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- Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10589
Re: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
I wonder if there are some potential reforms such as: 1. More strongly encouraging good packet submissions, with perhaps the definition of "good" being slightly relaxed for ACF Fall, by the use of discounts. Having edited packet submission tournaments, you get a sense of what packets are ...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ CO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2569
Re: CANONEXPANSION @ CO
This was an immensely fun set, and I'd like to thank the writers for coming up with such creative questions.
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8602
Re: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
Banned Tiny Toon Adventures Episode wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:35 pm I'd love to score -7.5 ppg at this
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:21 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18632
Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Hour 1 transcript: Aaron Rosenberg: Alright everyone, welcome on behalf of PACE to the 2019 David Riley Coaches Conference, er, Players and Coaches Conference. My name's Aaron, and on behalf of PACE, thank you all for coming. We do this every year for the improvement of quizbowl and the community, ...
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:17 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29093
Re: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
Where is "The Judge" buzzer system in this? I feel like it's the best choice for a school hoping to make a solid, long-term investment in a buzzer system. The Judge is a great buzzer system, but everyone I know who's tried to order one in the past couple years has had a hard time getting ...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NSC 2019 All-Star Game
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6131
Re: NSC 2019 All-Star Game
As a mod of the QB discord: stuff like this is totally fine!Maths Wizard (Tau is King!) wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:43 pm Question: if someone attended the all-star game but wanted to "come to" the discord to listen, say, just to see how other people do on the pack and because it was a good time, would that be allowed?
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46400
Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Strongly agree with Rahul and Will here. A $0 deadline would be extremely helpful.
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:02 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Restarting the Mississippi State Quiz Bowl Team
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9847
Re: Restarting the Mississippi State Quiz Bowl Team
First of all, it's always great to see new teams popping up, especially in sparse circuits like the southeast. To answer your questions: 1. About what number of teams should be our limit? Even though we could field many, is two or three the regular number? As many teams as you can afford, assuming a...
- Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Colorado open summer practices
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4044
Re: Colorado open summer practices
Practice will be in Duane G2B60. Note the new location! This is in the far east wing of Duane (the one closest to the geology and math buildings), one level below street level. Make sure to enter from the east end of the building, as other doors may be locked in the evenings.
- Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Colorado open summer practices
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4044
Colorado open summer practices
For anyone in the Colorado front range this summer, the University of Colorado Boulder will be hosting open practices from 6 to 8 PM on Monday nights. Practices will start on June 3rd and end on August 19th, and anyone is welcome to attend. I'll finalize the room reservations on Monday morning and u...
- Sat May 18, 2019 6:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado end-of-year tournament (5/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1960
Re: Colorado end-of-year tournament (5/18)
Congrats to Boulder B for winning the tournament, and to Henry Cafaro from Fort Collins for being the top scorer! All teams played exceedingly well, and this was a very fun tournament to watch.
Stats are here.
Stats are here.
- Tue May 14, 2019 7:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado end-of-year tournament (5/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1960
Colorado end-of-year tournament (5/18)
The University of Colorado Boulder will be hosting a mirror of WHAQ III on May 18, 2019. Location and schedule: The tournament will be held on May 18 the Engineering Center (subject to change). The tournament will begin at 9:45 AM MST, and teams should arrive by 9:15 Additional information will be e...
- Mon May 13, 2019 5:26 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: NAQT IS/HS Level Math
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12987
Re: NAQT IS/HS Level Math
Computational math or actual math?
- Fri May 10, 2019 12:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12819
Re: Mons Mathstrosity II: Even Primes Redux [Announcement]
Due to school, research, and other writing commitments, this set will be postponed indefinitely (though it will eventually be finished).
Sorry, everyone.
Sorry, everyone.
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25288
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
...collect a bunch of previous tossups and make relevant and normal edits to them to prevent them from cheating and whatnot... All this does is prevent a cheater from directly looking up the packet, which not an insurmountable barrier. If someone's going to cheat in an online tournament, they can s...
- Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25288
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Look, if you had just said "let's play some old NHBB questions on Discord," this would not be a problem in the slightest, and you would have saved a lot of effort on your part. Trying to turn it into an actual tournament with some house-written stuff and some modified versions of old packe...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: California Summer Open(s)?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9762
Re: California Summer Open(s)?
If this happens in the bay area during July, there's a significant chance I'll show up.
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1925
Re: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
The fact that this set had exactly one plasma physics tossup out of 50 physics tossups is somewhat annoying, especially since that question (Debye length) used a lot of non-plasma clues and wasn't even heard until the second finals packet. I understand that sub distributional errors happen, and it's...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2546
Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
Could someone post the question on reconnection? Some people in the plasma department got really excited and want to see it, and I don't have our binder.
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2546
Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
Agreeing with Will, Geoff, and Jonathan here. I knew it was either Boost or the C++ standard library from the first clue, but I sat until Boost was mentioned.
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1925
Re: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
- The data science tossups on time series , regression discontinuity design , and age , all of which delved into topics I've either worked with before or read a lot about, and which are very important in the social sciences ... - The tossup on dynamic light scattering , an important technique that'...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9972
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Seeing Billy's post reminded me that my comments on the physics were long overdue, so here goes. In general, the physics in this set was extremely well done. Individual sub-disciplines were well-balanced, plenty of novel-yet-still-convertible things came up, I felt like most of my buzzes came from r...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 3: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1390
Re: Lederberg 3: Specific Question Discussion
Unless I'm misparsing the clue in the _potentiometer_ tossup, I think it would be helpful to rule out encoders before the clue about their being used for positional feedback for servo mechanisms - I'm fairly certain its possible to use optical encoders to keep track of servo position as well. Agree...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:49 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Authentication on this Website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7523
Re: Authentication on this Website
I agree with Arnav's post, but Let's Encrypt is probably sufficient. I doubt there's any need to use a paid CA.
