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by InvadErGII
Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 14: The Last Mirror: Sunday, September 19
Replies: 8
Views: 3531

Re: ACRONYM 14: The Last Mirror: Sunday, September 19

9/19 it is! As before, you can register for this one here.
by InvadErGII
Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 14: The Last Mirror: Sunday, September 19
Replies: 8
Views: 3531

ACRONYM 14: The Last Mirror: Sunday, September 19

I'd like to run one last online mirror of ACRONYM 14 this September, as I understand there are a good number of teams that still want to play it. With that in mind, I'd like potential teams to weigh in on a potential date. I'd like to shoot for 9/25 (a Saturday) or 9/19 or 9/26 (Sundays). In each ca...
by InvadErGII
Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)
Replies: 6
Views: 5842

Re: Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)

Update!

With ACF Fall announced for the weekend of October 16, we're planning to have this ready for mirrors beginning that weekend. If you'd like to run this as a fall side event (online or otherwise), let me know!
by InvadErGII
Fri May 07, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Replies: 12
Views: 7376

Re: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021

Updated Field List! What's the expected format of this/how long can we expect the event to run? Need to know to figure out if I'll be able to play. I would say expect 8-10 rounds for all teams, though with this number of teams a single-elim playoff bracket isn't out of the question. I'll be closing...
by InvadErGII
Thu May 06, 2021 12:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Replies: 12
Views: 7376

Re: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021

Updated Field List! What's the expected format of this/how long can we expect the event to run? Need to know to figure out if I'll be able to play. I would say expect 8-10 rounds for all teams, though with this number of teams a single-elim playoff bracket isn't out of the question. I'll be closing...
by InvadErGII
Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Replies: 12
Views: 7376

Re: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021

Try it again now...not sure what happened there. Sorry all!
by InvadErGII
Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Replies: 12
Views: 7376

Re: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021

Here's the field as of this afternoon. If you still need to register, please do so ASAP (especially if you're a high school team)! I'll be shutting registration down by this time next week.
by InvadErGII
Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Replies: 12
Views: 7376

ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021

Play Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the ACRONYM Online Championship , to be held on Saturday, May 8 . This will be using the ACRONYM 14 set (which a few of you may have already played, so if you have, this is not for you). TOURNAMENT INFO Games will be held on Zoom, and will begin at about 9am on ...
by InvadErGII
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:15 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)
Replies: 6
Views: 5842

Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)

With the next CO Trash postponed until 2022, PQB is stepping back into the 'summer open trash tournament' slot with Super ACRONYM 3 , to be written by Danny Vopava, Ben Weiner, and myself. WHEN? We're aiming for late August or early September, with the hope that this can be played in person. I expec...
by InvadErGII
Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 9725

Re: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)

Quick update on this set - we still very much want this to be a set that people can enjoy together and in person. As a result, we're pushing this to 2022, with mirrors starting at or around that year's ICT.
by InvadErGII
Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3568

Re: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

Staaaaaats Congrats to Steve Oppenheim and Hex Reymann, who went 7-1 including 3-0 against the top bracket, to win the tournament! Jason Thompson + Billy Busse finished second, with Rob Carson + Tejas Raje in 3rd and Taylor Harvey + Kenji Shimizu in 4th. This was a lot of fun - thanks to everyone w...
by InvadErGII
Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3568

Re: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

Yep! I'll be sending something out tonight.
by InvadErGII
Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3568

Re: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

Woody wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:03 pm Do we have a start time for this yet?
1pm central.
by InvadErGII
Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3568

Re: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

No plans to move this at this point, but if there's enough interest in a second mirror I'm certainly happy to make that happen.

If you want to play in this event, please sign up ASAP if you haven't already! I'd like to get to 12 (or perhaps 16) teams if at all possible.
by InvadErGII
Thu Dec 24, 2020 12:18 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3568

TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

Do you like video games? Cool, me too. Come play some questions about them on Sunday, 1/31 (date subject to change, in the event that there's a huge conflicting event that I'm unaware of). Teams of 2, $12 per player. Games will be held via Zoom (more deets on that ASAP). You can register a team, put...
by InvadErGII
Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)
Replies: 7
Views: 2937

Re: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)

Congratulations to titanic swim team (Ai Xing, Vennela Dupati, Kimberly Lan, Caden Cheng), who went undefeated to win the first HS/UG mirror of ACRO-Demia! Additional congrats to Ganbatte, Crass Tacocats (Charlie Fritz, McKinnie Sizemore, Yogesh Raut, Jason Hess), who also ran the table to win the o...
by InvadErGII
Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)
Replies: 7
Views: 2937

Re: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)

For the sake of ensuring there's time for proper scheduling and such, I'll be cutting off registrations at 10pm central tonight. If you still need to form a team and/or sign up, please do it now!
by InvadErGII
Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)
Replies: 7
Views: 2937

Re: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)

1pm central start time.

