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- Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13544
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13544
Re: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
I'm interested in this tournament, but ACF Fall is the next week, and it's too much to travel up to McMaster for two weekends straight. If there are a lot of people from Ottawa/ RIT/ elsewhere in this position, could you guys think about moving this back to November 7th? (I probably should have figu...
- Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Ottawa (10/2)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2576
Re: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Ottawa (10/2)
This tournament happened. It was pretty good. The field was six teams from the University of Ottawa. The Rhinos (Dylan, Kathy, Jeff) went 8-0 and defeated the Turtles (Chris, Radu, Thea) in the final. Top scorers were Aaron (Tigers), Jeff (Rhinos), Ian (Giraffes), and Radu (Turtles). Staff from UOtt...
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Official Announcement: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice
- Replies: 56
- Views: 39225
Re: Official Announcement: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice
4 team playoff bracket and 2 team consolation bracket. Is this optimal? We're expecting a field of 6 teams at the Ottawa site tomorrow, and after the round-robin, I might rather just do two brackets of 3 each with byes. What's the best way to do this, HSQB?: - having two byes per playoff round - ha...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jean-Baptiste Lully/CO Fine Arts Discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2020
Re: Jean-Baptiste Lully/CO Fine Arts Discussion
I really liked this thing. It struck me as basically 300 tossups of shadow canon. Long live The Colour of Pomegranates!
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13544
Re: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
In the absence of a TRASH regionals, you can expect at least one team from Ottawa.
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Ottawa (10/2)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2576
Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Ottawa (10/2)
The University of Ottawa is hosting a mirror of the Early Autumn Collegiate Novice tournament (presented by ACF) on October 2, 2010. The tournament will begin at 10 a.m., and it will take place on the U of Ottawa campus on the 2nd floor of the Brooks building . Fee Structure - The base fee for the t...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 23708
Re: VCU Open Discussion
noted common quizbowl source Wikipedia wrote:A Gurdwara is also referred to as a Sikh temple.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open: Michigan Location
- Replies: 105
- Views: 34353
Re: VCU Open: Michigan Location
Can any teams adopt me for either day of this? I am a nice person, and I do not neg much.
EDIT: The Canadian team says they're taking me. I don't know if this means a five-person team or not.
EDIT: The Canadian team says they're taking me. I don't know if this means a five-person team or not.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANGST: Weaker Questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3529
Re: Weaker Questions
I think my least favourite was "Nathaniel Brandon" in the first few lines. I think my favourite was the tossup on Alexandrias. I will edit this post into a list of dislikes and favourite when I see all the questions eventually.
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 37236
Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussions
When I wrote a Lu Xun question a few months ago, I actually thought I was filling a gap in the canon. My idea was that people don't ask much about Chinese lit, other than classics. To make sure it was gettable, I picked the one name I recognized.
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Memoirs of a Robot (A Guide to Improving at QB)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 22481
Re: Quiz Bowl Memoirs of a Robot (A Guide to Improving at QB)
Brendan: What's an example of something you're interested in that you first discovered through quizbowl? VCU thing. I don’t know much about it, but as far as I know people read a packet. After each question or so, they talk about things, look at stuff online, and search archives. I have done this on...
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 53630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
Should we all bring laptops?
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 53630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
I don't exactly know who's on my team right now. The free agents might have to be spread around as "fifth players" on a bunch of different teams.
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 53630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
Not ALL of them.bsmith wrote: I know that all the Michigan and Ottawa packets were sent, without reply.
My stuff should be in on the 27th. I think if Sinan is writing, we're up to nine packets.
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: academic trash?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2705
academic trash?
Subject: How should NAQT change its distribution for 2010-11? 1. I feel that something should be done to make trash more academically orientated and to give it a fairly well defined canon. In the NAQT distribution thread, some people are talking about how trash questions in academic events could be...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 53630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
My team is Yohan Yee (McMaster), plus probably some Ottawa players who didn't write.
