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by Saltasassi
Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 9683

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion

Thanks I'm a little late to the party, but I just wanted to say some quick thanks and other stuff. First of all, it was an honor to be an editor for this year's ACF Nationals. Many thanks to Matt Bo for initially approaching me about this opportunity almost exactly two years ago as well as his pati...
by Saltasassi
Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16
Replies: 4
Views: 3421

Re: Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16

Congratulations to Rational Dress League (Neil/Anderson/Ryan/Mike) for winning Stanford's mirror of Fall Open! They beat Stanford+ (Natan/Marianna/Stephen/Nathan) in a thrilling one-game final. Thanks to all teams who came out to play! Stats for the day can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/t...
by Saltasassi
Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16
Replies: 4
Views: 3421

Re: Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16

I've updated the field; we're at 5 teams right now, hoping to get a 6th!

UPDATE: We've found a 6th team, so unless there's enough interest to gather 2 more teams, I'll close the field.
by Saltasassi
Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT at Stanford, 10/5
Replies: 1
Views: 3765

Re: 2019 EFT at Stanford, 10/5

Congratulations to Berkeley A for winning Stanford's mirror of 2019 EFT! They, along with Stanford Trees and Stanford Card were all tied at the conclusion of the round-robin. Trees and Card played a match for the right to play Berkeley A in the final. The Trees won the play-in game, but Berkeley A u...
by Saltasassi
Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16
Replies: 4
Views: 3421

Fall Open at Stanford, 11/16

Stanford will be mirroring Fall Open ("approximately halfway between 'regular difficulty' and Chicago Open") on November 16, 2019. For more information about the question set, check out the original announcement: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22134 This is an open t...
by Saltasassi
Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/19
Replies: 1
Views: 2955

2019 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/19

The Northern California mirror of Penn Bowl will take place at Stanford on October 19, 2019. If you'd like to register, please send an email to me (jenniey@stanford.edu) and Aseem Keyal (aseem.keyal@gmail.com) For more information about this year's Penn Bowl, check out the original tournament announ...
by Saltasassi
Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT at Stanford, 10/5
Replies: 1
Views: 3765

2019 EFT at Stanford, 10/5

The Northern California mirror of EFT will take place at Stanford University on October 5, 2019. If you'd like to register, please send an email to me (jenniey@stanford.edu) and Rahul Keyal (rkeyal@berkeley.edu) For more information about this year's EFT, check out the original tournament announceme...
by Saltasassi
Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ILLIAC @ Stanford (4/27)
Replies: 1
Views: 2461

ILLIAC @ Stanford (4/27)

Stanford will be hosting a mirror of ILLIAC on Saturday, April 27. Any undergrad/high school students are eligible to play. The tournament will be of ACF Fall+ difficulty - more information can be found on the original forum announcement: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21741 . ...
by Saltasassi
Sun Mar 10, 2019 12:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)
Replies: 4
Views: 3013

Re: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)

Congratulations to Berkeley A! They won the first game of an advantaged final against stephen sux on a tiebreaker. The final standings are as follows: 1. Berkeley A (Eric/James /Rahul/Rohin) 2. stephen sux (Aseem/Benji/Justin/Kyle) 3. When Harry Met Dele (Anderson/Neil/Ryan/Stephen) 4. "He got ...
by Saltasassi
Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)
Replies: 4
Views: 3013

Re: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)

It's now just a few days before the tournament, and we a nice field size of 8, so I will be closing the field for now. Free agents are still welcome to sign up and join existing teams if spots are available.
by Saltasassi
Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)
Replies: 4
Views: 3013

Re: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)

I have inquired about hosting a mirror of Guerrilla History. If it happens (which it most likely will), it will be after the conclusion of PIANO. We'll probably organize dinner for everyone involved. The mirror fee is - $0 for anyone who submitted a packet for the tournament - $10 for anyone else We...
by Saltasassi
Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)
Replies: 4
Views: 3013

