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by AKKOLADE
Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: IQBT Hawaii Introductory Tournament - Canceled
Replies: 3
Views: 1519

Re: IQBT Hawaii Introductory Tournament - Canceled

I unfortunately don't have the bandwidth to run this tournament this year.
by AKKOLADE
Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: IQBT Regular Season Set #4 (HS) Available 1/27/24
Replies: 6
Views: 4901

Re: IQBT Regular Season Set #4 (HS) Available 1/27/24

This set will be making its debut at the end of the month, and is still available for mirroring!

I just posted some feedback we received from one of our hosts who used our Regular Season Set #3 in its thread here.
by AKKOLADE
Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: IQBT Regular Season Set #3 (HS) Available 10/21/23
Replies: 4
Views: 4051

Re: IQBT Regular Season Set #3 (HS) Available 10/21/23

This set is still available for mirrors this competition year. We'd love to have you use them. Chuck Pearson, who just used this set for a tournament in December, was kind enough to pass along this feedback: "IQBT Regular Season sets are exactly what we need at this stage of the season in SWATA...
by AKKOLADE
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

We currently have 29 teams registered, with one new invitation out as of this morning. I will take a couple days to determine if we're increasing our current field cap from 30 teams.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

The 15th is the last day for currently invited teams to accept or decline their invitation. If I do not hear from your team by that date, I will treat it as you declining your bid. Today is this deadline. There are invitations outstanding to Arkansas A, Johns Hopkins A, Missouri, Rutgers B, Truman ...
by AKKOLADE
Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

The 15th is the last day for currently invited teams to accept or decline their invitation. If I do not hear from your team by that date, I will treat it as you declining your bid.
by AKKOLADE
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

I was asked about the status of the tournament. With 27 teams currently registered, we will be proceeding with the tournament.
by AKKOLADE
Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

I know some teams are still working on figuring out if they can attend, but please do let me know if you are or are not able to attend this tournament absolutely no later than January 15. Please do let me know as soon as you are able so I can either add you to the field or invite the next team on th...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 British Novice
Replies: 7
Views: 2656

Re: 2023 British Novice

IQBT has reached out to Rhys about working together on this for the novice project I mentioned in this thread. IQBT is set up to centralize the conversion of questions & coordinate different sites and outreach efforts.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

Invitations are being sent out this morning. We have a public invitation tracker available here . Teams are asked to accept or decline their bids by December 15. We are encouraging teams that know they are going to decline their bid to let us know as soon as possible, so we can invite the next team ...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: IQBT Hawaii Introductory Tournament - Canceled
Replies: 3
Views: 1519

Re: IQBT Hawaii Introductory Tournament - Postponed to February

This tournament is being postponed to next semester, likely February.
by AKKOLADE
Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

I just sent out a survey to the 40 qualified teams asking if they would prefer a one-day tournament at a $540 entry fee or a two-day at a $700 entry fee. We'll determine our plan off the results of this survey. I polled on the level of schools rather than individual teams - I thought it was more eq...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

Given that this tournament costs more to attend than ACF Nationals, with few opportunities for discounts, I might suggest online alternatives to canceling? We'll see from the survey, but I don't expect this tournament - with a fee comparable to ICT , the other college national that doesn't require ...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

A belated thank you to all of the staffers who made this event possible: Tomas Aguilar-Fraga, Alex Akridge, Sarah Benner, Christopher Bradley, Randolph Brockman, Joseph Chambers, Eric Chang, Khugan Chan, Ganon Evans, Weillin Feng, Em Gunter, Justin Hawkins, Michael Hays, Devin Humphreys, Kevin Jiang...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: On Studying Science and Geography
Replies: 2
Views: 2536

Re: On Studying Science and Geography

I would suggest looking at most of the pages here. I would strongly suggest reading this page in particular if you want to get better at science.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

Given that this tournament costs more to attend than ACF Nationals, with few opportunities for discounts, I might suggest online alternatives to canceling? We'll see from the survey, but I don't expect this tournament - with a fee comparable to ICT, the other college national that doesn't require p...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

