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- Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20785
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota
ACF would like to advise teams who haven't booked travel yet to hold off on doing so for now.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20785
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota
Hi all, ACF would like all teams to know that it is taking stock of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and monitoring the situation as it develops. We've also emailed teams to solicit their perspectives on the outbreak as it affects ACF Nationals. Currently, the plan is to go ahead with the event as s...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8064
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
Compared to other Anglo-American institutions, Chicago has an extremely odd department with very nonstandard course offerings. I don't think your experience is generalizable. You're right! That's precisely my point; taking my experience to be the norm would be quite foolish, just as taking yours to...
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8064
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
I enjoyed playing this set, but I wanted to observe publicly that the way the mirror situation and some of the logistics for this tournament went was pretty subpar. I'll leave people in the regions affected to speak to the situations with the midwest and Columbia mirrors, which, from the perspective...
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7844
ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021
Hi all, We are thrilled to announce the dates for ACF's tournaments for the 2020-2021 competition year! Please take note that our schedule will be slightly different this coming year, because, in an exciting change, we will be producing two Fall semester tournaments instead of one. ACF Fall, head-ed...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals A-Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6771
2020 ACF Nationals A-Values
Hey folks,
This year's A-values are up on the ACF website for your perusal. Emails will be going out to invited teams soon; also note the instructions regarding the tournament waitlist. Congratulations to the qualifying teams!
This year's A-values are up on the ACF website for your perusal. Emails will be going out to invited teams soon; also note the instructions regarding the tournament waitlist. Congratulations to the qualifying teams!
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20785
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota
First submissions have come in! I'll keep a running list of packets in this post:
$-100
Columbia
Berkeley A
Chicago B
Minnesota A
$-50
Chicago A
UC Davis A
Florida A
Michigan A
OSU A
$-100
Columbia
Berkeley A
Chicago B
Minnesota A
$-50
Chicago A
UC Davis A
Florida A
Michigan A
OSU A
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20785
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota
Hey folks, just a reminder that the first packet deadline is a week from today. Make sure to get them in if you want that -$100 discount!
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Members
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1920
ACF Constitutional Changes and New Members
Hi all, ACF is very excited to announce that Katherine Lei, Caroline Mao, Ben Miller, and Tracy Mirkin have become provisional members. They all did a great job on ACF Fall 2019 and we're thrilled to have them aboard for future projects. We've also updated article 3.8 of the ACF constitution , regar...
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2323483
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. IDLES - Danny Nedelko Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing vs. Ariana Grande - thank u, next Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Danny Brown (ft. Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt) - Really Doe Lorde - Royals vs. Gorillaz - On...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3591
Re: ACF Survey
I'm also excited to see that ACF is trying to gather meaningful feedback from the general player base. That being said, it now seemd to me that ACF doesn't really have a goal for what it wants to be. For a while, it seemed to me that ACF's purpose was to push the boundaries of pyramidal quizbowl by...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3591
Re: ACF Survey
Also, part of the reason that I suggest sending this survey directly to clubs, like Alex D. did after ACF Fall (which was awesome!), is because many people who currently play ACF tournaments don't actively use the forums (and definitely are not following ACF on social media). In our club at Princet...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3591
ACF Survey
Hi all,
ACF has a new survey out. If there's anything regarding ACF you'd like us to hear your opinion on, please let us know here - all questions are optional but we'd love to get your input!
ACF has a new survey out. If there's anything regarding ACF you'd like us to hear your opinion on, please let us know here - all questions are optional but we'd love to get your input!
