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- Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8640
Re: General Discussion
Yeah, Aaron, you did a fine job with the history. The only thing I found problematic was the wording of that one clue in the Sweden/Russia tossup in your room. Otherwise, well done.
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8640
Re: General Discussion
Two broad impressions about this set, which I found enjoyable for the most part: 1) It really struggled with clarity about what is being asked on a lot of questions, leaving me searching for a specific pronoun for a few lines. Using "it" is a bad idea, as is describing The Waste Land (whic...
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DRAGOON @ Illinois (11/16/13)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9263
Re: DRAGOON @ Illinois (11/16/13)
We're going to have to drop to 2 teams. Sorry.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Modern World Tournament
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14217
Re: Modern World Tournament
This sounds interesting and I would play it if it actually gets completed.
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
Re: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
Congrats to Chicago A for defeating Michigan A in the first game of the final to win. Northmont and Ohio State A rounded out the top 4, with Northmont winning DII and OSU A getting second. Actually, OSU A wins DII, as high schoolers are not eligible for DII at ACF tournaments . I apologize for our ...
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
Re: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
Congrats to Chicago A for defeating Michigan A in the first game of the final to win. Northmont and Ohio State A rounded out the top 4, with Northmont winning DII and OSU A getting second.
Thanks to everyone who came out, I hope you had a good time.
Final stats are here.
Thanks to everyone who came out, I hope you had a good time.
Final stats are here.
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
- Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
Re: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
Hey everyone,
I'll be sending out a more detailed email later today, but just so everyone knows, registration fr ACF Fall will take place between 8:15-8:45 in Dreese Labs 113. For folks who came to Penn Bowl, it's the same place we met last week.
I'll be sending out a more detailed email later today, but just so everyone knows, registration fr ACF Fall will take place between 8:15-8:45 in Dreese Labs 113. For folks who came to Penn Bowl, it's the same place we met last week.
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
Re: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
As of right now, we have 23 teams. I'm going to close the field at 24, so if someone can field an additional team, go for it. Otherwise I'll fill the gap with a house team of freshmen/sophomores.
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Thanks for catching that. It has been fixed.Seram Friarbird wrote:In the first Michigan A vs. Michigan B game, we went 5/11/1, not 5/17/1 as listed in the stats - they have Neal getting 6 tossups, when he didn't get any, so we should have 350 bonus points from 16 bonuses heard, I think.
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Stats can be found here.
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Congrats to Chicago on an impressive victory, and thanks to everyone who came out yesterday.
I'll have stats up later tonight. I'm away from my laptop right now.
I'll have stats up later tonight. I'm away from my laptop right now.
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DRAGOON @ Illinois (11/16/13)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9263
Re: DRAGOON @ Illinois (11/16/13)
OSU will be here with one, possibly two, teams.
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
I included this in the e-mail I just sent out to teams, but I figured I'd post it here as well: This Saturday, OSU is playing a home football game at 8PM, so campus will be different than it usually is for our tournaments. This mostly applies to parking. Usually, I tell teams to park in the Tuttle P...
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Can someone from Penn State please get back to me on whether or not you're still planning on coming/with how many teams?
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Thanks, I was just about to message you guys regarding this.Madagascar Serpent Eagle wrote:We won't be bringing a third, by the way.
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:04 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: How to Study for Tournaments (IS Sets)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7056
Re: How to Study for Tournaments (IS Sets)
I know he graduated from Manheim Township last year, but I believe he actually goes to Carnegie Mellon now, so it may be worth making acquaintances with Campbell Fitzhugh (I think that's his name) and if he's willing, perhaps you can get some pointers from him. He goes to Case Western now, actually.
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Re: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Really sorry about this, everyone. Here is the field:
OSU (1-2)
Michigan (2)
Chicago (2)
Penn State (1-2)
Michigan State (2)
Miami (1)
Total: 9-10
OSU (1-2)
Michigan (2)
Chicago (2)
Penn State (1-2)
Michigan State (2)
Miami (1)
Total: 9-10
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discuss the anime rule here
- Replies: 112
- Views: 45272
Re: Discuss the anime rule here
what about manga
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Small School NCT discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9079
Re: Small School NCT discussion
I agree in a vacuum with what Brad is saying; my problem with all of this though is that it effectively "punishes" the ambitious small schools, the ones who have the talent or the motivation or the moxie to either do well or strive to do well. If Small School A can actually hang with the ...
