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by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: My experience at PACE NSC 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 3800

Re: My experience at PACE NSC 2019

That game against Auburn was one of the most exciting finishes to any game in my high school quizbowl career, and the 2019 NSC was probably my favorite high school tournament I played overall as well. Thanks for posting.
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 Player Appreciation Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 8729

Re: 2022-2023 Player Appreciation Thread

This year provided a great end to my undergraduate quizbowl career. I'd like to thank my teammates: Jason Hong , for putting the team on his back and never once complaining, Walter Zhang , for his hours of logistical work that I probably would have given up on if I had to do it myself, and Michael L...
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 4241

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

The clue that gave "yes I said yes I will yes" in French was hilarious and probably my favorite lateral thinking buzz I've ever made
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48318

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

We had a late drop from our team so if anyone wants to be the fourth on a team with me, Mazin Omer, and Arthur Delot-Vilain (you won't have to write etc), message me! (or if the organizers know of any free agents that still want to play)
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 2252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion

I think those are distinct, however, from related answers (such as "trauma" for "stress") that were not listed specifically as "do not accepts"; it's very difficult to imagine all of the possible not-quite-right answers that someone might give, and by necessity we have...
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 2252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion

There were several places where I would have liked more comprehensive directions in answerlines, I very much agree with this. Two more examples to me are the tossup from Packet 6 on "paradoxes" which I (and another player at our site) negged with "contradictions" on the Graham P...
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 4217

Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion

The lack of jazz and architecture was something that was noticed at our site. I see from Krol's post above that it was intentional, but I don't think the idea should be replicated going forward. Unfortunately, these categories are just too small to really do this successfully, I think. Perhaps this ...
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at Brown (11/06/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1660

Re: 2021 ACF Winter at Brown (11/06/2021)

Thank you to everyone who came! Yale A won the DII and UG titles outright, while Amherst A came in second in UG and Amherst C was second in DII. Harvard A won the overall tournament after defeating Yale A in finals after Yale A had beaten MIT A in a play-in game. Stats link is above, the set will cl...
by Abdon Ubidia
Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at Brown (11/06/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1660

2021 ACF Winter at Brown (11/06/2021)

I am pleased to announce that the Northeast site of 2021 ACF Winter will be held at Brown on Saturday, November 6, 2021. The tournament will take place at the Barus and Holley building (184 Hope St.) A campus map can be found here . The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM and gameplay will begin a...
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Favorite Albums
Replies: 29
Views: 4104

Re: Favorite Albums

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by Abdon Ubidia
Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020–21 Postseason Poll
Replies: 10
Views: 4617

Re: 2020–21 Postseason Poll

I voted in this poll. Is it possible that some ballots went to your spam folder or something like that?
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7513

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

My teammates this season were excellent. I am continually astounded by Walter Zhang 's extremely diverse knowledge-base and ability to be super clutch when the moment requires it. Jason Hong is well on his way to becoming one of college quizbowl's best history players, and I'm very glad to have fina...
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020–21 Postseason Poll
Replies: 10
Views: 4617

Re: 2020–21 Postseason Poll

What's the usual community norm around whether or not to include teams that did not attend either nationals (or more generally teams that played relatively little)? I'm inclined to not include such teams, but I would if basically everyone does that.
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8705

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

Regarding the continuous tossup (Editors 4), I really like questions with this theme, but I have a few nitpicks. More importantly though, the use of the word "have" means that you're asking for what property the sets have, which is closure, not continuity. Yeah this almost made me neg thi...
by Abdon Ubidia
Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT 2021 DMV Mirror (7/10 - Likely UMD)
Replies: 12
Views: 4347

Re: NASAT 2021 DMV Mirror (7/10 - Likely UMD)

are captains/participants going to be announced before the event or only at the event
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2021: Updates
Replies: 3
Views: 7572

Re: ACF Nationals 2021: Updates

With Illinois now in Phase 5, is there any update about what this means for the ACF Nats site?
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18290

Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion

This was indeed an update we made earlier today. Here's the version as-read on Saturday: Was it realized after the fact that the ruling on the protest had been incorrect, or is there some other reason for the updated answerline not reflecting the protest resolution? The updated answerline should ex...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18290

Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion

Important Bird Area wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:05 pm This was indeed an update we made earlier today. Here's the version as-read on Saturday:
Was it realized after the fact that the ruling on the protest had been incorrect, or is there some other reason for the updated answerline not reflecting the protest resolution?
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Thanks and Set General Discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 2892

Re: Thanks and Set General Discussion

Thanks for writing this set! I thought it did a good job with creative answerlines for the most part, and I was also pleased with the 22/22 distribution. Would it be possible for the packets to be posted so we can look over them?
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: baby kangaroo on a bike
Replies: 4
Views: 1158

Re: baby kangaroo on a bike

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by Abdon Ubidia
Sun May 17, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
Replies: 14
Views: 5112

Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll

Vote for Saratoga.
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146931

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

it really, really looks to me like the statistics-posters in this thread, by which I mean specifically Adam Fine, Anson Berns, and Will Alston, were in such a rush to post their cunningly-devised figures that they neglected to consider the possibility that their conclusions differed no more from ha...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146931

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

Sorry, by "as anomalous" I just meant "as anomalous using the metric my and Will's post used." I don't think what I posted is exonerating, but I do think John Lawrence's performance on SH is worth noting. This exact type of comparison was requested and I think it's good context t...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146931

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

Here's the previous analysis with some other frequent players of hard tournaments. It appears John Lawrence's performance at "stanford housewrite" is comparably anomalous to online TO. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/696862016597393529/697024317728227398/unknown.png?width=1440&...
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146931

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I wanted to quickly address the claim that has been thrown around that Chris is a high-variance player and he has anomalous performances frequently. https://i.imgur.com/GAKOb3l.png This is a table of every tournament Chris has played in the past four years that has powers and is at least regular dif...
by Abdon Ubidia
Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)
Replies: 6
Views: 4130

Re: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)

Congratulations to Columbia A for defeating Chicago C+ in the first game of an advantaged final to win the tournament. Stats are already posted. I’d like to once again thank everyone that came and helped staff. Hopefully the tournament was enjoyable to everyone and I hope Brown can become a more reg...
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)
Replies: 6
Views: 4130

Re: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)

Just to make sure everyone knows this: teams should be at Room 201 of Smith-Buonnano Hall at 9:00 A.M. tomorrow.
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 60
Views: 6387

Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata

2. A player buzzed on the Liouville's Theorem clue in the "harmonic" question with "holomorphic," and protested saying that the clue applied to holomorphic functions - the protest didn't end up mattering, but a cursory ctrl-F on the wikipedia page for Liouville's Theorem does ha...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)
Replies: 6
Views: 4130

Re: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)

Could we get a field update? Just curious because "Chicago B" is listed on the Purdue site now. Thanks! The 10 teams listed on the google sheet have all registered with me, including a "Chicago B" team consisting of Alston Boyd, Ben Miller, Grant Li, and Tim Morrison. I've updat...
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2437

Re: 2020 Division II SCT: specific question discussion

I successfully protested an answer of "cleavage" for the question on bonds breaking, just wanted to post here that that should have been officially in the answerline in case it hasn't already been added.
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 3524

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

I know I asked earlier, but I think it's worth asking again. Is this set clear now that the 1/19 mirror is over? In addition, are there any plans for the advanced stats to ever be released? I know there was some complicated situation regarding payment, but I know that my team (and probably several o...
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25362

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

I didn't get points for saying "the prologue to Hopscotch" for the bonus part on the Table of Instructions. Was this a moderator error (possibly because of a long or complicated answerline) or was this a genuine omission by the packet? If the latter, I think the answer line should be expan...
by Abdon Ubidia
Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)
Replies: 6
Views: 4130

Terrapin Open @ Brown (2/29)

I am happy to announce a mirror of Terrapin Open at Brown University on February 29th, 2020. Question Set We will be using the Terrapin Open set, a Nats-minus tournament mainly written by the members of the University of Maryland club. For more information on the set, you can look at the global anno...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 3524

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

Is this set clear now? It seems the last mirror was this past weekend.
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14551

