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- Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ICT: "Comment on my questions" thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6371
Re: "Comment on my questions" thread
Dhoom/The Fast and the Furious/Chicago Amazing bonus. Unfortunately my team wasn't the one that got it, but it was still delightful to hear. Also, to whoever wrote the polydispersity index tossup: you are the best. That was probably the best power of my quiz bowl career, and it was really cool to f...
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24852
Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
There was a question in particular that I felt could use some tweaking: the tossup on exoplanets used a first-line clue on the presence of methane in their IR spectrum, which is something that occurs in all large gas giant-sized objects that have not undergone nuclear fusion i.e. both exoplanets an...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2015 (10/24/15)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14609
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2015 (10/24/15)
Just wanted to say that I think this tournament was really well run. The first round started off a bit slow, but every round besides that ran totally seamlessly and our final round finished way before we thought it would. Myself and the rest of my team definitely appreciated having a lot of time to ...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
- Replies: 155
- Views: 91580
Re: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
Not that it matters a whole lot, but I should have 8 games played - I left because I had spectated Round 9 at ICT. That aside, this was a fun way to spend an otherwise boring Wednesday night and I got to meet some cool people from across the country and the Atlantic. Thanks to Eric for the set and t...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
- Replies: 155
- Views: 91580
Re: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
I'd like to participate over Skype! I did listen to the last two rounds as a spectator of sorts after the ICT, but I'd love to play the first eight.
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '13-'14
- Replies: 143
- Views: 77693
Re: Illinois '13-'14
Given how things are going in Illinois right now, can I just express how excited I am for New Trier Varsity? There doesn't seem to be a single 'top contender' left out of the Uber-Competitive bracket, which also features some excellent B teams and strong out-of-state competition. I'm definitely goin...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
I haven't gotten around to compiling all the stats yet (I'll start on that tonight), but I checked and I have all the statsheets from Rounds 1-6, as well as the finals between Roach-Kumar Condensate and yoloswag. I'll probably only compile separate prelim and playoff stats, though - the Maggie Walke...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
Could you post the sets online ? I sent the packets to the database for posting; it should be up in a bit. a lot of filler and non-clues in this question Yeah...that's something I was trying to deal with when rewriting physics and chemistry tossups before sending those off for editing. But my depth...
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
First off, I'd like to thank everyone who came to the event - players, moderators, staffers, everyone. I sincerely hope everyone had a good time playing even more question after 12+ rounds of PACE on a very eventful Saturday. In particular, there are a BUNCH of people who really helped me out with t...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
So this happened. The Roach-Kumar Condensate team made it through the entire tournament without losing a single match to be crowned the ultimate SASSmasters. I'll make a full post about this when I get access to a computer
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
So players, staffers, and standby players should meet in the hotel lobby from 7-7:30. The first round is scheduled to start at 7:30.
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
Buzzers are graciously being provided by David Madden and NHBB. Currently, we have five rooms and need six, which is a problem. Since we're now going to be ordering pizza at the tournament to be consumed at re-bracketing time (at an extra cost of $8 for 3 large slices), that will be the incentive - ...
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
Standby List:
1. Jonathan Huh
2. Prerak Trivedi
3. Stae Schipper-Reyes
4. Sam Emmerson
5. Sarah Hamerling ($enior Privilege)
6. Brent Morden ($enior Privilege)
(if this list makes it to 8, then I MAY consider expanding the field because 16 is a workable number; however, there are no guarantees)
1. Jonathan Huh
2. Prerak Trivedi
3. Stae Schipper-Reyes
4. Sam Emmerson
5. Sarah Hamerling ($enior Privilege)
6. Brent Morden ($enior Privilege)
(if this list makes it to 8, then I MAY consider expanding the field because 16 is a workable number; however, there are no guarantees)
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
Re: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
The field for this event is now closed. Here is the 12 team field: yolo swag: Ben Zhang, Allan Sadun Casper: Anton Karpovich, Siva Gangavarupu Roach-Kumar Condensate: Madhav Kumar, Brandon Roach The REAL Science players of Illinois: Morgan Venkus, Alex Pandya KONY: William Ha, Wilton Rao Seandraseka...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 12:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '13-'14
- Replies: 143
- Views: 77693
Re: Illinois '13-'14
I agree with the general consensus that IMSA is going to be good next year (as always). Auburn returns Evan and Cole, as well as many (all?) members of their B team, which was also pretty good and they could be top contenders next year. Stevenson returns Jason and Jeeho, I think, plus they had a pre...
