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by CPiGuy
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 4007

Re: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)

Let me know if you're interested in staffing for this. Staffers will be paid $5/game read.
by CPiGuy
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 4007

Re: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)

I've sent an email to all registered teams and free agents with logistics information. Please check your email and let me know if you didn't get it.
by CPiGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
Replies: 44
Views: 14569

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Columbia U (NYC) - 3/2/24

We are currently at 30 teams, with one another having indicated interest. Here are our planned schedules. 30 teams: Five brackets of six into five brackets of six with one tiebreaker round, with two parallel top brackets (10 rounds) with one tiebreaker round + 1 game final (rebracket after 5 rounds...
by CPiGuy
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 4007

Re: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)

A reminder that this is still happening; the start has been postponed by one week. Signups will close at the end of the day on February 25th.

I will also be emailing registered teams this weekend with more information.
by CPiGuy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 4007

ISU Sammarinese I (online quiz league, weekly matches, mid-Feb to March 2024)

This is an announcement for ISU Sammarinese I, the first tournament to be held on the Sammarinese format . A full description of the match ruleset can be found here . Questions The tournament will use a set of 6 packets written specifically for the format by the Iowa State University quizbowl team. ...
by CPiGuy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Sammarinese format
Replies: 0
Views: 2130

Sammarinese format

This is an overview post describing the Sammarinese quiz format, based on Owen Riley's Venetian, but played by teams of two. There are thirty bonus-like sets of three questions, two in each of fifteen categories. The game is split into rounds of four sets. During the first four rounds, each player w...
by CPiGuy
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
Replies: 5
Views: 2985

Re: Questions for 5th/6th grade?

I don't know with certainty, but my sense is that SAGES is the way to go. This would be a great choice if they were still producing sets for this year, which I don't think they are, unfortunately. Anyway, I'll do a little bit of self-promotion here: I think my QUAOAR set would be a good fit. It's t...
by CPiGuy
Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:52 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)
Replies: 2
Views: 2581

Re: DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)

This tournament happened. There are staaaaaaaaats.

Congrats to Minnesota for winning with a perfect 10-0 record, and thanks to everyone who came out to play and staff!
by CPiGuy
Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)
Replies: 2
Views: 2581

Re: DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)

A logistics email should have been sent out to all registered teams. If you didn't get it, please let me know. If you have a last-minute registration, that's still welcome -- we have the physical space and the buzzer/staffer support for more teams! Looking forward to seeing everyone in Carver Hall t...
by CPiGuy
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:51 am
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: Online NAQT High School Tournament @ McGill
Replies: 6
Views: 3442

Re: Online ACF High School Tournament @ McGill

I assume, by ACF, you mean NAQT?
by CPiGuy
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Protobowl...
Replies: 13
Views: 6925

Re: Protobowl...

i am once again asking everyone who uses protobowl to use https://www.qbreader.org/ instead it's got all the features of protobowl, plus better ones like "actually contains sets from within the last five years" (which is especially useful if you want to practice MS questions because that's...
by CPiGuy
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: QUAOAR [MS set, 2023-24]
Replies: 4
Views: 4585

Re: QUAOAR [MS set, 2023-24]

I've updated the original post with a list of mirrors. We're still looking for mirrors in almost every region, so let me know if you're interested in hosting a tournament on QUAOAR!
by CPiGuy
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Announcing Finsheets' Personal Quizbowl Category Stats Generator!
Replies: 3
Views: 2992

Re: Announcing Finsheets' Personal Quizbowl Category Stats Generator!

This looks pretty cool; I assume the way you use this is by making a copy of some template and filling in the information. I'd caution anyone using this to make sure to keep the sheets private if you're using this to figure out category stats for a tournament that's not clear. (I think the final sta...
by CPiGuy
Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:51 am
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2024 MSNCT Predictions
Replies: 26
Views: 9920

Re: 2024 MSNCT Predictions

It's about 6 months too early to make any reasonable predictions other than "teams that were good last year and didn't have players graduate will be good again".

