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by cchiego
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
Replies: 217
Views: 87896

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)

I received a facebook message indicating that Jonathan Thompson is interested in having his name added to the list of players for this. Thought I might pass it along.
by cchiego
Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
Replies: 217
Views: 87896

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)

Will play as well. If there are teams of some sort, I'd be in the market to team up with someone who knows their Euro history.
by cchiego
Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Geography Monstrosity 2
Replies: 64
Views: 27776

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Geography Monstrosity 2

I'm all in for this, let me know if anyone else wants to join me on a team. I'll write up to a full packet if needed.
by cchiego
Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2009-2010
Replies: 299
Views: 69036

Re: Georgia 2009-2010

It wouldn't be surprising if the Chip event attracts a random scattering of teams who barely play quizbowl; maybe schools like Rome or Villa Rica will show up (I know they have or have had teams of some sort). He seems to do a good job of aggressively contacting teams and getting them interested in ...
by cchiego
Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT's agreement with ACUI
Replies: 242
Views: 66416

Re: NAQT's agreement with ACUI

But even if the chance of an upset isn't especially high, it's still there, and on something as important as Nationals qualification I consider it my duty as the organizational leader to explore all possible ways to reduce the risk of flukes that could negatively affect ASU's standing abroad. Just ...
by cchiego
Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Triton Fall - 11/21
Replies: 26
Views: 5879

Re: Triton Fall - 11/21

Super-brief results: Torrey Pines A def. La Jolla A 455-60 in the first game of an advantaged final (on the Finals 1 packet) to win Triton Fall. Stephen of Torrey Pines was the lead scorer of the tournament by a wide margin and had a near-grail game in the playoffs of 18-0. More stats, etc. to come ...
by cchiego
Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:09 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Brookwood Invitational Scholars Bowl NEWS
Replies: 8
Views: 3892

Re: Brookwood Invitational Scholars Bowl NEWS

It's kind of like an epic quizbowl festival, with Brookwood players, alumni, friends, family, etc. all helping out and I think a good number of current students serving as scorekeepers and timekeepers. It was a great tournament to moderate at thanks to the provided extra help and was excellently org...
by cchiego
Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: How to Run a Good Tournament
Replies: 26
Views: 4428

Re: How to Run a Good Tournament

A few specific pointers: Keep track of how long each room is taking, preferably on a chalk/whiteboard so that each moderator knows where they stand. If one room is consistently coming in slow, this gives them the option to speed up and if they don't you can replace them with someone else. You should...
by cchiego
Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament in Georgia (12/5/09)
Replies: 28
Views: 6582

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament in Georgia (12/5/09)

UGA used to host our Late Fall HS tournament on this date every year and we traditionally maxed out at around 24-27 teams because of, like you said, the SAT dates, the other big tournaments it's sandwiched between, etc. Getting at least 20, including a new to QB team, is a fine achievement. These qu...
by cchiego
Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:40 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: The quizbowl decades project
Replies: 123
Views: 76744

Re: The quizbowl decades project

Wofford at UTC's mirror of MO '08 decided to leave during the middle of the tournament in style, negging 18 times and then leaving. This may well be the record for most negs by a single team. In fact, that whole tournament was notable for how it brutally crushed the hopes and dreams of half the Sout...
by cchiego
Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nationals Warm-Up (April/May 2010) written by UCSD
Replies: 2
Views: 741

Nationals Warm-Up (April/May 2010) written by UCSD

The UCSD Quizbowl Team announces: a Nationals Warm-Up (Late April/Early May 2010) tournament set available for mirroring throughout the country by mid-April 2010. AUTHORS: Auroni Gupta will serve as chief editor for the set, assisted by myself and Brian Tsui. It will be written by members of the UCS...
by cchiego
Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How to "seed" prelim brackets
Replies: 0
Views: 1144

How to "seed" prelim brackets

After tournaments this past weekend, I've seen a rise in complaints about improper prelim bracketing. I'd like to start a discussion of what can be done to address the issues inherent with trying to "seed" prelim brackets. As TD, you have only limited information to make these choices. Som...
by cchiego
Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What should I tell an ACUI person?
Replies: 27
Views: 3990

Re: What should I tell an ACUI person?

