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- Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2879
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Best Song I Remember Hearing On The Radio That Is Apparently Not Eligible: Lovelytheband - "Broken" - My favourite song of 2018 not eligible for this list: Let Me Go - Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and watt The mostly-rap-phobic NYC radio stations I listen to ...
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2879
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
I have edited two above posts because "Off Topic" is within the "HS & MS" portion of the boards, and therefore this rule still applies: The use of any profanity in the high school section is prohibited. This rule does not apply in the college section. I have not edited any of...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2879
2018 Hit Songs Survey
December is a Perfect time to go through the year's music and decide which ones make you say I Like It , which ones are just Sad! , and which ones are somewhere in The Middle . Last week, my former student David Song asked about running this poll in one of the Facebook groups, but I figured, if it's...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
- Replies: 72
- Views: 47425
Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
I also think there may be a bit of a gap between "the quality of moderator I expect at a national championship my team is paying $100+ a person for" and "this person should never be allowed to read quiz bowl questions again".
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:58 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Announcing Qblitz
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18926
Re: Announcing Qblitz
This sounds like an interesting idea along the lines of the old Goldfish tournaments.
Having played the sample questions, I might encourage you to create a keyboard control for buzzing and submitting answers, if that's feasible.
Having played the sample questions, I might encourage you to create a keyboard control for buzzing and submitting answers, if that's feasible.
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:19 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 41827
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Round 12, Bonus 11a may be the funniest answer line I've ever heard in competition.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LIFT XVIII, Kellenberg, Uniondale, NY 11/17/18 (IS-179)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9021
Re: LIFT XVIII, Kellenberg, Uniondale, NY 11/17/18 (IS-179)
Just as a note, especially since new users' posts have to be approved before they show up, it is definitely recommended that teams which have to cancel or reduce their participation in a tournament on short notice not do so on the forum, but rather by directly contacting the host, to ensure that the...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A Case for Online Scoresheets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6849
Re: A Case for Online Scoresheets
I've been to a number of tournaments that used online scoresheets, and they certainly can be beneficial. Princeton generally has a separate file for each room's games, to make sure they don't run into the size limit. I will reiterate that if you're going to use such a system, you need absolutely bul...
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCIENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (now including all grades!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14376
Re: science championship
I get that this is a preliminary announcement, but there are way more details that I'd need to know before I spread this announcement to my students and colleagues. What is the format of the regional qualifiers and the national championship? The website says there is "no fee to sponsor students...
- Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Who Would Win In A Fight?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1981
Re: Who Would Win In A Fight?
When I'm agreeing with Andrew Wang that something is a ridiculous shitpost, you know it's a ridiculous shitpost. What the shit this entire thread.
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Small Circuits, High Schools Teams, and ACF Fall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8532
Re: Small Circuits, High Schools Teams, and ACF Fall
Have you tried asking the tournament head editor for exemption privately before? I have found that they are usually okay with it as long as it makes the field better. There have been some recent incidents where Person A has assumed that a certain action that goes against publicly-stated rules is cl...
- Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HFT XIII at Harvard (11/10/18)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13012
Re: HFT XIII at Harvard (11/10/18)
Final Comments : We will do our utmost to ensure that the tournament will be run much more smoothly than last year's tournament. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions relating to the tournament! If you're coming from out-of-town, I'll be more than happy to provide suggestion...
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 41827
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
I'm also in that desperate situation of needing teammates. If any of the incomplete teams would like to sign me on, or other free agents want to band together, please get in touch!
- Thu May 24, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: Future NAQT championships
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24448
Re: Future NAQT championships
The 24th is a Thursday this year (aka today), but it will be a Friday next year.mrkirkmath wrote:Is the 2019 HSNCT actually from the 24th (Thursday) to 26th (Saturday), or is that an off by one error?
- Tue May 15, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 110700
Re: Matt Bruce
The board staff has the power to edit out information they don't see fit to have on their website, and while I strive to exercise my own reasoned judgement about how much the information I have needs to be filtered, if they differ with my judgement it would also set a good precedent were they to de...
