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- Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64824
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
That's not to say they all do a good job at preventing it or addressing it and in fact some behave extremely badly. But no one can say "Well, I never thought about it" or "No one ever told me." I do not buy for a second that any adult member of the quizbowl community could legit...
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:20 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64824
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
I’m seeing a lot of men in quizbowl discussing the problem of harassment and sexism in qb but I’m not seeing any introspection. If you’re nearing 30 and hitting on teenagers, you are part of the problem. If you are an adult rating the attractiveness of high school students, you are part of the probl...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 28245
Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
I will be starting a PhD at the University of Chicago this fall. I don't intend to play but I'll be happy to staff things.
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
Thanks to all the teams for playing! Yale defeated Columbia in a one game final to win the tournament, and Harvard A beat Amherst in a 3rd place game. Full stats can be found here.
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
Stats through prelims are available here.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
It will be entirely up to the remaining teams.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
So at this point I still have a couple of "maybe" teams who I am waiting to hear from. Ultimately I will go with what the registered teams want. My plan is to reevaluate the situation Wednesday or Thursday, see where we're at, and see if the teams registered at that point are still willing...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
This tournament is less than a week away. Get your registrations in!
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Re: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
Field:
Amherst (1/0/1)
Brown (1/1/0)
Columbia (1/3/0)
Harvard (2/3/0)
House (1/0/many)
Williams (1/0/0)
Yale (1/2/1)
Amherst (1/0/1)
Brown (1/1/0)
Columbia (1/3/0)
Harvard (2/3/0)
House (1/0/many)
Williams (1/0/0)
Yale (1/2/1)
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6247
Terrapin @ MIT (3/2/19)
Hello, everyone! I am pleased to announce the MIT's mirror of Terrapin 30, which will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2019. LOCATION AND SCHEDULE: The tournament will take place on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA. Teams should report to room 34-101 (located in Building 34) in the morning for registra...
- Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7050
Re: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
Thanks to everyone who came out to staff and play today! Yale A cleared the field and therefore won without the need for a final, Cornell A had to leave and so forfeited the second place game/UG final to Harvard A, and Harvard B cleared the DII field to win without a final. Combined stats are here.
- Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7050
Re: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
Prelims stats are up
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7050
Re: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
Reminder to teams to please send me an email in addition to filling out the central registration form. Your registration is not complete until you receive some communication from me indicating that it is.
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22215
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Can I see the bonus on molecular orbitals/Woodward-Hoffman rules/sigmatropic rearrangement? I had a really hard time parsing the first part.
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7050
Re: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
Field: (teams/buzzers/staffers)
Amherst (2/0/0)
Brandeis (1/1/0)
Cornell (1/3/0)
Harvard (2/3/7)
NYU (2/1/0)
Wesleyan (1/0/0)
Williams (1/1/0)
Yale (4/3/0)
Amherst (2/0/0)
Brandeis (1/1/0)
Cornell (1/3/0)
Harvard (2/3/7)
NYU (2/1/0)
Wesleyan (1/0/0)
Williams (1/1/0)
Yale (4/3/0)
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7050
ACF Regionals @ MIT (1/26/19)
I am pleased to announce the New England site of ACF Regionals 2019, to be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday, 26 January 2019. Check-in will be from 8:30 am to 8:45 am. Teams should report to 26-100 (located in building 26) for check in, and all games will take place in build...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
Congratulations to Amherst A, who defeated NYU A in the first game of an advantaged final to win the tournament! NYU A was the top undergrad team as well. Wesleyan defeated Harvard A in a one game final for third, and Harvard C defeated Columbia A in a one game final for the top Division 2 team. Ful...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
We have had a few drops and the field is now down to 29 teams. Additional teams may still sign up.
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
Due to space restrictions, we will not be able to accommodate more than 32 teams. Additional teams may join the waitlist, but will not be added unless a team drops from the field.
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
The field has been expanded to include all waitlisted teams. Additional teams will still be added to the waitlist.
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
The field is now full and we have started a wait list. Expanding the field is contingent on staff availability.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
The field is now two-thirds full, so get those registrations in soon! As a reminder, I am not counting teams registered until I receive an email from a representative of the team.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
As a reminder, please send me an email (my email address can be found in the original post) in order to register. I am not adding teams to the field until I receive an email regarding your registration. If you believe you sent me an email and you have not received a response from me feel free to sen...
- Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
- Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
- Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
Re: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
I am pleased to announce that this tournament has been designated as a platinum qualifier for the 2019 PACE NSC! This means that the top 25% of teams will qualify for the PACE NSC tournament, June 8-9 in Reston, VA.
- Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
Re: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
We have expanded the field to 24 teams! All waitlisted teams are now in the field.
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
Re: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
We have reached our field cap. Any further teams will be placed on a waitlist. I expect to be able to expand the field in the next week.