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Fall Tournament: 10/12/13
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18532
Re: Michigan Fall Tournament: 10/12/13
OSU will be bringing at least one and possibly two. Sorry for the late notice.rxailagan wrote:We are starting to approach our field cap (18 teams) but can accept 1 or possibly 2 more teams.
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6034
Penn Bowl at Ohio State (10/26/2013)
Hello everyone, sorry for getting this out so late. OSU is proud to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of the 2013 Penn Bowl at our beautiful Columbus Campus on October 26th, 2013. Most of this post has been cribbed from Eric's thread. This tournament will be written entirely by a team of Pat...
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2067
Re: Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
Stats. Thanks to all the teams who made it yesterday, I hope everyone had a good time!
- Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2067
Re: Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
I e-mailed a small correction out a little bit ago, but please meet in room 312 tomorrow, not 302. Thanks.
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2067
Collegiate Novice Mirror @ Ohio State - 9/14/2013
Hello everyone, I'm pleased to announce that Ohio State will be hosting a mirror of the Collegiate Novice Tournament on September 14th, 2013. Registration: To sign up a team, email me at the address in my profile, letting me know how many buzzer systems you can bring. The tournament will take place ...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8737
Re: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
My reading habits have long since fallen by the wayside, but I was horrified and thrilled by Camilo Jose Cela's The Family of Pascual Duarte when I made my way through it four years ago. I have also done a read-through or two of this gem . Oh cool, I just started reading Pascual Duarte last night.
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8737
Re: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
Bolano Bolano Bolano Bolano Bolano Bolano.
(Savage Detectives).
(Savage Detectives).
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 54
- Views: 23755
Re: Preseason Poll
We potentially lose no one and also gain Team Ohio members David Kramer (Solon) and Marty Mendenhall (Olmsted Falls).
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Urgent Call for Unity Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16379
Re: Urgent Call for Unity Discussion
According to the spreadsheet, I wrote the following questions that made it into the final set. If you have comments on them, feel free to share. Tossups: Greece, Eunuchs, Armenia, Severan Dynasty, prison riots. TUs on Taiwan and Benjamin Cardozo were tiebreakers. Bonuses: Der Spiegel Affair/Strauss/...
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7598
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
Jasper and I will certainly be at this, possibly with other OSU people.
- Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8087
Announcement: ACF Fall Great Lakes @ Ohio State, 11/2/2013
Hello, this is a formal announcement for a mirror of ACF Fall, to be held at Ohio State University on November 2nd, 2013. This is a packet-submission event, so please check with the guidelines posted here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14595 to see what is required of your tea...
- Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open 2013: 8/3/13 at VCU
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15803
Re: VCU Open 2013: 8/3/13 at VCU
If this isn't mirrored somewhere in he Midwest (hey UM!), then some contingent of OSU people are hoping to be able to come to Richmond to play, as long as the logistics can be worked out. If someone in the area would like to house 3-4 swell folks such as myself and Jasper Lee that weekend, please co...
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NASAT Set & Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 15383
Re: 2013 NASAT Set & Tournament Discussion
Looking at Packet 5's bonus 21, I feel that Battle of Arnhem should be prompted (at most) but not accepted, since there were drops near other cities (Eindhoven etc.) and none of the armored forces reached Arnhem, to my knowledge. Most of the fighting took place in and around Arnhem and even if the ...
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ProtoBowl
- Replies: 367
- Views: 184548
Re: ProtoBowl
Yo, every time I try to join /lobby from the homepage link, my browser window closes, and whenever I try to join it via typing in the address or the "Feeling Lonely?" box, the only things that come up are the timer, directions, and miscellaneous bars or whatever. Latency and sync offset a...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NASAT: June 15-16 at Ohio State
- Replies: 46
- Views: 19941
Re: 2013 NASAT: June 15-16 at Ohio State
If people are interested, I've been granted permission from Connor Teevens to run TAMIL, a visual movie set, as a side event at this tournament. Entry fee is $5/player.
