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by Corry
Wed May 08, 2013 12:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Why are there different difficulties?
Replies: 24
Views: 5795

Re: Why are there different difficulties?

The way I see it, a universal difficulty isn't practical because most teams around the nation (outside maybe the top 50-100) play quiz bowl for the sole reason that it's fun. Sure, the tournament standings would be the same with a universal difficulty, but the game itself won't be nearly as enjoyabl...
by Corry
Fri May 03, 2013 2:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2013 Benjamin Cooper Award Recipients
Replies: 3
Views: 1791

Re: 2013 Benjamin Cooper Award Recipients

Congratulations to all of the winners. We miss you, Dwight!
by Corry
Fri May 03, 2013 2:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
Replies: 56
Views: 24208

Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13

I'm headed to USC next year and I haven't seen their team playing in any tournaments recently, but I'd like to at least get a taste of college quizbowl. I know Thomas Gaddy from Blair is also going there so hopefully we could get something going. As far as I know, the USC quiz bowl team is dead (th...
by Corry
Wed May 01, 2013 12:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming
Replies: 18
Views: 16383

Re: Quiz Bowl in Nevada/Utah/New Mexico/Colorado/Nebraska/Wyomin

Apparently the RAF is attending Arcadia Carnal Embrace on 3/23, so I'll tell you how it goes if they come Did they? We ere scheduled to play them at NHBB but they didn't come. We were looking forward to meeting them based on their posts. Yep, RAF attended Carnal Embrace back in April. They had to l...
by Corry
Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183779

Re: ProtoBowl

Also, is it possible that more middle school questions can be used? While I think it would be neat for Protobowl to have more middle school questions, I'm not sure it's possible. As far as I know, there are only two middle school question sets: NAQT middle school sets and CMST(the Collaborative Mid...
by Corry
Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread
Replies: 88
Views: 23099

Re: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread

I want to comment on a previous point made in this thread: I personally enjoyed the first buzz at the opening ceremony. It was gimmicky, but I thought it was an entertaining way to end the presentation. I also didn't mind watching the coach awards; while I had no vested interest in these awards, you...
by Corry
Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread
Replies: 88
Views: 23099

Re: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread

I just want to chime in and say that the online schedule/score system at NHBB Nationals last weekend was the best idea I've ever seen implemented at any quiz bowl tournament (from a player's perspective). I really hope to see more national tournaments using this sort of system in the future. That be...
by Corry
Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT at Triton Spring (May 18): Co-hosted with Madison HS
Replies: 15
Views: 5790

Re: BHSAT at Triton Spring (May 18): Co-hosted with Madison HS

Arcadia intends to register. However, in abidance with Arcadia tradition, we probably won't have the logistical capabilities to provide a definite team estimate until the week before the actual tournament. At this point, it looks like we'll have 5-7 teams.
by Corry
Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Tournament Database Search by Team
Replies: 46
Views: 50917

Re: Tournament Database Search by Team

Very nice! I hope that a feature like this can eventually be implemented into hsquizbowl.org's own search tool.
by Corry
Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Four-quarter format
Replies: 22
Views: 5843

Re: Format

Further, weaker teams* may irrationally prefer four-quarter with worksheet/lightning because it inflates their score to something like 50-350 instead of 0-300. *not all of them, I mean Personally, I don't see any problems with this motivation. Beyond the top 50 (maybe top 100) teams in the nation, ...
by Corry
Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
Replies: 56
Views: 24208

Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13

jabekens wrote:I'll also be going to Amherst College next year. I haven't decided whether I'll be playing quizbowl or not.
Do it. We can fight over history questions. :grin:
by Corry
Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Arcadia Carnal Embrace VII @ Los Angeles (3/23/13) [GSAC XX]
Replies: 6
Views: 3947

Re: Arcadia Carnal Embrace VII @ Los Angeles (3/23/13) [GSAC XX]

I checked my backups, but I don't have the missing stats sheet. Did anybody on Edison A or Irvine B take their own score?
by Corry
Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
Replies: 56
Views: 24208

Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13

I'm going to Amherst College next year. I'm not sure if they actually have a legit quiz bowl team (though Amherst did recently attend the last NAQT SCT Region 1). Hopefully they do, because I'm looking forward to playing college quiz bowl.
by Corry
Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BENJI at UC Berkeley (California Cup #4 3/16)
Replies: 10
Views: 4124

Re: BENJI at UC Berkeley (California Cup #4 3/16)

Yep, I did enjoy the tournament. I don't think I've ever been able to fit 13 rounds into a single day before-- it was lots of fun (even those last 2 gut-wrenching rounds against Escobar).
by Corry
Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BENJI at UC Berkeley (California Cup #4 3/16)
Replies: 10
Views: 4124

Re: BENJI at UC Berkeley (California Cup #4 3/16)

On the stats, we found a possible error in Arcadia A's game against Arcadia B. The score in the stats is recorded as 365-180; however, on our own scoresheet, we recorded the score as 425-180.