Please sign up as soon as possible and/or form a team with your fellow free agents as soon as possible! I'll be sending out other preliminary logistics info tonight.
by InvadErGII
Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)
Replies: 7
Views: 2937

ACRO-Demia Online - I'll Do It Again (12/13/20, Two Divisions)

Did you miss out on the ACRO-Demia tournament this month? We're gonna run another mirror the afternoon of Sunday, December 13th . Note that this is the same question set as before - if you played this set already, this post is not for you (sorry). For this event, we'll also be running two divisions ...
by InvadErGII
Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

Who wants some STATS (it's you - you want them) Congrats to List of Neighbours characters (2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Rob Carson) (Mike Cheyne, Rob Carson, Chris Ray, John Lawrence) on their impressive victory. This was a blast - if you missed out on this one, I'll ...
by InvadErGII
Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

Yep! 1pm central.
by InvadErGII
Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

Quick registration update - it turns out that running 8 rounds with 18 teams doesn't really work, so we're not gonna do that (sorry). As a result, the field will now be limited to 16 teams . As of right now, this means there is exactly one spot left - if you're a free agent and want to be sure to ge...
by InvadErGII
Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

It's on its way now!
by InvadErGII
Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

After wrangling up some more staffers, I'm comfortable upping the field of this to 18. Get your teams registered ASAP (and free agents, start teaming up)!
by InvadErGII
Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

JA01 wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:43 pm Will free agents have to assemble their own team or will the TD make teams consisting of free agents?
I can make teams if necessary, but would definitely recommend that teams do this themselves if possible, as that'll probably be better for balancing purposes.
by InvadErGII
Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

I'm putting in a field cap of 12 for now, but hope to go to ~16 assuming I can shore up a few more moderators. If you're free to staff this, please let me know ASAP! EDIT: As for time, I'm thinking 1pm central as the start time of the first round (if this is generally untenable for some reason I don...
by InvadErGII
Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 14: Global Announcement
Replies: 4
Views: 3649

Re: ACRONYM 14: Global Announcement

Cheynem wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:42 pm If there is a (in-person) HSNCT, which is presumably up in the air at this point, will this be mirrored there?
I haven't discussed this with NAQT at this point, but I'd certainly like to! For now, I'll say this is probable if an in-person HSNCT occurs at all.
by InvadErGII
Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 14: Global Announcement
Replies: 4
Views: 3649

ACRONYM 14: Global Announcement

It's that time again! Play Quiz Bowl LLC is excited to announce ACRONYM 14 , a set that is sure to be the newest ACRONYM of all time. This is a low-difficulty pop culture set, aimed primarily at a high school audience, but with content accessible to college/open types. Distribution This year's distr...
by InvadErGII
Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

The afternoon of 11/15 appears to be the popular choice, so let's plan on that. I'm excited for this one to finally come to fruition!
by InvadErGII
Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Replies: 15
Views: 10922

Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement

A few updates! - This is just about done. It's pretty wild! Thanks to Danny Vopava and Ben Weiner, who wrote a lot of the set. - We ended up landing on 8 packets, and with a slightly different distro: 6 "Literature" 6 "History" 4 "Fine Arts" 2 "R/M/P" 2 "...
by InvadErGII
Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6285

ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

As we wrap up ACRO-Demia, I'd like to schedule an online tournament to function as its "main" mirror for the weekend of November 14th. Cost will be $12 per player. Ideally I'd like to do teams of 4 for this, but would be open to changing to doubles if it's better for logistics or whatever....
by InvadErGII
Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pub Quiz Bowl - A Weekly Online Game
Replies: 0
Views: 1480

Pub Quiz Bowl - A Weekly Online Game

In the interest of offering a fun and COVID-safe way to practice/hang out with your teammates, PQB has begun offering Pub Quiz Bowl , a mix of quiz bowl and team trivia (with an emphasis on the former). The format makes use of 90-second, pyramidal questions, with clues being given one at at time at ...
by InvadErGII
Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)
Replies: 5
Views: 5043

Re: TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)

Mike Bentley wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:43 pm Is this still going to happen this Fall?
I think it will be ready closer to January, but our intention is to have mirrors available before the next ACRONYM.
by InvadErGII
Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Replies: 15
Views: 10922

Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement

Yes! Our intention is to run it in the fall, presumably online. Watch this space for updates.
by InvadErGII
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 9725

