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by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Replies: 30
Views: 4102

Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals

I’m not sure if this is serious or an elaborate troll job, but a friend sent me this and I felt compelled to respond as quizbowl’s resident “alum who actually works for the National Park Service” guy. Two things jumped out at me right away: 1. You can’t just show up to a national park and start hold...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
Replies: 51
Views: 49019

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)

I’m now living in Arlington, Virginia for my new job with the National Park Service. I won’t really be available on weekends to staff things, but if you’re in the DC area and would like some advice on setting up/running a high school or college club or on outreach things, feel free to reach out to m...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)
Replies: 16
Views: 11214

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)

What should teams in the Great Lakes region do? I held off on signing West Virginia up because the region did not have a host, and since it appears there will not be one, I am curious what ACF would suggest for these teams.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Need help on how to study
Replies: 2
Views: 6339

Re: Need help on how to study

Hi Adhvaith, I'm by no means an expert on these things, but I'll give each question my best shot. 1. Hard high school tournaments, especially housewrites, have a lot of trickle-down from collegiate tournaments these days. If you feel comfortable doing so, I might suggest looking at college sets on t...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: LINCOLN (A Civil War Era Side Event)
Replies: 6
Views: 2876

Re: Announcement: LINCOLN (A Civil War Era Side Event)

Just as a quick update, this set is now halfway written. I have been informally playtesting the questions I have written thus far with non-quizbowler Civil War field friends and will continue to do so as I complete my writing/editing processes.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18961

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

Can the implementation and enforcement of a code of conduct that establishes behavior standards and outlines punishments for violations of those standards, such as that posted by Marianna Zhang/PACE, be included in the requirements for tournament directors as well? I am looking forward to hopefully ...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Jul 12, 2020 4:36 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
Replies: 39
Views: 23244

Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord

Even more, from a more personal perspective, this event was held in my church, who's campus we borrowed. I did not attend the event myself because of a church event, but as someone heavily involved in my church, I understand the events and policies that we have. On Saturdays we have many other chil...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun May 03, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: LINCOLN (A Civil War Era Side Event)
Replies: 6
Views: 2876

Announcement: LINCOLN (A Civil War Era Side Event)

After kicking around the idea for a while, I'm happy to announce LINCOLN ( L ots of I nteresting and N ovel C ontent O n L egendary N otables), a side event on the Civil War and Civil War Era. While the majority of this set will focus on the years 1861-1865, it will also include material from the 18...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146929

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed in how the quizbowl community has handled the events of the last few days. Apparently we have reached the point where vague posts led to random accusations in a Discord server, which led to piles upon piles of fancy-looking statistical analysis that ser...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146929

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed in how the quizbowl community has handled the events of the last few days. Apparently we have reached the point where vague posts led to random accusations in a Discord server, which led to piles upon piles of fancy-looking statistical analysis that serv...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:35 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Your nationals stories—no title teams allowed
Replies: 11
Views: 8627

Re: Your nationals stories—no title teams allowed

Getting the Civil War bonus at 2019 Nats and hearing the other team (Yale B I think) audibly groan as they realized that I was gonna 30 it was pretty fun and funny.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7819

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I would agree with what Will said regarding the lack of "meat and potatoes" content in certain categories. I definitely noticed this in the visual arts, and while I wouldn't say it significantly impacted my personal enjoyment of the category (except for getting my brilliant plan to write s...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:40 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

The Georgia Tech A/UCSD A packet mentioned "LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall," then the Cornell A/Penn State B/Wesleyan packet asked for what city the concert hall was in later on.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?
Replies: 14
Views: 7785

Re: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?

