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ErikC

It's interesting that this thread has already spurred the organization of another tournament - perhaps more visibility for posts asking for first-time help could get more people involved? I know that I'm more interested after reading Andrew's post.

ErikC

I'd also like to point out ironically that many of the tossups we've been mentioning would, if collated together into a single packet, make for a rather stilted playing experience, if only because these mold-breaking off-kilter tossups stand out in the memory for being odd, and a packet full of the...

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A speech given about this personal attribute cites how “Fuentes and McCafferty” died side by side with “Bowie and Crockett” at the Alamo. This individual attribute led its holder to condemn the statements of James P. Davis and James McManus against Luis Munoz Marin. Inveighing against this personal...

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Muriel Axon wrote:Since ecology / evolution is my hobbyhorse:

- I liked the bonus on urban environmental sciences!

Could I see this bonus? If it's the bonus I'm thinking of it stumped me and I'd like to look up the stuff it talked about.

ErikC

My apologies.

ErikC

I'd say that thought questions on concepts are much easier for newer players to play in harder tournaments without sacrificing proper difficulty. Tossups like [THINGS FROM CMST] are easier for a new player who might have some good knowledge across disciplines but might not be familiar with the exact...

ErikC

My take on the films questions: perhaps just tossing up one of them would have been better? I'm not sure how you would distinguish but Peeping Tom is becoming pretty famous separately from their collaborations. Having both film questions (that I heard, I haven't played all the packets) being English...

ErikC

Impressed the advanced stats are up so quickly!

I'd like to point out that in the McMaster stats, Leo was given the tossups on Simone de Beauvoir and Chinese Indonesians that I buzzed on. I'm not sure where the error happened.

ErikC

I was tempted to buzz on the first line because so many questions on "this government" are on Weimar. While I do agree that using "this government" does severely limit the answer space (maybe even down to 4-5 answers), do you have any evidence to back this up? Before writing it,...

ErikC

The painting tossup on Weimar Germany was fairly transparent in my opinion - there's not too many "governments" I can imagine would tossup for art history (I'm not expert on this, so perhaps I am wrong?). I was tempted to buzz on the first line because so many questions on "this gover...

ErikC

I thought the tournament had some great ideas for some areas. The thought questions were great and varied, and felt quite fresh. I also appreciated the environmental science questions I heard, its an undermined subject and the questions I heard were great. This tournament seemed to really reflect so...

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The two packets are now available on the archives.

ErikC

Based on the reception of the pack read last night, I'll be making a second pack with non-music questions from prior tournaments. After the reading tonight at 11(ish) EST I'll mix them up with the first pack and post both on the archives.

ErikC

Update: I'll be reading the pack at 11.

ErikC

I've assembled a trash music pack from questions written for events that aren't on the archives and some questions I've written recently that I don't play on using in the future. It's mostly hip-hop.

I'll read it on the Discord on Thursday at 10 EST, and I'll post it on the archive afterwards.

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1.82 wrote:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... 19&t=14886

I forgot this was only one pack, I was planning on making more. I'll crosspost. Admins can delete this thread if they want. Woops!

ErikC

I've assembled a trash music pack from questions written for events that aren't on the archives and some questions I've written recently that I don't play on using in the future. It's mostly hip-hop.

I'll read it on the Discord on Thursday at 10 EST, and I'll post it on the archive afterwards.

ErikC

Just remember: if you want to discourage a particular kind of discussion, you can also use norms or shaming instead of rules. Back in like 2008 or 2009, when I was in the quizbowl IRC every night, there was no formal rule against discussing politics. #politics did not exist yet as a separate channe...

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One function of a lead-in that no one has mentioned yet is that it introduces material that could be tossed-up at a harder tournament. Someone who plays ACF Fall and looks up a bunch of interesting things they heard at the beginning of questions (who is this Mansa Musa guy and why did he have so muc...

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I agree with the idea that the Discord is good for connecting with the greater community. The structure of a forum like this one doesn't allow for the same sort of conversation that can be had on a Discord server - the discussion about a Regionals Pack and lead-ins would have been impossible on a fo...

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The people who go "can I" when the other team misses a bonus part. It's not a huge deal but it makes the games go a bit longer, looks a bit selfish, and is a bit of a show-off. Older, more experienced players that don't engage their teammates - everyone does it every once in a while on a b...

ErikC

I honestly hope something is done. I don't think monotonically increasing participation implies the set is the appropriate difficulty, but instead I see it as a reflection of the recent growth of quizbowl as a whole. If you're not practicing at the difficulty of a tournament before playing it, you'...

ErikC

It's interesting that the Toronto site's median and average buzz are quite different. I'm not surprised science hard parts were the hardest. I think science easy parts being converted well is because it is often a concept almost everyone is familiar with (like gravity) even if they don't understand ...

