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- Mon May 20, 2019 9:47 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 33706
Re: Player Poll 2019
I like the subject polls, and I think they will be a little better/more accurate next year. The player poll would be horrible if there was no poll from the previous year to modify, and now that we have "base polls" for all the other categories, these should improve too. I look forward to a year of h...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:11 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 33706
Re: Player Poll 2019
Some comments on players I've seen this year: I don't know much about the science landscape, but the unheralded Rohan Narayan from Delaware impressed me a lot at PIANO. He had 4 science powers, a bunch of solid 10s, plenty of 30s on bonuses, all while playing next to Eric Wolfsberg, who has non-triv...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 105
- Views: 52736
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
What is the planned time for the lunch break? Last year I think "lunch" was at 2:30 or 3pm? If it will be at the same time, I think it should be announced so we can pack actual meals to eat between rounds instead of just snacks.
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9927
Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Will there be side events (such as Guerrilla History, Eyes that Do Not See) at this tournament? I see people referencing "Guerrilla History at JHU", but I haven't seen anyone from Hopkins confirm this is happening.
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 105
- Views: 52736
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Are people generally satisfied with the results of the strength of schedule formula? I was surprised that the Swarthmore site teams had a lower SoS than other top teams, considering the depth at the top of the field. I haven't paid attention to the years of discourse about these things, so maybe I d...
- Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5168
Re: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats
You might want to make sure all the spreadsheets are view-only. I think I changed (and unchanged) something while trying to ctrl + f.
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:02 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29554
Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
I put together a rough tier list of generalists and specialists, since I find it very hard to decide between the two groups when making my ballot. In general, I tried to avoid overlap as much as possible, except where it was unavoidable or instructive to prove a point (i.e. Kai/Alston/Jaimie have a...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Midseason poll
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9954
Re: Midseason poll
Did anyone record the log of the discussion? (and could send it to me) I tried to catch it on my computer during our practice but I lost connection.
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion
- Replies: 62
- Views: 17205
Re: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion
I 100% endorse Alex's post above. We've gone through a similar alliance-forming process in Louisiana over the last 6 years. In 2012, there were two (legitimate) NAQT tournaments in the state. This year there were 18. When I first graduated high school, I was super ambitious and thought we could just...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7375
Re: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck
Team Formation spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KnYTFBXfTuq84SG6nZ1-5qsCdufldIC2xgcDpTUovH4/edit#gid=0 Caleb Kendrick (and Itamar) and I need two one more player s . We'd like to write a quality packet for the first deadline on May 13th. We don't plan on doing well, so no...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:23 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CMST: General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6324
Re: CMST: General Discussion
I had a lot of fun playing this set. Thanks to everyone for writing it.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:19 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 11381
Re: CMST: Specific question discussion
Here are a few issues I encountered that probably aren't a huge deal. For the volva tossup, I buzzed in with "female giant" when the clues were describing Hyndla. In the books in which I've read the story, she's just referred to as a giantess (even though I see now wikipedia just says volva). I feel...
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7428
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
Our team (Aaron, Rein, me) has an open spot after our fourth player dropped. Contact one of us if interested. Playing shorthanded isn't fun.
Edit: Seth Ebner has joined us.
Edit: Seth Ebner has joined us.
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:29 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 30461
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
I do a lot of these things at tournaments, even though I hate when other people do them, and I usually feel guilty afterwards when I'm not in locked-in-tournament-mode anymore. In my experience a lot of players in the "very competitive" category do this, and we should all be less obnoxious in genera...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II & Delta Burke @ VCU (02/17/2018; Richmond, VA)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8643
Re: WAO II & Delta Burke @ VCU (02/17/2018; Richmond, VA)
Can we get a field update, or any sort of confirmation that this tournament is actually happening? Did anyone sign up this time?
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7428
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
There are currently 3 teams registered in the OP and two formed on the spreadsheet. Does that mean there are currently 5 teams planning to play this tournament? (I don't know who UMBC is) Also, Virginia is not able to play this as a full team, so I (and probably Vasa?) are looking to join an open te...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8810
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
* These sentiments are those of a sophomore with limited college reg-level exposure. I thought overall the tossups of this set were more difficult than last year's. One packet that included Charles Bukowski as an answerline stuck out to me as a particular difficult round (4 tossups went dead). In t...
- Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SMT Open Online Test Mirror (2/24)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 12798
Re: SMT Open Skype Test Mirror (2/24)
Will Alston made this post after EFT: Have a variety of skill levels at your playtest mirrors, and ask some teams to break up if you need to achieve this. This year we didn't have a good ability to test for things that were too hard because every team in the field was scoring above 20 PPB. Will ther...
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13754
Re: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
mozzarella wrote:Hey, UVA, can you let me know the mirror date ASAP since AU club funds are weird this year
The UVA mirror is 10/14. Thread is here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =8&t=20235
- Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 2017-2018
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4977
Re: Louisiana 2017-2018
Just to be sure, the format for this tournament was 4 games and then a single-elimination playoff?sgoebel wrote:Full results for the Tal Atkins Memorial Quiz Bowl tournament are available here. Coppell placed 1st, C.E Byrd A placed 2nd, West Monroe A placed 3rd, and Dutchtown A placed 4th.
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16691
Re: Preseason Poll
Here is the postseason poll. It would probably be useful for people to post about who is leaving, joining, etc. 1. Michigan A 2. Maryland 3. Yale 4. Stanford 5. Chicago A 6. Columbia 7. Northwestern 8. Penn 9. Berkeley A 10. Oxford A 11. Minnesota 12. Ohio State 13. Chicago B 14. WUSTL 15. McGill 16...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 5:52 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: What tournaments are "must-attend" events, and why?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8986
Re: What tournaments are "must-attend" events, and why?
I think your best option for something exciting will be a southern EFT mirror. There should be a mirror within a few hours drive, and there will probably be a mix of teams at an appropriate skill level (you won't have to worry about getting beaten down by really good college teams all day), assuming...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Case for Short Questions
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11333
Re: The Case for Short Questions
I wonder if there's a specialist vs. generalist element to the debate as well. I don't mind long questions on the categories I play, but it's pretty miserable to sit through 12+ really long questions that I have no intention of buzzing on. If you can buzz in almost every subject, then you might not ...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 20575
Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Will ties for the playoff spots be broken by PPG?
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 (T)TIaC: Literature
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2918
Re: Literature
Do you have a rough breakdown of the number of answer lines by country of origin? I only heard 8.5 packets, so I don't want to criticize, but I can only think of 3 pure US lit tossup answer lines I heard. I was frustrated by one round that I recall having 3 100% British answer lines. I like the idea...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin XXIX @ Louisiana Tech 4/8/17 (open)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1274
Terrapin XXIX @ Louisiana Tech 4/8/17 (open)
This is an announcement for Louisiana Tech's mirror of Terrapin on 4/8/17. More information about the set can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18768 This is an open tournament. Any person who has not heard the set can play. This tournament will take place in a buil...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:15 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
- Replies: 58
- Views: 42013
Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
At SCT this weekend, Oklahoma lost to Rice in Round 1.
Oklahoma won out to finish 8-1. Rice lost out to finish 1-8.
Oklahoma won out to finish 8-1. Rice lost out to finish 1-8.
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:35 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
- Replies: 58
- Views: 42013
Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Nope. LA/TX mirror is a work in progressCPiGuy wrote:I *think* Terrapin is clear now?Ike wrote:I'll PM you with specifics. I would post the specific instances of this story here, but the set is not clear -- so I'll definitely do that once Terrapin is clear.
Ike
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 Louisiana State University SpoOoOoktacular
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2084
Re: 2016 Louisiana State University SpoOoOoktacular
A schedule of Louisiana tournament dates can be found here: http://www.louisianaquizbowl.org/schedule/brookealicelowe wrote:I am new to forming a team in Louisiana. Is there a place where I can sign up to learn of the tournament dates?
Thanks,
Brooke Lowe
Stanley High School
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Louisiana Team
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1356
Re: New Louisiana Team
Middle school teams can compete at high school tournaments. There are high school tournaments every few weeks throughout the state. A list of high school tournaments and their dates can be found here: http://www.louisianaquizbowl.org/schedule/ There aren't really middle school tournaments (or teams)...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2066
Re: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
We played a 10 team round robin. LSU A defeated Tulane in the first game of an advantaged final. Note that LSU A defeated LSU B in a coin flip after they were both pulled over on the way to the tournament and chose to coin flip their match against each other instead of delay the tournament significa...
