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by vinteuil
Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 9790

2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion

Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed playing PIANO and I look forward to hearing your feedback. Discuss away below! We tried very hard to make this tournament "controlled" (length, difficulty) while still having it be very flavorful. Otherwise, there was no single guiding principle, since we ha...
by vinteuil
Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 292280

2019 PIANO/MO Specific Question Discussion

Here's your thread for discussion of individual questions. Please save small-scale fixes for the errata thread.
by vinteuil
Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata
Replies: 35
Views: 3819

2019 PIANO/MO Errata

Comment away on errors, packetization weirdness, anything!
by vinteuil
Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What is the purpose of a first line?
Replies: 36
Views: 16221

Re: What is the purpose of a first line?

As a very vocal advocate of themed tossups, I would like to 100% cosign with John's post. Put in all the good clues that fit the theme and then fill the rest of the tossup with other good clues instead of trying to force it. (This is as somebody who has rightly been called out for doing the latter b...
by vinteuil
Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

Since I seem not to have announced this, I should say that this tournament's literature was mostly edited by Will H-M and the philosophy by Joey Goldman—get excited!
by vinteuil
Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
Replies: 17
Views: 8116

Re: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)

They didn't advertise it to all college teams. They were very clear on the difficulty and just said it was open to all college teams, which it is and probably should be (maybe UG-only, I suppose). Almost every school that showed up is regional and is the kind of school/team I would expect would att...
by vinteuil
Sat Mar 02, 2019 12:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
Replies: 17
Views: 8116

Re: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)

Can I suggest that perhaps saying that a traditionally novice-oriented set (and certainly not as difficult as "regular-minus" implies) should not have been advertised to "all college teams"? Because that seems to be encouraging bad actors to just roll in and beat up on a bunch of...
by vinteuil
Sun Jan 27, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 20583

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I liked a lot about this set, and I'm very happy I played it! A lot of fantastic new material to discover and many things I've been waiting to hear about. A few drive-by thoughts: The set had pretty wildly differing varying philosophies. Will H-M and Eric (and to an extent, Will N.) were writing clo...
by vinteuil
Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mythology
Replies: 10
Views: 8929

Re: Mythology

Looking at an Amazon review Shakespeare was a real cool person for his time. Unfortunately, his plays are not a real cool thing to read for my time. It is English and I speak English. I just don't happen to speak Old English. Which is really ironic because I am old and speaking English. If you read...
by vinteuil
Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mythology
Replies: 10
Views: 8929

Re: Mythology

As for Chinese mythology, much of the source material is highly historical and syncretic. I've found that researching myths individually (such as Hou Yi, Chang'e, etc) online is more efficient than trying to find a published compilation of these scattered stories, both in terms of knowledge acquire...
by vinteuil
Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

women, fire and dangerous things wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:56 am Mitski
by vinteuil
Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

Hi everyone—the JHU date is now in the parent post (3/9), and we should have a date for the OSU mirror soon. Thanks for your patience!
by vinteuil
Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

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by vinteuil
Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials
Replies: 7
Views: 6230

Re: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials

I enjoy browsing the essays on the Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ; the hyperlinks within the articles and suggested articles are great for getting context beyond memorizing painting clues. Also have to plug the fact the Met has uploaded PDFs of a ton of out of print exhibition catalogs or...
by vinteuil
Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials
Replies: 7
Views: 6230

Re: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials

You might want to take a look at my list of books and other resources If you're looking for an actual book, Thanks for the response! I have troved through that list at various times, including at 3 AM at one point. It is ridiculously valuable. As for a book I'm not so much interested in that. Smart...
by vinteuil
Sun Dec 30, 2018 2:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials
Replies: 7
Views: 6230

Re: Art History Cannon in QB and Reading Reference Materials

You might want to take a look at my list of books and other resources, linked here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=21649 I like SmartHistory a lot! The Art Story is a nice website if you want to learn about modern and contemporary art, but many of the artists and theorists co...
by vinteuil
Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #2: Snail Mail - Lush #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #2: Pusha-T - Daytona #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour vs. #7: Lucy Dacus - Historian #1: Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer vs. #2: Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs We haven't had much discussion yet. Now t...
by vinteuil
Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: How to Approach Literature
Replies: 7
Views: 7633

Re: How to Approach Literature

Jack and Jakob are both wrong about secondary sources and may be thinking primarily of literary "theory" as opposed to criticism. (And many works of literary theory, including classic ones that come up in their own right, include very helpful descriptions and analyses of core literary work...
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
Replies: 15
Views: 9038

