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- Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:44 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Josh's Tennis Packet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2898
Re: Josh's Tennis Packet
My friend Sunny and I are looking forward to playing this packet.
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 23026
Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Moreover, it appears that at least some players on Duke's house team were also cheating. Angikar Ghosal from Duke went from a 5-21-12 performance on MWT, a tournament significantly easier than LIT, to an impressive 30-26-18 performance yesterday. I cannot address the cheating allegations since I am...
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7507
Re: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament
Was this ever played / Was the packet ever uploaded online ?
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying Current Events
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5519
Re: Studying Current Events
A great way to passively absorb current events and build up your foundation to better understand their contexts is to listen to podcasts! Code Switch , Up First , and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! from NPR are good places to start. You can listen to them in bed, during commutes, at the gym, at breakfa...
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 68997
Re: Illinois '16-'17
This post was under-appreciated. Kudos to you Jakob for this breakthrough. I eagerly await your future discoveries.JakobeanEra wrote:I couldn't find anywhere else to post this, but I've derived an equation: Number of Wayzata teams at HSNCT = ceiling(current year/2)-1003. It holds true at least through 2012.
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2016-2017
- Replies: 101
- Views: 60605
Re: HSQBRank 2016-2017
Thank you for all your hard work, Mr. Fred Morlan! These rankings are excellent and will serve as a valuable resource for teams across the nation to evaluate how they size up against their competition. I know that Harrison Wang and his fearless Hinsdale Central team see their #31 rank as not only va...
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 5:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 68997
Re: Illinois '16-'17
Harrison Wang is proudly carrying on our legacy. You rock!DeepakM wrote:Harrison Wang is the best comp math player in Illinois
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 68997
Re: Illinois '16-'17
Wow! We are just blown away by Harrison Wang's exemplary competence in leading Hinsdale Central to an all-time low 3 negs in a single tournament! We're all rooting for you to do great things!
- Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 68997
Re: Illinois '16-'17
Good luck, Harrison Wang!
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 68997
Re: Illinois '16-'17
Harrison Wang is a much more competent leader of Hinsdale Central than we ever were, so I expect them to outperform expectations and maybe win a national championship or two.
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:11 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: QuizBug: A Quinterest Add-On Created by Chris Winkler
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6023
Re: QuizBug: A Quinterest Add-On Created by Chris Winkler
Thank you to Jacob, Rohit, Christopher, and all the other Quinterest contributors for the work they have put into making such a great tool for the quizbowl community.
- Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
- Replies: 100
- Views: 7746
Re: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
Yesterday, I received from Dylan Minarik a beautiful Dutch-English dictionary that I have already marred by dropping it on the ground upon opening the package. Now that I think about it, this gift is so much more preferable and useful to me than any of the other gifts that I had initially requested,...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
- Replies: 100
- Views: 7746
Re: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - 12/8 Deadline
Okay I'll bite. Name: James Zhou E-mail: jamzhou.13 (gmail) 1.) An introductory book teaching a non-Indo-European language. 2.) An introductory book for a non-Latin dead language or a non-Esperanto constructed language. 3.) A Dutch-English or Swedish-English dictionary would also be greatly apprecia...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: History Bowl/Quizbowl on College Applications
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15501
Re: History Bowl/Quizbowl on College Applications
I don't intend to turn this thread into a college app clinic, but I was just wondering what other people put down for their hours/week and weeks/year for quizbowl in their Common App activities section. Other than the time spent at practices and tournaments, should time spent organizing/planning and...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity, IL (12/19/15) (Missouri Open & SMART)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10095
Re: New Trier Varsity, IL (12/19/15)
I'm sure there were many other factors in your decision, but I just wanted to note that at least four teams who were planning on attending this tournament will also be playing Penn Bowl @ UPenn tomorrow. This could be significant given the typically small field size of the Uber Division.
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21980
Re: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
This isn't as bad as disparaging other players' buzzes, but it is also insulting at times for a player to express disappointment in his/her own buzz. Sure, it might not be ideal that you buzzed late on a tossup in your category, but you should keep your comments about how bad of a buzz that was to y...
