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- Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1460
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
Here is the Discord server link. (I will also email this to team contacts when I invoice them, which I'll do when I get packet discount info, hopefully soon!) Please edit your Discord nickname so that your school name is first in brackets, followed by your real name. Staff should do the same. @me i...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1460
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
What exactly is this tournament? What region of the country does this tournament correspond to? The linked ACF Regionals thread on the forum does not, as far as I can tell, provide any relevant information. I believe this is the super site referred to in this thread . Casey is correct! I've updated...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1460
2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
I am pleased to announce that the invitational site of 2021 ACF Regionals will be held on Discord on Saturday, January 30, 2021. This tournament is invitation-only to (what we believe are) the strongest collegiate teams. 14 bids were offered and all were accepted. The tournament will take place virt...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 780
Re: 2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
A hearty congratulations to Chicago A for winning this tournament. The other three teams in the top bracket (Illinois B [UG], Illinois A, Chicago B [DII]) all finished this tournament with 2 losses, including carryover losses; Illinois B had the highest PPG among common opponents. The top individual...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 780
Re: 2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
You can find updated stats throughout the day here.
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 780
2020 ACF Winter Midwest (11/7/2020)
I am pleased to announce that the Midwest site of 2020 ACF Winter will be held online on Saturday, November 7, 2020. The tournament will take place virtually on Discord. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 CST and gameplay will begin at 9 AM CST. I will be the tournament director. Please direct a...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2270
Re: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion
Lastly I want to thank the leadership of ACF for doing all of the legwork to make Fall happen. Specifically, Margaret Tebbe worked through the limitations of our online-only world to set up 13 tournament sites in three countries. ACF Editor-in-Chief Matt Bollinger also provided meaningful guidance ...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4509
Re: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)
I'll also speak in favor of bouncebacks, they really do help with engagement, and the field will be very good so I don't think we should worry about it taking too long. Each packet is already 22/22. Adding bouncebacks to what will already be abnormally long rounds seems like a bad idea. I say this ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Why do women quit quizbowl? Some actual answers
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1481
Why do women quit quizbowl? Some actual answers
(This is not directly related to current discussion going on in other threads and venues about misconduct and harassment, which I am actively reading and moderating and fully support.) In the past, we’ve had community discussions about how to make quizbowl more approachable and inclusive. This is a ...
- Fri May 08, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15800
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
In the interest of keeping announcement threads tidy, I've split subsequent discussion about cancelling ACF Nationals to this thread.
- Fri May 08, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals Cancellation Discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1766
Re: 2020 ACF Nationals Cancellation Discussion
I've split this thread from the announcement thread for 2020 ACF Nationals.
- Fri May 08, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6162
Re: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
the offers to edit and write for this seem at odds with the top scorer on the challenged team saying "no"
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:32 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8671
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
Please note that there will be an online UK mirror of WORKSHOP on May 23rd, so the set will not be clear until at least that date.
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2548
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online
Strongly opposed to using bouncebacks for an online tournament. I do like a good well-run, one-day online event, but at the same time, I do think there's a risk that this could become a bit of a slog. [emphasis mine] Are you saying a two-day event is less likely to be a slog? I would like to play th...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Wisdom Extracted Hybrid (4/3 @ 9 PM EST on Discord)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1165
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP at NC State [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1037
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP at NC State
This tournament has been cancelled due to a lack of interest.
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3596
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4602
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
I'm glad this is being discussed, and particularly grateful for Jonah's input. I think the bigger factor is, as others have noted, the moderator hesitancy. Negging people after two seconds, especially without the clock, just "seems wrong" to many people. There was at least one instance whe...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8671
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
Are there any plans for a collegiate mirror of this set in the Northeast/upper Mid-Atlantic (the NYU mirror being high-school-only, which one might also regard as a questionable decision but nevermind that)? Brown is interested in hosting in May, but is waiting to confirm until after their Terrapin...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8671
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 WORKSHOP
Are there any plans for a collegiate mirror of this set in the Northeast/upper Mid-Atlantic (the NYU mirror being high-school-only, which one might also regard as a questionable decision but nevermind that)? Brown is interested in hosting in May, but is waiting to confirm until after their Terrapin...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open @ UMD (2/22/2020)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3389
Re: Terrapin Open @ UMD (2/22/2020)
Do you anticipate running any side events on Sunday?
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Reporting Form
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13384
Re: Misconduct Reporting Form
Jason Russell has stepped aside as an IAC representative to the misconduct form. We thank him for his time and effort. Today I updated the [email protected] address to change access to the form. We look forward to working with Brad Fischer as an IAC representative to the misconduct form.
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Reporting Form
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8424
Re: Misconduct Reporting Form
Jason Russell has stepped aside as an IAC representative to the misconduct form. We thank him for his time and effort. Today I updated the [email protected] address to change access to the form. We look forward to working with Brad Fischer as an IAC representative to the misconduct form.
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11166
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
Just want to add that if TO announced February 22nd as their preferred date, then they should make every effort to host their (especially flagship) mirrors on that date, given how incredibly crowded the spring schedule is this year.
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: New Google Sheet for a Collegiate Contact List: 2018/2019
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4427
Re: New Google Sheet for a Collegiate Contact List: 2018/2019
I just wanted to bump this for people to update their contact information. Please fill in especially new clubs and teams that might have played ACF Fall this year! I am not sure if anyone is willing and able to verify the contact information of teams on this list, but I feel lists like this are ver...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:46 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Experience Survey - Preliminary Collegiate Results
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1088
2019 ACF Fall Experience Survey - Preliminary Collegiate Results
The 2019 ACF Fall Experience Survey was in 5 parts: Background, Logistics, Tournament Experience, Your Team, and Other Tournaments. Participants got to choose what order they took the survey in and how many sections to fill out, so the number of responses per section will vary (and in a couple of ca...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:20 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1670
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:32 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5768
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Cabrini Green is not in Bronzeville. Probably I'd say it's on the Near North Side; the Latin School of Chicago coach said it was in Old Town.
