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- Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:17 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: PACE Call for Nominations - Summer 2022
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1634
Re: PACE Call for Nominations - Summer 2022
The deadline for nominations and applications for PACE membership has been adjusted to the end of day July 9th (posts by users under 7 posts will disappear if they attempt to edit it, prompting my post here).
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:31 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: 2021-2022 PACE Officers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2235
Re: 2021-2022 PACE Officers
Em Gunter has resigned the position of Director of Communications, but will remain a member of PACE. Mia McGill will be the interim Director of Communications while PACE goes through the procedure of electing a replacement.
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A Proposal for the PACE Mentorship Program
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1496
Re: A Proposal for the PACE Mentorship Program
Thanks for making this suggestion, Kevin. We'll discuss implementing this after NSC weekend is over.
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 PACE NSC: June 5-6 - Congratulations TJHSST A!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9329
Re: 2021 PACE NSC: June 5-6 (Online)
As of yesterday afternoon, the field cap for the 2021 PACE NSC has been reached at 72 teams. One team is currently on the waitlist.
The list of teams in the field and on the waitlist can be found on our website.
The list of teams in the field and on the waitlist can be found on our website.
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4010
Re: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
The deadline to submit nominations for the Cooper Awards is today! If you would like to make any submissions, please do so by the end of the day.
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4010
Re: 2021 Benjamin Cooper Awards
Just under a week remains to submit nominees for the Benjamin Cooper Awards. We look forward to receiving your nominations!
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1938
Re: 2021 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship
Hello,
Two weeks remain until applications for the Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship are due. Seniors intending to apply for the scholarship should be prepared to submit their application by the end of the day on March 15th.
Thank you!
Two weeks remain until applications for the Morgan Costa-Rhodes Scholarship are due. Seniors intending to apply for the scholarship should be prepared to submit their application by the end of the day on March 15th.
Thank you!
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Game Management System
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2881
Re: Game Management System
Hello, The deadline to apply for the position is coming up, in 5 days. If you're interested, please let us know soon. In addition, one of the applicants asked about the expected timeline of development. We expect this to be a two-month project, and we're comfortable waiting until May to start workin...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Game Management System
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2881
Re: Game Management System
Is this a contracted, payment-on-delivery/benchmark offer, or is it salaried? It seems the former, but I ask mainly because the post implies that multiple devs will be hired together, and it's slightly odd to hire devs who don't know each other but deliver payment to each together. Can the expected...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Game Management System
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2881
Game Management System
PACE is currently looking to hire a developer or developer team to complete a game management system, to be made available to the larger quizbowl community when it is completed (akin to Yellowfruit or QEMS2). The ultimate goal is to produce a tool that permits moderators to easily read and keep scor...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Game Management System
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3118
Game Management System
Cross-posted from collegiate discussion. PACE is currently looking to hire a developer or developer team to complete a game management system, to be made available to the larger quizbowl community when it is completed (akin to Yellowfruit or QEMS2). The ultimate goal is to produce a tool that permi...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145590
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND THREE; SUBMIT BY 11/14]
Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime
U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Police, Don’t Stand So Close To Me
New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Pass
Hall and Oates, “Maneater”
Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”
NWA, “Express Yourself”
Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
Journey, “Open Arms”
U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Police, Don’t Stand So Close To Me
New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Pass
Hall and Oates, “Maneater”
Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”
NWA, “Express Yourself”
Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
Journey, “Open Arms”
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145590
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND ONE; SUBMIT BY 11/8]
Can we convert this to a Google poll or something like that for future rounds? It's a pain to submit votes by typing out answers in a post, it would be easier for the organizer to tally, folks wouldn't have to scroll through very long posts to find Mik's posts, and it might increase voter turnout. 1...
