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by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:31 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Announcement: 2023 ARCADIA
Replies: 8
Views: 8096

Re: Announcement: 2023 ARCADIA

Like prior ARCADIAs, we are targeting 2.5 dots on Ophir’s difficulty scale . . . However, we are making a concerted effort this year to make our set more “beginner-friendly” and shoot more for “2-dot-plus” rather than “3-dot-minus.” download.jpg Since this generated some discourse (though on Discor...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Winter Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7086

Re: 2023 ACF Winter Discussion

For what its worth, the r tossup was social science... did the early clues seem very math-y? Interesting if so.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Online COOT Mirror September 30, 2023
Replies: 1
Views: 1628

Re: Online COOT Mirror September 30, 2023

What are the chances the field gets expanded?
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: The Direction of ACF Winter
Replies: 4
Views: 4844

Re: The Direction of ACF Winter

I think its hard for me to weigh in on this and seem objective since I edited 2020, but I do think we hit the difficulty pretty well, perhaps even undershooting. However, I think the impact of undershooting on the top level of teams (who should already be doing quite well on the set regardless of if...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun May 21, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Announcement: 2023 ARCADIA
Replies: 8
Views: 8096

Re: Announcement: 2023 ARCADIA

Heiliger Dankgesang wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 11:45 pm Like prior ARCADIAs, we are targeting 2.5 dots on Ophir’s difficulty scale . . . However, we are making a concerted effort this year to make our set more “beginner-friendly” and shoot more for “2-dot-plus” rather than “3-dot-minus.”
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by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun May 21, 2023 7:17 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
Replies: 15
Views: 9031

Re: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever

The best players since where Matt's post ends (2016-present) were Arya Karthik, Clark Smith, and Hari Parameswaran. Arya's Lambert team won the 2022 NSC with Arya leading the field in prelim PPG and being 2nd overall. More impressively than the ppg imo, they had 90 powers in the 16 non-finals games ...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon May 15, 2023 10:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

This set is a whole lot of fun, and has stuff for everyone, even if you're basically the opposite of a "transit enthusiast." Lots of delightful clues to read as well! Thanks for writing, Conor!
by Zealots of Stockholm
Wed May 03, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 50705

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

Pretty minor but while reading through and looking things up I noticed that the Bellows painting seems to be primarily referred to as The Lone Tenement, not The Last Tenement
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue May 02, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 Player Appreciation Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 8731

Re: 2022-2023 Player Appreciation Thread

He doesn’t actually play much anymore, but I want to give a big thank you to Ganon Evans . To quote the esteemed Dr. Taylor Harvey (another wonderful person, albeit not the subject of this post), Ganon is “one of the friendliest and funniest people in quiz bowl.” Without getting too into the persona...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: We Need to Make Up Our Minds About Trash
Replies: 27
Views: 8898

Re: We Need to Make Up Our Minds About Trash

Having a topic like trash be included in a regular tournament, but be less than 1/1, does not make sense. Either decide that regular academic tournaments don't need trash, and be done with that, or make trash 1/1 of the distribution. This weird middle ground where trash pops up once every couple of...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:19 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: SUDO
Replies: 19
Views: 8585

Re: SUDO

Is there any update on this?
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun Aug 21, 2022 4:00 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: An Open Letter Regarding the Administration of the Discord
Replies: 5
Views: 5581

An Open Letter Regarding the Administration of the Discord

The authors of this letter (including myself) have decided to post it here so further discussion can be had in a more permanent venue. The demands of the letter are: (1) That, by September 1st, Kevin Wang appoints one or more co-admins to share equal administrative duties with him. (2) That a commit...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:02 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)
Replies: 25
Views: 13528

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)

Beginning sometime next month I will be starting a job in the admissions office at Emory University’s Oxford College just east of Atlanta. Assuming the good folks of the southeast will have me, I’ll be happy to staff things and play opens in the area.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:43 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4636

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion

. The Natchez question in particular was my favorite of the tournament, highlighting their unique societal structure as one of the last major descendants of Mississippian culture for which we have records of written encounters. I knew nothing about the Natchez before the tossup (except the trail) a...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

This set is now clear and has been uploaded to the archive pending approval.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48319

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

Also, we have 16 rooms reserved for both the tournament and for CO Trash on Sunday. We won't be raising the field cap until we get more staffers and we get 30 teams registered for CO (so this would be one more team). We're currently at 18 staffers signed up for CO, so please consider this an open c...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Introducing the UQC
Replies: 23
Views: 7309

Re: Introducing the UQC

How is UQC planning on running tournaments in several different regions, especially if you are the only organizer and they are in-person? Think ACF’s naming conventions, if that makes sense. In-person in those regions, other tournament directors will be running those. More details to be finalized o...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon May 23, 2022 12:36 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Team Poll
Replies: 5
Views: 3306

