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- Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7627
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
Can Michigan potentially field two house teams (or glomp free agents if there are any on one team) so we can avoid the dreaded odd number of teams? Edit: Or I guess, maybe some other team...Northwestern? Other Ohio people? Rogue Chicago players? PAT FREEBURN?!!!! I'll tell people who are playing on...
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:19 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7627
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
If any players who are proficient in science are still looking for a team, and don't mind playing with a bunch of high schoolers, they should let me know!
- Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2013-14
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7338
Re: Michigan 2013-14
Will HSAPQ once again be providing the questions for the old KMO state tournament?
- Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NASAT Set & Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 15392
Re: 2013 NASAT Set & Tournament Discussion
To the writer who wrote the pretzel tossup, I thank you for writing the tossup that gave me one of my favorite buzzes of all time. Although, I must ask what subject that was in.
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12505
Re: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
Do you keep conversion stats for particular categories of questions? Because I'm interested in seeing how the conversion rates for geography compare to other subjects. This was posted up-thread. I assume this is what you were asking for. Could you post conversion breakdowns by category? Category (%...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2013-14
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7338
Re: Michigan 2013-14
I'll be up at Central this year, so I'll try and see if I can get the school to host something that isn't another housewrite.
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NSC Set Discussion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 14002
Re: 2013 NSC Set Discussion
I think the clue for Polk about the secretary of the interior is incorrect. The first secretary of the Interior office took office on March 8th 1849, four days after Taylor had been sworn in.
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NSC Set Discussion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 14002
Re: 2013 NSC Set Discussion
High Noon was much too obscure of a movie for the target audience of this set for it to be a tossup, I'm not saying every movie tossup should be on Hitchcock, but High Noon is out of range for high school, and I've only heard one person convert it so far. Of course I could just be disillusioned and ...
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ideal Question Distribution
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5491
Re: Ideal Question Distribution
24/24 Meta
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12505
Re: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see the exact conversion rate for the Greene tossup? I think it was round 19, or whatever the fourth round of the playoffs was.
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 5
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12761
Re: Geography Monstrosity 5 (postponed to NSC)
In that case I will have to drop out.bt_green_warbler wrote:This will take place Sunday after the NSC is over.
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
I suppose making an account be linked to an I.P. address would stop the less tech-savy spammers.merv1618 wrote:What's to stop them just making another gmail account and a fake "reasonable" name or even worse, someone else's actual name? By this point it'd become more of a burden on the site managers.
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying for College History, Book recommendations?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4258
Re: Studying for College History, Book recommendations?
This is a good example of what may be good for quizbowl but bad history. Plutarch is undeniably GREAT for quizbowl, but that's terrible because he made up most of the "illustrative," moralizing anecdotes that are QB-famous and he was functionally no closer to or more knowledgeable about t...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying for College History, Book recommendations?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4258
Re: Studying for College History, Book recommendations?
Parallel Lives is a very nice text for Roman and Greek history, and it has the added bonus of letting you know who's paired with who for those obnoxious "Politician X is paired with Y in Parallel Lives," clues. For Byzantine history I highly recommend the work Lost to the West , it's a rea...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65230
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
I guess I just didn't remember the date being in the bonus. Thanks!
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65230
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
Can you post the Ulysees S Grant related battle bonus? I remember the last part of it being kind of vague.
- Mon May 20, 2013 11:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 5
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12761
Re: Geography Monstrosity 5 (May 24, Atlanta)
In that case, I've been given the o.k. to join the Nag-Reed-Bennett team.bt_green_warbler wrote:Please note that this field is limited to five teams. The six entities listed in the current field should arrange some sort of merger so that everyone gets to play.Weighted Companion Cube wrote:I'll be playing this with assorted DCC people.
- Mon May 20, 2013 10:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 5
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12761
Re: Geography Monstrosity 5 (May 24, Atlanta)
I'll be playing this with assorted DCC people.
