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by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:48 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: NIPPON (Japan themed vanity packet)
Replies: 2
Views: 4998

Re: NIPPON (Japan themed vanity packet)

I will read NIPPON at 10 PM Eastern on Monday, October 24.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:28 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: NIPPON (Japan themed vanity packet)
Replies: 2
Views: 4998

NIPPON (Japan themed vanity packet)

I've written a packet of 20 open-difficulty tossups about Japan that I'd like to read on Discord next week. If you're interested, please fill out the poll above. The time will be 10 PM Eastern on the date with the most votes received by Sunday, October 23. The distribution is approximately 50% relig...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu Aug 11, 2022 10:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

I uploaded the set to the packet archive, and it's pending approval for public release.

FIN
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Chicago Open Finals 2
Replies: 1
Views: 3444

Re: Chicago Open Finals 2

By popular demand, I'll re-read the Tiebreaker and Finals 1 packets on Thursday at 8:00 PM Eastern. That should allow for a short break before the Finals 2 reading I announced in the OP. Since the former packets are clear, I expect people to follow the honor system if they've already heard particula...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:30 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4636

2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion

This is your specific question discussion thread for 2022 Chicago Open. I'll read Finals 2 on Discord very soon (see this post), and then I'll upload the set.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:25 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 12324

2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion

This is your general discussion thread for 2022 Chicago Open. I’d like to thank the following people: -above all, Kurtis Droge, who is the MVP of this set and deserves the lion’s share of the head editing credit; -our amazing team of seven subject editors; -our equally amazing team of three logistic...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:23 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Chicago Open Finals 2
Replies: 1
Views: 3444

Chicago Open Finals 2

I will read packet 19 (Finals 2) of 2022 Chicago Open on Discord on Thursday, August 11 starting at 10:00 PM Eastern. All are welcome.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

A team has dropped from the field, and a team has joined the field. We remain at 27.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

I've updated rosters and team names based on the unofficial spreadsheet. Please DM me with any corrections. To the teams that haven't provided a team name: if you don't DM me a team name by the end of this weekend, the editors will assign you one, and I can't guarantee that a late-breaking request t...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Due to administrative considerations, we are setting the final field cap for this tournament at 27 teams. We encourage free agents to reach out to teams that are still looking for players, and we also encourage teams to communicate roster changes promptly if someone has to drop between now and the d...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed May 18, 2022 5:53 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open Playtesting
Replies: 1
Views: 1608

2022 Chicago Open Playtesting

This is the official call for playtesters for 2022 Chicago Open. We're going to organize these sessions by subject area, so you're welcome to sign up for as many or as few categories as you like. Please fill out this Google Form to express interest. Thank you!
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sat May 14, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Maryland Summer Open Interest + Date Poll
Replies: 11
Views: 2533

Re: Maryland Summer Open Interest + Date Poll

I am interested and would appreciate any tips for going between Richmond and UMD and places to stay near the latter. Best way to get to UMD from Richmond is to somehow get to Charlottesville then Amtrak up to somewhere near DC and then take transit up to College Park. Alternatively you could take g...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sat May 14, 2022 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Maryland Summer Open Interest + Date Poll
Replies: 11
Views: 2533

Re: Maryland Summer Open Interest + Date Poll

I am interested and would appreciate any tips for going between Richmond and UMD and places to stay near the latter. Best way to get to UMD from Richmond is to somehow get to Charlottesville then Amtrak up to somewhere near DC and then take transit up to College Park. Alternatively you could take g...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu May 12, 2022 6:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

When the deadline states "by Saturday," does that mean the packet needs to be in by 12:01 AM Saturday or just any time that day? I would love to have more time of the weekend to work on the packet if needed. Seconded--traditional deadlines tend to be more along the lines of "11:59 Su...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed May 11, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

There are 26 teams currently registered, so there's only 1 spot left to claim before the field cap is reached! After that, we will put you on the waitlist.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue May 03, 2022 12:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Yes, this is what I get for posting late in the evening, and it's part of why I'm not the TD! Ryan helpfully pointed out to me in DMs a 26 team schedule that only uses 12 rooms, and I belatedly realized that this is possible for 27 teams as well (a 9/9/9 into 9/9/9 schedule where prelim losses carry...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon May 02, 2022 11:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

What would be the schedule for a 25-team CO? (Disclaimer: Jacob owns the official schedule, so I'm just speaking as an individual here, not in an authoritative capacity) If we do reach 25 teams (which would be amazing!), I envision something like this: Prelims: 9/8/8, 9 rounds Playoffs: 6/6/6/7, 7 ...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon May 02, 2022 10:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Due to the unprecedented level of interest, we have decided to make 2 important changes: (1) We are switching to a half-packet submission model. (2) We are imposing a tentative field cap of 26 teams. Please refer to the OP for further details. If you have any questions, we would be happy to answer t...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Cheynem wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:25 pm Did you get our team's registration?
Yes, you must have signed up shortly after the last time I checked. I've updated the list.

