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Wed Aug 09, 2023 2:33 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 41
Views: 19578

Re: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks

Preferring tossups on narrower topics is completely valid and they are not inherently better or worse than ones with wider themes, but such questions are not going to fill the majority of any distro I produce. Ultimately, I write questions for myself; what gets me through the hours of research and e...
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Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - Stories and Favorite Moments
Replies: 3
Views: 3869

2023 Chicago Open - Stories and Favorite Moments

If you have any amusing stories or favorite moments from playing the set, we'd love to hear them in this thread.
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Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:06 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 7907

2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion

Please use this thread for comments/questions on specific questions.
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Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 41
Views: 19578

2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Northwestern to play CO yesterday. We'd love to hear your feedback on the set in general here. However, several thank yous are needed first for those who made this set happen: The writers and editors, who brought so much creativity, positivity, and talent to the p...
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Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

Thank you to everyone who staffed and played this set today. I hope you all enjoyed! Congrats to Returning the Columbian Exchange (Tracy Mirkin, Taylor Harvey, and Jaskaran Singh) for winning. Here are the stats: https://stats.neg5.org/t/flycyUEC3/colonial-at-c.o.-2023/team-standings Bigger thanks t...
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Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

A blue Hydro Flask water bottle was found in M166. It's now in L170 with Young Fenimore Lee.
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

I've assigned the free agents to teams. So that I can finalize the schedule, please don't make any more changes.
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

We'll have a very brief meeting at 8:30 in M152 before starting. See you soon and thanks for playing!
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:52 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

We'll start at 8:30 on Sunday. I'll let you know tomorrow in which room. I'll also place the free agents onto teams with the goal of keeping them somewhat balanced. I could use at least one more staffer, maybe more, and preferably also someone who is willing to do stats. The stats role can be done w...
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Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:56 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

Sorry for the confusion. To make the most of the set and community interest, I'm implementing the following: 1. Because the set is only five packets, the most viable format I can think of is 8 teams split into two brackets of four for three round prelims into two round playoffs. 2. To fit everyone w...
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

I’m assuming that the Free Agents are committing to playing, but have just not yet found a partner.

EDIT: Disregard this, it is no longer current
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Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:16 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

We're a week out from the event and we happen to be at a workable number of teams for our five packets, so "registration" is now closed. You are welcome to add your name to the waitlist on the sign up sheet to replace someone who drops. If you have not yet found a partner, please do so and...
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Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL- A History Side Event
Replies: 5
Views: 2453

Re: COLONIAL- A History Side Event

Mike Bentley wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:27 pm Are you going to run a separate online mirror? That affects whether I'd play test or not.
Maybe some time in late August or September. Sorry that I don’t have a more definitive answer, but I want to focus on finishing CO
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Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:39 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL- A History Side Event
Replies: 5
Views: 2453

Re: COLONIAL- A History Side Event

Cross-posting from the thread in Playtesting: We'd like to playtest COLONIAL over two sessions on Discord. The first session will be the history (50 tossups plus a spare or two) during the week of 7/17-7/23 at a specific date and time to be determined later. The second session will be FA, lit, and r...
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Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:14 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: COLONIAL Playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 2550

COLONIAL Playtesting

We'd like to playtest COLONIAL ( https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=391581 ) over two sessions on Discord. The first session will be the history (50 tossups plus a spare or two) during the week of 7/17-7/23 at a specific date and time to be determined later. The second session will be FA,...
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Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Reworking the History Distribution
Replies: 13
Views: 6931

Re: Reworking the History Distribution

I absolutely agree that the 20th century is over-represented, but I won't go so far as to say that that is something that needs remedying. Yes, we have more sources for more recent history; yes, quizbowl is a game and needs to consider playability; yes, quizbowl is a small enough community that we n...
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Sun May 21, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2956

COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

This is the official announcement for the COLONIAL mirror to be held CO weekend (Sunday 8/6). Information about the set can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26276 For the time being, we will say that this will be run as doubles, but it could shift to quads or a shootout d...
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Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25875