I just sent out a survey to the 40 qualified teams asking if they would prefer a one-day tournament at a $540 entry fee or a two-day at a $700 entry fee. We'll determine our plan off the results of this survey.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

The following information regarding entry fees has been added to the original post. Entry fees The base entry fee is $700 per team. There is a $20 discount fee per working lock-out set that accommodates at least eight players. Schools are limited to two such discounts without special dispensation. W...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

Thank you to everyone that played the qualifier for the Undergraduate Championship. These were the top forty scoring teams. Ohio State B secures the last spot on a tiebreaker over Chicago D. Cornell A - 1380 points Columbia A - 1320 points Chicago A - 1310 points Geodesic University - 1270 points Wa...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

For those that want to follow along as I assign teams times for their qualifier slots later this afternoon, you can do so at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VYwv0HtQv8f4IS_9EqfNlK8pLOux47Gq0W-ZN_PLpC0/edit?usp=sharing. All teams but two have been assigned a time slot. I'm going to take a break ...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

For those that want to follow along as I assign teams times for their qualifier slots later this afternoon, you can do so at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VYw ... sp=sharing.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

These teams haven't selected their times yet.

Bates College
Benedict College
Chicago A
Chicago D
Indiana
Kenyon C
Notre Dame A
South Carolina A
South Carolina B
UCLA C
Waterloo

You have half an hour to get your selections in.
by AKKOLADE
Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

These teams still haven't submitted their time selections. Alabama Bates College Benedict College Bishop State Community College Boston College Brown A Brown B Chicago A Chicago B Chicago D Colorado College A Colorado College B Columbia B Columbia C Dartmouth A Dartmouth B Dartmouth C Emory A Emory ...
by AKKOLADE
Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

The following teams need to submit their time selections before Monday at noon Eastern. Alabama Bates College Benedict College Bishop State Community College Boston College Brown A Brown B Cal Berkeley Case Western Reserve A Case Western Reserve B Chicago A Chicago B Chicago C Chicago D Colorado Col...
by AKKOLADE
Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

We are now at 86 teams! You can still register at https://forms.gle/XnC5EywqAyBK5HUv8. The end of the day today is the preferred registration deadline. Our official roster page is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ioWaXgrU2BiWn3hi59fpRpYCYpwLNZYwo8Ud_KmWZXM/edit?usp=sharing. It is still in the ...
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: New Quizbowl Podcast: Tossup 21
Replies: 37
Views: 25121

Re: New Quizbowl Podcast: Tossup 21

Is it too late for someone to archive these? I'm downloading these on Spotify right now but I don't know if I can get them off that platform.
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23

We are now up to 72 teams registered, surpassing last year's total.

There's still time to register, which you can do at https://forms.gle/XnC5EywqAyBK5HUv8.
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general
Replies: 8
Views: 7323

Re: Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general

You said there are five HBCUs interested in IQBT, which if I recall correctly is a three dot set. Do you have any concerns about them being introduced to pyramidal quiz bowl playing at that relatively high difficulty? UNC kind of dropped the ball about reaching out to HBCUs about ACF Fall, do you t...
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:35 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general
Replies: 8
Views: 7323

Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general

Apologies for typos & unfinished sentences; I'm doing my best to avoid those, but I am very tired. I want to get this posted while I'm inspired to, though. I've been pretty public on the main QB Discord about wanting to use the Undergrad for the purposes of drawing new teams into quiz bowl. I wa...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: We need rules against "wearable" / AR / AI devices in-game
Replies: 5
Views: 3704

Re: We need rules against "wearable" / AR / AI devices in-game

I think PACE's B.7 covers this as well: "Players may not use any personal electronic devices (including, but not limited to: cell phones, tablets, laptops, "wearable" tech devices) during the duration of a match. This prohibition extends to any and all pauses in gameplay within a matc...
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

We're going to explore adding options on the 1st & 6th for qualifying sessions, if we have interested moderators.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: IQBT looking for Undergraduate Championship Qualifier Staffers - 11/1-6
Replies: 1
Views: 3863

Re: IQBT looking for Undergraduate Championship Qualifier Staffers - 11/2-5

We're still looking for staffers for this event. We're also exploring expanding the range of qualification times to include November 1 & November 6.
by AKKOLADE
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: ... QBReader
Replies: 1
Views: 2900

Re: ... QBReader

Here is my review of QBReader.

