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- Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Carper Award community discussion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3965
Re: 2023 Carper Award community discussion
Sneaking in just before the deadline, I will re-up Edmund Dickinson for a Carper nomination. Everything the Brits said in the equivalent thread last year remains true - Edmund would be the most deserving winner of a Carper from this side of the Atlantic. For basically a decade his writing, editing a...
- Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:47 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: 2022 Carper Award community discussion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8467
Re: 2022 Carper Award community discussion
Edmund Dickinson is the stand-out candidate for a UK Carper nominee. Alongside Kyle Haddad-Fonda, he's the most important person in the early-mid '10s revival in British quizbowl. His chief contribution is probably the many years he spent heading up the arduous Briticisation efforts needed to make ...
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8479
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
What was up with the bonus that asked for "sigma g plus" ? I couldn't actually figure out what the hell the part wanted and gave A1g because that's what the totally symmetric representation would be on the character table and have never encountered and and having difficulty finding whatev...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 4:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1923
Re: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
Finally got to play this set (only six months late) and it was great fun - achieved the dream of powering a question from a clue about the same last name as me. Massive thanks to all who worked on it and kept it on ice for us oddly-timetabled Brits, and especially to Eric not just for organising but...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Spartan Housewrite: General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1938
Re: Spartan Housewrite: General Discussion
This set was really fun (apart from the games we lost obvs) So I may have had a few before writing this but eh. It's really good to see a bunch of new-ish writers and editors produce a full regular-difficulty set. It's a bigger ask than anyone ever realises going into it, and I'll cop to having made...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8174
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Thanks to all who worked on this set - was great fun to play and good to see some tossups trying to push the envelope. Science seemed solid - most of the stuff I negged was me being dumb rather than the questions, which I think is a good sign (for the set, not for my poor atrophied QB brain)
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:40 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26244
Re: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
I'll jump on the Terrapin 2016 train - a really solid regular-difficulty set which still managed to feel fresh. Penn Bowl 2015 was another fun set, although alas the last PB set that have remembered that time difference means that UK sites need packets earlier than American ones. On either side of r...
- Tue May 22, 2018 6:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mirroring British Tournaments
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4498
Re: Mirroring British Tournaments
Hi Paul, Very sorry to hear about Cambridge's lack of response - I think a few of our club officers are in the middle of their final exams right now so have been cutting back on the quiz. If you're still interested in hosting a mirror, do please drop me a line on at emacaulay106 [AT] google's e-mail...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:13 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: What Does an Ideal Season Look Like?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17243
Re: What Does an Ideal Season Look Like?
I think a Spring tournament that tries to have a more "NAQT" distro should be a regular part of the schedule (I'm thinking of that one that Will did a few years ago and FICHTE [but don't be like FICHTE]). Cambridge would probs be interested in collaborating on this for the foreseeable fut...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10291
Re: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion
Adam and Billy have said most of what I was going to mention, but I'll spiel on anyways. This set was pretty fun, and it seems that it benefitted from the week of work after the first mirror. That said bits of it did feel a bit off, and the chemistry could have used a bit more time and care. The car...
- Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18157
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
Any thoughts on running an open playtest mirror like EFT and EMT? This is a possibility; if it happens, it will likely be held a week before for a relatively small field. More details will be announced in the future. Would it be possible to make the UK mirror this early test mirror? Cambridge would...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open 2017 (CamO)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7266
Re: Cambridge Open 2017 (CamO)
To my knowledge, all the planned mirrors of CamO have now been completed. If you were planning on holding another mirror, please drop me a line as soon as possible with details, otherwise we'll clear the set this week, set up a discussion thread, and properly get some handbags out. Thanks to everyon...
- Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18819
Re: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
Hi all, Thanks for playing our set, and hope that at least some of it was enjoyable - sorry to hear that it didn't quite meet with the universal acclaim we'd hoped for. I've requested a private discussion forum, but in the meantime I'd be very grateful for any comments either in general or on the sc...
- Wed May 31, 2017 3:53 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
- Replies: 51
- Views: 72993
Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories
While trying to go to ACF Fall this year my train hit three cows on the line just outside Melton Mowbray. We then had to wait two hours for the fire brigade to come and cut the cows out from underneath the front carriage. Eventually made it to Warwick four hours late, and wasn't even compensated by ...
- Sun May 28, 2017 5:26 am
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 43466
Re: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Cambridge will write a regular difficulty mNAQT set in late February/early March slot. Drop me a line if you'd be interested in helping put it together/ adapt it for the Atlantically-challenged
- Thu May 25, 2017 1:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Theses on the Transitioning Quizbowl Community
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5800
Re: Theses on the Transitioning Quizbowl Community
- Optional packet-submission tournaments, with relaxed submission requirements (ala WAO) should be more of a thing. These allow people to write on areas that they prefer, without being slapped with having to write a subject they may possess no knowledge of whatsoever (particularly more difficult on...
