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- Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:39 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19756
Re: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
I really enjoyed playing this tournament! The literature was some of the best I've ever played and was clearly written and edited with great care. In particular, I thought the American literature did a great job of probing the output of canonical authors like Faulkner and Vonnegut while also highlig...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 50924
Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Minor note on the Morricone tossup: In a piece by this composer, the English horn, and later Edda Dell’Orso’s wordless soprano vocals, play a theme with the notes “short A, long C, short E, long C. Is this intended as a description of the opening of "The Ecstasy of Gold"? Bc that track op...
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 50924
Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
I thought that the female late-20th century photographers bonus was super fun, but I hesitated a bunch over the second two parts because the first elided Goldin’s name in a way that suggested I would have to identify the artist of The Ballad of Sexual Dependenc y for the second part, and then that ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 12:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1239
Re: 2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
Here are the stats for this tournament: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7 ... /combined/. Texas A won the tournament, and Emmy Alme of Rice was the lead scorer.
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1239
Re: 2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
The date for this tournament has moved up one week to March 5th.
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1239
2022 WORKSHOP at UT Austin (03/05/22)
I am pleased to announce that the University of Texas at Austin will be hosting the South Central mirror of 2022 WORKSHOP on Saturday, March 5th, 2022. The tournament will take place at an in-person location for now. I will update this post with the building once it gets confirmed. The opening meeti...
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals at UT Austin (01/29/2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1731
Re: 2022 ACF Regionals at UT Austin (01/29/2022)
Thanks to all the teams and staffers who helped make this tournament possible. Texas A cleared the field, winning both the overall and undergraduate titles. Texas B took second, while the undergraduate runner-up and overall third-place finisher was Amherst. Here is a link to the stats: https://hsqui...
- Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals at UT Austin (01/29/2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1731
2022 ACF Regionals at UT Austin (01/29/2022)
I am pleased to announce that the South Central site of 2022 ACF Regionals will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on Saturday, January 29, 2022. The tournament will take place online over Zoom. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. and gameplay will begin at 9:00. I, William Golden,...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at UT Austin (10/30/21)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1312
Re: Penn Bowl at UT Austin (10/30/21)
This tournament happened, with Texas A going 9-0 to win. A special thanks goes to Henry Castillo and Taylor Harvey for volunteering their time to staff, and Abdullah Akbar for driving from Dallas to make this tournament happen. Here is a link to the stats.
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at UT Austin (10/30/21)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1312
Penn Bowl at UT Austin (10/30/21)
I am pleased to announce that UT Austin will be hosting the South Central Mirror of Penn Bowl 2021 (Penn Bowl XXIX) on Saturday, October 30th, 2021. The tournament will take place at Burdine Hall. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 and gameplay will begin at 9:00. I, William Golden, will be the ...
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1526
2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)
I am pleased to announce that the South Central site of 2021 ACF Fall will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The tournament will take place at Burdine Hall. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 and gameplay will begin at 9:00. I, William Golden, will be th...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Favorite Albums
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4212
Re: Favorite Albums
One per artist, grouped in tiers after the top two albums.
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11862
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
The set has been uploaded to the archive.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11667
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Also, bonus C.12 appeared to be primarily themed around rape in ancient Rome. To me this is a surprising and, honestly, dubious choice so I'm curious--what was the process that led to its inclusion? Was this a considered decision, or an oversight, or something else? The horrific treatment of actres...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11862
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
I am glad that people seemed to enjoy the "fresh" ideas and emphasis on underrepresented groups in the set. These were goals we consciously aimed for when editing. I enjoyed working with everyone on this set, but want to give a special shoutout to Nick Jensen, who was the MVP of this set (...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11862
2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
This is the thread for general comments about 2020 ACF Winter. I am ecstatic more than 170 teams played the set! The goal was to have a mix of standard and creative content at a difficulty halfway between ACF Fall and ACF Regionals. Here is the category breakdown: Ganon Evans: World History, Other F...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11667
2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
This is the thread to discuss specific questions from 2020 ACF Winter, which will be posted to the archive later this week.
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Post updated with every team that made the +$50 deadline. Teams still have until November 1st to submit a packet, although the penalty is an extra $10 a day starting from last Sunday. We're excited for you to play this set!
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Winter Playtesting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2001
Re: ACF Winter Playtesting
American and world history playtesting is starting in just a few hours. If you are not in school and want to participate, send me a message.
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
A reminder that the +$50 deadline is tomorrow (Sunday, October 25th).
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3194
Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
The wording in the Guantanamera bonus and kite running tossup has been adjusted. While not optimal, the mentions of Calvino in the Italy tossup in tiebreakers and the mathematics in European lit bonus do not overlap in question content.
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Winter Playtesting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2001
ACF Winter Playtesting
Playtesting for ACF Winter will start on Sunday, October 25th and last until Tuesday, November 3rd. Please message me on the forums or email me at winter@acf-quizbowl.com if you are interested in participating. I will reply to the interested parties with a private Discord link (I have lots of school...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter High School Mirror (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4178
Re: 2020 ACF Winter High School Mirror (11/7/2020)
High school teams at high-school-only mirrors are exempt from the packet submission requirement. I have updated the original Winter announcement to reflect this. Sorry for any confusion!
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
We have found hosts for the Midwest, Lower Mid-Atlantic, and United Kingdom sites. We are still searching for another east coast mirror and a high school mirror. I have also updated the list of teams that submitted by the +$25 deadline.
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Don't forget that the +$25 deadline is tomorrow (Sunday, October 18th) at 11:59 PST!
