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by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Apr 20, 2016 3:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Team Formation
Replies: 22
Views: 15839

Re: Chicago Open Team Formation

Chris Borglum, Billy Beyer, and I are looking for another teammate, preferably someone who is fun to play with and will get a few questions. Slide into my inbox if you think that can be you!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CAR RIDE - 4/15/2016
Replies: 14
Views: 8065

Re: CAR RIDE - 4/15/2016

While we were in our CAR RIDE on Friday night An Actual Clue From The Tournament was being demonstrated on our campus. I guess the best art does imitate life!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:04 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455530

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I'm about 35% done with LIMITLESS INDALECIO, a 20/20 JRPG packet intended to exceed the difficulty of ACFNATIONALS. I intend to use this packet as sort of a difficulty barometer for CULEX, a hypothetical JRPG tournament slated to take place in the next couple of years. I would like to run it at HSN...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Nats Predictions
Replies: 9
Views: 5239

Re: Nats Predictions

We manage to take Chicago A to tiebreakers yet again, only to be foiled when, in a tie situation after the first two, John snags a tossup on Fawlty Towers on the first clue for the win.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 9920

Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM Question-Specific Discussion

The wording in the "masses" tossup might call for a bit of fixing, since the Lord Nelson Mass is just another nickname for the Mass in Troubled Times, but the way the tossup is worded makes it sound like they're different works. The tossup on "production functions" should probabl...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41913

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

Rob has joined us, just FYI
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: MYSTERIUM (UMD/Yale), March-April 2016
Replies: 24
Views: 20898

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: MYSTERIUM (UMD/Yale), March-April 2016

Not to be intrusive, but is there a reason the Northwestern mirror hasn't posted a forum announcement, even though their tournament is only days away? We don't have the resources to run anything more than a tournament for the small amount of teams (us, Illinois, WUSTL, Michigan, and Chicago A/B) wh...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
Replies: 131
Views: 72743

Re: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)

Adam Sperber and I are looking for teammates for this. I know music, video games, and other miscellany, and Sperber knows some music + TV/Movies that he has seen. You should team up with us, especially if you're a cool cat who knows sports! EDIT: holy shit I can't believe I used the phrase "oth...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Team Formation
Replies: 22
Views: 15839

Re: Chicago Open Team Formation

I am not very good at CO-level material, but I should still be able to get a decent amount of questions as the day goes on. Let me know if you want to team up, especially if we've never played a tournament together before!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:55 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)
Replies: 4
Views: 4780

Re: Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)

Congratulations to Barrington Station A, who defeated Daniel Wright A in a one-game final for 1st place. Aptakisic A took home 3rd place by defeating Keith A in another placement game. Full statistics should hopefully be up by the end of the day tomorrow. Since we didn't have stats ready to give out...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016
Replies: 28
Views: 14384

Re: A Culture of Improvement - Summer 2016

yesssssssssssssssssssssss
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
Replies: 19
Views: 13707

Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)

Do you have any sort of tentative schedule for side events? I know that I'll personally drive down Sunday for anything that runs on a second day but it would be nice to know what events are being run when.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
Replies: 38
Views: 13755

Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections

In the Duke/UCF/Northwestern packet, the tossup on Zen Buddhism (which I wrote, so send all complaints to that one to me) had an extra sentence fragment in some point that didn't belong there during the clue about Bodhidarma staring at a wall for 9 years.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Replies: 81
Views: 41913

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER

I'll play this cause I like quizbowl, but I'm not a great science player by any means. Let me know if you want to have fun and team up, though.

EDIT: Jason Asher and I are playing this together.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MLK: Specific Questions
Replies: 44
Views: 8031

Re: Specific Questions

The tossup on Martin Luther was the only real clunker that I remember from playing: I remember just sitting there letting all of these famous clues about the Luther Bible fly over my head because I didn't think they would be appearing so early in the tossup. Is my Luther knowledge just incredibly mi...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
Replies: 100
Views: 7571

Re: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!

