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- Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
And what about all of the questions that the other people in the big room get? What happens when several people are inevitably close? How to Form an All-Star Team: 1) Choose player getting the most points in science 2) Choose player getting the most points in history 3) Choose player getting the mo...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
It's unrealistic, however, that we would take three lit specialists and expect them all to see significant playing time. We wouldn't be taking three lit specialists. We would only be taking one. The one who scores the most points in literature. The max we would take would be maybe 2 lit specialists...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
It takes all three players combined to overshadow Scott. All three of those players wouldn't be in at the same time because we'd be sacrificing either History or Science. Which means you play either Jack + Victor (loses out on the Arts), or Jack/Victor + Dowell (loses out on Lit). In which case Jac...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
It's unrealistic, however, that we would take three lit specialists and expect them all to see significant playing time. We wouldn't be taking three lit specialists. We would only be taking one. The one who scores the most points in literature. The max we would take would be maybe 2 lit specialists...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
Or 32 people!grayson77 wrote:I don't see any problem with having around 16 people playing at once.
That will be the best way to see who's knowledge overlaps.
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
For example, if I am in a room with an assortment of specialists and generalists, I will likely get many of the lit questions. The tryouts should discriminate between those who know the most amongst a group of specialists rather than a generic group of participants as that will certainly be the cas...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
I forgot to point out that the hypothetical combo lit-history specialist in Mr. Kremer's post is, in fact, benefiting from the sort of point inflation I've been referring to in my previous posts. If that hypothetical player were to meaningfully contribute on the Kentucky team, he or she would be abl...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
becomes much easier for the people organizing the team to notice player A's literature strength as well. Player A's strength in literature is useless if the best literature player covers him or her. I know plenty of players who are decent generalists when they're playing on a less-than-stellar team...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
I think it makes it much harder to see what players are able to do outside of their specialty (which I think is something very valuable to consider for this type of team). Why would it be harder? I'm pretty sure doing one room versus doing separate rooms won't matter in terms of determining who doe...
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
Players won't be playing on teams per se, it will be every man for himself in each room, while every tossup's category is tracked. That way, if we see that two people are scoring obscene numbers on lit, at some point during the event we would have both lit stars competing. Or we can just do a free ...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
Players won't be playing on teams per se, it will be every man for himself in each room, while every tossup's category is tracked. That way, if we see that two people are scoring obscene numbers on lit, at some point during the event we would have both lit stars competing. Or we can just do a free ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
In case anyone else missed it, here's the registration form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QGTWJF5Coach K wrote: And speaking of Dunbar's tournament, could you e-mail out a registration form or something similar Susan?
Edit: E-mail also works
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16717
Re: Kentucky HSAPQ All-star Team
So what ideas do people have for the format of the tryouts? Questions - Harder than nationals, preferably HSAPQ's NASAT set. Format - Free for all since it's the best way to test who has real depth and who overlaps with others in certain subject areas. I'm not sure the Ohio format works as well for...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Since Dunbar is using HSAPQ sets, would the tournament be a good way of, kind of, surveying potential prospects for the All-Star team? It would be good for getting an idea of what the team may consist of, but the individual results may be skewed because some teams (Manual, Johnson Central) have sev...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Does holding tryouts at Dunbar on March 6th right after the tournament not work? March 13th coincides with fun stuff like a state chess tournament and the SAT.
Edit: By the way, I'm assuming Joe will be using HSAPQ's NASAT tryout set?
Edit: By the way, I'm assuming Joe will be using HSAPQ's NASAT tryout set?
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Science FairGerd Bockmann wrote: The 27th seems like it would be the best weekend it seems. Are there any HS event that weekend that I don't know of?
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
HSAPQ All-star level, which I'm assuming would be similar in difficulty with PACE National or maybe even ACF Fall. I've been told its difficulty will be either like PACE NSC or ACF Regionals, correct me if I'm wrong. Centre would be interested in hosting a tryout tournament for team Kentucky, and t...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7606
Re: General Discussion
Oh ok. Yeah, I figured my selective memory was playing tricks on me as to just how many times old movie questions were showing up.
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7606
Re: General Discussion
What was the trash distribution breakdown? (amount of old movies and etc.)
This set was pretty fun to play on despite my horrendous negging and blanking and general suckitude.
This set was pretty fun to play on despite my horrendous negging and blanking and general suckitude.
