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can i get a field update pls

Hey Drew and Chandler, just as an example of this from this year's packet, we had 3-4 different submissions from different teams all on Fire Emblem, which was synthesized into one question. Similarly, there were like 3-4 submissions all about Frankenstein, which turned into just one final question....

I felt that the Hanukkah tossup was way too easy with the lead-in. Anyone who went to Hebrew School at any point could first-line it. Given Judaism is still something of a minority religion in the US, this doesn't seem like a huge problem, aside from the fact that a good share of quiz bowlers are J...

Hello everyone. I'm very glad that the (seemingly prevailing) opinion of this set seems to be quite favorable. Fall requires a tremendous amount of time from a great many people, and all of this effort is justified by the number of people that were able to have an enjoyable time playing, reading, or...

One more: The field has been updated and is officially at 18 teams (but I've been given the impression more sign-ups may be expected). I'm going to talk with the editors/staffers and confirm we can go up to 24 without losing our minds. In the meantime, if you are a interested in playing this tourna...

As far as I can remember, this is the only quibble I had with the actual content of a history question, which happened to have a major effect on the outcome of one game and consequently our weekend - the question on Denmark in WW2, specifically the line about the White Buses, which iirc said someth...

This tournament was bundles of fun, and a dandy time was had by all. Going undefeated through the course of the round robin prelims, UGA A, consisting of Brice Fincher, David Galban, Bhanodai Pippala, and David Stewart , came out victorious in the first round of an advantaged final against the secon...

This post wasn't supposed to be here. I've reposted it in the main thread.

I've also decided to use this real estate to indicate that the discussion group is up!!! Anyone who has potential insight on the set, please feel free (we really do want it) to provide us with your feedback!

We will be doing the aforementioned playtesting in about 15 minutes.

I intend to do playtesting for the American History and World History either at sometime later tonight (9:00 or later), or tomorrow night at some similar time. If you would like to participate, please message me through either the forums or Discord so I can get an idea of how many people are availab...

Additionally, we played a group shootout on all seven packets of Saul Hankin's excellent film set Shawarma II. Here are the results. :cool: Anthony Delgado: 710 :cool: Taylor Harvey: 185 Will Grossman: 30 Jason Zappulla: 25 Tyler Marth: 25 Tracy Mirkin: 20 Tori Thacker: 20 Emily Olson: 0 Donny Lisle...

This event was a resounding success! After a double round robin, UF A (Nabeel Farooq, Jacob Hujsa, Zachary Knecht, Tracy Mirkin) cleared the field to take first place! UCF (David Espinal, Donny Lisle, Max Murphy, Tori Thacker) took second. The following individuals won book prizes. 1. Jesse Gingold ...

This tournament went swimmingly, and I believe a good time was had all around, so congrats to everyone who participated. In Division I, our overall champions were UF A (Alex Shaw, Zachary Knecht, Nabeel Farooq), while NCF A (Katia Diamond, Leo Law, David Honsinger) took both the undergraduate title ...

Acting on behalf of the University of Florida Quiz Bowl Team, I am proud to announce our mirror of NAQT's Sectionals set on February 9th, 2019. This tournament offers the only competitive opportunity for teams to qualify for NAQT's Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, and is suitable for players...

I am pleased to announce the Southeast site of Spartan Housewrite, to be held at the University of Florida on Saturday, January 19th, 2019. Check-in for teams will most likely take place in Matherly Hall, and will begin at 8:30 A.M., with rounds beginning as close to 9:00 A.M. as possible. Question ...

My teammates have all played this event already at an in-person mirror, so I'm looking for anyone who would like to play together. I'm best at history and FA, but I'll probably end up buzzing in other areas sporadically.

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to say that our mirror of ACF Fall went swimmingly and successfully. The event consisted of a 13-team round robin, leading each team to have 12 played games and a single bye, with a potential advantaged final if necessary. UF B , consisting of myself, went undefeated over...

I am pleased to announce the Southeast site of ACF Fall 2018, to be held at the University of Florida on Sunday, November 4th, 2018 . Check-in for teams will take place in Matherly Hall, Room 002, and will begin at 8:30 A.M., with rounds beginning as close to 9:00 A.M. as possible. Registration Regi...

Hello everyone! This event occurred, and proceeded rather successfully, with only minor issues. We played a round robin of 9 rounds, followed by a single playoff game between teams that were paired in rankings after prelims (1st vs. 2nd, 3rd vs. 4th, etc.), after which final rankings were determined...

Acting on behalf of the University of Florida Quiz Bowl Team, I am proud to announce our mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice set on September 22nd, 2018! This tournament is a great occasion for players who are newer to the game to become acquainted with its intricacies, without being bombarded with t...

One Biblical figure with this name was, with Matthias, one of two people selected to replace Judas Iscariot as an apostle. Another Biblical figure with this name apocryphally created the Glastonbury Thorn with his staff. Yet another Biblical figure of this name pardoned a brother for the supposed t...

Buzzpoints by team, split by player EDIT: The area under a player's curve is equal to the number of tossups answered correctly. Y axis is thus in arbitrary units of points*probability. Someone should design an interactive website with custom results and graphs but that I unfortunately don't have th...

South Fork and Springstead (A-C) played an EMT mirror at Valencia yesterday.

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

I would like to play. Hopefully at HSNCT because I won't be able to attend PACE. I already have a partner.

Oh, of course. I guess I had a fundamental misunderstanding regarding how the poll would be carried out, as I was under the impression that it would be designed by regional coordinators, before being sent out by you and Kevin. Of course, I am willing to send out the ballot, and I will return my resu...

Yes, that would be advisable. While certain close Alabama + Georgia teams (i.e. Dothan, Alma Bryant, Bainbridge) occasionally come down to play in tournaments in the Tally-Jacksonville corridor, save a few exceptions, the majority of Florida teams play strictly within Florida. While one couldn't exp...

This is a recent email I shot out to many Florida QB coaches. I realize that the coaches I sent it to (as many as possible) may not be all reaching, so I am posting it here for the sake of visibility. Let it be known that in the meantime since my original sending of the email Coach Becker from Ranso...

I feel a little compelled to add that American Heritage-Boca Delray, the only Florida team on the list, lost their star player Abhishek (also on the list) to Cypress Bay HS, so they are rather unlikely to make any large impact this year. On that note, Cypress Bay's proficiency is not accurately reco...

Any hypotheses on how this upcoming year is likely to play out? I know American Heritage has some quality teams, and I can assure that South Fork will definitely be a force similar to that of long-gone eras.