2019 PIANO at Stanford (3/9)

Hello everyone, Stanford will be mirroring PIANO, a nats-prep tournament, on March 9, 2019. For more information about the question set, check out the original announcement: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21685 This is an open tournament, so anyone is welcome to play. I've made...
by Saltasassi
Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin at Stanford (3/2)
Replies: 1
Views: 1980

2019 Terrapin at Stanford (3/2)

Hi everyone, Stanford will be mirroring Terrapin, a medium-difficulty collegiate tournament, on March 2, 2019. Please note that this is a closed tournament open to anyone eligible to play under ACF rules (sorry high schoolers!) You can find more information about the tournament in the original annou...
by Saltasassi
Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 20583

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I just wanted to thank everyone who playtested my questions: Ophir, Sameer Apte, Chris Sims, Alex Dame, Jasper Lee (sorry if I'm forgetting anyone!). The auditory stuff became definitely at least 150% better thanks to their feedback and suggestions. There hasn't been a ton of buzz about the music in...
by Saltasassi
Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
Replies: 5
Views: 3612

Re: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019

We also mirrored the latest Eyes that Do Not See after the tournament. We had an upper and a lower room, with 2-3 people moving between rooms every 20 questions. Points in the upper room are weighted by 2 (30/20/-10), while points in the lower room are normal (15/10/-5). Stats have been compiled in ...
by Saltasassi
Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
Replies: 5
Views: 3612

Re: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019

Congratulations to Berkeley A, our overall and UG winner! Stanford A placed second overall, and UCLA A was our D2 winner. Thanks to all the teams for coming out today, and double thanks to all of our staff for making the day possible. Stats can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5518/
by Saltasassi
Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
Replies: 5
Views: 3612

Re: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019

We will also be running a mirror of Eyes that Do No See after the conclusion of Regionals. If you're interested in participating, please sign up at the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
by Saltasassi
Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

It seems as though Discord is having connectivity issues. I don't really know how to use IRC but I'll attempt to migrate our music playtesting session over to that ASAP. Stay tuned for updates!

UPDATE: Using Slack instead, PM me!
by Saltasassi
Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

I'll be running another playtesting session for the remainder of my questions on Saturday (1/12) at 11 AM PST. If you weren't able to make the last one but are interested in participating, PM me for the link to the Discord server.
by Saltasassi
Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

I've made a Discord server for this evening's Music/Other Auditory playtesting session. PM me for the link!
by Saltasassi
Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

It looks like everyone who's voted in the poll so far is available 6 - 7:30pm PST. (Just want to emphasize that the poll is in PST, so if that changes your answers, please do so soon!) Otherwise, we'll aim for 6 pm PST. I'll be going over all of the Music as well as a handful of Other Auditory Arts ...
by Saltasassi
Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

I've created a Doodle poll to help schedule my playtesting session. If you're interested, please fill this out! I've made 1.5 hour timeslots for now, although I hope we can finish playing and discussing each question much quicker than that.

https://doodle.com/poll/bi459sx4e9g42gas
by Saltasassi
Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
Replies: 26
Views: 12515

Re: ACF Regionals playtesting

I'm wrapping up the classical music, so I'd like to organize a playtesting session for this for some weeknight, either this week or next. If you're interested in helping out, please leave your name in this spreadsheet (so I can get a better idea of how many people to accommodate): https://docs.googl...
by Saltasassi
Tue Jan 01, 2019 4:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
Replies: 5
Views: 3612

Re: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019

Oops my bad, thank you!! It’s been corrected
by Saltasassi
Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
Replies: 5
Views: 3612

ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019

:twisted: Hello everyone! The California mirror of ACF Regionals will be held on January 26, 2019. More info about this year's Regionals can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21588 Please check out that post for more information about packet submission requirements....
by Saltasassi
Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20
Replies: 4
Views: 3881

