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by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Studying Chemistry
Replies: 3
Views: 336

Re: Studying Chemistry

The AP curriculum is probably good to serve as a base for your studies (I assume that IB should be fine too?) - I would consider looking at stuff from ~2012 ish even because there were more topics on the exam back then I would also just recommend looking at a bunch of quizbowl questions because it h...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: CO Trash 2024 (Sunday, July 28th at Northwestern)
Replies: 6
Views: 4631

Re: CO Trash 2024 (Late summer, Chicago? area)

messed up that american comics gets such a heavy distro as opposed to the comics ppl actually read lul
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:54 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)
Replies: 7
Views: 3884

Re: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)

Auks Ran Ova wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:51 pm Image

is this real
It's real! We're featuring the $1 Vodka Raspberry Lemonade the entre month of June!
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Replies: 30
Views: 4102

Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals

if Paul's basement was such a good location why hasn't ACF been getting bids for it so far?
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 7061

Re: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion

The detailed stats provided a few insights: The overall %s for other history was a bit deceiving, as it seemed that bonuses are more traditional "other" history topics like Rome had pretty good conversion (contrast praetor as a medium part with 63% conversion with the Shang dynasty medium...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 7061

Re: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion

Fun regs, apologies if comments are more nitpicky than laudatory Tholins bonus part would have been nice to be slightly more clear that it was sort of a broad calss of compounds (apologies if I just completely missed that) champion's portion seemed like a good idea for a bonus part - maybe just me b...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 Chicago Open Date Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 1212

Re: 2024 Chicago Open Date Poll

ask Chris, he's the TD
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: NAQT Records
Replies: 5
Views: 1078

Re: NAQT Records

Can you explain this? https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-tournament-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/individuals.jsp?tournament_id=15054#21337 Posting two links isn't very helpful without actually elaborating w...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: 2024 Carper Award community discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 6981

Re: 2024 Carper Award community discussion

quizbowlchamp1 wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:22 pm The main reason I put him in was
a.) he works for ACF and
b.) he was instrumental in writing the 2011 NSC
Hey buddy, Guy did subject editing for I believe two ACF sets well over a decade ago and NSC is a high school tournament :)

I appreciate the enthusiasm though
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: MSNCT: Let's Get Shredded
Replies: 3
Views: 1098

Re: MSNCT: Let's Get Shredded

I'd probably say that jeopardy is lower yield than most of the other things you're doing. Could also read full packets from archives if you want to balance distribution of what you're reading/using as reference to study. Podcasts are still available although nothing at the middle school level after ...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 853

Re: 2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion

Had fun with this set - apologies if any of this comes off as too harsh 1 tossup on c-sections was delightful cute theme to this thailand tu maybe prompt on "photoreceptor protein(s)" before mention in the giveaway? (skill issue on my part heh) bonus part on p2y12 seems really brutal! I'm ...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: improving quickly at higher difficulties (NAQT)
Replies: 2
Views: 593

Re: improving quickly at higher difficulties (NAQT)

There isn't really a specific method that is different with regards to studying for harder difficulties beyond base what you study on "harder" content. In general listening to previous HSNCT podcasts is definitely a good way to guide what you want to know - there's usually a decent step up...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Generalist
Replies: 6
Views: 1908

Re: Generalist

I've never placed at middle school nationals (by virtue of never playing it) but I'm also not a complete chump and I'd like to think sometimes my advice can occasionally be useful. You first gotta ask yourself "how good do I actually want to be?" - I think you'll find that you'll somewhat ...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Quiz Bowl Tips
Replies: 3
Views: 1243

Re: Quiz Bowl Tips

when you buzz in, make sure to say the right answer instead of the wrong answer. If you're going to buzz in with the wrong answer, consider not doing so

I hope this was insightful for you
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:21 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Clock Stalling at Nationals
Replies: 6
Views: 3320

Re: Clock Stalling at Nationals

Hey bestie just because nobody’s posting doesn’t mean there need to be constant posts ^__^
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: A new quiz bowl trainer
Replies: 4
Views: 1556

Re: A new quiz bowl trainer

Would you like to provide actual specific issues you have that would allow people to provide constructive advice? There appear to be many people who have successfully "studied efficiently" using some of these resources, so I don't want to be the guy to say "skill issue" but it wo...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: The QBC Packet [read]
Replies: 2
Views: 2846

Re: The QBC Packet [read]

you post a lot of suggestinos for things that use other ppl's work and not ur own :P
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:46 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Is there a ceiling of usefullness of Anki?
Replies: 2
Views: 3567

Re: Is there a ceiling of usefullness of Anki?

after a certain amount of memory it doesn't start syncing very well between devices
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:35 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: On Buzzer Techniques
Replies: 7
Views: 3517

Re: On Buzzer Techniques

It is important to keep the cord linking your buzzer to the central hub as straight as possible. This minimizes the distance the electrons have to travel, while also reducing their need to decelerate and change directions along tricky curved segments. I also recommend making sure the buzzer is plug...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 4462

Re: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion

that's rough innit
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Commissioning a Set
Replies: 4
Views: 4168

Re: Commissioning a Set

someone should write a japanese graphic novels set but without a bunch of lolicon jokes
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Trophies vs Plaques
Replies: 11
Views: 5541

Re: Trophies vs Plaques

I sadly have not had success (or tried) to use trophies to leverage for funding (partially because it sucks) but after 2013 nats we had a horrible time getting that fucking thing into the airplane and back and it was nice for a while but oh my god they are horrible to store and move between teams an...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: On Buzzer Techniques
Replies: 7
Views: 3517