I'm very glad to see that Chris D. posted here, as I think his perspective is very valuable for those of us who have been around the college game for many years and view things like knowing what packets to read, how to study, etc. as old hat. It seems nearly impossible to overstate the value of such...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 56
Views: 7460

Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata

I have no idea if this really helps or not, but waaaaaaay back when I learned about Pennsylvania's Native Americans in 3rd grade (!), we were taught about the Lenape people (the Lenni Lenape, specifically), rather than the Delaware people. I can totally understand the frustration of only knowing Del...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
Replies: 37
Views: 27859

Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)

I will be attending West Virginia University for a 2-year MA program in Public History starting in the fall. May try to get quizbowl going there depending on my time availability and motivation.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Replies: 33
Views: 14768

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)

It's very short notice, but the fourth member of our team dropped, so if anyone doesn't have a team yet and wants to play, you're more than welcome to join me, Danny, and Conor Thompson tomorrow.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin general discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 2321

Re: 2019 Terrapin general discussion

I thought this set did an excellent job of hitting its target goals. For the most part I can only speak to my categories, but I thought the visual arts, pre-20th century American history, British history, and Christianity were well-written. The visual arts particularly did what I am personally a fan...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 20581

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

AGoodMan wrote: Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:05 am Actually, can I also see the Ezekiel TU in full as well please? The lead in confused me.
For what it’s worth, I wrote this tossup and most of it is the same as my submission, and I took the lead-in from the opening verses of Ezekiel 33. Apologies for the somewhat confusing wording though.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

I personally feel that trashing of a set based on vague, unsubstantiated claims like "people at the site said they disliked it," especially when there is plenty of empirical evidence and statistics to actually discuss, is the bigger issue to highlight than picking out a now-admitted error ...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 10328

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

Can you please post the Daedra Princes tossup? My teammate who doesn't have a forum account is requesting it.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 10328

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

I was negged for saying "Garden of Forking Paths" and told that the answer was "Garden of the Forking Paths." I didn't protest it at the time because we were ahead by a lot at that point in the game, but even a cursory Google search shows that what I said is correct and there is ...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed May 30, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
Replies: 153
Views: 110489

Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)

I have nothing else to say that has not been covered by my colleagues. Gettysburg will not participate in NAQT tournaments and I will not contribute to NAQT sets until Matt Bruce has been removed and NAQT provides a proper explanation of why this monster was allowed near children.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
Replies: 64
Views: 54213

Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive

Airing dirty laundry on the forums appears to also be the sort of thing that might make people not want to join the quizbowl community.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

This is perhaps tangential to the current discussion, but is there any chance we can get a log of this posted somewhere? I'd love to see a series of "close readings" of the Regs packets in line with the advanced stats we have access to (the inner nerd in me wants a podcast but that's prob...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

We had a discussion in the Discord tonight in which we analyzed tossups from a packet (E. Delaware A + Kentucky A + Cambridge A) to try to put together qualitative thoughts about their clues with the buzzpoint histograms. There were a few major conclusions at which we seemed to arrive. 1. Probably a...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

Based on the extremely scientific method of copying this data into an Excel spreadsheet and running the average function on the data, it appears that the average first buzz on tossups in this set came at 51.33 words. Considering that the same function shows that the average amount of words per tossu...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18930

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

As an addendum to my previous post, I ought to note that there were lots of cool ideas in submitted and editor-produced content. I liked, for example, the specific tossup on James Longstreet that focused on his Reconstruction career as a good example of military history (sorta) beyond the sort of &...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Battle of the Burgh XXI (3/24/18)
Replies: 6
Views: 4532

Re: Battle of the Burgh XXI (3/24/18)

I'm curious as to why teams will be charged an extra twenty dollars in order to receive a copy of the questions they are already paying to play. This seems highly unusual to me and I'm wondering why this policy is in place for this tournament.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FIFAS Annoucement
Replies: 13
Views: 8661

Re: FIFAS Annoucement

More excited than Gary Neville post-Torres goal about this
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Jul 12, 2017 1:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Caught in difficulty limbo
Replies: 14
Views: 7685

Re: Caught in difficulty limbo

Any idea where I can find more LIST packets? There's only one (1) on the packets database. EDIT: WHAQ packets too. I don't think I saw any in the hsqb database. LIST 2017: http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/1978/ LIST 2014: http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/592/ LIST 2013: http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/5...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Caught in difficulty limbo
Replies: 14
Views: 7685

Re: Caught in difficulty limbo

In particular, the WHAQ and LIST sets are of approximately normal high school difficulty. Here is a list of the difficulty of high school sets from this year (a higher number means the set is more difficult). I like this a lot because it's great for comparison, but based on the information given on...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Caught in difficulty limbo
Replies: 14
Views: 7685

