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by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 14569

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!

Another note I had about the format during the tournament was that ties in record determining who carried over a loss into playoffs against common opponents were broken by PPG, which is unideal for if a format like this is to be used for a major tournament again. For example, Chicago A and Texas got...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

Mirrors are still ongoing! Just received word that the upcoming California Cup (3/2) will be using DMA, and the college mirror at UMD (3/9, https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27757 ) will allow high school teams to attend. Attend your local DMA mirror for the set closest to a nationals ex...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: GHOST (HS-REGS) - Call for writers
Replies: 11
Views: 1339

Re: GHOST (HS-REGS) - Call for writers

For the reasons DMa went into above, generally answerlines are not capped, because answerlines should be short in the first place (given that there generally isn't a reason to have long answerlines for most questions), but when they are long it is generally because, without the extra length, they w...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: GHOST (HS-REGS) - Call for writers
Replies: 11
Views: 1339

Re: GHOST (HS-REGS) - Call for writers

Not that I have any stake in this, but some answerlines simply should be longer than others. For example, an answerline on Beloved (a single word) will inherently take less space than any answer where the original title is long, the answer is a description, the answer is translated from another lang...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: DMA @ Maryland (3/9/24)
Replies: 5
Views: 1267

Re: DMA @ Maryland (3/9/24)

I'm personally fine with allowing the set to be used on a combined field, but it's obviously UMD's decision whether they want to actually do it.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 54
Views: 7061

Re: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion

I enjoyed this set. It did a good job of presenting a lot of different cool things and balancing "canonical" and "innovative" approaches. To start things off, here are some small notes I took during the day, sorted by letter designation of packet edited for comprehensibility. Mo...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Packet submission thoughts
Replies: 16
Views: 3327

Re: Packet submission thoughts

Compared to housewrites, packet submission tournaments probably have a less unified feel and are more prone to distributional quirks between packets due to randomness in which teams' questions are combined. This is assuming editors aren't just tossing all the submissions and writing from scratch (wh...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: New college quizbowl stats website
Replies: 25
Views: 10895

Re: New college quizbowl stats website

This isn't directly related to the new additions, but I just noticed that the PPGs/detailed stats are giving all players 20 tossups heard at some tournaments, even in games with substitutions (since I know which tournaments we played with subs, here are two examples from Yale: https://quizbowlstats....
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Packet submission thoughts
Replies: 16
Views: 3327

Re: Packet submission thoughts

I concur with the main concerns of the previous posts. Quoting myself from that Discord discussion to bring the discussion here: Low-effort submissions have little chance of being included, but spending high effort also doesn't feel worth it unless you get your team together super early, since most ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

As the second semester approaches, I'd like to remind all that DMA will be open for mirrors for only a few more months! It's the ideal difficulty for all those teams out there seeking some ramp-up tournaments (not as hard as nationals, but a fair amount of the way there) as nationals preparation. Th...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:47 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot
Replies: 6
Views: 3886

Re: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot

Reminder that DMA is still open for mirrors through the first few months of 2024!

REGIONS STILL OPEN FOR COLLEGE MIRRORS
Midwest/Illinois
Northwest
Northern California
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: My experience at PACE NSC 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 3799

Re: My experience at PACE NSC 2019

This was also one of my favorite tournaments, and my last in high school; thanks for sharing! I actually recall seeing your name in the stats for 2019 PACE NSC, because you were the person with by far the highest PPG whom I neither played against at that tournament nor had otherwise had any interact...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot
Replies: 6
Views: 3886

Re: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot

A twelfth full packet will be ready if requested at least 2 weeks from the tournament date. In that case, the set will have 12 packets of 21/21 (including tiebreakers in literature, science, or history, of which there will be 4/4 of each) rather than the current format of 11 packets of 20/20 and ex...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: DMA @ Yale (12/2)
Replies: 1
Views: 3126

Re: DMA @ Yale (12/2)

Reminder that this tournament is on Saturday, if you haven't officially registered yet!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7086

Re: 2023 ACF Winter Discussion

14. Linda Schele notes how the appearances of Venus as the evening star coincided with several wars between holders of this position that led to the fall of Naranjo (“na-RAHN-ho”). A stairway in Dzibanche (“dzee-BAHN-chay”) marks the first appearance of Kaan (“kah-AHN”) snake heads used to identify...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Nov 12, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Clock Stalling at Nationals
Replies: 6
Views: 3320

Re: Clock Stalling at Nationals

I have decided to make this post for two reasons. 1) I feel like this post fits best here and 2) this forum section is dying. So here is my question. Should you clock stall on bonuses at nationals? For example, if your team is up by over 100 points, should you wait all 5 seconds to answer? Likewise...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Improving Power Percentage
Replies: 9
Views: 3970

Re: Improving Power Percentage

In addition to learning more, I would recommend practicing* buzzing more aggressively, or buzzing earlier on questions even when you don't completely know the answer. It's not something often mentioned in the list of things to practice but a crucial part of the game. Thinking "what could this b...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

A discussion server is out for those who have played the set. Mirrors are still available!
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:50 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Improving Power Percentage
Replies: 9
Views: 3970

Re: Improving Power Percentage

I am a pretty good player, but after looking at my stats, I've noticed the reason I underperform is my power percentage. Here are some stats from my most recent tournament. https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8296/stats/ms_prelims/individuals/ I got 1st place, but I ranked 2nd in powers. Here is ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Protobowl...
Replies: 13
Views: 6925

Re: Protobowl...

