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- Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:01 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On No Longer Being a Woman in Quizbowl
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4731
On No Longer Being a Woman in Quizbowl
Hello friends and neighbors, This post has lived in my head for the better part of two years now, and I've gone back and forth quite a bit on whether it's worth posting, but some feedback from other LGBT quizbowlers has convinced me that it is. To begin, I'll note that I've loved this game and its c...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Protected Cheating Subforum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2073
Re: Protected Cheating Subforum
This now exists as a subforum of Collegiate Discussion. For now, like most of the forums, posts only require approval if they're one of a user's first 7 posts. If things get out of hand, we may need to adjust that, but I trust y'all to conduct yourselves accordingly during these often stressful and ...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:36 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Affinity Group Directory
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18476
Re: Affinity Group Directory
This post reserved for listings: LGBT Discord Server (people with identities in the LGBT+ umbrella only, please) - contact Frances Clark-Murray or Conor Thompson (CPiGuy on here, CPiGuy#0248 on Discord) for an invite LGBT Facebook Group (people with identities in the LGBT+ umbrella only, please) - c...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:53 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Affinity Group Directory
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18476
Affinity Group Directory
In a recent conversation about helping to improve inclusivity in quizbowl, a friend mentioned to me that it may be helpful to have a directory of Affinity Groups in Quizbowl, and this forum seems like a fine home for such a thing. Many of these groups are private and/or invitation only for the safet...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23321
General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
Because splitting the thread would catch a few posts I don't want to move and the forums software won't move only certain posts without an existing topic for them to go to, this post exists. Moving the more general discussion posts from the THAT incident discussion thread here (posts display in chro...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 6:03 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23321
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
On an unrelated note, I would like to propose for the moderators or admins to split this off into a separate thread. While we started off discussing the harassment in the THAT Discord, I feel it is necessary to let that topic stay by itself as we divert from an extremely specific recent case into a...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23321
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
A standard code of conduct like Heather proposes is a good first step towards developing better norms of behavior in the community. Not speaking officially for PACE or ACF here, but I certainly imagine that if the community developed a code of conduct PACE and ACF would integrate it into their rule...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11428
Re: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
Split thread is here.Blackboard Monitor Vimes wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:18 pm I'm about to split the discussion of if we should have trash questions in college packets into a new thread in Collegiate Discussion. If you're engaging in that conversation, please give me a moment.
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:18 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11428
Re: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
I'm about to split the discussion of if we should have trash questions in college packets into a new thread in Collegiate Discussion. If you're engaging in that conversation, please give me a moment.
- Sat May 30, 2020 10:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
- Replies: 52
- Views: 28791
Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
I've attempted to split discussion of bouncebacks and other more general "why we should or should not have bonuses at all" posts into this thread; apologies if I missed any.
- Fri May 22, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Riders on the Storm
Psycho Killer vs. Gloria
Bridge Over Troubled Water vs. Ohio
Hotel California vs. Lola
London Calling vs. La Grange
Wish You Were Here vs. Sultans of Swing
War vs. Only the Good Die Young
Won’t Get Fooled Again vs. Take Me Home, Country Roads
Psycho Killer vs. Gloria
Bridge Over Troubled Water vs. Ohio
Hotel California vs. Lola
London Calling vs. La Grange
Wish You Were Here vs. Sultans of Swing
War vs. Only the Good Die Young
Won’t Get Fooled Again vs. Take Me Home, Country Roads
- Sat May 16, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Black Magic Woman vs. Pink Moon Me and Bobby McGee vs. Wild World Mr. Blue Sky vs. I’ll Be Around Beast of Burden vs. Rapper’s Delight Zombie vs. Coal Miner’s Daughter Ain’t No Sunshine vs. Lawyers, Guns, and Money Big Yellow Taxi vs. Highway to Hell What’s Going On vs. The Revolution Will Not Be T...
- Thu May 14, 2020 10:25 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: The Carolina Cup (MVS RAMS 2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4563
Re: The Carolina Cup (MVS RAMS 2)
I got you! I hope your event goes well!
- Tue May 12, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Born to Run vs. Cars
I Will Survive vs. Surrender
Life on Mars? vs. American Woman
Fire and Rain vs. Ramblin’ Man
Tangled up in Blue vs. We Are Family
Boys Don’t Cry vs. Mississippi Queen
Layla vs. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
Rock and Roll vs. Brass in Pocket
I Will Survive vs. Surrender
Life on Mars? vs. American Woman
Fire and Rain vs. Ramblin’ Man
Tangled up in Blue vs. We Are Family
Boys Don’t Cry vs. Mississippi Queen
Layla vs. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
Rock and Roll vs. Brass in Pocket
- Thu May 07, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Live and Let Die vs. The Gambler About a million years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school, I chose "Live and Let Die" for my first ASL song interpretation assignment. My class enjoyed it enough that they raved about it to our usual substitute, who was Deaf and assigned each of us n...