- Fri May 04, 2018 12:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Cooper Awards - winners announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6548
Re: 2018 Cooper Awards - Nominations are closed
PACE is proud to announce the results of this year's Cooper Award balloting. There were numerous strong nominees for both awards, and we thank all who submitted a nomination for their contributions. Here are this year's Cooper Award winners: The Academic Ambassador Award will be presented to Chad Ku...
- Thu May 03, 2018 8:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21384
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT New Jersey State Championship @ Rutgers (04/07/18)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7924
Re: 2018 NAQT New Jersey State Championship @ Rutgers (04/07
The playoff stats still don't include the carry-over games, so I'm wondering what the final standings were for the rest of the teams.
At the time we left, there appeared to be a 3-way tie for the second spot in the final; was that played off?
At the time we left, there appeared to be a 3-way tie for the second spot in the final; was that played off?
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The end of the match
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14273
Re: The end of the match
Who else expected that link to go to the haircut thread?Cherrybell Miramonte wrote:Considering the far more substantive concerns with the game that were laid out in this thread, this seems very much not a hill worth dying on.
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: "I'm sorry, I can't accept that."
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10794
Re: "I'm sorry, I can't accept that."
On the one hand: those kind of instructions are not-infrequently passed along to moderators. However, moderators at quiz bowl tournaments have not yet been replaced by R. Robot Hentzel, so they do sometimes make mistakes. On the other hand: there are enough things that vary between major quiz bowl t...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 28973
Re: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
...what will be the resolution if a player buzzes out but then loses points due to a protest (either because their answer was later ruled unacceptable or an opponent's prior answer was accepted)? If the points are under protest, the player will not "buzz out." The player will keep playing...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 28973
Re: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
Given these snippets from the IPNCT format guidelines... D-2-c. Protests will be resolved according to the same principles as in standard NAQT play (e.g., earned points are added, unearned points are removed , missed opportunities to score points are played, gameplay that shouldnʹt have happened is ...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6603
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Parts of this I love include but are not limited to: The "formal welcome by tournament directors" on page 3 that concludes "Have fun, y'all." "These records are available publicly on the Internet's FTP and WWW archives as ACFNCTRecords.txt" I'm not sure if the empty gri...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9519
Re: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
To follow up on this, the Fox Theatre will begin ticket sales Sunday morning at 10am ET (and will probably complete ticket sales Sunday morning around 10:15am ET). Prices will range from $80 to $330. The theatre recommends that you create an account before Sunday so that you're ready when sales begin.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:19 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT ICT: April 14, Chicago
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20025
Re: 2018 NAQT ICT: April 14, Chicago
So in Division I, ties will be played off at the first split, but not at the split from 12 teams to 6?
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30031
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Billy Joel Piano Man So wait, is Billy Joel being cut completely? This is his signature song, if he's to be included then it would be weird to not use this one. The Billy Joel pick is presumably Only the Good Die Young. While perhaps not quite as strong as Piano Man, it's still excellent. Also, as ...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Cooper Awards - winners announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6548
Re: 2018 Cooper Awards - Nominations are closed
We've received a number of strong nominations, and the PACE membership will be deciding these awards over the next few weeks. I expect to be able to announce the winners on or shortly after May 1.
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30031
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
[sigh]Auks Ran Ova wrote:yesjonpin wrote:You mean that Bowling for Soup song was a cover?
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30031
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
You mean that Bowling for Soup song was a cover?AKKOLADE wrote:I couldn't watch any more basketball without barfing, so here's some cuts.
Paul McCartney and Wings Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27355
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Atlanta, May 26-27
I'm just curious, is the transition from the end of split fields on Saturday to combined field on Sunday completely dictated by the cards, or is there any sort of reseeding / pairing being done overnight?
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Cooper Awards - winners announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6548
Re: 2018 Cooper Awards - Call for nominations
I've received a few nominations so far, but there are still about two weeks to get your nominations in.
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30031
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Joke's on us. Come mid-April, Fred's going to post a final list of cuts and announce the one song remaining that has been declared The Greatest.