I'm not a huge fan of protobowl, but there's one thing to be said about it that hasn't really been discussed (and which is the only reason I used/use it): The multiplayer rooms have a high usage and often get some pretty good players on them. I wish qbreader could supplant protobowl in this respect,...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: New York Quiz Bowl Alliance (NYQBA)
Replies: 3
Views: 9613

Re: New York Quiz Bowl Alliance (NYQBA)

Whiter Hydra wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:14 pm This link goes to a site in Russian talking about keto diets(?)
LetterOne has acquired the NYQBA for its new keto advertising campaign
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot
Replies: 6
Views: 3886

Re: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot

Two updates: 1. A twelfth full packet will be ready if requested at least 2 weeks from the tournament date. In that case, the set will have 12 packets of 21/21 (including tiebreakers in literature, science, or history, of which there will be 4/4 of each) rather than the current format of 11 packets ...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Jun 25, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

A reminder that DMA is open to mirrors for the fall of 2023! It is at the ideal difficulty for premier regional tournaments aiming to draw all of the best teams from a wider geographic area.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Reworking the History Distribution
Replies: 13
Views: 6911

Re: Reworking the History Distribution

25% of history being post-1900 is really not that hard to pull off difficulty-wise. In LONE STAR, a high school regular difficulty tournament I head edited, I had the European history distribution work out to roughly 3/3 Medieval, 3/3 Early Modern, 3/3 Enlightenment, 3/3 19th century, 3/3 20th centu...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
Replies: 15
Views: 9031

Re: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever Other Than Rohan Ganeshan

Rohan has definitely established himself among the HS greats, but I don't necessarily think that makes him the consensus greatest. In my mind, having done what he did as a junior (whereas Clark, Hari, me, etc. made similar runs only as seniors), Rohan is pretty clearly the best high school quizbowl...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue May 16, 2023 12:52 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Replies: 22
Views: 12493

Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll

I'll post a bit about my team as well. First of all, like I said last year, and which is even more true this year as we've all improved, I believe that all members of Yale A should be ranked. We all overlap into each other's categories substantially, and we're the deepest team in the country when it...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue May 09, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season
Replies: 16
Views: 9193

Re: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season

I would like to end with a plea that we stop using "Groger adjustments" as a meaningful quantifier of difficulty. While the math involved in deriving the numbers from tournament results is certainly sound and I think the actual ranking produced is very solid, the actual formula for adjust...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat May 06, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Five Questions I Liked From 2023 ACF Nationals — And Five I Didn’t
Replies: 7
Views: 4702

Re: Five Questions I Liked From 2023 ACF Nationals — And Five I Didn’t

I would have personally placed the clues about the Cumans before the detailed description of the Battle of Mohi because, at least in my day, the battle was more famous than the backstory behind it. Unless there has been a sudden burst of interest in non-first-tier Hungarian kings, I think you could...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu May 04, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season
Replies: 16
Views: 9193

Re: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season

As someone who's head edited both a highly successful regs set and multiple regs+ sets, I'll step in and say two things, one of which is considerably more controversial than the other: 1. There definitely should be more regs sets than regs+ sets, and there are probably too many regs+ sets for the up...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:43 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 50702

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

With regard to the question on Indigenous people since Jon's posted the answerline: I tried to flesh out the answerline to accept the common equivalents the editors could come up with and each of the more specific groups clued in the question, but of course it's possible I may have missed some like...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot
Replies: 6
Views: 3886

Re: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot

Mirrors New England: Yale (12/2/23) Upstate NY: Syracuse (10/28/23) Mid-Atlantic: Maryland (3/9/24) Lower Mid-Atlantic: Duke (3/2/24) Florida: Florida Gateway College (online, 1/13/24, restricted to Florida state/community colleges) Great Lakes: Ohio State (online, 11/18/23) North: Iowa State (10/2...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot
Replies: 6
Views: 3886

Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA): Open for Mirrors Spring and Fall 2023, Easy/1.5 Dot

I'm excited to announce Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA), an easy college set to be played over the course of the 2023 calendar year. This set is intended to be of a difficulty between ACF Fall and ACF Winter, especially with easier answerlines and easy parts than Winter . As such, it is meant to be a set...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season
Replies: 16
Views: 9193

