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by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:37 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

Re: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

The tournament indeed lasted longer than anticipated, and we truly apologize for that. There are some lessons I've learned from this experience that I will apply to future mirrors. Most of the delay resulted from delays at the start and a very low-probability and complicated tie that we had to break...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:12 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

Re: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

Emails are going out tonight, and I am drafting them now. I sincerely apologize for the delay.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:48 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

Re: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

The field is currently closed at 12, but new teams are still welcome to register and be on a waitlist in case other teams drop or more teams sign up.
Logistics emails about payment, how to play, rules, etc. will be sent out shortly as soon as we finalize our plans for the field.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:46 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

Re: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

Our field is at 10 teams and counting! We're aiming for a field of at least 12 teams and preferably 16, or we may have to postpone the tournament for a later date.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:04 pm
Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]
Replies: 13
Views: 10868

Re: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]

At least for the fall, when presumably no in-person tournaments will be occurring, the dates of basically all tournaments are going to be controlled by a small number of people, namely those who are logistics managers for each housewrite, plus NAQT and AQBL. This issue of too many sets has only gott...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:56 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

Re: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

FIELD: (14)
Midtown Classical A
Midtown Classical B
Monrovia
Greenhill A
Greenhill B
Churchill A
Churchill B
Churchill C
West Point
Arab
Middlesex
Herberger Young Scholars Academy
Howard
Hazel McCallion

Last updated 8/19/2020 1430 EDT
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:52 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: (8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR
Replies: 18
Views: 6676

(8/22/2020) 2020 MS Kickoff Tournament, hosted by LONE STAR

Hello all! LONE STAR is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the first mirror of our set, as well as the first mirror of this new season, on 8/22/2020, open to ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . The tournament will be held online on Discord on 8/22/2020, starting at 10 AM EDT. At le...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:55 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

Two announcements:
1. Michael Yue is joining us as a literature editor and general advisor for the set!
2. Our first mirror (to be announced soon in more detail) will be a national online middle school mirror held on 8/22. Get excited to be playing the first tournament of the new season!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Why am I not improving?
Replies: 4
Views: 3853

Re: Why am I not improving?

There are two ways people get better at quizbowl, in general. The way I like to analogize this is with a landscape of sand. New learning is represented by adding sand. Every point on the landscape is a particular topic, and the height of the point is how deeply you know that topic. In general, peopl...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32763

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

By contrast, I included Arizona (also Mountain Time) in West Coast because I don't know of any instances where Arizona players really go too far outside Arizona / SoCal or try to do so and so that grouping made sense to me. If this is being run before Daylight Savings ends, as intended, most of Ari...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

We're over 2/3 done and have started rapidly editing. We expect to have playtesting sessions in the near future for people not eligible to play the set (i.e. people older than HS) and perhaps a middle school online mirror in late August, specifics TBD.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:45 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48490

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

I think there's a distinction to be made here between "coaches" and "adult supervision". It should probably be the case that all HS and MS teams attending tournaments be required to have some adult supervision (NAQT's chaperone policies at NCTs are a good model for this). Howeve...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:42 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

MIRRORS 8/22: National Middle School Mirror, Online 10/10: Northeast Regional Kickoff (online regional mirror) 10/31: Vanderbilt University (online regional mirror) 11/14: UCSD (online regional mirror) 11/14: Main Site (online regional mirror, Texas/SW) 11/21: Sullivan, Missouri (online regional mi...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:55 pm
Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]
Replies: 13
Views: 10868

Re: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]

It is seeming like, at least for a substantial part of the season, in-person mirrors won't be allowed (even if they're technically allowed within the reopening, I doubt many schools would like the liability issues and actually let them be held). For example, if in-person college classes of people fr...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:15 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How do I study for quizbowl in a fun way?
Replies: 8
Views: 4485

Re: How do I study for quizbowl in a fun way?

