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- Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Make your questions interesting!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5044
Re: Make your questions interesting!
As someone who has been banging on this drum for years, I endorse Ike's post.
- Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:09 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: 25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28442
Re: 25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players
Also, comparing sets across times is hard, like comparing basketball across eras. I think people are really underestimating those mid-decade ACF Nationals sets with the benefit of hindsight. I'm not going to say they're all entirely up to modern standards, but there's a lot of stuff in there that wo...
- Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:37 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: 25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28442
Re: 25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players
This is quite a silly thing to say.Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:(though today's Nationals make pre-2010 ACF Nats look like a joke...).
- Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Team Formation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15983
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
Mike Sorice and I are now playing with Matt Bollinger and Tommy Casalaspi.
- Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
DO YOU LOVE... TERRIBLE LIGHTING?!
DO YOU LOVE... INCONSISTENT CAMERA ANGLES?!!
DO YOU LOVE... THE GNASHING OF THE VERY MOUTH OF HELL AS IT READS QUESTIONS??!!!
THEN HAVE I GOT THE YOUTUBE PLAYLIST FOR YOU
it here
DO YOU LOVE... INCONSISTENT CAMERA ANGLES?!!
DO YOU LOVE... THE GNASHING OF THE VERY MOUTH OF HELL AS IT READS QUESTIONS??!!!
THEN HAVE I GOT THE YOUTUBE PLAYLIST FOR YOU
it here
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8587
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
I Have No Knowledge and I Must BuzzNine-Tenths Ideas wrote:I'd be interested in playing the singles tournament if I have nothing going on that day. I've always wanted to be a ritual offering for a much more powerful machine.
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8587
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
I don't have anything to contribute to this thread other than saying that if you want some amazing tacos, you should check out Oscar's Mexican Seafood on Turquoise St. in Pacific Beach. That is all.
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 31945
Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
The Anti-Canonist Movement wants to turn all question into audio/visual mosaics that speak in code to people who have taken the right class or read the right textbook, while excluding people who have learned clues on their filthy flashcards (at least until post-FTP - where those filthy dogs can hav...
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 31945
Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
I would like to repeat my semi-regular observation about the irony of Theory Westbrook expressing various crazy opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with what Practice Westbrook does. The Janus-like character of Ryan the Theorist and Ryan the Actual Editor is truly a sui generis quizbowl marv...
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 31945
Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
one's own personal experience is not necessarily universalizable. This is a fair criticism. Also I think I've come off in thread as snarkier/angrier than I actually am. That said I look forward to writing a tournament's worth of philosophy someday very soon. That sounds exciting and you should defi...
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 31945
Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
I mean, I love me some abstruse analytical philosophy, but I don't think claiming that the Symposium is not a work of philosophy is going to advance this discussion very much. Also, the assumption that the analytic tradition is the default of what counts as philosophy is unjustified.
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 31945
Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
- We did not let tossups extend into the 10th and 11th lines outside of the finals. We blew up the font to be BIG this year due to a lot of moderator errors which I thought came from the font size. The feedback from last year suggested that 10 point font was too small, so I blew it up to 12 points ...
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Second Summer Open
- Replies: 61
- Views: 38170
Re: The Second Summer Open
WANTrylltraka wrote:I have a six-round professional basketball tossups-only tournament in the works tentatively titled The Ten-Point Shootout; if there's interest in such a thing, I can actually start working on it in earnest.
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 31313
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I will be relocating to New York City this summer where I will continue my long-standing policy of being old and showing up at open tournaments. I may occasionally be available to moderate things in NYC and immediate environs.
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
I have videos from the tournament and am converting them today. Hopefully by midweek I'll get that done and uploaded to YouTube.
- Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
In the next few days.That DCC guy wrote:When will the set be posted?
- Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Congratulations to the University of Michigan (Auroni Gupta, Will Nediger, Siddhant Dogra, and Brian McPeak) for winning the 2016 ACF Nationals title! Further congratulations are due to the second place team from the University of Chicago (Chris Ray, John Lawrence, Max Schindler, and Jason Zhou) who...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
I believe the following two links should take you to the two different schedules:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0xXL ... 0ZBS3FkQ1k
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0xXL ... TZaRWMxUmM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0xXL ... 0ZBS3FkQ1k
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0xXL ... TZaRWMxUmM
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Does anyone have updated contact info for Caleb Kendrick of Oklahoma, or anyone else on the Oklahoma team? The logistics email I just sent out bounced from his mailbox, so if you have another contact for anyone involved with the team, please email me, or forward the logistics email to that person.
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
I am composing it right now. Expect it in the next 15 minutes.Mewto55555 wrote:Has a logistics email been sent out about this tournament?
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
I should also add that I will be sending a general logistics email sometime in the next few days (probably once I'm done printing packets and making schedules).
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Greetings from Sarasota, FL! So does anyone have a tentative schedule for the tournament? Thanks, Alex Koutelias New College of Florida Quiz Bowl Team Co-President The schedule that you should expect is either 13 or 14 rounds on Saturday and the rest on Sunday. What "the rest" means will ...
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Team Formation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15983
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
I am a person who would like to play Chicago Open and require teammates.
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - call for staff
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3459
Re: ACF Nationals - call for staff
Not that I think ACF is in the habit of turning away staffers, but does this tournament still need staffers? At this point, I think we have all the people that we're willing to fly out to the tournament. Staffers that can drive themselves, and even better, can drive others, are still more than welc...