Re: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out

There's no such thing as "stealing" points. Whoever buzzes first gets them. That's always good for your team—you increase your chance of beating another team to the question. (It's of course fair for your teammate to think that your efforts would be better spent in another part of the dist...
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #3: Beach House - 7 #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #5: JPEGMAFIA - Veteran #2: Pusha-T - Daytona vs. #3: Noname - Room 25 #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour vs. #4: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimit...
by vinteuil
Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

I kind of want to push back on the idea that a 50 dollar increase to 650 dollars is out of line. HSNCT charges $675 per team. NSC charges $695 per team. I realize that NASAT teams are more likely to be paying out of pocket, but that's not a given and that doesn't change the bottom line costs. Histo...
by vinteuil
Thu Dec 20, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 10328

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

On the topic of the post-painterly abstraction bonus, I just checked my modern art textbook and Mountains and Sea is one of the paintings talked about in the section titled "post-painterly abstraction" and appears alongside a quote from Greenberg about post-painterly abstraction, and that...
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #8: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #7: IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance #3: Beach House - 7 vs. #6: Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy vs. #5: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel #1: Kids See Gh...
by vinteuil
Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CANCELED - Qblitz Winter 1 (online) (Jan 28 to Feb 1, 2019)
Replies: 12
Views: 5720

Re: Qblitz Winter 1 (online) (Jan 28 to Feb 1, 2019)

What question set will this tournament use?
by vinteuil
Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:44 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Announcing Qblitz
Replies: 23
Views: 18892

Re: Announcing Qblitz

Comparing one player's buzzes in a vacuum to anybody else's does not really reflect how quizbowl is actually played. This is also a huge problem with people who try to conduct virtual games via detailed stats. I assume the idea is "if a player knows a clue, they will buzz. The players that know...
by vinteuil
Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

The other bid was from Champaign, Illinois. It was a good bid, but it included less local staff and equivalent travel costs for teams. I also spoke with a few people from Illinois, who told me it would be easier to travel to Lexington than Champaign. I literally cannot believe these sentences. My o...
by vinteuil
Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

The other bid was from Champaign, Illinois. It was a good bid, but it included less local staff and equivalent travel costs for teams. I also spoke with a few people from Illinois, who told me it would be easier to travel to Lexington than Champaign. I literally cannot believe these sentences. My o...
by vinteuil
Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

Is Justin's post really tongue-in-cheek? Considering that there's relatively little chance of getting any kind of school funding, fees rising by approximately $50 per year sounds precisely like costs running out of control, exactly the opposite of what's been advertised. Not to mention the additiona...
by vinteuil
Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

Emmett, a new writer and "outsider" to this community who wrote 70 questions for this set I should've posted a long time ago about this (I've discussed this with a number of people and told Emmett himself), but I thought Emmett did a really fantastic job—lots of good ideas and solid execu...
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

it seems from the sets you've listed out that you know who I'm talking about, and I don't think the examples I listed out from them can be denied. I'd actually love to see you source the claim that "the majority of the community only liked SGI because they don't know shit," which is an ex...
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

Jason Cheng wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:29 pma narrow set of vocal people who don't contribute questions to the community
Who exactly is this referring to? (The most vocal critics I can think of are editing and writing for PACE, NASAT, CAST, CO, and other projects.)
by vinteuil
Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 NASAT: June 22 & 23
Replies: 14
Views: 14677

Re: 2019 NASAT: June 22 & 23

A belated reply to the above: we're aware of the relative difficulties of traveling into Lexington, Kentucky, but that is where IQBT is base. A lot of our connections for local staff and room reservations are dependent on hosting in Lexington. Additionally, one of the co-owners would also be unable...
by vinteuil
Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT vs Housewrite
Replies: 8
Views: 8466

Re: NAQT vs Housewrite

I have played on both types of sets and have always noticed that there are a lot more trash questions in NAQT sets. Looking at set distributions from NAQT and multiple housewrites confirmed my observations. Is that all there is to it, or are there other differences between them? Look at the geograp...
by vinteuil
Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
Replies: 35
Views: 20418

Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19

Are there any upcoming tournaments that would consider doing 20 point powers, no negs, and bounce backs on bonuses? Obviously NSC's distribution and question style is also different, but I'd just like a chance to get an idea of how it affects gameplay and strategy. I know few NE teams go to NSC, bu...
by vinteuil
Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Re: Summer Open 2019 (August 2019)

Very very hype for this

EDIT: I have been informed that the correct adjectival form is "hyped". Thanks Ophir!
by vinteuil
Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals @ Swarthmore (1/26)
Replies: 12
Views: 8274