- Thu May 30, 2013 8:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65118
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
I also wanted to comment on this At this point in quizbowl's evolution, math comp has been eroding across the country Having run a control room in years when surveys were submitted, I am dubious of this statement. Certainly this is a true statement among many who subscribe to the "good quizbow...
- Tue May 14, 2013 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
- Replies: 56
- Views: 24395
Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
I have accepted a one-year professorship at the University of Minnesota Morris. This effectively means my quizbowl career as a student is over after five years. I take solace in the fact that my final win at ICT was against my nemesis Jarret Greene and my final win at ACF Nationals was against my o...
- Sun May 05, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7897
Re: New Side Event for HSNCT: Roger de Flor vs. the World
For all the people signing up for this ridiculous event: Have you thought that most of you won't know any more than 3 or 4 answerlines unless Madden pulls a Bruce Arthur and writes eight distinct tossups with the answerline "Constantinople?" _Constantinople_ _Constantine the Great_ _Const...
- Thu May 02, 2013 2:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8288
Re: Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem
After a while, I was really tempted to just make up what kind of competition we had competed in. (e.g. "Alchemy. This trophy was originally made of a completely different alloy.", "Cage-fighting. I wouldn't stand so close to Kevin. It's not good to make him nervous…", etc.). On ...
- Thu May 02, 2013 2:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8288
Re: Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem
I'm sure this has already been mentioned, but NAQT's trophies can easily be taken apart. When we won Small School in 2010, we just disassembled the trophy and put it in my suitcase.
- Thu May 02, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36645
Re: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
I know about Mike Fink because someone (probably Mike Cheyne, that fiend) mentioned him in some thread a year or two ago and I looked him up. But that's beside the point, which is that American Folklore is just as acceptable in the mythology distribution as anyone in the Kalevala or whatever minor N...
- Wed May 01, 2013 8:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36645
Re: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
No time for full reaction post now, so will just yell at Libo! This was a problem not only in a couple religion tossups but also in history; the tossup on comfort women required that exact term, but the tossup on atomic bomb survivors didn't require Hibakusha. "Comfort women" is the term ...
- Wed May 01, 2013 8:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread
- Replies: 88
- Views: 23290
Re: NHBB Nationals Discussion Thread
Can someone give a longer explanation of what this "opening buzz" actually is and how it works, so those of us who weren't there have some understanding of what the issue is? At the end of the opening ceremony Friday night, David called up the defending bowl champion -- Hunter -- and it's...
- Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36645
Re: ACF Nationals 2013 Discussion
Another thing I liked in this tournament was that in the Swiss Catholics tossup, it stated at the beginning exactly what they wanted from players so there was no confusion (though I felt that tossup itself kinda sucked). I feel more tournaments should do this on questions that have unconventional a...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2013: Harlem Shake Prohibited (Apr 27-28)
- Replies: 66
- Views: 40465
Re: ACF Nationals 2013: Harlem Shake Prohibited (Apr 27-28)
Congratulations Illinois!
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2013 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27947
Re: DI specific question discussion
In other news, the Roman Declaration of War was definitely powerable because fetiales (the priests who do the ritual) was in power, but it took a bit for Dallas and me to figure it out. That tossup really threw me because I picked up that it was some Roman ritual very quickly, but despite all of th...
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2013 ICT DI specific question discussion
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27947
Re: DI specific question discussion
In other news, the Roman Declaration of War was definitely powerable because fetiales (the priests who do the ritual) was in power, but it took a bit for Dallas and me to figure it out. That tossup really threw me because I picked up that it was some Roman ritual very quickly, but despite all of th...
- Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Predictions
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14875
Re: ACF Nationals Predictions
A+Lightinfa wrote:my prediction-
- Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2013 ICT DI general set discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5969
Re: DI general set discussion
NAQT is not ACF and (hopefully for the sake of variety) will never be ACF. What ACF is doesn't have to be what quizbowl is "supposed" to be. There's nothing wrong with trash, or geography, or the clock. ICT and ACF Nationals are very different tournaments, and there's absolutely nothing wr...
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fighting Trash Capture
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6093
Re: Fighting Trash Capture
Become a well-liked Club President and then ban or limit trash by force of will. But seriously, we have a clause in our club constitution banning the spending of club funds on trash and only allowing trash to be read at practice after a set number of academic packets. Constitutions can't really flat...