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Getting "Real" Literature Knowledge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13667
Re: Getting "Real" Literature Knowledge
Hi Justin, Welcome to the forums! It's always great to see high schoolers get excited about quizbowl. I think what you're asking is a natural question for someone entering the community and starting to take the game seriously. I think it also expresses a couple misconceptions I've noticed elsewhere,...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
The ACF Fall set won't be clear until the end of Sunday, so please avoid posting question content - but if you have pictures, stories, or game results you'd like to share, consider tweeting them out with the hashtag #ACFFall2019! You can also tag the ACF twitter account @acfquizbowl (which you shoul...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
- Replies: 31
- Views: 20394
Re: ACF Regionals Global Announcement: January 25, 2020
When we say "British" history in our distribution, we mean "British Isles/Canada/Australia/New Zealand," following the usual quizbowl convention. We realize this could be made more explicit and we're updating the website accordingly.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4743
Re: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
Andrew Feist has stepped down as treasurer; he will be replaced by new ACF Treasurer Cody Voight.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 3:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7215
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Tejas Raje
ADD Rafael Krichevsky
ADD Rafael Krichevsky
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Player Ban Policy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5787
ACF Player Ban Policy
ACF would like to make the community aware of its new player ban policy, spelled out in rule 14 here and copied below. ACF reserves the right to ban players from ACF tournaments for misconduct. Such bans will render a player ineligible to compete even if they would otherwise be eligible. Player bans...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020: August 8-9, Northwestern [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20785
Re: ACF Nationals 2020: 4/18-19, University of Minnesota
Will ACF Nationals 2020 target the same difficulty as last year? We're targeting Nationals-level difficulty, but we're consciously aiming to rein in the bonuses and middle clues relative to the past few years. The goal is to allow for more buzzes in the middle of tossups while still providing an ad...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Why do teams playing all other mirrors of ACF Fall have to pay $20 more than teams playing the Los Angeles mirror? The Southern California circuit petitioned us for a discount, providing an explanation of why their circuit had particular needs that other circuits did not. What is the process for su...
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
The Southern California circuit petitioned us for a discount, providing an explanation of why their circuit had particular needs that other circuits did not.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Hi all, As we make some changes to our G Suite account, please email inquiries about Fall to alexandra dot damisch at gmail dot com and rahulkeyal at gmail dot com, instead of their respective ACF addresses. We're done making changes, and you can now email us at the regular ACF addresses listed on ...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Hi all,
As we make some changes to our G Suite account, please email inquiries about Fall to alexandra dot damisch at gmail dot com and rahulkeyal at gmail dot com, instead of their respective ACF addresses.
As we make some changes to our G Suite account, please email inquiries about Fall to alexandra dot damisch at gmail dot com and rahulkeyal at gmail dot com, instead of their respective ACF addresses.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020 Bid Form
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5282
Re: ACF Nationals 2020 Bid Form
A reminder that the bidding process is closing in a week; if you'd be interested in hosting Nationals, please get your bid in!
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10493
Re: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
While ACF has modified its packet submission requirements in the past, and will consider several of the reforms proposed in this thread, its use of submitted packets is not up for debate. We strongly believe in the point Alex has made: packet submission helps democratize the question-production proc...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17420
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
ACF has not allowed, and will not allow, its questions to be used for formal high school tournaments after they are clear. That clause is there because ACF questions are often used for other purposes, including NASAT tryouts, at a time after they have been released. We included it to notify communit...
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Re: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
The ACF Fall announcement has been posted and ACF's list of regions has not been changed, which is to say that the concerns that I presented have not been addressed in any way. Given that the list of regions was linked in the tournament announcement, this leaves two possibilities: 1) ACF's list of ...
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6299
Re: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
We are very excited to announce the editors selected for ACF Fall and ACF Regionals! For Fall, head editor Rahul Keyal will be working with Ben Miller, Caroline Mao, Clark Smith, Ganon Evans, Halle Friedman, Justin French, Katherine Lei, Kevin Yu, and Tracy Mirkin; for Regionals, head editor JinAh K...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super Acronym at Jimenez
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5997
Re: Super Acronym at Jimenez
This event was publicly marked as cancelled. When was it uncancelled? Why was that not announced, here or elsewhere? As someone who would very much like to play this set (and who lives in Arlington, where this shadow mirror was apparently held), I really would've appreciated a public indication tha...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super Acronym at Jimenez
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5997
Re: Super Acronym at Jimenez
This event was publicly marked as cancelled. When was it uncancelled? Why was that not announced, here or elsewhere? As someone who would very much like to play this set (and who lives in Arlington, where this shadow mirror was apparently held), I really would've appreciated a public indication tha...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6800
Re: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
Thanks again to everybody for coming; for those interested, Jordan's team had the best record at the end of the day, and stats (for the prelims) are posted here.
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super Acronym at Jimenez
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5997
Re: Super Acronym at Jimenez
(Due to lack of interest, this will not be occurring at Jimenez tomorrow. Sunday will be as scheduled).
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super Acronym at Jimenez
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5997
Super Acronym at Jimenez
Cross-posting: we'll be playing an informal mirror of Super ACRONYM at Jimenez Hall at UMD this Saturday. If you're interested in playing or moderating please note it down here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1843153198 .