A photo of our scoresheet: http://i.imgur.com/kiJM05e.jpg
by Corry
Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: HELP US. 3 DAYS LEFT
Replies: 11
Views: 6959

Re: HELP US. 3 DAYS LEFT

Will be most likely going to arcadia on the 23rd. Sounds great! We'd always love to see new teams in the field. Sometimes the Los Angeles quiz bowl circuit feels lonely... :sad: You can officially register for Arcadia's tournament by emailing us at arcadiaquizbowl@gmail.com with your team name, and...
by Corry
Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: I'm making [yet another] new high school quizbowl ranking
Replies: 55
Views: 21304

Re: I'm making [yet another] new high school quizbowl ranking

Why did Arcadia drop 17 places in the most recent ranking? We haven't been to any new tournaments since the last update.
by Corry
Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Central
Replies: 144
Views: 85311

Re: Quizbowl Central

When I search an item and go to the 2nd page of results (or 3rd page, etc.), then search a different item, I get sent to the 2nd page of results for that item as well. I'm not sure if this is intentional behavior, but it's really confusing. If the item I'm searching doesn't have more than one page o...
by Corry
Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Central
Replies: 144
Views: 85311

Re: Quizbowl Central

Regarding the first glitch, it seems to happen depending on my window size. When I set my browser window to a bit shorter than usual, I'm also unable to scroll down on a page with 7 results.
by Corry
Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:40 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Central
Replies: 144
Views: 85311

Re: Quizbowl Central

After using Quizbowl DB for a while, I've noticed two prominent bugs:

1. I can't scroll down a page when there are 8 results.
2. There is no "prev" button on a page if there are only 2 pages of results.

I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome on Mac OS X.
by Corry
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: RSS feeds for study?
Replies: 3
Views: 2958

RSS feeds for study?

I read the news with an RSS reader every day; it's been extremely useful in helping me keep up with current events. On that note, I'm looking for a website that posts quizbowl-relevant info (preferably history) on a regular basis, and is accessible by RSS. For instance, I've been searching for relia...
by Corry
Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California Discussion 2012-2013
Replies: 34
Views: 8518

Re: Southern California Discussion 2012-2013

I hope some Southern California teams will consider making the trip up to Northern California to play in the California Cup series . You'll get a heavy discount and free food, as well as the chance to play plenty of games against solid competition. Great prizes and fun are guaranteed. "Great p...
by Corry
Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB & 60 Second rounds
Replies: 37
Views: 16052

Re: NHBB & 60 Second rounds

Also, some of my teammates like NHBB almost solely because it has a 4-quarter format, so we do need to remember the whole "appealing to the masses" idea, not only to the top teams. I just want to point out that this is not necessarily something that appeals to the masses. My work establis...
by Corry
Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: University High School History Bowl/Bee Tournament (12/15)
Replies: 5
Views: 2333

Re: University High School History Bowl/Bee Tournament (12/15)

I mentioned this on the Socal Quizbowl Facebook group a few days ago, but Arcadia is planning on sending 4-5 teams to your December 15 tournament. This isn't an official message from Arcadia History Bowl (we'll send the full details by email in a few days), but I just wanted to give you guys a heads...
by Corry
Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:44 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183779

Re: ProtoBowl

One more thing: when you set Protobowl to only display a certain category of questions (e.g. "history"), it doesn't read questions automatically. I have to keep pressing the "Next" button to see the next question. I'm not sure if this is intentional.
by Corry
Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183779

Re: ProtoBowl

Also, this was really weird, though I can't figure out the exact problem:

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by Corry
Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183779

Re: ProtoBowl

Here are two more problems that I've noticed with the app: - It doesn't accept numbers written like "2nd" or "3rd". For instance, if the answer is "Fourth Crusade", you can't answer "4th Crusade". - When a question has a (+) sign to designate the end of a powe...
by Corry
Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ATLAS @ Arcadia HS (9/29/12) [IS-118]
Replies: 26
Views: 9473

Re: ATLAS @ Arcadia HS (9/29/12) [IS-118]

I've had several schools in the region that I've contacted and communicated with express interest in attending, but not much else- that interest stops just short of wanting to put together a team and pay $60 to play some competition in a weird format they've never heard of before Treat it as a loss...
by Corry
Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183779

Re: ProtoBowl

The interface is incredibly slick. I love it. However, my main complaint is that the chat feature seems to be broken. Whenever I try chatting, the questions stop loading on the page. I have to refresh the page for the questions to start loading again. I've only used ProtoBowl once so far, so I don't...
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:47 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: SQBS for Mac available soon
Replies: 32
Views: 19848

Re: SQBS for Mac available soon

I don't have much experience in stat keeping, but I have tried both the Windows version and Mac version of SQBS, and I like the interface this new Mac version a lot better. I suppose it's because the consolidated tournament setup window just makes a lot more sense in my mind. I'm planning to use SQB...
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Excel quiz bowl scoresheets
Replies: 64
Views: 70048

Re: Excel quiz bowl scoresheets

Dang, I was actually planning on making something like this for our team practices a few weeks ago. But I guess I was 4 years late.

Anyways, these are awesome.
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Improving SoCal's Circuit
Replies: 9
Views: 2584

Re: Improving SoCal's Circuit

Regarding blackout dates, anyone planning a tournament should also consider the schedule for the We the People competition (aka Government Team). In Arcadia, all of our quiz bowl captains in the past 3 years (including this year's) have been members of Gov Team. There isn't a set date for the Gov Te...
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:34 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
Replies: 217
Views: 224591

Re: Books "for Quizbowl"

I can only speak about history, but in my experience, pretty much any history textbook is a good resource for quiz bowl, as long as the subject that it covers is specific enough! You're not going to learn much from a standard world history textbook, since it'll only have room to cover subjects that ...
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: Hey TDs! Submit your packets for archiving!
Replies: 14
Views: 32964

Re: Hey TDs! Submit your packets for archiving!

I just wanted to drop a word here, and say that I really appreciate the effort put into creating the archive. It's been incredibly useful for my team's practices (especially since we're too cheap to buy NAQT's "practice questions"). :P
by Corry
Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Need buzzer systems for a tournament? NHBB to the rescue!
Replies: 3
Views: 1327

Re: Need buzzer systems for a tournament? NHBB to the rescue!

How much would postage generally cost, if we were to need an extra set in Southern California?