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- Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT's Post-ICT Survey
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20276
Re: NAQT's Post-ICT Survey
Not that this necessarily takes away from your point, but I was actually the person who negged Bragi in that match, in a buzzer race with Chris Ray somewhere around the "cup," clue, I believe. (I remember it pretty clearly because I stupidly and inexplicably blanked on the answer and got ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT's Post-ICT Survey
- Replies: 84
- Views: 20276
Re: NAQT's Post-ICT Survey
I think that there's definitely a large swathe of Mesopotamian and a reasonable amount of Aztec that's toss-upable (perhaps not quite enough--maybe Mayan and Incan can be thrown in here, though I'm not sure that the Mayans or the Incans really have very much toss-upable, which was why I initially t...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Lists
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5837
Re: Lists
I don't think there's anything terrible in studying lists; however, studying lists tends to be both boring and ineffective (in that it's hard to link one name with another name without any context). I studied lists in high school, and learned of the existence of many books, works of art, and events,...
- Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Experimental Tournament, 5/24
- Replies: 82
- Views: 29155
ANNOUNCEMENT: Experimental Tournament, 5/24
I'd like to announce the William Gaddis Experiment: This Tournament is About Learning, an experimental event to be held Saturday evening on May 24th at the HSNCT. It will feature at least ten rounds of 20 tossups, with powers and superpowers given for early buzzes. The cost for this tournament is ze...
- Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ICT Warmup @ Maryland - 4/5/08
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9477
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ICT Warmup @ Maryland - 4/5/08
The First Annual General Buck Naked Memorial Triple-Packet Showdown occurred between two teams of luminaries afterwards in order to read through the unused rounds, and saw Team Mukherjee thrillingly defeat Team Magin 955 to 940 on the very last tossup of the day. I seem to remember that "Team ...
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Yes, it's another thread about math
- Replies: 102
- Views: 28379
Re: Yes, it's another thread about math
Just to clarify a few things: I wrote the Chile tossup. I agree that, to some extent, players have to apply the knowledge of clues (not simply "oh, that novel is by Jose Donoso" but "oh, that novel is by Jose Donoso and he's from Chile"). However, tossups like these are written b...
- Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Literature Doubles
- Replies: 78
- Views: 23166
Chicago Open Literature Doubles
Since last year's CO Literature side tournament went over pretty well, I'd like to gauge interest in another literature doubles written by mostly the same people for this year's Chicago Open. The target difficulty would be the same as last year's, and we'd aim for at least 13 packets of 20 tossups. ...
- Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2008 SS/Phil Doubles: "Walden Three"
- Replies: 58
- Views: 10888
Re: Announcement: Social Science/Philosophy Subject Tournament
Pilgrim wrote:cdcarter wrote:SnookerUSF wrote:YES, YES, OH GOD YES, OH PLEASE RIGHT THERE AT THE CHICAGO OPEN, OH YES!
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DACQ Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness: BYO Dagger (3/15/08) @GMU
- Replies: 148
- Views: 42697
Re: DACQ Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness: BYO Dagger (3/15/08) @GMU
This is a joke, right? If not, it's pretty embarrassing.DumbJaques wrote:If you think you might fit this description, I'd encourage you to attend the University of Maryland.
- Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Earning respect from the community
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3080
Earning respect from the community
There hasn't been much discussion recently, so I thought I'd try to elucidate how people earn respect in the quizbowl community. When I say "respect," I mean something like "the good opinion of the people who participate in/care about quizbowl, especially the ones with the most perspe...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Experimental tournament during HSNCT
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6454
Experimental tournament during HSNCT
Gautam Kandlikar and I are writing an experimental (probably doubles) tournament to be held sometime during the weekend of the HSNCT. It will be tossup only, with powers and superpowers, with target difficulty easier than Westbrook's event but harder than ACF Nationals 2007. The tournament will be f...
