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- Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Statistics Questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2558
Re: Statistics Questions
Maybe it's just me, then. But what were the answerlines for those?
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:25 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Statistics Questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2558
Re: Statistics Questions
This thread makes me think about how I write questions. When I think of topics for a math question, I usually default to picking one of the major subfields: analysis, algebra, topology, geometry, combinatorics/discrete, or something like that. For some reason, "statistical theory" (e.g., t...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:04 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: A Focus On Prevention
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1561
Re: A Focus On Prevention
A few initial thoughts: 1. Cheating prevention necessarily demands a loss of privacy. But I don't think that's bad, in itself. We already sacrifice some autonomy to go to quiz bowl tournaments (we have to show up, not smell, refrain from being flagrantly disruptive, give up the ability to multitask,...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 37097
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
not everyone gets the same punishment for the same crime in our criminal justice system Hold on, is this supposed to be a good thing? Who are we to say whether or not it is a good thing, but lesser penalties for first-time offenders and/or people who have a long track record of being good citizens ...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 37097
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
I'm slightly less optimistic than you are about how that isn't suggesting a "double standard for well-connected and established players." Certainly nobody would argue that simply being good at the game entitles you to leniency. The difficulty is that a lot of the more innocuous bases are o...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 37097
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
There's been some discussion of how cheating works differently for "elite" players (for lack of a better term) vs others. Maybe they have higher pressures, different motivations, etc. Maybe being a community luminary is a mitigating factor, maybe otherwise. As a decidedly non-elite player,...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:32 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8342
Re: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
My contract is up at UBC this June. Will take a gap year before starting econ PhD in 2021. Not sure what my QB situation is but I will likely be based in Vancouver.
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6473
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with everyone on the circuit to submit a full 25-person ballot. But a few things: - Rein Otsason tops my staffer poll (not sure if this formally exists, but Henry mentioned it). Notably for having a screwdriver, prying open a broken buzzer, and un-breaking it. -...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should I quit quizbowl?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3354
Re: Should I quit quizbowl?
Reviving a bit of an old thread, but just wanted to say: I'm in roughly the same boat. I was a fairly strong (NAQT) DII player, and am studying sporadically and "recreationally" to improve on DI, but my impact on teams is generally at the margin. The reason I like quizbowl, ironically enou...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1837
Re: 2020 Eastern Canada SCT at Toronto (8 February 2020)
Yeah, thanks to Toronto for being a hospitable and fun site. Was great to finally bring a UBC team here. Even though nobody paid us to come.
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4569
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
I was really impressed by how gettable a lot of the more arcane content seemed to be. There were many questions I was reading where I was thinking "this is 100% going dead/zeroed," but the specialists snapped it up. The math also had a nice selection (analysis, algebra, topology, diffEq, c...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7616
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Another small quibble: The question about General Meade introduced the NSA far too early.
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7616
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Considerable confusion was caused at the British site by mentioning the "Canterbury Plain" as a clue on the Stonehenge bonus part. Stonehenge is located on the Salisbury Plain. (On a sidenote, does anyone know when the packets will be available online?) I remember reading this question, a...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7616
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
I think phonons were a tad over-represented in the set. Rooms I was reading for had audible groans whenever they came up. Edit: Also, I thought some of the quantitative questions were a bit weird. For ex., asking for a "magic angle" of 1.05 degrees, or the precise number of bandits in a Ch...
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at British Columbia (01/25/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1307
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at British Columbia (01/25/2020)
Final results: Oregon beat UBC in a final after winning a play-in against UW. Capilano got 4th.
Great performances by new players at UBC.
Will post stats etc. soon. Thanks all for coming to what was possibly the first the first ACF Regs in Western Canada.
Great performances by new players at UBC.
Will post stats etc. soon. Thanks all for coming to what was possibly the first the first ACF Regs in Western Canada.
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at British Columbia (01/25/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1307
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at British Columbia (01/25/2020)
Field for this tournament is:
UW A
Oregon A
Capilano A
UBC A
UBC B
UBC C
Looking forward to see you all on Saturday.
UW A
Oregon A
Capilano A
UBC A
UBC B
UBC C
Looking forward to see you all on Saturday.
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10476
Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
Has that packet been read yet?