Re: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20

I realize I have not been maintaining the field in the OP at all, but it's there now!
by Saltasassi
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20
Replies: 4
Views: 3881

Re: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20

Free agents can now sign up via a Google spreadsheet. OP has been updated with the link.
by Saltasassi
Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20
Replies: 4
Views: 3881

Re: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20

We've received permission from Penn to allow open teams at this tournament, within reason. ("Superteams" will not be allowed and will be broken up by the host). The OP has been updated accordingly.
by Saltasassi
Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20
Replies: 4
Views: 3881

2018 Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/20

The Northern California mirror of Penn Bowl will take place at Stanford University on October 20. If you'd like to register, please shoot an email to me (jenniey@stanford.edu">jenniey@stanford.edu) and Jonchee Kao (jonchee.kao@berkeley.edu). If you'd like to sign up as a free agent, add yoursel...
by Saltasassi
Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 EFT at Stanford, 11/10
Replies: 3
Views: 6471

2018 EFT at Stanford, 11/10

The Northern California mirror of EFT will take place at Stanford University on November 10, 2018. (We realize this isn't exactly "early fall" but it works out best for the tournament calendar.) If you'd like to register, please shoot an email to me (jenniey@stanford.edu) and Jonchee Kao (...
by Saltasassi
Wed May 30, 2018 9:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
Replies: 153
Views: 110491

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

I really hope that NAQT as an organization takes the words of the community to heart. As a member of the Northern California circuit, I feel like we are particularly threatened by Matt Bruce's presence in NAQT, as it affects us at a regional level on top of the NCTs. (He was present at our mirror of...
by Saltasassi
Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18
Replies: 3
Views: 4361

Re: WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18

We ran Eyes That Do No See after the conclusion, shoot-out style. After 10 rounds and tiebreakers (110 tossups total), here were the scores: Stephen Liu 25/19/28 - 425 Aseem Keyal 12/19/8 - 330 Nathan Weiser 7/7/5 - 150 Rahul Keyal 5/6/5 - 65 Eric Chen 0/3/0 - 30 Ankit Aggarwal 0/2/5 - -5 Pranav Siv...
by Saltasassi
Sat Jan 27, 2018 10:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18
Replies: 3
Views: 4361

Re: WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18

Congratulations to Berkeley A for winning Stanford's mirror of WAO II! There was a circle of death among Berkeley A, The Lads (Liu/Nguyen/Sutherlin/Gossiaux), and The World According to GARP (Bentley/Gurram/Wang/Aggarwal). The Lads defeated GARP in a play-in game for the right to play Berkeley A (se...
by Saltasassi
Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18
Replies: 3
Views: 4361

WAO 2 at Stanford, 1/27/18

The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the Northern California mirror of the second edition of WAO on Saturday, January 27, 2018. You can register or ask me any questions by posting in this thread or sending me an email (jenniey@stanford.edu). WAO is a packet-submission-optional tournament; ple...
by Saltasassi
Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Thanks and Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 13230

Re: ACF Fall 2017 Thanks and Discussion

Hello everyone, Thank you all for playing this year's edition of Fall. I apologize for any errors that appeared in my slice of the distribution (including the Concerto for Orchestra thing @Sameer and the bad lead-in for the march bonus @everyone). It's been my hardest academic quarter ever, by a lon...
by Saltasassi
Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
Replies: 3
Views: 4484

Re: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21

Hi everyone,

I've updated the field to reflect all of the registrations we've had so far. We are also capping the field at 11 teams to reflect the number of rooms we have available.
by Saltasassi
Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
Replies: 62
Views: 30543

Re: PSA - Don't be a Luddite

We just used the electronic scoring system at Stanford's mirror today. We had some logistical setbacks in the morning that really slowed us down, and the overhead of having to fill out team rosters and stuff didn't necessarily help. But, after everything got settled, it worked really well. I persona...
by Saltasassi
Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: New Collegiate Writers
Replies: 9
Views: 5130

Re: New Collegiate Writers

Here are some thoughts from someone who's very much a fledgling writer: My introduction to the world of writing/editing was very much a right-place-right-time situation. Last year, I had the (mis?)fortune of being new to a team in the thick of writing a nats-minus tournament ("stanford housewri...
by Saltasassi
Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: Scheduling reform
Topic: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 43124

Re: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.