Yesterday, I finally received my SMV gifts from James Zhou. They consisted of a copy of the Nunca Mas report on human rights violations in Uruguay and a mysterious jigsaw puzzle, which I have yet to assemble. I'll make sure to update y'all once I have. Thanks, James!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Midseason College Poll
Replies: 18
Views: 11801

Re: Midseason College Poll

Do note that our PPB at Missouri Open is a bit inflated, since Morgan Venkus jumped on board our team making us an open team. Morgan is not enrolled at Northwestern, so he won't be playing any tournaments with us.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2015
Replies: 171
Views: 8228

Re: Best Albums of 2015

To Pimp a Butterfly
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)
Replies: 4
Views: 4780

Re: Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)

After a storm of registrations, we have reached our field cap of 24. I have started a waitlist in case teams have to drop before the 27th.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:11 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)
Replies: 4
Views: 4780

Jr. Wildcat VII at Northwestern (2/27/2016)

Northwestern Quizbowl is pleased to announce another edition of the annual Jr. Wildcat middle school tournament to be held on Saturday, February 27th, 2016. This tournament is restricted to students from grades 6-8. I, Dylan Minarik, will be directing the tournament again this year. Location: Jr. Wi...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2015
Replies: 171
Views: 8228

Re: Best Albums of 2015

TPAB
Currents

I like Hamilton a lot and all, but there's no way it's as iconic as TPAB.

Also, I have to offer my sincerest apologies to all question editors for the next year or more who will have to deal with receiving 10 billion submissions on Hamilton.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: You Gotta Know Holy Roman Emperors
Replies: 5
Views: 5256

Re: You Gotta Know Holy Roman Emperors

This list seems decent on first glance except for the glaring omission of Maria Theresa. Generally anybody involved in any major wars or religious events like the Reformation are good to know about.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Jan 03, 2016 12:01 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Middle School Tournament at Northwestern University?
Replies: 3
Views: 5562

Re: Middle School Tournament at Northwestern University?

This year's Junior Wildcat will be on February 27th. Once I'm back at school and can reserve rooms this coming Monday I'll have a full announcement up.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2015
Replies: 171
Views: 8228

Re: Best Albums of 2015

TPAB

In Color

Currents

Carrie and Lowell
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Dec 31, 2015 5:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2015
Replies: 171
Views: 8228

Re: Best Albums of 2015

TPAB
Summertime '06

In Colour
Hamilton

Currents
Beat the Champ

Carrie and Lowell
Divers

Abstaining from these things to ballot-stuff your album of choice is pretty stupid, tbh
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)
Replies: 19
Views: 13707

Re: "stanford housewrite" @ UChicago (3/5/16)

We should run some side events at this! I'd be up for anything like Eyes, Will's set, or a trash set like BUTT
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
Replies: 100
Views: 7571

Re: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!

Just placed my order, so apologies to my giftee, who will be recieving their gift shortly after New Year's Day.

FYI to whoever is gifting me: I won't be able to pick up my gift until I'm back at school, also shortly after New Year's Day.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Understanding science topics
Replies: 18
Views: 9701

Re: Understanding science topics

All in all, textbooks and notes are really the way to go to become a great science player. I certainly am not one, but I know that reading Campbell's Biology (a very popular AP Bio book) thoroughly alone should turn you into a pretty darn good bio player at the high school level. I haven't really re...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: History Youtube Channels
Replies: 12
Views: 1415

Re: History Youtube Channels

John Green's excellent Crash Course series in both U.S. and World History helped me brush up on several names and learn a few more things in the process, even though they're not super deep. I certainly wouldn't mind if this thread turned into a "Youtube Channels for Quizbowl" thread in gen...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 3: audio music event at HSNCT, NSC
Replies: 36
Views: 25027

Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 3: An audio music tournament

every year i say i won't be at hsnct and you people keep announcing these fabulous side events (I'll definitely play this if I end up going to HSNCT (depends on the anticipated quality of Dillo Day festivities), but that's hella iffy for now. I am very sad I missed IL no. 2 and between this and ACRO...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
Replies: 32
Views: 17593

Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament

I have only become a baseball fan over the last 3 or 4 years and still watch very casually, so I will likely not do well at this tournament, but I would still like to play.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
Replies: 45
Views: 26315

Re: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU

What's the format for this going to look like?