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1925
Re: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
I greatly enjoyed this set, especially the physics, which I felt did an excellent job of rewarding Real Knowledge (TM). My only complaint is that it was a bit heavy on high energy.
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2546
Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
Despite NAQT stuff being generally outside of my wheelhouse, I greatly enjoyed this tournament. Most of the questions were extremely well executed, and the weirder answerlines tended to be on the more interesting side. Questions that I particularly liked: - The drifts tossup in the final did an exce...
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2991
Re: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks
Another point: in the pop culture distribution, I would suggest reducing the number of TV questions. This is not because TV is an unimportant topic, but rather because TV tends to have a much more bimodal distribution of knowledge than other pop culture areas - people who watch a given show tend to...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Roommate for ICT 2019 [Female]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4643
Re: Roommate for ICT 2019 [Female]
Due to some last-minute changes/a budget surplus/other factors, it turns out that we will also be bringing one woman to ICT. I know this is on very short notice, but if anyone wants to trade roommates, please PM or email me.
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 38525
Re: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)
I'll be happy to staff the ICT mirror.
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9972
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Agreeing with Billy here. I thought a lot of science did a good job of rewarding real knowledge and challenging a very strong field while still remaining accessible. I'll make a full post on physics and associated things tomorrow night. In general, I felt this was an excellent set, and I'd like to a...
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:30 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12177
Re: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)
If any of you have any advice/an insider's guide for a long-time player, but first time hoster, feel free to DM, email or reply to this post. It would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to make my intentions known to my advisor and the schools in the area as soon as I get a better grasp on how I'm go...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2218
Re: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
Field update:
Boulder A
Boulder B
CEC Aurora A
CEC Aurora B
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Regis Jesuit
Weld Central A
Weld Central B
Weld Central C
Boulder A
Boulder B
CEC Aurora A
CEC Aurora B
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Regis Jesuit
Weld Central A
Weld Central B
Weld Central C
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19) [REGISTRATION CLOSED]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8592
Re: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19) [REGISTRATION CLOSED]
Echoing Joe's sentiment---this was a very fun tournament on a very strong set.
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2218
Re: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
I'd also like to apologize for the overlap with Science Olympiad. This was unfortunately unavoidable, since we already have to schedule against Science Bowl, Knowledge Bowl, History Bowl, and other events. We'll be hosting more tournaments later this semester, which will be scheduled some time in th...
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2218
Re: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
This won't be strictly enforced, but we highly recommend that teams limit their rosters to no more than 6 players (and preferably no more than 4-5, if the 5th and 6th scorers would be able to play on their own). If the registration fee is a barrier to splitting an oversized team, email us.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Colorado State Championship (3/9)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2218
Colorado State Championship (3/9)
It is my pleasure to announce the Colorado State Quiz Bowl Championship on March 9, 2019, hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder. At this tournament, teams will be able to qualify for both HSNCT and NSC. Location and schedule: The tournament will be held on Saturday, March 9 the Engineering Ce...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2140
Re: NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
Thanks for coming, everyone. Congrats to BYU A, who defeated Colorado A in a one-game final.
Stats are here.
Stats are here.
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2140
Re: NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
The post originally listed the wrong registration link. This has been fixed.
- Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
OSU
Shan
Joseph
Eric
Alt: John
Shan
Joseph
Eric
Alt: John
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8269
Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Is "meme" just what British quizbowlers call "stock"?
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2140
NAQT SCT at CU Boulder (2/9/19)
I'm pleased to announce that for the fourth year in a row, CU Boulder will host the Rocky Mountain site of NAQT's Sectional Championship Tournament. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at matthew.s.mitchell@colorado.edu Location and schedule: The tournament will be held on Saturday, F...
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Participating in Online Tournaments
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3066
Re: Participating in Online Tournaments
In addition to full tournaments, people read old packets on the quizbowl Discord from time to time.
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Growing Young Players
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6463
Re: Growing Young Players
We've found it useful to have a separate novice practice on easier questions, followed by a practice at regular difficulty for the whole team.
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/26/2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3653
Re: ACF Regionals 2019 at Stanford, 1/28/2019
You should probably change the title from 1/28, then :)Saltasassi wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:09 pm The California mirror of ACF Regionals will be held on January 26, 2019.
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (23 Dec)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5447
Re: Festivus (23 Dec)
Did anyone collect the Festivus packets for archival purposes? If not, I volunteer to do so; please email me your packets (hartam@gmail.com) so I can put them on the database. I'm currently collecting packets, but I've been traveling recently and haven't had time to follow up with everyone. I'll ha...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9119
Re: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
We already have a History specialist and he gets pissed whenever I steal points from him. It's great that you want to branch out more, but this really needs to be addressed. Unless you're wantonly negging him out of things he's likely to know, he should be happy that the team is getting tossups ear...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Is Festivus happening?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6359
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (23 Dec)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5447
Festivus (23 Dec)
OK, no one else has stepped up to do this, so I guess I will. If you've got packets, read them in the Discord tomorrow. We'll start around 10:30 AM, Mountain Standard Time.
Please sign up on this sheet. It would be nice to have more mods, but I'm fine doing it myself.
Please sign up on this sheet. It would be nice to have more mods, but I'm fine doing it myself.
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
- Replies: 89
- Views: 50250
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Is Festivus happening?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6359
Re: Is Festivus happening?
I'll probably have a half packet of of weird mashups and other miscellaneous oddities.
EDIT: I'm also willing to step up to moderate.
EDIT: I'm also willing to step up to moderate.