yes please
(This also gives me an excuse to push back my own WIP geography set another few months!)
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- Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:10 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3325
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:07 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5591
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:41 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: The Birth of a Nation: Slapdash Michigan Shootout Day (July 6)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9194
Re: The Birth of a Nation: Slapdash Michigan Shootout Day (July 6)
I'll try to put together a packet's worth of audio questions in lieu of TUPAC not being available. How many I'll actually get done is predicated on how quickly I finish up my CO questions.
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:54 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: The Birth of a Nation: Slapdash Michigan Shootout Day (July 6)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9194
Re: Interest in Slapdash Michigan Shootout Day [tentatively on July 13]
I'll be out of town starting on the 12th, so I'll only be able to make it on the 6th.
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEOCACHE (Summer 2019)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2045
GEOCACHE (Summer 2019)
Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce GEOCACHE ( Geo graphic C hallenge A ffair with C ontent H ard and E asy), the successor to 2017’s GEODUCK set. Like GEODUCK, this tournament will consist of 8 to 10 packets with 24 tossups each, and will aim for “regular-plus” difficulty, with a healthy mix o...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21285
Re: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
I have a packet of 24 6-line geography questions I intended to use in an aborted GEODUCK sequel.
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Updat
Team "McMurdo on the Orient Express" (Jakob Myers et. al.) defeated Team "Geoduck Amuck" (Alex Schmidt et. al.) to win the online mirror! Stats will be posted soon. I will also be reading Packets 6, 7, and 8 in the Quizbowl Discord here at 8:00 PM EDT. This will happen at a later...
- Thu Sep 21, 2017 1:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Updat
I forgot to mention that, since I've converted most of the tossups in Packets 9 and 10 for use in different tournaments (including one I have yet to announce), I only have 8 packets to read for this mirror. As such, I'll be splitting everyone into 4 teams and run it as a double round-robin with a fi...
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Updat
Reminder that there's still time to sign up for the online mirror, and if you're free to staff on Sunday, please do so! A full logistics announcement will be coming shortly.
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK (Geography Side Event)
I will be holding the online mirror of GEODUCK on Sunday, September 24 , on Discord, starting at 12:00 noon EDT . Once again, the entry fee will be $10/person. It would be best to hold off your payments until I get an issue concerning people unable to find my Venmo resolved. Here is the sign-up shee...
- Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK (Geography Side Event)
I'm going to organize sign-up sheets for the online mirror soon. I'm aiming to hold this on either one of the weekends of the 23rd or the 30th. I will also need other staffers for this -- post here if you're interested in staffing. Considering that Discord is gaining favor among online mirrors, I'm ...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 43282
Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
For the remaining GEODUCK free agents: Try to form teams as soon as possible, as I will assign everyone to one of two teams otherwise. For anyone who volunteered to staff GEODUCK: Make sure to PM me on Facebook (preferably with a gmail address for Google Drive) or email me at [email protected].co...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK (Geography Side Event)
I would like to thank the fine folks at Berkeley and VCU for mirroring and playing this set. I hope you all enjoyed it! I'd like to have a private discussion forum for this set up in the next few days, as well as the logistics for an online Skype/Discord mirror (which will most likely happen toward ...
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WORLDSTAR
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13857
Re: WORLDSTAR (Nats 2018)
Is the Geo limited to just "World" or can it include US/European content as well?
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
Re: GEODUCK (Geography Side Event)
This is currently 75% done. There will be 10 packets of 24 tossups only.
- Fri May 05, 2017 4:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16060
Re: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
Speaking of those packets, are those gonna be uploaded to the archive any time soon?Cheynem wrote:Last year, there were only four packets for this, so I guess I'll advocate if there is any interest in this tournament, people actually contribute packets.
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 EMT Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 18665
Re: 2017 EMT Specific Question Discussion
The Petals of Blood/Ngugi/English bonus showed up in both Packets 5 and 8.
Also, did the tossup on Hamas really drop "rivaled by an organization led by Yasser Arafat" in power?