According to newsletters like this http://bit.ly/1HDivm, it looks like ACUI is actually getting closer to endorsing "good quizbowl." At the very least they ruled out "Richard Reid Productions" and "Bryce Avery Enterprises," which is more than I would've thought they'd d...
by cchiego
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: UCLA Mirror of Minnesota Open (October 17, 2009)
Replies: 24
Views: 8587

Re: UCLA Mirror of Minnesota Open (October 17, 2009)

EDIT: one UCSD team with 3 people on it. But we'll definitely be there.
by cchiego
Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: North Georgia Academic Team Tournament (Postponed)
Replies: 33
Views: 7482

Re: North Georgia Academic Team Tournament (Jan 9, 2010)

By not doing the standard single-elim playoff, you're already well ahead of the curve in Georgia, so props on that. However, it's important to consider that if you insist on doing 16 questions (which I think is really too short for a full QB round), they will not have a decent distribution of topics...
by cchiego
Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Trash in Academic Tournaments
Replies: 36
Views: 6504

Re: Trash in Academic Tournaments

I don't like trash in academic tournaments. Part of the issue is that it's hard to write balanced trash questions, particularly bonuses, and keep the tournament evenly distributed with such a small distribution and a huge, huge selection of possible answers. Trash bonuses seem particularly variable;...
by cchiego
Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Recruitment and Retention
Replies: 29
Views: 7874

Re: Recruitment and Retention

Charles said a lot of good things in his posts, so I'll try to keep my own suggestions short and simple: 1. Advertise. Putting up fliers around campus is cheap, easy, and effective. Be sure to include date, time, and location as well as club email. See if you can get on any listservs as well. 2. Res...
by cchiego
Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Post here if you want required geography at ACF Nats
Replies: 34
Views: 6812

Re: Post here if you want required geography at ACF Nats

Checking in with the pro-Geography club.
by cchiego
Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2nd Annual DAR High School Invitational 8/22/09
Replies: 47
Views: 8753

Re: 2nd Annual DAR High School Invitational 8/22/09

Hoover won by a score of 460-105 over Hume-Fogg in the finals. Other semifinalists were MLK and Ezell-Harding A. Hoover was very impressive throughout, but did lose to Hume-Fogg earlier in the tournament and had a few strange gaps in their knowledge. Matt Dennis did an excellent job running a solid ...
by cchiego
Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2009-2010
Replies: 299
Views: 69036

Re: Georgia 2009-2010

Sure, I should qualify the "superstar" announcement by adding that it's often teams as a whole or several players on teams that commit to this kind of hard work. In fact, I remember scrimmaging against the Whitman players at some HSNCT a few years ago and watching in amazement as they took...
by cchiego
Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2009-2010
Replies: 299
Views: 69036

Re: Georgia 2009-2010

Year in and year out, Walton, Brookwood, and Chattahoochee are the big 3 in GA. Walton happens to have a particularly strong academic base to choose from (which can lead to inconsistency depending on who chooses to play), but there's no reason in particular for Bwood and Chatt to stay so strong unle...
by cchiego
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
Replies: 206
Views: 155353

Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl

Here are a few clips from my school's local TV competition that I just got around to uploading. Enjoy them in all their current events-filled, one-liner, meandering trivial glory. Also, I like to think I'm now a bit less.... enthusiastic when answering than I used to be. Lightning Round (all current...
by cchiego
Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: West coast mirror of VCU Open?
Replies: 41
Views: 7129

Re: West coast mirror of VCU Open?

