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by Victor Prieto
Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15120

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Players Choice Awards! 4th Scorer of the Year : Matthew Lehmann - Chicago Awarded to the best player who scored the lowest number of points on any team that competed at ICT or ACF Nationals. "Best" is defined as most valuable at securing wins f...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15120

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

Voting closes tomorrow evening. We have 59 responses, would love to see some more!
by Victor Prieto
Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15120

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

Voting is now open. The form will close on Wednesday, July 10th.
by Victor Prieto
Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15120

Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards

I neglected to post a reminder that nominations were closing yesterday, so I'll extend the nominations period to end tomorrow evening. Polls will be up Tuesday morning. Awards with very low number of nominations that would be nice to see a couple more: Question of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, 4th...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16221

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Thanks for the praise, everyone! I'm very happy you enjoyed it. I had a blast writing this set, too. Since I've gotten one request to mirror the set: I technically haven't finished it. My month of May got very hectic with NSC stuff, and I ended up cannibalizing packet 8 to cover some of the gaps in ...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
Replies: 23
Views: 15120

2018-19 Players Choice Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2018-19 Players Choice Awards. The nominations form will close Saturday, June 29th. If you would like to suggest new awards, send me a private message or an email with your idea by Saturday, June 22nd, and I'll consider it. Voting is now open. The form will close on...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Players Choice Awards
Replies: 52
Views: 37674

Re: Players Choice Awards

This year's edition of the Players Choice awards will take place after the last mirror of FST on May 11th, at which point all collegiate sets from the year should be clear (unless the online ILLIAC tournament takes place the following weekend, in which case it'll be pushed back another week).
by Victor Prieto
Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Semifinals: ICT

Victor Prieto wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:35 am Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Jack Lewis
McGill A

Alternate: Luke Minton
by Victor Prieto
Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Players Choice Awards
Replies: 52
Views: 37674

Re: Players Choice Awards

Yes. I was considering waiting until Chicago Open, but it's all the way in August. Sometime after ACF Nationals, for sure.
by Victor Prieto
Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16221

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Based on what I've heard so far, I think there will be too few for full fledged teams, but too many for a shootout. I'm going to temporarily set this as triples (because it's cool). Field cap will be increased when staff sign up.

I've created a matchmaking spreadsheet here.
by Victor Prieto
Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82787

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

Can someone from Penn please post a list of reliable lunch places that they would recommend for a speedy, close by lunch? We’ve been several times, but this is partly for the benefit of other teams, and partly to see if there’s any hidden gems that Penn would recommend that we haven’t gone to before.
by Victor Prieto
Sun Apr 07, 2019 11:48 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Semifinals: ICT

I input the stats for this into the spreadsheet, feel free to check my math. It looks like Myers/Borecki vs. Wolfsberg/O'Rourke/Prieto for the final.
by Victor Prieto
Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16221

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Yes, this is still happening. I knew that I was not going to be attending ICT some time ago, so I've been taking my time with it. I still would like to run this on NSC Saturday, after rounds are over. Few other things: 1) In an attempt to appease the masses, I've increased Star Wars content to 4 tos...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:35 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Semifinals: ICT

I'm assuming the same DII conversion factor from SCT is in effect?

Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Jack Lewis (DII)
McGill A

Alternate: Luke Minton
by Victor Prieto
Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

The PACE tournament concluded with a thrilling final that came down to the last tossup. Congratulations to Ithaca for winning both halves of the tournament! The combined stats are posted here . Final order of finish: 1. Ithaca 2. Rope Meadows 3. Allderdice A 4. State College B 5. Great Valley 6. All...
by Victor Prieto
Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Full stats for the NAQT tournament have been posted. Congratulations to Ithaca for winning the championship! The stats file linked above list all teams in order of finish - the playoff tracker linked above may also be helpful in determining how the playoffs worked. We apologize that we ran an hour ...
by Victor Prieto
Sat Mar 30, 2019 2:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Prelim stats have been posted here.

A tracker for playoff W-L record will be updated here.
by Victor Prieto
Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 4/20/19 - JHU Blue Jay Bowl
Replies: 7
Views: 4100

Re: 4/20/19 - JHU Blue Jay Bowl

This is the second time this semester that Johns Hopkins has cancelled/rescheduled within two weeks of the tournament. That's a huge inconvenience for high school teams seeking to make travel arrangements with their administration. In addition, it precludes any sort of make up event being scheduled ...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

The field cap has raised to 18 teams.
by Victor Prieto
Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: PIANO
Replies: 8
Views: 517

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 8: PIANO

Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Chicago B

Alt: Jack Lewis
by Victor Prieto
Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 9: Terrapin Invitational
Replies: 5
Views: 410

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 9: Terrapin Invitational

Rafael Krichevsky
Sam Rombro
Ryan Bilger

Chicago B

alt: Luke Minton
by Victor Prieto
Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
Replies: 51
Views: 4899

Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19

DROP Daniel Xu
ADD Sam Rombro
by Victor Prieto
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

NAQT tournament field is now full. Any further teams that register will be placed on a waitlist.
by Victor Prieto
Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

The field for the NAQT tournament is nearly full. Any teams that register past the 16th will be placed on a waitlist until we can expand the field (I can't guarantee that we will be able to do so). Also, if there is anybody nearby interested in staffing, please let me know.
by Victor Prieto
Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 3304

Re: PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)

The field is full at 18 teams, with 3 teams on the waitlist. Any other teams interested in registering should go ahead, as we are doing our best to expand the field. The only barrier for us to expand is staff - if there's anybody nearby that is open to helping out that I haven't already contacted, p...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT
Replies: 9
Views: 722

