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- Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:30 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5644
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
I really enjoyed playing this set. A few feng shui challenges aside, the editing was quite strong, especially when it came to keeping difficulty appropriate and consistent throughout. My only major concern lies with how world history was handled in the set. Way too many packets had a "world history"...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12137
Re: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
Hi Nate, thank you for the kind words about our set. We worked hard to create a fresh yet accessible housewrite for teams of all backgrounds, and I really appreciate the positive feedback we got from you and all the other teams who played it.
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3125
Re: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
Congratulations to Centennial A, who defeated Lehigh Valley in a thrilling one-game final to win MBAT. Full stats for the tournament can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4673/ The following teams have qualified for PACE NSC in June. Congrats! 1. Centennial A 2. Lehigh Valley 3...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3125
Re: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
We have received Platinum certification from PACE, so the top 25% of our field will qualify for June's NSC!
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3125
Re: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
Current Field Updated 1/16 Field: 20/20 teams Quince Orchard (1 team) Bullis (1 team, 1 buzzer) Centennial (6 teams, 5 buzzers) Georgetown Prep (2 teams, 1 buzzer) Langley (2 teams, 2 buzzers) Manheim Township (2 teams) Georgetown Day (2 teams) McLean (1 team, 1 buzzer) Richard Montgomery (2 teams,...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3125
Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament (1/20/2018)
I am pleased to announce that Montgomery Blair High School will be hosting the main site of our MBAT housewrite on January 20, 2018. Information on the set can be found in this thread: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=20081 Location The tournament will be held at Montgomery Bla...
- Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:30 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12137
Re: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
The Steele Memorial Invitational at Honaker High School will be mirroring MBAT on December 9th, 2017.
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:37 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
If the Preseason Poll was claiming to represent the predictive views of our entire community, then criticisms of sampling and methodology would be in order. But the Preseason Poll doesn't make those claims because it is not an opinion poll . It aggregates the views of many informed people solely as ...
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:25 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Ricky, someone can both appreciate Fred's energies and disagree with his results. It's not one or the other. It is not that I lack awareness of teams like Wayzata or duPont Manual that Fred ranked so highly, I just don't think they're 20+ places better than Hunter or DCC. Both Wayzata and duPont fin...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:20 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
I do appreciate Fred's rankings, as I have now pointed out repeatedly in this thread. However, my gratitude does not bar me from presenting concerns about his decisions. I don't agree that Fred's comparison methods are necessarily the best possible, and regardless of what semantics games we play, th...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:06 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
The notable Eshaan Vakil defeated Hunter (2 time HSNCT champs) at PACE this past year. Why isn't he ranked Mr. Morlan!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not talking about one game or one tournament. I am talking about two teams which a knowledgeable corps of voters deemed some of country's very best being excluded f...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:45 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
The notable Eshaan Vakil defeated Hunter (2 time HSNCT champs) at PACE this past year. Why isn't he ranked Mr. Morlan!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not talking about one game or one tournament. I am talking about two teams which a knowledgeable corps of voters deemed some of country's very best being excluded f...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
I think people should be able to criricize Fred's rankings without being dismissed out of hand as petty or obsessive. HSQBrank is a great resource for the community, but that doesn't mean it needs to be beyond reasonable critique. In this case, I think omitting two of the Preseason Poll's best five ...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 4:51 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
As I opened my post with, I understand and appreciate the utility of Fred's rankings, but we all know they hold a far greater place in the QB community than offering a rough sketch. They are the most respected venue for team evaluation, and it shouldn't be heretical to point out when they're lacking...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:54 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 44697
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Fred, I appreciate all the effort you put into these rankings, but some of your decisions border on indefensible. You can make arguments for and against most any team, but to say that neither DCC or Hunter is a Top 25 team is just unreasonable. Both have indisputable depth and experience, and just a...
- Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 53
- Views: 22934
Re: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
Montgomery Blair would like to claim January 13 for the main site of our MBAT housewrite. Announcement and details to come!
- Sat Aug 26, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Preseason Predictions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10255
Re: Preseason Predictions
The thing about TJ and other underranked teams is that their performance, especially at national tournaments, is highly variable. Teams like this tend to rely on tossup conversion instead of bonuses to win games, and while that certainly does produce results, it's also more susceptible to change (i...
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Preseason Predictions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10255
Re: Preseason Predictions
Not sure how I missed Northview; they definetly seem cut out for a top 15 season. And to your point Nick, I definetly think Lehigh and Chattahoochee are top-10 teams, even if my tiering sort of obscured that.
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Preseason Predictions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10255
Preseason Predictions
With the 2017-2018 season just a few weeks away, now seems about right to begin the ever enjoyable/futile process of preseason prognostication. To toss my two cents in, I compiled personal predictions for how the top 15 teams will shake out next year, based primarily on the performance of returning ...
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:28 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Tiebreaker Distro
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2658
Re: Tiebreaker Distro
I think if your goal is to avoid fraudable or otherwise cheap TB questions, then making them all current events is probably not the way to go. With the exception of trash, current events is the least "academic" aspect of the distribution and one of the easiest categories to power without any great k...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:22 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: IMSANITY 5 -- Available for mirrors January 13, 2018
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5713
Re: IMSANITY 5 -- Available for mirrors January 13, 2018
What's your target difficulty on this set?
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:15 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Good books for studying history
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4574
Re: Good books for studying history
The "Chronicle" books from the late 80s are excellent resources. Each book is several hundred pages of history reformatted into faux-contemporary news briefs. I have one covering U.S. history (ISBN-13: 978-0131337459) and another covering the 20th century (ISBN-13: 978-0942191011), and there's one f...
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 43423
Re: 2017 HSNCT discussion
Jeff, Thanks for being so responsive to these inquiries. Could you post this sort of information about all questions in the set in a spreadsheet or table? I'm interested in the conversion disparities between different topics and subject areas. If you have and are willing to share that data, I would ...
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:39 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Maryland Fall available for Mirrors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6956
Re: 2017 Maryland Fall available for Mirrors
This looks great. Thanks for the info
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:17 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Maryland Fall available for Mirrors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6956
Re: 2017 Maryland Fall available for Mirrors
I'm intrigued by the .5/.5 Misc/Mixed. What subject areas are those questions drawing from? Or are they just wide-ranging common links?
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12137
Re: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
Brad, Noah, et al, We really appreciate your passion for good quizbowl and your commitment to this community. We do understand how much time and effort is needed to produce a quality housewrite, which is why we started working on this in November and have spent an inordinate amount of time planning ...
- Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:20 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12137
2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
I am pleased to announce that the Montgomery Blair Quiz Bowl team will be housewriting a set for the 2017-2018 season! Our “Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament” will be a 14-packet set, complete with power marks and 6-7 line tossups. The distribution for MBAT follows this breakdown: 4/4 Science (Bi...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland State Championship at UMD 3/11/17
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2601
Re: Maryland State Championship at UMD 3/11/17
Is a field update available?