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Ciorwrong

I'd favour doing bonuses purely from a "more QB is more fun" perspective. If there's a format where we can fit more games in by not doing bonuses I could be persuaded to do that, but I'm fine with the current plan too. We have 13 full packets because this is a novice set. Given this constraint, thi...

Ciorwrong

Personally, as Daniel mentioned, I'd prefer this be run with bonuses even if the average ppb is 25 or whatever it's going to be. Here is a straw poll people can use to express their opinions in a more concise way. My primarily goal here is to have a fun tournament that won't last forever.

Ciorwrong

A waitlist has been added. I may try to get additional staffers depending on interest or if there is a good format for 12 team mirrors. If teams are okay with something like two pools of 6 for prelims (5 games) and then 3 crossover playoff games and a final (8/9 games), I could expand. My worry as a...

Ciorwrong

I now have registrations from nine teams. We are one team away from a field cap and I will reassess the staffing and field situation after this. Please check to see if you have registered and are noted because I might have missed your email.

Ciorwrong

I've suggested this elsewhere but I believe that the buzzer systems thread needs an overhaul. It's extremely outdated and that is what lead me to write my buzzer systems thread last year. I'm more than willing to update this page to help teams get strong and durable buzzer systems in their hands I ...

Ciorwrong

The field as of now is: 1. what is this cursed team (Conor Thompson et al.) 2. Daniel Hothem et al. 3. Aayush + Will Alston 4. Rumbo Steefahming (Rohin et al.) 5. Alex Li et al. 6. Swapnil + David 7. disgusting and barbarous (Connor Mayers et al.) 8. Avinash Iyer et al. 9. Vincent Du et al. 10. Fath...

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Hi. I've been meaning to post in this thread a while but was interrupted by finals and other life events. I more or less echo what people like Eric M. and Will Alston have said above so I don't really feel the need to rehash their points. I would like to give an anecdote about myself which I'm usual...

Ciorwrong

Hello quizbowl, I apologize for getting this up late. My finals were this past week and I don't need to explain that this was the most complicated final exam week of my life. Logistics : I will be running an OPEN mirror of SUN on Discord on Sunday, April 19. Note this was originally ACF Nationals we...

Ciorwrong

6. A comprehensive feng shui-incorporating packetization tool, such that the intersection of every reasonable non-contradictory feng shui request can be implemented. Just a warning from someone who's tried this in the past: even simple sounding constraints, like no two questions in a row on Japan o...

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So it looks like the 28th was the winning date. The TO team have been discussing how best to run the mirror. Given the length entailed by a Nats- set, plus a discord mirror, would people still be interested in playing and staffing if we had to split the mirror over multiple days? (i.e. the first 7-...

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Greg Gauthier emailed me to ask about considering JAGUARS 2 . Another possibility is a further development of Ophir's stats if he is interested. (He hasn't posted on the forums since 2010, but we olds remember him.) UCSD uses a spreadsheet system on GDocs to keep score for their tournaments. I've t...

Ciorwrong

Preliminarily, the open mirror for this set will be on April 18 or 19, the same weekend as ACF Nationals was supposed to be on. Lemme know if this works for you.

Ciorwrong

I would be down to plan and work on a 24 hour hackathon. I would much prefer this happens in the next two weeks before my spring quarter from hell starts ahead of my qualifying exams in June. Alternatively, such a quizbowl hackathon could occur in the summer. I heartily endorse this idea and think i...

Ciorwrong

The recent COVID pandemic has put this set in doubt. It is completed and was successfully mirrored at Toronto last weekend. In light of this, I recommend SUN be hosted in Fall 2020 if the pandemic or extenuating circumstances prevent the set from being played. I think this set can coexist with ACF F...

Ciorwrong

Is there a particular justification for why all of religion, mythology, philosophy and social science are all reduced for this event? This doesn't seem to align with recent college events. Having pop culture be almost as present as social science is not in any way indicative of what the college can...

