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by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/24/2024, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
Replies: 2
Views: 1505

Re: 2024 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/24/2024, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

Field (Current as of 2/1/2024): #: Small School eligible teams Registered: 32 teams (full) Auburn Barrington A Barrington B Barrington C Belvidere Bloomington Buffalo Grove Carbondale Carl Sandburg Champaign Central Fremd A Fremd B Greenville # Hinsdale Central Lincoln-Way East A Lincoln-Way East B ...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/24/2024, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
Replies: 2
Views: 1505

2024 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/24/2024, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

Hello, all! I'm thrilled to announce that the 18th iteration of the NAQT Illinois State Championship will be held on February 24th, 2024 at Centennial High School in Champaign, Illinois. Registration is now open for qualified teams, and will open on February 1st for wild card bids. Coaches may enter...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: We need rules against "wearable" / AR / AI devices in-game
Replies: 5
Views: 3573

Re: We need rules against "wearable" / AR / AI devices in-game

Agreed. I'm optimistic that most rulesets will be pre-emptively OK through appropriately broad rules covering phones and the like, but it behooves people to give it a check now. For Illinois' example, ACF has this covered with B.7 , which is incorporated into the IHSSBCA's rules . Meanwhile, the IHS...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed May 03, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: KICKOFF II (2023-24): Applications for Writers/Editors
Replies: 10
Views: 5031

Re: KICKOFF II (2023-24): Applications for Writers/Editors

FYI - if you have a mirror site with exactly 9 or 10 teams, the best tournament format by far is a simple 9-game round robin + finals. Providing two different seven-packet question sets makes it impossible to fairly run the round robin. That'll hamstring your ability to get mirror sites of those siz...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
Replies: 4
Views: 2477

Re: 2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

In less than a week, our 24-team field has almost filled; I do expect we'll be able to increase the field size, but I can't confirm that just yet. If you'd like to attend and/or staff (preferably and!), please fill out the forms in the original post. EDIT (2/1): We have expanded the field to 30 team...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
Replies: 4
Views: 2477

2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

Hello, all! I'm thrilled to announce that the 17th iteration of the NAQT Illinois State Championship will be held on February 25th, 2023 at Centennial High School in Champaign, Illinois. Registration is now open for qualified teams, and will open on February 1st for wild card bids. Coaches may enter...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:20 pm
Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 9906

Re: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion

Earlybird may or may not happen this year. If we're able to secure the date soon, it will be on October 30. The issue is that we weren't able to register the date until late in the summer and the university also has new requirements regarding events featuring minors. I'll confirm the status of Earl...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Call for Writers - IHSA Math
Replies: 1
Views: 1340

Re: Call for Writers - IHSA Math

I've received a couple responses and will write back later this week (thank you for your patience!), but if you'd still like to get in on this, there's still time. Thanks!
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Call for Writers - IHSA Math
Replies: 1
Views: 1340

Call for Writers - IHSA Math

Noah Prince and I are looking for math writers for the 2021-2022 IHSA State Series. Specifically, we're looking for writers with a fair amount of writing experience who are interested in mastering & improving the art of writing math questions. Some background info, if you're unfamiliar with IHSA...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 6453

Re: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion

A few things to discuss: How verbose should answer lines be and how much moderator discretion should one give? I think you can probably get ~90% of the way to perfect here by using a signal message like "Accept equivalents", throwing it on answer lines where it's OK for moderators to give...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144479

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

Stained Diviner wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:48 am I apologize for nominating an obvious #1 seed this late in the process, but Phish's Run Like an Antelope was on a demo tape released in 1986.
This reminds me - "If I Had $1,000,000" got on a demo tape given away at BNL concerts in 1989.
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9192

Re: Illinois 2020-21

Hello! The IHSSBCA is running Novice and Kickoff online, and we're looking for moderators for the events. The events are tossup-only and run on pairs of Saturday mornings - five rounds of tossups on each date. If you would like to moderate Novice on October 17th and/or October 24th, please fill out ...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Call for Question Set Bids: AQBL
Replies: 5
Views: 2203

Re: Call for Question Set Bids: AQBL

If that is the case, I'd either rewrite and correct errors in-house (or pay a head editor to do it) or relet the bid. Hi! This answer is an operational nightmare. First, existing sets shouldn't be giving tournament hosts the right to edit their questions. (If a team wants to write for just you, tha...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
Replies: 23
Views: 10764

Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE

While the other concerns in this thread will be addressed, I would like to take a moment to emphasize that we are in compliance with all labor laws of the United States. [citation needed] Take your time with addressing these concerns; they're all valid and they are, broadly speaking, echoes of conc...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