I'd be interested in playing such a thing over Skype/Discord, if that's still in the cards.
I'd be interested in playing such a thing over Skype/Discord, if that's still in the cards.
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17772
Re: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
Cool. UBC was talking about hosting. Ultimately decided we'd rather just field a team, but if there's no suitable site, we could probably host in a pinch.
- Sun May 26, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17772
Re: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
Has the PNW site for this been decided?
(edit: sorry, saw the edits on OP... do you have a sense of where/when it usually is?)
(edit: sorry, saw the edits on OP... do you have a sense of where/when it usually is?)
- Wed May 22, 2019 1:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Thanks Raymond for the shoutouts to some of our rookies. I will pass the news along, I'm sure it'll be very much appreciated.
- Sun May 12, 2019 6:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10476
Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
All good, don't beat yourself up. I'd offer to help write the set, but that means I couldn't play it.
- Fri May 10, 2019 3:39 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
$209 CAD is $155 USD, which is about on the higher end for the fees for a single team at a tournament (before any discounts.) I'd just like to clarify that we charge all our tournament fees at par with USD and do not adjust for the exchange rate, so $209 CAD would in fact be a very high fee for us ...
- Fri May 10, 2019 3:27 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
$0.1/mile/team works out to a $209 discount for a team coming from Vancouver to Toronto, which is much more than the cost of any tournament. This is just false. $209 CAD is $155 USD, which is about on the higher end for the fees for a single team at a tournament (before any discounts.) Chicago's FS...
- Fri May 10, 2019 2:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Just a gentle reminder that, if participation from Western Canada in this summer's batch of "Canadian circuit" tournaments is indeed a goal, then those dates should be picked sooner rather than later. It's also my understanding that there are usually travel subsidies offered to teams from ...
- Tue May 07, 2019 12:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6336
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
Wouldn't a player poll just for people enrolled in Canadian universities solve almost all of these eligibility problems? These rules aren't that much better than the Ontario circuit poll. Yeah, this is the optimal eligibility criterion, and it's the fix I had in mind for the Ontario poll. I deliber...
- Thu May 02, 2019 12:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
I think we need to look at the advanced stats here. How many of these players, for example, are over 180 lbs or 6'3?
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
People discussing quizbowl-related things is what the quizbowl discussion forum is for. I don't believe a semantics debate was the kind of quizbowl discussion that this thread was created to facilitate. That is immaterial. On this the board rules are clear (emphasis mine): As a result of the above,...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Honestly I'll probably self-fund, at least initially (and if we host another tournament in time, we could probably bring another person or two.) But we were discussing some useful ideas on Discord on how to make it feasible for teams like UBC to play in the established circuit. A special travel disc...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6336
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
Formally, the eligibility criterion is similar to what it was in the poll's first iteration. That is: Also, Open players are eligible. Could you clarify this? Well what I meant is that this isn't restricted to collegiate players. Although this poll may be more of a lightning rod than I anticipated...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:15 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6336
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
Sure, works for me.
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:15 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Thanks Rein for the commentary. Of course, I would point out that Western Canadian quizbowl is a part of the "Canadian quizbowl community," but we can have that discussion another time. The implications, though, go beyond "some sort of imaginary feud"; I'd say there is a generall...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6336
2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
(Edit: Removed a bit.) I've decided to give this a shot. If it goes well, we can adopt this format for the polls in future years. Formally, the eligibility criterion is similar to what it was in the poll's first iteration. That is: Vote for your top 25 of active collegiate players (active being defi...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Without responding in depth, just wanted to say that I found the last couple posts very reasonable and educational.
