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by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue May 26, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Replies: 11
Views: 5988

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]

CPiGuy wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 3:38 pm
Monstruos de Bolsillo wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:21 am What is the status of this?
This is being postponed to next spring; I very much want it to be played in person and think it will be a good nationals side event.
I agree. Looking forward to it!
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue May 26, 2020 10:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Replies: 11
Views: 5988

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]

What is the status of this?
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

#6 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July vs. #11 Chief Keef (ft. Lil Reese) - I Don’t Like
I don't really feel like/have the time to sift thru the rest of these, but I gotta do this for my boy Chief Keef.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational VI, West Chester, PA (11/23/2019)
Replies: 3
Views: 26181

Re: Henderson Invitational VI, West Chester, PA (11/23/2019)

Final Field Update: School/Buzzers/Mods Great Valley 6/3/1 Manheim TWP 3/0/0 Downingtown E 3/1/0 Cedar Crest 2/2/1 Penn Manor 1/3/0 PALCS 2/1/0 Lancaster Men 1/2/0 WC Rustin 1/0/0 Emmaus 2/2/0 Camp Hill 1/1/0 Friends Select 3/3/1 Trinity HS 2/1/0 Hempfield 1/2/0 Ranney HS NJ 1/0/0 Oxford 2/0/0 Pope ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:24 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Middle school NASAT type thingy bob.
Replies: 3
Views: 3993

Re: Middle school NASAT type thingy bob.

Conor's probably right about the lack of interest. IIRC, NASAT's breakeven point was with more teams than that, though it did necessitate the creation of a separate set, which might not have to be the case here. I would think that most states do not have enough of a developed MS circuit to the point...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15103

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

What were the details behind the "Lil Wayne" wrong answer? 11. This artist recorded the first LP to sell one million copies; that album by this man features seven songs written at least in part by Lord Burgess and concludes with a song that asserts “ever since the world began / woman was ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Wed May 29, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel
Replies: 7
Views: 6813

Re: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel

Scone wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 8:04 pm Nobody has heard of Eden Prairie because the Minnesota circuit is, and will probably continue to be, dominated by Wayzata.
That's definitely not true. I think anyone with a reasonable interest in high school quizbowl has heard of your school. Not that that should even matter though.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon May 13, 2019 10:54 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: Vulching
Replies: 14
Views: 23796

Re: Vulching

Another solution would be to develop clear non-verbal communication standards (buzzer up, sideways or down, maybe?) I feel like trying to make this distinction might make things more complicated, in that it might not be clear what position someone is in, they might be lazily doing it, etc. Also, tr...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 34
Views: 2864

Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey

Cool to see the results. I was literally about to bump this thread earlier today.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
Replies: 34
Views: 23540

Re: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening

AKKOLADE wrote: Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:48 am I have one EFT stat line, so that tournament will likely not have an adjustment.
Quaker Fall Open IV used EFT for the Nationals Division.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 34
Views: 2864

Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey

Top Songs: 1. Ric Flair Drip 2. Sad! 3. Sky Walker 4. Lucid Dreams 5. Plug Walk 6. Plain Jane 7. All the Stars 8. Bodak Yellow 9. Drip Too Hard 10. Mi Gente 11. Havana 12. Feel It Still 13. Nice for What 14. Yes Indeed 15. In My Feelings Worst Songs: 1. In My Blood 2. How Long 3. Mo Bamba 4. God is ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 13745

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion

There were definitely some packet feng shui issues. I was surprised by the number of repeats within the same packet itself, which have the potential to affect gameplay. I don't remember the packet, but Arabic came up as a bonus part answerline within 1 or 2 cycles of it being included as a tossup an...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Replies: 175
Views: 166164

Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud

Please stop using Neg5 as a substitute for more stable stats (SQBS) at your tournaments. This post outlines the current problems with using Neg5 quite well: In general, neg5 has two major issues: first, that oftentimes people forget to save the rounds stats, which are subsequently lost to the sands...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
Replies: 23
Views: 23851

Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018

I am available to staff if necessary.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Open summer practices at the University of Colorado Boulder
Replies: 3
Views: 2170

Re: Open summer practices at the University of Colorado Boul

I'm in the area this week and next, is it still every Wednesday?
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:53 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
Replies: 3
Views: 3702

Re: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)

All stats are now up on hsquizbowl, and will be sent to NAQT shortly. Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/playoffs/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/combined/ Thanks again to ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
Replies: 3
Views: 3702

Re: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)

Congratulations to Great Valley A for clearing the field to the win the 2018 Warrior Classic! We had 18 teams come out, and the teams were grouped into 3 brackets of 6. After lunch, the teams were rebracketed into 3 groups of 6, with the one morning result carrying over. The top bracket finished as ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
Replies: 23
Views: 11759

Re: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II

I played this last year and would like to play it again. I'll be at SSNCT and HSNCT this year, the HSNCT side event schedule seems somewhat crowded, so I too would be interested in a possible SSNCT mirror.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018)
Replies: 21
Views: 11851

Re: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018

To reiterate before saying anything else, any opinions here are solely my own, and have nothing to do with the Harvard team. First, to Sam, I do think you're being a little unfair with regard to Neg5. I remember using paper scoresheets for years before Neg5, and there was just a great a chance with...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers
Replies: 20
Views: 9127

