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- Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33493
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
Yes, this is indeed the case and I will report back on how well it works/doesn't. I'm probably also going to explore server boosting and whether it makes a difference. If server boosting (maybe at the second level) does make a difference, would it make sense to offer a server boost discount of, lik...
- Mon May 25, 2020 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33493
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
It seems like breakout room role assignments are the biggest annoyance. As a player I had less insight into how that process worked. It didn't necessarily feel like we were waiting for all that long in between rounds, but probably over the course of the tournament it added 15-30 minutes to the leng...
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:50 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
- Replies: 9
- Views: 28887
Re: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
These buzzer systems on Amazon are possibly the cheapest and smallest full-featured system available, with one of the sets available through Amazon Prime. However, they do make a pretty annoying sound while buzzing.
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NYC Summer Open date poll
- Replies: 45
- Views: 22810
Re: NYC Summer Open date poll
For what it's worth, the "commandeer random Columbia rooms" strategy worked fine in summer 2017. If nothing else, we can try that (at our own risk) Quiz Bowl isn't allowed to reserve rooms over the summer at Columbia's Hamilton Hall, but neither is any other club. If the official event ma...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FST Mirror at Columbia - 4/28/2018
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4395
FST Mirror at Columbia - 4/28/2018
Columbia will be hosting a mirror of FST on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The set is roughly around ACF Fall-level, but there won't be any eligibility restrictions beyond those in ACF rules. Logistics Doors will open at 8:00 AM in Hamilton Hall, with rounds scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM. Assuming a 12-t...
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: a Game of Thrones Set
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15783
Re: a Game of Thrones Set
I too would be interested.Jewish Pugilist wrote:Sure I can prob just send it via direct messageRileyhoffman wrote:Is there any way I could get this set? My teammates and I really love game of thrones and just want to read some packets for fun. Thanks!
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (10/7/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7086
Re: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (10/7/17)
The field is currently full; all subsequent registrations will be added to the waitlist. The last day to drop a team from this tournament without penalty is October 1st (Note: this deadline does not apply to downgrading your registration from all 3 Columbia Cup tournaments to just the Columbia Fall ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 24162
Re: 2017 Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament
*I can't find an announced set that's making room for 1/1 CE, 1/1 Geo, and 1/1 P/SS at the same time, but if one exists, I imagine it's either A: not using trash or B: not giving math/astronomy/earth science enough room in the distribution. Those would both be places to look to fix it. Not from thi...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18798
Re: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
Yeah, this tournament can be expanded to 8 teams. However, at this point, there are only 2 moderators.
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 5:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Summer practices at Columbia
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6076
Summer practices at Columbia
It's about time someone organized summer practices in NYC, so I'll announce that there will be summer practices at Columbia on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6-9 PM, starting Thursday, June 8th. We'll try to use room 303 in Hamilton Hall.
- Mon May 29, 2017 1:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18798
Re: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
I've changed the fee schedule to something that hopefully sounds more acceptable.
- Sun May 28, 2017 5:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18798
Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
I am planning a NYC mirror of the Cambridge Open set on July 1st. If no other spaces are available, I plan on using classrooms in Hamilton Hall on Columbia University's campus, because I live 3 minutes away. Because I am unable to reserve rooms in Hamilton Hall over the summer, the field for this to...
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: a Game of Thrones Set
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15783
Re: a Game of Thrones Set
Definitely interested.
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - April 15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11478
Re: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - Date TBD
Columbia will probably send about 3 teams, and prefers the 15th or 29th of April. We cannot attend on May 6th.
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
- Replies: 90
- Views: 31009
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
I don't remember the exact bonus or the exact packet, but the first part of the first bonus (physics, I think) in the packet that had tossups on stomach acid and formaldehyde did not specify an answer that it was looking for.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81622
Re: 2017 ICT bids
I'm not saying that there can't or shouldn't be a system in place to vet B teams to discourage team splitting at SCTs, but I don't see how rescinding the bids of teams whose players drop from ICT attendance (as opposed to rescinding the bid of a B team who has a player shifted to the A team) would s...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81622
Re: 2017 ICT bids
There is absolutely no reason to single out B teams for extra scrutiny regarding rosters, so if anything like what Brad is suggesting is implemented, it only be fair for it to apply to every ICT team. What would be done if a player who scores the bulk of a team's points finds out a week before ICT t...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57529
Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
Also, I don't buy any of the "slippery slope" arguments for changing the rules. A school that splits up its A team to qualify at multiple different sites would have only 1 or 2 sites in any given year where the field is weak enough for that to be feasible, since the moment that their chanc...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57529
Re: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017
To address an earlier question, my belief is that under the current 32-team field of DI ICT and the large increase in talent in the #10-#30 ranked teams, ICT doesn't really have the luxury of trying to grow circuits by increasing geographical diversity at the expense of letting the 32 most talented ...
