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Eddie

Here are the overall stats.

Eddie

Is the server down?

Eddie

If you plan to pay your registration fee early, please mail it as a check for "Westview Quizbowl" to the address 13500 Camino del Sur, San Diego, CA 92129. Please put ATTN: Limor Weltsch on the envelope or it will not be received. You will receive a confirmation once your payment has been ...

Eddie

Christian Okoye wrote:A more optimal idea would be to promote ACF's Writer Feedback Program amongst your friends.

Is that program still active?

Eddie

A side idea kind of relevant to this would be creating a room in which users can submit their own questions (with their intended difficulty, subject, etc.) and others can playtest them and provide feedback.

Eddie

You can find information about Andersons here . The second one (hand-held buzzers) are personally my favourite, and a case is $15 extra. The parts are really easy to replace, too, and they're generally good with communications. I've also heard good reviews about these buzzers , which come with a pad...

Eddie

Looks pretty cool. I would suggest having a feature that enables users to look at multiple questions at a time, like Quizbowl DB does.

Eddie

One thing I think this really needs is some sort of room ownership or admin power because I have difficulties with people being disruptive in my private school channel and as (1) they don't have to identify themselves through the username and (2) I can't shut them out unless the ban mechanism trigg...

Eddie

Also, what do they call middle schools in Canada? The Forbidden Zone?

Oh, the many mysteries of quizbowl.

Eddie

Just wondering.

Eddie

The field for SWAG has now been expanded to thirty (30) teams. Any A-, B-, or C-teams on the waitlist have been added to the field, though D-, E-, and F-teams shall remain on the waitlist until 5 January, 2013, or two weeks prior to SWAG I.

Eddie

I've been looking to get a lot of the SD city schools to come to quizbowl tournaments. Andy is a really strong humanities player at Granite Hills and Alex at University City is an all-around generalist. I'm not sure what grade they're in, but it looks like they'll stick around for at least the remai...

Eddie

Has there been a problem with merging files in SQBS? I recall that I could do it fairly easily last year. Also, could you please elaborate on the process of bidding for state championships? I'm a little confused as to how this works.

Eddie

Will there be any sort of discount for new schools?

Eddie

The field for SWAG I is now full, although we are planning to expand the field to thirty (30) teams. Teams on the waitlist shall be prioritized alphabetically; that is, any A-teams will be taken before any B-teams, and so on.

Eddie

The prelim stats look like there's something wrong with them.

Eddie

Could you please elaborate on how state championships work? Who is eligible, what do top teams get, and what set is used?

Eddie

cchiego wrote:it's also weird to try to explain why there are two state championships

Could you elaborate on this? I was only aware of one state championship, which was held at La Jolla last year. How are each different?

Eddie

How are you guys doing on buzzers and moderators, and have you contacted other LA schools (Palos Verdes, Chadwick, SaMo, etc.)?

Eddie

I think that the problem with the "read a book" strategy is that literature has such a large canon. Poetry and short stories are very easy to read and digest quickly, and some significant and common novels and plays (those on NAQT's You Gotta Know, etc.) are very useful to read firsthand, ...

Eddie

I definitely agree with the commitment > talent argument. One of our A-team players hasn't attended practice for a couple of weeks because of college apps and whatnot, and there's been a definite decline in his playing skills, and a definite increase in that of the rest of the team.

Eddie

Sorry to bump this thread, but does anyone know if it's possible to run Anderson buzzers on batteries? One of my more technologically literate teammates attached a battery to a Judge buzzer system, which can now operate for a couple of hours without needing to be plugged in, and I was wondering if t...

Eddie

siramesh23 wrote:No mods.

Are the AL coaches (Gautam, Melody, Amy) unavailable?

Eddie

I see you got image support - nice! The only problem with this is that it's a little vulnerable to trolling, as a couple of people have already begun posting inappropriate images (porn, gore, etc.).

Eddie

What do the numbers in parentheses mean?

Eddie

Could we please get a description of the field at the moment?

Eddie

I'm just glad that I had a chance to play good quizbowl after a month-long break.

Eddie

Now that University is actually coming to tournaments (on time), I think they're strain to emerge as a big great, as is San Dieguito, who's fairly new to quizbowl. As for schools in San Diego City, University City, Bishop's, Coronado, and Granite Hills are all showing considerable talent, and I expe...