Also, hell yes we should run SHAWARMA. I would be in favor of reading the two rounds read at this year's NSC last since I, and presumably a few other people, played them there.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!
Replies: 100
Views: 7571

Re: SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - 11/29 Deadline

Name: Dylan Minarik E-Mail: minarik15@gmail.com Present Requests: 1. A book about Japanese or South American history. 2. Any Booker Prize winning novel(s). I don't believe I have read or own any of them. 3. A book about any sort of visual art. 4. A 2016 wall calendar with a theme you think that I wo...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
Replies: 45
Views: 26315

Re: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU

I should know more about this by the next weekend, but we might be willing to take on a free agent if we can only bring 3 players. You would only have to chip in the extra fee for making us be a non-collegiate team. EDIT: Claimed by Morgan Venkus, pending me figuring out if all of Northwestern A can...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 24849

Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion

I think that while it may have been more guessable than intended, I generally agree with Ike and co. that knowing non-trivial details about Bokononism should absolutely earn you a 30 at ACF Fall. From an editors' perspective I generally think the lit was pretty well-written, it just tended to skew h...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 24849

Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion

The Civil War came up as both a Literature and History tossup, and Napoleon I believe was a bonus part in separate Art and History bonuses. People are free to disagree with me on this, but I think hugely important things like the US Civil War and Napoleon Bonaparte are totally ok to come up in two h...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 24849

Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion

So, this was my first major writing and editing project ever. Because of that there were a few things that I definitely could fix but overall I'm really eager to hear what people thought of the set, especially my categories. I was generally very cautious when it came to difficulty, especially for to...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)
Replies: 9
Views: 6547

Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)

Prelim Stats , with some corrected names. The rest of the stats will likely be posted by the end of the night. Update: The rest of the stats are posted. Playoffs - includes carryover games from prelims Playoffs plus Finals - includes Final and tiebreakers for 2nd place UG Combined - contains all ga...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)
Replies: 9
Views: 6547

Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)

Chicago D defeated Chicago A in the first game of an advantaged final for the overall title. Chicago A took the top Undergrad and Division II titles, while WUSTL won the Division II second-place trophy outright and withstood a series of tiebreakers to claim the second place Undergrad trophy as well....
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 3490

Re: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)

Stevenson won this tournament in the second game of a final of which they had an advantage in. Stats have been sent to NAQT and will be up shortly. We ended up using a 7-game full round robin format, which, while short for non-novice events and below what I ideally would've liked to run, was conside...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 3490

Re: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)

Our (hopefully final) field is set at 8 teams.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
Replies: 56
Views: 15908

Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)

After seeing the whole question, I feel that the tossup on "Slavic Mythology" could use a better giveway. This could be ignorance on my part, but I did not actually recognize any of the clues after I buzzed at the mention of rusalkas. Perhaps you could add something about Baba Yaga, who se...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Minnesota (October 17, 2015)
Replies: 11
Views: 6838

Re: Penn Bowl at Minnesota (October 17, 2015)

Auks Ran Ova wrote:UMN A cleared the field. Stats will be up tomorrow!

Tomorrow? I demand my stats now!

All joking aside, we had a lot of fun at what was my first expedition up to UMN for quizbowl. Hopefully not my last, either :party:
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: General Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
Replies: 27
Views: 6495

Re: General Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)

I definitely noticed a few bonuses that seemed oddly easy in this set: the Wuthering Heights/Heathcliff/Thrushcross Grange bonus comes to mind as one that wouldn't be out of place at a high school national, and I could probably find a few more when I get the packets.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)
Replies: 9
Views: 6547

Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)

The field has been expanded to 28 teams. We may look into expanding to 32 if we can secure enough rooms/moderators and if there's interest.

EDIT: We have reached our cap of 28. If there is more interest, I will start a waitlist again and look into expanding to 32.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Oct 11, 2015 11:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Minnesota (October 17, 2015)
Replies: 11
Views: 6838

Re: Penn Bowl at Minnesota (October 17, 2015)

What's the format going to be like? Assuming the field is right, 9 teams seems like a tough number to work with.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)
Replies: 9
Views: 6547

Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)

WUSTL signed up 2 more teams, bringing us up to full capacity. I will start a waitlist for teams to sign up for in case a team drops/we can expand the field, but a field expansion does not look likely for now.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)
Replies: 9
Views: 6547

Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Northwestern (November 7, 2015)

Field is currently at 21 or 22 teams once I confirm if Knox is bringing a C team or not. Sorry for not updating this promptly: several schools filled out the spreadsheet without e-mailing me, so I didn't know that they had registered. Thankfully everyone got in the field just fine, but it's critical...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MKULTRA - Online Mirror?
Replies: 20
Views: 9976

Re: MKULTRA - Online Mirror?

I'd play this over Skype as long as it's on a free weekend.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 3490

Re: Wake-Up Call V at Northwestern (October 24, 2015)

Our field is currently half full. I've made the decision to start a waitlist for schools that want to bring more than 2 teams so we can initially fill the field with as many schools as possible. Teams will come off of that waitlist and fill open spots in the field on September 19th.