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by sharkcrossing
Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FEAR - A Visual Horror Tournament
Replies: 0
Views: 1255

FEAR - A Visual Horror Tournament

I have completed three sets of 20 visual tossups entirely on horror films that I plan to read on the Quizbowl Discord on Friday night (April 10th) at 8 PM. Each set of 20 tossups was subdivided by both decade, with the oldest films being from the 1960s and roughly half of the films being from the 20...
by sharkcrossing
Tue May 28, 2019 6:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Triangle Summer Practices
Replies: 0
Views: 3901

Triangle Summer Practices

Summer Practices will be held on Wednesdays this year in room 206 of Dey Hall on UNC's Campus at 6:30. Practices will likely generally run about 2 or 2.5 hours, but anyone can feel free to drop in or leave at any time during them. If you need more information, please contact me at johnstathis1994@gm...
by sharkcrossing
Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63995

Re: Player Poll 2019

Vincent Du, my UNC teammate, is very good at music.

Also, if there is a myth category, Annabelle Yang from Duke is a goddess. Pun intended.
by sharkcrossing
Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Florida Spring Tournament General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 931

Re: 2019 Florida Spring Tournament General Discussion

I am gonna echo that this was a very fun set to play and had great difficulty control. The bonuses were long as people mentioned, which was fine for playing, but only really hurt how long the tournament could end up going. The funniest issue in the set to me was the enormous amount of Japan content ...
by sharkcrossing
Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 14549

Re: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion

Was there a good reason not to at least prompt on buffalo for the bison question? Yea, technically they are not true buffalo, but are commonly known as "American buffalo" both by the general public and indigenous groups.
by sharkcrossing
Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Duke/UNC Summer Practices
Replies: 0
Views: 1404

Duke/UNC Summer Practices

Duke and UNC will be having hosting joint open summer practices every Thursday from 7-9:30 in the Social Sciences Building (1st floor) at Duke. All are welcome to these. Please contact me if you have any questions, especially if there is confusion about the location. I can be reached by email at jst...
by sharkcrossing
Fri May 04, 2018 10:42 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455490

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

Hello everyone,

Based on the results of the poll, HORROR will be read on the Discord Sunday night at 8 PM. Hope to see plenty of people then!
by sharkcrossing
Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455490

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I wrote a 20/20 set about horror in media (movies, TV, and games) called HORROR and am looking to read it sometime soon in the Discord. It is slanted toward modern horror (2000s-now), but has a bit of older stuff as well. Here is a link to a straw poll. http://www.strawpoll.me/15607794 Please fill i...
by sharkcrossing
Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 14014

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

I actually didn't notice a super large difficulty jump for tossup answer lines. It felt like there were a few outliers (Cindy Sherman, Rebecca Solnit), but I think it's pretty normal and acceptable to have outlier answer lines as long as most are within the correct difficulty range. It may be that t...
by sharkcrossing
Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory: Summer Side Event
Replies: 15
Views: 10729

Re: Listory: Summer Side Event

Any chance this set will be posted? Sorry to post way after it the set was played.
by sharkcrossing
Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"
Replies: 39
Views: 16316

Re: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"

I have yet to find a single tournament that prompts on Tokugawa for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Maybe I am simply looking in the wrong places, but all the high school and college packets I can find simply have Tokugawa underlined or have both Tokugawa and Ieyasu underlined but it instructs to accept both. In a...
by sharkcrossing
Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"
Replies: 39
Views: 16316

Re: PSA: Mohammed Reza Shah is not "Reza Shah"

Going off this, shouldn't we not accept Tokugawa for Tokugawa Ieyasu given Tokugawa Iemitsu and many of the other shoguns during that particular bakufu were important in Japanese history. Plus, similar to Pahlavi (which is kind of added on) Tokugawa is a name he gave himself later in his career. Sho...
by sharkcrossing
Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NASAT 2016: General Discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 1506

Re: General Discussion

Will this set be posted some time soon? Are there mirrors of this that haven't been read?
by sharkcrossing
Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 NASAT: June 18-19 @ University of Kentucky
Replies: 56
Views: 53912

Re: 2016 NASAT: June 18-19 @ University of Kentucky

Will this set be posted soon?