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- Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NSC 09 question discussion
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24822
Re: NSC 09 question discussion
From Packet 5 For 15 points, determine the limit as x goes to 0 of cos(pi*x)/x^2 (cosine of quantity pi-x divided by x-squared). ANSWER: pi^2 divided by 2 [or pi-squared over 2] How is that correct...? I mean, the limit is positive infinity (it goes to 1/0). You can't use L'Hospital's Rule when the...
- Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bloggin' about you-know-what
- Replies: 110
- Views: 18427
Re: Bloggin' about you-know-what
I'm taking a round off, go to Jonah's blog. It's St. Josephs (NJ State champs apparently) vs. Zionsville A The champs of the NJ state tourny that qualified :chip: one for this was actually us, JP Stevens. In fact, the fact that we automatically qualified and the BRITE (the tourny) people were payin...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
"We have been going to Nationals in Chicago with the ----. Your tournament is so much better and more organized. We have now attended 3 different Nationals and none compare to the quality of your tournament organization and READERS!!!!" --Rae Gambler, Defiance High School [name of other t...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discussion of using power matching at NSC
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12696
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
If that's the biggest objection... But it wasn't. It was the least and last. The biggest was that it's an unnecessary fix to a problem that doesn't exist. With group play, everyone gets 7 games against a balanced schedule, is compared within a set of teams where there is no difference in schedule, ...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
I mean, the Old Testament shows what many scholars consider clear signs of amalgamation with Elohim, the tetragrammaton, El Shaddai, and perhaps some others I'm forgetting. A bonus on Adon/ Melekh/ Eloheinu or something would make my day. People who are better at Jew than I am, correct me if this i...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discussion of using power matching at NSC
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12696
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
Also note that your cut to the top 16 requires giving teams automatic spots based on paper tiebreakers. PACE doesn't do that. It's my understanding that they do not allow a team to automatically move on from a tie (correct me if I'm wrong but a 3-way tie for 2 spots results in a 1-v-2 half-game fol...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
By the way, split internal opinions regarding coach Reinstein's suggestion that those white cards also be used for consolation playoff pairing: The issue is the extent to which teams might change their minds overnight Saturday, and the extent to which they enjoy the freedom to enter, or exit, the c...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discussion of using power matching at NSC
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12696
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
Honestly, from my perspective, that long list of ideas just isn't worth a very marginal and debatable improvement in fairness and experience. For a large tournament like NAQT, using groups would require at least three stages (something like 24 groups of 8; 6 groups of 8; two groups of 6; final four)...
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
- Replies: 287
- Views: 134563
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
PACE has never had a letter round or a lightning round format (and I've been here since almost the beginning). The rounds have always been as such since 1998: A look at the 1998 NSC questions would confirm this. http://quizbowlpackets.com/archive/pace_nsc/1998/ ~T~ OK, thanks. Must be mis-rememberi...
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
- Replies: 287
- Views: 134563
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
Oh yeah, I remember what else I was going to say. The internal consistency will also allow bonus conversion to be used to seed the group champions into the semifinal groups instead of points-per-game which is significantly schedule-dependent, if desired.
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
- Replies: 287
- Views: 134563
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
I like everything about this.* I realized (as I imagine PACE did) that the glaring flaw was that it was hard to tell if a second-place finish was deserved. If Maggie Walker beat Georgetown in the third-place game, they would have finished third behind State College despite having the same record, no...
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The John Adams Rule
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8878
Re: The John Adams Rule
Question about rule G19- do questions on the elder Bush normally require more identifying information than "George Bush" (i.e. Bush the Elder, Bush 41, George *Herbert* Walker Bush)? If not, then I don't see how prompting on "George Bush" isn't an asymmetrical situation where th...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
Given that the overriding idea of the rules of QB is to reward clear knowledge, and that the purpose of the exception to the general rule is to avoid ambiguity, if someone buzzed in and said "Invisible Man by Wells", should it be accepted?
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The John Adams Rule
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8878
Re: The John Adams Rule
True. Another place of explicit contradiction is that NAQT specifically prompts on Andrew Lloyd Webber and ACF specifically rejects Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
The most similar situation I can think of off the top of my head is John Adams and John Quincy Adams, which should be handled similar to The Invisible Man/Invisible Man: if someone buzzes in with Quincy Adams, it's clear which one is being given. If someone buzzes in with Adams, it's similarly clea...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The John Adams Rule
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8878
The John Adams Rule
I.8: In rare cases, an otherwise acceptable answer may be ruled incorrect when it creates ambiguity with another plausible answer (e.g., even though first and last names are almost always sufficient, John Adams would not be acceptable--or promptable--for John Quincy Adams, as it creates confusion w...
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
- Replies: 262
- Views: 49858
Re: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
Seriously that "purring" q was barely a step above the infamous "banana" tus of CBI fame. Was there really a tossup on Keyboard Cat at this tournament? the god-awful LOLCATS tossup in an IS set Cri du chat? Whoever decided to make these answer choices is so out of touch with qui...
