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- Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2011 Discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 21447
Re: ACF Fall 2011 Discussion
Also, I remember having "The Sun " as an answer line really throwing our room for a loop. I'm not a science person, and I can't comment as to the content of the question, but having an answer line of "The Sun " with phrases like "this solar body" did mess with people. ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MAGNI Question Discussion
- Replies: 138
- Views: 30790
Re: Individual Question Requests and Discussion
Allow me to give my two cents on the work tossup: I did think the opening clue in question came a bit too early. While I see and commend what Jerry is trying to do here -- differentiate people with actual science knowledge from those without by giving us solid clues without having us wade through a ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Open Discussion
- Replies: 79
- Views: 23990
Re: Illinois Open Discussion
I am sorry to hear that this event was not very well received. However, I am very interested in hearing feedback on the questions I wrote as this is the first (academic) tournament I had a significant part in writing and am always looking to improve. As a recap of sorts, I wrote: Physics: dielectric...
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5668
Re: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
This sounds like a whole lot of fun! Looking forward to answering questions on 'Heat shock protein-60 Years' War'.
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom at Minnesota Open (11/20/2010)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14531
Re: Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom at Minnesota Open (11/20/2010)
You have an infinite amount of interest from me. Please host this.
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Guerrilla RPG Event @ Minn O 11/21
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6975
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Guerrilla RPG Event @ Minn O 11/21
Depending on the time I can scrounge up, I may or may not follow Rob's suit and cook up some PS-era Final Fantasy questions. Focusing on VII-X(2) and probably a hint of Tactics.
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38332
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
I'm generally out of the loop these days and I know it might be on the late side for planning such a thing, but is there any talk of a West coast mirror of this and its delicious side events?
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom at Minnesota Open (11/20/2010)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14531
Re: Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom
I echo Mike's sentiment that I am going to enjoy this tournament a whole lot.
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BUZZERFEST: General Discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 11834
Re: General Discussion
I felt that the question on "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" tossup suffered from a very poor choice of intro clue. Stating that it "like Luke, begins with an introduction to Theophilus" is super neg-bait for "The Book of Acts", which also begins with an introduct...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
Re: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
As a note, I probably would have accepted "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" as correct -- I should have given better moderator notes on this one. I believe as written I had instructions to accept "Call of Duty 4" or "Modern Warfare". In retrospect, I see no reason to not a...
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
Re: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
The last mirror of this tournament was finished yesterday, so this set is now open for specifics discussion. Again, it was a great pleasure to create this set and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
Re: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
I hope everyone had a good time on this set thus far; it was a real joy to work on and I'm glad to finally be able to share it everyone. Thanks to Sid at Penn who helped to organize the few rounds we did at lunch during Penn Bowl and also much thanks to Eric who organized an awesome dinner/packet re...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
Re: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
As of about 11:15pm 1/28, the tournament is completely written. I'm going to use tomorrow for final edits, distributing and mixing. I will send out the packets after that is finished some time tomorrow night. The tournament fee will be $5 per player.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
Re: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
UPDATE: I have less than a full packet of questions to write in a five day period. This is certainly doable so I would like to confirm that this tournament will be ready for Penn Bowl Weekend (Saturday). Prepare for awesome!
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASH Wikipedia article nominated for deletion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2449
Re: TRASH Wikipedia article nominated for deletion
It depends on how often said page is visited. A page on Isaac Newton will get fixed pretty fast, but an article on something more obscure (species of snail, old television character, etc) make take longer. Pro-tip: If you want your edit to stay up longer, have a friend put [citation needed] after yo...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 40651
TIDUS: The Son of JECHT (tentative)
I'd like to semi-officially announce The Tournament Involving Digital UniverseS (TIDUS), the sequel to the video game tournament I had written a year and a half prior. This installment will feature six rounds of twenty tossups (with powers!) each -- no bonuses. The distribution will not be concrete ...
- Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Invitiational Tournament (11/14/09) at Maryland
- Replies: 48
- Views: 32014
Re: Terrapin Invitiational Tournament (11/14/09) at Maryland
Protest resolved in favor of Penn. Penn and CMU went into final game. CMU wins 300-280. Congrats to CMU and thanks to all of those who came out to play today.