Re: On Buzzer Techniques

There's really not more to it than priming a bit. When playing middle school level questions it might be a bit more important for speed but Josh's general advice about just learning more at the end of the day is probably the most imporatnt thing as it means you'll have an idea of what the question's...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: How can I approve quickly in the shortest amount of time.
Replies: 6
Views: 3564

Re: How can I approve quickly in the shortest amount of time.

if you specifically want to improve for quizbowl without maybe, pursuing any intellectual interest beyond that, the fastest way to study is probably to specifically look up answerlines on a question database such as qbreader and just take a lot of notes on what clues come up frequently, maybe with f...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: How Much to Card
Replies: 3
Views: 3259

Re: How Much to Card

No individual person's learning works this way or just has fixed guidelines where someone is going to be able to tell you a magical number of hours that's going to make things work for you. As a general principle flashcarding shouldn't be your main form of study with regards to learning new informat...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 41
Views: 19530

Re: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks

don't wanna assume anything but this set's chem felt extremely "not edited" (not very edited claisen tu that seemed to have issues, enolate tu, and allyl that clued claisen very early) kind of was frustrating as 3/12 !!! of the chem tus that was played were on extraordinarily related topic...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 7885

Re: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion

Lattices - would have loved a directed prompt on “spheres.” Also heard others complain about being too crystallographic rather than mathematical, but not sure how easy it is from that perspective the crystallographic restriction theorem is probably one of the easiest clues in that tossup (not sure ...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Consistency
Replies: 2
Views: 2935

Re: Consistency

Learn more science? Gotta give a little more context than this
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: QB classification test?
Replies: 9
Views: 5444

Re: QB classification test?

what?
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: So You Want To Write A Tournament
Replies: 10
Views: 7483

Re: So You Want To Write A Tournament

Thank you so much Eric! I found this guide very helpful and I’m sure many others did. Do you know if there is a specific guide somewhere on how to write better toss-ups specifically? Thanks There are some subsections present here - otherwise generally try to be conscientious about construction (pla...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: IQBT Undergraduate Championship Open - 7/29 & 7/30 - Online
Replies: 1
Views: 3922

Re: IQBT Undergraduate Championship Open - 7/29 & 7/30 - Online

Has there uh, been any consideration of splitting this to two separate weekends?
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Mon May 22, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Replies: 22
Views: 12493

Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll

Eligible player billy busse is under ranked 😤
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue May 16, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Replies: 22
Views: 12493

Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll

Adventure Temple Trail wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 4:49 pm
DavidB256 wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 10:46 am Belvedere Torso at ICT off of painting knowledge.
As I recall the Cambyses thing was a second line and he 10d this but yeah he good
I'm like 95% sure he buzzed in power on this tossup
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue May 09, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
Replies: 15
Views: 9031

Re: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever

this has occasionally been a cute point of discussion but imo it's not that fun to discuss people who peaked in hs since it often involves a lot of unhealthy study habits in people who are maybe even less well equipped for some testy situations than college aged players (who often also aren't great!)
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT
Replies: 25
Views: 24006

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT

here's an actual objective ranking with a methodology i refuse to release as it could be too powerful
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:35 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13
Replies: 6
Views: 3959

Re: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13

out of curiosity is there any possibility of this being held on "not msnct weekend"
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 14529

Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion

The Other Academic: I was pretty excited to play the OAc in this set, and I do feel like a major chance was missed with it. To me, this is a category that exists to contain all the important connections between categories - history of science, weird unclassifiable "general thought," the f...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BHSU Online Mirror (4/15/2023)
Replies: 3
Views: 4778

Re: BHSU Online Mirror (4/15/2023)

Congratulations to Hutto Hippos for clearing the field after winning junior nationals earlier this month! Remember to join the private discussion forum to provide any feedback! Stats are available at this link
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BHSU at Yale (04/08/2023)
Replies: 2
Views: 3598

Re: BHSU at Yale (04/08/2023)

Thanks to everyone who played the set! I hope you had a good time. Remember that we have a private discussion forum setup and would love everybody's feedback, even if it was limited to how much you hated the set!
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Is science cardable?
Replies: 6
Views: 4455

Re: Is science cardable?

Literally all of them lol just can’t approach them purely as binaries. Cloze deletion is somewhat popular - the previous existing carding resources (old Max Schindler thread, whatever how to card article Kevin’s been writing). Important to remember that cards should not be one’s only resource but ra...
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Power QB: Audio Tossup Reader
Replies: 8
Views: 5432

Re: Power QB: Audio Tossup Reader

yeah can I Get this with the AI joe biden voice for the other gamers out there
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Announcement: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” (2023)
Replies: 5
Views: 4455

Re: Announcement: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” (2023)

I've been waiting for this to exist since Ophir seemingly joking mentioned to me the concept like 5 years ago
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anybody got strategies for tilting your opponents
Replies: 13
Views: 6236

Re: Anybody got strategies for tilting your opponents

Dominator wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:39 pm Standing.

It's so effective that the IHSA banned it.
ah yes, the patented strat of charles dees
by Good Goblin Housekeeping
Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Thank Yous and Acknowledgements
Replies: 5
Views: 1710

Re: 2023 BHSU: Thank Yous and Acknowledgements

I wrote a bit for this set, mostly in other ac, mostly aiming to have things that people would know about or that I thought would be generally enjoyable while also trying to make sure there would be clues people were likely buzzing on from “general interest” or “quizbowl adjacent content”. I hope pe...