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- Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:38 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Mid Michigan Community College?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11491
Re: Mid Michigan Community College?
Is there a reason you can't have a team at your high school? I'm originally from mid-Michigan and I distinctly remember the Mt. Pleasant area having a good deal of high school activity, albeit on after school league meets (which I don't necessarily believe are inferior to Saturday tournaments). Unle...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: questions about Judaism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8881
Re: questions about Judaism
Where else are you going to get your distribution of saints being depicted with the head of a dog? I'm far from any sort of religious studies aficionado, but there's some really interesting stuff in Orthodox Christianity.Kouign Amann wrote:Orthodoxy is a great place to look.
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:18 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 461040
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I have a packet of 40 album tossups that I'll read in the IRC at 11pm EDT, unless people have objections to that time. A good number of the questions are very difficult, but if you liked the Hunter/Hirsch packets, there should be some stuff here you'll enjoy. Yeah, I know this is a year late, but p...
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Distance Discounts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5043
Re: Distance Discounts
"What public transit?"The Stately Rhododendron wrote:public transit
- most every team out there
I have a feeling that there simply aren't public transit options for a good deal of, if not most teams outside of the largest metro areas in the country.
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
- Replies: 122
- Views: 61143
Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
Yes.kdroge wrote:So it looks like I'm tentatively going to be around for this. Is there anyone looking to form another team(s) for Saturday?
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State
- Replies: 61
- Views: 52211
Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State
Connecticut: C+ Yale's high school tournaments anchor a small but growing group of teams playing good quizbowl in the Constitution State. There's still a strong lack of penetration into many of the urban areas, but the Middlesex/Darien pipeline seems to be growing a stellar team there and longtime ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: How to become a good theoretical math player?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12748
Re: How to become a good theoretical math player?
Yeah, stats and probability are grossly underrepresented, especially given their wide applicability and use in not only the "hard" sciences, but also in things like Psych, Anthropology, Sociology, and the like.
- Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: How to become a good theoretical math player?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12748
Re: How to become a good theoretical math player?
One thing I thought of last night, that I don't think has been mentioned anywhere for any subject, but was helpful to me, is to go to talks and colloquia. When I was in undergrad, the Society of Physics Students would mail out lists of talks being given and every now and then (it probably should hav...
- Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: How to become a good theoretical math player?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12748
Re: How to become a good theoretical math player?
I'll note I've learned a fair amount of quizbowl math from reading cheap Dover books. As much as I love Boyce and DiPrima (and its little historical sidebars), I still had to pay an arm and a leg for it. A lot of Dover books are under $10 and if you're Kindle-oriented, under $5. Also, at the risk of...
- Wed May 20, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Wacky Practice Formats
- Replies: 21
- Views: 25593
Re: Wacky Practice Formats
History of Designate Bowl, as I recall it: It's definitely a Chicago thing. I think it was at some tournament in late 2008, early 2009 at UIUC where Sorice was reading for a team that included myself, Marnold, and David Seal. I forget exactly what the context was that had us trying to jokingly buzz ...
- Wed May 20, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Wacky Practice Formats
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15549
Re: Wacky Practice Formats
History of Designate Bowl, as I recall it: It's definitely a Chicago thing. I think it was at some tournament in late 2008, early 2009 at UIUC where Sorice was reading for a team that included myself, Marnold, and David Seal. I forget exactly what the context was that had us trying to jokingly buzz ...
- Sat May 09, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46747
Re: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
I'm a big fan of this idea and would most likely play a nearby regular-ish difficulty open tournament.Cheynem wrote:You can write whatever you want, but I also think that "open" tournament doesn't always have to mean "harder than regular."
- Wed May 06, 2015 11:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question classification
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8374
Re: Question classification
Before anyone really gets their hopes up, some caveats/disclaimers: 1. This was done in just a few weeks as a final project for my text mining class. Only tossup questions were used. More than anything, the instructor wanted to see how well I could use Perl and regular expressions. Currently it's no...
- Wed May 06, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question classification
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8374
Re: Question classification
So I spent a couple weeks on and off trying to make a quick and dirty question classifier using multinomial logistic regression. Using a fairly small dataset (3 HSAPQ tournaments in the training set, 1 HSAPQ tourney in the test set), I was able to get around 80% overall accuracy, which seems tolerab...
- Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:22 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
- Replies: 51
- Views: 73277
Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories
I've never had any travel problems except during quiz bowl trips. On the way back from my first tournament ever - 2010 Collegiate Novice - one of Nolan Esser's tires blew out, leaving us stranded in mid-Michigan. This is pretty tame as far as quiz bowl travel disasters go, but in retrospect, it was...
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
- Replies: 122
- Views: 61143
Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
About 95% sure I'll be in Michigan when this happens. Looking for teammates. Also, I'll express interest in doing side events if any happen on Saturday, rather than Sunday.
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question classification
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8374
Question classification
Hello all, So I'm in the middle of taking a class on Text Mining and have to submit a proposal for a final project (or else do the boring standard project). I was wondering if any work has been done into finding ways of having a program work through question text and determine its category. I think ...
- Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition
- Replies: 74
- Views: 37922
Re: IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition
Now I have to show up.RexSueciae wrote:I will be present and may possibly have a Warren Zevon themed packet of questions (no actual knowledge of Warren Zevon's music necessary).
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SOLO: A Star Wars Tournament
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9516
Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Tournament
TU on the Endor Holocaust Theory, please.
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 26062
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
I might have more to say later, but a few quick notes: 1. I'm thrilled you guys kept my cinematography bonus. I was proud of that one. 2. Answering "The King" should be acceptable for "the dauphin" in the Huck Finn bonus, because, like, he's totally called that. 3. I might have m...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 Global Announcement (11/8/14)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 31615
Re: ACF Fall 2014 Global Announcement (11/8/14)
Just to be clear, the ACF shorthanded/financial duress is still in efffect, correct?
- Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:04 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Lowest Point
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54489
Re: Your Lowest Point
The first few months of my freshman year of college. UChicago practices in those days were 12+ people in one big room with a knot buzzer system, playing free-for-all tossups for 3 hours. Andrew Yaphe, Seth Teitler, and Subash were all in the room, and Zeke visited occasionally. Some nights, I didn'...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Supergroup rankings
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2113
Re: Supergroup rankings
Mostly correct, but The Highwaymen and maybe just maybe Bad Company warrant some mention.
- Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: World Leader All-Star Teams?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2951
Re: World Leader All-Star Teams?
My Team USA - TR - He covers military history, along with biology and natural sciences, plus he's just a well-read guy. Also, I assume he'd do well at 19th century American politics, and all manner of election of 1912 tossups. I would worry about him having a negging problem. T. Jefferson - early A...
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO History Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16189
Re: CO History Discussion
I'd love to see the Edmund Fitzgerald tossup because you know ... Michigan. Also, the Millerite tossup if possible. My brother named our 2012 fantasy baseball league "Mayan Doomsday Countdown" and the next year it was called "The Great Disappointment."
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
- Replies: 155
- Views: 92626
Re: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
I like that this is basically the quiz bowl version of "Slumdog Millionaire" without you know, the not cheating part.
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open/second summer open this year
- Replies: 44
- Views: 22783
Re: VCU Open/second summer open this year
I'm interested in playing the first and possibly the second, but most likely only if the final product is mirrored nearby (either Ann Arbor or somewhere in New England).
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
Nothing in this thread even remotely compares to David Seal's "Bang Bang Boom" dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP4HYuBUNFY The video is from April 2007; the moves are timeless. I am stunned (and incredibly happy) that there is a record of this. As I recall, this was either right bef...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:37 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
I said it before and I'll say it again:La Maga wrote:
JL beginning his reform of the Chicago team
Barbershop Quartet
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:57 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
Also, if you're friends with Seth on facebook, check out the recent photo of him with a baby. Since it's not qb related, I didn't post it here. Also I don't like disseminating images of kids without permission.
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
Found the original. It's part of the "Seth Teitler thinks/Seth Teitler despairs" diptych. It was posted to fb by Bruce in January 07. Here's "Seth Teitler despairs" for good measure:
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:47 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
More Seth! (Seriously, if anyone knows where to find the original of this photo, please post it! The pose and the bat shirt are both so great.) This photo originated on Berkeley's quizbowl webpage and was taken in one of our regular practice rooms. Hmm... I was sure that one came from the practice ...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:32 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
Feeding Kannan ICT 07
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 89342
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
And Seth's Bat shirt!Ukonvasara wrote:
Michael Arnold: Style. Class. Grace.