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
Re: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
Registered Teams: (teams/buzzers/staffers)
Amherst (2/0/0)
Bowdoin (2/0/0)
Brandeis (2/1/0)
Brown (2/0/2)
Colgate (1/1/0)
Columbia (3/3/1)
Cornell (2/3/0)
Harvard (3/2/0)
NYU (4/1/1)
Rochester (1/2/0)
Wesleyan (1/0/0)
Williams (2/1/0)
Yale (2/2/2)
Wait List:
Amherst (2/0/0)
Bowdoin (2/0/0)
Brandeis (2/1/0)
Brown (2/0/2)
Colgate (1/1/0)
Columbia (3/3/1)
Cornell (2/3/0)
Harvard (3/2/0)
NYU (4/1/1)
Rochester (1/2/0)
Wesleyan (1/0/0)
Williams (2/1/0)
Yale (2/2/2)
Wait List:
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10122
2018 ACF Fall @ MIT (November 3, 2018)
I am pleased to announce the New England site of ACF Fall 2018, to be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday, 3 November 2018 . Check-in will be from 8:30 am to 8:45 am in 34-101 (located in Building 34). Games will begin as soon as every team has checked in and will take place in...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
Re: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
We are currently at 14 teams. Get your registrations in soon!
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
Re: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
Registered Teams: (teams/buzzers/staffers) AMSA (3/2/1) Andover High School (1/1/0) Barrington (1/0/1) Belmont (2/2/1) Boston Latin School (2/2/2) Bromfield (1/1/0) Hanover (1/3/0) Ilium (1/2/0) Lexington (2/0/0) Phillips Academy (1/3/1) Plymouth Regional (2/1/0) Sharon High School (1/1/0) Troy (1/...
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5204
MIT Fall Academic Tournament (09/15/18)
Hello, everyone! I am pleased to announce the seventh annual MIT Fall Academic Tournament, which will take place on Saturday, September 15, 2018. LOCATION AND SCHEDULE: The tournament will take place on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA. Teams should report to room 1-190 (located in Building 1) in the m...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 1:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20897
Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19
MIT would like to claim September 15 for MIT Fall. Set TBD.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 5:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MIT summer practices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3833
Re: MIT summer practices
Raynor is correct. MIT is not hosting practices this summer as none of us are on campus.
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FACTS, A CSW and TJ Housewrite/Packet Submission
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14245
Re: FACTS, A CSW and TJ Housewrite/Packet Submission
The packet 14 that we received at the MIT site was only about 10% complete. There are also some serious oversights with editing throughout the set including many sentence fragments and repeated clues. I would strongly recommend that hosts of upcoming sites get some kind of confirmation that these er...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5922
Re: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
The field is currently full. Teams on the waitlist can expect to hear soon if the field will be expanded.
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5922
Re: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
We are currently at 19 teams and have 1 more spot available. Subsequent teams will be placed on a waitlist.
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5922
Re: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
Please remember to email me when you have registered in addition to filling out the form. Site hosts do not currently have access to the form results.
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5922
Re: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
Field:
NYU x3
Columbia x4
Amherst
Boston College
Yale
Tufts
UConn
Harvard x3
Colgate x2
Cornell x3
Olin x3
House
Waitlist:
The field has been expanded to 24 teams. All registered teams are currently in the field.
NYU x3
Columbia x4
Amherst
Boston College
Yale
Tufts
UConn
Harvard x3
Colgate x2
Cornell x3
Olin x3
House
Waitlist:
The field has been expanded to 24 teams. All registered teams are currently in the field.
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5922
ACF Fall @ MIT (11/4/17)
MIT will be hosting the New England site of ACF Fall on Saturday, November 4. More details about the set can be found here . Fees: Base fee: $135 Buzzer: -$5/functional system Staffers: -$10/staffer Shorthanded fee (teams of 1 or 2 players): $60 "New to Quizbowl" discount: $100 Packet subm...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
Congratulations to Big Ballers for winning and congratulations to the Committee to Legalize Ranch for taking them to the second game of an advantaged final. XENOPHON ended up not being run. Here are results from Celebs: Josh: 1/2/3 = 20 Gabe: 1/5/2 = 55 Raynor: 4/7/10 = 80 Chip: 1/16/8 = 135 Jeremy:...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 1:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
We've just had a team drop from the field. If anyone else is interested in signing up, please do.
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
As of right now the field is full. If any additional teams are interested I will start a waitlist.
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
Field (7/24)
"Mike from Montclair, the Commie"
"Big Ballers"
"The Committee to Legalize Ranch"
"Cowmunists"
"Placeholder"
"Mike from Montclair, the Commie"
"Big Ballers"
"The Committee to Legalize Ranch"
"Cowmunists"
"Placeholder"
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7774
NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
Hello, everyone! I am pleased to announce that MIT will be hosting a Northeast mirror of NASAT on Saturday, July 29, 2017. More information about the set can be found in the main announcement at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19239. FEES: +$80: each team -$5: each buzzer se...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gauging Interest in New England NASAT Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4107
Gauging Interest in New England NASAT Mirror
The MIT quizbowl team is considering hosting a NASAT mirror sometime in late July/early August. If you are interested in playing/staffing (and can supply buzzers), let us know!