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Sure, and I guess I should've anticipated what sort of minefield I waded into. For starters, I think Will's earlier list of criteria (i.e., things to think about when sculpting the distribution) is a good starting point. Michael is correct that the structure of the academy shouldn't per se determine...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
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, str...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Well, Rein said it better than I could, so I'll just quote him: I would suggest that the literature distribution taking up a full 4/4 is a significant constraint on the rest of the distribution, and that this weighting is not justified by the relative importance of the study of literature to, for ex...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Yeah, this is incidentally good reason to do what someone else suggested and take a hard look at the lit distribution. What do we mean by "take a hard look at the lit distribution?" Perhaps the literature distribution could stand to have a bit more non-fiction than it currently does, but ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 3:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Yeah, this is incidentally good reason to do what someone else suggested and take a hard look at the lit distribution. That's why I'm in favor of some sort of catchall math-y category ("quantitative science?"), like the one mentioned. It might be difficult to argue that math, per se, merit...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:39 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22347
Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
This thread is a bit stale (and I participated in these discussions briefly over Discord), but I just discovered it. So, FWIW, wanted to cast my vote for something along the lines of "1/1 `pure math, applied math, statistics, quantitative methods, etc.`" I think with statistics, differenti...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
I know I said I wouldn't jump in again, but I’d simply like to point out that the “fairly arbitrary characteristic” you describe is “being a Canadian Quizbowl player.” Which seems like a good choice, given the poll's title. Meghan said you get pushback on this every year. Maybe that’s a sign that th...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
As I mentioned, you are more than welcome to create a similar poll for your own circuit, but please do not keep commenting on this thread to propose further ways that people could include you on their ballot. I think this is a remarkably naive and uncharitable reading of what I'm saying. I couldn't...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:10 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Fair enough Chris, but in that case I think the poll should probably be renamed to what you wrote ("the task is to determine the best players on the (Eastern) Canadian QB circuit.") I guess my point is that a putatively national poll should, I think, at least try to cover the whole country...
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17402
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Dunno about the eligibility nuances, but there are probably some PNW players who should be on the list.
In terms of tournaments, UBC played SCT at UW, FST at UW, Terrapin at UW, and probably some other stuff that I don't remember. Carlos Doebli could give a more concrete list.
In terms of tournaments, UBC played SCT at UW, FST at UW, Terrapin at UW, and probably some other stuff that I don't remember. Carlos Doebli could give a more concrete list.
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:07 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Authentication on this Website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6195
Re: Authentication on this Website
He's done some work on this the LetsEncrypt front (good call @Matt, I didn't know there were free CAs like this) and will be taking another look this weekend. They will also be reviewing the archives to make sure nothing is impacted.
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:16 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Authentication on this Website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6195
Re: Authentication on this Website
Is there a way that we could volunteer to make it happen? All that the admins would need to do is delegate access to somebody for (say) a day or two. Or, we could write a small step-by-step instruction set that we could execute. Alternately, we could chip in to fund time for one of the maintainers t...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:32 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Authentication on this Website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6195
Authentication on this Website
These forums still use unsecured, vanilla HTTP as opposed to encrypted HTTPS. This is bad for security reasons , but also because browsers are making it increasingly difficult to authenticate without encryption. See, e.g., the attached screenshot from Firefox. I think all that needs to be done is fo...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UBC Spring Invitational Tournament -- Sun. 04/07
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1289
Re: UBC Spring Invitational Tournament -- Sun. 04/07
Thanks all for coming to this tournament. We had a great time, and we have the following results:
1st: UHill/Hamber
2nd: St. George's
3rd: SFU
We'll post detailed stats soon.
--- Arnav
1st: UHill/Hamber
2nd: St. George's
3rd: SFU
We'll post detailed stats soon.
--- Arnav
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UBC Spring Invitational Tournament -- Sun. 04/07
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1289
UBC Spring Invitational Tournament -- Sun. 04/07
The University of British Columbia will be hosting a Spring Invitational Tournament on Sunday, April 7th. (**note:** We're pushing back a week due to availability from teams and staff.) Eligibility --- HS players who've been to 2 or less tournaments. (College players who meet this requirement are al...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2243
Re: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) Specific Question Discus
Overall, I had a great time playing this set (the affection for animals was something we noted, but I viewed it as more of a drinking-game type quirk). Two specific thing/nits to picks: - There was a bonus about functions whose squares are integrable, but it didn't have a note to accept things like ...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FST Mirror at Columbia - 4/28/2018
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3584
Re: FST Mirror at Columbia - 4/28/2018
We'll probably be doing what Michael said. If you're running short on staffers, Harrison Hsu said he can be one of last resort (but he has to come up from Weehawken, so we should try to exhaust all options). It doesn't seem that other people at NYU are available.
Also, we'll be dropping to one team.
Also, we'll be dropping to one team.