Re: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season

On my end, I plan on mirroring DMA for the upcoming fall in regions that have yet to play it, as I would of course like as many teams as possible to actually play the set considering the amount of effort I put into it. I'm not sure if there are any further tournaments of this difficulty being planne...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023
Replies: 35
Views: 12809

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023

Please change the Charter Cup date to 3/11! Thanks
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023
Replies: 35
Views: 12809

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Calendar 2022-2023

The Charter Cup is running DMA at Yale on 3/11, but due to distance and the presence of a tournament in NJ on the same day, I presume not many NJ/PA/DE teams will be playing it. Hence, I wanted to make clear that DMA would still be available as a potential set for any planned NJ pre-nationals tourna...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:52 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

MIRRORS
Northeast: Charter Cup at Yale (3/11/23)
Arizona: ASU (4/22/23)
Southern California: SoCal State Championship, UCSD (5/20/23)
NYC: East Brunswick?
California: California Cup 3 (3/2/24)
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:35 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

Re: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

DragonSM wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:09 pm Is there any plan to do any sort of "mainsite" mirror at Yale?
Yes! The date is still being determined to avoid scheduling conflicts
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:25 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 6616

DMA (HS Regs+/Nats- set) open for mirrors

I'm excited to announce Daniel Ma's Academia (DMA), a high school regular plus set to be released in mid-February 2023 and open for mirrors throughout the spring and following fall. The set will have 12 packets, each consisting of 21 power-marked tossups and 21 bonuses. Each tossup will be 5-6 lines...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:39 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter – Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 5362

Re: 2022 ACF Winter – Specific Question Discussion

I see no problem with using "site". Certainly, UNESCO doesn't, so it's a natural fit. The clues are carefully worded to help players arrive at the correct answer, including the clue about Abu Simbel -- which is about the Aswan High Dam, and the answerline is expansive. I do not understand...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
Replies: 27
Views: 7837

Re: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?

Two notes: 1. Sight-singing, or being able to reproduce pitches in the proper rhythm given a starting note, is a skill that musicians practice and learn to be able to do. It is perhaps easier for some people to learn than others, particularly people with perfect pitch, but it's not something that i...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
Replies: 27
Views: 7837

Re: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?

If note spelling clues require a sense of pitch to buzz on them - which seems fairly innate - should that be knowledge that is tested in a quiz bowl question, particularly a tossup? Anecdotally speaking, my guess is this is a perfect-pitch vs. relative-pitch thing. On the Notre Dame squad right now...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:16 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter – Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 5362

Re: 2022 ACF Winter – Specific Question Discussion

I liked this tossup (Packet 10) as well, which has very interesting clues. I'd estimate it's a little hard for this difficulty and in several rooms will get only converted off of the modern Aswan High Dam, somewhat missing the point of the question while leaving people wondering "which Egyptia...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:48 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
Replies: 27
Views: 7837

Re: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?

I think the issue with all forms of score clues is mostly with badly written score clues that are too vague to be buzzed on. Being non-evasive and specific is definitely a requirement, and I agree with Chris that "note clues are the most 'reliable' type of score clue." I agree that parsing...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:59 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Winter Closed 2022 - General Set Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1151

Re: Winter Closed 2022 - General Set Discussion

Whoever incorporated the large amount of US and non-US American Indian history/literature into this set did a great job of it. I'll likely have more comments later but wanted to say that first and foremost.
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Oct 19, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Fall - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 2412

Re: 2022 ACF Fall - Specific Question Discussion

15. This city led the Amphictyonic (“am-FICK-tee-on-ick”) League when it imposed a large fine on Phocis that caused the Third Sacred War. After this city was destroyed by Alexander the Great for resisting him, Cassander rebuilt its citadel in 316 BCE. Before he died at Mantinea, the general Epamino...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 10495

Re: 2022 HSNCT discussion

Below, I've posted a bracket I made while waiting for my flight that solves all of the above issues. It's definitely not perfect (I dislike the losers' bye in round 24 and the lack of a bye for the winner's bracket finalist), but my point isn't to make it perfect; it's merely to demonstrate that th...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Tue May 31, 2022 10:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 10495

Re: 2022 HSNCT discussion

I'm curious about the weirdness with the byes in the first couple of rounds of the playoff bracket . My understanding is that the particular numbers of teams that needed to start in the winners' and elimination brackets necessitated byes in the upper bracket that dropped down to the elimination bra...
by Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War
Fri May 06, 2022 10:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 17948

Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll

My teammates have neglected to say much about themselves, so I'll do that for them. I think that Arthur Delot-Vilain, Michal Gerasimiuk, and Daniel Sheinberg are all players worthy of consideration in this poll, and particularly for categories. I'm obviously a bit biased, but I think any combination...