(Fun fact: this was taken at a Waltham-area Wendy's after ACF Nats 2008, to which I got a ride in Matt Keller's sweet rental Mustang.)
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:17 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141195
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
I'll also note that 2007 UIUC was pretty beastly if I remember correctly.
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:23 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141195
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
Are we just talking A-teams here? Because I'll note (only somewhat in self-interest) that the Chicago team of aught-nine won ACF, ICT, and Div II ICT, with Chicago B pulling some pretty sweet upsets.
- Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Macalester Mirror of "An Intimate Engagement with Trash"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1519
Re: Macalester Mirror of "An Intimate Engagement with Trash"
Did this happen and if so, stats?
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8644
Re: General Discussion
So I read for this tournament and noticed a few things that might (or might not) merit some attention/discussion: First, I'd like to say that the Sham-Wow thing was a terrible and stupid idea. At Yale, we started a little bit behind schedule and I remember being really miffed that I had to read that...
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 94
- Views: 19642
Re: Question-Specific Discussion
Could someone post the time derivative question? As a reader, I remember thinking tossups whose alternate answerlines require nearly as much text as the question itself might not be a good idea.
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2013 Northeast @ Harvard (11/02/13)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12628
Re: ACF Fall 2013 Northeast @ Harvard (11/02/13)
Awww yeah, bracket names.
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32600
Re: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
I feel like those who have to write packets are experienced enough in quizbowl to know that in the fall there is a tournament called "ACF Fall," which requires teams to write packets. Given that they know well ahead of time that this tournament exists and that writing questions can be a pa...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: McMaster Mirror of "An Intimate Engagement With Trash"
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13761
Re: McMaster Mirror of "An Intimate Engagement With Trash"
If anyone wants to discuss the set, there's a private forum called CO Trash 2013 discussion. I think David approves requests to join.
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DRAGOON at Yale (11/16/13)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7384
Re: DRAGOON at Yale (11/16/13)
Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:Just saw this. I might be able to staff.
My schedule's looking free. Sign me up to staff.
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DRAGOON at Yale (11/16/13)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7384
Re: DRAGOON at Yale (11/16/13)
Just saw this. I might be able to staff.
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: State of the board discussion thread
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19331
Re: State of the board discussion thread
A majority of the posts in the college discussion forum are by people I'd consider elite quizbowl players. This is a bit intimidating ("I'm not qualified to join this discussion"), but it also makes the threads cool to read ("These people know their stuff"). I'm not sure if I'd ...
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Trash Mirror - University of Washington - Sunday, 8/11/13
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1421
Re: CO Trash Mirror - University of Washington - Sunday, 8/11/13
The email was sent to Nolan Winkler whose email forward to me was just seen. If you haven't gotten it, I'll forward it right now.
- Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Improving as a geography player?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7503
Re: Improving as a geography player?
I'll echo spending half an hour every night watching your favorite network's evening world news. Aside from geography, you get some history, ce, and other stuff. Also, King of the Hill. I've gotten probably two tossups on Laos based on the show's mentions of Luang Prabang.
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2614
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Some quick responses: To Mike: Raging Bull: I know very little about classical music; I wanted the question to be more academic. My fault on that one. You may be right about the Cedar Point question; when I thought of it it seemed interesting, but I can see why it doesn't play out well in practice. ...
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Urgent Call for Unity Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16408
Re: Urgent Call for Unity Discussion
I read and listened to the rounds, so I don't have much to contribute. I would have powered the TU on Mongol invasions of Japan and I know very little history. There were some really cool answerlines. I really liked the Mods/Rockers TU.
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open food discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11349
Re: Chicago Open food discussion
While I like the idea of centrally ordering CO food, improvements need to be made. I got proper lunch on Saturday, I know others did not. I did not get a proper lunch on Sunday since almost all of the chicken was consumed before the trash finals ended. More food or more specific central coordinatio...