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- Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 20528
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
I've been holding off from posting here for a while for a few reasons (not wanting to take up too much space, the fuzziness of my own gender identification, being ashamed), but here are some things I'd like to say. Things I've done that are NOT okay (to apologise, and to spur a conversation about ho...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11808
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
Thank you!
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11808
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:52 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Buzzword for popular culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 770
Re: Buzzword for popular culture
Nice, lemme go register real quick
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:09 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Buzzword for popular culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 770
Re: Buzzword for popular culture
To be clear, there's no sports?Important Bird Area wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:18 pm NAQT is pleased to announce that our online Buzzword platform is adding an eight-week event focusing on popular culture. This event starts July 3, and features questions about television, film, music, video games, musical theater, and comics.
- Sun May 10, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6624
Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
This tournament is proving to be a LOT of fun, and I really like the async setup. Can't wait for the next one of these!
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online
Are you saying a two-day event is less likely to be a slog? I'm sure this is a factor of lifestyle, but I definitely find 2-day events to be less of a slog, yeah. I was quite ready to stop playing WORKSHOP by the 8th round or so, but would have happily played another 8 the next day. The Terrapin op...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2597
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online
I very much like the idea of 2 days, TUs and bonuses, with bouncebacks.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:12 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38252
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
That was far and away the best part of your post!RexSueciae wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:36 pm I stand by every word of my previous post, with the possible exception of my haruspicy quip.
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:16 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13462
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
I'll add that describing a pack as "Things I like" or "Name-gories" isn't great, because many people don't know what you like.
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13462
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
This tournament was a complete - and to be perfectly honest, unexpected - triumph. I'm genuinely in awe of the organisation. Huge thanks!
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13462
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
This is already a ton of fun, thank you to everyone who organised, wrote, moderates, donates, etc!
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1815
Re: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
Third.Smuttynose Island wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:58 pm I'm chiming in to express interest in an online mirror of this set. I'm especially interested in hearing tossups and bonuses. Depending upon what readers are available, I would love to play another two-day tournament like TO online. Maybe something in mid- or late-May can be arranged?
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: SUN Open on Discord (April 19, 2020)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5855
Re: SUN Open on Discord (April 19, 2020)
I'd favour doing bonuses purely from a "more QB is more fun" perspective.
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: SuMO VI General Announcement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2280
Re: SuMO VI General Announcement
Take me with you!!
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:23 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1815
Re: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
Very interesting in having an online mirror of this, especially since the questions are longer format and more suited to Discord play than older versions of CamO. Definitely want to play with my team though. Mid-April is pretty crowded, but perhaps we could try April 11 or April 25? April 11 is the...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13462
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th)
Is the registration form intended as a formal commitment to play the selected packets (and you really should play unless something big comes up), or just a "gauging of interest", and it'd be cool to not play some of the selected packets if one gets tired or something. (affects how aggressi...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:41 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1482
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (DATE CHANGED)
Great, thanks!
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:53 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1482
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (DATE CHANGED)
Is this tournament still happening?
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2676
Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
This was a lot of fun! Will packets be shared with teams that played that want to provide feedback?
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11344
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
Rethink this.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:45 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7787
Re: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
Deception Point is Brown's greatest work.
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:36 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: A Plea for No More Excuses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5846
Re: A Plea for No More Excuses
I do feel as if the tenor of this post, mostly in the way that it addresses mental and physical health, could be a little more understanding. I don't necessarily disagree with this, and think we can always afford to "be a little more understanding". Having said that, I do want to state th...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 1:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT @ Maryland (10/5/2019)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4583
- Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Super ACRONYM and Side Events at Toronto (August 17-18, 2019)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4354
Re: Super ACRONYM and Side Events at Toronto (August 17-18, 2019)
The logistics email says we're doing META on Sunday afternoon, but this post says it's MUSES. Which one is it? (both! both!)
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17230
Re: CO 2019 Discussion
Are there any specific literature bonuses you found too difficult, or was it an aggregate effect? Also, if other people found the literature bonuses too difficult, please let me know. I tried to make them reasonable, but I want to know if I overshot things. I found them to be eminently 10able, freq...
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
- Replies: 79
- Views: 35637
Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Round 13 has B10 playing 2 games.