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
- Replies: 262
- Views: 49858
Re: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
Was there really a tossup on Keyboard Cat at this tournament? Wait, there was one of these distinct from the god-awful LOLCATS tossup in an IS set (I believe the state championship set)? I seriously considered posting something like "Whoever wrote tossup X in packet Y of IS-N should stop writi...
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
- Replies: 262
- Views: 49858
Re: 2009 HSNCT question discussion
Just my thoughts: I think it was Jim Valvano who emphasized that the value of a free throw at the end of a game is the same as the value of a free throw at the beginning. If one is to truly randomize packets and the distribution includes trash, one must accept the possibility a game would end on a ...
- Sun May 31, 2009 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
I'll start by saying that NAQT did get some things right this year: the elimination of list bonuses, 30-20-10s, and A/B/both or neither bonuses was a positive improvement. And let's hope they stay away from these in next year's IS sets. -Second, (and this would help with players' perception of the ...
- Sun May 31, 2009 4:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
NAQT has a better tournament format and match format. PACE has a better distribution and questions. Power matching is better than round robin divisions, double elimination is better than round robin divisions (especially if you don't have enough time for an advantaged final), not having one part bo...
- Thu May 28, 2009 1:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
Guy, I certianly did not kill my argument. How can we say that Charter was better than Booker T? They lost! And here I am reading that Booker T was the 24th best team in the Nation. Well hold on a second! They beat Charter, arguably one of the best teams in the country. Booker T won! So they were t...
- Thu May 28, 2009 10:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
- Replies: 74
- Views: 12405
Re: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
I was a little disappointed in our Goldfish performance, myself, but it certainly would have helped if we had had either of our math-capable players present for that round. Those two mathcomps didn't help us at all. Plus, I'm actually willing to give my kids karma points for not knowing who Ryan Go...
- Wed May 27, 2009 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
What was the correct answer? Bling? Baller? Hoo? Furthermore, it appears as if :chip: disregarded the correct rules of protests in the final. Having never gone to NAC, I am under the impression that teams get one protest for the entire tournament. The rules state: General 13. Appeals regarding answ...
- Wed May 27, 2009 3:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 103364
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
I've never been to HSNCT before, but as a small school player I echo this request. Since I count 27 small schools, maybe 8 or 12 (or 16 but I guess that would be stretching it) should qualify? This may be a reasonable idea, however the following need to be kept in mind: 1) If you're cutting off the...
- Mon May 25, 2009 6:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
While obviously I can't comment on whether upholding the protest was right or wrong, if the protest was upheld giving the question just to your opponents is standard protest procedure AFAIK. The idea is that it should have gone (a) you buzz in and are called wrong, (b) other team only has a chance t...
- Mon May 25, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
3. Losing a game to a New York-based team on a geography/current events question about New York. Remember, these questions are written months in advance ... I thought of this post when reading a question on California to Rancho Bernardo and then one on Georgia to Brookwood at NSC... For those who m...
- Sun May 24, 2009 12:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 PACE NSC
- Replies: 59
- Views: 43863
Re: 2009 PACE NSC
Between people begging for us not to refresh Taft and the chat having stopped, I'm thinking the network may have cut out again. Either that or everyone's at lunch. Either way, here's what's happened in the top playoff brackets: Didi : State College 6-1, Georgetown 6-1 , Stow-Munroe 4-3, Dorman 3-4, ...
- Sun May 24, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NSC Live Blog - front page of hsquizbowl.org
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2867
Re: 2009 NSC Live Blog - front page of hsquizbowl.org
Is the Day 2 liveblog running yet? The link on the front page still says It will start at 8:30.
- Fri May 22, 2009 11:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45332
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
3. Losing a game to a New York-based team on a geography/current events question about New York. Remember, these questions are written months in advance ... Choose how this sentence will be finished: (A) ...by other organizations. (B) ...and put into packets once we saw the schedule. (C) ...for las...
- Wed May 20, 2009 11:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Power matching genrator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1869
Re: Power matching genrator
For those of you who are interested the plan is play out the 4 rounds of power matching, and then take the top 2 people and the next 2 people and put them in a advantaged final for the placings. It doesn't seem like this plan will work. If you've got 16 people, you'll wind up with one 4-0 player an...
- Wed May 20, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC 2009: Tournament Format
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10553
Re: PACE NSC 2009: Tournament Format
The two playoff bracket champions will meet in an overall final to determine the 2009 PACE national champion. This will be a one-game final, with the exception of the case in which the two teams previously played in the tournament (that is, were in the same preliminary bracket). If that scenario oc...
- Tue May 19, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSAPQ: Fall Tournaments Sets Available
- Replies: 150
- Views: 30024
Re: HSAPQ: Fall Tournaments Sets Available
After our tournament I e-mailed about some errors in ACF-3, and they seem to still be there: 17. The Laplace transform of this function is equal to s over the quantity s squared plus one. Its Taylor series expansion is represented by the sum as n goes from zero to infinity of negative one to the n t...
- Sun May 17, 2009 11:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs Again
- Replies: 494
- Views: 114905
Re: Bad Negs Again
Just wondering, when do NAQT sets become live? After HSNCT?
From Goldfish...