- Sun May 09, 2010 8:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2010: This is serious business
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16984
Re: Player Poll 2010: This is serious business
If campaigning is discussion, then I think fourplustwo deserves a spot on that ballot. From playing tournaments and from crashing a bunch of practices this year, I would say that Sinan's usually about as good as the rest of Toronto put together. I know the ICT stats have Eric scoring a lot of the po...
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 53630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGST (Andy's Non-Guerrilla Summer Tournament)
Word from Andy is July 10. There's a Facebook event now ("ANGST 2010 at Guelph") to help figure teams out.
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 ICT discussion
- Replies: 100
- Views: 21490
Re: 2010 ICT discussion
I guess I'm saying that, for a lot of people upset about the trash this weekend, they were probably already expecting not to like the trash this weekend. Tournaments have flaws. Power-marks and the Economist seem like valuable discussion points, but if there was really 3/3 hockey in the set, that's ...
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 ICT discussion
- Replies: 100
- Views: 21490
Re: 2010 ICT discussion
I really liked what I saw of both tournaments. I am glad that NAQT gives out polls every time.
It's like when a comic book gets adapted into a really good movie, and the comic book fans decide to hate the movie just because it got some costume wrong.
It's like when a comic book gets adapted into a really good movie, and the comic book fans decide to hate the movie just because it got some costume wrong.
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Art Institute 4/9 interest?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2226
Re: Chicago Art Institute 4/9 interest?
Yeah, I PM'ed about six more people. If this offer ends up with dozens of people telling museum staff they are Dan Passner's close friends, then I withdraw my request. Could there be a way of banding together for a group discount on short notice?
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Any interest in ICT Wiffle Ball
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2545
Re: Any interest in ICT Wiffle Ball
I want to do this. I am fun to hang around with sometimes.
Also, what's wiffle ball?
Also, what's wiffle ball?
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Welcome to the 2010 SCT discussion.
- Replies: 228
- Views: 37805
Re: Welcome to the 2010 SCT discussion.
I liked this set, at least for DII which I saw. - I liked that the toss-ups were short, and I especially liked that the bonuses were short. I don't mind if some questions went to buzzer races; I always win or lose those races depending on whether or not the answer had crossed my mind before. - I lik...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: How long should a tournament run?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5722
Re: How long should a tournament run?
If the tournament starts at 10am, I usually wish I weren't playing quizbowl by about 4pm.
(I know it's not the standard, but probably more people than just me feel this way.)
(I know it's not the standard, but probably more people than just me feel this way.)
- Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:20 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Wastebin - A Trash Packet Archive
- Replies: 28
- Views: 54304
Re: Wastebin - A Trash Packet Archive
Mike Bentley may be the greatest hero in quizbowl.
- Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Winter @ The University of Waterloo 01/16/10 - CANCELLED
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1752
Re: ACF Winter @ The University of Waterloo 01/16/10
Ottawa participation will probably hinge on my driving skills. I will get my act together and find out who wants to play sometime in the next week. It will be one team if we are going.
- Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASH Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6077
Re: TRASH Regionals Discussion
Ducky Medwick is certainly no Gary Unger.
- Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASH Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6077
Re: TRASH Regionals Discussion
All the questions about recent things were easy for most teams, and all the questions about old things were difficult for most teams.
(Maybe this is just how trash works.)
(Maybe this is just how trash works.)
- Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Invitational Tournament Mirror at Guelph (11/21/09)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9527
Re: Terrapin Invitational Tournament Mirror at Guelph (11/21/09)
Things that may or may not have happened at Terrapin Invitational in Guelph: - All the rooms may or may not have buzzed with "humping" when 50 Cent was accused of dry-snitching. - When a bonus part mentioned The Origin of the World , Will Nediger may or may not have turned to his teammate ...
- Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Home for the QBWiki
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16502
Re: New Home for the QBWiki
My letters are finished.
(Is this how you update status?)
(Is this how you update status?)
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Home for the QBWiki
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16502
Re: New Home for the QBWiki
The particular articles I was referencing are the edits to "Harvest Bowl" (which took out the particulars of why the tournament sucked) and "Honda Campus All-Star Challenge" (that took out the particulars of why some of its policies were hateful, one of the primary pieces of evi...
- Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Home for the QBWiki
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16502
Re: New Home for the QBWiki
I just got letters, so I'd been hoping to do it on this weekend. Does midnight Saturday sound like an okay deadline?
- Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mid-Atlantic TRASH Regionals at VCU (Richmond) Sunday Nov. 8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2742
- Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mid-Atlantic TRASH Regionals at VCU (Richmond) Sunday Nov. 8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2742
Re: Mid-Atlantic TRASH Regionals at VCU (Richmond) Sunday Nov. 8
I kind of love it that Matt is a great trash player. Who are the other quiz bowl players who are stars at both trash and academic?
- Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Home for the QBWiki
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16502
Re: New Home for the QBWiki
I guess I'll try some letters. Username BrendanM.
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Realistic assesment of difficulty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5739
Re: Realistic assesment of difficulty
Maybe one issue is that a lot of elite players still play in stuff like EFT and Thunder. It warps the stats a little bit, because it looks like "plenty of teams got 20 ppb" when those teams weren't really part of the tournament's target audience.
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:10 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Ontario Site at McMaster
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7374
Re: ACF Fall Ontario Site at McMaster
Can I come staff this?
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Discussion
- Replies: 186
- Views: 28171
Re: EFT Discussion
This politician had success in the Third Servile War, including a defeat of Spartacus This is where my room negged on Pompey, and I'm pretty sure the clue fits Pompey. That seems like a more plausible hose than Matt's example. Also, "this god's son was born when ..." or "the losing g...
- Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Trash in Academic Tournaments
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6556
Re: Trash in Academic Tournaments
I kind of hate video game questions, mostly because I suck at them but also because they're not a big part of pop culture. If you grab the entertainment section of any newspaper, there will be like ten articles each about movies and music, five about TV, and maybe one about video games. People like ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Should distributions have some round-to-round leeway?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4833
Re: Should distributions have some round-to-round leeway?
I've always wondered if the sub-distributions could be mapped out for a quota over whole tournaments. 1/1 Russian History 2/2 economics 1/0 or 0/1 Shakespeare 1/1 geology 4/4 Greek myth 1/1 World War Two 1/0 or 0/1 jazz 3/2 or 2/3 current events 1/1 anthropology 1/0 or 0/1 astronomy Like that, excep...
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: What to Do With Teams Who Find ACF Fall Too Hard?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11875
Re: What to Do With Teams Who Find ACF Fall Too Hard?
From this thread plus my experience: - It's true that a lot of novices don't have any interest in real quizbowl. - Most of those people can be happy enough playing a circuit of easy tournaments plus trash tournaments. - It's true that other novices would like playing serious quizbowl. - Most of them...
- Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Past Tournaments as the "Basis" of Quizbowl Knowledge
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13325
Re: Past Tournaments as the "Basis" of Quizbowl Knowledge
Do people ever just open the encyclopedia and write about what their finger landed on? I have to assume someone's thought of this before. Why doesn't it happen?
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO 2010
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4199
Re: VETO 2010
Good luck getting them to adopt any proposal like this. This. VETO doesn't have to be the flagship for good quizbowl in Canada. It seems simpler to introduce new good tournaments and mirrors than it does to work on "fixing" something that someone else runs. Isn't this one of the lessons f...
- Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO discussion
- Replies: 80
- Views: 30849
Re: VETO discussion
I'm not sure I like what you're thinking about, Russian Dance Music. I talked to people who were pretty angry at the "editors in Vancouver." Edit to add a list of favourites: Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, Long Day's Journey into Night, August Wilson, Beethoven's 3rd, Newfoundland, Measure fo...
- Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO discussion
- Replies: 80
- Views: 30849
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VETO 7/18/2009 in Vancouver, Hamilton, Ottawa
I think it's mostly a matter that longer tossups make the tournament feel harder? Because people spend a lot of time thinking, "I don't know this." When I left the tournament I sort of thought the questions were impossible, but looking back over the stats the point scores are not that low....