- Sat May 16, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Black Magic Woman
Wild World
Mr. Blue Sky
Beast of Burden
no vote
Ain't No Sunshine
Highway to Hell
What's Going On
Wild World
Mr. Blue Sky
Beast of Burden
no vote
Ain't No Sunshine
Highway to Hell
What's Going On
- Wed May 13, 2020 12:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Cars I Will Survive American Woman Ramblin' Man Tangled Up in Blue Mississippi Queen Layla Brass in Pocket Amusingly, this almost entirely nullifies Moses's last minute ballot except I Will Survive and Ramblin' Man... except that he apparently voted for both Layla and Ain't No Love in the Heart of t...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Walk on the Wild Side vs. Funk #49 Lawyers, Guns and Money vs. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) American Woman vs. Teenage Kicks 25 or 6 to 4 vs. Pressure Drop I’ll Take You There vs. Flash Light Disorder vs. Back Stabbers The Great Gig in the Sky vs. Stuck in the Middle With You Don't Ask Me Questions v...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Stay with Me vs. Rapper's Delight O-o-h Child vs. $1000 Wedding - the song that won the dance-off to save the universe! I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) vs. Ballroom Blitz God Save the Queen vs. Rich Girl Life's Been Good vs. Express Yourself - the first real tough matchup... Turn The Pag...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love Coal Miner's Daughter vs. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right Is She Really Going Out With Him? Vs. Go All the Way Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe vs. War Just What I Needed vs. Love the One You’re With Heart...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Doctor, My Eyes . No contest here. Easy . Holy crap, that's a tough matchup. This was almost a coin flip for me. Smiling Faces Sometimes . Again, very difficult, but I guess I just like this song slightly better. The Shape I'm In . This is odd. The Band has much better songs, but Gil Scott-Heron ha...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Right Place Wrong Time . Surrender is a fine song, but Right Place Wrong time is 150% better. Closer to the Heart . It's highly unfortunate that this was the Rush selection, because there are a bunch of songs that are much better (in fact, if Permanent Waves had been released just two weeks earlier...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353428
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the Devil vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Roxanne vs. Fooled Around and Fell in Love Lust For Life vs. Baker Street Marquee Moon vs. Let Your Love Flow Highway to Hell vs. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
- Replies: 132
- Views: 54643
Re: College Nationals and Its Problems
Separately, Matt Bollinger has posted about this elsewhere and I can confirm it: it's very difficult to rise that far that fast without absolutely wrecking your mental health and a host of other things about your life. I don't think it's right that quiz bowl should fetishize the Stakhanovite underg...
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: Terrapin Open
- Replies: 6
- Views: 695
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: Terrapin Open
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Jerry Vinokurov
Bentley/Magin/Rosenberg/Vinokurov
Alt: Mike Bentley
Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Jerry Vinokurov
Bentley/Magin/Rosenberg/Vinokurov
Alt: Mike Bentley
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Walter Zhang
ADD Jerry Vinokurov
DROP Columbia B
ADD Mike Bentley
ADD Jerry Vinokurov
DROP Columbia B
ADD Mike Bentley
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6461
Re: 2020 SCT general discussion
As a moderator, I appreciated the intent of the complicated answer line warning, but I found that putting it at the very top of the pack meant that in practice, I completely forgot about where the complicated answer actually was and to pay extra attention to it once I got into reading the pack. So ...
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT
- Replies: 9
- Views: 671
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT
Prieto/Chowdhury:
Charles Hang
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ohio State A
Alt: Walter Zhang
Charles Hang
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ohio State A
Alt: Walter Zhang
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25592
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
As you can see, "prologue" was not explicitly mentioned in the answerline precisely because I did not want to make it longer than it already was (and, quite frankly, it's not that long as it stands), and I instead elected to include the phrase "descriptions such as" and allow th...