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

rahulkeyal wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:49 pm we did do our best to avoid these sorts of feng shui issues across the set where applicable.
This is very minor, but if we're pointing out bad feng shui Packet M has a tossup on Korea, a bonus part on North Korea, and a bonus part on South Korea.
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 3524

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

I enjoyed this set a lot and I think it did a good job of hitting its target difficulty. However, A few questions felt extremely "fraudable" is how I feel as well. I got a lot of buzzes by just going in with the answer I think everyone in the room was thinking without really knowing the cl...
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Re-diversifying a team
Replies: 2
Views: 8032

Re: Re-diversifying a team

It's great to see a team that's previously only done MABL/It'sAc transition to pyramidal quizbowl. I would recommend Centennial's IS-A tournament early in the fall and the tournament Gtown usually hosts on an A set as good introductory tournaments for a new team. In addition, I think you'll find man...
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll 2019-2020
Replies: 26
Views: 18027

Re: Preseason Poll 2019-2020

Not sure where people are getting the idea that Ethan Strombeck is playing DI
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES Online 8/18
Replies: 19
Views: 6531

Re: MUSES Online 8/18

Would it be at all possible to run this event as tossups only?
by Abdon Ubidia
Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

Could I see both the text and the stats for the tossup on Richard Cory
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
Replies: 12
Views: 12847

Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)

Can you comment on the reasoning behind the unorthodox distribution of this tournament?
by Abdon Ubidia
Sun Jun 16, 2019 6:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
Replies: 34
Views: 19722

Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards

Katherine Lei not only belongs on your science poll, but your overall poll too.
by Abdon Ubidia
Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RULFO at PACE NSC
Replies: 26
Views: 11021

Re: RULFO at PACE NSC

Logistics email coming very soon. Please meet in the lobby at 6:30, we will pushing back 20 minutes for the Illinois team, so games will begin at 7:20.
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:52 pm
Forum: Scheduling reform
Topic: Regular+ Spring Tournament
Replies: 5
Views: 9854

Re: Regular+ Spring Tournament

Is Maryland only seeking editors/very experienced writers?
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RULFO at PACE NSC
Replies: 26
Views: 11021

Re: RULFO at PACE NSC

I have filled the field by creating new teams with free agents. I believe (hopefully) a few more people are going to sign up this week. That way we can make them full teams (particularly the team that currently only has two people.) Teams I just created don't need to fill out the form, but the Pavao...
by Abdon Ubidia
Tue May 28, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RULFO at PACE NSC
Replies: 26
Views: 11021

Re: RULFO at PACE NSC

3 teams have filled out the form so far. Pretty soon we're going to start matching up free agents together, so if you don't want to be matched randomly you should start forming teams. We'd really like a full field, so tell your friends to play!
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed May 22, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
Replies: 34
Views: 23540

Re: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening

Thanks for all the work Fred!
by Abdon Ubidia
Mon May 20, 2019 1:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
Replies: 34
Views: 23540

Re: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening

AKKOLADE wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 8:40 pm Wednesday: Announce All-World Player of the Year & First Team
Thursday: Announce All-World Second Team
Friday: Announce All-World Honorable Mention Team
Is it intentional that the All-World teams are in reverse order from usual?
by Abdon Ubidia
Sat May 11, 2019 11:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Quizbowl discord, and why cheating on it is still cheating and still bad
Replies: 18
Views: 12271

Re: The Quizbowl discord, and why cheating on it is still cheating and still bad

) It shades very frequently into real-life cheating. Hitherto, I've kept things anonymous, but here I'll cite a specific example: Shubham Sengar. Shubham is well known to have cheated on diverse occasions on discord readings, and lo and behold, further investigation has uncovered a highly statistic...
by Abdon Ubidia
Wed May 08, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: MSNCT predictions
Replies: 32
Views: 16348

Re: MSNCT predictions

For the record, trophies will be awarded to the top four teams individually by place, three teams tied for 5th place, five teams tied for 8th place, eight teams tied for 13th place, and twelve teams tied for 21st place. (In other words, it probably makes more sense to talk about top seven than top ...