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Electronic Scorekeeping
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3837
Re: Electronic Scorekeeping
I think these three scoresheets were all employed at some time. Would anyone recommend any one of those, or a different one, in particular?
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Hinsdale Central Quizbowl presents: TEAMS [September 5th]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8771
Re: Hinsdale Central Quizbowl presents: TEAMS [September 5th
The tournament is a week from today, so register soon if you still plan on attending!
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Hinsdale Central Quizbowl presents: TEAMS [September 5th]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8771
Hinsdale Central Quizbowl presents: TEAMS [September 5th]
The Hinsdale Central quizbowl team is pleased to announce TEAMS on September 5th, 2015, the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. Given its early date, this tournament will be on the informal side, and we hope it will serve as an opportunity to any players looking forward to playing quizbowl earlier in the...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '15 - '16
- Replies: 64
- Views: 47527
Re: Illinois '15 - '16
Okay it looks like our September tournament might actually happen. I know that many teams may not have started meeting yet, so we'll be aiming for a small field. We hope players are motivated enough to attempt to make it to our tournament even if their coaches are unavailable. An official tournament...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Visually displaying questions with programs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4840
Re: Visually displaying questions with programs?
What if instead of displaying the words, the moderator just played, paused, and fast-forwarded an audio recording? I'm not saying this is a good idea, but if there was a centralized recording of the entire set produced and distributed by the set's writers, it could alleviate so many issues. Pronunci...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '15 - '16
- Replies: 64
- Views: 47527
Re: Illinois '15 - '16
Would there be significant (or at least moderate) interest in a tournament run in September? Has Illinois ever had tournaments that early in the past?
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131621
Re: HSQBRank 2014-15
It's not a big deal, but what happened to this?
- Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UChicago Summer Practices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6083
Re: UChicago Summer Practices
Can someone confirm whether or not there will be Monday practice?
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
- Replies: 177
- Views: 203309
Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things
In our school's Dean's Office, there is a shelf with a bunch of old yearbooks, so I went in after school one Friday to try to find a picture of my bald French teacher back when he still had hair. I looked through most of the 2000s, but unfortunately, the earliest yearbook he appeared in was 2008, an...
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NEW ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-16
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3125
Re: NEW ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-16
Will high school-only mirrors of ACF sets have the same registration fee as college mirrors?
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '15 - '16
- Replies: 64
- Views: 47527
Re: Illinois '15 - '16
I am really excited for this year because the circuit will be dominated by juniors, which should make for some very interesting developments. Here are the junior-led teams I am most excited about: IMSA : Like last year, people are probably expecting a down year for IMSA as they graduate the majority...
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
- Replies: 75
- Views: 66451
Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
If we're going to have a conversation about this, I want to express my agreement with John's point on allowing for some form of greater "mobility" after the preliminary rounds. The main goal of a national championship is to determine the best team in attendance, and the NSC format does tha...
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
- Replies: 75
- Views: 66451
Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
What method did PACE use to seed the teams and create the twelve prelim pools?
- Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
- Replies: 75
- Views: 66451
Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
:(jonpin wrote:Powers in a game: ...8, Connor Wood (Maggie Walker, R3 vs Hinsdale); 8, Caleb Kendrick (Norman North, R4 vs Hinsdale).
- Sun May 31, 2015 6:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
In anticipation of a less-than-stellar HSNCT showing tomorrow given our 1-4 record at scrimmages tonight, I would like to express, in advance, my regrets to the state of Illinois for being unable to reach the high expectations set for us in the IHSSBCA newsletter. So less-than-stellar is an 8-2 pre...
- Sat May 30, 2015 12:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
In anticipation of a less-than-stellar HSNCT showing tomorrow given our 1-4 record at scrimmages tonight, I would like to express, in advance, my regrets to the state of Illinois for being unable to reach the high expectations set for us in the IHSSBCA newsletter.
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
I can't officially reserve rooms until Spring Quarter starts (beginning of April), but I've heard enough interest from people that I'm open to either running Midwest/Prison Bowl across a whole weekend, but would rather just run one of the tournaments on a Saturday unless I'm certain I can get enoug...
