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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2024 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5242
Re: 2024 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
The tossup on Cohen was also pretty frustrating to play. Did the giveaway really need to suddenly mention Sacha Baron Cohen (that too, by literally saying it was "paired with Baron") after cluing a bunch of academics (IIRC)? Maybe there's some underlying link among them all I'm not aware ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: MSNCT Predictions for your team
- Replies: 2
- Views: 231
Re: MSNCT Predictions for your team
pretty poorly since I'm not in middle school
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Studying Chemistry
- Replies: 3
- Views: 537
Re: Studying Chemistry
The AP curriculum is probably good to serve as a base for your studies (I assume that IB should be fine too?) - I would consider looking at stuff from ~2012 ish even because there were more topics on the exam back then I would also just recommend looking at a bunch of quizbowl questions because it h...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: CO Trash 2024 (Sunday, July 28th at Northwestern)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4825
Re: CO Trash 2024 (Late summer, Chicago? area)
messed up that american comics gets such a heavy distro as opposed to the comics ppl actually read lul
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4728
Re: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)
It's real! We're featuring the $1 Vodka Raspberry Lemonade the entre month of June!
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4383
Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
if Paul's basement was such a good location why hasn't ACF been getting bids for it so far?
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4383
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Some interesting team names I made up
- Replies: 1
- Views: 334
Re: Some interesting team names I made up
Maryland B
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7486
Re: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
The detailed stats provided a few insights: The overall %s for other history was a bit deceiving, as it seemed that bonuses are more traditional "other" history topics like Rome had pretty good conversion (contrast praetor as a medium part with 63% conversion with the Shang dynasty medium...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7486
Re: 2024 ACF Regionals Discussion
Fun regs, apologies if comments are more nitpicky than laudatory Tholins bonus part would have been nice to be slightly more clear that it was sort of a broad calss of compounds (apologies if I just completely missed that) champion's portion seemed like a good idea for a bonus part - maybe just me b...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2024 Chicago Open Date Poll
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1288
Re: 2024 Chicago Open Date Poll
ask Chris, he's the TD
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: NAQT Records
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1143
Re: NAQT Records
Can you explain this? https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-tournament-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/individuals.jsp?tournament_id=15054#21337 Posting two links isn't very helpful without actually elaborating w...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:31 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: 2024 Carper Award community discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7090
Re: 2024 Carper Award community discussion
Hey buddy, Guy did subject editing for I believe two ACF sets well over a decade ago and NSC is a high school tournament :)quizbowlchamp1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:22 pm The main reason I put him in was
a.) he works for ACF and
b.) he was instrumental in writing the 2011 NSC
I appreciate the enthusiasm though
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:10 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: MSNCT: Let's Get Shredded
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1192
Re: MSNCT: Let's Get Shredded
I'd probably say that jeopardy is lower yield than most of the other things you're doing. Could also read full packets from archives if you want to balance distribution of what you're reading/using as reference to study. Podcasts are still available although nothing at the middle school level after ...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 960
Re: 2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion
Had fun with this set - apologies if any of this comes off as too harsh 1 tossup on c-sections was delightful cute theme to this thailand tu maybe prompt on "photoreceptor protein(s)" before mention in the giveaway? (skill issue on my part heh) bonus part on p2y12 seems really brutal! I'm ...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: improving quickly at higher difficulties (NAQT)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 662
Re: improving quickly at higher difficulties (NAQT)
There isn't really a specific method that is different with regards to studying for harder difficulties beyond base what you study on "harder" content. In general listening to previous HSNCT podcasts is definitely a good way to guide what you want to know - there's usually a decent step up...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:36 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Generalist
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2668
Re: Generalist
I've never placed at middle school nationals (by virtue of never playing it) but I'm also not a complete chump and I'd like to think sometimes my advice can occasionally be useful. You first gotta ask yourself "how good do I actually want to be?" - I think you'll find that you'll somewhat ...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Tips
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
Re: Quiz Bowl Tips
when you buzz in, make sure to say the right answer instead of the wrong answer. If you're going to buzz in with the wrong answer, consider not doing so
I hope this was insightful for you
I hope this was insightful for you
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:21 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Clock Stalling at Nationals
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3792
Re: Clock Stalling at Nationals
Hey bestie just because nobody’s posting doesn’t mean there need to be constant posts ^__^
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: A new quiz bowl trainer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1611
Re: A new quiz bowl trainer
Would you like to provide actual specific issues you have that would allow people to provide constructive advice? There appear to be many people who have successfully "studied efficiently" using some of these resources, so I don't want to be the guy to say "skill issue" but it wo...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: The QBC Packet [read]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2875
Re: The QBC Packet [read]
you post a lot of suggestinos for things that use other ppl's work and not ur own :P
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:46 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Is there a ceiling of usefullness of Anki?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3597
Re: Is there a ceiling of usefullness of Anki?
after a certain amount of memory it doesn't start syncing very well between devices
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:35 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: On Buzzer Techniques
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3569
Re: On Buzzer Techniques
It is important to keep the cord linking your buzzer to the central hub as straight as possible. This minimizes the distance the electrons have to travel, while also reducing their need to decelerate and change directions along tricky curved segments. I also recommend making sure the buzzer is plug...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4552
Re: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
that's rough innit
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:22 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Commissioning a Set
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4200
Re: Commissioning a Set
someone should write a japanese graphic novels set but without a bunch of lolicon jokes
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Trophies vs Plaques
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5617
Re: Trophies vs Plaques
I sadly have not had success (or tried) to use trophies to leverage for funding (partially because it sucks) but after 2013 nats we had a horrible time getting that fucking thing into the airplane and back and it was nice for a while but oh my god they are horrible to store and move between teams an...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: On Buzzer Techniques
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3569
Re: On Buzzer Techniques
There's really not more to it than priming a bit. When playing middle school level questions it might be a bit more important for speed but Josh's general advice about just learning more at the end of the day is probably the most imporatnt thing as it means you'll have an idea of what the question's...