Ciorwrong

Additionally, having geography be as common as religion and mythology and larger than social science and philosophy is basically what a high school set would do. This may have something to do with the fact that this is a high school set (with some conversions). Is it not reasonable to change some o...

Ciorwrong

Additionally, having geography be as common as religion and mythology and larger than social science and philosophy is basically what a high school set would do. This may have something to do with the fact that this is a high school set (with some conversions). Is it not reasonable to change some o...

Ciorwrong

Is there a particular justification for why all of religion, mythology, philosophy and social science are all reduced for this event? This doesn't seem to align with recent college events. Having pop culture be almost as present as social science is not in any way indicative of what the college cano...

Ciorwrong

As I've said in the Discord, all of these suggestions are good. The people who are worried about "over-professionalism" are pretty off-base and may be conflating college and high school quizbowl. High school administrators, parents and the PR people and reporters who might write a short story on a t...

Ciorwrong

To accommodate a player with an existing obligation, I have decided to switch the science and literature playtesting dates. If you are unable to attend any of these teams, there are alternate ways to offer feedback on the set. Please PM me, DM me on Discord or email me for further information.

Ciorwrong

Hello all. I'd like to invite experienced collegiate players and college graduates to playtest Spring Undergraduate Novice. Set information can be found here . Note that while this playtest is meant for experienced collegiate players, players of a spectrum of skill levels and knowledge specialties a...

Ciorwrong

Can we have a public field update? Is this tournament still happening?

Ciorwrong

Cheynem wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:55 pm
I'm glad Michigan/Michigan State has come together on this and that this tournament will (basically) be continuing.

Strong agree. It's awesome Michigan and Michigan State worked this out and continued an idea I had for four years. This is also taking place on my birthday funnily enough.

Ciorwrong

Final logistical details have been sent out. Neg5 stats will be available here. Schedule and rules are on this link.

Ciorwrong

An initial logistics email for this tournament was just sent out. Let me know if you are still interested in attending or did not receive the email ASAP.

Ciorwrong

I have added several mirrors for this tournament. Ideally, we would still have a high school online (closed mirror) so let me know if you are interested in running that. I do not anticipate having the availability to run a high school online mirror but last year ILLIAC had an online high school mirr...

Ciorwrong

We currently have 5 non-house teams registered for this event. Ideally, we if we could wrangle up some more local teams, that would be awesome. Please let me know if you if you'd like to play this event ASAP. I'm hoping for either an 8 or 6 team mirror to make the numbers as seamless as possible. Th...

Ciorwrong

Hey Cade, Like with any other category, the best way to lock down your subject is via immersion. This sounds daunting, but realistically in the case of Current Events, it just means keeping up to date on the news. How is this accomplished then? For quiz bowl (and in general; being up to date is ver...

Ciorwrong

Packets are being uploaded to the archive. Let me know if there are any errors and I will fix them. I mostly edited for formatting and some grammar things.

Ciorwrong

I added some mirrors to the list. I am still actively seeking mirrors especially in high-density quizbowl areas such as the Midwest west, of say, Ohio. Please contact me ASAP if you are interested because I believe this set should be played by as many teams as possible. Additionally, I am still seek...

Ciorwrong

Alex Damisch and ACF have been putting together a more sustained and professional version of this list I'd invite every collegiate team to check it out!

Link

At this time, I'm considering my lit to be deprecated and I'd invite teams to check out ACF's list instead.

Ciorwrong

In the OP, Harris notes that it would take "a group of less-experienced writers" about six hours to write 12/12, which comes out to an average of 15 minutes per question. This was surprising to me, because I would have guessed that it takes inexperienced writers much longer to write questions. Whil...

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The first master sheet and the by region sheets are redundant with each other. Is there a way to consolidate info so people just need to update info in a single place? eg delete master sheet and just have people update by region sheets, or have people update master sheet and protected by region she...

Ciorwrong

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 very...

Ciorwrong

This post is reserved for field updates.