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
Ankush Bajaj is a quizbowl god.kievanrustic wrote:With the example of Hinsdale Central, people see that they can form competitive teams even if they do not have an all-star player.
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank All-World Teams
- Replies: 38
- Views: 32793
Re: HSQBRank All-World Teams
I feel the need to apologize for adding on to an apparent Illinois hijacking of this thread, but I just wanted to contribute my opinion on this. Something that everyone needs to consider is to look at this objectively and without regional biases: just because a player can dominate local competition ...
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSA 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5976
Re: IHSA 2015
I wasn't at Sectionals, but UC Lab, had they not forfeited, would have had a 530-280 victory.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSA 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5976
Re: IHSA 2015
Except for the fact that it is much more reasonable to buzz on "This Romanian sculptor..." when you are aware that you definitely aren't able to name any other Romanian sculptors than it is to answer with "Self-Reliance" on "This Ralph Waldo Emerson essay..." even thoug...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB History Bee and Bowl at Fenwick High School, 3-28
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2210
Re: NHBB History Bee and Bowl at Fenwick High School, 3-28
Who will be directing this tournament?
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed (RESOLVED)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16658
Re: Emergency Situation - All Writers Needed (RESOLVED)
After the questions and set are further edited and polished, how will this compare to previous NHBB sets in difficulty, question length, and quality?
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131621
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
Nationals Update: There are 22 spots left in the 2015 NAQT HSNCT, and only 20 Illinois teams are registered, which is 9 less than last year. There are 19 spots left in the 2015 PACE NSC, and there are 7 Illinois teams registered (compared to 8 last year). Even though Hinsdale will be attending this ...
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maintaining High Levels of Mental Stamina?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9067
Re: Maintaining High Levels of Mental Stamina?
This topic was previously discussed here , and I think the most pertinent advice came from my teammate: Have a full breakfast that includes protein. Do not eat junk such as poptarts or doughnuts for breakfast, they will leave you tired in the afternoon. Also, drinking water a week before maximizes h...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
After the Kaneland tournament, I was planning on making a post proclaiming Ankush the best third scorer in the state, but after NAQT State, I think it would be more reasonable to say that the top third scorer is either Sunny or me, or maybe the third scorer on a full IMSA or Carbondale. Ankush Bajaj...
- Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT Illinois State (2/14/2015; Urbana, IL)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9349
Re: 2015 NAQT Illinois State (2/14/2015; Urbana, IL)
Will the rounds be of 9-minute or 10-minute halves?
- Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '14-'15
- Replies: 91
- Views: 41447
Re: Illinois '14-'15
The Masonic Sectional assignments are up and they are atrocious.
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Huskie Bowl at Northern Illinois University, 31 January 2015
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6241
Re: Huskie Bowl at Northern Illinois University, 31 January
What is the current field cap, and what are the chances that it can still be expanded?
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The high school poll in 2014-2015
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7245
Re: The high school poll in 2014-2015
Will there be a mid-season poll this year?
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:12 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSSBCA Stat Files
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1886
Re: IHSSBCA Stat Files
How come the stats from a few tournaments from last year were not moved to the database?
Edit: Also, for stats from 2012-2013 and earlier, have the files not been transferred or have the links on the website not been updated?
Edit: Also, for stats from 2012-2013 and earlier, have the files not been transferred or have the links on the website not been updated?
- Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is copying answerlines also plagiarism?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5466
Is copying answerlines also plagiarism?
Sometimes when I write tossups, I just open up a random packet, choose a few answerlines, and force myself to do research to write tossups on those answerlines. This is probably perfectly okay, since, indirectly, that's basically how all tossups are written, and choosing the answerline is hardly the...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2015 Global Announcement (January 24, 2015)
- Replies: 72
- Views: 55544
Re: ACF Regionals 2015 Global Announcement (January 24, 2015
If the Your Choice slot was used to write like a mythology bonus or something, would that mean that one of either the Your Choice bonus or the other mythology bonus would have no chance of being used, or could you possibly have two questions in a packet both be mythology (or a similarly minor part o...