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We are fully Pyramidal. We have an excellent team of editors and writers; the samples will be coming very soon, and I will post a link to them when they do; I would encourage lots of suggestions. They did not want to reveal themselves, not because they lack confidence in their work, but primarily s...

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I’m all for discouraging cheating, but writing a few bad questions to catch potential cheaters seems unproductive. Actually, this has worked in the past (although inadvertently). A question clued an artist who doesn't exist except as metadata on an obscure image on wikipedia, and a middle schooler ...

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I’m all for discouraging cheating, but writing a few bad questions to catch potential cheaters seems unproductive. Screen tracking is also probably not worthwhile; I can’t speak for others but I can’t imagine I’m the only person that does other things during tournaments, not to mention google things...

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I'm chiming in to express interest in an online mirror of this set. I'm especially interested in hearing tossups and bonuses. Depending upon what readers are available, I would love to play another two-day tournament like TO online. Maybe something in mid- or late-May can be arranged? I second this

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1992 in spaceflight wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:21 am
I've never been more excited for a packet in my life.

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I staffed, and didn't play, so maybe others have different thoughts, but I thought a 2 day tournament with bonuses was enjoyable and given the relative lack of things to do nowadays a nice time

EDIT: I should be clear TO Online is what I'm referring to

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I'll be doing a fifth year at Rutgers, so I'll be around for a bit longer it appears

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Rutgers has closed for the semester. As such, the state championship is now canceled.

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this is great

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We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation. I am not entirely sure what is going to happen. The school has closed most things until ~April 15. We'll keep y'all posted.

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This post is reserved for field updates.

Field (Teams/Buzzers/Staff)

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Rutgers University-New Brunswick will be hosting the New Jersey State Championships on May 2, 2020. It will be run on NAQT SCT-20DII. I, Emmett Laurie, will be serving as Tournament Director. Any questions you have can be addressed to me in forums PMs or at [email protected].com Field Size: ...

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Is there going to be a state championship this year? April 18 at Rutgers has been on the calendar here and at NAQT.com since early in the year, but that's ACF Nationals weekend, so I don't know how likely that is. Hey Jon, Sorry about the delay with announcing states. It is going to be moved to May...

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My memory of playing in high school (mostly in NYC+New Jersey and Boston-area events) is that being given five seconds to answer tossups was typical, even on IS-sets. I played at this time in this region (and host tournaments there now) and this is also my experience. Also, with respect to the "thr...

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Coincidentally, I was thinking about this set earlier today. Im very excited for this Im glad to hear its happening!

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I don't have much to say—I did stats all day and haven't read through a ton of the set yet—but a few questions I remember thinking were very cool (of the maybe two packets I saw or internalized at all): the makeup/drag bonus, the India fashion TU, and the Chicago Tribune TU all had very cool clues.

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Congratulations to Columbia A (Will Alston, Rafael Krichevsky, Harrison Whittaker, and Noah Chen) for clearing the field, going 11-0, and taking the overall title. Maryland and Columbia B tied for second place, the trophy for which went to Columbia B. Princeton A took the second game of an advantage...

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This post is reserved for field updates (which can also be found in the link above): School (teams/buzzers/staffer): Columbia (3/3/0) Cornell (1/1/1) Delaware (1/2/0) JHU (1/3/0) Maryland (1/1/1) Millersville (1/4/0) NYU (2/2/0) Princeton (2/1/0) Penn (4/3/1) Rutgers (1/1/n/a) SHU (1/0/0) Total: 18/...

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I am pleased to announce that the Upper Mid-Atlantic site of 2020 ACF Regionals will be held at Rutgers University on Saturday, January 25, 2020. The tournament will take place at Scott Hall, with team check-in beginning at 8:15 AM in a tbd room in Scott Hall and gameplay beginning at 9 AM. I, Emmet...

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Before I say anything, I'll note my experience with packet submission has always been positive and I've always enjoyed it, even when it is a bit cumbersome at times. I also know nothing about the ACF Fall writing process besides what is public knowledge. That said, if there any reason the entire ACF...

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Thanks Will and the Columbia team for running this tournament! We had a great time. One thing I will say: I would generally not recommend having the field size be staffers * 2, which is what it seemed like yesterday, since it means all rooms run with one staffer. There were a handful of games yester...

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Staff is still a big need, so if you’re in the area and want to staff that’d be huge!

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This tournament will be played at columbia. Everything else (the set, etc) will stay the same. Please keep this in mind when signing up. The thread above will be edited to reflect this.

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Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:51 pm
Alternatively, we can squat rooms at Columbia, which I'd be all in favor of. If the listed free agents, the NYU regulars, Columbia team, and at least one other open team come we would have a solid 9-round RR right there.

I'd be cool with this as well if it's more convenient for people.

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Honestly, and I don't mean to be rude regarding what seems like a very large amount of logistical effort (I can sympathize), but there is very, very low chance I'd come play, even though I'm in NYC. CONVERSELY, there is a very, very high chance I'd play if this if it were an online mirror. Is there...

