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ErikC

I'm happy to announce a Discord mirror of Ontario Hybrid for November 28, 2020. More info on the set can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23557 . You can sign-up as a team or free agent here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d8yYv0Q-PUMD9z9bi7MyXx2BtZqFDj-XfKPoY0uxxpA/edit?usp=sharing....

ErikC

This is coming along a bit slow but is around 100 tossups done. I plan on having this played online in December.

ErikC

Aayush, Alex Li, and I are still looking for a fourth for our team. Not looking for subjects to cover in particular.

ErikC

I agree with previous posts about the difficulty and bias towards recent music in this thread, but I'd like to add some more thoughts. Isaac pointed out the dearth of 90s content, and I'd also say there wasn't too much 00s music either, particularly in the more radio-centric genres. I'd need to see ...

ErikC

Could a larger series of games be played with Battle City Rules?

ErikC

I am currently working on We Need New Games , a tossup-only side event about video games (primarily from the past 10-15 years, with a focus on popular games and series that are widely played) and other forms of games like board games, card games, and fictional games. Clues will focus on mechanics, c...

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To end any speculation: yes, I would have banned anyone without hesitation who admitted to cheating in an online tournament recently from playing Hybrid. How recently? At least a year. I already removed the signup of a player who had quite damning evidence that they cheated after the conversation ar...

ErikC

Congratulations to Zack and Miri Read Adorno for winning the 2020 Ontario Hybrid online mirror! Thanks to everyone who came out to play today! Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6472/stats/prelims/individuals/ Email me at erock199@gmail.com with any questions or correctio...

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I've found an eleventh reader so I've expanded the field to 22 teams. One slot has been assigned to a team on the waitlist. Currently there's one open slot for a team of free agents and a few spots on registered teams; only one or two people on the free agent list will be left out if all 88 (ugh) sp...

ErikC

I have locked the signup sheet for now as I confirm my staffing numbers and some issues with a signup. Email me at erock199 at gmail.com if you have a whole team you would like to get on the waiting list. For those free agents who may not get to play, a second more informal mirror may be held in the...

ErikC

Looks like the polls agree that we should do tossups only. Currently the field is capped at 20 teams, I've set up a waitlist for full teams but I hope to get another staffer for 22 teams.

ErikC

To repeat a point I made on discord, I really think that an answer of just "Manley" should be prompted for Michael Manley or Norman Manley, for similar reasons as prompting on Trudeau or Roosevelt. They are even closer historically then those examples, being only 16 years apart. Norman was...

ErikC

Does it count as "being top scorer on a team that went to either nationals" if I solo'd ICT after getting a host bid?

ErikC

We've found a full team.

Aayush, Rein and I are still looking for teammates. Our biggest holes are biology. PM me here or discord if you're interested!

~~Update: We've acquired one Rein Otasason.~~

ErikC

Thanks to some very nice people volunteering, I've been able to expand the field cap to 16 teams! Currently all the free agents would fit into the 4 of 6 slots. With 15 or 16 teams I'll consider splitting into groups and rebracketing over a round robin.

ErikC

While I don't like ignoring the majority vote, I'm currently leaning towards tossups only. I'll see how Terrapin Online goes with its format.

Regarding the field cap, I've moved it up to 10. I'm still looking for more staff to allow for more people to play.

ErikC

Antrobus63 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:50 am Looks like there's a clear winner. How soon can we sign up?

I've posted a thread to signup here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23939

ErikC

I'm happy to announce a Discord mirror of Ontario Hybrid for April 11 , 2020. More info on the set can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23557 . You can sign-up as a team or free agent here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Iq5G-CpXU8ZeExvhuVefEEJOLy6uRVkC...

ErikC

With all the cancellations of events and some demand, here is a preliminary poll to gauge interest and find a date for an online mirror. More info on the set can be found here https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23557 . I am still seeking staff to run this event - fill in the last...

ErikC

Despite the postponement of the main sites of this tournament (and thus removing the need to meet the previous deadline), I still plan on running a playtest of academic questions for this tournament. If you are still interested and want to play, let me know and I'll invite you to the discord server ...

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In light of all mirrors being postponed, anyone who missed the submission deadline is free to send a submission when you're satisfied with it. Hello, I was curious if an Online Mirror was going to run of this set given the recent boom in online tournament demand I'm planning on posting a poll in a f...

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I'm not happy to announce that we are postponing the main site of Ontario Hybrid until further notice. I hope to run a mirror during the summer once it is safe to do so, but we can't run an event knowing what could happen right now.

ErikC

As a relatively inexperienced head editor, I would like to have some more eyes on the academic questions for Ontario Hybrid (more info here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23557 ). I'm inviting any collegiate or open players that don't plan on attending a mirror to playtest q...

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Considering the recent announcement of the Barnard mirror, I've decided to extend the submission deadline to March 10.

ErikC

This set is now available on the archives.

ErikC

The writers of Ontario Hybrid 2020 are happy to announce that the main site of Ontario Hybrid will be on some date in the future, hopefully during the summer if the COVID-19 outbreak has largely passed, at the University of Toronto St. George Campus. More information about the Ontario Hybrid can be ...