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 631
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam
OSU A
Alt: Ryan Bilger
Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam
OSU A
Alt: Ryan Bilger
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: MWT
- Replies: 9
- Views: 743
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: MWT
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Charles Hang
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ryan Bilger
Columbia B
Alternate: Walter Zhang
Charles Hang
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ryan Bilger
Columbia B
Alternate: Walter Zhang
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Alex Sankaran
ADD Ryan Bilger
DROP Kai Smith
ADD Walter Zhang
DROP Stanford
ADD Columbia B
ADD Ryan Bilger
DROP Kai Smith
ADD Walter Zhang
DROP Stanford
ADD Columbia B
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16322
Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Packets have been uploaded to the archive here.
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
- Replies: 11
- Views: 898
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Fall Open
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Kai Smith
OSU+ (Ray/Smith/Smith)
Alt: Evan Lynch
Charles Hang
Stephen Eltinge
Kai Smith
OSU+ (Ray/Smith/Smith)
Alt: Evan Lynch
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14825
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Hey Drew and Chandler, just as an example of this from this year's packet, we had 3-4 different submissions from different teams all on Fire Emblem, which was synthesized into one question. Similarly, there were like 3-4 submissions all about Frankenstein, which turned into just one final question....
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Alex Sankaran
ADD Matt Mitchell
ADD Matt Mitchell
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 9:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Rebecca Rosenthal
ADD Oli Clarke
ADD Oli Clarke
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
- Replies: 12
- Views: 915
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Alex Schmidt
Alex Sankaran
Rebecca Rosenthal
Stanford A
Alex Schmidt
Alex Sankaran
Rebecca Rosenthal
Stanford A
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Oli Clarke
ADD Rebecca Rosenthal
ADD Rebecca Rosenthal
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP: Ryan Bilger
ADD: Alex Sankaran
ADD: Alex Sankaran
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Fred Zhang
ADD Stephen Eltinge
ADD Stephen Eltinge
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 2: Penn Bowl
- Replies: 9
- Views: 841
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 2: Penn Bowl
Prieto/Chowdhury:
Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ohio State A
Alt: Oliver Clarke
Charles Hang
Evan Lynch
Vishwa Shanmugam
Ohio State A
Alt: Oliver Clarke
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11502
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019
Two questions: will there be steps taken to ensure the 9 round prelim situation that happened last year does not happen again? How is the set production progressing, since no progress reports have been released yet?
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT
- Replies: 11
- Views: 963
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: EFT
Chowdhury/Prieto:
Ryan Bilger
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam
Stanford A
alternate: Oli Clarke
Ryan Bilger
Alex Schmidt
Vishwa Shanmugam
Stanford A
alternate: Oli Clarke
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7286
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Rob Carson
ADD Kai Smith
ADD Kai Smith
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL Online
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6809
Re: STAR BOWL Online
This was played. Final scores: Eric Mukherjee: 1079 (had a 19-point power for dissing one of my favorite shows) Aakash Patel: 580 Charles Hang: 280 Steven Silverman: 230 Ian Dewan: 210 Brick Barrientos: 190 Chinmay Kansara: 80 If you'd still like to hear the set, send me a message sometime in the ne...
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL Online
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6809
Re: STAR BOWL Online
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL Online
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6809
Re: STAR BOWL Online
This will take place on Saturday, September 14th, at 7 pm. The current count is seven people, so we'll stick with one room for the time being. The people who have signed up can expect an email shortly. If you're one of the maybe people and 7:00 pm does not work for you, we'll discuss over email abou...
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL Online
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6809
STAR BOWL Online
Hello, It was pointed out to me I neglected to post an announcement here about a couple online things happening in relation to STAR BOWL: 1. For people who played the NSC mirror, I am reading 15 questions tonight which were not written in time for the NSC mirror. If you would like to hear them, shoo...
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16322
Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Hello, I'm setting up an online mirror of STAR BOWL, which should last 2.5 hours on one day during the weekend of September 13-15. If you're interested, here is the link to the sign-up spreadsheet . Right now, it's a shootout, but if we get 12 or more people, we're either going to break it up into a...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16322
Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Hi, just confirming that the set was indeed completed prior to the Michigan shootout. If anybody would like to hold a mirror, please send me an email. Thanks!
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15222