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This tournament will be a single day tournament, run on NASAT Packets 11-20. As there is currently only one team signed up, I'm going to make Wednesday night the deadline for determining whether or not this tournament runs, which will be contingent upon having enough interest. Therefore, if you're i...

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Also, as an option, we can run packets 11-20 as a one day event to accommodate people who played the first ten at other sites like Jimenez.

EDIT: to be clear, this is what we will do automatically as long as like, one single person signed up has played packets 1-10. Seems dumb not to accommodate.

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I am pleased to announce that “Columbia” will be hosting a mirror of NASAT on August 17. DISCLAIMER Just like the NYC Open, this tournament will not be taking place in reserved rooms. We cannot reserve rooms in the summer, but the buildings and classrooms are open and air conditioned, and our intent...

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I don't really know about that. 1) I think that if your circuit wants to have a "gentleman's agreement" rule and the Midwest wants to knock each others' brains out on easy questions, why do you care what they do? That might sound a little bit snarky, but I mean it as a genuine question. Is there an...

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I can only speak to the ~10% of the questions that I have any semblance of knowledge of, but this set was very hard, very real, and very fun. And, based on the reactions of others who played it/whom I read for, the other 90% is just as good. I’m very bad at this stuff and it’s not particularly inte...

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After a protest we (Shibeposting) defeated Dogeville East so we should be 9-2 and they should be 8-3.

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If anyone would last minute like to join Ophir, Sam, and I for the main event lmk asap!

EDIT: jk

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Kellenberg has claimed this date for LIFT. Oof, that's my fault for only checking the opening post of that thread. I'll talk to our club and figure out what to do. Thanks for bringing that to my attention! Nah that's on me; it's been updated now and I'll make sure it always it. Sorry about that!

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East Brunswick HS will be hosting EB Pre Nats on April 18th, 2020. Obviously in the end, you are free to do what you want, but I'd say that scheduling a tournament the same day as NJ States seems unwise and bad for the circuit. I'd recommend hosting it one weekend earlier, when we have Open House. ...

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Put me down as saying we should honor the hard work of those who provide the events for us by, yknow, playing them as written. Agreed. If it's too prohibitive to play MUSES I'd prefer another event (no idea which event I could be referring to) than a shortened version of MUSES. That way I can still...

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ACF Nationals: NYU 160 - Stanford 145 NYU (finished t-38) going 10/0 with a 6 PPB (!!) to defeat Stanford (finished 12) is a pretty big one, though the weird circle of OSU, UVA, and Stanford all losing in semi-unpredictable ways still allowed Stanford to make top bracket so this didn't end up that ...

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Beginning next week (the week of June 24th) practices will be on Wednesday nights at 8 PM. Street parking is available and free at 8 on Seminary Place.

This week practice will be tomorrow, Monday, June 17th.

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Perhaps this is because I'm not super interested in a ton of the side events, but is there a reason side events are prioritized over a full main event? (I don't remember the poll, so maybe it was a question on the poll?). I'd personally prefer not to abbreviate the main event, but obviously whateve...

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Perhaps this is because I'm not super interested in a ton of the side events, but is there a reason side events are prioritized over a full main event? (I don't remember the poll, so maybe it was a question on the poll?). I'd personally prefer not to abbreviate the main event, but obviously whatever...

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People should all change their votes to scattergories pls :/

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Cheynem wrote: ↑
Tue May 28, 2019 10:14 pm
I'm happy to staff unless you have a surplus of staffers, and then will join a team that needs someone who knows nothing.

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Again, if you're part of an NYC-based institution (and I know there are a lot of you!), and you think you could potentially help provide rooms for this event, pleeeeease let me know. What about an NYC-adjacent institution? I know NYC proper would be preferable but surely a tournament in New Jersey ...

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This summer the Rutgers team will be hosting open summer practices at the Academic Building on Rutgers' College Avenue Campus (the address is 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). If you are interested in attending, fill out this poll so we can decide on the best time for everyone. These prac...

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Hey everyone! It's that time of the year again, so, without further ado, announce your NJ-area tournaments here! For reasons you can find in last year's date claims thread, this thread will once again be for NJ postings only. That said, we will include NY/lower CT/upper DE/western PA announcements a...

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Here is our packet (annotated to mention what was used and who wrote what)

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I'm thinking of reading Rutgers' Nationals submission at 8 PM EST tonight, if there is enough interest (kinda late notice, i know). If not I'll postpone to allow people to plan. Let me know! (here or in the discord)

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I’m in.

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was told to crosspost this from discord: Don’t mirror nationals sets after their corresponding nationals. Not being able to talk about question content really sucks. I feel that it legitimately hurts quizbowl’s social media presence when we can’t post about the actual content of the games, especial...

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Cheynem wrote: ↑
Thu May 02, 2019 7:36 pm
Didn't This Must Be the Place get postponed for this year?

Yeah :/

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Why is literature the natural place to cut back? So yeah, you could make similar arguments that history is also ripe for a haircut. I guess some of this comes from the way the academy is currently structured ("history" questions are accessible to people with majors like Asian Studies, straight Hist...

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