I have found that truly engaging with material taught in classes is a great and easy way to become at least above average regionally at most categories, although unfortunately none of the categories you've named are really taught in school (not to worry; this will make you good at the other categori...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:25 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

There will be computer science as a small part of the math distribution; I forgot to mention this. Thanks for the catch!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

We have been writing at a remarkably efficient rate and have done 40% of the set in 20 days. As such, we are taking mirror requests for tournaments occurring at any point in the season.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: National Charity QB Tournament
Replies: 20
Views: 5319

Re: National Charity QB Tournament

EDIT: Message reminding players about the date of the tournament no longer applies; feel free to delete
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:02 am
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

Re: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

Nikita Nair and Eric Mukherjee have joined the set team, and the original post has been updated to reflect this. Eric will be editing science.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri May 29, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty
Replies: 17
Views: 11674

LONE STAR ready for mirrors, 2020-21, HS Regular Difficulty

LONE STAR (Look Out, a New and Exciting Set of Texan Academic Rigor) will be ready for mirrors from the start of the entire 2020-21 season! I, Daniel Ma, am head editing this set; besides Dr. Mukherjee and Michael Yue, all other set members, as of now, are Texans, hence the name. The set team is cur...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri May 22, 2020 2:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28791

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

To clarify, I don't think tossup/bonus cycles should be intentionally of the same category (that does indeed help extreme specialism too much, as Alistair has said), but I don't think they should be intentionally different categories either. It's very discouraging if you're a team that's relatively ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu May 21, 2020 3:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28791

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

Adding to Eric's points, paired bonuses would make tracking conversion data a lot easier. Currently, moderators often skip bonuses (either by mistake or misunderstanding), making it difficult to tell what bonus was read in a given tossup/bonus cycle, therefore making it difficult to read bonus conv...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Open 'SHOP: An open WORKSHOP online mirror (4/25/2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 4969

Re: Open 'SHOP: An open WORKSHOP online mirror (4/25/2020)

Is this Tossups + Bonuses or Tossups only? I assume the former, since nothing in particular has been said, but just wanted to make sure. I was also wondering how many rounds might be used/how long this tournament will take.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '20-21
Replies: 26
Views: 13941

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '20-21

Agree with Michael; Hunter 2014 and 2015 won no legit tournaments so far as I can remember, and Hunter 2016 won only a few. Certainly not undisputed number 1.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
Replies: 132
Views: 54236

Re: College Nationals and Its Problems

I've been thinking about this post for a while, so it's a bit long. Sorry in advance. I think I have a relatively unique perspective on this matter as someone who, before going to college, was forced for multiple years, as a pretty good player within my level of school, to compete consistently with ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
Replies: 13
Views: 4366

Re: New England Discussion '19-'20

I am not in charge of it, but just as a point of information, the tournament announcement for BHSAT will be posted on forums once the date is finalized, as will similar announcements for other tournaments in the region.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
Replies: 13
Views: 4366

Re: New England Discussion '19-'20

Note of caution: The BHSAT date has not yet been set. It may be 2/29, but it also may be one of the two preceding weeks.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors (STILL AVAILABLE FOR 2019-20!)

Packets shall be released soon; no more mirrors will be taken.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 66
Views: 14369

Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion

The first line of the Taiwan tossup made it very fraudable; I'm not sure how many islands are theorized to have had proto-languages on them, but the number is definitely quite small. More generally, using "this island" as a pronoun often in this set made many tossups easier to narrow down ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 60
Views: 10281

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

The bonus part on cossacks in art feels very guessable.
For what it's worth, I did fraud this correctly in game with absolutely no knowledge.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 60
Views: 10281

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

Small thing: I loved the Mughal emperors tossup in arts, but I think a "description acceptable" might be good. I was confused in game as to whether a specific "title" was needed.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:23 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Replies: 17
Views: 10878

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20

Hopefully the roster shenanigans will depart with DMA
I highly appreciate this mention of my flexible rosters.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors (STILL AVAILABLE FOR 2019-20!)

Excited to announce both our first ever online mirror on Discord and our first announced 2019-20 physical mirror at Virginia Tech!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
Replies: 13
Views: 9814

Re: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors

Is there 0/0 non-US history between the medieval and post-Industrial Revolution periods? I assume there's something I'm missing here...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors (STILL AVAILABLE FOR 2019-20!)

