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- Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25525
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 expa...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25525
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Someone in the General Discussion thread brought up an example of “bait,” which was disappointingly more widespread than one question. Off the top of my head, the E minor question had a sentence along the lines of, if I recall correctly, “Victor Herbert’s second cello concerto in this key inspired ...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7880
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Hey everybody! I wanted to thank everybody for playing the set and for giving such helpful feedback -- publicly or privately -- as well as elucidate my editing philosophies on my categories (which, as outlined above, were World/Other Literature, Classical Music, and Popular Culture). In general, I s...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
settlej wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:35 amFuddle Duddle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:56 amwomen, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids I...
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City Kanye West (ft. Pusha...
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Lorde - Royals Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me Cour...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me Perfume Genius - Queen vs. Björk - Stonemilker Rosalía - Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio) vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean Tame Impala - Let It Happen vs. Grimes - Oblivion Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Lana del Rey - Video Games vs. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best Childish Gambino - This Is America vs. Weyes Blood - Movies M83 - Midnight City vs. Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk Azealia Banks - 212 vs. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night Adele - Rolling in the Deep vs. Earl Sweatshirt...
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#1 Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. IDLES - Danny Nedelko #8 Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing vs. #9 Ariana Grande - thank u, next #5 Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. #12 Danny Brown (ft. Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt) - Really Doe #4 Lorde - Royal...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4389
Re: New England Discussion '19-'20
I have a couple takes: - Acton-Boxborough should definitely be regarded as a threat to even nationally-contending teams -- last year, Basil received 5th place at IPNCT and narrowly beat Auburn in HSNCT prelims, and he will have had a whole year to improve on these results by the time nationals seaso...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#1 Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. #16 Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness #8 Taylor Swift - Blank Space vs. #9 Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) - I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) #5 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company vs. #12 M.I.A. - Bad Gir...
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Lil Nas X (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) - Old Town Road - Remix Drake - Hotline Bling vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me Bon Iver - Holocene vs. Perfume Genius - Queen Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) vs. Björk - Stonemilker Beach House - Space Song vs. Rosalía - Malam...
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324127
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#15 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream vs. St. Vincent - Cruel #15 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy vs. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People…. #15 Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me vs. Playboi Carti - Magnolia #15 Future - Mask Off vs. Burial - Come Down to Us #16 Lil Nas X (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) - O...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4719
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion
I thought that this set was overall very polished and enjoyable to play, and I particularly admired the inventive yet accessible ways that the editors incorporated salient topics centering on women / POC / other marginalized communities into the set's content. The literature, history, arts, and popu...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10410
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
1: This Achebe tossup seems really hard, and seems reasonably likely to get frauded at "Obi," though perhaps I'm wrong and people actually read his short stories. By the time "Obi" is dropped (which is also a well-known clue, given that he's the protagonist of one of Achebe's mo...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Plea for No More Excuses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7697
Re: A Plea for No More Excuses
While I do strongly agree with this post overall and also believe that people should not be dropping the ball with regards to their set writing and editing commitments (having also worked on sets where people have dropped the ball and subsequently having had to spend time and labor to make up for it...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Literature "Progression"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6074
Re: Literature "Progression"
Although they're hardly exhaustive, NAQT's You Gotta Know lists are a great (and free!) place to start for all subjects. As far as progressing through the canon goes, it's simply not possible for one player to read every single work in the high school literature canon, so you should really just pick...
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Unanswered Question - Specific Questions/Errata
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1768
Re: Specific Questions/Errata
Can I see the tossup on Assassins ? I didn't recognize any of the early clues. A man in this musical complains about not having a “hamburger that’s fuckin’ hot” before shouting, “Don’t blame me, I’m from Massachusetts!”. In this musical, a man who proclaims that “first prize often goes to rank begi...
- Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15176
Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
This may be just me (due to having been on the losing end of the upset), but Williams upsetting Chicago at D2 ICT was pretty wild – their lead scorer Jonathan Williams got about a third of his powers for the entire tournament in that single game, handing us our only non-UMD loss. They went on to get...
- Wed May 15, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help with HSQBRank - 2x check tournament list
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7129
Re: Help with HSQBRank - 2x check tournament list
DCC played FST at UChicago this past weekend, which appears to be unaccounted for.
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45629
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Based on my casual interest and general knowledge of the circuit, I would posit that Hunter will see the most success at HSNCT, followed by Ithaca and High Tech. The reason I would give Ithaca the edge here would be because they seem to be much stronger on the NAQT distribution (especially with Isai...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Okemos Spring Invitational, April 20th 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10634
Re: Okemos Spring Invitational, April 20th 2019
Joseph then later PMed me (after the tournament) assuring that he did not have access to the email between when I sent the questions and when he played them. He also PMed my teammate Shawn a long explanation of his performance (which I excerpted below) that broadly claimed that he was confused abou...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 64222
Re: Player Poll 2019
It's my turn to shill! (As many have said above, this is by no means an exhaustive list.) - Ben Miller is a ridiculously amazing history player with iron-clad consistency, incredibly low neg numbers, and the ability to scale (he was also leading scorer on Chicago B at SGI and PIANO!). Grant Li is an...
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 292438
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the tossup on "Anne Bradstreet's House"? A metaphorical version of this place is described as the source of “rags” used to clothe a poem’s title object, which is then told, “In this array, ‘mongst vulgars may’st thou roam.” While passing through this place, a woman remarks how...
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 292438
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Can I see the tossup on Dirichlet? Nikhil mentioned that it clued L-functions but I didn't recognize that during the game. Also, the clue about Dirichlet's approximation theorem is incredibly hard to buzz on at game speed, because Liouville has an incredibly similar theorem (this can be remedied ea...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Terrapin advanced stats
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1756
Re: 2019 Terrapin advanced stats
I think that quizbowl has shown repeatedly at all levels that it can't be trusted not to cheat, and I think the existence of links that tell you literally every answer to expect in the tournament is a recipe for cheating, so I don't think it's a good idea to have this thread until the set is totall...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DII Midseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9778
Re: DII Midseason Poll
It is worth noting that, as far as I know (I may be mistaken!), UCLA will not be fielding the roster that many assumed that they would at the season's outset, and Texas's D2 players will be playing D1, so voters should take these changes from the preseason into account. My quick take is that Chicago...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1285
Re: 2019 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
My teammates and I were quite confused by the fact that San Francisco came up in some form multiple times, particularly in the first half of the day. Other issues that we found a little jarring included the three-ish London architecture-related answerlines in Round 8 (I think?), the hunger strikes t...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8083
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 6:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8083
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
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- Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8083
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #2: Snail Mail - Lush This matchup was very difficult to make up my mind on, and subjectively, I still like Be the Cowboy ever so slightly more, but I have to give it to Lush . #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #2: Pusha-T - Daytona #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden...
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to Approach Literature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7662
Re: How to Approach Literature
Especially if you're starting out, learning clues that come up for works and authors is crucial – I carded a ton of literature clues for novels and short fiction in May and July, and that definitely gave me a great foundation from which to expand my knowledge further while still getting me points. R...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2955
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Only doing top 10, since I'm probably not familiar enough with the songs that would be in my bottom 10: 1. "New Rules" - Dua Lipa: You can't really go wrong with Dua Lipa (the album, but the artist as well), and "New Rules" is quite clearly one of the best songs in an already sta...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8083
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #3: Beach House - 7 #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #5: JPEGMAFIA - Veteran #2: Pusha-T - Daytona vs. #3: Noname - Room 25 #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour vs. #4: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimite...
- Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45629
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Barrington HS, being in Rhode Island, is also outside the region of the poll. However, they exclusively play tournaments in the NY region. As such, I decided to make an exception for them. My decision in this matter is final. Wait, what? Barrington has played two tournaments and registered for two ...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22163
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Wonyoung also got duped out of the Haywain tossup, since he figured out it was Bosch as intended from the Temptation of St. Anthony clue, and then said "Garden of Earthly Delights," which notably also has fires going on in the right panel. To clarify: while my buzz right after the second ...
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Discussion '18-'19
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13139
Re: New England Discussion '18-'19
To those I've met and befriended over the last two years up here: thank you for your collegiality, conversation, and passion. I'll be leaving my alma mater at the end of next week to begin a job in Washington, D.C., but will remain forever grateful for the opportunity to rejoin — as a coach — a str...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22163
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
I meant to post this a while back and never got around to it, but the Dukas tossup says that the main melody played by the bassoons in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is in 3/8 time, when it is actually in 9/8 time. Nope: (The opening is in 9/8 though.) Oh, I thought it was referring to the opening, sinc...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22163
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
I meant to post this a while back and never got around to it, but the Dukas tossup says that the main melody played by the bassoons in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is in 3/8 time, when it is actually in 9/8 time.
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ATHENA II - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 441
Re: ATHENA II - Specific Question Discussion
I'm not sure which round it was (it was in the first five rounds) and I don't have access to the packets at the moment, but there was one bonus that was inappropriate for a high school set. The answer was paper, which could have been asked in a multitude of ways, but it clued from a piece of perfor...
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 BLISS I Open for Mirrors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10041
Re: 2019 BLISS I Open for Mirrors
It appears that the radio silence after Charles' post was, as you'd expect, not a good sign; word from a friend of mine at Blue Ridge today is that rounds 1-5 didn't make it to the tournament host until 7:15 this morning, round 6 didn't arrive until just before lunch, and round 7 didn't arrive at a...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ATHENA II - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 441
Re: ATHENA II - Specific Question Discussion
Issues that I was told about by my mods. China and Japan were repeated in the first round. In round 1, there was also a tossup and a bonus about suicide. In packet 9, there's a bonus about the Amazons where the answerline is women; Amazons should probably be accepted as well, since all of the Amazo...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13849
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
As for the music, I agree with the above comments that the score clues probably could have been used in a more consistent manner as they ranged from the very recognizable opening chord of Don Giovanni as the first clue for a Don Giovanni TU to a long, drawn-out score clue from Liebestraume in a bon...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Boston Latin Tournament (BLT) I (Scobol Solo/SCOP 9 Mirror) 10/27/18
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11923
Re: Boston Latin Tournament (BLT) I (Scobol Solo/SCOP 9 Mirror) 10/27/18
[Neg5] also alleviated the need for a stats room and runners. This, in my opinion, is one of the biggest pitfalls about Neg5 (aside from the obvious issues with stats accessibility, overall glitchiness, and so on). A well-run tournament will almost always have a separate control room with at least ...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2321
Re: General Discussion Thread
The names in bonuses were a bit much at times, but less so than the last Penn Bowl I played. Bonus parts on Laurel McKelva and Undine Spragg just really don't need to exist and are fairly uninteresting. For that Wharton bonus, you can easily just make the hard part Custom of the Country and not dro...
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
- Replies: 45
- Views: 33579
Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19
I'm curious to see the results if A-sets were counted, as they are in HSQBRank (I don't believe MSNCT is). Would the rankings change significantly?
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45629
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
At least based on PHSAT results, I think it's fair to say that Hunter has recovered from their losses much quicker than anticipated, winning the tournament outright while missing Brian Lu.
- Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Discussion '18-'19
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13139
Re: New England Discussion '18-'19
I think the top 5 teams right now in New England including NY are the following: 1. Hunter From what I've seen from his forum posts, Daniel's talent is only eclipsed by his humility in saying that several teams will surpass his team. Let's face it. Hunter is and has been the best high school team i...