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
The final field for Nationals has been updated in the post above. At this point, it is unlikely that we will expand the field, so this should be considered the definitive list of teams playing Nationals. If for any reason your plans change and you cannot make the tournament, we ask that you let us k...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Registration for Nationals is now closed. I will be posting an updated field later today.
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Not that this affect us, but isn't two days a bit close to set a registration deadline? It'd be nice to set it at least a week from posting. I'm willing to push this back to Sunday. But the imperative here is to a) give us enough time to work out not only a primary schedule but a contingency one as...
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
The no-penalty deadline is fast approaching. And approaching with it is the deadline to register for this tournament, if you have not done so already. I'm instituting a firm cutoff of Friday, March 11 for any outstanding registrations. I don't think this should cause any problems for most teams, but...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10228
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
Jerry, you and I appear to be talking past each other at this point, so I'm going to dry to lower the rhetorical temperature here and explain the situation as I understand it. Here is my side of this: Matt sent you an e-mail in July, on which I was cc'ed, expressing interest in editing Chicago Open...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10228
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
The fact that all of us were in the dark about the situation is a real failure on both you (John) and Matt J's part. The least one of you could have done was post publically about Matt J's departure so someone else could step up. I understand that you approached people in private, but this is a rea...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
I have also noticed that a number of teams have specified that they are bringing staffers. If those staffers have not yet filled out the staffing registration form , please ask them to do so at their earliest convenience. Any staffer that you transport to the tournament at your own expense gets you ...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10228
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
What are you talking about? To whom are you claiming I made a commitment to solo head edit this tournament? By what possible criteria are you distinguishing my reasons for dropping from the apparently legitimate reason you offer of "not be[ing] able to carry the load"? No one expects anyo...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
The field has been updated with the latest registrations as of this morning (March 2). Astute observers will note that there are currently 40 teams registered, just short of the originally-announced field cap of 44. That means that you should definitely register as soon as you can if you wish to pla...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14695
Re: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016
I share the enthusiasm expressed thus far. I'm also curious, given how well-received the last two "technology" tournaments have been, whether there's interest in incorporating more of this sort of content in regular-season tournaments, as difficulty and distributional concerns permit. It ...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2016 Editor Search/Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10228
Re: Chicago Open Team Formation
I would be a hypocrite to outright condemn the practice of forming teams for CO before an editing team is even in place, as I have engaged in this practice before. But I have come to the conclusion that this year's premature team formation process has seized up the human resources necessary to prod...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Christmas Present: General Discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2214
Re: General Discussion
Like, I'm by no means a Marx expert or anything like that. It's just that you have "Marx wrote something about the House of Orleans" + "notable group of people referred to in connection with Louis Napoleon," and if you're basically familiar with where the term "lumpenproleta...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Christmas Present: General Discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2214
Re: General Discussion
I enjoyed playing this set generally, but I think it had some serious deficiencies. In my view, the biggest problems were that there were just a bunch of questions that were very straightforwardly figure-outable if you knew some basic facts about the answer. For example, just looking at the first ro...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14695
Re: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016
this is exciting and cool
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - call for staff
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3459
ACF Nationals - call for staff
Hello all, In anticipation of another large field at this year's ACF Nationals, we are widening the call for staffers. If you are interested in staffing Nationals, please be so kind as to fill out this form . If you have any questions about the logistics of the tournament, please don't hesitate to s...
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
The following teams have registered for ACF Nationals as of this posting: WUSTL A Yale A Yale B Virginia Harvard Oklahoma New College of Florida Florida McGill A Duke A Berkeley A Georgia Tech Penn A Michigan A Michigan B VCU A Oxford Stanford A Stanford B Maryland A Illinois Minnesota UCSD Universi...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
We currently have 27 teams registered for the tournament, but I know there are more of you out there who want to play Nationals! Register soon, please!
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Also! If you have accepted your bid to Nationals, please do not forget to register your team!
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
We'll work on that. I don't know if I can promise anything at the moment, but we'll explore this possibility and see what can be done.i never see pigeons in wheeling wrote:Yeah it would be nice if ACF arranged some hotel deal this time around.
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
An important note that slipped my mind when I posted the original registration announcement: you should register as soon as you know that you have qualified for ACF Nationals. The qualification system is still in place. Sorry for any confusion.
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Hello sports fans and fans of things that are not sports, such as quizbowl: I'm pleased to announce that the registration for ACF Nationals 2016 is now live . Please use the linked form to register your team. Now I'd like to say a few words about logistics. This year, we are anticipating a field sim...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
As someone who had the misfortune to glance at a packet while keeping score last year, can we perchance have the opportunity to look at a different font that has been printed on paper? Because man, that font was hideous and the Jerry who picked it out should be ashamed of Jerryself. edit: ps i love...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 61225
Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Sure, no problem.Cody wrote:The font was great. The size needs to be bigger.
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" at Stanford (February 27, 2016)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19913
Re: "stanford housewrite" at Stanford (February 27, 2016)
I also plan to play everything on offer.
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Summa contra potestates
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7952
Re: Summa contra potestates
As a fellow fun-hater, I think Andrew Hart makes good points.