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: How can I approve quickly in the shortest amount of time.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3638
Re: How can I approve quickly in the shortest amount of time.
if you specifically want to improve for quizbowl without maybe, pursuing any intellectual interest beyond that, the fastest way to study is probably to specifically look up answerlines on a question database such as qbreader and just take a lot of notes on what clues come up frequently, maybe with f...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:31 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: How Much to Card
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3298
Re: How Much to Card
No individual person's learning works this way or just has fixed guidelines where someone is going to be able to tell you a magical number of hours that's going to make things work for you. As a general principle flashcarding shouldn't be your main form of study with regards to learning new informat...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19756
Re: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
don't wanna assume anything but this set's chem felt extremely "not edited" (not very edited claisen tu that seemed to have issues, enolate tu, and allyl that clued claisen very early) kind of was frustrating as 3/12 !!! of the chem tus that was played were on extraordinarily related topic...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” Online (September 03, 2023)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3015
Re: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” Online (September 02, 2023)
I heartily endorse this event and or product
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7969
Re: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
Lattices - would have loved a directed prompt on “spheres.” Also heard others complain about being too crystallographic rather than mathematical, but not sure how easy it is from that perspective the crystallographic restriction theorem is probably one of the easiest clues in that tossup (not sure ...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Consistency
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2963
Re: Consistency
Learn more science? Gotta give a little more context than this
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: QB classification test?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5515
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: So You Want To Write A Tournament
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7567
Re: So You Want To Write A Tournament
Thank you so much Eric! I found this guide very helpful and I’m sure many others did. Do you know if there is a specific guide somewhere on how to write better toss-ups specifically? Thanks There are some subsections present here - otherwise generally try to be conscientious about construction (pla...
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IQBT Undergraduate Championship Open - 7/29 & 7/30 - Online
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3936
Re: IQBT Undergraduate Championship Open - 7/29 & 7/30 - Online
Has there uh, been any consideration of splitting this to two separate weekends?
- Tue May 23, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: 20th-Century World Leaders - poll
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2956
Re: 20th-Century World Leaders - poll
Bestie it’s HSNCT weekend
- Mon May 22, 2023 10:56 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12707
Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Eligible player billy busse is under ranked
- Tue May 16, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12707
Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
I'm like 95% sure he buzzed in power on this tossupAdventure Temple Trail wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 4:49 pmAs I recall the Cambyses thing was a second line and he 10d this but yeah he good
- Mon May 15, 2023 1:13 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: KYOGRE: A Pokémon Side Event (Online Mirror: July 16)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10091
- Tue May 09, 2023 12:21 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9262
Re: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
this has occasionally been a cute point of discussion but imo it's not that fun to discuss people who peaked in hs since it often involves a lot of unhealthy study habits in people who are maybe even less well equipped for some testy situations than college aged players (who often also aren't great!)
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24121
Re: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT
here's an actual objective ranking with a methodology i refuse to release as it could be too powerful
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:35 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3996
Re: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13
out of curiosity is there any possibility of this being held on "not msnct weekend"
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14693
Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
The Other Academic: I was pretty excited to play the OAc in this set, and I do feel like a major chance was missed with it. To me, this is a category that exists to contain all the important connections between categories - history of science, weird unclassifiable "general thought," the f...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSU Online Mirror (4/15/2023)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4844
Re: BHSU Online Mirror (4/15/2023)
Congratulations to Hutto Hippos for clearing the field after winning junior nationals earlier this month! Remember to join the private discussion forum to provide any feedback! Stats are available at this link
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSU at Yale (04/08/2023)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3656
Re: BHSU at Yale (04/08/2023)
Thanks to everyone who played the set! I hope you had a good time. Remember that we have a private discussion forum setup and would love everybody's feedback, even if it was limited to how much you hated the set!
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Is science cardable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4507
Re: Is science cardable?
Literally all of them lol just can’t approach them purely as binaries. Cloze deletion is somewhat popular - the previous existing carding resources (old Max Schindler thread, whatever how to card article Kevin’s been writing). Important to remember that cards should not be one’s only resource but ra...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:53 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Power QB: Audio Tossup Reader
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5505
Re: Power QB: Audio Tossup Reader
yeah can I Get this with the AI joe biden voice for the other gamers out there
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” (2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4501
Re: Announcement: “Questions based on Wikipedia links Ophir sent me” (2023)
I've been waiting for this to exist since Ophir seemingly joking mentioned to me the concept like 5 years ago
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Anybody got strategies for tilting your opponents
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6323