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by jmarvin_
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)
Replies: 4
Views: 1272

Re: JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)

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by jmarvin_
Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Should ACF tossups be shorter?
Replies: 30
Views: 12507

Re: Should ACF tossups be shorter?

I've already written at length in length's defense in other threads, so I will do us all a favor and refrain from retreading things in such detail here. I do want to put another name on the proverbial petition, though, endorsing 1) that length is not necessarily bad, 2) that writing shorter question...
by jmarvin_
Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

This set is now clear, and has been uploaded to the archive. We hope everyone enjoyed their time with it, and are happy to continue any discussion of the set in its subforum (to which anyone interested is now invited).
by jmarvin_
Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 8103

Re: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion

Without getting deep into the details, I wanted to be sure to say how much I loved this edition of Regs, which I think is, in the categories I feel qualified to judge, the best I've ever played (the fact that I wasn't a strong enough player then to really know how I'd feel now about the mid-2010s ed...
by jmarvin_
Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Editors, please TRIM your bonuses
Replies: 9
Views: 3874

Re: Editors, please TRIM your bonuses

I wanted to say some things about why I disagree with the spirit of this post and the philosophy behind it, even as I don't disagree with its practical proposals in all but rare cases. I understand that many of the things this post will say are going to be controversial and likely quite unpopular, b...
by jmarvin_
Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II @ UChicago (11/19/22)
Replies: 11
Views: 4087

Re: CMST II @ UChicago (11/19/22)

Megachile dupla wrote: Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:46 pm Will the tournament be following the rules suggested in the initial post (20 point powers, 0 for negs, bouncebacks)?
It will be - but notice that that does NOT include bouncebacks. Only the higher-value powers and neutral "negs."
by jmarvin_
Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II Online Playtest Mirror (11/12-3/22)
Replies: 2
Views: 1086

Re: CMST II Online Playtesting

As there is not enough interest to run a full playtesting mirror, we are now soliciting playtesters for any and all specific categories to test any and only questions you are interested in. We will work with anyone interested and find times to run through the questions, preferably simultaneously if ...
by jmarvin_
Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II Online Playtest Mirror (11/12-3/22)
Replies: 2
Views: 1086

Re: CMST II Online Playtest Mirror (11/12-3/22)

Some discussion on the discord suggests this might be worth clarifying: "format to be determined by level of interest" includes running this as less of a proper tournament-like "mirror" and more of a concerted question test with committed players, if there are, say, under a doze...
by jmarvin_
Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:06 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: CMST II Playtest (11/12-3/22)
Replies: 1
Views: 3022

Re: CMST II Playtest (11/12-3/22)

Dearest moderators: please delete this thread, as I have moved this announcement to the main Collegiate Announcements section (my bad for thinking "playtesting" included events of this nature).
by jmarvin_
Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II Online Playtest Mirror (11/12-3/22)
Replies: 2
Views: 1086

CMST II Online Playtest Mirror (11/12-3/22)

EDIT: We are looking for volunteers to playtest questions in whichever category you would like, and can work out whatever time and date for doing so. If you are interested in hearing questions from one or more categories and sharing feedback, get in contact with me and/or the subject editors and we ...
by jmarvin_
Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

There will be an online playtest mirror of this set on either 11/12 or 11/13, as determined by a poll. See here for further details.
by jmarvin_
Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:00 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: CMST II Playtest (11/12-3/22)
Replies: 1
Views: 3022

CMST II Playtest (11/12-3/22)

We will be running a playtest of CMST II on either 11/12 or 11/13, whichever wins the above poll. We aim to test 11 packets, with the format to be determined by number of players/"teams." You can sign up here , including if you'd like to volunteer to staff. Feel free to mark on said sheet ...
by jmarvin_
Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 17949

Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll

Due to it being a B team and being incredibly balanced with a lot of mutual shadowing, I don't think most will think to rank my teammates, but you should. Claire Jones is already a top history player with strong subdistributional specialties across the board, especially in literature, classical musi...
by jmarvin_
Wed Apr 13, 2022 2:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4550

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion

(John's comments on a problematically named jazz subgenre) For whatever it's worth, John is right about this to the best of my understanding. The term has been self-applied and is still used by many musicians of the style's ethnicities of origin. But, more generally, the situation regarding the ter...
by jmarvin_
Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

I'd like to put out a call for any writers who are interested in contributing any amount of science, history, and literature questions. We could especially use some additional science, since one of our key writers for that category left the project for personal reasons. History and Literature are st...
by jmarvin_
Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 2252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion

This is a bit of a late post, but I thought it couldn't hurt to make in any case. At our site, an important game came down to a protest on the New Guinea tossup. I answered with "Papua" and was negged, as I should have been based on the answerline as written. Now, to be clear, I'm not goin...
by jmarvin_
Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

