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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1026
Re: CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
We're closing applications. Thanks to everyone who's applied; we look forward to producing a great set!
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1026
Re: CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
Thanks to everyone that's applied so far! We've accepted what we imagine will be most of our writers, but not all, and still welcome applications over the next couple of weeks or so. (Those who have applied and not been accepted remain under consideration!) We also continue to welcome editor applica...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1026
CALISTO 3: Call for Writers and Editors
A third iteration of CALISTO, a HS regs set, will be ready for mirrors beginning in Fall of 2024. Many personnel from CALISTOs 1 and 2 will work on CALISTO 3, and our overall set philosophy of producing a difficulty-controlled set with fresh clues and a somewhat experimental distribution will remain...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: 2024 West Coast Championship [2024-05-18]
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1103
2024 West Coast Championship [2024-05-18]
I'm very pleased to announce the 2024 West Coast Championship, an online high school nats-prep tournament to be held online on Saturday, May 18th. This is a successor to the very successful 2021 iteration . I will be directing. Divisions This tournament will have two divisions: a Nationals division ...
- Sat May 06, 2023 10:36 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2023)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3278
Re: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2023)
Thanks to everyone who applied, and congratulations to the players we've chosen to represent California at the 2023 NASAT: Conner Feng (Del Norte High School, 11) Yaj Jhajhria (Canyon Crest Academy, 11) Richard Lin (Bellarmine College Preparatory, 12) Adam Smith (Rancho Bernardo High School, 12)
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2023)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3278
California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2023)
As in 2021 and 2022, California will not hold tryouts for our 2023 NASAT teams. Instead, a selection committee (composed of, at least, myself and Freddie O'Hara) will select the teams on a "body-of-work" basis following an open application - that is, prospective players will submit a form ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8347
Re: Who's Doing CO This Year?
Happy to edit CS again if asked
- Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UCSD Scoresheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3922
- Wed May 11, 2022 11:01 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2254
Re: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2022)
Thanks to everyone who applied, and congratulations to the players who have been chosen to represent California at the 2022 NASAT: Richard Lin (Bellarmine College Preparatory, 11) Advaith Modali (Archbishop Mitty High School, 12) Anuttam Ramji (Archbishop Mitty High School, 12) Adhvaith Ravi (Washin...
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:48 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13637
Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)
As is tradition: It's that time of year again where people start to hear back from transfer applications, grad school apps, job offers, landlords, etc. and make plans to go places. Here is a thread in which current college players or members of the college quizbowl community can post where they'll b...
- Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2254
California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications (2022)
As in 2021, California will not hold tryouts for our 2022 NASAT teams. Instead, a selection committee (comprising myself, Freddie O'Hara, Shahar Schwartz, and Rohan Venkateswaran) will be selecting the teams on a "body-of-work" basis following an open application - that is, prospective pla...
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 5:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Southern California State Championships @ UCSD [4-23-22]
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1139
NAQT Southern California State Championships @ UCSD [4-23-22]
The UCSD Quizbowl team is excited to announce the 2022 NAQT Southern California State Championships, to be hosted on our campus on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022. This tournament will have a Varsity division run on IS-210 and a Junior Varsity division run on IS-211A. It will be directed by me, Alistair ...
- Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Fall X "@" UCSD [11-27-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1866
Re: Triton Fall X "@" UCSD [11-27-2021]
Unfortunately, we will again have to cancel due to field size. We apologize to interested teams, and hope to see them at Triton Winter, hopefully to be in-person in the new year.
- Wed Nov 17, 2021 12:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Fall X "@" UCSD [11-27-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1866
Re: Triton Fall X "@" UCSD [11-27-2021]
We have had one team register for this tournament. If we don't have a field of at least ten teams by this Friday, we will cancel the tournament.
- Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at UC San Diego (11/06/2021)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1476
Re: 2021 ACF Winter at UC San Diego (11/06/2021)
This happened; thanks to all teams that participated. Thanks also to the writers and editors of the set, and all our staff, including the four(!) Winter editors who graciously staffed. Stanford A won in a one-game final against Stanford B by the score of 400 - 205; Stanford B had defeated Claremont ...
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Winter at UC San Diego (11/06/2021)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1476
2021 ACF Winter at UC San Diego (11/06/2021)
I am pleased to announce that the California / Northwest site of 2021 ACF Winter will be held at UC San Diego on Saturday, November 6, 2021. The tournament will take place on Zoom. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM Pacific and gameplay will begin at 9:00. I, Alistair Gray, will be the tourna...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:42 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7503
Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
The set is posted; thanks to everyone who played for making this set a success! Thanks also to the TAG folks who wrote, with a special shout-out to Ketan for handling set logistics and keeping a watchful eye over everything about TAILS.