Having said that, the teams that were good last year and didn't have all their players graduate will be good again.
by CPiGuy
Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)
Replies: 2
Views: 2581

DMA @ ISU (28 October 2023)

I am pleased to announce that Iowa State University Quizbowl will be hosting a mirror of DMA on Saturday, October 28th, 2023 . I will be directing the tournament. Eligibility This is a closed collegiate tournament. Teams must represent a single school. There are no further eligibility restrictions (...
by CPiGuy
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:48 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 UMN Open Weekend (COOT + Super ACRONYM 4 + Side Events)
Replies: 18
Views: 6173

Re: 2023 UMN Open Weekend (COOT + Super ACRONYM 4 + Side Events)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is happening tomorrow at lunch due to QBOWLOSM running long. We'll shoot out the packets.
by CPiGuy
Wed Aug 09, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 11
Views: 4174

Re: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)

I'll be running my transportation side event, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , after the main tournament on Saturday. Here is a sheet to sign up to play or staff. I'll plan on running it as doubles unless the interest is unusually low (in which case we'll play it as a shootout) or unusually high (...
by CPiGuy
Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)
Replies: 12
Views: 2948

Re: COLONIAL @ CO (8/6)

1. Because the set is only five packets, the most viable format I can think of is 8 teams split into two brackets of four for three round prelims into two round playoffs. Some suggestions for tournaments with more teams. You don't have to take these, but I think they're at least reasonable. 12: fou...
by CPiGuy
Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 11
Views: 4174

Re: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)

I'll be running my transportation side event, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , after the main tournament on Saturday. Here is a sheet to sign up to play or staff. I'll plan on running it as doubles unless the interest is unusually low (in which case we'll play it as a shootout) or unusually high (...
by CPiGuy
Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 11
Views: 4174

Re: 2023 NASAT @ Columbia (Open)

I'll be running my transportation side event, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , after the main tournament on Saturday. Here is a sheet to sign up to play or staff. I'll plan on running it as doubles unless the interest is unusually low (in which case we'll play it as a shootout) or unusually high (i...
by CPiGuy
Tue Jun 13, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: The Direction of ACF Winter
Replies: 4
Views: 4844

Re: The Direction of ACF Winter

I've really enjoyed all three of the modern iterations of the set. I think that if the goal of ACF Winter is to be exactly halfway in difficulty between Fall and Regionals, then the 2022 iteration did a very good job of keeping the tossups in that sweet spot, but I do think that the increase in bon...
by CPiGuy
Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread
Replies: 7
Views: 5525

Re: 2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll. Thanks to our voters: myself, Vidyut Arvind, John Augustyn, Padraig Finan (players only), Andrew Gao, Amory Kaufman (players only), Joshua Li, Sreekar Vajjha, Dhanya Velkur, Dylan Zhang (teams only), and Melody Zou. This was a particularly banner year in ter...
by CPiGuy
Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: QUAOAR [Novice set, 2023-24]
Replies: 0
Views: 3693

QUAOAR [Novice set, 2023-24]

This is an announcement for QUAOAR (QUestions, Academic, Oriented At Rookies) , a middle school / novice high school tournament set to be available for mirrors starting October 2023 through the end of the 2023-24 school year. The set is head-edited by me, Conor Thompson, with several deputy editors,...
by CPiGuy
Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: QUAOAR [MS set, 2023-24]
Replies: 4
Views: 4585

QUAOAR [MS set, 2023-24]

This is an announcement for QUAOAR (QUestions, Academic, Oriented At Rookies) , a middle school / novice high school tournament set to be available for mirrors starting October 2023 through the end of the 2023-24 school year. The set is head-edited by me, Conor Thompson, with several deputy editors,...
by CPiGuy
Sun May 28, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (transportation side event) - re-announcement
Replies: 4
Views: 2696

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (transportation side event) - re-announcement

This set is going to have at least one online mirror TBA, and is also open for use at side event weekends if people want to run it. Let me know.
by CPiGuy
Sun May 28, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