Re: 2022 Team Poll

1.Georgia Tech 2.Stanford 3.Harvard 4.WUSTL 5.Ohio State 6.Texas A 7.Cornell 8. Maryland 9. Chicago A 10. Vanderbilt 11. UNC A 12. Brown 13. Florida 14. Yale 15. Columbia A 16. Northwestern 17. British Columbia 18. Chicago B 19. Johns Hopkins 20. Berkeley 21. Oxford 22. MIT 23. Texas B 24. Rutgers 2...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 17952

Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll

I've been thinking about this post for a while, and although it initially was going to demand Jacob Augelli be on your top 25 ballots, reading others' posts and looking at stats has made me come around on the idea that not having Jacob on your ballot is a reasonable take. However, Jacob Augelli is a...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:04 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 11975

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion

I enjoyed this set overall and found the length caps (which I didn't know about at the time, it just felt that things kept moving) very useful. Questions were interesting and on important things (in the categories i pay attention to at least) even when I didn't actually know much about the topic in ...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun Mar 13, 2022 12:15 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 4635

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

I don't plan on diving into a bunch of questions, but as far as packetization goes I don't think its very wise or fair for both one of the hardest auditory tossups answerline-wise (Giselle) and what I thought was the hardest visual arts answerline I heard (Morisot) to be in the same packet, as this ...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:56 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 5535

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

I don't have too much commentary to add about the actual set. It was fun to play and had lots of good ideas. More importantly it seems to have introduced a lot of new(er) writers to this level of writing. I do mostly agree with Brad regarding the arts subdistro even if I personally enjoyed hearing m...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:12 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results: Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1) Matt B - 70 (2/4/0) Young F - 25 (1/1/0) Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1) Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0) Richard L - 20 (1/1/1) Natan H - 15 (1/0/0) Rachel - 15 (1/0/0) Eli I - 10 (0/1/0) Mike B - 10 (1/0/1) Chand...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

If you as an individual (or a club) is interested in hosting a closed online mirror of this set sometime in March primarily for teams in the Northeast and other teams that couldn't attend their local mirror, please get in touch with me. Otherwise I will host it myself. EDIT: It appears we've found a...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:31 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 2252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion

Could I see the "white roses" tossup? I was an unfortunate casualty of the overly strict NAQT timing rules on this tossup.

Before seeing it, I do think it was potentially too "cute." I think a tossup on "roses" could've used basically the same clues.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

At this point we have secured mirrors in most regions that we hoped to besides the Northeast. We would still be happy to have a Northeast mirror, and are looking into hosting a closed online mirror sometime in March.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Feb 12, 2022 10:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MRNA VACCINE at Warwick (2/12/2022)
Replies: 2
Views: 1048

Re: MRNA VACCINE at Warwick (2/12/2022)

Thanks to Warwick for hosting, and we hope the UK circuit enjoyed the set. A private discussion forum exists and can be accessed by signing in, clicking your username in the top right corner, clicking "User Control Panel," navigating to the "usergroups" tab, and then requesting t...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:59 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25770

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

16. In this city, the one-eyed Simeon Brown falls in love with the Holocaust survivor Maria in the novel The Stone Face. Life is described as “occurring underwater” in a location in this city with windows painted white in lieu of curtains. A novel set (emphasize) primarily in this city opens with t...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Wed Feb 02, 2022 1:30 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25770

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

My knowledge of biology and genetics isn't the best, but can I ask what the reasoning was behind having "this phenotype" as the indicator for the death tossup? A lot of people I talked to at our site were really confused by that question, since it seemed like a fairly obtuse way to ask fo...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25770

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

I also felt like there were a few clue drops that were very early. I am abysmal at sensing how far into a tossup I actually am, so "this is early" comments may be rather off-base and maybe it actually came up late and I didn't realize it, but a few that stuck out to me were the Eroica Sym...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: February 5
Replies: 12
Views: 6252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: February 5- registration is open!

We have not yet finalized how ICT qualification will work this year (but expect an announcement relatively soon). Sorry to ask again given that this was just last week, but considering that SCT is in a little over two weeks, it would be nice to know whether players interested in attending ICT need ...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

Hello, I am the president of Quiz Bowl at Tulane University and I was wondering how to sign up for the actual tournament. I am guessing our host would be Vanderbilt since we are in the southeast however I do not see anywhere to sign up for their mirror and any help would be appreciated. Hi, the ann...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

We've just added an Upper Mid-Atlantic mirror hosted by Johns Hopkins (online) for teams that are unable to travel to VCU due to conflicts, distance, COVID concerns, etc. We would still very much like a mirror in the Northeast proper (ideally in person) and a mirror for West Coast/CA teams. There's ...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MRNA VACCINE Playtest Mirror [15 January 2022]
Replies: 12
Views: 4243

Re: MRNA VACCINE Playtest Mirror [15 January 2022]

Logistics email: Hello all, This is the logistics email for tomorrow's playtest mirror of MRNA VACCINE. We've worked really hard on the set and look forward to (and thank) all of you getting to play it tomorrow. The tournament will take place via Zoom (using buzzin.live) and have a Discord server fo...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: February 5
Replies: 12
Views: 6252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: February 5- registration is open!

