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by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GPQB March Invitational (RAFT II) 3/20
Replies: 1
Views: 1366

Re: GPQB March Invitational (RAFT II) 3/20

Field Update: Varsity (20/20): Cedar Crest Downingtown East (x2) Downingtown STEM Friends Select Great Valley (x2) Hempfield Henderson Kiski Area Manheim Township (x2) Moravian Academy Morgantown Oxford PALCS Palisades (x2) State College Trinity Junior Varsity (10/10): Berwick HS Berwick MS Downingt...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GPQB March Invitational (RAFT II) 3/20
Replies: 1
Views: 1366

GPQB March Invitational (RAFT II) 3/20

The Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource will host an online mirror of RAFT II on March 20th, 2021. There will be a JV division and a Varsity division; both divisions will be using the RAFT set. The field cap is currently 20 total teams in Varsity and 10 teams in JV. The entry fee is $50. There wi...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Online Geographic Boundaries
Replies: 3
Views: 1872

Re: Online Geographic Boundaries

When I initially set up the Pennsylvania tournaments for this season, we tried to replicate what a "normal" event would look like by restricting it to teams within two hours of the Pennsylvania border. This has worked pretty well- several teams outside this radius tried to register, but wh...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:10 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

I want to once again stress my point of the *net good* for the circuit that transitioning to a coach involved model would have as justification for it. If a clear chain of command where there are adults in every room costs a few teams the chance to play a few tournaments, that's tough. It's far bett...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:32 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

In case it was unclear, I in no way meant my earlier "point #1" to in any way suggest that the expansion side of things is more important than creating a safe and healthy community in quizbowl. If the wording of my post came off as callous, I deeply regret this and I apologize. Making coac...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

It seems to me there are three reasons why mandating a “coach” (be that a teacher or some other person designated by the school otherwise) would be beneficial to high school quizbowl: 1) Professionalization- It is a bad look to have a bunch of unregulated players at events in terms of outreach. It l...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Apr 13, 2020 5:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Judges (Quizmasters) for High School Academic Competitions in Pennsylvania
Replies: 4
Views: 3228

Re: Judges (Quizmasters) for High School Academic Competitions in Pennsylvania

To build on Alex's post, local competitions are of two types: Intermediate Unit Tournaments and TV tournaments. Pennsylvania's 29 intermediate units, which run all sorts of competitions and para-education support for schools in their region, each run and set their own rules. Most of the moderators f...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Short People vs. Closer to the Heart La Grange vs. All Right Now Only the Good Die Young vs. Hello Darlin’ Mississippi Queen vs. Star Spangled Banner I’ll Be Around vs. Up Against the Wall Search and Destroy vs. Mr. Big Stuff American Girl vs. Whole Wide World
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
Replies: 18
Views: 5223

Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?

As someone that works a lot with inexperienced high school teams that might not represent themselves on the forum, I think at least for easier high school sets, reducing the amount of bonus content is worth exploring. I think people have a lot of trouble with the stamina of a long day of quizbowl, a...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:24 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Does every quizbowl organization need its own blog?
Replies: 9
Views: 7349

Re: Does every quizbowl organization need its own blog?

I find myself adverse to this idea, at least when it comes to regional organizations. A great deal of the success we've had in Pennsylvania with GPQB is *because* it's a separate site with a distinct community and local focus. Teams really like seeing themselves get mentioned, and our blog goes out ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Tue May 07, 2019 2:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT, Outreach, and Social Media
Replies: 26
Views: 16398

Re: NAQT, Outreach, and Social Media

It's probably not the best social media practice, and definitely not a very professional look for the company, to post a video alleging to be the championship of a major national, and instead have it consist of 42 seconds of almost nothing.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed May 30, 2018 9:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
Replies: 153
Views: 110491

Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)

Speaking as a representative of Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl: we will no longer advertise or reccomend NAQT or its questions until Matt Bruce is no longer a part of the organization. In keeping with our mission to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for all players, we encourage all Pennsylvan...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion
Replies: 62
Views: 23720

Re: Michigan 2017-2018 Schedule and Discussion

I mean organization as in a group of people that are the overseeing body of quizbowl in the state, kind of like MOQBA in Missouri or Greater PA Quizbowl in Pennsylvania. Ideally this body should consist of representatives from different aspects of the current Michigan quizbowl system, such as colle...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:17 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ACE: Is it Legit?
Replies: 3
Views: 4068

Re: ACE: Is it Legit?

