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- Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:30 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl and Mental Health
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20787
Re: Quizbowl and Mental Health
My time playing was at several times influenced by various existential stressors (I recall, at one point in the distant past, writing ACF Fall questions from a hospital bed) that made the idea of escapism eminently attractive. In the end, however, the things I ended up valuing and found most importa...
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false names
- Replies: 56
- Views: 20970
Re: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false name
It is under the first heading in the Terrapin announcement.Ike wrote:It's that Maryland failed to make it clear what the open / closed policy is to everyone, which is non-ideal.
- Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:18 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
- Replies: 45
- Views: 22566
Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing
there’s a lot in it that reads like a bunch of sour grapes This is a pretty pathetic way of delegitimizing criticism of a question in any context. "Be a better player" or "learn to buzz like a top-notch scientist" is a not a great riposte to someone who buzzes in with legitimate...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10364
Re: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Can you post the bacillus/anthrax/protein folding bonus? This genus’s amyloliquefaciens species produces the enzyme barnase, which is known for its extremely tight binding with its inhibitor barstar. For 10 points each: [10] Name this genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. Its subtilis specie...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10364
Re: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Can you post the bacillus/anthrax/protein folding bonus?
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 71
- Views: 10364
Re: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
The second "R" in barbiturates is often silent. I pronounced it this way and was given points. Did that not happen everywhere? Andrew Lim pointed out something to me about the question on the Long Telegram saying it was written using the pseudonym "X" or something. I don't reall...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5058
Re: PB 2016: General Discussion
I am upset that I only got to play 9 rounds of this set, because I thought it was good despite being written/edited/compiled at the last moment and filled with grammar issues (although the readers at our site did a great job of mitigating a lot of that). The set was actually the zenith of my Penn Bo...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 31947
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
Yeah...Amizda Calyx wrote:"All teams are guaranteed 13 rounds." :/
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10603
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Can you still post this? I think I hesitated on this too because it confused me a bit as well. Thanks!Irreligion in Bangladesh wrote:Could you post the tossup on menstruation?
- Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3640
Re: 2015 STIMPY: Question-Specific Discussion
Thanks for your enormously helpful input.
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 40991
Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
It's fixed on collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com now. Thanks! :)The Superfluous Man wrote:My mistake, I'll fix that tonight.Amizda Calyx wrote:Is there a reason our packet hasn't been posted :(
Also why is round 1 encrypted still.
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 40991
Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
I like hard things and liked this set a lot. Thanks for writing and editing it!
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 61570
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
Yeah, I enjoyed this set a lot. Thanks a lot for writing it!
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NASAT 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3408
Re: Specific Question Discussion
This problem is endemic to questions that ask you to "name this thing/phenomenon named for another thing," which is in itself a bad quizbowl writing convention that should stop.
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 133
- Views: 62124
Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion
You probably don't have any conversion statistics, but prolactin seemed to me like the hardest answer line in the set. Even with it being in the playoff rounds. Changing "this" to "the" was not a great idea. If you have played quizbowl long enough, you train yourself tune in when...
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Can We Stop Doing This Tossup 0 Thing?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9574
Re: Can We Stop Doing This Tossup 0 Thing?
Yeah, you're better off just skipping it.
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Individual Question Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11983
Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Individual Question Discussion
Were there, like, any unique clues for the "transplant rejection" tossup? This was the most absurdly bad bio question I have ever seen in a tournament, including high school-edited ones and VETO. I don't understand how this got through even the most minimal of editing. I'm no scientist, b...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:20 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear it?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 31882
Re: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear
mandatory psa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xDGXotGIEIke wrote: My advice to them is to shower before the tournament because chances are they aren't even doing that.
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 9:30 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10705
Re: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
He also has 8 kids and plays for the Chargers. So... don't.Cheynem wrote:Unless you're Philip Rivers.
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SHEIKH and VICO Online (August 29th)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12511
Re: SHEIKH and VICO Online (August 29th)
A big thanks to Will et. al for running this. It was great fun.
- Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Samuel L. Bronkowitz presents Chicago Open (07/18-19/15)
- Replies: 117
- Views: 56041
Re: Samuel L. Bronkowitz presents Chicago Open (07/18-19/15)
When they changed the team names, the first column got alphabetized. So, none of the fees match up.
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
- Replies: 95
- Views: 48392
Re: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
I'll be there.
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Maryland Summer Practices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6366
Re: Maryland Summer Practices
Practice will be tonight (7/9) instead of Friday.