When my son started playing quizbowl this year, I was horrified to find that there were teams attending an MS tournament, run by HSers no less, with no adult supervision. As a parent, I cannot let my son continue to play on this circuit, at least in its current form. Every high school in SoCal runn...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

Vikshar, I hear you loud and clear, and when I was your age 12 years ago (and for a plenty long time thereafter) I agreed with pretty much everything you said. The mindset that quizbowl is a grassroots community with no need for bureaucratic red tape like adult supervision and school approval shares...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:51 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

There are countless cases of adults performing misconduct at college tournaments, just as there are countless cases of high schoolers performing misconduct under adult supervision. "Adults in the college quizbowl community" is decidedly not the population from which all high school coache...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:15 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

If the quizbowl community as a whole had matched the kind of effort that they put into "getting schools that don't play quizbowl / that play CHIP bowl or certamen or whatever to play pyramidal quizbowl" and focused it on "addressing pervasive cultural and systemic barriers that disco...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:32 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Replies: 51
Views: 64106

Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community

In particular, a coach would be in a position to take actual actions when harassment takes place. Someone who commits an act of misconduct should be removed from their teams and the community for a period of time, after which they should be allowed to apologize to the people they offended, their tea...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Replies: 51
Views: 64106

Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community

These are good points and they lead me to another suggestion for how to address this issue from the higher education perspective: College quiz bowl clubs: PLEASE get your faculty advisors more involved in the day-to-day activities of your organizations. This is an area in which the community can de...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IAC Summer 2020 Internship Program
Replies: 4
Views: 3624

Re: IAC Summer 2020 Internship Program

Fred and Reinstein handled this in the other forum, but crossposting is good: unpaid internships are a horrible idea. Sorry Arthur & company, but these threads belong in the same place as Bryce Avery's plugs for his paid apps: the Forbidden Zone.
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146919

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I also think that Eric’s post is brave and necessary—it was absolutely the best thing to do in a bad situation. But we should also keep in mind that it was a bad situation that arose from Eric doing the wrong thing, by making the decision to cheat. While I commend Eric for doing the right thing now...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54058

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

300 teams know who's gonna dominate HSNCT and that it's not them; a solid 200+ of them still have "fight for 6-4" as a legitimate aspiration, and I think a lot of the kids in the neighborhood that Dylan's quoting are among those 200 teams. There's nothing for those kids in college nats; t...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54058

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

Many of the best players in the middle of my career (besides me, obviously), were late UGs and early grad students (Matt Jackson, Matt Bollinger, Jordan Brownstein, Jacob Reed, Will Alston, Auroni Gupta at the time). Your proposed UG championship would also be dominated by a few of these figures, a...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020 IHSA
Replies: 5
Views: 2752

Re: 2020 IHSA

Sectionals hosts got an e-mail from the IHSA today limiting attendance to players/coaches/essential personnel, so this does apply to that. At least one Sectional host school has canceled and the IHSA is working on getting a replacement site set up (a la Loyola on Monday).
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020 IHSA
Replies: 5
Views: 2752

2020 IHSA

Regionals tonight; I wish everyone playing a great tournament! Question discussion is not allowed until every Regional has posted all their scores, or until I give an all-clear that I've got scoresheets from all the stragglers. You can always email me any comments at brad.a.fischer@gmail.com. There ...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Alabama 2019-2020 Discussion Thread
Replies: 55
Views: 21490

Re: Alabama 2019-2020 Discussion Thread

Popping in quickly to note that there's a helpful SQBS tutorial, including a walkthrough and a sample test tournament that you can practice with, at http://scop-qb.org/stat/.
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Did ACE shut down?
Replies: 5
Views: 2624

Re: Did ACE shut down?

I'm sure Eric or Joshua have more details they can provide, but I'll jump in briefly to note that Qwiz and ACE are not the same and ran different camps last year. For example, in my neck of the woods, I believe Qwiz ran a camp at Bradley University in Peoria (I don't know because I wasn't there), wh...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17044

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

I just checked the PACE site to see what Illinois schools have qualified for PACE NSC, and the total is.... zero. I can give a pass to the organizers of Fall ACF since that tournament just happened a week ago, but it has been over a month since Earlybird at UIUC, and there appears to be no effort a...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 5493

Re: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)

Thank you to everyone for making ACF Fall 2019 a great tournament! It is my pleasure to congratulate Wayzata A for finishing the day 11-1 and taking home the championship. Stevenson and IMSA tied at 3-2 in the playoffs, with Stevenson taking second place on points and acclamation. Our top scorer was...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 5493