If any team marked "TBD" comes up with a name over the next 3 months, just send me a PM. Otherwise the editors will assign you a team name.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

I updated the OP with a list of the teams that have officially registered as of 4/6/22. I also added the Caucasus to the list of geographical areas that are part of the European History distribution for this tournament, in case that wasn't clear before.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open

Cheynem wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:27 pm Can you put the date in the thread name?
I have updated the OP accordingly. I would also like to note that Mia McGill has joined the CO team as our misconduct representative.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

This is the official announcement for 2022 Chicago Open, to be held at Northwestern University on Saturday, August 6. Jacob O'Rourke will be the tournament director, Em Gunter will be the assistant tournament director, and Mia McGill will be the misconduct representative. Editing Team The head edito...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: Seeking Collaborators
Replies: 1
Views: 2450

2022 Chicago Open: Seeking Collaborators

I am excited to announce that Kurtis Droge and I (Austin Brownlow) will be head-editing the 2022 Louisville Chicago Open. This post is an open call for subject editors in all categories other than Literature, History, and Religion. That means over half of the distribution is yours to claim! (Note th...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open
Replies: 2
Views: 2569

Re: 2022 Chicago Open

Since there seems to be a dearth of volunteers, and I have a decent store of question ideas saved up after 4+ years out of the game, I'll put myself forward for Religion and History. I'm not up to the task of head editing solo, but co-head editor is a possibility if I'm able to focus on question con...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: On Tossup Writing Considered as one of the Fine Arts
Replies: 1
Views: 2592

On Tossup Writing Considered as one of the Fine Arts

(a sample of rejected titles: The Tossup with a Thousand Faces; The Tossup in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction; How to Explain Tossups to a Dead Hare) This post is my attempt to reproduce my thought process during the writing of a single tossup for 2017 ACF Nationals. I did not take notes while wr...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
Replies: 70
Views: 42353

Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion

Warning: Wall O’ Text. Responses to content-related comments come first, then at the bottom is more on my approach to using/not using submissions. The tossup on viscosity includes a prompt for "momentum diffusivity", but not for the broader category of "diffusion coefficient", ev...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
Replies: 70
Views: 42353

Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion

I may post in more detail at some point regarding my overall quizbowl philosophy as it manifested in my contributions to this set, but for now, I want to make a few scene-setting remarks: I wrote almost all of the tossups in physics, astronomy, earth science, and mythology from scratch, as well as m...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Personal Quizbowl Endgame Scenarios
Replies: 3
Views: 3860

Re: Personal Quizbowl Endgame Scenarios

When is a healthy time to leave?
For me, right now.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 3818

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

So sorry, I had no idea - thought it was a set from a previous year! I self-edited even further than you did, Mike, just to be on the safe side.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Apr 13, 2016 12:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 3818

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

The lead-in to the question on [REDACTED due to it apparently relating to a set that isn't clear yet-PM me if you want to know, Brian] is apparently a very well-known chestnut. This was the most egregious misplaced early clue that I remember people talking about. There were some other questions that...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Apr 13, 2016 12:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7281

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER General Discussion

I think that, for what was basically a guerilla tournament written in a week, this was pretty good. It doesn't hold a candle to a well-curated set like Lederberg 2, but it was still fun to play. I can give some more specific feedback when I see the packets. Also +1 to the praise for these stats! Th...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41899

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

This was a lot of fun. Substantive commentary to come in the discussion forum once I look at the set. Many thanks to the editors for putting this together.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41899

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

What's the per-20 distribution of each packet, i.e. for which categories will there be fewer questions than in the submission distro?
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41899

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

EDIT: Oh snap I thought this was a PM. Whatever, I guess it's public now. Sorry. Hi Billy, I don't want to have to bring this up publicly, but I thought I should tell you in response to your post that not only have I written half of the questions for the Stanford A ACF Nationals packet, all of which...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41899