ErikC

This set could have used some more proofreading--small typos are one thing, but there were a fair share of "actors' names spelled wrong" or "titles of films messed up." Yeah, I agree. There were several mistakes I didn't notice/go back to fix from reading the set out loud at the...

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Will Nediger brutally dismantled this set with an astonishing 1115 points over 7 packets. Here's the scores I have from last night.

Will N 1115
Chinmay 5
Tejas 65
Will B 20
Deepak -10
Mike 200
Peter 10
Sadie 25
Alex 15
Sam 175
Jamie 25
Jack 20

Thanks for playing everyone!

ErikC

A few details of distribution also have been changed on the main post.

ErikC

I'll be running a free mirror on the discord of Reel Knowledge, my film set you can read more about here https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22719. I'm setting the date for January 7 (the Tuesday), at 8pm for now. If enough people are interested but prefer a later time I could move...

ErikC

I've finally gotten around to posting packets from this tournament - the archive now has the first 11. I still plan on running the last 4 in an event in Canada so those will be posted later.

ErikC

crbirdx wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:36 pm I know that you just announced but would April be the earliest time to mirror?

Likely, but if an earlier mirror were proposed we might be able to make it work.

ErikC

We are pleased to announce that Canadian Hybrid will be returning again in 2020, written by Henry Atkins, Sheena Li, Aayush Rajasekaran, Jack van Nostrand, and Colin Veevers. I will be serving as head-editor, and I aim to produce a tournament similar in quality to the last one with some minor distri...

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Edit: Accidentally voted on the wrong bracket! Here's the current vote. #1 Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. #16 Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness #8 Taylor Swift - Blank Space vs. #9 Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) - I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) #5...

ErikC

I really enjoyed this tournament, and it's my favourite pre-nats tournament so far. I found the history to be fresh and challenging without being overly opaque or difficult. While this is just my perception, it seemed like a more accessible experience for newer players then past nats-minus tournamen...

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Cheynem wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:10 pm Will there be an online mirror?

I'll consider it.

Update: here it is!
viewtopic.php?f=311&t=23606

ErikC

An update for the curious: this set is finished and has already been mirrored thrice. I've decided to make it free as well.

ErikC

The Canadian mirror of Penn Bowl was semi-open. People eligible to play for a school were required to play on a school team. An exemption was made for a Carleton student (Daniel) to play with open teammates as the rest of his school. Whether this is good for the circuit, I don't know. Penn Bowl is o...

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I half-agree with Chris about the philosophy - I agree that the focus on the work of recent thinkers is probably for the best, but I do think this tournament heavily favoured Anglo-American philosophers over the rest of the world. Perhaps this is just my perspective as someone who has mostly learned...

ErikC

An update on this set: I'm about 75% done this set. I've updated the distribution in the OP to accommodate more questions that span different regions. I plan on having this set available for mirror by October 5.

ErikC

UlyssesInvictus wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 2:49 pm How many packets did this end up being?

Seven, all according to plan.

EDIT: We played this in Ottawa. The results:

Henry - 360
Milan - 320
Christine - 295
Aaron - 240
Simone - 150
Adam - 60

ErikC

To clarify, this set is finished, available for mirroring, and has already been mirrored. Special thanks to Penn State for their feedback!

ErikC

I am currently working on an academic set of film questions, intend to be played as a side event in small teams or shootouts. I would be comfortable putting almost any of these questions in a pure academic set of regular quizbowl questions. The majority of clues will focus on the visual and audio el...

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I'm going to go at-bat for this set here. I think Andrew makes a fine argument when he calls that Switzerland tossup less unified then the Muslims-in-the-US tossup, which I'm pretty sure everyone liked. But I think its both a value judgement to say that its better to be unified like that and debatab...

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To add to my suggestions made on Discord: I'm glad the classrooms tossup was changed to accept schools, I thought that was a hard thing to distinguish during the game even after several prompts. The In the Mood for Love tossup probably could have used some more visual descriptions, it's a very styli...

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This has been the first year out of school after five years of playing collegiate QB, and I was feeling pretty down about missing out on all the tournaments. But semi-open tournaments have been plentiful here to boost the field - it's not ideal, but I've had the opportunity to play 3 tournaments of ...

ErikC

I can confirm I am writing a full pack for this.

ErikC

I'll have to see the packets again to have a fully formed take on the history, but I thought most of it was a very interesting way to increase difficulty. The execution of these ideas also mostly worked out pretty well. Something I noticed (which likely comes from the same writer working on most of ...

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I actually think the Annales tossup would have been better as a historiography tossup within a history distro but I don't think it's too big a deal. Something I forgot to mention - pack 6 seemed much harder than the 5 packets that came before it. I think a bunch of the more challenging answerlines t...

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I really, really liked the history in this tournament (which was not a surprise knowing Mr. Myers was on board) and it's my favourite from at least the current season. The extra world history was used extremely well, and I think the main reason why was the overall philosophy behind the writing. The ...

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