- Thu May 07, 2020 8:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 David Riley Quizbowl Conference: Available Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5418
Re: 2020 David Riley Quizbowl Conference
Our panelists: Emily Gunter - Salem, Virginia Matt Hasquin - Southwestern High School Head Coach & IHSSBCA Chair Tora Husar - University of Minnesota Chris Johnson - Itawamba AHS Quiz Bowl Coach & Mississippi State Championship Director Ashish Kumbhardare - West Chester, Pennsylvania Arjun N...
- Wed May 06, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 David Riley Quizbowl Conference: Available Online
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5418
2020 David Riley Quizbowl Conference: Available Online
The 2020 David Riley Quizbowl Conference will be posted for viewing online at a later date. The conference began in 2015 as the PACE Coaches Conference, and has since expanded to become a panel discussion on all facets of the quizbowl community. Topics discussed at past conferences include team and ...
- Tue May 05, 2020 10:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) vs. I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) No Woman No Cry vs. Fly Like an Eagle Bang a Gong (Get It On) vs. American Girl My Sweet Lord vs. Flash Light Barracuda vs. Just What I Needed Imagine vs. Southern Man Kodachrome vs. Lust for Life Let It Be vs. Easy
- Sat May 02, 2020 6:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Dancing Queen vs. Smoke on the Water War Pigs vs. California Uber Alles Runnin’ with the Devil vs. Search and Destroy The Chain vs. Ballroom Blitz September vs. Is She Really Going Out with Him? Free Bird vs. Walk on the Wild Side American Pie vs. Marquee Moon Stairway to Heaven vs. Smiling Faces So...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
London Calling vs. More Than a Feeling Run Through the Jungle vs. La Grange Wish You Were Here vs. 25 or 6 to 4 Sultans of Swing vs. Cruel to Be Kind Ain't No Sunshine vs. War Stayin' Alive vs. Only the Good Die Young Won't Get Fooled Again vs. Drift Away Papa Was a Rolling Stone vs. Take Me Home, C...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Riders on the Storm vs. Heart of Glass Psycho Killer vs. Life’s Been Good Gloria vs. God Save the Queen Bridge Over Troubled Water vs. The Letter Ohio vs. Show Me the Way Hotel California vs. The Tears of a Clown Lola vs. Blitzkrieg Bop
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Drift Away vs. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) If You Don't Know Me By Now vs. The Tears of a Clown Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) vs. I Saw the Light Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City vs. Good Times Taj Mahal vs. If You Could Read My Mind Wild World vs. Outdoor Miner Ca...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Walk on the Wild Side vs. Funk #49 Lawyers, Guns and Money vs. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) I'm not actually sure what my favorite Zevon song is (some days it's "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead", other days it's "Searching for a Heart"), but "Lawyers, Guns and Money&q...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Stay with Me vs. Rapper's Delight I agree with everyone who's said "Rapper's Delight" has aged poorly, but it's more fun than "Stay with Me" and I've never cared for Rod Stewart's voice. O-o-h Child vs. $1000 Wedding A message we all need right now. I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock A...
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS. More seriously, I love Arlo Guthrie's story-telling songs, and this is a great one. Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love A tough matchup between two songs I genuinely enjoy with great instrumentation. I think I give it to the Allman Brothers ...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Goodbye Stranger vs. Cold as Ice "Goodbye Stranger"'s chorus is kind of annoying, but all of "Cold as Ice" is kind of annoying, and for me at least Foreigner belongs in the 80s anyway. Move On Up vs. The Man with the Child in His Eyes I'm familiar with at least two other songs b...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Doctor, My Eyes vs. Roadrunner (Once) Listening to this bracket without headphones on (unlike the other two). I like to give new-to-me songs a chance, but my husband made me turn Roadrunner off, and we both enjoy Jackson Browne. Cherry Bomb vs. Easy Easy is a fine song, but if I were to seek out on...
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Surrender is just a weird song. Very fun to play on Guitar Hero 2, but also just weird if you actually listen to it, which I usually didn't. I'd never heard the Dr. John song before and enjoyed it enough to vote for it here - it's also kind of weird, but in a les...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1351927
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Not my favorite Blondie song (Call Me, 1978), but I just can't get into the other one. Radio Radio vs. Burning Love There's been a fair amount of Elvis Costello hate in this thread. I really dig the song he has featured on the Sopranos soundtr...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1509
Re: 2020 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship
Interested seniors have one week remaining to apply for this year's scholarship.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Coronavirus and the NSC
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2376
Coronavirus and the NSC
PACE is monitoring information regarding the coronavirus outbreak as it develops. As of now, we do not foresee any interruptions to the NSC, but will take appropriate precautions to ensure the safety of all participants. If the situation changes, we will publicly announce any actions we take that af...