2019-20 Mirrors
Discord: 9/14/2019 viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23050
Virginia Tech: 11/16/2019 https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopi ... 6&p=361282
Brookwood HS, Georgia (BISB): 11/23/2019
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: Prison Bowl XIII: HS Regs+, Available for 2020-21 Season
Replies: 6
Views: 8846

Re: Prison Bowl XIII: HS Regs+, Available for 2019-20 Season

And of course, don't forget: If you are looking to mirror a regs+/nats- set before March, Prison Bowl XII is still available!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Jun 22, 2019 3:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
Replies: 34
Views: 19793

Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards

As a mostly geo/CE and history player, I'll make some shoutouts the top players in these categories I've played (I have no idea how to rank people in "other academic"). Jonathan Lau, Chinmay Murthy, and Karan Menon I would say are the best geo players I've played against on geo sets. Were ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Jun 16, 2019 2:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors

If anyone wants a Regs+/Nats- tournament early in the season, Prison Bowl XII can be mirrored at the start of the 2019-20 season! Please email us for more information.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 PACE NSC: Congratulations Thomas Jefferson A!
Replies: 35
Views: 38502

Re: 2019 PACE NSC: June 8-9, Reston, VA

There are currently some games listed where one team has over 30 PPB or PPBB; how should we report any mistakes of this sort or other mistakes coming from stat entry?
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: MS Post-Nats Player and Team Poll
Replies: 17
Views: 11274

Re: MS Post-Nats Player and Team Poll

Jacob has been playing amazingly, as everyone has been saying, but, being Hunter's captain, I want to make sure Ian is also recognized among voters as well for how well he played. Ian, as generally a history specialist (with obviously good generalism) playing alongside Jacob with the associated shad...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun May 19, 2019 8:16 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Running Club Meetings
Replies: 10
Views: 16947

Re: Running Club Meetings

We play by shouting "buzz." Hunter generally doesn't set up buzzers in practice due to the amount of time it often takes to organize everyone into teams and the fact that, as you pointed out, it doesn't work as well with large groups. On another note, if your club becomes too big to play a...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu May 09, 2019 11:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45344

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

8. West Egg Again, a strong team, but they do seem to have had some difficulties beating top teams, namely Hunter. The good news is that at HSNCT they'll play teams not named Hunter I haven't made my own rankings yet, but I just want to say that, perhaps due to the high prominence of Hunter and Hun...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue May 07, 2019 9:36 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: MSNCT predictions
Replies: 32
Views: 16365

Re: MSNCT predictions

It's worth noting that at IS 181 (which is obviously not the best sample to use, but anyway), Hunter C got 9 tossups out of 20 on High Tech A and West Egg A, while Ian outscored Jacob, showing that he can scale really well. Analyzing my own young ones, I'd say that they have the benefit of being on ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed May 01, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 17191

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2019)

As seen in my updated signature, I'm headed to Yale! I'll probably play some Quiz Bowl while I'm there.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How to build "stamina"
Replies: 21
Views: 15388

Re: How to build "stamina"

Well yeah...that means you probably had a huge crash a few rounds later. Eating small amounts of sugar over time works a lot better than eating a huge amount at once. And I don't go too crazy with it, which might be why it works for me better than other people have said. Regarding whether it's susta...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How to build "stamina"
Replies: 21
Views: 15388

Re: How to build "stamina"

As usual, I have methods opposite to everyone else...but I might as well post about them. I usually consume an insane amount of sugar through candy and sweet coffee drinks, and I rarely run out of gas unless I'm recovering from a concussion, don't get enough sleep to begin with, or am playing the fi...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45344

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Any predictions for nationals, whether NHBB, HSNCT, or PACE? I'll post my thoughts a bit later, but I just wanted to start the conversation
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:09 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors
Replies: 14
Views: 12240

Re: Prison Bowl XII Mirrors

New mirror with Chipola College on May 10th!

Additionally, due to issues in creating a discussion forum, please email us any comments about the set.