Eddie

I really enjoyed the set this time, and Ben was a great director that made everything run smoothly. The field was pretty competitive, and I enjoyed many close matches. Of course, the winner of the neg award was expected.

Eddie

This is a notice that tournament fees have been changed slightly, namely:

Early registration discount raised to $10 per team from $5 per team
Staff member discount raised to $15 per team from $10 per team
Late registration fee penalty wording slightly altered

Eddie

From my experience, fees have been around $70 to $80 for the each team with a $10 discount for each additional team, though novice tournaments are generally cheaper at $50 to $60 per team. Buzzers and moderators generally give a $5 to $10 discount, and distance discounts range from $5 for every fift...

Eddie

Would it be possible to get an update on what the current field looks like?

Eddie

From what I've heard and noticed throughout my quizbowl experience, powers appear to be widely regarded as a gimmick - they provide the emotional rush of "powering" a question and enable somewhat easier differentiation of knowledge depth in stats, but more often than not have no effect on ...

Eddie

This post is reserved for the field. FIELD: Del Norte A Del Norte B Canyon Crest A Canyon Crest B San Dieguito A San Dieguito B Arcadia A Arcadia B Arcadia C Irvine A Irvine B Irvine C Madison A Madison B University A University B Scripps Ranch A Scripps Ranch B Rancho Bernardo A Rancho Bernardo B R...

Eddie

The quizbowl team at Westview High School is pleased to announce Sagacious Westview Academic Gala, or SWAG. SWAG I is a regular difficulty NAQT tournament directed by Eddie Kim. DATE/TIME: SWAG I shall take place on Saturday, 19 January 2013. Check-in shall begin at 8:00 A.M., and matches shall begi...

Eddie

methinks a callout to Illinois players to show those young upstarts how it's done is in order. Also, how exactly will bonus possession work? Will PPB be a measured stat? Will there be bouncebacks? Actually, right now aside from score and interrupts, there aren't really any metrics to Protobowl. It'...

Eddie

Westview would like to register one (1) team and waitlist four (4) teams. We are bringing two (2) buzzers and one (1) moderator.

Eddie

kcinvincibleman wrote:At what time will the tournament end?

I estimate it would end around 5:00 pm, as do most tournaments.

Eddie

How does the ban system work? One of my team members was banned from our private room twenty minutes ago but is currently unable to rejoin. Is it possible to create a moderator system who has the power to change distributions and settings and hand out bans?

Eddie

Westview is interested - we will probably send one or two teams.

Eddie

The new UI is interesting. I haven't tried multiplayer mode yet, but the bright blues are a little distracting. I think the "advanced search" function is missing, and a very minor issue is that you can't click the links at the bottom until a query has been searched.

Eddie

For Shinto myth, I came across this online translation of the Kojiki, but I'm finding it difficult to read because all of the names are translated as well ("His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness," etc.). Are there better print translations or secondary source compilations?

Eddie

I'm looking into those right now - it looks like my local library has them! For Egyptian mythology, a quick Google search brought me to this book - does anyone know about the usefulness of this book?

Eddie

Hello, everyone. In studying mythology, I've come across a sort of dilemma. Whereas major myth systems (Greco-Roman, Norse, Hindu, etc.) have intact primary sources to study, I haven't come across significant primary sources for lesser-known myth systems like those of the Aztecs and the Egyptians, a...

Eddie

Is there a field cap or a max number of teams per school?

Eddie

Would it be possible to change the question category menu to allow selection of multiple, but not all, options? By the way, I really appreciate all of the work you've put into this project. Okay, I've added support for defining custom category distributions (select "Custom" as the categor...

Eddie

Westview is also bringing two (2) buzzers.

Eddie

Would it be possible to change the question category menu to allow selection of multiple, but not all, options?

By the way, I really appreciate all of the work you've put into this project.

Eddie · Re: ATLAS @ Arcadia HS (9/29/12) [IS-118] orenji wrote:fixed now. Huh?

orenji wrote:fixed now.

Huh?

Eddie

Err... the link to the Google doc in your original post leads to a tournament confirmation form for Irvine team members.

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