Correct answer: Yttrium
Not an element: Yibittrium
From Goldfish...
Correct answer: Yttrium
Not an element: Yibittrium
- Tue May 12, 2009 9:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
- Replies: 74
- Views: 12405
Re: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
EDIT: Also, Bergen powered the last 6 TUs? Nice... Yeah, we joked that it was probably too little too late. Some of the powers were creepy-good, like [#30] on the [first] clue, the [#25] and [#27] powers were literally on the last word. I said afterwards that [the thought process I'd have on #28 wa...
- Wed May 06, 2009 6:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5725
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
I guess that can be taken as a general reminder that even when you're writing a question on your favorite song/lab procedure/author/mythological deity, you should still be looking things up as you write to check your facts.
- Tue May 05, 2009 11:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5725
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament Discussion
I was flipping through some of these packets and there are many problems with this bonus part (Packet 4, Bonus 7c): My own favorite Deathcab song is this minor hit off "Plans," whose first title entity tells its second title entity "I do believe it's true/ That There are rocks left in...
- Tue May 05, 2009 1:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13425
Re: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009
Probably, Nick. Probably, Dan (depending on your definition of "right off"). It'll be a few weeks before I'm confirmed interested, because if I can't find a job before then, I might need to be spending my summer weekends looking for/working towards one. Also, while I'm open to giving peopl...
- Mon May 04, 2009 12:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13425
Re: Prelim. Announcement: Sun 'n Fun X July 11, 2009
I might try to come down to Maryland for this. New Jersey carpool FTW?
Disclaimer: I will probably be close to useless as a teammate on a nationals-level set.
Disclaimer: I will probably be close to useless as a teammate on a nationals-level set.
- Fri May 01, 2009 6:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
- Replies: 116
- Views: 90433
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Spring Invitational (5/2/09)
For anyone who's interested, we'll actually be doing round robin prelim brackets of 4 and 6 playoff crossover rounds, because I know teams are interested in maximizing games against similarly-skilled opponents at this point in the year. Do I see four brackets of 4 followed by double round-robin in ...
- Fri May 01, 2009 12:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
- Replies: 161
- Views: 64904
Re: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
While this is in the early planning stages, was any thought given to making this function similar to ARML* minus single-school teams? By that I mean Northern California and Southern California could, for example, each have their own team, and other geographically/populationally large states could al...
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3686
Re: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
Full results are now available here: http://results.scobo.net/BergenCountyAcademies
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
- Replies: 74
- Views: 12405
Re: April 29: Pre-Nationals Goldfish Championship
What's the deadline for playing the packets? Sorry about the slow response to the above questions: 1. "On or about" means that you can do it on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday (or maybe even Friday if you ask nicely...). I normally start running results Friday night. 2. Ties are resolved ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 151
- Views: 31242
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
Third, Jon, prelim ties were played off (as were all ties in record throughout the tournament, except for the Ike/VCU tie in record, which was discovered after it was found that I mis-entered a playoff game.) This procedure was made known in advance, please review the relevant tiebreaking procedure...
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 151
- Views: 31242
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
Isn't this standard procedure, especially if PPG tiebreakers can't eliminate anyone?dtaylor4 wrote:Please do not protest (a neg that is given on account of moderator discretion and) anything that does not affect the outcome of a game.
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3686
Re: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
Steve Fineman decided upon the format and announced at the start that ties would obviously be played off, but that would be it. My guess is that part of the reason behind this was that due to a small number of staff, it actually took 12 rounds (instead of 11). If there had been one or two fewer upse...
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3686
Re: New Jersey NAQT Championship take 2 (Hackensack, NJ) 4/25/09
Just to supplement Coach Fineman's post, here are the top-to-bottom team standings: 1. St. Joseph A 9-1 (lost to Hills) 2. Columbia 8-2 (lost to SJ-A and Berg-B) 3. Bergen Academies A 7-3 (lost to SJ-A, Col and Hills) 3. Bergen Academies B 7-3 (lost to SJ-A, Berg-A and Liv-C) 3. Half Hollow Hills We...
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Nationals at WUSTL (Apr 25-26, 2009)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 67528
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Nationals at WUSTL (Apr 25-26, 2009)
What's the format for what's happening after these two prelim groups? Crossover playoffs tomorrow?
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Another Great Aukassion (Spring 2009 KMO)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1912
Re: Another Great Aukassion (Spring 2009 KMO)
Raleigh Charter had 1827. Congratulations. Official Results 1. Raleigh Charter NC 1827 2. State College PA 1811 3. NCSSM NC 1792 4. Montgomery Blair MD 1780 5. Bellarmine CA 1773 6. Bergen Academies NJ 1772 7. Hoover AL 1762 8. Kellenberg NY 1760 9. Rockford Auburn IL 1759 (198) 10. Torrey Pines CA...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Nationals at WUSTL (Apr 25-26, 2009)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 67528
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Nationals at WUSTL (Apr 25-26, 2009)
Depends what you mean by downtown. For the Hampton Inn, it looks like Convention Center is the closest Metro stop, a few blocks west, but there's also Arch/Laclede, a few blocks east.