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by TaylorH
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN @ UChicago (3/23/24)
Replies: 8
Views: 2929

Re: ESPN @ UChicago (3/23/24)

I will be in attendance and am happy to read/TD for TELEOLOGY on Saturday evening. Probably can't make sunday though. I can read TELEOLOGY 3 rather than 2 since some folks have heard 2 already.
by TaylorH
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature
Replies: 1
Views: 425

Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature

Hi book enjoyers, I am pleased to announce Notes on the Underground , a challenging side event focused on underappreciated books and literature. The set will consist of 10 packets of 20 powermarked toss-ups. This set is about 25% done, and I hope to have the set finished by fall/winter 2024. What do...
by TaylorH
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 1098

Re: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024

This set is finished and is available for mirrors now. With that said, if you'd like to run a side event at your tournament in the next few months, I'd recommend you mirror TELEOLOGY 2 instead since that has only been heard at the main online site. I'd like to run this in person somewhere in the sum...
by TaylorH
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2336

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Congrats to the team How I Terrorized My Thighs into Massive Growth! (Mike Bentley, Kenji Shimizu, John Lawrence, Matt Lafer) for winning this tournament by defeating Bruce "Cube" Alexander's Jelly Belly Pet Rat Park (John Brownstein, Tejas Raje, Victor Pavao, Aseem Keyal) in a one-game fi...
by TaylorH
Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2336

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi all,

Now that the signup sheet has 12 teams, the field is officially closed. I encourage the remaining free agents to join up with the shorthanded teams. Teams and staff will get an email near the middle of this week.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!
by TaylorH
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2336

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi! Just wondering what time you're planning on having the tournament start? To account for various U.S. time zones, we will start at 10 AM ET/7AM PT on Saturday. Assuming we get up to 12 teams, I'd like to run an 11-game round-robin, so folks should plan for a longer day than most online side even...
by TaylorH
Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2336

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

We are about two weeks out from this event, looking forward to everyone playing! It would be awesome to have a few more sign-ups so we could get up to 10 teams (or even twelve?). I think a lot more folks who haven't signed up yet would greatly enjoy this set. Free agents who are currently signed up ...
by TaylorH
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2336

TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi all, I am hosting an online "main site" mirror of TELEOLOGY 2 on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Sign-up sheet for teams, staff, and free agents is here. We'll play on Zoom + Buzzin Live. Field cap will depend on the number of sign-ups. We will be playing all 10 packets of the set. Cost is...
by TaylorH
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 1098

TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024

This is the announcement for TELEOLOGY 3, a challenging hybrid side event coming in spring 2024. The distro is the same as TELEOLOGY 2: 2 Film 4 Literature 2 Non-film visual arts 2 Art music 3 Pop music 2 Video games 1 Other pop culture 1 Belief 2 Thought 5 "Other" (grab bag of history, sc...
by TaylorH
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 1900

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

I wrote so much extra for this set that I decided to spin off the extra into the threequel. I was informed that 15 packets is too much for any one side event, so hopefully this move will be more fun for everyone. This set remains finished and will stay open for mirrors through the fall and spring. I...
by TaylorH
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 1900

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

Somewhat poor timing for this with many side event weekends now over, but the first ten packets of this set are now complete and can be mirrored at any time. However, since I have a ton of extras left over, I still plan on writing a few extra packets that will be available as an "expansion pack...
by TaylorH
Fri May 12, 2023 1:27 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 1900

TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

Hi Quiz Bowl, I am writing TELEOLOGY 2, the long-awaited squeakquel to TELEO LOGY . It will be similar to the last one in difficulty and general vibe. I plan on being finished around the end of the calendar year. I hope it can find a home as a mid-season side event somewhere, but there will be at le...
by TaylorH
Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 13
Views: 8857

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks

Thank you to everyone who made ACF Nationals happen this year. The other editors and I worked on the set for almost an entire year. All the time and heart we put into the set resulted in a product that I am immensely proud of. Here I'd like to shout out the people who made that possible. First, my t...
by TaylorH
Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 50737

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

Serpentine284 wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:03 am For the Hans Holbein the Younger tossup in finals, what painting is the third line cluing? I've been looking through all of Holbein's portraits and I can't seem to find one with a green tapestry decorated with griffins.
One of the portraits of Erasmus. The one in profile in which he is writing.
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 50737

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

I really did not like the Ottonian art tossup. Medieval, Western European art is essentially a 500+ year progression of minor developments of the exact same motifs, and I don’t think this tossup did much to rule out the periods on either side of the Ottonian era. “A cross shaped artwork with a cruc...
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 50737

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

The rest of these thoughts will be in roughly the order of what I heard/noted at the time. By the end of the first round, I had already made a note wondering why Indonesia had come up more than once. I can’t actually see from my notes where the second Indonesia mention is besides the bonus part ent...
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Famous People who played Quizbowl
Replies: 24
Views: 35261

Re: Famous People who played Quizbowl

Current St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and MLB All-Star Paul DeJong played some high school quizbowl for Antioch in Illinois in the early 2010s. I think we played the same Masonic Sectionals at some point but never against each other. Paul's younger brother Matt played QB for UF from 2013-2017. I re...
by TaylorH
Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: On Cinema at the Buzzer (side event, summer 2023)
Replies: 6
Views: 2795