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Winter 2019 Nominations for PACE Membership
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1709
Re: Winter 2019 Nominations for PACE Membership
Nominations for new members are open for a few more days (ending 12/31). We welcome nominations for new members from any region, but it's worth noting that we currently have no active members from Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, or West ...
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:29 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Women in Quizbowl Forum Threads
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5821
Women in Quizbowl Forum Threads
As part of forums summer cleaning, I've moved the threads from the now-defunct, soon-to-be-deleted Women in Quizbowl subforum to this forum, where people are welcome to engage with them further if they'd like.
- Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LGBTQ Quizbowler Facebook Group
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1565
Re: LGBTQ Quizbowler Facebook Group
Happy Pride, quizbowl! This thread is older than I remembered, so I'm bumping it in case it would be a useful space for any newer folks. For privacy and safety, it is a secret group, but I can add you if you DM me here or on Facebook.
- Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 105
- Views: 82844
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
(This is not directly related to this year’s nats but I’m not sure where else to say it.) In the first post of this thread’s linked post explaining ACF Nationals qualification , an explanation of how each team’s A-value is calculated is deferred to NAQT’s explanation of the D-value calculations thr...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2881
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
1. "Love Lies" - Khalid and Normani: This song's sensuality is almost tangible. 2. "All the Stars" - Kendrick Lamar and SZA: Just stunning. 3. "High Hopes" - Panic at the Disco: I have always been unapologetic pop punk trash, and 2018 was a big year for my personal and ...
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:28 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Welcome to the Community Discussion Forum
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9633
Welcome to the Community Discussion Forum
Hello, everyone! This forum is a project I have wanted to undertake for some time, and now that I’m a Friendly Neighborhood Administrator, the time is now. This forum is intended to replace the Women in Quizbowl subforum and to be a place where all of the issues affecting who we are as a community a...
- Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2018-2019 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 49
- Views: 32592
Re: DC Metro 2018-2019 Date Claim Thread
Ask and ye shall receive.J. Young wrote:Can this thread be stickied and last season's be archived?
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question Writing Comp. / Human vs. Computer Expo (@PACE NSC)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11904
Re: Question Writing Comp. / Human vs. Computer Expo (@PACE
This event is being moved to Grand Ballroom D. It will still take place at 8 PM.
- Thu May 31, 2018 6:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Keep the Faith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5294
Re: Keep the Faith
This is an excellent post, and while NAQT needs to know that the community is frustrated, I hope subsequent posters will keep this thread in mind before considering the group as some kind of nefarious, profit-focused corporate animal with unanimous thoughts and feelings. Have you ever found out that...
- Mon May 21, 2018 9:40 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: New College Contact List
- Replies: 48
- Views: 66025
Re: New College Contact List
Hey, friends and neighbors! It's that time of year again to take a second and make sure your team's contact information is correct. Happy recruiting season!
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11383
Re: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
While I was generally pleased with how the tournament ran, I also do agree that the tiebreaker system was flawed - but in more ways than just one. In our prelim bracket, we finished tied with Kentucky and a staffer told us that we would be contacted to play a tiebreaker match midway through lunch. ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Now that I'm awake enough to type coherently, there's a lot of people I have to recognize for their work on this tournament. First, of course, the 47 teams who joined us in Boston this weekend. Thank you all so much for coming, and I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Our hosts at MIT, who were great to w...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11383
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
An MIT club member told me that they, in fact, sent ACF floor plans of all the buildings beforehand. I want to amend my previous post. Bryce indeed was very helpful about getting us updated room information, including a map of some of the buildings and some of the floor plans, in late January, but ...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Final Standings: 1st overall: Chicago A 2nd overall: Penn A 3rd overall: Yale 1st UG: Berkeley A 2nd UG: Oklahoma 3rd UG: Illinois 1st DII: Harvard B Safe trip home, everyone! A more complete wrap up post and stats will be posted late tonight or tomorrow after Andrew Feist and I recover from our lon...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
This link has playoff stats through Round 18 for the top two brackets and Round 15 for the lower two brackets. More complete stats will follow after Andrew Feist gets home and is able to enter the remaining scoresheets.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Chicago A has won the tournament outright. The second place game will be played in 10-250 at approximately 2:45 PM.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
This is still being determined. If it does, we're pretty sure livestreaming (at least recording) is possible. When enough Round 10s have ended, I'll post an approximate time for finals and awards.gyre and gimble wrote:Will there be a final? And any chance it’s livestreamed or recorded?
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Playoff stats will be updated here. We know there are a few games missing - this is due to a combination of protests and when scoresheets came in. Affected games will be entered in the morning. In the morning, we will also try to fix the display order of brackets, which should go Liderc, Minokawa, ...
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73422
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
The following scoring prizes were awarded today based on prelim scores. In each case, players were treated as members of the largest eligibility group to which they belong. Great job, guys! Overall 1. Itamar - Missouri - 72.86 PPG 2. Jacob - Yale - 68.57 PPG 3. Rafael - Columbia - 62.14 PPG 4. Caleb...