This happened. There are stats! Congratulations to Nic Pruitt, BJ Ryan, and Mike Cheyne for winning in dominant fashion, taking the final over Sean Higgins and Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury -- and thanks to everyone who showed up to play. Thanks also to our awesome staffers: Colby Burnett, Cody J...
by CPiGuy
Sat May 27, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

For those playing this at HSNCT, let's meet at 8:30 on the 200 level of the Hilton tomorrow, assuming those game rooms are unlocked and within range of the lobby internet. (If those things are false, I'll find somewhere else and post an update). Some more specific logistics: I have instituted a fie...
by CPiGuy
Sat May 27, 2023 1:26 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

For those playing this at HSNCT, let's meet at 8:30 on the 200 level of the Hilton tomorrow, assuming those game rooms are unlocked and within range of the lobby internet. (If those things are false, I'll find somewhere else and post an update). Some more specific logistics: I have instituted a fie...
by CPiGuy
Fri May 26, 2023 4:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

For those playing this at HSNCT, let's meet at 8:30 on the 200 level of the Hilton tomorrow, assuming those game rooms are unlocked and within range of the lobby internet. (If those things are false, I'll find somewhere else and post an update).
by CPiGuy
Mon May 15, 2023 11:46 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread
Replies: 7
Views: 5525

Re: 2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread

I encourage people to use this thread to discuss which teams and players they feel are deserving of votes. I will be making such a post at some point soon. You can (and should!) also use this thread to shout out people you think are worthy of being shouted out, regardless of whether they may or may...
by CPiGuy
Mon May 15, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread
Replies: 7
Views: 5525

2022-23 MS Postseason Poll / Discussion Thread

As is tradition, I am running an MS postseason ranking poll. The poll is intended to be a ranking for the 2022-2023 season. To vote, please send your ballots to me by email at conorjt@iastate.edu by 11:59pm on Wednesday, June 7th . You may vote for players, teams, or both. General guidelines (mostly...
by CPiGuy
Mon May 15, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

This happened at MSNCT, and there are stats. Shower Curtain Ring Division (Colby Burnett and Jim Puls) won the tournament with a 5-0 record. Unfortunately one team had to leave after the first 3 rounds, so the bottom bracket was condensed into two teams (with Jeff and Noelle acquiring Jake); after t...
by CPiGuy
Mon May 15, 2023 1:54 am
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 Middle School Quiz Bowl: Player/Team Rankings
Replies: 2
Views: 3218

Re: 2023 Middle School Quiz Bowl: Player/Team Rankings

I'll be running a poll (as has become tradition); expect a post announcing it in the next day or two. When I do so, perhaps this thread can be merged into the poll thread (as it is also typical to post in the poll thread extolling various people's virtues).
by CPiGuy
Sat May 13, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

Can we bring cash and pay onsite? I have a team of two and we are planning to play, but the Google Form to sign up wasn’t working. Thanks! It's not a gform, it's just a spreadsheet. And yes, absolutely. Relatedly, we are going to meet for this at 6:30 tonight, in the lower level of the conference c...
by CPiGuy
Wed May 10, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

I would love to participate, but is there a rough timetable? Good question. Let's aim to meet at 6:30 in the small atrium outside Lambert/Sky Harbor/SeaTac/etc (I don't remember all the room names but hopefully this is uniquely identifying). If we have enough people for at least 4 teams of doubles ...
by CPiGuy
Sun May 07, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 MSPAINT (MS Individual Tournament, 7 May 2023, online)
Replies: 3
Views: 4230

Re: 2023 MSPAINT (MS Individual Tournament, 7 May 2023, online)

This tournament happened! Andrew Gao won the tournament without ever losing a room; Sreekar Vajjha took second and only ever finished behind Andrew. Haughton Neppl and Padraig Finan finished third and fourth in the championship match respectively, with Vidyut Arvind winning the 5th-8th placement gam...
by CPiGuy
Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Nationals side events thread
Replies: 2
Views: 3616