ErikC

What exactly are you accomplishing by doing this at the University of Waterloo, a liberal institution of higher learning, represented in parliament by a Liberal of Indian Descent , surrounded by quizbowlers who almost universally support the rights of LGBT people? These are bad, BAD things to say, ...

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I find it pretty sad how many posts there are in this (hilarious) thread compared to discussion about recent tournaments and other subjects. Tournaments these days are generally pretty good and don't generally prompt lots of heated discussion; grooming, on the other hand, is still lagging a bit beh...

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I find it pretty sad how many posts there are in this (hilarious) thread compared to discussion about recent tournaments and other subjects.

ErikC

I wouldn't say clues about journalism are really historiography, though they should certainly be included.

ErikC

Perhaps this is a controversial opinion, but while I do think Regionals should be an accessible set (and a bit easier than this year's iteration, mainly via curtailing hard parts and perhaps implementing a seven line limit), I think that as a qualifier tournament it still needs to find a way to fee...

ErikC

Another point I'd like to add is how I liked the question that clued the migration history of the US. The question on Armenian-Americans might have been a bit tough, but it's a good model in the future to explore new topics. Also, if more of these questions come about, they are less likely to draw p...

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I also appreciated the focus on simple answer lines instead of Named Things and dictatorbowl. I prefer these questions over Named Things because they allow for much more diversity in why you would know a clue, and also shifts the focus away from Big Event history. Tossups on things like the shogun o...

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Mr. Bightside

He-Ya

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Here's a thought experiment - what if ACF Regionals had powers? Not to argue for whether it should or not, but rather to test difficulty predictions / presumptions. In my experience editing, power marks usually are somewhere between 40 and 70 percent of the way through the vast majority of tossups ...

ErikC

So I was wrong for the most part about when people were buzzing. In general, buzz rate increased as the questions got longer. UCSD notably buzzed in correctly much earlier on average. The strange dip in the late-middle of questions I was expecting isn't showing up. Interesting, UCSD had far less con...

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Part of the discussion about this tournament has been about how it felt harder than usual, with the counter argument being that it's just the longer question length that makes it seem harder than SCT Div 1. People often talk about the first line of Regionals packets being too difficult, but what I f...

ErikC

Was the first edition of the music game ever mirrored anywhere? I don't think I've played that and it sounds great.

ErikC

Please don't change an amazing meta-name with some trash acronym.

This looks amazing.

ErikC

I'm concerned that the history distribution doesn't have any split between time periods. Will the editors take this into account when combining submissions? In the past at submission I've noticed some packets will only have questions on more recent topics. Also, I'm guessing for European, Canadian, ...

ErikC

Will it be phat?

Will there be independent music?

ErikC

On a different note, the law tossups in this tournament have been mentioned, and my feeling is that they fell prey to the same issue that plagues all law tossups that I can recall. The number of law students in quizbowl is very small, and nobody else gets any meaningful legal training, so invariabl...

ErikC

Loved this set! The focus on recent movies was probably my favourite part of the tournament along with the punk representation.

ErikC

This is happening at the Canada ACF Fall Site (info here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =8&t=20411).

Make sure to write your 10 or 20 tossups before the New World Order does it for you!

ErikC

Perhaps a new subforum with very explicit rules could be made so anyone who wishes to could share their experiences and ask for help could do so in an welcoming environment. Once the first people start talking about an issue like mental health that has so much stigma attached to it, I think others w...

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To add to a point Auroni made in the OP, I've encountered this idea from psychology about internal vs external sources of satisfaction. If I understand correctly, tying your self esteem and happiness to how society and others see you seems not to really make a lasting improvement on your happiness. ...

ErikC

The packets are now available on the archives!

ErikC

Stats from the online mirror, which Nolan narrowly won:
405 Nolan
390 Taylor
220 DrMik
155 Tommy
150 Jeremy
110 Jeremy
85 Godzilla
75 Justin
75 Sam
55 WHM
30 AVP
15 DWD
15 Mozza
10 Silverman
-5 Susan

Thanks for everyone who played. The packets will be posted shortly after some more editing.

ErikC

Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:Two questions:

1. I'm assuming 8PM Eastern time, correct?

2. I'm new to Discord. How can I find the correct chat?

8pm eastern, yes. In about two hours.

ErikC

JustinD91 wrote:Is this still happening tomorrow at 8:00?

User was reminded to enable a signature. --Mgmt.

Yep!

ErikC

I'll be hosting a mirror on discord on the 17th at 8pm. The 7 packets will be played in a free for all shootout.

ErikC

Arch Stanton wrote:Any consensus on when the online mirror will be held?

It seems the best is either Saturday the 16th or Sunday the 17th. I'll announce shortly which one.

ErikC

This sounds amazing, audio tournaments are always fun. There will definitely be a Canadian mirror of this.

Silverman wrote:The sole exception is the French New Wave, which has explicitly been barred from inclusion with extreme prejudice.

Only flaw I find with this.

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