Re: Caught in difficulty limbo

If you have some money to purchase IS sets from NAQT for practice, those would be best. Or for a free option, the VHSL sets should also be good. And you are correct that you are looking at two ends of the difficulty spectrum with SCOP and PACE,
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)
Replies: 19
Views: 10119

Re: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)

If someone who knows film is looking to join with somebody who likes to think he knows stuff that's not film, drop me a line. Though ultimately I'm not that particular, so just let me know if you're interested in teaming!
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)
Replies: 26
Views: 27729

Re: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)

Regionals has been posted, can this set be posted as well please?
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
Replies: 37
Views: 26058

Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read

The Great Gatsby has been my favorite "classic" lit book for quite a while now. Plus it comes up a ton in quizbowl, so it's definitely worth the read.

Great Expectations, on the other hand, is not so great.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Postseason Poll
Replies: 11
Views: 8298

Re: Postseason Poll

Would people like to do another postseason roundtable to discuss the teams this year?
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory 2016: General Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4397

Re: General Discussion

Sorry to bring this up so long after the fact, but will this set ever be posted?
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Help with HSQBRank & 2x check this tournament list please!
Replies: 26
Views: 20309

Re: Annual call for help with HSQBRank!

High Tech A and B and Ithaca played EMT at Princeton yesterday. Stats here. http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Apr 16, 2017 3:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 EMT General Discussion
Replies: 18
Views: 9916

Re: 2017 EMT General Discussion

I thought in many ways this was a very fun set to play, and my team had a really good time doing so yesterday. I want to commend the writers for coming together so quickly and producing it for us to play. That said, I think this set had two big issues on which I would like to provide feedback for th...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcement
Replies: 14
Views: 12391

Re: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcemen

Quick reminder that non-Skype mirrors of this tournament are beginning this weekend! Teams should definitely sign-up for their local EMT mirrors, if they haven't yet! This set is one of the final chances to play a regular-minus tournament this semester, and being similar to previous years' MUT's in...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:37 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcement
Replies: 14
Views: 12391

Re: 2017 Eisenhower Memorial Tournament - Global Announcemen

Quick reminder that non-Skype mirrors of this tournament are beginning this weekend! Teams should definitely sign-up for their local EMT mirrors, if they haven't yet! This set is one of the final chances to play a regular-minus tournament this semester, and being similar to previous years' MUT's in...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Jordaens Visual Arts
Replies: 36
Views: 23737

Re: Jordaens Visual Arts

Beautiful, though in all likelihood I won't be at CO so hopefully this can get some other mirrors too.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - April 15
Replies: 21
Views: 11413

Re: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - Date TBD

For Gettysburg, April 29 would be the preferable date. People may have plans to visit family over the weekend of the 15th as it is Easter weekend and then May 6 is the weekend before our finals. We would look into the possibility of attending on either of the latter two dates should it be the most p...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
Replies: 44
Views: 25290

Re: "Let's Remember Some Guys"

I will probably write a packet for this and do my best to ensure that the Philadelphia bias is not too noticeable.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARTSEE 2016: Apologies and General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 4302

Re: Apologies and General Discussion

I hate to be the guy who does this, but will this be posted? I'd definitely like to take another look at some of these clues now.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Replies: 90
Views: 30770

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion

Just wanna give a shout out to the author of the First Manassas bonus for justifying my entire summer internship there.
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 80917

Re: 2017 ICT bids

Would it be worth considering moving the ICT out of being held at a hotel then? It seems that it would be more cost-economical for NAQT, because they'd have to pay less for facilities and could potentially accommodate more teams, which seems to be something that most people are in favor of. Also jus...
by Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Mon Jan 09, 2017 2:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What keeps you doing quizbowl?
Replies: 25
Views: 15256

Re: Quizbowl?

Well, you're definitely not the only person to ever wonder this. Heck, even all-time greats like Matt Bollinger and Andrew Hart have done the same. As far as my own answers to your questions, I'll write my honest opinions as opposed to waxing eternal about quizbowl's many virtues. Not that there's a...