If there was a "little SoCal" gathering, I might be able to attend since I'll be in San Diego that weekend.
by cchiego
Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
Replies: 349
Views: 102605

Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT

FYI here's a link to podcasts of all rounds (except 13, in which a student apparently did not want to be recorded): http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2009/podcasts/index.html

This might help resolve some issues, although currently the podcasts are taking a long time to load for me.
by cchiego
Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
Replies: 349
Views: 102605

Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT

FYI complete stats are now up here: http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-te ... nt_id=2750
by cchiego
Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Geography Monstrosity discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 3986

Re: Geography Monstrosity discussion

Iram of the Pillars is a legendary city of the people of ‘Ad at the site of a collapsed limestone cavern in it The ruins of Iram of the Pillars were discovered in the 80s in the Dhofar region of Oman, which should've eliminated Yemen by itself right there. And yeah Hetch-Hetchy was super-early. I t...
by cchiego
Wed May 20, 2009 12:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2009 HSNCT: The Blog
Replies: 1
Views: 1973

2009 HSNCT: The Blog

This year, I'm going to be trying to add a new angle to the HSNCT by incorporating some new media outlets. Specifically, I hope to use a blog to cover pre-tournament speculation (particularly after the top 25 poll comes out), liveblogging during the tournament, and doing recaps/analysis afterward. I...
by cchiego
Tue May 05, 2009 8:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009
Replies: 44
Views: 13363

Re: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009

I will be driving down to this along with a motley collection of some yet-to-be-determined-for-sure teammates from around the area. If you're in the general vicinity of Atlanta and want to come, or better yet play on a team, let me know.
by cchiego
Mon May 04, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2008-2009
Replies: 224
Views: 43300

Re: Georgia 2008-2009

This was in another thread but I thought it was relevant to the discussion here: We go to lots of tournaments in Georgia where teams are only guaranteed 5 games. We have even gone to a few tournaments where a $60 entrance fee was charged and then only 4 games were guaranteed. At Dorman, all teams pl...
by cchiego
Sun May 03, 2009 8:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: South Carolina 2008-2009
Replies: 49
Views: 9609

Re: South Carolina 2008-2009

dtaylor4 wrote: Looking at the stats, I'd bet the tournament used bouncebacks.
Yeah that looks like it's the case, but that's still a very high bonus conversion and very strong performance by I team I'd never seen/heard of in 4 years in the nearby area. Any SC folks see this coming?
by cchiego
Sun May 03, 2009 8:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: South Carolina 2008-2009
Replies: 49
Views: 9609

Re: South Carolina 2008-2009

Looking over the results of the Dorman tournament... who is this Greensboro Day School and why haven't they ventured forth to rip up NAQT's PPB before?
by cchiego
Sun May 03, 2009 6:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Geography Monstrosity (May 2009, Chicago)
Replies: 158
Views: 59840

Re: Announcement: Geography Monstrosity (May 2009, Chicago)

I'll be submitting a full packet on my own (albeit sometime after Judgment/Thesis deadline day, which is May 9th for me), so if anyone wants to help out/be on my team I'll gladly take people, but I'll be planning on doing most of the writing myself.
by cchiego
Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Different kinds of geography clues
Replies: 9
Views: 2271

Re: Different kinds of geography clues

I'll say more on this later once Jeff finishes posting his thoughts, but: The South Pass tossup from this year's ICT is a good example of how to do this [this meaning using statistics] right. I powered that TU on the mention of Lewis and Clark, a history clue, and pretty much ignored the elevation i...
by cchiego
Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Buzzerfest poli sci, etc., discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 3794

Re: Buzzerfest poli sci, etc., discussion

Presumably he'll just be using polisci clues in tossups, or adding polisci parts to bonuses, or in general not doing insane shit... right? Precisely. It's definitely possible to add more political science including basic intro-level concepts into harder tournaments while also integrating political ...
by cchiego
Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Buzzerfest poli sci, etc., discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 3794

Re: Buzzerfest poli sci, etc., discussion

Yeah, as future polisci grad student, this is really, really hard stuff. Cleavages in and of itself is not bad (you couldn't talked about how the term has been applied elsewhere), but talking about a 1960s-era Norwegian political scientist is not the best idea. I bet more players know people like Jo...
by cchiego
Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF distribution
Replies: 200
Views: 36451

