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by CaseyB
Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite
Replies: 8
Views: 3101

Re: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite

Gene Harrogate wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:15 pm I do wonder though if this tournament might not be better served witha 22/22 distribution, to free up some space for more of the "other" NAQT asks about without making further demands on the art and thought.
Consider also that SCT is 22/22.
by CaseyB
Wed May 19, 2021 1:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating
Replies: 5
Views: 4464

Re: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating

I understand that both HSNCT and PACE NSC are allowing spectators at their competitions. To my knowledge, both organizations also allow players to request that a specific spectator be removed from their matches. PACE does not have a policy allowing players or coaches to request that an individual b...
by CaseyB
Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Trash Bowl Alabama
Replies: 12
Views: 6667

Re: TBA- Trash Bowl Alabama

What is the start time and approximately how long do you expect the tournament to last? The original post doesn't say.
by CaseyB
Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
Replies: 12
Views: 6481

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)

I believe this is the super site referred to in this thread.
by CaseyB
Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: How to prepare for College Nationals
Replies: 9
Views: 3487

Re: How to prepare for College Nationals

To echo Chandler's post about mindset, I agree that your expectations about what Nats will be like play a big role in the type of experience you have at Nats. Some of this is having reasonable expectations for where you will finish, which is true at any tournament. At Nats in particular, another men...
by CaseyB
Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48490

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

For what it's worth, PACE has a page on its website about quizbowl basics that does include some resources for new coaches, which I'm linking here in the hope that it might help other new coaches who find themselves in the position you were in. http://www.pace-nsc.org/quizbowl-101/ However, I recogn...
by CaseyB
Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 NAQT ICT: CANCELED
Replies: 8
Views: 4599

Re: 2020 NAQT ICT: CANCELED

edit: post made in error
by CaseyB
Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Basic Steps Towards Quizbowl Professionalization for Tournaments: Cut the Acronyms and Pseudonyms
Replies: 7
Views: 4791

Re: Basic Steps Towards Quizbowl Professionalization for Tournaments: Cut the Acronyms and Pseudonyms

the forums are a great clearinghouse for tournament announcements for the community at large, but they should not constitute the main interface of interaction between us and the external tournament-seeking world. I agree with this sentiment. Both this year and last year, there was a new club in the...
by CaseyB
Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 9522

Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion

On a separate timing issue, I've been arguing for years that 11-minute halves (instead of the current ten) should be used for CC SCTs and CCCT. It would help ensure all rooms get to 20+ toss-ups, and would only add about about 26 minutes to the overall tournament length. I'll add that this would ad...
by CaseyB
Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals A-Values
Replies: 18
Views: 6774

Re: 2020 ACF Nationals A-Values

Any team that wins an ACF Regionals tournament at which at least four total teams from at least two total schools are present will receive an automatic bid.
Is there a reason that the winners of the Florida and British Columbia sites are not listed as receiving an invitation to Nationals?
by CaseyB
Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 45335

Re: ICT format and seeding discussion

Is there any news as to what the size and format of the 2020 ICT will be (in either division)? What are the pros and cons of leaving Division II at 32 teams versus increasing the field to match that of Division I?
by CaseyB
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
Replies: 18
Views: 5253

Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?

Speaking to the discussion as a whole, I agree with the main points that Andrew makes in support of the current 3-part bonus system. While bouncebacks are more engaging as a player, from a competitive standpoint, rewarding the team converting the tossup by giving the bonus only to that team makes mo...
by CaseyB
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
Replies: 18
Views: 5253

Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?

Give the middle bonus part to the team that lost the toss-up. I really don't like this idea. Putting aside the idea that the packet would now have to explicitly state which bonus part is the middle part, this means the team that converted the tossup would only get two bonus parts and, more importan...
by CaseyB
Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8
Replies: 16
Views: 8107

Re: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8 - registration open

It seems to me that there is still a big gap geographically in the Mid-Atlantic by not having a site in either Virginia or North Carolina. Do you plan on adding another site to fill this gap?
by CaseyB
Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14582

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

From Packet L, Tossup 8 ANSWER: Mario Vargas Llosa (“YO-suh”) [or Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa ] From Packet O, Bonus 16 ANSWER: Federico García Lorca [prompt on García ] Similarly, I recall that in the past I've been prompted if I said "Márquez" for Gabriel García Márquez. Why are these...
by CaseyB
Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Replies: 11
Views: 5998

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]