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Brief Wondrous Tournament of WAO (January 21st-after)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23859
Re: The Brief Wondrous Tournament of WAO (January 21st-after
the email I sent to jerry: Yeah the WAO situation is less than ideal, and I apologize for that. Here's some background (main point being that the only member of the Columbia team involved in the running/organization of this tournament in any way is me, and that pre-tournament logistics for this tour...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals global announcement (2/18/2017)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 44123
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals global announcement (2/18/2017)
Any news regarding a Northeast site?
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7123
Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Register now! (12/11/16)
Name: Ben Zhang Email: ben.zhng1@gmail.com Present requests: 1) Something that seems challenging from http://www.fascinations.com/metalearth, except for the Titanic and the UNSC Mantis. 2) Something that packets a lot of utility in a small space. Things I'm thinking of include Swiss Army knives, mul...
- Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62522
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
MCAT will be delayed and turned to a summer open, so MARTYNAS JABLONKIS seems to be our only hope for a spring tournament (other than MUT, assuming it happens).
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall packet submission reform
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9265
Re: ACF Fall packet submission reform
Matt Weiner has said for a long time that ACF Fall needs to be moved to earlier in the year. If that were to happen, I think option 1 makes sense, and if option 1 is enacted, i think it would make sense to move ACF Fall earlier in the year.
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I need a movie!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7455
Re: I need a movie!
That one episode of King of the Hill.
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 1:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 Columbia Fall Tournament - October 8, 2016
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9354
Re: 2016 Columbia Fall Tournament - October 8, 2016
The Columbia University Quiz Bowl team would like to thank all the players, coaches, parents, and staff who made the 2016 Columbia Fall Tournament possible. At 42 total teams, this was the largest tournament ever hosted in New York City, and we hope to run even better tournaments this year in the wi...
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 29374
Re: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
Well, since you'd be paying before the tournament, you're not paying off a debt.dhumphreys17 wrote:I know I have no real horse in this since this is CO, but whatever happened to "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE"?Ike wrote:Since you'll all be paying me by Venmo for the tournament
- Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 29374
Re: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
Same, but for a $1 flat fee.Mewto55555 wrote:Willing to trade dollars in the Venmo system for cash/checks for only a 1% convenience fee.
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll 2016-2017
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16475
Re: Preseason Poll 2016-2017
Columbia retains myself, Rafael Krichevsky, Charlie Dees, Jon Xu, and Wilton Rao, and pick up Kevin Koai, whose commitment to playing isn't certain yet. We lose Aidan Mehigan to Oxford.
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 Columbia Fall Tournament - October 8, 2016
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9354
Re: 2016 Columbia Fall Tournament - October 8, 2016
If you can staff this tournament, email us at [email protected] to let us know - we'll reimburse your travel and provide you with a free lunch on the day of the tournament.
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 27804
Re: 2016 ACF Fall Global Announcement (5 Nov 2016)
Any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2015 is required to submit a packet From looking at the individual site announcements, it seems like it was changed to: Any team with at least two people on it who played a r...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Hypothetical eligibility question: "Super-Seniors"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8317
Re: Hypothetical eligibility question: "Super-Seniors"
In states that don't have quizbowl overseen by a state activities organization (e.g. NY), I don't see anything in the PACE/NAQT eligibility rules that would prevent super seniors from playing. In states that do have a state activities association (e.g. MO), there may be some limitations - for exampl...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20257
Re: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
Depending on how much sleep I got the night before, I either use one of these before the first match and after lunch, or just after lunch.
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BURI - Myth Side Event
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10943
Re: BURI - Myth Side Event
Eddie Kim is no longer writing for BURI, but has contributed a ton of questions.
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Second Summer Open
- Replies: 61
- Views: 38084
Re: The Second Summer Open
I've posted this before, but I'll reiterate it. What exactly does "low interest" mean? Now, obviously this summer open is packed, so it's probably good to hold off on it (maybe that's what you meant), but literally every side event in quizbowl has interest from somebody. There's been at l...