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

The first, -$100 deadline is next Saturday, April 15 at 11:59 PM PST. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
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Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL- A History Side Event
Replies: 5
Views: 2453

Re: COLONIAL- A History Side Event

It's well past time for some updates:

1. Kevin Park, Quynh Phung, and Jason Golfinos have joined me in writing this set.
2. It will be five 20-question packets, all tossups.
3. The distribution will be 10 history, 4 FA, 3 Lit, and 3 religion/philosophy
4. We intend to have this completed for CO.
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Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25875

Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

I am pleased to announce Chicago Open 2023. The date will be determined by an upcoming poll and the location will be announced at a later date. Production Team Head Editors: Henry Atkins, Alex Fregeau Literature American Literature, World Literature: Henry Atkins British Literature, European Literat...
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Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:36 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
Replies: 31
Views: 8244

Re: Who's Doing CO This Year?

Since it has been nearly two weeks since Matt began this thread and there is still no answer to his question, I feel obliged to make a stronger commitment/appeal to the community than my earlier post. Like I said before, I am willing to edit the history, and, with proper support, I suppose I could b...
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Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:26 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
Replies: 31
Views: 8244

Re: Who's Doing CO This Year?

I'm willing to edit the history.
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Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:38 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL- A History Side Event
Replies: 5
Views: 2453

COLONIAL- A History Side Event

This is an early announcement for COLONIAL (COLlection Of Novel and Interesting AnswerLines), a tossups only history side event will likely be ready some time next year. As the title suggests, this set will be entirely on my favorite period/topic, colonialism from 1492-mid-20th century. My vision is...
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Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 12
Views: 2045

Re: General Discussion and Thanks

Read at Maryland this weekend after playing the set months ago - wanted to come back and observe that I really liked the set! In particular, this was one of my favorite sets of history questions ever. I was super happy to hear great new questions in the boring old areas I like. I enjoyed playing th...
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Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
Replies: 16
Views: 2157

Re: Specific Questions

18. The Dalton Road was built to support this industry. Product from this industry was being transported during the most famous voyage of the SS Manhattan. The interests of this industry hastened the resolution of private land claims advocated for by Emil Notti through the 1971 passage of ANCSA. Th...
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Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 12
Views: 2045

Re: General Discussion and Thanks

The history questions were excellent but, by and large, too hard. Some data I saw suggested that there was exactly one power during the whole main site tournament on the European History category, a pretty odd result given a field with Tejas, MattBo, and Chris Ray, among other excellent history pla...
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Sat Aug 28, 2021 1:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 1375

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I generally found the questions in Will and Brad's categories that I pay attention to, namely history, social science, religion, and myth, to be very interesting and mostly quite well executed. I particularly liked the following tossups in both execution and conceit: Hannibal, lumberjacks, Uluru, mu...
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Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)

There is now a private discussion forum for the set.
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Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FRENCH II - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 0
Views: 986

2020 FRENCH II - Specific Question Discussion

If you have not seen the set after playing, there is a link to it pinned in the general channel of the Discord server. I look forward to your comments.
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Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FRENCH II - Thanks and General
Replies: 1
Views: 1124

2020 FRENCH II - Thanks and General

I owe numerous people my thanks for their help in making this set happen. First, my co-writers, Erik Christensen, Laurence Li, and Rahul Rao-Pothuraju. Without their contributions, this set probably would have taken me another year. Second, our playtesters, whose valuable feedback helped refine our ...
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Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)

We are one moderator short of being able to run this tournament. If you are available this Saturday (11/14) from 11-4 CST, I hope you will consider helping us out. If you do want to help, please add your name and email to the staffer section of the spreadsheet linked above.
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)

I've combined preexisting teams/assigned free agents. Aside from the Walston/Bentley/Shimizu team (which is still a three person team because there weren't enough free agents to fill it), if you weren't on a team of four and neither you nor your preexisting partner received an email from me, it's be...
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Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)

We are still looking for staffers for this event, which will now officially start at 11 am CST. If you are interested in $20 and our eternal gratitude, please put your name and email in the spreadsheet linked above. Between staffing issues and there only being one mirror instead of the two I had pla...
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Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (10/24 and 11/14)