- Tue May 09, 2017 6:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EMT at Cambridge (6th of May 2017)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2182
Re: EMT at Cambridge (6th of May 2017)
This tournament happened. Oxford A went unbeaten through the round robin, with Cambridge A on one loss, forcing an advantaged final. Cambridge A won the first final by five points when Oxford were unable to get more than 10 on the last set of bonuses, taking it to a second final. Although Cambridge ...
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:46 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Nationalities of Title Winners
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16315
Re: Nationalities of Title Winners
We're backing Jason Golfinos to do the triple next yearAaron Manby (ironmaster) wrote:Will Nediger is the only person to have won ICT, ACF Nationals, and Reach for the Top Nationals. Has anyone come close to winning all three of ICT, ACF Nationals, and University Challenge?Aaron's Rod wrote:Will Nediger is Canadian.
- Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25031
Re: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
Cambridge feel your painheterodyne wrote:hey man I just needed a break from hearing about the 2013 international linguistics olympiadOo-kamakiri wrote:Alston spends 26 minutes jerking himself off about how good he is at philosophy.
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Barbarism of Monetization
- Replies: 128
- Views: 57871
Re: The Barbarism of Monetization
British nationals are run off SCT D1 in MayCPiGuy wrote:What national championship is this?setht wrote:CPiGuy wrote:However, it's important to note that there are tournaments that use the SCT and ICT sets after the SCT and ICT main events run. (Including a national championship!)
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open 2017 (CamO)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7266
Cambridge Open 2017 (CamO)
I've already mentioned this in the "Scheduling Reform" part of the forums but posting here to improve visibility. Cambridge University Quiz Society have finished the 2017 Cambridge Open set. The set was generally well-received at the UK mirror ("Magnificently quirky" - Ben Salter...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EMT at Cambridge (6th of May 2017)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2182
EMT at Cambridge (6th of May 2017)
The Cambridge University Quiz Society is delighted to announce that it will be hosting the UK mirror of EMT on Saturday the 6th of May. The tournament will take place in the Chancellor's Center at Wolfson College, Cambridge (CB3 9LY). Registration will begin at 9:30 am with the aim of starting play ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:51 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62619
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Canada is interested in a mirror of Cambridge Open, possibly in the near future. What would the mirror fee be for Cambridge Open and whom could I contact to further discuss a mirror of it? Hi Isaac - great to hear you guys are interested. We're setting the mirror fee at £25 per team. If you'd like ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:49 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62619
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Cambridge are writing a 14-packet set for the 11th of March that is intended to land around college regular difficulty. We'd be happy to offer it up for transatlantic mirrors if there's interest. Caveat: some of the history and literature as currently written will probably not play well among Ameri...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime General Discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13373
Re: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime General Discussion
Also yeah the whole of the Changi sentence in the Singapore TU seems a bit out of place. The entire theme of this geography tossup was about the Draconian measures / homogenous culture of Singapore. The clue might be a bit easy - indeed 50% of the rooms at the main site powered it, but I don't thin...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime General Discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13373
Re: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime General Discussion
The chemistry and physics in this tournament were very good - solid answerline and clue selection all through, with plenty of fresh stuff. Apart from all my negs, my greatest regret from the day was not being able to play the gold nanoparticles TU in the finals packet (though the sting is softened b...
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gauging interest for late spring Oxbridge mirror in NYC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7000
Re: Gauging interest for late spring Oxbridge mirror in NYC
As far as the current status of the Cambridge set goes: The British history and literature are essentially finished, in case there's a wish to start Americanising this set. It would also be mostly playable unamericanised - that's the approach we take with everything regular and above in the UK, and...
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 WAO: Science Feedback Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2165
Re: Science Feedback Thread
I was going to post all the things I negged and complain that they were bad clues, though upon reading through the set I'm realising that I'm just bad at listening. This was a pretty solid set on the bits of science that I cared about - nice job finding fresh leadins for acetic acid and formaldehyde...
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62619
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Cambridge are writing a 14-packet set for the 11th of March that is intended to land around college regular difficulty. We'd be happy to offer it up for transatlantic mirrors if there's interest. Caveat: some of the history and literature as currently written will probably not play well among Americ...
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7592
Re: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
I really enjoyed this set. It hit the difficulty target right on the nose and strikes me as a very good model of what regular should look like if the goal of easing it up marginally is carried forward. This set was very good. There seemed to be more South Asian content than normal, but deffos the m...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19624
Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Our team negged the "decryption" tossup with "factorisation" on the clue about Shor's algorithm - could the clue made more specific? The first clue of the elimination tossup sounded a hell of a lot like catalytic Riley oxidation. Maybe could be rephrased as "In a reaction of...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 36262
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
I would like to apologize to the Oxford and Georgia mirrors, however, particularly the Oxford one, for not sending out the packets on time. We were working as quickly as we could Friday and Saturday morning, but we should have made preparations ahead of time to avoid having to send the packets out ...
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I need a movie!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7481
Re: I need a movie!
St Trinians features a buzzer quiz presented by Stephen Fry and is also just generally a great movie.
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UK Player Poll 2016: We the East!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14429
Re: UK Player Poll 2016: We the East!