Hi, perhaps this was a dream or other similar occurrence but I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that NAQT was once again having open registration for this year's ICT (meaning that SCT results wouldn't play a factor in this). Can you please comment on this?
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:38 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: How much "world" should there be in art?
Replies: 12
Views: 7510

Re: How much "world" should there be in art?

I want to argue that the non-presence of world art in some high school curricula (although that may not be as much of a thing as quiz bowl distros assume: I never took a high school art class but when I self-studied AP Art History, at least, a good part of the curriculum covered African, Islamicate...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

We are still looking for mirrors in several regions, particularly the Northeast, Great Lakes, and California/West Coast. Given the evolving Omicron situation, we are certainly understanding if you'd like to run an online mirror (or need to move your mirror online).
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:29 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 6296

Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

In packet D, the extra bonus on Japanese literature claims that the protagonist of Oe’s The Silent Cry is fired from his job as a teacher for vomiting due to being hungover. This happens in A Personal Matter.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 4844

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion

The Sibelius tossup had a clue referencing the Mahler quote that the "symphony must be like the world" as opposed to Sibelius's more "restrained" approach - it would've been good for the tossup to clarify (as John Lawrence discovered by doing a Google search when I asked him abo...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 1571

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl General Discussion

After more time away from this tournament I’ve remembered that I was a little annoyed at the number of “touch your ass” easy parts in this set, especially given that the medium and hard parts trended more difficult. I can’t remember specific examples off the top of my head, but it was definitely a p...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

This set is 85% written and will be done on time. Mirror fees are $45/team, including house teams. We are looking for mirrors in the following regions starting on February 12, 2022: Online playtest: directed by Em Gunter, 1/15 (announcement: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25532 ) Onli...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MRNA VACCINE playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 1835

MRNA VACCINE playtesting

Hi everyone, We are beginning the process of playtesting the MRNA VACCINE set. The set is of 2 dot/medium difficulty and playtesting is open to anyone not planning on playing the set. The only category that has already been playtested is visual arts. Please note that there will be an open/playtestin...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 1571

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl General Discussion

This set was very fun and good, if perhaps overshooting target difficulty in powers and hard parts at times. There was lots of creative and fun content, and I'll go through my notes and post specific commentary in the other thread (I also had a semi-lengthy conversation with Aseem about the VFA alre...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)
Replies: 21
Views: 7101

Re: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)

[*] 4/4 Literature 1/1 Novels 1/1 Poetry 1/1 Drama 1/1 Short Stories and Miscellaneous I would personally not recommend asking 1/1 drama at this level. In general, other sets using a genre-based distribution tend to ask a little under 1/1 drama in favor of having a little more than 1/1 long fiction...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)
Replies: 13
Views: 12440

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 MRNA VACCINE (Spring 2022, Medium/2 dot)

Some updates: Will Alston has resigned from this set to focus on other commitments. We thank him for the work he has done on the set up to this point. Erik Christensen will be taking over editing philosophy, and Chris Sims will be joining us to edit auditory arts. The set is still making good progre...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread
Replies: 47
Views: 18505

Re: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread

I have now joined the Mayers/Simons caravan, saving me either an expensive Uber or a long bus ride. On to Evanston.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread
Replies: 47
Views: 18505

Re: WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: 2021 CO Travel thread

Sardorbek Eminov wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:51 pm the one and only DOUG SIMONS and i will be driving from college park to chicago on friday. we will make sure to provide fun anecdotes as we make the journey.
Please deliver Doug safely. Our team is already down one Doug.
by Zealots of Stockholm
Sat Aug 14, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7513

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

I would like to make a post to appreciate all of my new teammates this year at Vanderbilt. Starting a new graduate program in the middle of a pandemic certainly isn't a fun task, and I didn't really know anyone in Nashville when I got here. They all accepted me with open arms and made me feel welcom...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8705

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

- in general, it seemed like there was a lack of contemporary poetry/drama compared to contemporary long fiction, but Grant was buzzing so early on a lot of it that I didn't have time to figure out if it was contemporary or not Haven't read through the set yet so can't say whether this criticism is...
by Zealots of Stockholm
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
Replies: 84
Views: 33045

Re: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)

The team of Conor Thompson, Doug Graebner, and I are seeking a fourth, ideally one who knows some science. We intend to have a good time and maybe win some games along the way.