Re: On Cinema at the Buzzer (side event, summer 2023)

Sounds fun, but what is this set's position on whether Star Trek 2 or Star Trek 4 was set in San Francisco?
by TaylorH
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
Replies: 21
Views: 4051

Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments

I was able to power the Marcos family TU for an amusing reason. I recently watched the King of the Hill episode Luanne Virgin 2.0, in which Luanne undergoes a "revirginizing" ceremony, a popular practice among some Evangelicals. After seeing the episode, I was Googling a bit to see how pre...
by TaylorH
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 14563

Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion

I liked this set a lot. Pretty much every question I knew anything about was engaging and approached things from a unique and memorable angle, and all the stuff I hadn't heard of made me want to learn more. For me, the humor and silly stuff largely landed, even if I was kicking myself at a few point...
by TaylorH
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:07 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 3228

2023 ACF Nationals Playtesting

The ACF Nationals 2023 editing team is seeking playtesters for the set. If you are out of school and feel that you can provide feedback on college nationals-level questions in any subject, we would love for you to help us out. Playtesting will take place weekly on a private Discord server beginning ...
by TaylorH
Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions
Replies: 1
Views: 3630

Re: 100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions

These were read. Scores for the visual film: Scores 🥇 Ani P 220 (12/9/10) (1 no penalty buzz) 🥈 Erik Christensen [team notganon] 165 (11/6/12) 🥉 Lafer 140 (5/8/3) (2 no penalty buzzes) Ashwath Seetharaman 105 (3/7/2) (2 no penalty buzzes) Juliet 105 (4/5/1) James O. [Pitt] 55 (1/4/0) (1 no penalty b...
by TaylorH
Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:58 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions
Replies: 1
Views: 3630

100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions

Hi all UF quizbowler Mateo Acosta and other members of the UF Film Society wrote a set of 100 visual film questions that I am sure many folks in the greater community would be interested in playing. Additionally, Mateo also wrote a 20 question Star Wars packet. With Mateo's permission, I will be rea...
by TaylorH
Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)
Replies: 25
Views: 13554

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)

Come this fall, I will be moving to the Santa Fe, NM area to start a research job with the Department of Energy. I am happy to help with staffing tournaments in the area if the southwest circuit ends up being revived. Either way, I plan on staying involved through editing/writing and attending the o...
by TaylorH
Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Updating the "Quizbowl Research and Learning Resources" Document
Replies: 0
Views: 1015

Updating the "Quizbowl Research and Learning Resources" Document

Hi all, I have been working on updating and cleaning up the collaborative Quizbowl Research and Learning Resources Google Document. For those of you who don't know, this is a list of useful resources for studying for quizbowl and for writing/editing questions that was spun off an old list of useful ...
by TaylorH
Wed Feb 02, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 10
Views: 4976

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks

The packets have been uploaded to the archive and are pending approval.
by TaylorH
Tue Feb 01, 2022 4:09 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25802

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

May I see the tossup on Haydn cluing works dedicated to him? I believe the first line was referring to Beethoven's first piano sonata (op. 2 no. 1), but I couldn't recall the dedicatee, and I had already forgotten that aspect of the question when the Dissonance quartet was score-clued and negged wi...
by TaylorH
Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25802

2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Discuss specfic questions from 2022 ACF Regionals here. The editors need a bit of time to correct some errata, but I hope to have the set up on the archive within the next few days. You may ask for certain questions to be posted here before the entire set is posted if you like.
by TaylorH
Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 10
Views: 4976

2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks

Hi everyone, This is the general wrap-up thread for the 2022 ACF Regionals set. I hope that everyone who played, staffed, or otherwise interacted with the set yesterday had a great time. The set is now clear for discussion. Please feel free to give your general thoughts and impression of the set her...
by TaylorH
Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:09 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: ACF Regionals 2022 playtesting
Replies: 1
Views: 1553

Re: ACF Regionals 2022 playtesting

We've only got a few responses, and we'd like quite a few more, so please email me if you are interested in playtesting. The tentative schedule can be found below. Sessions will start at 8 PM Eastern unless otherwise noted. Sessions 1 and 2 each day will take place either concurrently or one after t...
by TaylorH
Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:41 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: ACF Regionals 2022 playtesting
Replies: 1
Views: 1553

ACF Regionals 2022 playtesting

The editors are seeking playtesters for the upcoming ACF Regionals 2022 tournament. Playtesting will take place on Discord and will be done by category. We are seeking individuals who can quickly provide constructive feedback on difficulty, clarity, and clue correctness and who have a good handle of...
by TaylorH
Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY: a hard hybrid side event (available now)
Replies: 11
Views: 6776

Re: TELEOLOGY: a hard hybrid side event (available now)

If you wished to host a mirror of this set anytime in the next few months, please let me know soon. If I don't hear from anyone in the next week or so the set will be clear and I will post it on the archive.
by TaylorH
Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Reminder that the -$0 deadline is tonight.
by TaylorH
Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)
Replies: 3
Views: 3069