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Second Summer Open
- Replies: 61
- Views: 38084
Re: The Second Summer Open
Due to low interest thus far, I'm postponing the Supreme Court set until a later time, so that my time can be better spent finishing and editing BURI.
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Side Event Weekend 2016
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7759
Re: VCU Side Event Weekend 2016
I just confirmed BURI will be happening, so I have the same question as Raynor.
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BURI - Myth Side Event
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10943
BURI - Myth Side Event
Hello everyone, I apologize for the late confirmation, and hope it's not too late for folks going to Michigan or VCU to get the opportunity to play it, but BURI, a myth side event for the summer of 2016, is officially happening.The set will consists of 7 powermarked packets of 21/0, distributed as f...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
- Replies: 78
- Views: 67942
Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Something seems to be wrong on the Superplayoffs data for bonuses/bouncebacks heard, leading to errors for P/B and P/BB. Yeah, I forgot to click through the games in that file. It should be corrected now. If anyone has any stats corrections, let me know, but I will only make changes in the "Al...
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62522
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
The MCAT (the Michigan-Columbia Academic Tournament) set will be ready in the spring, probably for mirrors in March, and will be erring on the easier side of regular (like MAGNI or ACF Regs 2010). The Columbia site of MCAT might be in March, pending discussion with various people.
- Tue May 31, 2016 2:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 133
- Views: 77139
Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion
Could I see the tossup on colon (in computer science)? The Java clue seemed potentially inaccurate.
- Sat May 21, 2016 5:22 am
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62522
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Update is that Columbia will _not_ have such a set for this year. However, I don't think there's any reason why there couldn't be an effort like ICCS to make one happen this year.Urech hydantoin synthesis wrote:Columbia may have a novice set in the works - I'll have an update on that later.
- Fri May 20, 2016 1:58 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62522
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Columbia may have a novice set in the works - I'll have an update on that later.
- Mon May 16, 2016 2:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 41780
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
From what I understand, one of the reasons this tournament exists is so that you can send the 15 people you recruited at the activities fair to their first-ever tournament in college without 1. worrying that their first tournament is on a set as difficult as Penn Bowl or ACF Regionals or 2. having t...
- Mon May 16, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 41780
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
I want to emphasize this point. Open teams are not the norm in regular season collegiate quizbowl. I think this principle may be unrecognized right now because every major tournament in the 2015-16 season that wasn't ACF, NAQT, MUT or VCU Novice had open teams playing it somewhere. This is not a go...
- Mon May 16, 2016 1:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 41780
Re: Early Fall Tournament (EFT) 2016
A question that represents the questions I (and perhaps other people) have about the intended audience: would, say, Jordan and Auroni be allowed to play this set with Maryland and Michigan? Both of them will obviously not be playing ACF Fall since they are too good for ACF Fall, but both of them pl...
- Thu May 12, 2016 7:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMART II: The SMARTening - 2016-2017
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10872
Re: SMART II: The SMARTening - 2016-2107
3) Bonuses may continue to be shorter than you are used to. I do believe that each bonus should ideally have an easy, middle, and hard part. However, I absolutely do not understand the reasoning for having a pyramidal single part of a bonus. For example (I just made this up to serve my point): Iden...
- Sun May 08, 2016 3:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: What Makes a Good Regular-Difficulty Set (comparatively)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 17904
Re: What Makes a Good Regular-Difficulty Set (comparatively)
Let's apply this argument to its furthest extent, and imagine a hypothetical tournament in which none of these "stale" clues are used in any question. Max Weber tossups do not talk about Politics as a Vocation, and PRB tossups do not mention Elizabeth Siddall or any other clue that's been ...
- Sat May 07, 2016 6:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2016: Don't Vote for Jerry Kramer
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28789
Re: Player Poll 2016: Don't Vote for Jerry Kramer
Here's an evaluation of some players in the Northeast, separated by "people you probably should have in your top 25" and "people you might want to consider for the bottom of the top 25." People who should probably be in your top 25, in no particular order: Neil Gurram : Neil led ...
- Thu May 05, 2016 3:29 am
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 65
- Views: 62522
Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Also, I strongly believe that this tournament would be better off on the easier side of what has now become "regular" difficulty, like MAGNI and ACF Regs 2010 were. However, if there's space for a regs+ tournament on the calendar, that can be considered too. The easier side of regular (bu...