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Maryland Summer Practices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6366
Re: Maryland Summer Practices
im having so much fun here
- Wed May 20, 2015 3:53 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Wacky Practice Formats
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13466
Re: Wacky Practice Formats
between this and "lede-in," it's going to take a while to get used to this newfangled quizbowl lexiconExcelsior (smack) wrote:communicate normally on bonuses
- Wed May 20, 2015 3:53 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Wacky Practice Formats
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15461
Re: Wacky Practice Formats
between this and "lede-in," it's going to take a while to get used to this newfangled quizbowl lexiconExcelsior (smack) wrote:communicate normally on bonuses
- Thu May 14, 2015 7:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT 2015 Errata
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3771
Re: Errata
The question on Old French mentioned that it was performed by "troubadours," which isn't true. Trouveres wrote poetry in Old French.
- Sat May 09, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
- Replies: 227
- Views: 96710
Re: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
Rather than rehash any points already made, can I suggest that people try to be a bit more generous to editing crews in general when it comes to making assumptions about how they operate? These are not slackers who barely lift a finger, these are highly dedicated members of the community who put in...
- Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland/DC NAQT State Championship at UMD (4/4/2015)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3151
Re: Maryland/DC NAQT State Championship at UMD (4/4/2015)
Final stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ats/final/
Centennial A cleared the field to win. Thanks for coming out!
Centennial A cleared the field to win. Thanks for coming out!
- Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland/DC NAQT State Championship at UMD (4/4/2015)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3151
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:38 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Burnout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8556
Re: Burnout
This is tangentially related and perhaps self-serving from my recent experience, but I think that it's unwise to have a packet submission tournament in the spring (a la STIMPY, TITs of past times), both for the benefit of the submitting teams and the editors. I would wholeheartedly recommend to the ...
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: General Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1314
Re: General Discussion
You're absolutely right. I think a lot of that stemmed from a desire to make stuff easier in general that went way overboard. (In reference to your second point; I can't say much about the science.)
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3640
Re: Question-Specific Discussion
We caught the issue with the Nunavut question at our site and changed it to "territory" immediately. Sorry about that. Here it is with the text replaced (the original had "province" instead of "territory"): 10. Photosynthetic organisms called hypoliths are found in larg...
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
There is now a discussion forum set up for this set. Go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups to request access.
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: General Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1314
2015 STIMPY: General Discussion
Post any general comments you have about the set here. I don't have much to comment on the set myself, so I'll leave overall judgment to the hoi polloi. I'd like to thank all of the editors for pitching in and sticking with me through the set; I had a great time working with them as they were very c...
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3640
2015 STIMPY: Question-Specific Discussion
Post any question-specific comments you have here. I'd be happy to paste some questions at your request; we do not plan on giving the set out for now, as there are mirrors scheduled for the next month and a half.
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 STIMPY: Errata
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
2015 STIMPY: Errata
Please post any errata you came across in the set here. The set was not copy edited very well, so I'd imagine there's a fair deal. We also plan on re-packetizing at some point because that was apparently an issue.
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY at UMD (3/14)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2148
Re: STIMPY at UMD (3/14)
UVA cleared the field to win the tournament. Thanks for coming out!
Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... nal_stats/
Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... nal_stats/
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
I have sent out the set to the 3/14 sites. If there's a problem shoot me an email.
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed (RESOLVED)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14285
Re: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed
There is a Bee finals packet.
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke at UMD (2/28)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2898
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke at UMD (2/28)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2898
- Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
- Replies: 95
- Views: 48392
Re: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
I'll play if I'm there, which is likely.
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
Reminder that the $0 deadline is tonight! I don't plan on extending it again, so get your stuff in.
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
I've decided to extend the $0 deadline through Feb. 8. I'll update the original post. I was originally only going to extend it through today, but I forgot to post the change and felt it would be unfair.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
I'm bumping this as the $0 deadline has passed and we've only received nine packets. I'd be willing to extend the $0 deadline another week or two if it's convenient for everyone. Thanks!
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12015
Re: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussio
Can you post the question on "German"? Thanks!
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
Yale's mirror will be on 4/4. The original date fell during their spring break and they could not find another open spot.christino wrote:Is the date of the Yale mirror confirmed yet?
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
The Maryland mirror should be on March 14. Dan is in control of mirrors and should have a list of them. Also, I am going to push back the submission deadlines for this tournament an additional 2 weeks. MattJ brought it to my attention that they overlapped significantly with the deadlines for ACF Reg...
- Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28655
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
That is indeed what it means; I'll edit the original post.