Re: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Early Summer 2020)

From here : With the significant changes to the quiz bowl world amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we are making a number of updates to our release plans. While it was initially scheduled to release this month, Schurniverse (our set focused on the projects of Michael Schur) will be delayed. The excitemen...
by InvadErGII
Thu May 07, 2020 4:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

It's Drew wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 2:09 pm how do we pay
I'll be sending out invoices this weekend or thereabouts.
by InvadErGII
Thu May 07, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

Ciorwrong wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 12:28 am access denied
Dang it, sorry - should be working now.
by InvadErGII
Thu May 07, 2020 12:15 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

Here you go! Of note - there are currently just five teams who have specified that they'd like to play in a high school-only division. If you're a high school team who'd like to play in such a division, please sign up soon to ensure we have enough teams! EDIT: I took a look at the free agent sheet ...
by InvadErGII
Mon May 04, 2020 9:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

As a reminder - registration for this league closes this Sunday. If you're interested but have not yet registered, please do so soon!
by InvadErGII
Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

I'm happy to address these to the best of my ability: 1. How does audio quality of the moderator compare to Discord? To be fair, I don't have a great quantitative way to compare these two options, but over the course of 2-3 test games, I believe there was one bonus part I opted to re-read due to an ...
by InvadErGII
Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

Excited to hear reports on how quizbowl over Zoom compares to Discord. We did some test games last week, and the consensus was that it worked well. We'll still be using the chat feature to buzz, but the rest plays out more or less the same way in-person events do (with the added bonus that unlike i...
by InvadErGII
Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5763

ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

https://playquizbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/template-1.png Play Quiz Bowl is excited to announce the ACRONYM League , a one-of-a-kind online quiz bowl league. WHAT? This league will be using the ACRONYM 13 question set . If you played or moderated this set in February, you are not eligible ...
by InvadErGII
Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
Replies: 8
Views: 2611

Re: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20

Congrats to the ironically-named The Bus That Slowed Down (Mike Cheyne, Sam Ross, Carsten Gehring, Andrew Hart), who could not be stopped and defeated All Hail Krull, Sincerely Little Girl (Dan Burgess, Derek Sillerud, Susan Herder, Mike Olson) to clinch the MACRONYM title. Thanks to everyone who ca...
by InvadErGII
Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
Replies: 8
Views: 2611

Re: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20

Logistics info went out to the email addresses on the sign up sheet this morning, but in case people aren't passing that along: Please come to Olin Rice Room 150 at 8:30 for check-in. There are parking lots to its immediate west and east, which are both good options. A map of the area is available h...
by InvadErGII
Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ CCCT/Valencia College - 2/29/20
Replies: 1
Views: 1229

ACRONYM 13 @ CCCT/Valencia College - 2/29/20

Play Quiz Bowl LLC will be hosting a mirror of ACRONYM 13 on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Valencia College in Orlando, FL. Much like last year, this will be held immediately following the conclusion of CCCT at Valencia College. This tournament will be run on-site by Danny Vopava - any logistical ...
by InvadErGII
Thu Jan 09, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 NAQT SCT North @ Minnesota - 2/8/20
Replies: 0
Views: 1227

2020 NAQT SCT North @ Minnesota - 2/8/20

Play Quiz Bowl LLC will be directing the North site of the 2020 NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2020 . Location : This year's SCT North will be at the University of Minnesota . Games will be held at Folwell Hall - note that this is *not* at Blegen Hall, the longtime v...
by InvadErGII
Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
Replies: 8
Views: 2611

Re: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20

It is! I wouldn't rule out there being others in the midwest at some point (as well as at HSNCT, etc.), but this one is in Minnesota, so yeah.
by InvadErGII
Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
Replies: 8
Views: 2611

ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20

Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota will be hosting a mirror of ACRONYM 13 on Sunday, February 23, 2020. As with last year, the cost will be $20 per player. Macalester will have an online payment portal for this in the near future.

You can register a team and/or sign up as a staffer here.
by InvadErGII
Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)
Replies: 5
Views: 5043

TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be producing TOEJAM III , the third iteration of my occasional retro-focused video game tournament series. The set will have about 8 packets of tossups with the following distribution: 4/0 8-Bit Era and Oldera 4/0 16-Bit Era 4/0 32- and 64-Bit Era 4/0 "Modern&q...
by InvadErGII
Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 9725

Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)

Play Quiz Bowl is excited to announce Schurniverse , a set dedicated to the various projects of TV producer extraordinaire Michael Schur. The set will be written by Danny Vopava (with a few contributions from myself), and will have 6 packets of 20 tossups with the following distribution: 5/0 The Off...