I feel compelled to ask: what, other than jazz, do you foresee going in the second category here? I'm glad you asked! Jazz (and its antecedents / outgrowths) will occupy about half of this subdistribution, while the other half will be home to non-Western traditional and art music as well as some We...
by jmarvin_
Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

I feel compelled to ask: what, other than jazz, do you foresee going in the second category here? I'm glad you asked! Jazz (and its antecedents / outgrowths) will occupy about half of this subdistribution, while the other half will be home to non-Western traditional and art music as well as some We...
by jmarvin_
Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

CMST II (Fall 2022)

I am proud to announce CMST II (this time, it stands for Chicago-Maryland-Spearheaded Tournament), a 3.5-dot difficulty set in the vein of previous fall and pre-Nats opens intended to be played in autumn of 2022. The set is head-edited by myself (John Marvin), alongside editors Wonyoung Jang, Adam F...
by jmarvin_
Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How do you write and edit quizbowl creatively?
Replies: 7
Views: 4302

Re: How do you write and edit quizbowl creatively?

I want to make a full-scale, perhaps embarrassingly manifesto-like post about quizbowl writing theory once the set Clark, others, and I are working on is released in a year or so, so that I will be able to use our writing to illustrate my points. For now, I'll say just a few quick things. The Westbr...
by jmarvin_
Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Favorite Albums
Replies: 29
Views: 4104

Re: Favorite Albums

screw it - completely off the top of my head, in only the vaguest order, limited to 2 albums per artist for diversity's sake (else you'd see a whole lot of certain folks ^^; )

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by jmarvin_
Fri Aug 13, 2021 2:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Soliciting Big 3 Writers / Editors (Nats/Open Difficulty)
Replies: 1
Views: 1465

Re: Soliciting Big 3 Writers / Editors (Nats/Open Difficulty)

Update: we have taken on Wonyoung Jang as our literature editor, and Tim Morrison as an all-categories writer. We are still looking for a Science and a History editor, and heartily invite anyone who wishes to contribute any amount of questions in the Big 3 categories. This will be a slow-paced proje...
by jmarvin_
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8705

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

As Matt just said, "Schopenhauer as Educator" and "Use and Abuse of History for Life" are in fact widely read and widely assigned; both were part of the 19th century segment of my undergraduate "great books"-style core requirements at BC. And as Matt and Caleb both note...
by jmarvin_
Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Soliciting Big 3 Writers / Editors (Nats/Open Difficulty)
Replies: 1
Views: 1465

Soliciting Big 3 Writers / Editors (Nats/Open Difficulty)

I am seeking collaborators for an as-yet (officially) unannounced experimental pre-nats-open-difficulty set, intended to be completed and played some time in the 2022-3 season, head-edited by yours truly. I am looking for the following necessary roles: A Lead Science Editor who will oversee all thin...
by jmarvin_
Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:11 pm
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 will be staying at the University of Chicago for the next 7 years (or fewer) for a PhD in Philosophy of Religions. I am excited to keep playing, writing, and otherwise contributing to the community!
by jmarvin_
Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 11497

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

-Cluing the Bridge of the Drina for "Bosnia" felt a little hosey since its written in Serbo-Croatian, which I bet is the only thing most player know about it at least for a lit perspective. My teammate negged with Serbia on this clue and I would have too. I think this specific point is to...
by jmarvin_
Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 38
Views: 11717

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks

For what it's worth I'll extend my praise to the "space" tossup's earlier half. I got it on the second clue, drawing from Kant, and was highly impressed that the question managed to reference this quite convoluted part of Kant in a way that it clearly and directly brought me to the answer....
by jmarvin_
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DATE + TIME POLL: Online Solo Tournament
Replies: 2
Views: 1966

Re: DATE + TIME POLL: Online Solo Tournament

Superpowers and 20 point normal powers! Made my day to read this announcement :party:
by jmarvin_
Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 8054

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion

I want to concur the comments from (Will/)Alston about the analytic/continental breakdown here. First, just to be clear, I thought that the analytic content present was fantastically written, and even as I played the worst quizbowl of my life (in terms of my execution) yesterday, I was really engage...
by jmarvin_
Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata
Replies: 12
Views: 1709

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata

The only thing I noticed that could plausibly be called "errata" was that, in the Imagined Communities tossup, the concept of "homogenous empty time" was mentioned before mentioning that this concept is borrowed from Benjamin, leading me at game speed to buzz and attempt to remem...
by jmarvin_
Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
Replies: 21
Views: 11657

Re: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)

To start us off, I'll be heading to Chicago Div to start a 2 year MA in Religious Studies. Last week I thought I was retired, this week I'm less sure, but I'll definitely be around to staff. Congrats and welcome! As for me, the situation is complicated and if you care about the details feel free to...
by jmarvin_
Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open Discord Mirror (3/28 - 3/29)
Replies: 7
Views: 4467

Re: Terrapin Open Discord Mirror (3/28 - 3/29)

Last second drop from my team, so if you want to sneak in and play this get in touch ASAP!