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6800
Re: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
As an update: we've got building access for Saturday as well. Several people I've spoken to are interested in playing Super ACRONYM on Saturday, so I expect we'll meet up for that, at 9 as well. Anybody interested can join and we'll select teams based on the number of interested parties. If you so d...
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6299
Re: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
The deadline is this Sunday, so please get your applications in!
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 3:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6800
Re: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
So for the main event, we will be playing NASAT on Sunday, July 21st, starting at 9, for a fee of $20 per player to cover the mirror fee and staff reimbursement. Please fill out this form to let us know if you're interested in playing or moderating. Use this spreadsheet to assemble teams for NASAT, ...
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 2:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Re: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
I am not sure why Maryland is placed in the same region as New York and a different region from Virginia. By way of illustration, Maryland and Virginia attended the same site of ACF Regionals (either as a participant or host) in 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 (this tournament was, if memory serves, host...
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6800
Re: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
Yeah, high schoolers are welcome to come play.
It looks like there's a critical mass of interest for this, and a strong preference for the weekend of the 20th/21st, so I'll get something more specific up in the next couple days.
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6800
Jimenez Ad Hoc Event
Hi all,
Some quizbowlers in the DC area are putting together a low-key practice event some time in the next two weeks at UMD. If that's something that interests you, please put down your availability here so we know how much interest we have.
Some quizbowlers in the DC area are putting together a low-key practice event some time in the next two weeks at UMD. If that's something that interests you, please put down your availability here so we know how much interest we have.
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6299
Re: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
A reminder that applications to edit Fall and Regionals will close in a little under two weeks, on July 21. We'd like to select from the best possible field of candidates, so please apply!
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT Available for Mirroring Starting 6/30
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11273
- Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6525
Changes to ACF Hosting Guidelines
Hello, ACF has increased its fees and some of its discounts moving forward. Please look at the linked sections of the ACF hosting guidelines for details. Please note that: -The base fee for Fall and Regionals has increased to $150, of which $80 goes to the host and $70 goes to ACF. The other rules f...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2020 Bid Form
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5282
ACF Nationals 2020 Bid Form
Hello all,
The bid form for hosting ACF Nationals 2020 is now live. We will be accepting bids until September 1, 2019; if you have any questions, please email ACF's mirror coordinator, Alex Damisch, at [email protected].
The bid form for hosting ACF Nationals 2020 is now live. We will be accepting bids until September 1, 2019; if you have any questions, please email ACF's mirror coordinator, Alex Damisch, at [email protected].
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6299
ACF Fall & Regionals Editors Applications
As in previous years, ACF has decided to solicit applications for ACF Fall subject editors. This year, we are also soliciting open applications for ACF Regionals subject editors. Applicants may apply to both tournaments simultaneously. Specifics for each tournament’s application process can be found...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Editors and Dates for 2019-2020 ACF Tournaments
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1196
Editors and Dates for 2019-2020 ACF Tournaments
Hello all, I am beyond pleased to announce the head editors and dates for ACF’s tournaments in the 2019-2020 season. ACF Fall will be held on November 2, 2019, and will be edited by a team led by Rahul Keyal. ACF Regionals, to be head-edited by JinAh Kim, will take place on January 25, 2020. And the...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4743
Re: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
ACF’s officers for the coming year, with roles sometimes redefined as specified in the above post, will be as follows: President of ACF: Billy Busse Mirror Coordinator: Alex Damisch Treasurer: Cody Voight Webmaster: Ryan Rosenberg Communications Officer: Matt Bollinger We are excited by the possibil...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4743
ACF Constitutional Changes and New Officers
Hello, ACF would like to announce constitutional changes for the 2019-2020 season and moving forward. Article 3.3.ii, regarding pathways for provisional membership, has been amended to expand the criteria for “substantial aid or logistical assistance to an ACF tournament” to include exceptional dire...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1486
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
In the absence of any stats on this, I declare us the champions. Unfortunately it was easy enough for me to put in the stats that I did so, and the winner is the Wolfsberg/O'Rourke/Prieto team in another glorious victory for Rafael Krichevsky. Thanks for playing everyone, I'll think of something to...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 63994
Re: Player Poll 2019
If we're praising teammates here, I'll take up for a former teammate and point out that Aidan played at the level of a top 15 player at Nationals.