I would very much like to play this.
by CaseyB
Sun May 19, 2019 3:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
Replies: 17
Views: 11251

Re: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night

In hindsight, I did ask a loaded question and I apologize.
by CaseyB
Sun May 19, 2019 1:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
Replies: 17
Views: 11251

Re: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night

I'm not saying recording the discussion isn't a good idea, but don't you think this is more important than whatever side events are being run that night?
by CaseyB
Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Help training a math player for quiz bowl
Replies: 6
Views: 7669

Re: Help training a math player for quiz bowl

I'll echo what was said above about Mathcounts. I did Mathcounts in middle school which helped a lot when it came to computational math in high school quiz bowl. You may want to look in particular at the countdown rounds in Mathcounts, because rather than being a written test like the other parts of...
by CaseyB
Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 10339

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

In the logic bonus, I didn't appreciate the instruction to the moderator to ask whether the question should be repeated in the second part. This was just confusing. If you wanted to afford the players the opportunity to here the logic riddle again, then simply tell the moderator to repeat it rather ...
by CaseyB
Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
Replies: 23
Views: 23900

Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018

Is there a private discussion forum for this set?
by CaseyB
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Replies: 38
Views: 36519

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018

CPiGuy wrote: Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:41 pm
100% Clean Comedian Dan Nainan wrote: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:36 pm Can the list of submitted packets be updated please?
It's now been two weeks since the September 22 deadline, and the next deadline is today. A submitted packets update would be great.
This.
by CaseyB
Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:31 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Replies: 38
Views: 36519

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018

Also, links to the announcements of each mirror in the original post would be helpful.
by CaseyB
Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:30 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SuMO IV: The Migration 6/30/18
Replies: 14
Views: 7778

Re: SuMO IV: The Migration 6/30/18

I notice that the original post includes neither a start time nor a registration fee. Could you please update this thread with that and any other important information? Thanks.
by CaseyB
Tue May 15, 2018 9:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
Replies: 27
Views: 20038

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)

I am now teaching at Southern Crescent Technical College in Thomaston, GA. I certainly plan to stay involved in quiz bowl and would be happy to staff high school and college tournaments in Georgia.
by CaseyB
Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
Replies: 2
Views: 2551

Re: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)

Stats are posted here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/

Northern Michigan A went 7-3 to win a very competitive tournament. A good time was had by all.
by CaseyB
Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
Replies: 2
Views: 2551

FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)

Hello all! I am pleased to announce that Michigan Technological University will be hosting a mirror of the Florida Spring Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2018. We plan for check-in to begin at 8:30 am in Fisher Hall and for rounds to begin at 9:00. Please email me at cmbindas@mtu.edu to register o...
by CaseyB
Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Nationals?
Replies: 2
Views: 2740

Nationals?

April is a long way off still, but it appears to me that no announcement has been made yet regarding the date or location of either national championship tournament this year. So I was just looking for some sort of update in this regard to help with planning in the spring semester. Thanks!
by CaseyB
Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:04 am
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: The overwhelming lack of knowledge for the initiate
Replies: 11
Views: 16275

Re: The overwhelming lack of knowledge for the initiate

If you're not sure where to begin as far as which subjects to study, just start learning what is interesting to you. It will be more fun if you learn more about topics that you already like. Keep in mind too that no one in quiz bowl is expected to know about all the areas of the distribution. Rather...
by CaseyB
Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAC going pyramidal?
Replies: 27
Views: 19234

Re: NAC going pyramidal?

With regards to trying to get teams who only compete at NAC tournaments into good quizbowl, I'd like to share something we tried at VCU when I was there in 2015-16. Knowing that there were teams in Central and Southern Virginia that competed on Battle of the Brains each year, but who did not regular...
by CaseyB
Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
Replies: 2
Views: 2575

Re: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)

So this tournament happened. Northern Michigan ran the table to take 1st place. Finlandia University did well in their first quizbowl tournament ever. A good time was had by all. Stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4085/stats/all_games/ Thank you to everyone for coming out!
by CaseyB
Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
Replies: 2
Views: 2575

Re: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)

As reflected in the above announcement, the date of this event has been moved 2 weeks later due to some scheduling concerns with the original date. It is now on Saturday, April 1.
by CaseyB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

Teams which are awarded host autobids are given the benefit of the doubt because they were unable to play SCT and earn their bid. My problem with your suggestion regarding team-splitting is that it takes a bid away from a team that earned it. To avoid this problem, one must look at a fix prior to SC...
by CaseyB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