Re: ACF and Powers

And ACF Nationals not having powers makes it fairer for ACF Regionals and ACF Fall not to have powers in order to give players the same kind of questions to practice on. How is the question any different? The only difference between the two is that one is powermarked, but given the text is the exac...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
Replies: 20
Views: 9881

Re: Managing Tournament Staff

I didn't think about this until I saw the fantastic schedule that Sarang made (with some input from Ophir) for the Maryland site of 2017 ACF Fall, which is here attached. 2017 ACF Fall schedule.pdf There's an incredible wealth of information contained in this schedule for players and staff alike: w...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
Replies: 20
Views: 9881

Re: Managing Tournament Staff

As an addendum to spreading out teams from a single school, in the event that you need to put multiple teams from a school together in a prelim pool, they should play earlier rather than later. What problem does this minimise? Just curious. The possibility of teams throwing a match or allowing the ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

I think ACF should consider sending out a survey (either this year, or with next year's regs if logistics prohibit doing it this year) to see what the teams actually think, since generally, the people with the strongest opinions either way are gonna be the ones drafting long forum posts. Before mak...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

No offense, but what did you expect? I'm also on a relatively weak team, but we ended up getting a lot out of the experience. Sure, it was exhausting. Sure, we got our asses kicked by stronger teams. Sure, we had to slog through hard lead-ins. However, that's the whole point of playing above your d...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s

Probably Mr. Brightside

tbh I like Somebody Told Me more
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 SCT general discussion
Replies: 22
Views: 1869

Re: 2018 SCT general discussion

I don't have the set in front of me right now, but IIRC confirmation bias was the answer to a bonus part in packet 2, and then packet 3 had a 3-part bonus on biases that contained stuff about confirmation bias.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Kind of a tough matchup here, but Crazy gets my vote. It's fun to listen to, and Cee-Lo has a pretty distinct voice that works well with the song. Had this been Boulevard of Broken Dreams, that might have flipped the matchup fo...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE VOTE CLOSES IN NINE HOURS: Best Song of the 20

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. ...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Stuck Be...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks Ignition (Remix) b...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy 44 , Machine Gun 2 Wake Me Up When September 36 , Beautiful 10 Mr. Brightside 35 , SOS 11 Since U Been Gone 33 , Chop Suey! 13 Jesus Walks 36 , Clocks 9 Wake Up 39 , Danger! High Voltage 7 Toxic 36 , The Rat 8 Get Ur Freak On 31 , Chasing Pavements 14 Wow, none of these were even remotely clo...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake Up - A...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:49 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Ok, for some time there Love Story was literally the only Taylor Swift song I liked. But like it I did, very very much. Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Upon listening to about a minute of Dashboard, my min...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

I made a Spotify playlist with all of the songs for Round 0 Part 2. Link is here. https://open.spotify.com/user/rickyvanw ... yiSpyK6OWL
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

Little Lion Man – Mumford and Suns vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson 1234 – Feist vs. Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) – !!! vs. Do...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5965

Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)

For now, stats are here: Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/playoffs/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/combined/ Note that there a few minor errors in these stats, the correc...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5965

Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)

Congratulations to Downingtown STEM for winning Henderson Invitational IV, defeating Manheim Township A 475-240 in the final. Wilmington Charter A defeated Princeton for third place, 310-305. All playoff teams played a one-game crossover to determine final placement. 1. Downingtown STEM 2. Manheim T...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: A, B, C teams
Replies: 13
Views: 8770

Re: A, B, C teams

While I don't know why any teams actually want to do this, it only causes problems when rosters aren't used/carefully scrutinized or whatnot and it leads to improper seeding. However, at the middle school level, I have seen more of a tendency in my area with the 8th graders on A, 7th on B, etc., whi...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5965

Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)

Good news! We have expanded the field to 30 teams. The current field (as of 11/6/17) is: Registered Teams: (teams/buzzers/moderators) Great Valley (4/2/1) Manheim Township (4/0/0) Princeton (NJ) (2/1/0) Friends Select (3/2/0) Wilmington Charter (DE) (2/3/0) Downingtown East (2/0/0) Cedar Crest (2/2/...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 4034

Re: PB 2017: General Discussion

Overall, I had an enjoyable time playing the set. I knew going in that the questions would be challenging, so I expected to struggle as I'm not that good of a player. However, I feel like, after packet 9 or so, the tossups as a whole became much more difficult. I noticed, in our last few rounds, a l...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Bracketing question
Replies: 7
Views: 5762

Re: Bracketing question

I'd love to be able to stay with this format of 6 team pools, but with seven pools of six, one team that wins a pool will not get the chance to play for the title, and I hate that. What I'm thinking is that I take the top five teams automatically by taking each pool's winners and comparing either P...
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5965

Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)

monty wrote:What PACE qualifier level is this tournament?
We will update once we have heard back from PACE, in past years, it has been Gold certified.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (10/7/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 7063

Re: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (8/7/17)

The date in the title is showing tomorrow's date.
by Monstruos de Bolsillo
Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
Replies: 37
Views: 26059

Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read

gettysburg11 wrote:
Great Expectations, on the other hand, is not so great.
Can confirm, horrible book, probably the worst I've had to read for school. It's really long and slow-moving.