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:25 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5468
Re: CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
Current Mirrors: Ohio: Beavercreek Fall @ Beavercreek HS -- October 16 Asia: Online league @ Singapore American -- October 28 - January 3 Iowa: Iowa Quiz Bowl League Kickoff -- October 30 Georgia: CATT @ Chattahoochee HS -- November 13 Minnesota: Gopher Fall @ University of Minnesota -- November 20...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:00 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5468
Re: CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
Additional Notes on the Distribution Based on stats from CALISTO 1 and other sets, we realized that many canonical answerlines get rather poor conversion, especially in Poetry, Physics, and Painting. As a result, we have decreased the size of several categories from 1/1 to .75/.75. To compensate, w...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5468
CALISTO 2 (Regular HS, 2021-2022)
CALISTO 2, the sequel to CALISTO 1 , will be available for mirrors starting October 2, 2021 . This set will target high school regular difficulty, at the level of CALISTO 1 — this is also about the level of NAQT’s Invitational Series (IS) sets, but our set will differ substantially from IS sets in s...
- Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6511
Re: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
I have assembled question-by-question conversion stats based on the scoresheets , which were shared in the Discord by Harry White, in case these are interesting to anyone. The stats include 20/10/dead numbers for tossups, 30/20/10/0 numbers for bonuses, and individual part conversion for bonuses. Ke...
- Mon May 17, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Spring X "@" UCSD [5-22-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2895
Re: Triton Spring X "@" UCSD [5-22-2021]
Due to lack of a sufficiently large field or interest in other teams from joining the field, we have unfortunately decided to cancel this tournament. We apologize to the interested teams and hope to see them at Triton Fall in the coming year. Good luck to those of the teams that are competing at nat...
- Mon May 03, 2021 2:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2942
Re: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications
We have chosen teams; thanks to everyone who applied. We had a very strong group of applicants, and I'm proud to congratulate the teams that will represent California at NASAT. California A Nicholas Dai (Westview HS, 12) Karan Gurazada (Stanford Online HS, 12) Amogh Kulkarni (Arcadia HS, 11) Ryan Su...
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Spring X "@" UCSD [5-22-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2895
Triton Spring X "@" UCSD [5-22-2021]
The UCSD Quizbowl team is excited to announce that we will host Triton Spring X online on Saturday, May 22, 2021! This will be a high school tournament with a single division using the BHSAT XXX set . This tournament will be co-TDed between myself and Jack Kim. Eligibility: The tournament is only op...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2942
California NASAT Teams - Taking Applications
California will not hold tryouts for our 2021 NASAT teams. Instead, I and Rohan Venkateswaran (UC Berkeley) will be selecting the teams on a "body-of-work" basis following an open application - that is, prospective players will submit a form to apply and we will select players based on tou...
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2021)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7433
Where are you going to college next year? (2021)
Post in this thread if you are a high school senior who has committed to a college: tell us where you're going and how involved you plan to be in college quizbowl, if you know. Do not post in this thread if you have not committed yet; you shouldn't be posting to say that you're choosing between seve...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 West Coast Championship Tournament
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2306
Re: 2021 West Coast Championship Tournament
Thanks to everyone who played and staffed the first West Coast Championship! We hope all teams had an enjoyable time. Congratulations to the teams that won the tournament: Arcadia won the Competitive division, defeating California's Westview A 380 - 200 in a one-game final. St. Francis won the Stand...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1948
Re: Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
Thanks to all the teams who played, and to all the staffers! The tournament went very smoothly. Congratulations to Arcadia and to Westview B, who respectively won Varsity and JV. Full stats are available at the tournament listing: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6734/ Hope to see all the SoCal...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:55 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7503
Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
This is an open call for bids to host two final nationwide mirrors of TAILS - one for Pacific and Mountain time, and one for Eastern time. These mirrors may be at already-planned tournaments - in that case, this means that regional restrictions on teams for such tournaments would be relaxed to their...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1948
Re: Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
We still need quite a few staff and will pay $20 for full-day external staffers.
