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With Kellenberg's registration, the field for HFT is now full. A field expansion at this point doesn't seem likely, but I'll start a waitlist for interested teams, in case any teams currently in the field drop out. HFT has also been platinum certified by PACE, meaning that the top 25% of the field w...

Hi all! The ninth annual Harvard Fall Tournament (HFT) will be available for mirrors starting November 15, 2014, and lasting until three weeks before HSNCT. We're looking for mirrors in the following regions: Georgia - Marist School S. California - Capistrano Valley High School (announcement forthco...

Mewto55555 wrote:JL has mayo, pickles, and grilled onions.

The ideal burger.

The National Monument is the important part. It's one of a series of monuments he's created (Presidents have the power to create National Monuments w/o congressional approval). I'm sure there are many rocks named after chimneys, but there's only one chimney rock national monument. Sure, but the rea...

I'll write a packet for this.

This happened. Ian Lenhoff won, with a statline of 2/3/3/4 for 130, beating Ben Herman and his statline of 1/0/5/0 for 80. Thanks for playing, everyone - I'll post the packet soon.

edit: here's the packet.

I have a packet of 40 album tossups that I'll read in the IRC at 11pm EDT, unless people have objections to that time. A good number of the questions are very difficult, but if you liked the Hunter/Hirsch packets, there should be some stuff here you'll enjoy. Due to some internet issues (I'm abroad...

I have a packet of 40 album tossups that I'll read in the IRC at 11pm EDT, unless people have objections to that time. A good number of the questions are very difficult, but if you liked the Hunter/Hirsch packets, there should be some stuff here you'll enjoy. Due to some internet issues (I'm abroad...

I have a packet of 40 album tossups that I'll read in the IRC at 11pm EDT, unless people have objections to that time. A good number of the questions are very difficult, but if you liked the Hunter/Hirsch packets, there should be some stuff here you'll enjoy.

Barring a field expansion, this tournament is now half-full. Teams planning on coming should send in their registrations soon (if you've already sent one and don't see your school listed under "Current Field," PM or email me).

This is easily the best trash packet I've ever read.

I don't think there enough remaining teams to run a New England only tournament, so Harvard Fall and MIT Fall for example will probably only occur if out of region teams (NJ/NY) sign up. Just want to jump in and say that Harvard Fall is definitely happening, and we encourage all New England teams (...

HFT will be happening on November 15.

Hi all, The ninth annual Harvard Fall Tournament will be held on November 15, 2014. As in the past, the set will be house-written and I will be serving as head editor. We’re bumping the date a week later than our normal Veterans Day date, due to the SAT date on November 8. You can register for the t...

Like Alex and Mike, I playtested and wasn't at every session. I pretty much agree with what they've already said--I remember suggesting to Kirk and Will that they scale back the conservative asides and the inaccessible Asian culture clues, and thinking that a handful of the international politics qu...

Works for me.

Yeah, 7 would be better though!

I could actually do tomorrow between like 6 and 9, but not after.

I could make it tonight but not tomorrow.

HFT will be happening, probably in November.

I'll playtest!

If I were tasked with changing up the 4/4 of the distribution that the 3/3 of RMP and 1/1 of social science currently constitutes, I might suggest 1.5/1.5 "belief" (mythology, religious literature, theology, religious philosophy, etc.; must have either 1 or 2 myth questions), 1.5/1.5 &quo...

Godrich and Kid A are both definitely clues that people are likely to buzz on if they know things about Radiohead, but in my (admittedly inexpert) opinion, they're not out of place in this tossup relative to the later clues Kid A is out of place - I think that 99% of the people who are going to buz...

In one story, this author created an ambulance driver who plans to scam a deposed president who is in Geneva for a back operation. This author of “Bon Voyage, Mr. President” wrote a novella in which a character is forced into prostitution after burning down her grandmother’s home. That character, Er...

Thanks! The Agincourt thing has been changed, don't know why I didn't catch that as I was reading it. I'll try to respond more once finals are over, but for those who are interested, there were an average of a little less than two country tossups per round. I agree that this is a little high.

msbg360 wrote: Is there a set discussion thread open for this set yet?

Jacob and I are going to decide this soon--in the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any questions/comments/concerns about the set.

On the whole, I thought the social science at this tournament was good. The tossups on "organizational psychology" and "cliometrics" were the only two exceptions to this that come to mind--they just seemed fairly vague and figure-it-outy. I also thought the music/auditory arts we...

Yeah, I'm not sure how many of the teams listed as "tentative" are planning to come (Salman would know that better). If we end up with a field size that requires us to readjust our schedule, we'll do that in a manner that guarantees all teams 8-10 rounds.

As for format, there will be 7 preliminary rounds followed by 3 guaranteed playoff rounds, plus an advantaged final. This is subject to potential change. We have 16 packets for potential mirrors. We're definitely willing to reconsider this format, but note that the vast majority of teams would be p...

My apologies, Jacob and I decided not to post a sample packet.

Update: East of Eden is on pace to be fully written and edited by the first week of October. We're still actively seeking registrations; a good number of teams have expressed interest in attending, but haven't yet sent in registrations. We'd appreciate it if teams that are planning on coming would g...

Given Mattbo's caution about turning this into a "name works in qb" thread, I read Atwood, Saramago, and Murakami because I learned about them in quizbowl and I ended up really liking them. There's also the added benefit that high school curricula tend to cover world lit much less than Br...

I don't know that we need to be tossing up "Swimming Pools," but burning trash questions on unavoidable cultural phenomena like "Gangnam Style" and "Thrift Shop" isn't very exciting. I liked the "Sherlock" tossup, though. I'll also second the Saramago tossup c...

I'm interested!

Yeah, I thought this was a bad clue as well. What might have happened is some confusion with the song "Don't Get Lost in Heaven," which is on the same album as "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."

Another article from The Crimson: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/ ... legations/

Yeah, I would personally like to see more of these questions. It's definitely possible to test knowledge of concepts without computation--the NSC question is a decent example.

I did both Ocean Bowl and Science Bowl in high school. While the format of both competitions was annoying (especially the timed rounds, blurts, and multiple choice/exact wording thing), I actually got more out of doing them than I've ever gotten from quiz bowl science. This is mostly because Ocean a...

I guess negging a lot really just means you have a pretty big ego, because to play aggressively you pretty much have to believe somewhere in your mind that you're smarter than everyone else in the room. I play way more aggressively when I know for sure that I'm not the strongest player in the room,...

It's not that the topics were too easy - just that most reasonably good teams would be familiar with those lead-ins.

The only problem was that the Oscar Wilde tossups were egregiously easy.

The only questions that really bothered me were the two Oscar Wilde tossups - Earnest and Dorian Gray. Both ended up as buzzer races within the first half-line in my rounds. Alan Campbell is a character I've usually seen come up two-thirds of the way through most Dorian Gray tossups, and something m...

I'm pretty sure that North Carolina's bringing a team, as I was told to go ahead and reserve a flight to Columbus by our organizer. Not sure if the registration has been finalized, though.

East Chapel Hill (or me and 1-2 others from our team individually) would play this at HSCNT.

Unless there was a mistake at the tournament, Christianburg actually came in first. Thanks for running this!

East Chapel Hill will bring two teams.

By the way, I'm excited to play the Yale mirror - we really like those sets.

East Chapel Hill high will be bringing 1-2 teams.

So History Bowl/Bee is still on the 10th?

Thanks for running an outstanding tournament. Loved the format, the questions, and getting home on time! That Missouri worksheet was legitimately impossible, though.

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