Re: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)

Thanks to everyone who played and staffed this tournament! I think much fun was had by all. The team Is there a teletubbial suspension of the ethical? (Jordan Brownstein, JinAh Kim, Matt Lafer, and Ani Perumalla) won the tournament by going 10-1. The teams Gnomiological Nomology (Clark Smith, Halle ...
by TaylorH
Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)
Replies: 3
Views: 3069

Re: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)

I formed the last four free agents on the sheet into a team so that we have an even 12 teams. Consider the field for this mirror now closed. Teams without four players may still recruit players to their team up until the tournament starts. Emails to staff and players should go out tonight or early t...
by TaylorH
Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)
Replies: 3
Views: 3069

Re: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)

Reminder to everyone who is signed up that this will be on Saturday. I still need a few more staffers, so please contact me if you can staff. There are still a bunch of free agents on the sheet. Please form yourselves into teams as soon as possible. If you do not by this Thursday, I will form you in...
by TaylorH
Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Reminder that the second packet deadline for -$25 is tomorrow. If you finish your packet early, it helps the editors out a lot for you send it as soon as it is complete rather than waiting until the last possible minute.
by TaylorH
Wed Nov 17, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

The opening post has been updated with the teams that made the -$50 fee deadline. If your team believes they should be on this list and is not there, please contact me.
by TaylorH
Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Reminder that the first packet deadline is tonight. Get those packets in!
by TaylorH
Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Gauging interest for a second Pavement II mirror
Replies: 0
Views: 2152

Gauging interest for a second Pavement II mirror

Hello all. This thread is to gauge interest in possibly hosting a second Pavement II mirror for those who missed the first mirror but still would like to play. This would once again be hosted on QBlitz over a 12 day period sometime in the coming months. If you would play this tournament as either an...
by TaylorH
Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Also a note of clarification for those working on packets: assigned questions on "European/Candian/Australian History" can and should include questions on the history of the British Isles.
by TaylorH
Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

A reminder that the -$50 packet deadline is in one week unless I gave your team an extension on this deadline because of me not seeing emails. The editors would also be happy to receive packets before the deadline if they are ready. Getting your packet in early will not only give you a larger discou...
by TaylorH
Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:16 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: What is the remit of the misconduct organization?
Replies: 4
Views: 5545

Re: What is the remit of the misconduct organization?

1.82 wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:02 pm (although I don't think that ACF specifically is involved unless I have failed to understand the organizational flow chart properly)
This is correct, my bad for the conflation.
by TaylorH
Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:38 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: What is the remit of the misconduct organization?
Replies: 4
Views: 5545

Re: What is the remit of the misconduct organization?

Maybe I just have a hard time following Naveed's writing style, but I do not understand what this post is getting at. It seems to me to conflate two concerns: 1) ACF misconduct decision making is not transparent 2) the purview of things that could be reported is too large or not well-defined. These ...
by TaylorH
Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)
Replies: 3
Views: 3069

TELEOLOGY Online (December 11, 2021)

I'm hosting an online mirror of my side event TELEOLOGY on Saturday December 11th, 2021. The tournament will be held on Discord and Zoom. The tournament will be played on teams of up to 4 and will cost $15 per player. I'd like to have all 11 packets played if possible, though naturally this will dep...
by TaylorH
Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Update on this set’s editors: Chandler West will be editing American Literature and Annabelle Yang will be editing Mythology, taking over for Auroni Gupta. We thank them, and the rest of the set production team, for their flexibility.
by TaylorH
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 15202

2022 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (January 29, 2022)

Hello everybody. This is the official announcement for ACF Regionals 2022, which will take place on January 29, 2022. It will be head edited by myself (Religion, Philosophy, Auditory Other Fine Arts, and Music) and subject edited by Jaimie Carlson (British and European Literature), Ganon Evans (Visu...
by TaylorH
Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PAveMEnT II: More Malkmus, More Jicks (November 1-12 on Qblitz)
Replies: 6
Views: 5427

Re: PAveMEnT II: More Malkmus, More Jicks (late August 2021)

Official registration for Pavement II is now open on the Qblitz website here: https://www.qblitz.online/events Select Pavement II and add the tournament to the cart and pay to officially sign up. If you want to play the tournament, please use the above link to sign up. Just putting your name on the ...
by TaylorH
Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TELEOLOGY: a hard hybrid side event (available now)
Replies: 11
Views: 6776

Re: TELEOLOGY: a hard hybrid side event (late 2021)

I have finished writing this set and it will be available for mirrors as a side event (for non-ACF tournaments) beginning next weekend (9/18). I think because of its rather high difficulty, this set would pair best with Illinois Open, but I am open to other possibilities. I will be hosting a stand-a...
by TaylorH
Sat Sep 04, 2021 7:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Favorite Albums
Replies: 29
Views: 4117

Re: Favorite Albums

Here's one I made a while ago that is still pretty accurate. A more full picture of my favorites can be browsed in my 5 and 4.5 star RYM ratings. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/181814576_308306937367091_4884005430031929453_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_o...