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by sbraunfeld
Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
Replies: 13
Views: 5327

Re: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)

The complexities of international payments have been worked out, so I'd like to hold a mirror of SCREEN TEST , a visual film side event, after this tournament. The mirror fee is $13. If you or your teammates are interested, please send me an email. We got through 4 rounds of SCREEN TEST before peop...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
Replies: 13
Views: 5327

Re: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)

The complexities of international payments have been worked out, so I'd like to hold a mirror of SCREEN TEST, a visual film side event, after this tournament. The mirror fee is $13. If you or your teammates are interested, please send me an email.
by sbraunfeld
Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rutgers University (01/25/2020)
Replies: 4
Views: 2663

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rutgers University (01/25/2020)

I'd like to hold a mirror of SCREEN TEST , a visual film side event, after this tournament. The mirror fee is $13. If you or your teammates are interested, please send me an email. Due to difficulties with international payments, I don't think this is happening. I may still try to host it at a late...
by sbraunfeld
Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rutgers University (01/25/2020)
Replies: 4
Views: 2663

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rutgers University (01/25/2020)

I'd like to hold a mirror of SCREEN TEST, a visual film side event, after this tournament. The mirror fee is $13. If you or your teammates are interested, please send me an email.
by sbraunfeld
Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 60
Views: 6387

Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata

Some scattered comments. Packet 2 Language- The first two clues should either be tightened up or replaced. The Kripke quote is not about the private language argument but the rule-following argument, so "rule following" and "meaning" are probably both better answers at this point...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
Replies: 26
Views: 3626

Re: General Discussion Thread

I found the philosophy to be the highlight of the tournament, and wanted to thank its editors. This was likely largely due to the amount of analytic content, but I also found the non-analytic content more interesting than usual. I do not intend this as any sort of comment on the philosophy's difficu...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mons Mathstrosity: A Packet of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing
Replies: 5
Views: 5591

Re: Mons Mathstrosity: A Packet of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing

Thanks for playing. Packet is attached and scores are below.

Conor: 0/2/2 10
Daniel: 1/5/1 60
Leo: 0/2/3 5
Tim: 1/4/2 45
Finn: 1/2/1 30
Pinyan: 0/1/0 10
by sbraunfeld
Wed May 29, 2019 11:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mons Mathstrosity: A Packet of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing
Replies: 5
Views: 5591

Mons Mathstrosity: A Packet of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing

I have a packet of math questions originally meant for Mons Mathstrosity II, roughly following the distribution announced for that tournament. It is quite hard. I plan to read it in #packet in the discord some night next week before Friday. If you have time constraints, feel free to pm me. I'll prob...
by sbraunfeld
Tue May 21, 2019 10:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
Replies: 29
Views: 12666

Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]

I’d written most of a packet for this. Since I think the questions are well above the intended difficulty of the tournament anyway, I will probably finish it and read it on the discord in the near future. The distribution of the packet will differ slightly from the posted distribution. Could we per...
by sbraunfeld
Mon May 20, 2019 11:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
Replies: 29
Views: 12666

Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]

I’d written most of a packet for this. Since I think the questions are well above the intended difficulty of the tournament anyway, I will probably finish it and read it on the discord in the near future. The distribution of the packet will differ slightly from the posted distribution.
by sbraunfeld
Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin @ UMD (3/2/2019)
Replies: 9
Views: 5168

Re: Terrapin @ UMD (3/2/2019)

I'm considering running a mirror of SHAWARMA II after this tournament. I realize there is a lot of overlap with the NYU site, so I want to make sure there will be enough interest. PM me if you (or someone else on your team) wants to play, and I'll make another announcement by Friday. This is happen...
by sbraunfeld
Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin @ UMD (3/2/2019)
Replies: 9
Views: 5168

Re: Terrapin @ UMD (3/2/2019)

I'm considering running a mirror of SHAWARMA II after this tournament. I realize there is a lot of overlap with the NYU site, so I want to make sure there will be enough interest. PM me if you (or someone else on your team) wants to play, and I'll make another announcement by Friday.
by sbraunfeld
Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

Some scattered comments arranged by packet. 1 aurora and moonquakes are both easy 2 General relativity: Describing the FLRW metric as central to this theory seems misleading. The entire theory was developed without it; it's one of many solutions and just so happens to be the one that we think models...
by sbraunfeld
Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Online Mirror
Replies: 27
Views: 10903

Re: NASAT Online Mirror

I would be interested.
by sbraunfeld
Thu May 03, 2018 12:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

