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by Victor Prieto
Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:17 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: PACE Call for Nominations - Summer 2022
Replies: 1
Views: 1607

Re: PACE Call for Nominations - Summer 2022

The deadline for nominations and applications for PACE membership has been adjusted to the end of day July 9th (posts by users under 7 posts will disappear if they attempt to edit it, prompting my post here).
by Victor Prieto
Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:31 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: 2021-2022 PACE Officers
Replies: 1
Views: 2188

Re: 2021-2022 PACE Officers

Em Gunter has resigned the position of Director of Communications, but will remain a member of PACE. Mia McGill will be the interim Director of Communications while PACE goes through the procedure of electing a replacement.
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: A Proposal for the PACE Mentorship Program
Replies: 1
Views: 1473

Re: A Proposal for the PACE Mentorship Program

Thanks for making this suggestion, Kevin. We'll discuss implementing this after NSC weekend is over.
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 PACE NSC: June 5-6 - Congratulations TJHSST A!
Replies: 9
Views: 9233

Re: 2021 PACE NSC: June 5-6 (Online)

As of yesterday afternoon, the field cap for the 2021 PACE NSC has been reached at 72 teams. One team is currently on the waitlist.

The list of teams in the field and on the waitlist can be found on our website.
by Victor Prieto
Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:15 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
Replies: 4
Views: 3956

Re: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards

The deadline to submit nominations for the Cooper Awards is today! If you would like to make any submissions, please do so by the end of the day.
by Victor Prieto
Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
Replies: 4
Views: 3956

Re: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards

Just under a week remains to submit nominees for the Benjamin Cooper Awards. We look forward to receiving your nominations!
by Victor Prieto
Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship
Replies: 1
Views: 1898

Re: 2021 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship

Hello,

Two weeks remain until applications for the Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship are due. Seniors intending to apply for the scholarship should be prepared to submit their application by the end of the day on March 15th.

Thank you!
by Victor Prieto
Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Game Management System
Replies: 3
Views: 2824

Re: Game Management System

Hello, The deadline to apply for the position is coming up, in 5 days. If you're interested, please let us know soon. In addition, one of the applicants asked about the expected timeline of development. We expect this to be a two-month project, and we're comfortable waiting until May to start workin...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Game Management System
Replies: 3
Views: 2824

Re: Game Management System

Is this a contracted, payment-on-delivery/benchmark offer, or is it salaried? It seems the former, but I ask mainly because the post implies that multiple devs will be hired together, and it's slightly odd to hire devs who don't know each other but deliver payment to each together. Can the expected...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Game Management System
Replies: 3
Views: 2824

Game Management System

PACE is currently looking to hire a developer or developer team to complete a game management system, to be made available to the larger quizbowl community when it is completed (akin to Yellowfruit or QEMS2). The ultimate goal is to produce a tool that permits moderators to easily read and keep scor...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Game Management System
Replies: 0
Views: 2876

Game Management System

Cross-posted from collegiate discussion. PACE is currently looking to hire a developer or developer team to complete a game management system, to be made available to the larger quizbowl community when it is completed (akin to Yellowfruit or QEMS2). The ultimate goal is to produce a tool that permi...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:17 am
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 [PLAY-IN ROUND THREE; SUBMIT BY 11/14]

Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime
U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Police, Don’t Stand So Close To Me
New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Pass
Hall and Oates, “Maneater”
Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”
NWA, “Express Yourself”
Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
Journey, “Open Arms”
by Victor Prieto
Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:15 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 [PLAY-IN ROUND ONE; SUBMIT BY 11/8]

Can we convert this to a Google poll or something like that for future rounds? It's a pain to submit votes by typing out answers in a post, it would be easier for the organizer to tally, folks wouldn't have to scroll through very long posts to find Mik's posts, and it might increase voter turnout. 1...
by Victor Prieto
Sat May 16, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Black Magic Woman
Wild World
Mr. Blue Sky
Beast of Burden
no vote
Ain't No Sunshine
Highway to Hell
What's Going On
by Victor Prieto
Wed May 13, 2020 12:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Cars I Will Survive American Woman Ramblin' Man Tangled Up in Blue Mississippi Queen Layla Brass in Pocket Amusingly, this almost entirely nullifies Moses's last minute ballot except I Will Survive and Ramblin' Man... except that he apparently voted for both Layla and Ain't No Love in the Heart of t...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Walk on the Wild Side vs. Funk #49 Lawyers, Guns and Money vs. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) American Woman vs. Teenage Kicks 25 or 6 to 4 vs. Pressure Drop I’ll Take You There vs. Flash Light Disorder vs. Back Stabbers The Great Gig in the Sky vs. Stuck in the Middle With You Don't Ask Me Questions v...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Stay with Me vs. Rapper's Delight O-o-h Child vs. $1000 Wedding - the song that won the dance-off to save the universe! I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) vs. Ballroom Blitz God Save the Queen vs. Rich Girl Life's Been Good vs. Express Yourself - the first real tough matchup... Turn The Pag...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love Coal Miner's Daughter vs. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right Is She Really Going Out With Him? Vs. Go All the Way Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe vs. War Just What I Needed vs. Love the One You’re With Heart...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Doctor, My Eyes . No contest here. Easy . Holy crap, that's a tough matchup. This was almost a coin flip for me. Smiling Faces Sometimes . Again, very difficult, but I guess I just like this song slightly better. The Shape I'm In . This is odd. The Band has much better songs, but Gil Scott-Heron ha...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Right Place Wrong Time . Surrender is a fine song, but Right Place Wrong time is 150% better. Closer to the Heart . It's highly unfortunate that this was the Rush selection, because there are a bunch of songs that are much better (in fact, if Permanent Waves had been released just two weeks earlier...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the Devil vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Roxanne vs. Fooled Around and Fell in Love Lust For Life vs. Baker Street Marquee Moon vs. Let Your Love Flow Highway to Hell vs. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54058