- Mon May 06, 2013 11:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Urgent Call for Unity (July 21, 2013)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 31877
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Urgent Call for Unity (July 21, 2013)
I'll play this with anyone who wants to play with a high schooler who can guarantee a ppg that isn't negative.
- Sun May 05, 2013 1:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7900
Re: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
this comes off as kind of weird. I certainly don't think you have a personal bias, yet I do think you might have just rephrased your announcement to be "Here is a Byzantine history packet." This. I would have been the first person to sign up for this, and would have willing to play it in ...
- Sat May 04, 2013 8:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7900
Re: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
I feel as if I should have been consulted before a side event dedicated to my pseudonym was made. Regardless, this sounds exciting and I will undoubtedly play this.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
There are a good amount of mods now, so that number has plummeted significantly.cornfused wrote:Traffic is down because of the trolls that populate /lobby.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where to Cry "Fraud!"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3785
Re: Where to Cry "Fraud!"
Hey, he just wanted to have real knowledge of the questions.Frater Taciturnus wrote:If Andy Watkins Buzzes.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Venting rage: Cheaters edition
- Replies: 74
- Views: 54662
Re: Venting rage: Cheaters edition
I'm surprised that I haven't seen any bad jokes about Andy having attended Shady Side High School.
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan 2012-2013
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13428
Re: Michigan 2012-2013
I'm pleased to say that the State Championship hosted by the MSU Honors College will be obtaining questions from HSAPQ for this year's question. I hope that these questions provide a more enjoyable experience and fair competition for all teams. I'd also like to thank Matt Weiner from HSAPQ and Bess...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18441
Re: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
DCC will not be attending due to our NAQT states being on that day.serasuna wrote:Not yet. The registration deadline is coming up in 2 or so weeks, so get those in!Edward Powers wrote:Any update on all of those quite interesting teams who have shown interest but have not yet fully committed to coming?
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Quizbowl Programs in the Nation (Ranking?)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8756
Re: Best Quizbowl Programs in the Nation (Ranking?)
DCC's streak continues to 1999 with our first place, meaning DCC has finished in the top 25 every year, while Dorman continues to 2002, with their first hsnct placing in 2001 being just outside 25 at 26.
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
I think it would be great to immediately cut back on number the moderators. I, for one, am posting this after getting banned without warning for hitting enter a few times. I must congratulate you on the effectiveness of your block system, though; it managed to defeat all of my attempts to access th...
- Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Mirror @ MSU, March 23, 2013
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10974
Re: Terrapin Mirror @ MSU, March 23, 2013
I've updated the field. As I wrote above, the field currently consists of St. Joseph High School as well as an undefined number of Michigan teams (at least one). We're waiting for information from Brian McPeak of Maryland about the possibility that our site (and maybe others) may allow teams that w...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of Kentucky Spring Championship - 3/2/2013
- Replies: 58
- Views: 25379
Re: University of Kentucky Spring Championship - 3/2/2013
For some reason all tiebreaker/placement games are appearing as forfeits in the final stats.
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT 2013 Individual/Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9612
Re: Individual/Specific Question Discussion
I feel as if the word order for the first clue of the black plague tossup should be re-arranged to say something like "in response to this event, the statute of laborers......." as the statue of laborers was the cause of Wat Tyler's rebellion, which made me neg that tossup with Wat Tyler's...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT 2013 General Discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4702
Re: BHSAT 2013 General Discussion
I thought that the set was good overall. The only problems i remember were minor, but there were some pretty big swings in difficulty of answer lines (I remember rounding and quantum computing in particular tripping up our science player) and a few rounds seemed to have too many common link tossups ...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT 2013 Individual/Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9612
Re: Individual/Specific Question Discussion
If you could post the question (or just the first clue) on the black death, that'd be appreciated,
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
I think one possible move that could make admins more effective is to give moderators the ability place quarantines on the lobby and not let anyone in for a certain amount of time. What exactly would this accomplish, though? I guess it's decent for room population control, though I don't think that...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
I think one possible move that could make admins more effective is to give moderators the ability place quarantines on the lobby and not let anyone in for a certain amount of time.
- Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 Texas Invitational (Feb. 22-24, Rice) [D1 SCT, ACF Reg]
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8102
Re: 2013 Texas Invitational (Feb. 22-24, Rice)
Any word on what set this will be using for the second event? Seeing as how many of the packet deadlines college sets are coming up soon, it would be really nice to know who we should be sending our questions to.
- Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 116998
Re: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
Has there been a decision as to wether or not there will be powers for this? A decision has not been made. It basically depends on how much free time I have between when I receive the set and the tournament. To be a little more forward: Doesn't it also "basically depend" on whether the se...
- Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 116998
Re: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
Has there been a decision as to wether or not there will be powers for this?
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: discuss randomization here
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7337
Re: discuss randomization here
Does momentum have an influence over how a match goes? I'm wondering if packing science questions early would help a science-heavy team simply because they start the game with more momentum. In my personal experience, getting a few tossups in a row will make me more agressive, which if things go we...
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30066
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
I'm not complaining about the easy parts at all. I guess I should clarify that when I say "hilariously," I mean that the length of the bonus and the seemingly random things it gave to make it convertible made it humorous, not that it was just too easy. My complaint was that a lot of the mi...
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30066
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
As someone who enjoys his harder sets, I greatly enjoyed this set's tossups. It wasn't as hard as past HFT's in terms of some of the answerlines (which disappointed me to an extent,) but the tossups still started with lead ins that were hard enough to distinguish between two teams. There were howeve...
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rube X at MSU, January 19, 2013
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4789
Re: Rube X at MSU, January 19, 2013
I believe they are using pennance, so I would assume the answer is yes.David Riley wrote:Can the tryout set for NASAT be mirrored in other states as well?
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8397
Re: Specific question discussion
I don't know about you guys, but I love it when at tournaments like PACE 2012 I'm the only one of around four people capable of buzzing off of the road-construction clue for Detroit, and that lets me beat teams from New Jersey. Edit: I guess I should clarify that this is a semi-sarcastic post on wh...
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8397
Re: Specific question discussion
I don't know about you guys, but I love it when at tournaments like PACE 2012 I'm the only one of around four people capable of buzzing off of the road-construction clue for Detroit, and that lets me beat teams from New Jersey. Edit: I guess I should clarify that this is a semi-sarcastic post on wh...
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8397
Re: Specific question discussion
I don't know about you guys, but I love it when at tournaments like PACE 2012 I'm the only one of around four people capable of buzzing off of the road-construction clue for Detroit, and that lets me beat teams from New Jersey. Edit: I guess I should clarify that this is a semi-sarcastic post on why...
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
So far, this has been great. Is there any chance of getting a hold of a bonus database for use? My team has set up a room, and it works very well. The ability to establish custom distribs is great, and the UI is very smooth. EDIT: Perhaps include several common distribs, ACF, NAQT, the like? The qu...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
Anyway you can remove the pause button in the Lobby? Nobody actually uses it, people just troll with it.
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184774
Re: ProtoBowl
Could you just get rid of the skip function? It leaves it open to trolling and general frustration.
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8397
Re: Specific question discussion
You may have a case for the "Istria" thing, although I think Istria is technically a bit north of Dalmatia. I'm not a geography person, so I won't comment further on that. As for the "region" issue, I don't think it's any more misleading to call the Balkans a "region" ...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8397
Re: Specific question discussion
16. The Rhodope and Pirin Mountains can be found in this region. Istria lies along the westernmost portion of this region, and its northern boundary is partially delineated by the Sava River. The Dinaric Alps lie in the west of this region that is bounded to the southwest by the Ionian Sea. The cit...