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
The original post has been updated with a registration link , the list of sites, and the list of teams who submitted by the -$0 deadline. We are still looking for a Midwest site, two additional East Coast sites, a UK site, and a high school site. Registration and requesting a half-packet distributio...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10476
Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Looking at packet 11, this quote seems to be factually incorrect. In that novel set in one of these facilities, a half-Native American character who pretends to be deaf and dumb, Chief Bromden, chokes Nurse Ratched. I think it was Randle McMurphy who choked Nurse Ratched. Thanks for the catch! Alth...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
I've updated the list of submissions by the -$25 deadline. There are three days until the next deadline, which is at 11:59 PDT on Sunday, October 4th. The original post listed the three upcoming deadlines as being on Saturday night; I've adjusted it so that the deadlines are on Sundays.
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
T-minus 24 hours until the extended -$25 deadline is over. Get those packets in!
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10476
Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
I don't have the packages, so I'll give my feedback based on what I can remember. I thought this tournament was well done, and that tossup difficulty in particular was very well calibrated. Answerlines were appropriate, varied, and interesting, and the tossups generally unfolded well. Will said the...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
The -$25 deadline has been extended to 11:59 PDT on Friday, September 25th. Please send your packets in, and make sure to request a distribution if you haven't already!
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:52 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Reminder that the -$25 deadline is at midnight Pacific time on September 20th. I've also updated the main post with a list of teams who submitted by the -$50 deadline. Please let me know if that information is inaccurate.
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10476
Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
I negged this at lightning obliterating a tree with Charlotte Bronte because I think that also happened in Jane Eyre. I don't think that clue was necessarily a problem (it's been clued before) but I think more context would be good. The tossup itself cliffs really quickly at Ingoldstadt so I think ...
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10476
Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Glad to hear the literature was well-liked in general. -The Bald Soprano tossup also got narrow really early, since I think the clue about it being on a double bill with The Lesson quickly clues you into Ionesco (that's a pretty qb famous title, I think) and from th...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
A reminder that the first packet submission deadline is tonight! Are there plans to have some kind of advanced stats at this tournament? For example, TangStats (https://gemeln.github.io/) was used successfully at the BLAST online high school mirror in April (https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.p...
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo - Question-Specific Discussion for Popular Music
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1515
Re: Question-Specific Discussion for Popular Music
I don't want to pile on, but I agree with the posts above. There was as much 2010s content in 2-3 packets as there was content from any other decade throughout the whole set. If someone wasn't familiar with music from the last few years, then they wouldn't have been able to convert half of the pop q...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Is it ACF's policy not to specify which editor is in charge of which categories? I assume that some people know who's doing what anyway, either from talking to the editors or by knowing their specialities, so it might as well be publicly announced. I'm happy to specify each editor's categories: Gan...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14562
2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
This is the official announcement for 2020 ACF Winter, which will be held on November 7th, 2020 . (Note that this is two weeks earlier than the original date.) It will target a difficulty halfway between ACF Fall and ACF Regionals. The tournament will be head edited by me (William Golden) and subjec...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353194
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - THE FINALS!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Born to Run Stairway to Heaven may not be the best Led Zeppelin song, but it's not like Born to Run is the best Springsteen song either. EDIT: not trying to insult Fred's picks (these are obviously super popular and well-regarded songs for both artists), just a matter of pers...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353194
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353194
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Beast of Burden vs. Me and Bobby McGee
What’s Going On vs. Zombie
Midnight Train to Georgia vs. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Superstition vs. Jolene
What’s Going On vs. Zombie
Midnight Train to Georgia vs. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Superstition vs. Jolene
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353194
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Dancing Queen vs. Smoke on the Water War Pigs vs. California Uber Alles Runnin’ with the Devil vs. Search and Destroy The Chain vs. Ballroom Blitz September vs. Is She Really Going Out with Him? Free Bird vs. Walk on the Wild Side American Pie vs. Marquee Moon Stairway to Heaven vs. Smiling Faces S...
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Hip Hop Packet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1981
Re: Hip Hop Packet
Scores from the first reading. Congrats to Nathaniel on the victory. Henry - 30 Rohith - 35 Jamie - 15 Connor - 25 Mazin - 25 Nathaniel - 45 Rudra - 15 Taylor - 15 Matt D. - 10 Alex M. - 10 Halle - 15 Vikshar - -5 A few people have told me they'd like to play the packet but were unable to make today...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Hip Hop Packet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1981
Hip Hop Packet
I wrote a packet about hip hop from 2007 to the present. It's 20-22 tossups long (depending on how much I end up writing for the last few questions), and the difficulty is hard. I will read it on the main discord channel at 8 p.m. central on Wednesday, April 22nd. If there's enough interest, I'll ho...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353194
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)...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324144
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket: A Runaway Victory
Congratulations to Runaway for its win (14-12) over Dancing on My Own, meaning it is unequivocally and definitively the greatest song released between 2010 and 2019. In all seriousness, I hope y'all enjoyed this bracket and discovered some new music. See you in the 2020s!
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324144
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City (14-12) Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids (17-9) Finals time! It will run until Thursday the 26th at 11:59 p.m. central . With your responses, I encourage you to write down ways you would have improved this bra...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324144
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Results from the quarterfinals! None of these matches were particularly close. Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean (16-8) Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City (8-16) Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. A...
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324144
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Results! Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Perfume Genius - Queen (23-5) LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean vs. Tame Impala - Let It Happen (15-14) Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. M.I.A. - Bad Girls (19-11) Mitski - Your Best American Girl vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A....
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324144
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Apologies for the late post, I fell asleep before compiling the results. Here they are now. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing (22-6) Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Lorde - Royals (9-20) Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel vs. Alvvays - A...