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5493
Re: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
Stats are up and here: http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings
Thanks to everyone who came, Minnesota for producing a good set and we hope you enjoyed yourselves.
Thanks to everyone who came, Minnesota for producing a good set and we hope you enjoyed yourselves.
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5493
Re: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
Trying to get a wicked virus of my computer at the moment -- stats will be posted when this problem is solved.
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5493
Re: Minnesota Open Mirror (10/17/09) at Maryland
Are you (/anyone from VCU)?George isn't coming to this.
- Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Fall Tournament (9/26/09)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 31519
Re: Maryland Fall Tournament (9/26/09)
All the technical stuff has been sorted out and I have the correct files. The stats can be seen here:
http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings
Much apologies for the delay.
http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings
Much apologies for the delay.
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
I'd totally be down for attaching this event to Penn Bowl weekend. I'll produce a longer, more thorough tournament for sometime during that weekend unless the demand is so devastatingly overwhelming to play it sooner. Sounds awesome -- thanks for the opportunity, Mehdi.
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
This tournament is definitely going to happen; the question is now when. My first choice would be to host it as a side event to TIT/IO (tentative date Nov. 14th); however since TIDUS is more of a novelty event I am willing to postpone it to make way for Walden III and RMPFest II. On one hand, as it ...
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gauging interest: TIT/IO Dates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6119
Re: Gauging interest: TIT/IO Dates
To make it even saucier, I plan on running TIDUS (the son of JECHT) along with this event if we go with the November 14th date.
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
I appreciate the offer, but after re-evaluating my time and being assigned a task at work that gives me lots of downtime, I don't see any major setbacks in getting this tournament written by, say, October. If I find myself in a bind for whatever reason, I'll let you know. Also, I didn't mention it b...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
I have begun writing the first questions as of a few days ago. Ideally, I expect to be done and for this fun lil' event to happen sometime in the Fall and at the very latest some time in early spring 2010. Here's the format I have planned out: There will be 7 rounds of 20 tossups. The distribution f...
- Fri May 29, 2009 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
This thing is probably still going to happen -- but now I'm in a crisis of trying to figure out when exactly I am going to write it as my summer has drastically blossomed with conflict. Assume it will happen in the Fall but I'm just throwing it out earlier that we may need to wait until the spring o...
- Mon May 04, 2009 5:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5716
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
Yes, the ukiyo-e bonus was certainly poor all over. Not sure how I didn't catch that and the exceedingly difficult third part.
- Mon May 04, 2009 12:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Christian Carter is the man.
- Sun May 03, 2009 9:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
I hope everyone enjoyed the tournament yesterday. Yes, the questions were tweaked a little bit on the harder side; however, I think it was balanced by enough easier question so that all teams could have answered them at least by the giveaway. I'd like to apologize for the excessive repeats and typos...
- Fri May 01, 2009 11:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Bro. Nigel, we would be thankful if you would be kind enough to lend us the laptop. Thanks in advance.
- Fri May 01, 2009 10:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Here is the tenative final field, Caesar Rodney Gonzaga A Gonzaga B Kellenberg GDS A GDSB/Howard Churchill B Pikesville Whitman/Blake St. Anselm's Charter A Hunter Mount Vernon Walter Johnson Centennial The GDS B/Howard team was constructed from both team's newer players who did not wish to play wit...
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Call for Science Co-Editor(s) in Mid/Late Fall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2119
Re: Call for Science Co-Editor(s) in Mid/Late Fall
This topic speaks blasphemy. If you take science, all I have left are common link myth tossups on animals.
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Hey, due to some of our laptop owning members being away this weekend, we may be at shortage of laptops. If there is anyone willing to bring an extra laptop just in case, we will add a $5 discount to your fee and be sure to treat it with utmost care.
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Actually, that map is the one with the typo. Go figure.