Also, did the tossup on Hamas really drop "rivaled by an organization led by Yasser Arafat" in power?
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18754
GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
I am pleased to announce GEODUCK ( Geo graphic D esigns of the U nusual and C onventional K inds), a tossup-only tournament dealing with all things geography. All questions will be written by me, Kenji Shimizu, over an even spread of both natural/physical and human geography. Many of these questions...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Naveed Bork Memorial Tournament
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17081
Re: Naveed Bork Memorial Tournament
woooooPeriplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:3 Geo/Ce/Mixed/Other Ac
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DATE CHANGE: Terrapin Mirror at OSU: 12/4/16
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9322
Re: DATE CHANGE: Terrapin Mirror at OSU: 12/4/16
Are detailed stats for this going to be released? http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3977/stats/combined_stats_%28%2Bfinals%29/ what he's referring to is more advanced stats that ccount for where people buzzed in a tu/stats by answerline Yeah, there were apparently stats for those being recor...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
- Replies: 90
- Views: 25139
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Could I see the tossup on the Great Leap Forward? It seemed really obvious to me from the start, but held off buzzing until "sparrows" was said.
- Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcement
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10768
Re: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcemen
Is the lack of Current Events intentional?
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:12 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328858
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Count me in.CPiGuy wrote:I've written a packet of 15 tossups on Polandball -- if people are interested in playing this send me a PM and I'll try to figure out a time to read it over Skype or Google Hangouts.
Also, the questions are almost all 10 lines long or longer.
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54363
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Code: Select all
PHILIPPINES PACKET
mik -5
pat 15
tejas 35
foos -5
naveed 45
"chipbeall" -10
ophir 15
magin -5
rob 10
harris -5
hidehiro -5
eric 15
Code: Select all
POKEMON PACKET
harris -30
tejas 35
rob 75
jasper 105
ophir 10
eddie 50
eric -5
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 1st annual JAKOB: Online History Extravaganza
- Replies: 46
- Views: 18596
Re: 1st annual JAKOB: Online History Extravaganza
I think having a spreadsheet for signups would be nice, since it allows everyone to see who the free agents are.
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54363
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
I hope to have the Pokémon packet done by then. It should be 20 tossups on mostly stuff from the video games. This won't be happening. I apologize, but I have been busy with finals and now writing some academic questions. I hope to have some Pokémon questions done for a Summer Open or something lik...
- Sun Dec 18, 2016 5:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54363
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
When are we going to get info about logistics for this if we're planning on reading packets? Usually there's a Google Doc set up on the morning of the tournament where people enter their names/packet themes depending on when they want to read. After that we just go down the list. EDIT: Also, I chan...
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: [REDACTED] - A Conspiracy Theory Side Event
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6819
Re: [REDACTED] - A Conspiracy Theory Side Event
It usually takes a while for them to show up after they're uploaded.CPiGuy wrote:I don't see it on the archive...
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54363
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
I'll have either an "Internet content" or a Philippines-themed packet by Festivus since I don't feel like reading two packets this time.
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:40 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328858
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I'm thinking of writing a new Pokémon packet after the new games come out. It's probably going to be tossup only and will hopefully be done by Festivus. How many people would be interested? I know that there has been Pokémon packets before but is the demand sufficient? I am writing a ton of academi...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: There Will Be Stock Clues
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16384
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Specific Question Discussion & Review Requests
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4325
Re: Specific Question Discussion and Review Requests
Could I see the Trump TU? I certainly wasn't expecting that and was a bit hesitant to buzz (though I still did) at the clue describing the sculptures demolished at Trump Tower New York. I'm a bit curious how you filled up the rest of the tossup. Also, people at the Michigan site seemed to agree that...
- Tue Aug 02, 2016 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15639
Re: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
Hello Michigan-bound friends-- I'll have a 20+ tossup vanity music packet to read at some point during the weekend. I was planning on just reading it in the hotel for Eliza, Andrew, and some luckless Illinois youngsters, but the cancellation of BURI means that there might be time to read this to ot...
- Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 CO Trash specific question discussion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5769
Re: 2016 CO Trash specific question discussion
Can I see the tossups on "getting rocked" and "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"? I want to see where the first one was heading (We Will Rock You?) and where the second's power ended.
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 45189
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Have you received a packet from Chris Borglum et. al. yet? Dylan says he submitted it days ago.
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament Global Announcement
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9336
Re: 2016 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament Global Announcem
Xochicuicatl Cuecuechtli wrote:Is this set clear? Will it be posted?
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9766
Re: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
Any plans for this yet? The IRC is here; just copy-paste clues into the chat one-at-a-time, and wait around 5-10 seconds in between giving clues. Make sure to call on the first person to type "buzz"; if they type "wd" they withdraw and can buzz again later (generally).
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:16 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
- Replies: 177
- Views: 151340
Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things
I first learned about Ocracoke Island because of a Wheel of Fortune contestant from there. She also talked about its weird dialect. Another one I just remembered: I first heard about Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand in my first-year engineering class. It was in the context of finger implants that ...
- Tue May 24, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9766
Re: Geography Monstrosity VIII — May 27, Dallas
Will this be read on the IRC at some point?
- Thu May 19, 2016 9:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl Podcast!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4768
Re: Quizbowl Podcast!
I'd just like to say that there was never a "subtype of dating sim" tossup at MLK
- Mon May 02, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 61745
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
I can play this. I know music, random internet things, and scattered tidbits from the rest of the categories.
- Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9968
Re: MYSTERIUM - Skype Mirror - 5/7/16
I'm interested in playing this.
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 54623
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
If anyone found an iPhone charger in any of the Bossanova rooms (or 2448), it's probably mine. If whoever found it (assuming someone did) could return it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ICT general discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2810
Re: 2016 ICT general discussion
The geography was really enjoyable and well-clued; a lot of the leadins and hard parts definitely sounded like they were worth knowing about. I also certainly wasn't expecting a whole tossup on Iqaluit! The one exception that comes to mind is the Chad bonus that pretty much relied on knowing its hig...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question-specific discussion: 2016 DI ICT
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12587
Re: Question-specific discussion: 2016 DI ICT
Unless I'm mistaken, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso is one of the most famous violin showpieces in the repertoire, and it's placement was a tad early. This also happened in DI. The Motown tossup also had similar issues (dropping Holland-Dozier-Holland AND Hitsville USA in power, even though the...
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" at Maryland (February 27, 2016)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17623
Re: "stanford housewrite" at Maryland (February 27, 2016)
Is there any word on whether or not we're still sticking to Chris Ray's proposed schedule of side events? I'm interested in playing Eyes and COTTAGE Bowl.
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Can We Stop Doing This Tossup 0 Thing?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9616
Re: Can We Stop Doing This Tossup 0 Thing?
Okay, as the obvious target of this post (since no recent tournament, at least, in my memory, had Tossup 0s except MFT, and since I wrote some of the offending tossups -- Auroni and I were the only people who wrote Tossup 0s for MLK), I'll put in a few words. Yeah, you're better off just skipping it...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question-specific discussion: 2016 Division I SCT
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21038
Re: Question-specific discussion: 2016 Division I SCT
I'm no lit expert, but the tossups on The Road and Les Miserables felt incredibly easy to power to me. EDIT: Oh yeah, and the Kerouac tossup title-dropped Visions of Cody way too early. Could I also see the tossup on Micronesia, please? I want to look at the clues from before the namedrop of the fou...
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Individual Question Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12029
Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Individual Question Discussion
Two tossups (Chinese rail and Manchukuo) mention the Lytton report, although I don't think mentioning one will instantly give away the other.
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ UChicago (1/30/16)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5821
Re: ACF Regionals @ UChicago (1/30/16)
Since I forgot to indicate this on the team roster sheet, all of Michigan B is UG, and Efosa and Priya are DII.