EDIT: Wonyoung has taken the slot.
by jmarvin_
Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54058

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

Does all of this not apply to high school quizbowl as well? Yet the high school game seems to be doing just fine while being more accessible to less-skilled players... Maybe because most players probably start going to nationals before becoming elite? I mean PACE NSC is still rewarding to elite pla...
by jmarvin_
Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54058

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

I don't want to spend too much time on this, but I thought I would contribute a point about difficulty. In short, the attitude given in the original post of this thread has always been very confusing to me. I didn't learn about real quizbowl I was a high school upperclassman, and with much effort we...
by jmarvin_
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
Replies: 33
Views: 11950

Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2020)

vinteuil wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:58 pm i am Here for this
ThisIsMyUsername wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:18 pm I eagerly await playing this.
:party:
by jmarvin_
Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open Errata
Replies: 14
Views: 2351

Re: 2019 Fall Open Errata

jsingh wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:47 pmQhapaq Nañ
I want to note that now that this is a thing in the present version of Sid Meier's Civilization VI people are going to give this answer a lot more frequently than most native American original-language terms. Just something to be aware of for future answerline writers.
by jmarvin_
Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 66
Views: 14356

Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion

For what it's worth, I'll add that my team answered with "surveys" as well after deliberating on whether "textbook" was too general to be the answer, and were unfortunately denied points.
by jmarvin_
Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata
Replies: 35
Views: 3819

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata

I finally tracked down the clue in the Russian (linguistics) tossup that felt weird: the vocative case in Russian was described as only appearing in diminuitive nicknames. In reality, it also shows up in churchy stuff - most notably, the phrase bozhe moy , "my God," which uses the vocativ...
by jmarvin_
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 292280

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion

Loved the idea of a tossup on harmoniums, but weren't you describing an indian instrument with an accordian part pretty early in the tossup? Unless it has changed since I last touched it, there's no indication that it has an accordion part in the clues about Hindustani music, merely that it can't d...
by jmarvin_
Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 292280

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion

Not to mention the Russian tossup (if it is the same one I'm thinking of) originally WAS just a Mayakovsky tossup, which was only changed after the first mirror for accessibility reasons. The religion questions on USA and Switzerland were both done as they were so that knowledge of figures/movements...
by jmarvin_
Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 292280

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion

The "anātman" question was very cool. Always nice to hear about philosophical convergence from different traditions. Very pleased that this went over well with you and others; thanks for the praise! I wanted to show that there's room for that sort of thing in the answerspace. Examples of ...
by jmarvin_
Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:09 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
Replies: 43
Views: 4194

Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music

If you like math rock, highly recommend this EP youtube algorithm fed me a few weeks ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPacj2jIqA&app=desktop Oh hey, I knew the guy in this band when I lived in Boston! Nate Sherman is a madman, tunes his guitar to BF#BF#BF# (seriously!) He's now one of two b...
by jmarvin_
Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO Online Discord Mirror (3/10/19)
Replies: 6
Views: 4263

Re: PIANO Online Discord Mirror (3/10/19)

I hate to say this on such short notice, but something has come up such that I am looking for someone willing to staff this in my place - please let me know if you'd be willing and able!
by jmarvin_
Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Your favorite RPGs
Replies: 9
Views: 1256

Re: Your favorite RPGs

Anyone who has played Torment: Tides of Numenera or the legendary Planescape: Torment understands why I'm mentioning them here.
by jmarvin_
Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
Replies: 17
Views: 8114

Re: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)

Milhouse wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:38 pm To be perfectly clear, it is Toronto who is out of line here.
* Toronto J, not to be confused with the official UToronto club
by jmarvin_
Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

I think the Nova Scotia Black Loyalist clue is really unambiguous, and I think everyone buzzing at the Canadian site understood exactly what that clue wanted an answer. They were specifically chosen because of their support/fighting in the war, and when talked about as a group they are specifically...
by jmarvin_
Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

Look, I talked to Jakob personally to make sure that that part was understood correctly, because it's important to me that nobody be unintentionally insulted in a cruel and pointless manner like that, and Jakob told me he understood and recognized I was not trying to attack or delegitimize his team'...
by jmarvin_
Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

I'd like to finally address the things I mentioned in the Discord after playing this tournament. First off, I would like to thank the editors and writers for producing a set that I enjoyed playing, which included some wonderful content. Pretty much every great buzz I had on this tournament was the r...
by jmarvin_
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

* Not to mention the fact that—and it must be stated explicitly that no member of Chicago A has, to my knowledge, ever made such an argument in public or in private—the potential for a large upset two rounds in a row would be possible legitimate grounds to critique a set. The fact that this argumen...
by jmarvin_
Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

My cat woke me up early this morning and I couldn't get back to sleep, so I thought I'd try to finally whip a post out before this fracas devolves further. I'm sure most of you who, like me, have some kind of digitally-related ADD or other attention issues understand procrastination, and I assure yo...