The 10/24 mirror is canceled due to lack of interest.
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Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (10/24 and 11/14)

Since I expect this set to only take ~5 hours to run, there is some flexibility in when we can start. Please vote in the poll if there is a time you'd prefer. All options are in Central time.
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Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord (10/24 and 11/14)

A perfectly reasonable question. $20 per person. This set is quite large for a side event, and we hope that you all find both its quantity/quality worth the slightly higher cost.
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Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: FRENCH II on Discord

10/24 and 11/14 were the most voted for dates, so those are the days we will run this. Here is the team formation/staffing spreadsheet for both dates, with 10/24 on the first sheet and 11/14 on the second: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K2qr7mFozEYT7s_fWHQLFtzups1SVuESFvH2jJgbnkw/edit?usp=s...
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

FRENCH II on Discord (11/14)

FRENCH II is now ready to play. There are 12 packets of 20 questions each and it will cost $20 per person to play. It will be played as quads. To give more people a chance to fit it into their quizbowl schedule, I plan on running it twice over Discord on dates to be determined in the poll. I will ad...
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Sun Jul 12, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II
Replies: 4
Views: 3280

Re: FRENCH II

We're nearly done writing, so the time has come for playtesting, probably on one or more of the next few Saturdays. Including tiebreakers, the set is 245 tossups. If you are interested in helping us with this, please fill out the following Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6isv...
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Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:01 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II
Replies: 4
Views: 3280

Re: FRENCH II

Updates: 1. I am long overdue in recognizing Erik Christensen, Laurence Li, and Rahul Rao-Pothuraju in joining me in writing this set. They've written a lot of cool stuff and I greatly appreciate heir help. 2. As of posting, we are ~70% of the way through, so we are planning to have this ready for C...
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Tue May 28, 2019 9:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II
Replies: 4
Views: 3280

Re: FRENCH II

The question ideas have not flown nearly as freely as they did when writing the previous FRENCH, so I am nowhere close to meeting the deadline I gave myself in the last post (73/240 questions are written). Therefore, I am seeking 2-3 people to help me write this set, with the intent to have it ready...
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Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What is World History?
Replies: 11
Views: 7121

Re: What is World History?

What about questions on non-Western ethnic groups in Western countries? Following my previous logic, these would be world history, but I have trouble thinking about a toss up on Japanese-Americans as anything but American history. I think the disjunction comes from whether the emigrants want to join...
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Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What is World History?
Replies: 11
Views: 7121

Re: What is World History?

I think questions on European colonialism could be justifiably categorized as either world or European, but ideally the writer/editor would choose clues that fit the distribution they choose to put it in. Much of the discussion I wanted to generate has already happened in the thread Bruce linked, bu...
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Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What is World History?
Replies: 11
Views: 7121

What is World History?

I began thinking about this question during my most recent rereading of CMST upon reading the following toss up: According to Matthew Paris, a king of this modern-day country rejected a letter by King John in 1213 seeking an alliance and promptly expelled English envoys. The Mensagem (“men-SAH-zhem”...
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Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FRENCH II
Replies: 4
Views: 3280

FRENCH II

To get myself to focus more on writing, this is a very early announcement for FRENCH II. Based on my progress thus far (33 1/2 questions written in 10 months as of the original post) and the faster pace I plan on having, I'd like to have the set ready for CO 2019/summer side event weekends. The dist...
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Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
Replies: 49
Views: 19848

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)

Like several people before me, I'm going to put out a broad call for teammates and express my excitement for Entirely Real Landscapes. For the main tournament, I'd prefer people who know science and lit, but I'd be happy to play with anyone.
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Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion - 2017 FRENCH
Replies: 7
Views: 1732

Re: Specific Question Discussion - 2017 FRENCH

I have revised the pederasty and New Guinea questions. The Tchaikovsky 4 question is in the set because I already had it written (it was an unused ACF Nats submission) and I was low on time when I was writing that section.