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 7: NAQT SCT

Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Jack Lewis

McGill A

alt: Ryan Bilger
by Victor Prieto
Thu Jan 31, 2019 2:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 @ Carnegie Mellon (1/26)
Replies: 9
Views: 6166

Re: ACF Regionals 2019 @ Carnegie Mellon (1/26)

Thanks to Carnegie Mellon, who did a great job of hosting. All the readers were good, things moved along very smoothly, and we were able to get home at a very reasonable hour. We look forward to the next time CMU hosts a tournament. I would like to know one thing, though - the prelim seeding was ver...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
Replies: 9
Views: 572

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals

Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Ryan Bilger

McGill A

alt: Jack Lewis
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82787

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

We will continue to offer an additional $50 dollar discount to any team that writes at least 20/20 that doesn’t need any major editing (packets requiring relatively few changes to clues, answer lines, or grammar will qualify). I have a few questions about this discount. It's been offered at least s...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8186

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

Can you post the tossup with the cyclohexyne clue, please?
by Victor Prieto
Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: Spartan Housewrite
Replies: 10
Views: 709

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 5: Spartan Housewrite

Wolfsberg/O'Rourke/Prieto:

Rafael Krichevsky
Charles Hang
Jack Lewis
Chicago B

alternate: Ryan Bilger
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34067

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

I was also hoping to run STAR BOWL at ICT (as well as play Lederberg and GOLBEZ), but I can't be sure if I'll be there until after qualifications from SCT have been released, nor do I know if it will be possible to squeeze everything in. I also recognize I announced last, so I guess I get last dibs ...
by Victor Prieto
Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Registration is now open for out-of-state teams.
by Victor Prieto
Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16221

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Is the Star Wars TV distribution just 8 questions on the Star Wars Holiday Special? There was also one or two Star Wars cartoon series in the late 2000s, I hear. But, I haven't watched those, which explains ? Star Wars (TV) 2 Star Wars (films) :sad: ...because 16 questions on the 10 released Star W...
by Victor Prieto
Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16221

STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

Update, July 16th: 100% complete. ________ I’m pleased to formally announce STAR BOWL, a side event available from May (?) 2019 until October 2019. This will be an all-tossup event on things related to "space," mostly science fiction in film, TV and video games. Each tossup will consist o...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7955

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #8: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #7: IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance #3: Beach House - 7 vs. #6: Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy vs. #5: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel #3: Julia Holter...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 3304

Re: PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)

PACE has designated Penn State Spring Academic Bowl 2019 as a gold qualifier: Congratulations! PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has designated your tournament, Penn State Spring Academic Tournament 2019, as a gold NSC qualifier. This means that the top 20% of teams in your ...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:22 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

PACE has designated both halves of KSI as platinum qualifiers: Congratulations! PACE (the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) has designated your tournament, Keystone State Invitational, as a platinum NSC qualifier. This means that the top 25% of teams in your tournament (rounded up to ...
by Victor Prieto
Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 13593

Re: 2019 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago

Last five SCT announcements, with site announcement timelines reconstructed as best as I can determine: 2014 : sites announced starting mid October to early December 2015 : sites announced starting early November through... January, kind of (weird stuff happened this year) 2016 : sites announced sta...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 3304

PSSAB 2019 @ Penn State (3/16/19)

Penn State Quiz Bowl will be hosting Penn State Spring Academic Bowl 2019 on March 16th, 2019. We will be using NAQT's IS-184A question set. Unlike our previous tournament, Nittany Lion Novice IV, there will not be eligibility restrictions on who may play. We will be seeking PACE qualifier status fo...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:48 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

The second event for this tournament will use the Florida Spring Tournament question set.
by Victor Prieto
Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
Replies: 51
Views: 4899

Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19

EDIT: never mind I can't read.
by Victor Prieto
Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Penn State Spring Academic Bowl (March 16th) will be a separate tournament from KSI, both hosted by Penn State. I just hadn't posted an announcement for Penn State Spring yet on the forums, but did set up the registration system with NAQT. The GPQB regional calendar is up to date and has the relevan...
by Victor Prieto
Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Replies: 11
Views: 886

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall

Jack Lewis
Daniel Xu
Luke Minton
Texas A

Alternates? We don't need no stinking alternates!
by Victor Prieto
Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
Replies: 51
Views: 4899

Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19

DROP Jon Suh
ADD Luke Minton
by Victor Prieto
Tue Oct 30, 2018 5:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
Replies: 51
Views: 4899

Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19

DROP Jonathan Tran
ADD Daniel Xu

DROP Luke Minton
ADD Jon Suh
by Victor Prieto
Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PA Tournaments 2018-2019
Replies: 6
Views: 4861

Re: PA Tournaments 2018-2019

We have decided to move Penn State Spring back a week to March 16th, and just announced Keystone State Invitational for March 30-31.
by Victor Prieto
Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

This post reserved for field updates. Both fields are capped at 18 teams. NAQT Tournament Field (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators) Allderdice (2/1/1) Delaware Valley (1/0/0) Downingtown East (1/1/0) Great Valley (1/1/0) Henderson (1/1/1) Huntingdon (1/1/0) Ithaca (NY) (1/2/0) Kanadesaga Academy (NY) (1/2/0)...
by Victor Prieto
Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:15 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9788

Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Penn State Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the inaugural Keystone State Invitational (KSI), taking place on March 30th and 31st, 2019. We hope that this event will provide an opportunity for teams in the two halves of the state to play one another, in a way that has been long discussed but never pu...
by Victor Prieto
Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
Replies: 17
Views: 2297

Re: General Discussion Thread

I was going to say something along these lines before the advanced stats got posted, but I'm glad they backed me up - science seemed noticeably harder to power compared to other categories. I understand that fields generally are weaker at science, but I felt the power clues in science tossups were p...