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by AKKOLADE
Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Which packets should get uploaded to the archive?
Replies: 13
Views: 6619

Re: Which packets should get uploaded to the archive?

I don't really see why a public reading should be required for posting anything, but I definitely think we should filter vanity packets away from normal college tournaments to make the archive more useful for people.
by AKKOLADE
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:17 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

Students enrolled in a co-op or other experiential course but are under the necessary number of credit hours to be eligible and that meet all the other eligibility requirements may request an exemption to be granted eligibility by email Fred Morlan at fred@iqbtnasat.com. IQBT has added this clause ...
by AKKOLADE
Thu Oct 19, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

Hi, I think the eligibility requirements, as currently listed, are too strict and seem to disqualify a lot of people who by most merits are definitely doing "serious undergraduate degrees". Many Canadian universities, as well as several American ones, have students enrolled in co-op degre...
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

I was asked this earlier, so:
Kurtis Droge is our head editor. Our subject editors are Matt Bollinger, Noah Sheidlower, Andrew Rout, Briana Magin, Maxwell Ye, Dan Ni, John Lawrence, Emmett Laurie, Vasa Clarke, Caleb Kendrick, & Kurtis Droge.
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

Hi Mattias,

I'm reviewing this with the people who helped me come up with the eligibility guidelines last year and we'll have a ruling soon. Thanks!
by AKKOLADE
Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: IQBT Regular Season Set #4 (HS) Available 1/27/24
Replies: 6
Views: 4901

Re: IQBT Regular Season Set #4 (HS) Available 1/13/24

I just confirmed that moving forward, there is no sales tax necessary on the majority of instances of using this or other IQBT RSSes.
by AKKOLADE
Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: IQBT Regular Season Set #3 (HS) Available 10/21/23
Replies: 4
Views: 4051

Re: IQBT Regular Season Set #3 (HS) Available 10/21/23

I just confirmed that moving forward, there is no sales tax necessary on the majority of instances of using this or other IQBT RSSes.
by AKKOLADE
Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

I just confirmed that there is no sales tax required on our entry fee for this event this year.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Commissioning a Set
Replies: 4
Views: 4251

Re: Commissioning a Set

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by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

We are now up to 25 teams registered! I hope your school will join the list soon.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: One dot spring semester tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 3630

Re: One dot spring semester tournament

DMA already has/had seven mirrors across the country. CREEK+ has/had six. Between the two sets, I think there's one in the spring semester. Those have already been used across large chunks of the country.
by AKKOLADE
Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: One dot spring semester tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 3630

One dot spring semester tournament

I was going through the spring semester schedule and everything is at least three dots in difficulty except for Booster Shot and the ICT/SCT sequence for D2 teams. If IQBT produced a one-dot difficulty tournament for the spring semester, would there be an interest in mirroring it? I would like to do...
by AKKOLADE
Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Protobowl...
Replies: 13
Views: 7115

Re: Protobowl...

i am once again asking everyone who uses protobowl to use https://www.qbreader.org/ instead it's got all the features of protobowl, plus better ones like "actually contains sets from within the last five years" (which is especially useful if you want to practice MS questions because that'...
by AKKOLADE
Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/1-11/6/23
Replies: 23
Views: 16458

Re: 2023-24 IQBT Undergraduate Championship Qualification Event - Online - 11/2-11/5/23

Just a reminder that the preferred registration deadline for the Qualification Event is October 26. If you register by then, we will do our best to assign you a time slot you request. Teams that register after that date will be fit into the schedule as best as we can on a first come, first serve bas...
by AKKOLADE
Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 15192

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2-3/3/24

The survey was essentially a tie. The overarching discourse in quiz bowl has been a desire to return to in-person events for things like national championships. It's more appealing for the purposes of outreach to have the national championship in person, and I have been investing a lot of time into ...