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Registration will begin at 8:15am in the Reckford Armory (http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/). At 9 we will have the opening meeting/rules/etc and shortly after we will go to rounds in the same building. These will be announced along with the schedule Saturday morning. I would suggest parking in the...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Lederberg Memorial Science (10/17 or 18)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13846
Re: Announcement: Lederberg Memorial Science (10/17 or 18)
Sounds awesome -- can't wait to play.
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
I know it's unrealistic and selfish to ask for the accommodation of one particular team over another, but is there any way for whoever is in charge of schedules to give St. Anselm's a first or second round bye if byes must be used? I have my little brother's First Communion that morning and will be...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Right now we are looking at 10-11 rounds. The exact schedule is TBA at this moment (will be decided later this week as the number of attending teams becomes concrete) but consolation rounds will be available to anyone who wishes to stay after the prelims. P.S. -- I have no qualms with a Whitman/Blak...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 151
- Views: 31228
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
Logistics aside, the excellent question quality and interesting and difficult answer selections made my first ACF Nationals experience an enjoyable one. Some of my favorite tossup answers included: Malleus Maleficarum, stromatolites, Chebyshev, Emperor Jimmu, Holst, Dreamtime, Borodin and the first ...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Registration will begin at 8:15am and we hope to begin rounds promptly at 9:00am. The end of the tournament will most likely be around between 5 and 6pm.
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Tentative Field thus far:
Caesar Rodney
Gonzaga (2)
Kellenberg (1-2)
Georgetown Day School (1-2)
Churchill (1-2)
Pikesville
Whitman-Blake
St. Anselm's
Charter A
Hunter
Mount Vernon
Howard
Walter Johnson
Centennial
Caesar Rodney
Gonzaga (2)
Kellenberg (1-2)
Georgetown Day School (1-2)
Churchill (1-2)
Pikesville
Whitman-Blake
St. Anselm's
Charter A
Hunter
Mount Vernon
Howard
Walter Johnson
Centennial
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7154
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
TIT stands for "Terrapin Invitational Tournament" at the University of Maryland -- but there will most likely be mirrors of it at other more convenient locations. Update: Have about 3.5 packets planned out of the 8-9 I'd like to end up writing. Probably won't be written until I've finished...
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/10/09)
Sorry to confuse everybody, but since our our scheduling department is more impossible than ACF, this tournament will most likely be held on May 2nd. This is the week before AP exams start so there may be conflict there, but this way there is less conflict with the VCU tournament as well as it gives...
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/10/09)
Drat, I didn't even think of that. I will talk to scheduling to see if it is feasible to change the date to the previous Saturday (May 9th) -- but until then this date stands.This is also Mother's Day, so it may be a problem for some people.
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/10/09)
The distribution will be more or less the standard ACF distribution; that is to say: 4/4 Science 4/4 Literature 4/4 History 2/3 or 3/2 Fine Arts 3/2 or 2/3 Religion, Myth, Philosophy 1/1 Social Science/Psychology 1/1 Geography 1/1 Trash/Other And yes for the record, this tournament will be aimed at ...
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/10/09)
The tournament will be played on housewritten questions. The specifics on number of rounds and bracketing will be announced as we get a better gauge on the number of teams attending.
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90401
ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
Hi everybody, This is a preliminary announcement for The University of Maryland's Spring Classic High School Tournament 2009 at the University of Maryland, College Park. It is scheduled for May 2nd, 2009. I realize that this date is smack in the middle of the AP testing period but this is the only d...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Proposed trash/TRASH guidelines
- Replies: 100
- Views: 18773
Re: Proposed trash/TRASH guidelines
I'll be one of the few to advocate a space for a musical theatre distribution though given the amount of quizbowl players who are into such a thing I can't imagine any more than 1/0 or 0/1 per packet.
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Proposed trash/TRASH guidelines
- Replies: 100
- Views: 18773
Re: Proposed trash/TRASH guidelines
Perhaps I'm biased (as evidenced with the fact that my name has apparently come into use as a term for "quizbowl guy who likes video games"), but I disagree that video games do not deserve more than 1/1 in a TRASH packet. Video games have been around for nearly 35 years now and have been m...