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145564
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [QUARTERFINALS, SUBMIT BY 12/30]
5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" vs. 7 Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come on Eileen" 16 Pixies, "Where is My Mind?" vs. 3 Prince, "When Doves Cry" 1 Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" vs. 6 Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 5 Talking Heads, "...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145564
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND TWO, PART ONE: SUBMIT BY 12/15]
1 Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" 5 U2 "With or Without You" vs. 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Free Fallin'" 6 Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" vs. 3 Queen and David Bowie, "Under Pressure" 7 Gu...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1948
Triton Winter IX "@" UCSD [1-16-2021]
The UCSD Quizbowl team is excited to announce that we will host Triton Winter IX online on Saturday, January 16, 2021. This will be a high school tournament with Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions. The Varsity division will use NAQT's IS-197 set, and the JV division will use IS-196A. These questio...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145564
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND ONE, PART THREE: SUBMIT BY 12/9]
1 Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" vs. 16 Billy Bragg, "A New England" 8 Metallica, "Master of Puppets" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" 5 U2, "With or Without You" vs. 12 Def Leppard, "Photograph" 4 The Police, "Every Breath You Take&qu...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IKEA West "@" UCSD [12-05-2020]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3195
Re: IKEA West "@" UCSD [12-05-2020]
This happened; thanks to all teams who attended! Stats are up here . Stanford A defeated Berkeley A in the last prelim game, 360 - 330, and thus cleared the field to win the tournament. Berkeley B and Stanford B finished third and fourth, respectively, in the top bracket, which elected to play three...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:39 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7503
Re: TAILS (MS/HS easy, 2020-2021)
Good to hear you enjoyed running the set! I do have a couple thoughts of my own on the difficulty of the set I'd like to comment on. Firstly, at the middle school level there's a vast gulf between experienced and less-experienced teams, and TAILS was written thinking of newer players in particular. ...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2924
Re: Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
This happened today! Stats are up on the database . Arcadia A defeated Santa Monica A 475 - 240 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the Varsity division; Scripps Ranch B defeated Canyon Crest B 310 - 285 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the JV division. Congratulations to ...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IKEA West "@" UCSD [12-05-2020]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3195
IKEA West "@" UCSD [12-05-2020]
The UCSD Quizbowl team is pleased to announce a mirror of IKEA to be held over Discord on Saturday, December 5. This is a medium-difficulty college set. This will be a closed mirror; all West Coast teams of students all at the same high school or university are eligible. The West Coast is defined to...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2924
Re: Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
Current Field (as of 11/6): Varsity (10/10): Canyon Crest OLP Westview (2) Santa Monica (2) Arcadia Mt. Everest Scripps Ranch Rancho Bernardo JV (10/10): Canyon Crest (2) OLP Westview Santa Monica Arcadia Bonita Scripps Ranch North Hollywood Rancho Bernardo Waitlist: Westview (JV) Santa Monica (JV) ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2924
Triton Fall IX "@" UCSD [11-14-2020]
The UCSD Quizbowl team is excited to announce Triton Fall IX, to be hosted online on Saturday, November 14, 2020. This tournament will be open to high school teams and will have consist of two divisions: Junior Varsity and Varsity. The Varsity division will be a mirror of LONE STAR and the Junior Va...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 California Fall Novice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3060
Re: 2020 California Fall Novice
Thanks to all the players and staffers who made this event a success! We hope everyone had an enjoyable experience.
Final statistics can be found on the database; Gunn won the tournament in the final over Santa Monica A, 415 - 355.
Final statistics can be found on the database; Gunn won the tournament in the final over Santa Monica A, 415 - 355.
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 California Fall Novice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3060
Re: 2020 California Fall Novice
Field, as of 10/9: Mission San Jose (2) Homestead Stanford Online (2) Vista del Lago (3) Sacramento Country Day King's Academy (2) Branham Bellarmine San Mateo Lowell (2) Fremont Christian (2) Arcadia SDSCPA (new) Amador Valley (2) Miramonte (new) Santa Monica (2) Washington (2) Our Lady of Peace Sa...
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 California Fall Novice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3060
2020 California Fall Novice
UPDATES 9/28: Tournament gameplay will start promptly at 9 AM Pacific time (teams will have to be in the tournament server and ready by 8:40; we will hold an opening meeting before gameplay begins.), and we expect to end at 4 or 5 PM at the latest. We've expanded the field cap to 40 teams. Staff mem...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UCSD Scoresheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3922
UCSD Scoresheets
UCSD Scoresheets are a system for scorekeeping tournaments that have been been widely used at UCSD and other physical SoCal tournaments for the past few years, and are now being released to the general quizbowl public in light of the need for scorekeeping options for online tournaments. The system ...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353379
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - THE FINALS!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Born to Run
neither of these songs is the best song of the 1970's. however, one of them is better than the other
neither of these songs is the best song of the 1970's. however, one of them is better than the other
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353379
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
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353379
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
here's a hot take: Let It Be and Superstition are both very overrated
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
here's a hot take: Let It Be and Superstition are both very overrated
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Online Quizbowl in the West
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4664
Re: The Online Quizbowl in the West
UW will also be hosting online summer practices over Discord, in our server here: https://discord.com/invite/sFevHKB. Practices will occur on Wednesdays (starting this Wednesday) and Sundays from 6-8 p.m. (the date and time may change in the future, but this is it for now). We welcome everyone who ...
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353379
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Sweet Sixteen!
Proud Mary vs. Long Train Runnin’
Born to Run vs. Layla
What’s Going On vs. Beast of Burden
Superstition vs. Midnight Train to Georgia
Born to Run vs. Layla
What’s Going On vs. Beast of Burden
Superstition vs. Midnight Train to Georgia
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 1:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Online Quizbowl in the West
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4664
The Online Quizbowl in the West
Because of The Situation, almost all if not all quizbowl tournaments that will happen this fall will probably be online. Although online tournaments are worse than in-person ones in many respects, one upside they do have is that online closed tournaments that have more than one mirror don't need to ...