- Fri May 24, 2013 3:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14794
SASS (Science Side Event) - 6/8/13 @ PACE
I will be holding a side event, called SASS (Shreyas's All-Science Set), on Saturday night at the official PACE Hotel. We have produced 7 packets total, which are composed solely of science tossups. The questions have been written by four members of the Metea Valley Scholastic Bowl Team: Ashwin Kann...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
- Replies: 56
- Views: 24250
Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
I will be attending Columbia University next year, and I plan on playing quizbowl.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:55 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Barrington Invitational Tournament X
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5188
Re: Barrington Invitational Tournament X
I read for the "B Team" (novice) division final match; it was between Quest B and Plum Grove B, so unless the wrong two teams were playing that match, I feel like second place should be Plum Grove B. The stats seem to confirm this as well.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8798
Re: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13
Also, wow Shreyas, I'm starting to suspect that you've just dropped out of high school and are trying to hide it from everyone. Isn't this like your fifth unaffiliated tournament this year? I would just rather spend my Saturdays playing real quizbowl rather than Protobowl, teaching my kids to do th...
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8798
Re: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13
"E Team" would like to express interest in a team for this event.
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSA 2013
- Replies: 78
- Views: 22085
Re: IHSA 2013
How has this year's set been different from past years? How has it been similar? Is there any potential for change in the near future? Format-wise, I can appreciate the changes, I guess. The point values are more like regular quizbowl, as are the bonuses, and the distribution has gotten a lot bette...
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE !!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12737
Re: SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE !!!
I've found MIT OpenCourseWare to be helpful for teaching me science-y things for school, quizbowl, and beyond. Also, if you're going to approach science from a more packet study perspective (which I don't totally recommend - it's much better to get a lot of real knowledge first by taking difficult c...
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Masonic
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31301
Re: Masonic
On the topic of other matches at the Metea sectional, the 3rd place match was decided in an exciting fashion as well, with Wheaton North defeating Wheaton-Warrenville South on the tiebreaker.
Other than that, I'd like to thank Mr. Reinstein and Mr. Taylor for some great questions today.
Other than that, I'd like to thank Mr. Reinstein and Mr. Taylor for some great questions today.
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Timed Rounds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1524
Timed Rounds
So our team's first experience with timed rounds is coming in less than a month. How does a team adjust its game to account for the fact that rounds are timed? The only thing I can immediately think of is the difference between waiting and not waiting on bonuses. Are there any other adjustment that ...
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NAQT Illinois State Championship (2/23/13)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4857
Re: 2013 NAQT Illinois State Championship (2/23/13)
Has it been decided whether the rounds are going to be timed or untimed?
- Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3060
Re: General Discussion
I liked the set, but I thought the plethora of common link tossups on numbers in science was kind of weird. They were good tossups, but I just felt that the theme got repetitive.
- Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Loyola Ultima XV - 1/19/2013 (Wilmette, IL)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18686
Re: Loyola Ultima XV - 1/19/2013 (Wilmette, IL)
Our stats against Latin are off (although the final score is correct, our bonus conversion is majorly depressed) and we somehow had 2 players, Baasit and Avik, merge into a player named Avile. Who should I email/PM with corrections?
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Huskie Bowl at Northern Illinois University, 2 Feb 2013
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4000
Re: Huskie Bowl at Northern Illinois University, 2 Feb 2013
Metea Valley would like to express interest in two teams.
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TRIUMVIR3 at Metea Valley HS on Jan 12, 2013 (Aurora, IL)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3167
Re: TRIUMVIR3 at Metea Valley HS on Jan 12, 2013 (Aurora, IL)
So I assume this is just going to be a round robin, then?
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Loyola Ultima XV - 1/19/2013 (Wilmette, IL)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18686
Re: Loyola Ultima XV - 1/19/2013 (Wilmette, IL)
Metea Valley would like to express interest in two teams. I should know if we're coming by Thursday at the latest.
- Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '12-'13
- Replies: 153
- Views: 82004
Re: Illinois '12-'13
For players being considered for All-Sectional/All-State teams or Team Illinois, is it advisable to use stats from tournaments that player went to unaffiliated? My gut instinct is no for the first, and yes for the second, but I would just like to make sure. It might end up mattering for some of our ...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II Specific Question Request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3770
Re: BDAT II Specific Question Request
Do you think excluding gold made it obvious? Very much so. I might even venture a guess that almost every room that powered this tossup was solely because of that exclusion. The clues on the whole were great from top to bottom; it's just that a lot of teams know that salt was an extremely important...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II Specific Question Request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3770
Re: BDAT II Specific Question Request
power to you. I see what you did there. :D But in all seriousness, I just didn't feel it fair that someone who had better knowledge of tougher electron rules and Huckel's rule than me would have to lose a well-deserved power to a stock clue. Perhaps you're right about how well-known the clue is, th...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II Specific Question Request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3770
Re: BDAT II Specific Question Request
Just a small pyramidality thing with copper: I feel like the first two clues could be switched, because one could conceivable know about the oxidation of zinc from something like AP Chemistry, whereas deeper knowledge would be required for the superconductor clue. The pyramidality problem was a bit ...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II Specific Question Request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3770
Re: BDAT II Specific Question Request
Hmm...maybe it was on "6?" It was in round 1, and the specific clue I'm thinking of mentioned confirmations of cyclohexane in the first line. Come to think of it, I would also like to see the copper tossup. Anyways, tossup on time: This quantity represents the z-axis in Minkowski space, an...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II General Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3012
Re: BDAT II General Discussion
First of all, I thoroughly enjoyed this set and I would like to congratulate you guys on a job well done. A quick search of the set discussion before this mirror reveals some dissatisfaction, but I think it was edited well in response to the criticisms and it came out a much, much better product. To...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BDAT II Specific Question Request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3770
Re: BDAT II Specific Question Request
Could I see the tossups on "Carbon," "Time," and "Feynman" as well as the "9.8/terminal velocity/(B/mg)" and "moment of inertia/newton's second law/ (2/5)" bonuses? Thank you.
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Niles West BDAT Mirror in Skokie, IL (1/5/13)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20821
Re: Niles West BDAT Mirror in Skokie, IL (1/5/13)
Hey Aaron, I'm not sure if you got my "team" 's registration for this tournament (my email has not been particularly reliable for tournament registration), but in case you didn't, I PM'd you as we'll. Hopefully, we can make it into the field.
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TRIUMVIR3 at Metea Valley HS on Jan 12, 2013 (Aurora, IL)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3167
Re: TRIUMVIR3 at Metea Valley HS on Jan 12, 2013 (Aurora, IL)
Metea Valley will be fielding 4 teams for this tournament.
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:27 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
- Replies: 217
- Views: 225148
Re: Books "for Quizbowl"
I'm not sure about books (other than intro-level college textbooks), but I've found MIT OpenCourseWare to be extremely helpful for quizbowl science.
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 116823
Re: New Trier Varsity: INTENSE — 2012–12–22 (Winnetka, IL)
Metea Valley would like to express interest for one team in Uber and one team in Standard.
- Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 29979
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
Overall, I thought this was a good set to play on. The only criticisms I would have is the hard parts of bonuses seemed inconsistent at times (some were kind of "gimme" 30s, others were challenging hard parts that good teams had difficulty converting). I won't mention any specifics (is the...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '12-'13
- Replies: 153
- Views: 82004
Re: Illinois '12-'13
Oh! Sorry about that, I was just going off of the spreadsheet my coach was given. That doesn't change anything in terms of qualification, right?
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '12-'13
- Replies: 153
- Views: 82004
Re: Illinois '12-'13
Didn't want to infringe on the Loyola/Maine South kickoff thread, so I'll just post here: For the Wheaton North Kickoff site, there are 16 teams in Uber and 32 teams in standard. From the fact that this is on an NAQT set and the tournament is Gold-Certified by PACE, does this mean: A. The top 8 team...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Niles West BDAT Mirror in Skokie, IL (1/5/13)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20821
Re: Niles West BDAT Mirror in Skokie, IL (1/5/13)
Can you give an estimate on what the field cap might look like? Thanks!
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '12-'13
- Replies: 153
- Views: 82004
Re: Illinois '12-'13
So now that I have played most of the teams in question, I think I can offer my $0.02 on how IL is going to turn out this year. 1. IMSA. They're a super solid team. I've only played Anton a few times, but he's scary good. 2. Loyola. Ian and Morgan are incredibly good players, and they have other sol...
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Horatio Nelson Memorial Tournament at MSU, October 20
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10376
Re: Horatio Nelson Memorial Tournament at MSU, October 20
I didn't actually hear 125 tossups vs. Loyola B. That would have been a long match...
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU HS Mirror of ACF Fall: November 3, 2012 in DeKalb, IL
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10417
Re: NIU HS Mirror of ACF Fall: November 3, 2012 in DeKalb, IL
"Aurora Way East B" is officially withdrawing from the tournament; I have contacted ACF about this as well.
Way East A is still in.
Way East A is still in.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8280
Re: Specific question discussion
I know that our AP chemistry class spent about a month using ICE boxes. Really? We may have to rearrange things then. I've never heard of them, despite having taken a not insignificant amount of chemistry. Yeah, ICE Tables are a pretty big thing in AP Chem - we spent quite a while on them as well. ...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8280
Re: Specific question discussion
Well, my reasoning is as follows: "an ideal voltage source and one of these devices in series." - someone who doesn't know a thing about Thevenin's theorem could fraud with resistor here; there's no way that specific phrase could apply to any other simple circuit component like a capacitor...