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- Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49583
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
I'll be starting law school at Stanford in August! I don't plan on playing competitively, but I'd be down to moderate tournaments / sit in on Botticelli at TAP (if y'all still do that?) as my schedule allows.
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6933
Re: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)
Congratulations to Cixi and the Banshees (Evan Nagler & Erik Christensen) for their first place finish at this event! They defeated Melon Commentary and the Infinite Blandness (Ali Saeed & Kazuma Shimanaka) in a close-fought final. I & Love & Thou (Ryan Rosenberg & William Holub-...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 PAveMEnT: Discussion Regarding Specific PAveMEnt Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 382
Re: Discussion Regarding Specific PAveMEnt Questions
Great set, and thanks to the writers for their hard and creative work. I learned a lot and was also moved to revisit a lot of my favorite music. Cosigning this. I'll also add that, as someone who inherited his (objectively bad) taste in music from his parents, it was a fun bonding experience to pla...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27407
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Thought I'd mention a small error I ran into while reading over Editors 1: [10] In 1866, the American steamer General Sherman attempted to emulate Perry’s expedition by visiting this non-Japanese East Asian city; however, the ship was destroyed by this city’s residents. The USS Pueblo was captured ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Sure! I'll share them with you tonight.UlyssesInvictus wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:18 pmAny chance I could get the Word/Google Docs version of the files?vengefulsweatermensch wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:34 pm The set has been posted in the packet archive.
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The set has been posted in the packet archive.
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27407
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Could I see the tossup on special relativity? There was a clue early on that mentioned a relativistic quantity, which threw me off. Sorry to have missed this - here you go! 3. The Dirac equation modifies the Schrödinger equation to account for the results of this theory. A prediction of this theory...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27407
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Nathan is presumably using a single team name as shorthand for a packet that combines submissions from multiple teams, as well as questions written by editors. (This makes more sense if you can see the packet headers and file names.) Yep, that's it. The Eyjafjallajökull bonus was made easier in Bri...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27407
ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Discuss specific questions and errata here. Several issues were caught and corrected on Saturday night, the most glaring being: 1) repeated line in Oboe bonus (Georgia A) 2) use of the word “cathedral” in the “cathedrals” tossup (Georgia A) 3) incorrectly ordered Cervantes bonus (Michigan State C) 4...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14031
ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Welcome to the discussion thread for ACF Fall 2018! I hope you enjoyed playing our questions. Here’s who edited what: Rahul - European literature, visual fine arts, other fine arts, social science Olivia - American literature, British literature, World literature, any/other literature Young - religi...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Thanks to all the teams that played ACF Fall this weekend! I hope you enjoyed playing our set. Discussion threads will be posted as soon as I've received confirmation that the California HS mirror is over.
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Packets have been sent to the Sunday mirrors.
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Packets have been sent to the Saturday mirrors. If you haven't received the set but should have, email me ASAP. When will hosts get the info for what teams packets were used? I could use it to start making our schedule and to see how I need to set up bye rounds. I emailed the Acf fall email twice no...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall South Atlantic - Tusculum University, 11-03-2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4076
Re: ACF Fall South Atlantic - Tusculum University, 11-03-2018
Tusculum University's mirror of ACF Fall has been cancelled. The teams affected by this cancellation have been notified and are encouraged to attend Georgia Tech's mirror instead.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Hi everybody, I need to apologize for the logistical issues that this tournament has suffered the last few weeks, which are entirely my fault. I have been neglecting the community-facing side of the head editor job for a bit, now, and the grievances taken up in this thread and elsewhere are due to t...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
I mistakenly filled out the registration form twice when I meant to edit it, so it should be noted that only one of the listed Delaware teams on the spreadsheet is correct (the one listed as packet-optional). I emailed the ACF Fall email account about this nearly a week ago but no action seems to h...