Re: Nationals side events thread

I'll start -- I am running Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at MSNCT and HSNCT on their respective Saturday evenings.
by CPiGuy
Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Nationals side events thread
Replies: 2
Views: 3616

Nationals side events thread

There are several side events already announced for various national tournaments, which are scattered across at least three different subforums. I figured it would be a good idea to have a centralized thread for crossposting these announcements with any details that people find relevant. Feel free t...
by CPiGuy
Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT
Replies: 13
Views: 3844

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles @ MSNCT/HSNCT

I will be running a side event on my set Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at MSNCT and HSNCT. It will take place on Saturday evening at both tournaments, after the conclusion of tournament gameplay for the day (and some time to allow people to get food) -- I'll post more specific logistics/times/etc....
by CPiGuy
Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 MSPAINT (MS Individual Tournament, 7 May 2023, online)
Replies: 3
Views: 4230

Re: 2023 MSPAINT (MS Individual Tournament, 7 May 2023, online)

Signups are still open for this tournament, and will be until Thursday, May 4th!
by CPiGuy
Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (transportation side event) - re-announcement
Replies: 4
Views: 2696

Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (transportation side event) - re-announcement

Are there plans for this set to be mirrored during nationals season? Yes. I am not going to announce anything until the set is, uh, finished, but I would like to run it as a side event at several national tournaments this year (and perhaps also on CO Sunday if there are not that many other side eve...
by CPiGuy
Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Introducing YellowFruit.
Replies: 106
Views: 95076

Re: Introducing YellowFruit.

It would be neat if a future update could allow us to manually edit individual phase rankings and/or specify tiebreaking criteria -- I just had a bracket in which two teams were tied in both record and PPG, and Yellowfruit sorted them in an order that was not PPB (which the tournament directors used...
by CPiGuy
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:41 am
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Introducing YellowFruit.
Replies: 106
Views: 95076

Re: Introducing YellowFruit.

Is there a functionality to "select all" games (either all of them, or all of them within a search)?
by CPiGuy
Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 10971

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

I have a weird suggestion about the prelim format for this tournament. The last few years, SSNCT prelims have not used a card system, instead dividing the field into pools of 11 and having them play a round robin, with teams finishing 6-4 or better making playoffs. This is by no means a bad format, ...
by CPiGuy
Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Best Debut Performances?
Replies: 18
Views: 8135

Re: Best Debut Performances?

I have heard that half of UWaterloo's ICT DII winning team this year had never played quiz bowl before. I cannot confirm this but consultation of the NAQT website suggests at least some of them were only recorded as playing one novice tournament before SCT. I can see how that wouldn't count as &quo...
by CPiGuy
Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:16 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77785

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

I'm not sure any individual games at this year's ICT are particularly extraordinary upsets (both of the teams that beat Chicago were obviously extremely good, and I think Cornell was probably favored in 12 of their 13 games), but Chicago having 3 PPB and 100 PPG more than any other team and losing ...
by CPiGuy
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Best Debut Performances?
Replies: 18
Views: 8135

Re: Best Debut Performances?

Moultrie at the 2019 MSNCT had never played pyramidal quizbowl before (at least in an official tournament) and qualified via wildcard. As one might expect from a team used to playing bad one-sentence questions on a ruleset that did not include neg penalties, they negged a *lot* -- about 22% of all ...
by CPiGuy
Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77785

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

I'm not sure any individual games at this year's ICT are particularly extraordinary upsets (both of the teams that beat Chicago were obviously extremely good, and I think Cornell was probably favored in 12 of their 13 games), but Chicago having 3 PPB and 100 PPG more than any other team and losing t...
by CPiGuy
Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian Novice @ ISU (15 April 2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 2797

Canadian Novice @ ISU (15 April 2023)

I am pleased to announce that Iowa State University Quizbowl will be hosting a mirror of Canadian Novice on Saturday, April 15th, 2023 . I will be directing the tournament. Eligibility This is a closed collegiate tournament. Teams must represent a single school. This is a novice tournament. Players ...