Like Finn, I also thought that "unit" was the middle part. Initially, I thought about taking that out and using Pell's as the middle part and adding something from algebraic number theory, but then I decided that would have led to an absolutely (and unnecessarily) brutal question where on...
by sbraunfeld
Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

I edited the math submissions and wrote the following questions: TUs on the core, sigma algebra, and Grothendieck. I had one other tossup that I don’t think has been posted yet, but has possibly been spoiled for next year and might get posted. I’ll talk about that one if Andrew clears it, since I t...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

Could the epsilon-delta tossup be posted?
by sbraunfeld
Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
Replies: 29
Views: 12666

Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]

A few comments and questions about the distribution. Questions: Is statistics part of applied math? How broad is "other"? Might it include trash? philosophy? Will packets intentionally include questions of significantly varying difficulty? In particular, should packet writers attempt to in...
by sbraunfeld
Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 4034

Re: PB 2017: General Discussion

I quite liked (what little of) the math I heard. Thanks Samir.
by sbraunfeld
Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 10395

Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion

I think the question on meta-ethics played poorly. I can't imagine someone buzzing early -- say, on the Mackie clue -- and producing "meta-ethics" without at least first being prompted. I'll note I did exactly this, buzzing in with "ethics" on "argument from queerness"...
by sbraunfeld
Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 22081

Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion

The first of these is the tossup on control systems theory. I understand that this is a Reified Thing and have heard of it discussed as such by knowledgeable people, but the issue is that it is (to my understanding) multidisciplinary and incorporates a lot of techniques that can be used elsewhere. ...
by sbraunfeld
Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
Replies: 23
Views: 11445

Re: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18

alexdz wrote:Is BUMPY confirmed?
I guess so. I have the set, so assuming a projector and some interested people, neither of which seemed problematic, I don't see why it wouldn't happen.
by sbraunfeld
Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
Replies: 23
Views: 11445

Re: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18

I like movies. Would other people be interested in playing BUMPY ? It sounds like there's enough interest in this, so I've contacted the writer. A few logistical points: 1. Is Princeton fine with this being mirrored? 2. Will we have access to a room with a projector? 3. Do the room reservations go ...
by sbraunfeld
Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
Replies: 23
Views: 11445

Re: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18

I like movies. Would other people be interested in playing BUMPY?
by sbraunfeld
Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Math Monstrosity - General Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 10696

Re: Math Monstrosity - General Discussion

I was discussing a potential sequel with Conor at Fall this past weekend. I'm probably going to try my hand at writing it, though work on it probably won't start until I'm done applying to grad school. Also consider this post an open call for writers, I'll need all the help I can get. No LaTeX nece...
by sbraunfeld
Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (09/23/17)
Replies: 13
Views: 8402

Re: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (09/23/17)

It seems however that the stats for each team have one game repeated twice, so instead of playing 11 games, everyone played 12. Thanks. This has been fixed. Also, are the half packet games considered a full game for ppg? They are considered a half game for individual ppg, but a full game for the te...
by sbraunfeld
Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (09/23/17)
Replies: 13
Views: 8402

Re: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (09/23/17)

Stats are here. Thanks for coming out.
by sbraunfeld
Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Math Monstrosity - General Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 10696

Re: Math Monstrosity - General Discussion

I'll add my voice to the chorus supporting Jake's post, and repeat the part about this set being a lot of fun to play.
by sbraunfeld
Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Spring @ Rutgers (4/15/17)
Replies: 15
Views: 9413

Re: Scarlet Knight Spring @ Rutgers (4/15/17)

It was a great tournament, but for the prelim stats, why are only 4 games showing for the teams in the Marine Le Pen division and the individual stats? http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4281/stats/prelims/ One player on Bard B was from Queens branch of the Bard High School Early Colleges. By...
by sbraunfeld
Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Spring @ Rutgers (4/15/17)
Replies: 15
Views: 9413

Re: Scarlet Knight Spring @ Rutgers (4/15/17)

Stats are up. Thanks to everyone for coming out.
by sbraunfeld
Sat Jan 28, 2017 8:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Winter @ Rutgers (1/28/17)
Replies: 5
Views: 4593

Re: Scarlet Knight Winter @ Rutgers (1/28/17)

Stats are up. Thanks to everyone for coming out.
by sbraunfeld
Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Replies: 45
Views: 27432

Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing

Furthermore, I think this fixation on minutiae in Joelle and Sam's post is really unhelpful and I hope people aren't turned off from writing because of that fixation. I only bothered to post about this at your suggestion, and I tried to make sure there was a general point to the post. While my issu...
by sbraunfeld
Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Replies: 45
Views: 27432

Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing

The bottom line is, quizbowl is different from class and ordinary English, and coming up with the appropriate pronoun is a great illustration of this. The best thing to do is to approach it on a case by case basis - if you think scenario isn't a great pronoun for "halting problem", it may...
by sbraunfeld
Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Replies: 45
Views: 27432

Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing

I don't know who you are Raj aside from being that one guy who decided to attack the hard work of people who wrote computer science without thanking them a while back in that one thread. I would like to mention that pointing out that errors and ambiguities in questions, particularly in the quite le...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Replies: 45
Views: 27432

Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing

By the way, for an example of a non-science discussion unmarred by irrelevant personal attacks following a post actually about exactitude in clues, see here. (Note: I am not necessarily endorsing the methods suggested here.)
by sbraunfeld
Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Replies: 45
Views: 27432

Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing

People seem to have missed the fact that, despite the title of this thread, the content of the initial post is not "You must read every journal article to check for potential ambiguities in clues, and if you find any, the way to correct your clue is with the following construction: 'It's not , ...
by sbraunfeld
Fri Nov 25, 2016 8:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 7512

Re: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion

The math in this set, while not flawless, was refreshingly good. Both tossups I heard had important early clues that have virtually never come up, namely Marcinkiewicz interpolation (never come up) and Sobolev spaces (come up once). More impressively, every bonus part, with one exception that I don'...
by sbraunfeld
Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (10/29/16)
Replies: 9
Views: 5806

Re: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers (10/29/16)

Stats are up. Thanks to everyone for coming out.
by sbraunfeld
Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19438

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

There's a difference between a caveat and inaccuracy, though I admit it is a bit subjective. A caveat fundamentally should not change the meaning of a clue—you are omitting an assumption in the interest of space. Because the berm is defined in terms of the mechanical energy of waves (though often n...
by sbraunfeld
Wed Oct 26, 2016 2:18 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19438

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

I agree that the Ursell's clue is less suggestive / harder than the blowholes clue, and I've swapped them out already. But I really can't understand the substance of the pneumatic clue - it makes sense to talk about the pneumatic behavior of waves, and in fact it's not such an uncommon term - my te...
by sbraunfeld
Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19438

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

I don't see how shorelines is at any point acceptable. Especially on the berms clue. Can someone post it please? While I really have no interest in defending this tossup, I will point out that it's a contradiction to suggest "this tossup was so transparent to everybody" and then to immedi...
by sbraunfeld
Mon Aug 08, 2016 1:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II Discussion
Replies: 0
Views: 1788

CLEAR II Discussion

The set has been submitted to the archive. Jeremy Hixson wrote all the packets except for Analytic Philosophy, which was written by me. Jeremy's participation in this thread is possible, but I don't think terribly likely. Feel free to discuss anyway.
by sbraunfeld
Fri Jul 29, 2016 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

Answers similar to Z-p-infinity and C-p-infinity were acceptable. But how is the moderator supposed to know what "similar" means, e.g. that "p-infinity" is sufficiently similar, but "Z-p" isn't? My moderator, after some consideration, decided to "generously prompt...
by sbraunfeld
Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

I have a some comments on the math questions. Since there will be no future mirrors, I'll try not to harp on details, but discuss issues with non-negligible generalizability. I'll also try to place the issues generalizable to non-math subjects first. First, I heard two math tossups at this tournamen...
by sbraunfeld
Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)
Replies: 18
Views: 12045

Re: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)

Thanks for playing, everyone. Stats are up. The set will be posted once any mirrors at summer Side Event Weekends are completed (or once we are aware there are no such mirrors).
by sbraunfeld
Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)
Replies: 18
Views: 12045

Re: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)

The spreadsheet has been expanded with new fields for Skype names and email addresses.
by sbraunfeld
Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)
Replies: 18
Views: 12045

Re: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)

If at least four teams register for CLEAR II, this will run as planned. Otherwise, I would be inclined to run this in some sort of shootout format, in which case the price would drop to $10 per person. Doubles would also be an option. If you have a format preference, post here or email us.
by sbraunfeld
Fri May 20, 2016 10:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)
Replies: 18
Views: 12045

Re: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)

Charbroil wrote:Are the "Doubtful" packets going to be in the final set?
The biology packet will not be in the set. I tried to contact the person who offered the Chinese history packet, and have not yet heard back, so I think its inclusion is highly unlikely.
by sbraunfeld
Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CLEAR II (and AVOGADRO'S NUMBER) @ Skype (6/18)
Replies: 18
Views: 12045

Re: CLEAR II @ Skype

This is no longer being held at Rutgers on 4/23. It will be held as an online tournament sometime later, quite likely in June.