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9916
Re: Managing Tournament Staff
I would go a bit further, and say that the 1v3 and 2v3 matches also, in general, tend to be critical matches, and should never be put in round 1. Depending on the pooling scheme, 2v3 can often be "more important" (which I take to mean "more likely to be close") than 1v2, and it ...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright Mr. Brightside is a good, fun song, but it's not THE song to define the decade. Nothing from that song is remotely as iconic as "shake it like a Polaroid picture". Hey Ya! wins ,...
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 7:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Brightside, without much excitement
Hey Ya, with something close to panic
Hey Ya, with something close to panic
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 73082
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
OK, but February 17 isn't a Monday either...theMoMA wrote:Changed to Monday.Aaron Manby (ironmaster) wrote:Neither January 22nd nor February 17th are Sundays.
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside vs. Toxic - Part of me doesn't want to forgive "Brightside" for knocking out "Crazy", but the majority of me knows that Mr. Brightside is a fantastic song. Paper Planes vs. Chicago - All I wanna do [bang bang ca-ching] is see Sufjan Stevens get eliminated. Hey Ya!...
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers In pre-tournament discussion, after I was told not to bother going ride-or-die for "A Thousand Miles", I said I would switch my over-the-top support for "Mr. Brightside" (my third choice, "Everytime We Touch", w...
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Honestly, though brackets are a lot of fun, I think it would be fun to do something like this in FA Cup style, where the organizer just randomly determines the pairings for each round.sambrochin wrote: 1901 by Phoenix vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash: This matchup is why we should've reseeded.
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Cooper Awards - winners announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6548
2018 Cooper Awards - winners announced
I am pleased to announce that The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Awards. The Cooper awards, which recognize those who contribute to the “spirit and honor of quizbowl competition,” will be presented at the ...
- Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT | "The models will have children, we'll get a divorce / Find some new models, everything must run its course". "Time to Pretend" paints a wonderful picture, the joylessness of hedonistic excess. It's a terrific song. But come on. It...
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ROUND ONE OVER: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day | A better Green Day song would be able to pull off the upset here, but "September" just isn't as iconic as "Crazy". Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson | Never underestimat...
- Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bonus Leadins
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5507
Re: Bonus Leadins
I've seen these done in a great way, and also done in a terrible, plodding, boring way. Back when I was a relative newcomer to the game, I distinctly remember one tournament where over the course of the day there were (scattered about) the bonus lead-ins: "Name these things about stuff." &...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast
Time to Pretend by MGMT
One More Time by Daft Punk
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Time to Pretend by MGMT
One More Time by Daft Punk
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Rehab by Amy Winehouse
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Mr. Brightside
Since U Been Gone
Clocks
Wake Up
The Rat
Get Ur Freak On
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Mr. Brightside
Since U Been Gone
Clocks
Wake Up
The Rat
Get Ur Freak On
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s
I'm a pop enthusiast, so I'm unfamiliar with a surprisingly large number of these selections. I've already (vociferously) complained in another locale about the absence of "A Thousand Miles", and I see that there's no Michelle Branch either, so I guess the female singer-songwriter genre's ...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
Fred, I'm curious what your process was in creating the shortlist of songs you listened to for the process of picking and seeding the bracket.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: ROUND ZERO: Best Song of the 2000s Bracket
Round Zero - Part One Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue. The precision f-bomb works wonders. I wouldn't mind if Kylie won, though. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson . Kelly Clarkson is ten ...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 6:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 153381
Re: COMING SOON: Best Song of the 2000s Bracket
By 2000s, you mean the decade of 2000-2009, right? In any event, as the organizer of the annual "HSQB's Favorite Hit Song" poll/thread, I eagerly await having STRONG OPINIONS on this matter. Expect a lot of "I understand why you included this popular song by [artist], but [third singl...
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 1:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 166275
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
We discussed this a little locally at the tournament, but as Neg 5 grows and becomes a more popular tool, perhaps it's worth exploring monetization opportunities? This comes from someone who loves open source, but it seems reasonable to help pay for servers and give something back to Mostafa for hi...