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Just now! Thank you for your patience with my luddite ways.Milhouse wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:24 pmHas this happened yet?vengefulsweatermensch wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:59 pmSure, as soon as I get the Google forms script to work!theking259 wrote:Could we get access to the google sheet of the fields?
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Will there be a Florida mirror? Ideally at either UF or UCF? The first packet submission deadline is next week and I would prefer not to submit a pack without the knowledge that we can attend this tournament. The turn out for the Florida mirror last year was very good and there is no reason not the...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The packet submission requirement this thread is: Packet submission Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2017 is required to submit a half-packet, unless it is a high school team attending a high school-only mir...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
High school mirrors Beginning with ACF Fall 2018, ACF will allow high school teams to attend select mirrors of ACF Fall. Hosts interested in having high school teams attend their mirror should contact fall2018acf@gmail.com to apply for an exemption. If this exemption is granted, hosts will work wit...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
In unrelated news, the editors have asked me to announce two slight changes to the tournament distribution. (1) The “painting” category, which as been renamed “visual fine arts,” has been expanded to include questions on sculpture as well as painting. (2) Questions on opera are now considered part o...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Prospective hosts should expect to receive an update on their bid status this weekend. Would it be possible for us to have an update on the status of our bids? Thanks! The announcement has been updated to include the first slate of mirror sites. I will be contacting hosts later today to inform them...
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Can we expect sites to be announced soon? We'd like to get an early start on collegiate outreach, and it really helps to have an actual tournament to invite teams to. I made an (unannounced) decision to postpone site announcements one week to drum up more bids. Prospective hosts should expect to re...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The email address linked in the above post doesn't seem to exist yet? At the very least, both the emails I've sent asking for a distribution have failed, claiming that the address doesn't exist. Good catch - the actual email address is fall2018acf@gmail.com. I've fixed the original post accordingly.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2774
Re: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Congratulations are in order to this year's ACF Fall editors: Ashwin Ramaswami , Neil Vinjamuri , Nitin Rao , Olivia Lamberti , Rahul Keyal and Young Lee . I'm excited to begin working with them, and I can't wait for the community to see what this team of talented individuals is capable of accomplis...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37179
ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
I am pleased to announce that this year’s iteration of ACF Fall will take place the weekend of November 3, 2018 . The set will be edited by Ashwin Ramaswami, Neil Vinjamuri, Nitin Rao, Olivia Lamberti, Rahul Keyal and Young Lee. I, Nathan Weiser, will be overseeing set production, with assistance fr...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2774
Re: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Hello all,
This year's application will close at midnight, 12:00 AM, July the 22nd (aka the Monday after this coming Monday). If you are interested in applying but unable to make this deadline for some reason, email me at [email protected] and we'll see if we can work something out.
This year's application will close at midnight, 12:00 AM, July the 22nd (aka the Monday after this coming Monday). If you are interested in applying but unable to make this deadline for some reason, email me at [email protected] and we'll see if we can work something out.
- Tue May 29, 2018 7:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3835
Re: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
...and it's been posted! Thank you for your patience.vengefulsweatermensch wrote:Yes - one should be posted by the end of the week.rahulkeyal wrote:Are there plans for ACF to release a similar form for Fall 2018 in the near future?
- Tue May 29, 2018 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2774
ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Once again, ACF has decided to solicit applications for subject editorship of ACF Fall. We're looking to assemble a team of enthusiastic, reliable editors to help us build upon the success of last year's well-regarded ACF Fall set. If you're interested in helping us out, apply! To do so, please fill...
- Tue May 22, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3835
Re: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
Yes - one should be posted by the end of the week.rahulkeyal wrote:Are there plans for ACF to release a similar form for Fall 2018 in the near future?
