroneous post. Sorry.
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: West Coast Invitational 2011
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5550
Re: West Coast Invitational 2011
RB will probably attend, and we will be able to contribute at least two buzzer sets and possibly a moderator.
And why do it with clocks?
And why do it with clocks?
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California '09-'10
- Replies: 82
- Views: 18077
Re: Southern California '09-'10
I assume it's logistically impossible for some schools to hold a tournament. Logistically impossible or bureaucratically impossible. I've talked to RB's admin folks about hosting, and they've said that they will consent only if it will help us qualify for a national tournament. Since the host schoo...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10995
Re: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
How's the waitlist?
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Caltech Spring Tournament
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1240
Re: Caltech Spring Tournament
RB's in--see the email I sent you, Alan.
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10995
Re: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
RB will definitely bring two teams.
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10995
Re: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
There's a good chance that RB will drop to one team (a lot of our quizbowlers seem to have stuff going on that weekend), so you'll probably get in.friendlyNemisis wrote:Im guessing Arcadia rounds out the permenant feild. BUt is there still a chance that us waitlisters could get in???
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: West Coast Invitational: March 27-28
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5944
Re: West Coast Invitational: March 27-28
RB is (very) tentatively in.
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10995
Re: NAQT Southern California Championship at UCLA April 3, 2010
RB will bring two teams (or possibly just one). We will also bring a buzzer set.