Team(s)/Buzzers/Staffers
UCSD/ >=1 /many
ASU/1/0
Westview HS/2/0
Brophy College Prep 1/0/0
UCLA 1/0/0
Del Norte HS 1/?/?

EDIT: last updated January 22

Ciorwrong

The UCSD quizbowl team is pleased to announce a mirror of Michigan Winter Tournament (MWT) on February 1, 2020. I will be directing this mirror. Details are available here and me and the other writers are confident this is a set teams from across the skill distribution should feel comfortable playin...

Ciorwrong

My understanding is that the majority of the set had to be written and edited in a month. This doesn't seem ideal and is caused by the packet submission model. I don't mean to discount the rest of your post, which I think raises a number of valuable points for consideration. However, I did want to ...

Ciorwrong

My understanding is that the majority of the set had to be written and edited in a month. This doesn't seem ideal and is caused by the packet submission model. I don't mean to discount the rest of your post, which I think raises a number of valuable points for consideration. However, I did want to ...

Ciorwrong

It’s time for ACF to stop using packet submission as a model for Fall. It fosters several perverse incentives and negative consequences that I will outline them using a combination of anecdotes and explanation. 1. First and chiefly, the best writers in quizbowl should not be playing ACF Fall which d...

Ciorwrong

So apparently, several teams from this site left early which really delayed re-bracketing and worsened the tournament for other teams. Please do not do this in the future! If you need to leave early, it's best to tell the TD ahead of time so this issue does not arise. The effect of teams leaving ear...

Ciorwrong

I'm very excited for this. I'm not sure where if/when/where I'll play Terrapin Open, but regardless, I'm seeking a collaborator for this. I'd be interested in writing economics obviously and I have some spicy ideas in other categories saved up. Preferably, a collaborator could write any of law, ling...

Ciorwrong

Caveat: I did not attend this event. It doesn't seem proper that there were so many strong teams playing at an ostensibly novice event. In the future, I'd recommend to teams hosting a novice event prevent teams of players who are going to score 26 ppb from defeating less-experienced teams. DCC is a ...

Ciorwrong

I can do so absolutely. I'll start at 6 Eastern or 3 Pacific. Thanks for reminding me.

Ciorwrong

Attention all: I have decided to revise this again. This Sunday, Sept. 22, I will be reading as many packets as possible starting at 6 pm Eastern or 3 pm Pacific in the normal Quizbowl Discord #packet room. I would highly, highly, encourage you to donate at least $10 to the Lansing food bank if you...

Ciorwrong

Attention all: I have decided to revise this again. This Sunday, Sept. 22, I will be reading as many packets as possible starting at 6 pm Eastern or 3 pm Pacific in the normal Quizbowl Discord #packet room. I would highly, highly, encourage you to donate at least $10 to the Lansing food bank if you ...

Ciorwrong

The online mirror will be Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22. I will try to start at 6 pm Pacific or 9 pm Eastern. I will probably use a private Discord for his in order to try to encourage participants to donate. Please PM/email if interested.

Ciorwrong

Is there a possibility of an online mirror of this? I’d be interested in paying to play an online mirror. I'd also love to hear an online mirror and would be happy to support a good cause or the people who have written packets. There will be an online mirror within the next two weeks. I have been b...

Ciorwrong

Reducing air travel by not flying in staff to national tournaments is likely a bad idea, because it reduces the quality of the staff pool while not really making an impact on the environment (as others have observed, those flights are almost certainly taking off anyway, with or without NCT/ACF Nats...

Ciorwrong

It's good to see this is happening. This poll usually does not get a lot of votes despite the overall community interest and hopefully this changes this year. Is there any reason this poll is due so early? Many schools won't even have had opening meetings by the time the poll is due, so it seems sil...

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I'm a high schooler who is interested in using QEMS2 as a method of possibly writing small housewrite packets. However, after I created an account on QEMS2, it redirected me to verify my account, and when I attempted to connect to the "accounts" page, it doesn't appear to work and the domain cannot...

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