Why can't NAQT just be like - Don't team split. If you do we know who you are and won't give your shitty B team an invitation. Obvious for Maryland this year, but for something like Michigan this year or in the past when Chicago had like 2-mid tier A teams it'd be harder to police. Yes it's subject...
by CaseyB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Replies: 31
Views: 17725

Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)

Cheynem wrote:Any way that this could get run at ICT?
Seconded. Though admittedly, I would prefer it with some Americanization.
by CaseyB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

There has been much discussion about this year's ICT invitations, and for good reason. But despite all the hubbub, I think there are a few simple things which are quite clear and which we can agree on. 1. Nothing can be done about this year's bids to ICT or the size of this year's ICT field. The inv...
by CaseyB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

A random thought: would it be at all feasible to give any and all hosting bids in D2, with the expectation that teams get their newer players to staff SCT and must qualify their A team "at the buzzer"? I think there would be considerably less outcry about teams being bubbled out of D2 tha...
by CaseyB
Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

*The UG auto-bid is only given out if there are a certain number of UG teams present and if a minimum D-value performance is reached. I also wonder if you accept an UG auto-bid, there should be a stricter requirement that your ICT team must be UG. I think this is already the case; there has to be a...
by CaseyB
Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 81128

Re: 2017 ICT bids

I have to agree that reform to how automatic bids are issued and expansion of the field at ICT are both needed. There is no way that the 14th highest D-value should justifiably be left out of the field at ICT. I'd also like to point out something that I don't think has been brought up before, probab...
by CaseyB
Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
Replies: 131
Views: 57338

Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion

So after all that, I'm not defending us playing ICT, we had no right to be there. What I want to know is why NAQT is still giving hosts autobids instead forcing those teams to qualify? This is a valid question. It seems to me that the reason for host autobids is that it allows for teams who had to ...
by CaseyB
Tue Feb 07, 2017 5:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
Replies: 131
Views: 57338

Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion

I also wonder if it's worth loosening the criteria under which teams are no longer allowed to compete in Division 2. Obviously, the top high school players who routinely romp the top of the field each year shouldn't be allowed to come back and do it year after year. But should teams in the bottom h...
by CaseyB
Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
Replies: 131
Views: 57338

Re: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017

I would also like to point out that this is not the first time a school has earned a bid to ICT by qualifying at an SCT site outside their normal region. In 2015, Aayush from Waterloo flew down to our site at UCF to play SCT and he qualified to DI ICT. Even though a school outside Florida qualified ...
by CaseyB
Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What keeps you doing quizbowl?
Replies: 25
Views: 15278

Re: Quizbowl?

1. What keeps you doing quizbowl? Rather, what keeps you going, even in the face, say, getting slaughtered in a game? I keep doing quizbowl the same reason I started doing quizbowl: I love the competition and learning random knowledge. But I also keep doing quizbowl because of all the people I've me...
by CaseyB
Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
Replies: 2
Views: 2575

Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)

Hello all! I am pleased to announce that Michigan Technological University will be hosting a mirror of Delta Burke on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Check-in will take place in Fisher Hall, Room 326, and will begin at 8:30 am, with rounds to begin at 9:00. Please email me at cmbindas@mtu.edu to register o...
by CaseyB
Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
Replies: 46
Views: 31037

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)

I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.
by CaseyB
Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
Replies: 32
Views: 17597

Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament

Maybe I just missed this in the original post, but when will this be played? I would be interested in playing this set.
by CaseyB
Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
Replies: 122
Views: 60499

Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8

I would like to participate in any and all of the side events being held alongside this tournament. (I am a free agent for these events, but for some reason my computer won't let me add my name to the list in the spreadsheet.)
by CaseyB
Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
Replies: 122
Views: 60499

Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8

I may be late to the game on this, but I am interested in playing this mirror and I am looking for a team. I am a science, history, and geography player, and my strengths in those subjects are biology, US history, and US geography. I am also interested in playing any side events held that weekend. T...
by CaseyB
Fri May 15, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
Replies: 47
Views: 29929

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)

I will be attending VCU in the fall to pursue an MS in Forensic Science and I am certainly interested in playing quiz bowl there.
by CaseyB
Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
Replies: 89
Views: 64201

Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre

MLafer wrote:
One thing that was noticed last night was in UCF's game against UCLA, it shows UCF getting 11 tossups with 0 bonus points which seems unlikely.
We definitely got some bonus points in that game. I seem to remember the scorekeeper saying the final score was 210-0.