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
- Replies: 161
- Views: 64643
Re: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
Question: If KAAC does not field a team to represent Kentucky (it seems like right now they are only sending a team to Panasonic), does that mean we can just combine a few of the best players from the state and play as Team Kentucky? Kentucky definitely needs a team there, especially considering th...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Centre T-Party Mirror 2/13/2010
- Replies: 57
- Views: 11762
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Centre T-Party Mirror 2/13/2010
Yeah, the tournament was definitely fun. It was really nice getting to play teams like Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio State without having to travel more than 50 miles. I'm looking forward to future tournaments at Centre.
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: '09-10 HS Midseason Poll - Congratulations State College!
- Replies: 137
- Views: 22387
Re: '09-10 HS Midseason Poll
Even disregarding tournament finish, Centennial still has wins against Dorman B, Central Gwinnett, Ezell-Harding, and Brookwood. I only see Dorman B (and possibly Central Gwinnett? I've never heard of them until this year. Then again, I never heard of St. Anselm until last year) out of that group a...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: '09-10 HS Midseason Poll - Congratulations State College!
- Replies: 137
- Views: 22387
Re: '09-10 HS Midseason Poll
How else could DuPont Manual end up ranked 23rd, despite losing to Dorman B at Brookwood? They were missing their best player at Brookwood. Also, I think Centennial deserved to be in the top 20 based on their high finishes at Walton, Brookwood, and Chattahoochee (their only losses coming to Southsi...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why we can't have nice things
- Replies: 141
- Views: 27658
Re: Why we can't have nice things
But overwhelmingly, human beings try to wall-up and defend what they believe especially when their characters are being assaulted as well as their beliefs. At the risk of me derailing this thread, is there evidence for this? I haven't encountered a scientific study indicating that people are more i...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why we can't have nice things
- Replies: 141
- Views: 27658
Re: Why we can't have nice things
I agree wholeheartedly with Nick. I have heard from eight (8) coaches and over a dozen players, most of whom have generally good opinions about good quizbowl, that they have read the boards but have refrained from joining for that exact reason. (Four of the coaches have named a specific administrat...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I've heard from teammates that the practice questions were in the same style as last year's questions. Hopefully I just misheard.grayson77 wrote: So is anyone else ready to see if the questions are more pyramidal this year?
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Attending Bad Tournaments
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3720
Re: Attending Bad Tournaments
Would it be a bad idea to attend a tournament that is average or even bad when it is 1 hour away, while the only alternative may be 6-10 hours away or more? Or should teams just stay away from bad or average tournaments altogether and only attend the 8-10 good events they could make it to in a year...
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl FAQ
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3868
Re: Quizbowl FAQ
Because they are very set in them and it's going to be difficult to change their minds. Going into it full force and telling them everything they believe is wrong (even if it is) will never convince them that good quizbowl is actually good. It will just make them angry. Assuming you're presenting t...
- Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I was just conducting a survey. Yet you posted this: But I find QR so much more fun because, like you guys say, its a game of speed and mind-tricks mixed with basic/intermediate levels of knowledge. Whereas QB is full of longer, boring questions. Sure the latter requires more skill and muuuch more ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
But I find QR so much more fun because, like you guys say, its a game of speed and mind-tricks mixed with basic/intermediate levels of knowledge. Why don't you just play video games instead? :roll: I don't get what you're trying to prove here by posting about how "fun" quick recall is. Do...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kentucky 09-10
- Replies: 457
- Views: 128075
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Why is Governor's Cup so popular? Because it's the only academic competition worth doing in elementary school Do the written assessments add to the Governor's Cup? I don't think I would do Gov Cup if it only had quick recall Anyways, Matt is definitely correct about North Carolina having a healthie...
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5150
Re: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
But in high school, can educators really make the argument that it rewards students for learning and knowledge and a curiosity in the world around them? I think trash in general helps kids who like sports, movies, music, and etc. understand pyramidal questions a little better. Such an example would...
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
- Replies: 94
- Views: 26620
Re: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
While holding competitive matches is not the only reason to have a tournament, it's one of the major reasons, so doing it more is a significant plus. A significant plus would be holding a tournament that correctly determines the final standings of teams that are statistically superior to teams that...