I staffed an ACE camp a few years back and would highly recommend it for novice to intermediate players. The camp was professionally run, the amount of questions provided and information crammed in was quite impressive, and most of all, all the students seemed to be having fun. I would echo the abov...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who'll Win the 2017 Nobel in Literature!
Replies: 13
Views: 1158

Re: Let's Predict Who'll Win the 2017 Nobel in Literature!

This is a great choice- a widely read author whom a bigger portion of the population knows of than many of the more esoteric nobel picks, but one who absolutely has the literary merit to fit in among literary circles. The academy should make more picks like this.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Replies: 122
Views: 89746

Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!

A thought: perhaps people should spend more time worrying about actually learning things and playing quizbowl then whether some person in Kentucky's system has ranked their team a spot or two higher than other teams very far away in drastically different circumstances, most of which they will never ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
Replies: 41
Views: 31661

Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited

What can we do to repair this relationship? Get rid of Dave Madden. This, basically. I appreciate the idealism, Brad, and I believe you are sincere in your desire to have both NAQT and the Madden-empire co-exist in the all-subject competition space. However, as you know as well as me or anyone else...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
Replies: 41
Views: 31661

Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited

I think it's worth pointing out that the SCOP production team is also heavily involved with USABB- which is far more directly a competitor with NAQT, and if what I'm hearing about its reason for existing is correct, it's in fact explicitly intended to compete with NAQT at the Middle School level. I ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quiz Bowl & Metropolitan Areas in 2017
Replies: 36
Views: 16929

Re: Quiz Bowl & Metropolitan Areas in 2017

To add to Fred's point, I've consistently found that you'll exponentially increase the number of teams willing to do an all-day Saturday tournament when you can provide that tournament within an hour of home. People don't like getting up at 5 in the morning to try out this pyramidal quizbowl thing. ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quiz Bowl & Metropolitan Areas in 2017
Replies: 36
Views: 16929

Re: Quiz Bowl & Metropolitan Areas in 2017

A quick correction re: Pennsylvania. Downingtown East is located in Chester county, which is part of the Philadelphia metro, not Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton as listed.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Apr 15, 2017 12:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 NASAT: June 24-25 at the University of Kentucky
Replies: 68
Views: 61067

Re: 2017 NASAT: June 24-25 at the University of Kentucky

We have had a slight change to our team. Due to a conflict, Hunter Stecko had to drop, and has been replaced by Will Davis (Senior, Shady Side).
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
Replies: 63
Views: 32781

Re: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel

Tornrak wrote:Delaware will probably do poorly
Sigh, guess the boosters need to be funneling more money under the table.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Battle of the Burgh XX (3/25/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5626

Re: Battle of the Burgh XX (3/25/17)

There seem to still be a high number of anomalies in the statistics. Several rounds have bonus points with the teams ending in numbers with five, which is impossible. Considering this is not the first time UPitt tournaments have had wonky stats and the rest of the state could really use proper stats...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB II @ Penn State University (Canceled)
Replies: 2
Views: 2487

Re: PSSAB II @ Penn State University (Canceled)

Due to a laundry list of conflicts, both for the Penn State Team and the High Schools, this tournament has been canceled. Best of luck to all teams with the end of their season!
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Pronunciation Guides in College
Replies: 9
Views: 5594

Re: Pronunciation Guides in College

This is a good post. This often applies to non-NAQT high school sets just as much as college, although the longer length of tossups makes this a bigger problem there as an inexperienced moderator might struggle through scientific monstrosity after monstrosity. A good rule of thumb for what needs a p...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 80922