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

Secondly, if you're the powers that be, I urge you to cancel / postpone this tournament again to something more sensible. I urge this not to happen; rather, people should just be responsible with their writing. Seconded, mainly for the selfish reason that if this doesn't happen at Nats I won't get ...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Pre-Nats Poll
Replies: 8
Views: 5657

Re: Pre-Nats Poll

For what it's worth, here are the finalized Stanford rosters. We might be the only school with substantive A and B team differences between the national tournaments, so I'm not sure whether this will be useful in creating a single ranking for each team or just make it more difficult. NAQT ICT A: Aus...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" General Discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 7780

Re: General Discussion

What was the classification question? Was that cs? I honestly only remember hearing one distinctly cs tossup on joins but am probably misremembering one of the more math ones. That was math. Design patterns, qubits, and gradient descent were the other CS tossups. I've been overwhelmed with schoolwo...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 14359

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

Could someone please post the tossup on Chinese (from poetry)? I felt hosed by it, but I want to see if my complaint is valid or not. 7. A poem written in this language is often referred to as the “Star Gauge,” and can be read forward, backward, horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or in color-cod...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" on Skype (March 12, 2016)
Replies: 9
Views: 7949

Re: "stanford housewrite" on Skype (March 12, 2016)

This tournament is cancelled due to lack of interest. Sorry.
by Galadedrid Damodred
Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 14359

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

The clue about the HMS Agincourt in the Brazilian First Republic tossup is sub-optimal for two reasons: 1. Commissioning has a technical military meaning (officially entering into service with a navy) that is different from its everyday meaning (putting in an order). In the case of the HMS Agincour...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 14359

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

Tell Nathan to stop writing on P2; before the tournament, I was telling people (half in jest, half seriously) to study up on their P2 members because Nathan was writing for this tournament. You tell him that. I don't see what the problem is--do people do studies on what different question writers l...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" General Discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 7780

Re: General Discussion

There's not as many answers available for pre-modern world history, that's true - you can't toss up nearly as many leaders or countries. But there is a wealth of clues to be mined - they aren't flashy or anything (compared to exciting named events, death squads, and coups) but there are mountains u...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" General Discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 7780

Re: General Discussion

If anything, I think the middle parts of bonuses tended to be a bit generous - a lot of them felt like they had two easy parts (by this set's standards) or Regionals-level middle parts. This, of course, is still better than having bonuses be way too hard. Most (though not all, but that's inevitable...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Christmas Present: General Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 2190

Re: General Discussion

I'm not much qualified to comment on the philosophy or social science, but it did seem like in those categories especially there was an odd mix of very straightforward, super-canonical, approximately Regionals-difficulty questions with the occasional way-out question on something that most CO editor...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 14359

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

I don't think there's a real hard part in the Suharto / Indonesia / Asian financial crisis bonus - there's barely even a real middle part. The Asian financial crisis is one of the most important modern economic events - I'd put it right up there with the dot-com bubble and only really below the 200...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" on Skype (March 12, 2016)
Replies: 9
Views: 7949

Re: "stanford housewrite" on Skype (March ??, 2016)

Hey, if this is going to happen on March 12 then we need at least 4 teams to register this week. There's still no sign of a Northeast mirror materializing, so figure out what you're doing, people!
by Galadedrid Damodred
Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" General Discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 7780

Re: General Discussion

I'm too busy trying to make sure I graduate in the next 3 weeks to be able to post a lengthy manifesto concerning my approach to writing questions for this tournament, but here's a list of the raw tossups that I wrote. Some of them were changed more than others, but I'll take the blame for anything ...
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:15 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" at Maryland (February 27, 2016)
Replies: 31
Views: 19553

Re: "stanford housewrite" at Maryland (February 27, 2016)

I just emailed the set to Sarang Yeola. Hope everyone enjoys the tournament!
by Galadedrid Damodred
Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" at Stanford (February 27, 2016)
Replies: 37
Views: 19786

Re: "stanford housewrite" at Stanford (February 27, 2016)

I just sent out a logistics email to the contacts for all registered teams. I also decided to avoid any further confusion by finalizing the schedule as follows: "stanford housewrite", then Eyes, then Christmas Present on Saturday and Cottage Bowl on Sunday. Christmas Present and Cottage Bo...