Re: ACF Regionals @ Swarthmore (1/26)

Has ACF contacted Swarthmore about connecting the club with external staff? I know that there are a huge number of quizbowl alums in the DC/College Park/Philly areas that would presumably be happy to staff if asked.
by vinteuil
Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

Two music questions that illustrate a similar problem (one John pointed out in his 2014 guide): Bach’s Fugue in B minor for organ is based on a theme by this composer. [10] Short chants called antiphons were typically composed for morning offices or evening prayer services in the Catholic Church. Na...
by vinteuil
Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

Thiccasso's Guernthicca wrote: Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:54 pm I meant to post this a while back and never got around to it, but the Dukas tossup says that the main melody played by the bassoons in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is in 3/8 time, when it is actually in 9/8 time.
Nope:
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(The opening is in 9/8 though.)
by vinteuil
Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Staying Alert/Focused after Lunch
Replies: 11
Views: 8839

Re: Staying Alert/Focused after Lunch

This may or may not be the correct place for this post, so please feel free to move it to a better board. Our team is in a tough spot: we are better than many teams in our area, but we haven't made it to the point where we can beat the best teams. One of our biggest problems is... Lunch. At tournam...
by vinteuil
Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
Replies: 14
Views: 8098

Re: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl

I'll note that in general podcasts are less information dense than things like audiobooks. The downside is that you often have to pay for these, but you should check if your library has access to something like OverDrive. They have a pretty good mobile app to access free audio books. The selection ...
by vinteuil
Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8052

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion

No other category is held to this standard— there is no subdistribution of biology reserved for "bio for physical science majors" and there is no subdistribution of literature reserved for "lit for STEM majors." This is flat-out untrue. Many of the thought categories are held to...
by vinteuil
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

but the number of people in general who listen to/watch recordings of Einstein on the Beach is probably greater than the number of attendees of even something as popular as La Traviata. Exactly what online recording are you referring to? The top hit for Einstein on the Beach on Youtube has 150,000 ...
by vinteuil
Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

but the number of people in general who listen to/watch recordings of Einstein on the Beach is probably greater than the number of attendees of even something as popular as La Traviata. Exactly what online recording are you referring to? The top hit for Einstein on the Beach on Youtube has 150,000 ...
by vinteuil
Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

Overall, I really enjoyed this tournament. A minor issue with tournament but a larger problem generally, though, is that I think tournaments really need to have fewer contemporary opera questions. I think in this tournament, of the one tossup and 3 bonuses I recall hearing that had sizeable opera c...
by vinteuil
Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Science (2018 Sun God)
Replies: 50
Views: 19895

Re: Science (2018 Sun God)

I think that allowing 10 seconds for players to do a little dimensional analysis (whether to check their work or to figure it out) makes this OK, although you might question if that's how you want players to be getting points. In fact, we did do this for two of those bonuses (Boltzmann and pendulum...
by vinteuil
Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Science (2018 Sun God)
Replies: 50
Views: 19895

Re: Science (2018 Sun God)

pendulum period I feel like this bonus part (which should be the middle part if I'm interpreting the bonus correctly), works fine at this level. Granted, I have only taken three physics courses (AP Physics and an intro), but this equation and other basic kinematic equations were basically rote memo...
by vinteuil
Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

I wish there were a similarly simple solution for the Eastern seaboard, but the modern incarnation of the Northeast circuit seems pretty unwilling to venture particularly far for tournaments. And of course, Yale has every right to host a tournament that they're writing a gigantic portion of. Will, ...
by vinteuil
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:52 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
Replies: 217
Views: 224592

Re: Books "for Quizbowl"

Any recommendations for good page turner art books? Non-fiction preferred, but if it's a good novelization (like the suggested Agony and Ecstasy upthread), I would give it a go. It doesn't have to be a survey book. For reference, I liked the Art of Rivalry, which covered four notable two-wise relat...
by vinteuil
Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:45 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
Replies: 217
Views: 224592

Re: Books "for Quizbowl"

iarehavethestupid wrote: Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:30 pm Can somebody give me a recommendation for something that covers specifically European History? (And not just Britain)
As I put here, Palmer, Colton, and Kramer, A History of the Modern World is very clue-dense and very well-written.
by vinteuil
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

One other point I'd like to make: part of the allure of playing a hard-difficulty open tournament is the opportunity for a highly competitive field to form from groups of highly talented quizbowlers of various ages and various locations travelling to one place. Like, Chicago Open has exactly one si...