Re: 2017 ICT bids

A thought from the peanut gallery: ideally, any national championship should include both every team that can make the top bracket, as well as every team capable of upsetting a team who could make the top bracket. This would make sure that all potential matchups which could determine the national ch...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Saving the IRC
Replies: 26
Views: 16465

Re: Saving the IRC

I've used the IRC regularly for about four years now. My memory has the place circa 2013-2015 being a very vibrant place with plenty of quizbowl related discussion among folks with this unifying interest that spilled over into other cool conversations about non-quizbowl things all the time. I like t...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB II @ Penn State University (Canceled)
Replies: 2
Views: 2487

Re: PSSAB II @ Penn State University (4/1/16)

Current Field

Nationals Prep Division


Tournament Division
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB II @ Penn State University (Canceled)
Replies: 2
Views: 2487

PSSAB II @ Penn State University (Canceled)

Penn State Quizbowl is pleased to announce our second annual Penn State Spring Academic Bowl for April 1st, 2017. We will be mirroring the HFT set for this event. We hope to have a wide field of teams from across the state participate and prepare for Nationals at this tournament. To this end, we wil...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Tue Dec 06, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Coach issues
Replies: 12
Views: 6833

Re: Coach issues

All I can say, as someone that came from a school in the very same league and had a long and at times contentious time convincing our coach to flip to pyramidal is that you're not alone, and we (I really should say they, as this occurred after I left) eventually convinced him to de-emphasize the loc...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Henderson Invitational 2016
Replies: 6
Views: 4963

Re: Henderson Invitational 2016

Lehigh Valley Academy won the tournament with a dominant win over Manheim Township A in the final. Great Valley A 3rd, Concord A 4th. The neg-5 report is here , and cleaner stats should be coming from the Henderson people soon. In round 9 , Alex Schmidt put up 255 points, which, if the NAQT site is ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16)
Replies: 5
Views: 4700

Re: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16

Final Stats Manheim Township A defended their NLN title with an undefeated record. Kellenberg A took second, and State College A took third. I want to thank all teams for coming out and being great sports all day. It was great to see so much young quizbowl talent having fun and enjoying the day. Sp...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Thu Oct 13, 2016 1:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!
Replies: 64
Views: 3626

Re: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!

The King's Flight to the Scots wrote:
UlyssesInvictus wrote:Yeah, I want to make very clear I agree with you. Understand your enemy to defeat them, and all that.
The only solution is socialized and mandatory quizbowl.
I guess classic rock counts as fine arts now. Smart Scandinavian people tell us so.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!
Replies: 64
Views: 3626

Re: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!

Not to put on my populist hat, but this is a really great call on the Academy's part, by picking someone pretty much everyone has actually heard of. It will raise the profile of the whole operation.
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility
Replies: 32
Views: 14827

Re: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility

I for one think it is a wonderful idea to further Balkanize quizbowl, making it even less comprehensible to potentially new people outside the community. Let us continue in the natural path of cutting up and confusing the question of what it means to win a national title, as we always have. More I s...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: '16-'17 NY/NJ/LI/PA/Surrounding Area Discussion
Replies: 29
Views: 13950

Re: '16-'17 NY/NJ/LI/PA/Surrounding Area Discussion

On the Pennsylvania side of things, don't sleep on Manheim Township and Great Valley, who both return 3/4ths of a lineup that finished T13 at HSNCT and 35th at NSC respectively. Both have one key weakness (Manheim Township losing most of their lit knowledge with Jake, and Great Valley having a bad c...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16)
Replies: 5
Views: 4700

Re: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (9/24/16)

Due to consensus among teams that the September date was too soon to get teams together with the PA school calendar, this tournament has been delayed to November 12th, 2016. All other information remains the same. Hope to see everyone there!
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: An Apology and an Announcement
Replies: 19
Views: 14423