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2545
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
This happened and stats are here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5434/. Congratulations to Los Pedejos (Brendan McKendy, Ian Dewan, Shelby Robert, and Nick Penner) on winning the tournament! Huge thanks to everyone on the writing team, especially the three people who joined the team in the las...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2545
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
Field has many updates, still many spots available! :)
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6080
Re: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
Hey, all, I'm sorry. I don't have much more to say, except that I'm sorry in particular to any teams that had their experience yesterday ruined by our playing. I did feel like I was saying "we've been doing this a long time" in an apologetic tone to the novice teams a lot. The only motivat...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11099
Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Canadians in attendance would also like Eyes That Do Not See, if that's still being considered.ThisIsMyUsername wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:13 pm Might we also be able to run SHAWARMA II on Sunday?
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2377
Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE ACADEMIC SUBFORUM The writers of Canadian Hybrid 2019 are happy to announce that the main site of the Canadian Hybrid Tournament will be on Sunday, March 24th, 2018 at Carleton University. More information about the Canadian Hybrid Tournament can be found in the global announce...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2545
Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
The writers of Canadian Hybrid 2019 are happy to announce that the main site of the Canadian Hybrid Tournament will be on Sunday, March 24th, 2018 at Carleton University. More information about the Canadian Hybrid Tournament can be found in the global announcement . Location and Logistics TBD Regist...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2512
ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE ACADEMIC SUBFORUM We are pleased to announce that Canadian Hybrid will be returning again in 2019, written by Joe Su, Jack van Nostrand, Milan Fernandez, Austen Freisacher, Henry Atkins, and Faith Barrett. I will be serving as head-editor, and we aim to produce a product simila...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4178
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019
Post reserved for writing updates
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4178
ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
We are pleased to announce that Canadian Hybrid will be returning again in 2019, written by Joe Su, Jack van Nostrand, Milan Fernandez, Austen Freisacher, Henry Atkins, and Faith Barrett. I will be serving as head-editor, and we aim to produce a product similar to last year's. The most notable chang...
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: 2018 Canadian Trash Player Poll
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5395
Re: 2018 Canadian Trash Player Poll
1. Christine Irwin: She is the best movies and TV player in the country, across all times and genres, a brilliant music player at her categories, is enough of a chart-follower to be decent at music outside of her strengths, and keeps up with all pop culture and celebrity gossip. So let's address the...
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5312
Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
Aaron Dos Remedios and I have begun our study regimen for this tournament.
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5312
Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
I'M SO EXCITED
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:38 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10726
Re: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]
This set is great!
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Carleton Side Event Weekend (Aug. 25/26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3693
Re: Carleton Side Event Weekend (Aug. 25/26)
Stats for RAPTURE
Brendan -5
Erik 20
Leslie 70
Adam 90
Rein 100
Ian 280
Aayush 300
Brendan -5
Erik 20
Leslie 70
Adam 90
Rein 100
Ian 280
Aayush 300
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:42 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Women in Sets
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13198
Re: Women in Sets
Something that could definitely help address this is promoting more diverse writing staffs. I know that, as a woman, I naturally gravitate towards studying and engaging with woman-produced media. It's not surprising that writing staffs made up almost entirely of men, as is often the case in housewr...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: OOTAM: Oxford Open American Mirror
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2986
Re: OOTAM: Oxford Open American Mirror
Is there a discussion forum for this set?
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:31 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Where does the Commonwealth go?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7647
Re: Where does the Commonwealth go?
This is going (further) off-topic, but I'll ditto that I think 1/1 is the right amount of AmHist. I don't think it needs more (but could see an argument), and definitely don't think it should fall to any less. I like the genre-based distributing of literature, but do think that the amount of America...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Words and Objects
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7248
Re: Words and Objects
Joining the bandwagon! This tournament was a lot of fun to play, especially if you like "figure it out"-type questions. A great set :)
- Wed May 30, 2018 11:27 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 75680
Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault)
This man should go.
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2018
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12843
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2018
Gotta say, though, playing him back in 2014 was inspirational, he's so good!Auks Ran Ova wrote: yeah, not currently a student, seems straightforward even in the crazy mixed-up land of Canada
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 39281
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Two other stray thoughts: 1) I will say that I agree with the general message of this thread. However, the tone is horribly condescending and rather mean-spirited. The bizarre references to "gay neighbourhoods" infuriated me, and I'm not entirely sure why. And in general telling people how...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:22 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 39281
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
So I only skimmed this thread, but as far as I can tell, this is the only thing that needs a response. It's stuff like this that cheapens the entire message to the point of irrelevance. No one's consciousness is being raised and no one's mind is being changed by taking this kind of attitude, nor is ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:55 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 39281
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Wow, this entire thread is a BAD take. If you have a bowl cut and aren't a gay person living in Bushwick, get a haircut if you want to. Otherwise don't. If you haven't cut your hair in 3 months, get a haircut if you want to. Otherwise don't. If you are balding but you also want to have really long h...