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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...

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Ike wrote:It's that Maryland failed to make it clear what the open / closed policy is to everyone, which is non-ideal.

It is under the first heading in the Terrapin announcement.

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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 knowledge in a deep...

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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...

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Can you post the bacillus/anthrax/protein folding bonus?

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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 really remember the bonus...

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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...

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Amizda Calyx wrote:"All teams are guaranteed 13 rounds." :/

Yeah...

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Irreligion in Bangladesh wrote:Could you post the tossup on menstruation?

Can you still post this? I think I hesitated on this too because it confused me a bit as well. Thanks!

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Thanks for your enormously helpful input.

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The Superfluous Man wrote:
Amizda Calyx wrote:Is there a reason our packet hasn't been posted :(
Also why is round 1 encrypted still.
My mistake, I'll fix that tonight.

It's fixed on collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com now. Thanks! :)

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I like hard things and liked this set a lot. Thanks for writing and editing it!

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Yeah, I enjoyed this set a lot. Thanks a lot for writing it!

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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.

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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 whenever the word "this"...

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Yeah, you're better off just skipping it.

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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, but it seem...

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Ike wrote: My advice to them is to shower before the tournament because chances are they aren't even doing that.

mandatory psa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xDGXotGIE

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Cheynem wrote:Unless you're Philip Rivers.

He also has 8 kids and plays for the Chargers. So... don't.

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A big thanks to Will et. al for running this. It was great fun.

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When they changed the team names, the first column got alphabetized. So, none of the fees match up.

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I'll be there.

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Practice will be tonight (7/9) instead of Friday.

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im having so much fun here

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Excelsior (smack) wrote:communicate normally on bonuses

between this and "lede-in," it's going to take a while to get used to this newfangled quizbowl lexicon

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Excelsior (smack) wrote:communicate normally on bonuses

between this and "lede-in," it's going to take a while to get used to this newfangled quizbowl lexicon

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The question on Old French mentioned that it was performed by "troubadours," which isn't true. Trouveres wrote poetry in Old French.

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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...

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Final stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ats/final/

Centennial A cleared the field to win. Thanks for coming out!

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Prelim stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

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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 ...

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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.)

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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 large quantities on this territory...

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There is now a discussion forum set up for this set. Go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups to request access.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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UVA cleared the field to win the tournament. Thanks for coming out!

Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... nal_stats/

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I have sent out the set to the 3/14 sites. If there's a problem shoot me an email.

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There is a Bee finals packet.

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Final stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... tats/final

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Lunch stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ats/lunch/

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I'll play if I'm there, which is likely.

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Reminder that the $0 deadline is tonight! I don't plan on extending it again, so get your stuff in.

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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.

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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!

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Can you post the question on "German"? Thanks!

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christino wrote:Is the date of the Yale mirror confirmed yet?

Yale's mirror will be on 4/4. The original date fell during their spring break and they could not find another open spot.

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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...

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That is indeed what it means; I'll edit the original post.

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