Re: An Apology and an Announcement

Victor’s post is absolutely on the money and is the reason why I believe Matt, Cody, and Harry’s positions should be those taken by the quizbowl community at large. The apology issued above and absence of Dave Madden from the forum does zero to solve the structural and ethical problems NHBB and that...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16)
Replies: 5
Views: 4700

Re: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (9/24/16)

As of 11/6:

Field Update (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators):
Manheim Township (4/5/0)
Lewisburg (2/0/0)
"Anonymous" (1/0/0)
State College (3/2/0)
Indiana (1/0/0)
Kellenberg (3/4/1)
Milton Hershey (1/0/0)
Huntingdon (2/0/0)

Total: 17/11/1

Expressed Interest
Berwick
Boiling Springs
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16)
Replies: 5
Views: 4700

Nittany Lion Novice II @ Penn State University (11/12/16)

Penn State Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the second annual Nittany Lion Novice Tournament! [Edit: The date of this tournament will be November 12th.] This tournament will be using our house-written Pennsylvania Novice set , and is primarily aimed at new-to-quizbowl schools and freshmen and sophom...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB, the Community, and the Forums
Replies: 27
Views: 15756

Re: 2016 National Quiz Bowl Awards: Nominees Up, Vote Thru 6

This is an incoherent comment. What "alternate series of tournaments" am I "now running"? Do you mean the entirely all-subject USABB which you could say I'm "now running" since that just started in January? Or NHBB, which I've "been running" for 6 years - 5 o...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB, the Community, and the Forums
Replies: 27
Views: 15756

NHBB, the Community, and the Forums

The nominating committee consisted of Niki Peters, Raynell Cooper, and David Madden. And it's the National QUIZBOWL Awards? Kind of confused on how the nominating committee of NHBB folks extends to the entire realm of quizbowl, but ok. Combined, Raynell, Niki, and I have over 25 years of involvemen...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
Replies: 86
Views: 60061

Re: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6

I think the total lack of response to these charges by ACE leadership, despite this thread being active for several days, is almost as damning as the actual rules decision and how it was handled. If ACE wishes to remain in good standing within the regular quizbowl community, there needs to be some a...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where Are You Going to College Next Year (2015-2016)
Replies: 35
Views: 20644

Re: Where Are You Going to College Next Year (2015-2016)

I'll be attending Swarthmore College, where I will try to revive (?) the quizbowl club. Regardless, I will try to be available to staff Philly-area tournaments. There hasn't been a team at Swarthmore for a while, but that being said, if anyone else is out there, let us know and the PA quizbowl comm...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
Replies: 88
Views: 43755

Re: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here

If you're going to have three team matches- which are dumb because it greatly increases the chance for randomness, a cold streak causing a loss, and general fairness- at least have only three team matches so some teams don't get an immense advantage as a result of all the aforementioned reasons. Whe...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Penn State Spring Academic Bowl (4/16/16)
Replies: 3
Views: 3848

Re: Penn State Spring Academic Bowl (4/16/16)

Final Standings Congratulations to State College A for clearing a round-robin field to come away with first place. Our third place trophy went to State College B after half packet matches were played between the 8-3 teams. All of our competitors were exellent on the buzzer and good sports. We hope ...
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB Opening Announcement for 2015-16 Varsity & JV Divisions
Replies: 16
Views: 7948

Re: NHBB Opening Announcement for 2015-16 Varsity & JV Divis

Yawar Fiesta wrote:The National History Bee and Bowl is pleased to announce the 3rd annual International History Olympiad will be held on June 21-25, 2017 at Olympus Mons University.
You stole my NHBB Nats 2040: Hilton at Moon Base #3 joke!
by Everything in the Whole Wide World
Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GPQB Podcast Discussions
Replies: 5
Views: 6480

Re: GPQB Podcast Discussions

In our 8th Episode, Ryan Bilger and I break down some paintings and show what kinds of things might come up on visual arts topcis.