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 78157
Re: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
it made for competitive matches almost all the way through the tournament, which, from a learning/improving point of view, is far superior than pool play. You know what's an excellent way to learn and improve? Practice. The thing you do where losing by 500 or winning by 50 doesn't matter because yo...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
- Replies: 94
- Views: 26620
Re: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
It is hard to pay attention in a game where you never have a chance of winning. You may call it psychologically weak. I call it being human. You may say that this is not the case for you, but you are not most people. I am one of those people that, like you, is focused fairly intently throughout the...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
- Replies: 94
- Views: 26620
Re: Power matching sucks: a theoretical offering
You are missing the #1 reason people do power matching, which is the fact that it produces closer games that help teams more. Helps them keep their fragile egos intact? There is minimal, if any, difference between playing close games and playing blowouts in relation to learning. Once someone stops ...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 78157
Re: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
Actually, the names of the players on their roster would indicate that they were at full strength. (Assuming they were at full strength at UIUC Earlybird when they lost to Loyola A and C-Dale A .) 2010 DCC might not be the caliber of DCC team we're used to: after all, me and my former team (and we ...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 78157
Re: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume DCC wasn't at full strength? Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with what their exact team lineups are.
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5150
Re: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
I don't see how at least one or two of Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, and Alexander Ovechkin is not appropriate as an easy part. If those guys aren't easy parts, what is? "Hockey?" "The Stanley Cup?" "Ice?" I'm not sure if you're aiming for high school or...
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5150
Re: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
For high school, should writers assume Tracy McGrady can be an easy part of a sports bonus? Or would he be a middle part with Houston Rockets being an easy part (with obvious gettable clues)? As for sports, there is little distinction between high school and college goes for easy parts, minus datin...
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5150
Re: Writing Trash for Academic Tournaments
For high school, should writers assume Tracy McGrady can be an easy part of a sports bonus? Or would he be a middle part with Houston Rockets being an easy part (with obvious gettable clues)?
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
- Replies: 89
- Views: 34050
Re: DAFT 2009 Discussion
gyre and gimble wrote: And it probably doesn't matter, but I've been finding several factual errors in this set that I haven't really kept track of, but off the top of my head there was a tossup that said Napoleon lost at Austerlitz
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Filler Words
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2190
Re: Filler Words
I think most questions written for timed formats tend to keep bonuses concise.TheLessFamousEthan wrote:These extra words make a huge difference in timed matches, where getting an extra 5 seconds could mean being able to start an entire new tossup and bonus sequence, thus creating a possible 45 extra points.
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Camps
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3324
Re: Quizbowl Camps
MilliganRountreeCHS wrote:Sandy, remind which camp you went to; I have forgotten.
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Camps
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3324
Re: Quizbowl Camps
ACE is really better suited for your newer players. Based on my one experience in 2008, the camp really emphasizes lists. Some classes may even include general overviews of the "canon." If your players do decide to go, I would recommend whatever art classes are offered because those tend t...
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2-day Tournament at Solon, Ohio (2/13-2/14)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6043
Re: 2-day Tournament at Solon, Ohio (2/13-2/14)
Keep in mind that Centre is hosting T-Party on the same daygrayson77 wrote:I really hope we can make it to this.
It would be our first ever multi-tournament event.
I will try to convince one of our coaches to go.
If we attend, it will be with two teams.
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
- Replies: 89
- Views: 34050
Re: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
Not really, though I guess it could've been left out.der_ubermensch wrote:You should never say "titular event" in the first line of a toss-up on The Lottery. Just Sayin'.
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2009 Discussion
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11111
Re: Delta Burke 2009 Discussion
A similarly misused word is “stock.” Most basically, this word means that a particular clue comes up in quizbowl enough that many people with sufficient packet experience associate it with the answer. It typically refers to a clue that often comes up at the beginning of a question, even when a lot ...
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
- Replies: 89
- Views: 34050
Re: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
I've seen and heard Quetzalcoatl and could verify that what was said for Tezcatlipoca seemed right, but stared blankly for several seconds at Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. I know they are a point of contention on the boards and I'm not sure what the current consensus is, but if you're going to throw a nam...
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DAFT 2009 Discussion - Set Cleared
- Replies: 89
- Views: 34050
Re: DAFT 2009 Discussion
Mike said this on October 21, but every author/writer bonus in this set pretty much still has this problem. Oh heh. I didn't think this was too big of a problem so I didn't go back and fix them. Let me know if I'm underrating the issue. And it probably doesn't matter, but I've been finding several ...