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

Separately, Matt Bollinger has posted about this elsewhere and I can confirm it: it's very difficult to rise that far that fast without absolutely wrecking your mental health and a host of other things about your life. I don't think it's right that quiz bowl should fetishize the Stakhanovite underg...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: Terrapin Open
Replies: 6
Views: 681

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: Terrapin Open

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Jerry Vinokurov

Bentley/Magin/Rosenberg/Vinokurov

Alt: Mike Bentley
by Victor Prieto
Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Walter Zhang
ADD Jerry Vinokurov

DROP Columbia B
ADD Mike Bentley
by Victor Prieto
Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
Replies: 38
Views: 6383

Re: 2020 SCT general discussion

As a moderator, I appreciated the intent of the complicated answer line warning, but I found that putting it at the very top of the pack meant that in practice, I completely forgot about where the complicated answer actually was and to pay extra attention to it once I got into reading the pack. So ...
by Victor Prieto
Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT
Replies: 9
Views: 652

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT

Prieto/Chowdhury:

Charles Hang
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam

Ohio State A

Alt: Walter Zhang
by Victor Prieto
Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25362

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

As you can see, "prologue" was not explicitly mentioned in the answerline precisely because I did not want to make it longer than it already was (and, quite frankly, it's not that long as it stands), and I instead elected to include the phrase "descriptions such as" and allow th...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
Replies: 8
Views: 614

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam

OSU A

Alt: Ryan Bilger
by Victor Prieto
Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: MWT
Replies: 9
Views: 724

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: MWT

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Charles Hang
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ryan Bilger

Columbia B

Alternate: Walter Zhang
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Alex Sankaran
ADD Ryan Bilger

DROP Kai Smith
ADD Walter Zhang

DROP Stanford
ADD Columbia B
by Victor Prieto
Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16195

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Packets have been uploaded to the archive here.
by Victor Prieto
Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
Replies: 11
Views: 878

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Kai Smith

OSU+ (Ray/Smith/Smith)

Alt: Evan Lynch
by Victor Prieto
Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14551

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

Hey Drew and Chandler, just as an example of this from this year's packet, we had 3-4 different submissions from different teams all on Fire Emblem, which was synthesized into one question. Similarly, there were like 3-4 submissions all about Frankenstein, which turned into just one final question....
by Victor Prieto
Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Alex Sankaran
ADD Matt Mitchell
by Victor Prieto
Sat Nov 02, 2019 9:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Rebecca Rosenthal
ADD Oli Clarke
by Victor Prieto
Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Replies: 12
Views: 897

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Alex Schmidt
Alex Sankaran
Rebecca Rosenthal
Stanford A
by Victor Prieto
Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Oli Clarke
ADD Rebecca Rosenthal
by Victor Prieto
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP: Ryan Bilger
ADD: Alex Sankaran
by Victor Prieto
Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Fred Zhang
ADD Stephen Eltinge
by Victor Prieto
Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 2: Penn Bowl
Replies: 9
Views: 826

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 2: Penn Bowl

Prieto/Chowdhury:

Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam

Ohio State A

Alt: Oliver Clarke
by Victor Prieto
Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019
Replies: 9
Views: 11456

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019

Two questions: will there be steps taken to ensure the 9 round prelim situation that happened last year does not happen again? How is the set production progressing, since no progress reports have been released yet?
by Victor Prieto
Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT
Replies: 11
Views: 945

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT

Chowdhury/Prieto:

Ryan Bilger
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam

Stanford A

alternate: Oli Clarke
by Victor Prieto
Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Rob Carson
ADD Kai Smith
by Victor Prieto
Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL Online
Replies: 4
Views: 6796

Re: STAR BOWL Online

This was played. Final scores: Eric Mukherjee: 1079 (had a 19-point power for dissing one of my favorite shows) Aakash Patel: 580 Charles Hang: 280 Steven Silverman: 230 Ian Dewan: 210 Brick Barrientos: 190 Chinmay Kansara: 80 If you'd still like to hear the set, send me a message sometime in the ne...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL Online
Replies: 4
Views: 6796

Re: STAR BOWL Online

avp wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:43 pm
Victor Prieto wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:44 am Saturday, September 14th, at 7 pm.
To clarify - is this Eastern?
Yes, sorry about that, 7 pm EST.
by Victor Prieto
Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL Online
Replies: 4
Views: 6796

Re: STAR BOWL Online

This will take place on Saturday, September 14th, at 7 pm. The current count is seven people, so we'll stick with one room for the time being. The people who have signed up can expect an email shortly. If you're one of the maybe people and 7:00 pm does not work for you, we'll discuss over email abou...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL Online
Replies: 4
Views: 6796

STAR BOWL Online

Hello, It was pointed out to me I neglected to post an announcement here about a couple online things happening in relation to STAR BOWL: 1. For people who played the NSC mirror, I am reading 15 questions tonight which were not written in time for the NSC mirror. If you would like to hear them, shoo...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16195

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Hello, I'm setting up an online mirror of STAR BOWL, which should last 2.5 hours on one day during the weekend of September 13-15. If you're interested, here is the link to the sign-up spreadsheet . Right now, it's a shootout, but if we get 12 or more people, we're either going to break it up into a...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16195

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Hi, just confirming that the set was indeed completed prior to the Michigan shootout. If anybody would like to hold a mirror, please send me an email. Thanks!
by Victor Prieto
Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15103

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

Fixed!