Re: ACF distribution

I get where a lot of the concern over geography's coming from, but I think that's largely a function of boring answer selection and the lack of interesting clues that people use when writing geography. I don't think it's necessarily hard to write a good tossup on Geography, but it does take a differ...
by cchiego
Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2009 ICT discussion
Replies: 173
Views: 29041

Re: 2009 ICT discussion

The fact that a parody tossup actually showed up in a packet should be indicative of some very serious answer choice problems. Yeah, I sort of did a double-take when someone posted that they were a shoe-throwing tossup enthusiast - to me this seems like a really bad direction to take current events...
by cchiego
Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2009 ICT discussion
Replies: 173
Views: 29041

Re: 2009 ICT discussion

Logistics: The hotel idea was fine in theory; everything is super-close and right next to the airport. In practice, we were essentially abandoned to the hotel's monopoly on food, which got really old after the first time forking over $2 for a coke and $5 for a very small muffin. I would much rather ...
by cchiego
Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Predictions?
Replies: 37
Views: 6956

Re: ICT Predictions?

Don't worry Kevin, Nostradamus has a pretty spotty record of picking ICT, particularly at the lower bracket levels. Let's compare last year's picks: 1) Maryland. Correct 2) Chicago. Correct 3) Brown. (actual place: 4) 4) Illinois. (3) 5) Stanford. (7) 6) Vanderbilt. Correct 7) Harvard. (8) 8) Dartmo...
by cchiego
Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERRILLA - 4//3/09 or 4/4/09 - Dallas, TX
Replies: 73
Views: 11066

Re: GUERRILLA - 4//3/09 or 4/4/09 - Dallas, TX

It doesn't look like I'll be able to play in this, but I'll gladly write half a Charles Meigs packet if anyone who wants to play doesn't want to write a full one.
by cchiego
Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Since having correct stats is of the utmost importance in this situation, I went back and re-checked every scoresheet with the data that had been initially entered. There were a few errors in the initial entering of the DII stats, largely concerning not giving players enough TUs or recording subtota...
by cchiego
Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

(This is Chris again) I have nothing to add other than to note that I was trying to run a quizbowl tournament that day and hoped that the other UGA Quizbowl officers could handle the situation after I notified them of my suspicions. I received information from other teams that suspected something wa...
by cchiego
Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

I'm using Chris's account since I cannot seem to login to my account at the moment. Tim Boughey, Treasurer of the UGA Quizbowl team, has access to our Gmail account where the questions for the SCT were sent to. I anticipated this since I knew Tim was playingand asked him to make sure that he didn't ...
by cchiego
Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Here is what I know: Tim Boughey, Treasurer of the UGA Quizbowl team, has access to our Gmail account where the questions for the SCT were sent to. I anticipated this since I knew Tim was playingand asked him to make sure that he didn't look at the questions. He said no problem. However, I needed so...
by cchiego
Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Congratulations to the University of Florida A team which won the DI section of the 2009 Southeast SCT. FSU finished second and the University of South Carolina A team finished 3rd. Top individuals were Billy of FSU (78 PPG), Aaron of UF A (76.5 ppg), and Robert of USC A (54 PPG). I will finish uplo...
by cchiego
Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Florida A beat FSU in their final match to win the DI sectional. Billy Beyer edged Aaron Kashtan in the prelim matches to win the scoring title.

Full results to follow in just a second.
by cchiego
Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Scratch that one then, try this:

http://cchiego.myweb.uga.edu/NAQT_standings.html

Edit: DII stats coming soon.
by cchiego
Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Live Stats:

Not working.

We're on schedule and should be fine after a few blunders committed by myself at the start. Note to future TDs: Be very careful when trying to randomize rooms for a RR.
by cchiego
Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)
Replies: 40
Views: 15198

Re: NAQT SCT Southeast @ UGA (2/7/09)

Here is the final list of schools for our SCT site as I have it. If any teams would like to be added or subtracted, please let me know as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will assume you are/are not coming. DI (6) Florida A Florida B USC A Vandy A Duke FSU A DII (12) USC B Vandy B Florida C UGA St. Le...