Some results seemingly not yet up on the searchable tournament database thingy: BSQC 2016 , MUT Cambridge mirror , Varsity 2016 (I can't seem to find full results for this in any of the obvious places - will edit in link when one is available) Varsity results: Ox Committee 230-320 Cam Committee Ric...
- Mon May 02, 2016 7:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT UK Mirror @ Cambridge (30th of April 2016)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2529
Re: MUT UK Mirror @ Cambridge (30th of April 2016)
So this happened. Cambridge A beat Cambridge B in the final to claim overall victory. Joey Goldman was top-scorer with 110.5 PPG, while Daoud Jackon and Ben Salter both put up impressive individual stats with over 50 PPG. Full stats here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3700/stats/all_games...
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 NAQT ICT: Chicago, April 9
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17481
Re: 2016 NAQT ICT: Chicago, April 9
Is there any possibility that someone will be live streaming/blogging/tweeting the final like for HSNCT?
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT UK Mirror @ Cambridge (30th of April 2016)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2529
MUT UK Mirror @ Cambridge (30th of April 2016)
Cambridge University Quiz Society will be hosting a mirror of MUT on the West Cambridge Site of Cambridge University on the 30th of April. The entry fee will be £40 per team, with a £5 discount for bringing a working buzzer set, and a £10 discount for travelling more than 200 miles one-way. Further ...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10219
Re: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
I'm in the UK in July, so will be up to contribute questions for/edit CO chemistry, physics and chemistry-ish bits of bio if that'll help.
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13823
Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
So yeah, all the mirrors of this are probably done, but I thought that in the question on the ideal gas constant, saying that the slope of the logK vs 1/T plot is "inversely proportional" to it doesn't really make sense since R is a constant. Might be better to say that it gives a plot whe...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15605
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Sorry that's my bad - was meant to say "molecule".Gautam wrote:Packet 1 TU 13 on "Nitrogen": the leadin refers to a "compound". Please fix so that it does not say "compound", which nitrogen is not.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4848
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Thanks and General Discussion
I think this set did a great job (better than any set I can think of since DRAGOON) of keeping middle parts almost uniformly within range, and most of the tossup answerlines were similar. (I did notice a lot of very hard parts in chemistry in particular, and the middle parts were often a bit harder...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MKULTRA - Online Mirror?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10014
MKULTRA - Online Mirror?
Hi all, A couple of weeks ago, Edmund Dickinson, Emma Laslett, George Corfield, David Knapp and I put together a question set called MKULTRA* for UK audiences. The set consists of questions of around MUT difficulty, 6-7 lines in length, and a quite heavily British focus. The distribution is a bit di...
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46713
Re: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
It's very possible that we'll be able to offer Oxford Open as a regular-minus set for the early December slot this year. The target difficulty is around that of WIT 2013/MUT 2015 if people would be interested in mirroring that.
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT at Oxford (2/5/2015)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2532
Re: MUT at Oxford (2/5/2015)
Field:
Oxford A
Oxford B
Oxford C
Warwick A
Warwick B
Warwick C
London
Southampton
Oxford Brookes
Sheffield
Cambridge
The field is now full at 11 teams
Oxford A
Oxford B
Oxford C
Warwick A
Warwick B
Warwick C
London
Southampton
Oxford Brookes
Sheffield
Cambridge
The field is now full at 11 teams
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46713
Re: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
Oxford Open will happen again next year, probably on the 30th of January. We hope to continue the upward trend of the past two years in question quality.
- Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30072
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
Next year I'll be heading to Cambridge to start a PhD in Nanotechnology. I'll hopefully be around to play/staff most UK events.
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
- Replies: 227
- Views: 111132
Re: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
I'd just like to say that I don't think there's been a set in existence with better chemistry than this one Yeah, the science (especially the chemistry) in this tournament was really well done. Tossups on the electrical double layer and water treatment were particular highlights. Thanks to all the ...
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Skype Mirror (4/11)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17575
Re: STIMPY Skype Mirror (4/11)
If I'm running the UK mirror of this in late May but haven't received the packets yet then I'm still eligible for this right?
If so, I'd like to play. I can do chemistry and fraud other science and myth, and owing to time difference I'll be basically useless after round 7.
If so, I'd like to play. I can do chemistry and fraud other science and myth, and owing to time difference I'll be basically useless after round 7.
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT at Oxford (2/5/2015)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2532
MUT at Oxford (2/5/2015)
Oxford University Quiz Society will be hosting a mirror of MUT at Oxford University on the 2nd of May 2015. The entry fee will be £35 per team, with a £5 discount for bringing a working buzzer set, and a £10 discount for travelling more than 200 miles one-way. The editors have kindly allowed first-y...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open 2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4299
Re: Oxford Open 2015
So this finally happened. After 10 rounds of hard-fought quizzing, the UK's only home-grown tournament once again ended in a Chicago A vs Chicago B final. It was a classic. Going into the final tossup, Chicago B were 20 down. Chicago B's James Lasker got the final tossup, and they pulled the first a...