Yep. Also: Jennie's editing ACF Fall, and I'm working on Penn Bowl (and a time-consuming thesis paper), and two of our incoming freshmen are working on the Stevenson set. Given our loss of personnel over the summer (plus our commitment to hosting multiple tournaments this year), I'm offended by the...
by Saltasassi
Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2017 at Stanford, 11/4
Replies: 2
Views: 3401

ACF Fall 2017 at Stanford, 11/4

The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announce the Northern California mirror of the 2017 iteration of ACF Fall, brought to you by Jonathan Magin and friends (including me!), on Saturday, November 4, 2017 . Here is the original ACF Fall announcement: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.ph...
by Saltasassi
Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:30 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
Replies: 3
Views: 4484

Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21

The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the Northern California mirror of the latest edition of Penn Bowl, brought to you by Eric Mukherjee and friends, on Saturday, October 21, 2017 . You can register or ask me any questions by posting in this thread or sending me an email (jenniey@stanford.edu...
by Saltasassi
Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 EFT at Stanford, 10/15 (Sunday)
Replies: 2
Views: 4412

2017 EFT at Stanford, 10/15 (Sunday)

The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the Northern California mirror of the new Early Fall Tournament, head-edited by Will Alston, on Sunday, October 15, 2017 . You can register or ask me any questions by posting in this thread or sending me an email (jenniey@stanford.edu). For general informa...
by Saltasassi
Mon May 29, 2017 12:52 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
Replies: 51
Views: 72587

Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories

ONE YEAR LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN just replace Dallas with my layover in Houston and you know the drill. Maybe I should just avoid Texas for future HSNCT-related travels... As I type this, I am in my tenth hour of sitting in the Dallas Love Field airport, which made me think of this thread. I was supp...
by Saltasassi
Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
Replies: 37
Views: 21733

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)

vengefulsweatermensch wrote:
Your Feline Genome wrote:My teammate Ali Saeed and I are both going to Stanford University and plan to play quizbowl.
:party: :party: :party:
what he said
by Saltasassi
Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford American Tournament @ Stanford, 3/19
Replies: 2
Views: 2407

Re: Oxford American Tournament @ Stanford, 3/19

Stanford beat Berkeley A in the first round of an advantage final to win this tournament. Thanks to all the players who came out to participate, thanks to our moderators Dennis Sun and Neil Gurram, and thanks to Oxford for writing the set. Stats can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tourna...
by Saltasassi
Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals at Stanford (02/18/17)
Replies: 6
Views: 4894

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals at Stanford (02/18/17)

Congratulations to Berkeley A for winning the West Coast mirror of ACF Regionals, clearing the field by 2 games to end up with an 11-0 record. Berkeley B came in second at 9-2. Thank you to all the teams who came out to play this tournament especially to all of our wonderful staff (James Bradbury, A...
by Saltasassi
Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/29
Replies: 1
Views: 2467

Re: Penn Bowl at Stanford, 10/29

Thanks to everyone who came out to Stanford's mirror of Penn Bowl 2016! Congratulations to Berkeley A, who cleared the field to win the tournament. Many thanks to our staffers, Ankit Aggarwal, James Bradbury, Austin Brownlow, and Nikhil Desai, for all their help yesterday. (They certainly made my li...
by Saltasassi
Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT at Stanford, 10/15
Replies: 7
Views: 5628

Re: EFT at Stanford, 10/15

The stats have now been fixed and uploaded to to the tournament's listing on the database.