The bonus clue that mentioned the connection between the words "Adonis" and "Adonai" was super cool!
The bonus clue that mentioned the connection between the words "Adonis" and "Adonai" was super cool!
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5562
Re: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?
Some sort of "Welcome to Your First Tournament" guide (that perhaps could be personalized, depending on the tournament) would be great--we could also potentially avoid some of the frustrating ex post facto posts that pop up, both from the new teams and teams aggrieved at their behavior. I...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15412
Re: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
There are still 9 days until we'd like to have all of our bids in, and while I'd love more bids from any region, I am particularly seeking those from the following regions: Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) Lower Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, District of C...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:28 am
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3836
Re: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
Matthew Siff won the first reading. Reading 1 Matthew Siff 1/0 30 bonus points, 40 Chandler 1/1 30 bonus points, 35 Conor Thompson 1/1 20 bonus points, 25 William Golden 1/1, 20 bonus points, 25 Eric Wolsberg 1/1 20 bonus points, 25 Cody Voight 1/2 20 bonus points, 20 Matt Mitchell 1/0 10 bonus poin...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:09 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3836
Re: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
There will be another reading tonight at 6:30 PM Central in #packet.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:02 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3836
Re: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
Several people have told me that announcing a packet 5 hours before its reading "doesn't work for them" (?), so if you want to hear it sometime this week you can fill this out too. I'm happy to read it multiple times.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 3:51 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3836
Spite the Box: A College/Open Meta Packet from ~2015-Present for the Terminally Online
Exactly what it says on the tin--I wrote a college/open meta packet over the summer. I read it after CO to quite a lot of people, but not everybody who might like to hear it did. I will be reading it tonight (October 21st) on Discord at 8 PM Central . There are 10 tossups and 9 bonuses. There is a 9...
- Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Reporting Form
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13384
Re: Misconduct Reporting Form
We've added an additional, required question to the end of the misconduct form: When responding to complaints, we want to make sure that both parties have an opportunity to express their understanding of events. One of the organizations may contact the person in question to notify them that a compla...
- Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Reporting Form
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8424
Re: Misconduct Reporting Form
We've added an additional, required question to the end of the misconduct form: When responding to complaints, we want to make sure that both parties have an opportunity to express their understanding of events. One of the organizations may contact the person in question to notify them that a compla...
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IL5 Online Mirror
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1959
Re: IL5 Online Mirror
Hoping for early on because I leave town on the 23rd.
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13707
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
I've split the discussion of packet-submission at 2019 ACF Fall to a Collegiate Discussion thread.
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8071
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Not everyone gets a lot better at quizbowl in college, nor is everyone interested in actively trying to get better or writing questions! Some solid to good high school players, for whom high school tournaments are appropriate, get worse in college. Others stay the same or improve at some areas and ...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
Stats for Scattergories 3 are now up . Despite taking two losses in the prelims to teams that did not make the top bracket, Du mußt dein Negging ändern (Jordan Brownstein, Will Alston, Rahul Keyal, JinAh Kim) made the top pool and swept the playoffs to finish the tournament 8-2. In the last round of...
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
2:15 in your game rooms, please!
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
Schedules are at https://tinyurl.com/scattergories3. The tacos are in 2415, which is also where we'll be for rebracketing. Please pay! $10 for the tournament, $10 for tacos, which are pre-order only.
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
In the interest of keeping things moving smoothly this weekend, please fill out this lunch order form if you're attending the tournament and want to have tacos. The goal is to keep lunch as short as reasonable so we can move on to Scattergories quickly and make sure people aren't missing flights. P...
- Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
Having contacted a few more teams privately and heard no objections, the format will indeed be 7 RR/7 RR into 4 RR/4 RR/3x3 crossovers. Blessed Be The Tie That Binds.
The field is now closed.
The field is now closed.
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 1:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7690
Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
but once you have a team please email me with "Scattergories" in the subject line to actually register. Please do this, if you have not already! There are 10 packets and will be around 14 teams, which makes scheduling tricky. I'm open to commentary on the schedule, depending on peoples' p...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
- Replies: 91
- Views: 21288
Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Thank you John for the write-up! In addition, according to the Cambridge Open stats , the team 3 Four Men In A Boat (John Lawrence, Andrew Wang, Jakob Myers [4 games played, due to transportation] and Mike Sorice [2 games played, due to injury]) cleared the field, defeating Chandrew Smith (Chris Ra...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
- Replies: 91
- Views: 21288
Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Thank you John for the write-up! In addition, according to the Cambridge Open stats , the team 3 Four Men In A Boat (John Lawrence, Andrew Wang, Jakob Myers [4 games played, due to transportation] and Mike Sorice [2 games played, due to injury] ) cleared the field, defeating Chandrew Smith (Chris Ra...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
- Replies: 91
- Views: 21288
Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Mike Etzkorn wants to start MUSES at 4, so please be back from lunch before then.
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Does every quizbowl organization need its own blog?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5938
Re: Does every quizbowl organization need its own blog?
I don't think it would be expensive or a lot of work to just aggregate the social media feeds of various quizbowl organizations, and display the results on a page. As you say, you could find something that would allow you to manually add tags for posts you'd like to feature. But it sounds like you m...
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:27 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5658
Re: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
Since we have indeed made further tweaks to the hosting guidelines , we are, as promised, noting them down here. With regard to your question above, we have determined that if a host fails to properly award an Undergraduate or DII title, we will handle bids on a case-by-case basis. Other major chang...