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 52
- Views: 38272
Re: Players Choice Awards
A few people have submitted suggestions for awards so far, but not very many. At the very least, there's some submissions that I'd like to highlight as inspiration for others, including some very goofy ones that I love. If you have any ideas (inspired by below), I'd encourage you to submit them her...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5326
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Did the "gullah" tossup refer to Daughters of the Dust as a documentary? That'd be wrong - it's definitely a fictional film. I may have misheard the moderator, though...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14360
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
* If anyone in sociology wants to come here and tell me that the Middletown Studies are a landmark text that everyone should know, I'd be glad to admit it. Actually important and interesting things I've never heard of are what quizbowl is all about! I'm in American Studies, not sociology, but yes t...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
vinteuil wrote:ProfessorIanDuncan wrote:merv1618 wrote:Hey Ya! because good god people
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside Hey Ya WHY I AM PERSONALLY INVESTED IN THE RESULTS OF THIS ROUND'S VOTES: 1) The "Mr. Brightside" video is probably the first music video I ever saw. In and of itself, it isn't a particularly revelatory example of the form - especially compared to the "Hey Ya" and ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 88
- Views: 22856
Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Oh boy! Did this tossup get cut, or folded into the Agatha Christie TU? (As a Billy Wilder fanboy, I'd love to see the original version, if anyone wants to post it/PM it to me).CPiGuy wrote:"Witness for the Prosecution"
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand v...
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
Insert "Usher should've campaigned in Michigan and Wisconsin" joke here.merv1618 wrote:This is the moment Donald Trump became president of the United States.AKKOLADE wrote:
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West 23, Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris 16
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya!
One More Time
Dog Days Are Over
Lose Yourself
Feel Good Inc.
American Boy
1901
Hurt
"Dashboard" is an execrable song.
One More Time
Dog Days Are Over
Lose Yourself
Feel Good Inc.
American Boy
1901
Hurt
"Dashboard" is an execrable song.
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE OVER: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Wake Up by Arcade Fire Doctor Parcival began to plead with George Willard. "You must pay attention to me," he urged. ...
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. D...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Stuck Be...
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 1:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party "99 Problems" was on the Battlefield 3 soundtrack. "Helicopter" was on the FIFA 06 soundtrack. So, yeah, "Helicopter" wins. Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead because duh. Easily the best pop song of the decade (and the lead single off of St. Elsewhere , a criminally underrated album). Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera Would've put "Holiday" or "Jesu...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4562
Re: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
In addition to Penn Bowl, we'll be hosting a mirror of Mike Bentley's Eyes That Do Not See visual set. This should commence as soon as the regular tournament ends, probably around 6 PM. See you on Saturday! Actually, due to some scheduling issues with the brothers Keyal, we've decided to postpone t...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4562
Re: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
In addition to Penn Bowl, we'll be hosting a mirror of Mike Bentley's Eyes That Do Not See visual set. This should commence as soon as the regular tournament ends, probably around 6 PM.
See you on Saturday!
EDIT: disregard this! See below.
See you on Saturday!
EDIT: disregard this! See below.
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 2017)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 96410
Re: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 20
Our mirror will be on January 27th, 2018. A separate announcement will be posted soon.Mike Bentley wrote:Any update on when the Stanford mirror will be?
[edited to correct my silly typo - we plan to host this tournament on the 27th, not the 20th]
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 43902
Re: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
I'll note here that Yale's Stephen Eltinge will be working on ACF Regionals, and that Adam Silverman (now most of Northwestern's scoring, barring a drastic change) writes many questions for PACE and HSAPQ. Strong, experienced science writers/editors are in no small part a major constraining factor ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20699
Re: Preseason Poll
Here is the postseason poll. It would probably be useful for people to post about who is leaving, joining, etc. 4. Stanford Stephen and Benjy are gone. I'm still here; Kyle Sutherlin, Jennie Yang, and Eric Kilgore are still here; Nikhil Desai is back (!!) and, so far as I know, intends to play; Max...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 2017)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 96410
Re: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 20
Due to scheduling conflicts in the fall, our mirror will most likely be held sometime in January or February - exact date to be announced soon.Mike Bentley wrote:Not sure who the Stanford TD is, but when can we expect a confirmed date?