Re: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)

Fixed! Posting is hard. Stats are good through lunch!
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 5493

Re: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)

We'll be in Saieh and Eckhart Halls on Saturday. Each team should have received an e-mail earlier tonight with the schedule and which building they should go to for check-in in the morning. If you have any questions, my e-mail is brad.a.fischer@gmail.com. Stats will be available at https://bit.ly/20...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

So what would it say if your team has trouble answering many questions at first? My coach read an MS NAQT packet on Thursday's practice (we are planning to go to the Jr. Wildcat Tournament) are Varsity team, (9 people now) played a solid match against each other (475-270), after that, we brought in...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 5493

Re: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)

Field update on 10/6: Adlai Stevenson Auburn High School Barrington Detroit Catholic Central A Detroit Catholic Central B Detroit Catholic Central C Glenbard North A Glenbard North B Hinsdale Central A Hinsdale Central B Homewood-Flossmoor A IMSA A Latin School of Chicago Miami Valley A Saint Joseph...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)
Replies: 5
Views: 5493

ACF Fall (HS only mirror) @ UChicago (11/02/2019)

I am pleased to announce that the Illinois-area high school mirror of 2019 ACF Fall will be held at the University of Chicago on Saturday, November 2, 2019. I will be directing the tournament with the help of Ben Miller and the UChicago team, who will be simultaneously hosting the college iteration ...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28720

Re: Faster (Human) Parsing of Answer Lines

At the risk both of iconoclasm and derailing this thread, surely the simplest significant quality-of-life improvement to be made in quizbowl packets would be to put bonuses between tossups and have the bonuses associated with dead tossups be skipped; this would both prevent readers from having to s...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS
Replies: 4
Views: 4660

Re: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS

Congratulations to IMSA, the winners of the 2019 Midwest Championship! Full stats are available here.

Thank you to everyone who came out to staff and compete, and to UIUC for a fantastic set of questions! Enjoy nationals season, everyone!
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:48 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Old time bonus formats
Replies: 19
Views: 16895

Re: Old time bonus formats

The trash tournament Ann B. Davis had the feature where once a game a player could answer a bonus all by themselves and if they got all three parts they earned 60 points, but if they got any part wrong they earned 0 points. I don't think I'm the only specialist who dreamed of one day seeing that in...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS
Replies: 4
Views: 4660

Re: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS

Field update above; we're at 16 teams and closing the field there. If you're interested in playing, e-mail me to get on the waitlist.

Teams and staffers will be receiving an informational e-mail later tonight!
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22097

Re: Illinois 18-19

I owe a post-IHSA recap and thanks post; one of the things I've been busy with in the interim is IHSSBCA All-State voting, which has finished.

Congratulations to this year's honorees!
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS
Replies: 4
Views: 4660

Re: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS

Field update!

Stevenson A
Stevenson B
Fremd A
Fremd B
Auburn A
Auburn B
Palatine A
Palatine B
Sandburg A
Sandburg B
Sandburg C
Belvidere
Barrington
IMSA
Hinsdale Central
Naperville North
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS
Replies: 4
Views: 4660

Re: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS

Hello! I'd like to invite you and your team to attend the Midwest Championship, held at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois on Saturday, April 6th. We'll be playing on the ILLIAC set, which was written by members of the University of Illinois' team to play at a difficulty level comparabl...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS
Replies: 4
Views: 4660

Midwest Championship - 4/6/19, Stevenson HS

Hello, all! This is a preliminary announcement for this year's Midwest Championship. Thank you to Ryan Fedewa and Stevenson High School for graciously offering to host, and to the University of Illinois team and its assistants for writing the ILLIAC set, our entertainment for the day. I will be serv...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22097

Re: Illinois 18-19

IHSA Regionals are today! I hope everyone has a good experience with the set, and I encourage you to give me as much feedback as possible. A few notes: *Regional questions are not clear until all scores are posted. You never know if a site has to get postponed, due to weather or other circumstances,...
by Irreligion in Bangladesh
Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 BLISS I Open for Mirrors
Replies: 12
Views: 10001

Re: 2019 BLISS I Open for Mirrors

It appears that the radio silence after Charles' post was, as you'd expect, not a good sign; word from a friend of mine at Blue Ridge today is that rounds 1-5 didn't make it to the tournament host until 7:15 this morning, round 6 didn't arrive until just before lunch, and round 7 didn't arrive at al...