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Computer Ranking System
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2976
Re: New Computer Ranking System
Jonathan Magin not on the list? The horror! The horror! If you read Brian's post, he explains that Python is currently unable to realize that "Jonathan" and "Jonathan Magin" are the same person, thus leaving me off. Also, this looks really, really good. Now all we need is that p...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Private Sectionals Discussion Forum Signup and Access
- Replies: 94
- Views: 17769
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2008 Penn Bowl Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5120
Barring some outliers, I thought this tournament was pretty good. I remember not liking the leadins to the tossups on the Corn Laws (which mentioned Richard Cobden) and the Frankfurt School (which mentioned the culture industry), but most tossups were appropriately pyramidal. I also appreciated the ...
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Improving
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3242
Improving
To foster discussion, I thought it would be useful to post my theory about playing quizbowl and how to improve as a player. In several prior threads, people have identified looking at good packets, writing questions, doing research, and reading as some effective ways to improve. However, I think tha...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT/MLK Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11511
If teams want feedback on their packet (why some questions were cut, why we edited questions the way we did), please send me an email (with your original submitted packet attached, since we combined them) at jmagin AT umd DOT edu. Also, several people have expressed concerns that some questions were...
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: January Avatars: THE RETURN TO LORD WEARY'S AVATARS
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10062
- Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: TIT XXII - 1/19/08 - Maryland
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20293
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Postseason College Basketball Tournament
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1233
New Postseason College Basketball Tournament
Apparently there's going to be a 16-team invitational tournament for teams who don't make the NCAA or NIT tournaments: the College Basketball Invitational. Interesting.
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sto ... 07abr.html
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sto ... 07abr.html
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Titanomachy thanks & discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5922
Despite having read Something Wicked This Way Comes, I didn't remember the name of the carnival; that said, I think that was a fine hard part, but it might have been a better idea to make the bonus Something Wicked This Way Comes/Bradbury/Cooger and Dark (Chris and I were confused on the first part ...
- Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Talk about lit singles
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4270
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Illinois Open Literature subject tournament
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6131
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New ACF Rules
- Replies: 90
- Views: 28401
As a practical rule, I think letting people correct one piece of information once before they finish giving the answer should do it. In the aforementioned Beethoven's piano sonatas example, someone could correct themselves if they said Mozart's piano sonatas or Beethoven's string quartets, but not M...
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New ACF Rules
- Replies: 90
- Views: 28401
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New ACF Rules
- Replies: 90
- Views: 28401
Uh, how can you guarantee that the individual misspoke rather than realized he was incorrect midway through his answer? Sorry, people who accidentally say something when you mean something else (something I also find only tenuously acceptable), but we at ACF don't trust you. Well, if you realize yo...
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New ACF Rules
- Replies: 90
- Views: 28401
The new rules look pretty good to me, although I don't support not allowing people to correct themselves when answering tossups. It seems plausible to me that someone could buzz in with knowledge, accidentally begin to say the wrong thing, and subsequently correct himself or herself. Penalizing some...
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Discussion
- Replies: 92
- Views: 32242
I thought the answer selection was pretty appropriate for a tournament geared towards novices. Since everyone's nit-picking about the questions, naming Joshua Chamberlain in the first line of a tossup on Gettysburg seems less than ideal to me, and many of the leadins probably could have been cut wit...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Damn you Orioles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2794
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Damn you Orioles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2794
Damn you Orioles
Just depressing.
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Trash distribution discussion
- Replies: 76
- Views: 32505
Fuck face came up at Chris McCray. Yet another reason that tournament was awesome. I assume this was a bonus part, as I can't imagine there's enough depth on the card to get a tossup, but that is pretty great. Good show by the author of that. 16) One character with this surname is the creation of J...
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Lit Singles Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5254
- Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Lit Singles Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5254
The ideal distribution was 5 American, 5 British, 5 European, and 5 World/Genre/Criticism/Miscellaneous; some packets deviated from that by one or two questions. Generally, I also tried to include tossups on at least 3-4 poems, plays, and novels, and 5-6 authors per packet. Also, myself and the othe...
- Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Singles
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18909
Due to a shortage of moderators, we ended up playing a literature doubles tournament instead. After 13 rounds, the team of Mike Sorice and Jerry Vinokurov won. The stats are currently on Ahmad's laptop; he's told me that he'll post them by Tuesday. I'd like to thank Rob Carson, Ahmad Ragab, and my t...
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Singles
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18909
So it's certainly going to be a round robin. Also, I would greatly prefer to run a paperless tournament, so if anyone is able to provide laptops for this event, I would really appreciate it. Please let me know if you can by emailing me (or, I suppose, posting in this thread); if, on the other hand, ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chris McCray Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11916
Just to facilitate the discussion, here is the text of the Liverpool tossup. Also, as the sports editor for McCray, my preference was to focus on using non-stat based clues, since I really dislike sports questions that are simply compendiums of numbers. So I apologize if the Liverpool question becam...
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Sun n Fun Discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 25204
After seeing the list of supposedly ridiculous answers posted by Chris, I'd like to say that -Helene Cixous -Cindy Sherman -Michiko Kakatuni -Heike Onnes -Constantine Cavafy -Satyajit Ray -Ziegler-Natta Catalysts -Beethoven's Opus 61 -Gamelan, an Indonesian instrument -The Jomon Period -Pioneers! O ...
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Singles
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18909
You're not doing Hilleman singles? According to Seth (although I'm sure he can correct me if I mischaracterize him) a bracketed round robin is preferable given the number of people currently registered. I'm also under the impression that a bracketed round robin using packets of 20 will run faster t...
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Singles
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18909
According to Seth, the lit singles will most likely be on Saturday night. Currently, there are 14 people signed up; there's still plenty of room. Also, unless a large contingent of people sign up, the tournament will use a bracketed round robin with packets of 20 tossups, which seems like the most e...
- Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Guns of August: CO History Doubles
- Replies: 42
- Views: 25519
- Thu May 31, 2007 12:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The random video links thread
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5243
- Tue May 22, 2007 10:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Google Docs as an editing tool
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4162
Yeah, it's working very well so far. Of course, it's a good idea to copy the Google document into Word now and then. Also, Dave Letzler is the one who came up with the idea, not me. Google documents also have the highly useful feature of saving every single time someone makes a change to the documen...
- Sun May 20, 2007 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Singles
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18909
CO Lit Singles
Inspired by Bruce, here's the unofficial announcement for the literature singles event to be held sometime during the Chicago Open weekend. It will almost certainly cost $15, and definitely no more than $20. It's being written by me, Dennis Jang, Dave Letzler, Ahmad Ragab, Phil Durkos, and Chris Bor...
- Sun May 06, 2007 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Movement/Retirement Thread
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17367
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS:Spring HS Classic (4/29/07) @ University of Maryland
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34538
Sorry about the Achebe clue; I read the essay, but didn't think it was all that well known in high school. I would have edited the Fathers and Sons tossup if I had had a little more time; sorry about that. Also, I apologize if the poetry tossups began with comparatively easier clues; I tried to writ...
- Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in literature singles alongside the Chicago Open?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5898
- Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in literature singles alongside the Chicago Open?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5898
Interest in literature singles alongside the Chicago Open?
I asked this in the other CO thread, but I figured I should ask again now that the CO tournament is officially announced. Please post here if you want to play in a literature singles tournament the weekend of the Chicago Open. Roughly, the distribution is 100 American, 100 British, 100 European, and...
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open; also, possible HSNCT-coincident college event
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19115
I'm interested in helping write a literature singles event to go alongside the Chicago Open; however, I doubt that I could write a quality event entirely on my own. So, if anyone else is interested in helping me write such an event, please email me at jmagin at umd dot edu (or post in this thread). ...
- Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: hahahahaha duke
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6579
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Novice Tournament Packets
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10401
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open 2007: Official Jerk Policy 3/10/07
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14326