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2066
Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
Louisiana Tech will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice set 158C or 161AC (the easier one) on Saturday, September 24, 2016 on our campus in Ruston, LA. The tournament will begin at 9:30 AM in Davison Hall, with registration running from 9 AM to 9:25 AM. The tournament should be concluded...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll 2016-2017
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13360
Re: Preseason Poll 2016-2017
We'll ride last year's solid athletics momentum and proclaim LA Tech to be the Conference USA favorite
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5373
Re: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)
Any update on this?
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:29 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Studying math theory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5399
Re: Studying math theory
I just ran across this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZzHxk_TPOStgPtqRZ6KzmkUQBQ8TSWVX It's an introduction to a huge portion of the theoretical math canon. I only watched one video, but based on the one I saw, watching the whole thing looks like it would be an awesome way...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Studying math theory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5399
Re: Studying math theory
A starting point is to look at all the fundamental undergraduate math courses after calculus (linear algebra, abstract algebra, discrete math/graph theory, real analysis, point-set topology, probability/stats, and a few others), and learn (and understand) the basic definitions from each chapter in (...
- Sat May 07, 2016 11:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7952
Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion
The only thing I want to complain about is the "Gods of Flooding of the Nile" question. I haven't seen the full question text but I'll explain how it played out. First clue: some god of this phenomenon that I don't know... so we're probably looking for some sort of domain that someone can be a god o...
- Wed May 04, 2016 12:10 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9563
Re: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16
The Louisiana Tech team appears to have transitioned into a team of Nick Collins + Caleb Kendrick + Victor Prieto* + potential future teammate
*edited to add
*edited to add
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MLK: Specific Questions
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5055
Re: Specific Questions
2 things about the derivative question: At the risk of looking like an idiot, it claims the derivative of sqrt(x) is 1/sqrt(x), which is wrong. I also think that question has a huge difficulty cliff from exterior derivative to Rolle's theorem. I might have a huge gap in my knowledge, but that questi...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16402
Re: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
That's an absolutely stupid policy. Asking people in the South to travel hundreds of miles or play on Skype instead of letting somebody host a mirror can't possibly be based on anything other than complete indifference to the concerns of an entire region of the country. Why would you assess the pot...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT state championships 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3775
Re: NAQT state championships 2016
Just noticed that there will be an NAQT State Championship in both Arkansas and Mississippi this year. Cool. (And not Louisiana as of now - not cool.)
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 10603
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
I think the issue can be fixed simply by adding a few words to the second sentence that include the word "metric." That would stop people from saying metric (which is a better wrong answer than norm) and hopefully guide them to the right answer. Maybe something like "The Euclidean function of this k...
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 10603
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
There was a math bonus where the answer was "distance." Should "norm" have been acceptable? The other math people there agreed with me that it should have, but I never got to reread the full question. I recall it saying "the Euclidean this ...", which is begging for someone to say norm.
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10702
Re: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)
Unofficial tournament results: Billy Beyer/Kevin Marshall led after 10 rounds at 9-1 ULL + Dargan Ware was at 8-2 Tulane 7-3 LA Tech 6-4 The tournament was called because it was after 7 and I think Tulane didn't want to stay any longer. Mr. Sundberg plans to force Billy and Kevin into a Skype final ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall at Rice (11-7-15)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3841
Re: ACF Fall at Rice (11-7-15)
luigibeatsmario wrote:Final Stats
These are just the lunch stats again.
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11714
Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
I didn't notice this live, but apparently the Parmagianino bonus gives the alternate answer with St. Jerome in it (needs a "do not read" warning), then gives the title for Vision of St. Jerome in the second part, then asks for Jerome for the third part, by describing Vision of St. Jerome.
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11714
Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
The Culhwch and Olwen bonus says both "this story" and "this man". I said Culhwch and was thankfully prompted, but that could cause trouble somewhere.
- Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Novice @ Louisiana Tech (10/03/15)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2105
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Novice @ Louisiana Tech (10/03/15)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2105
Re: VCU Novice @ Louisiana Tech (10/03/15)
Congratulations to Tulane A for winning Louisiana Tech's VCU Novice mirror! Tulane A went 9-1, followed by Louisiana Tech B at 7-3, clearing the field in a double round robin. Tech C's Jeb Houston was the top individual scorer with 61.0 PPG, followed by Tech A's Alex Gras with 60.50 PPG. Thanks to e...
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open - Fall 2015 (Regular difficulty)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18324
Re: Missouri Open - Fall 2015
Any update on a southern mirror?