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by A_Failure
Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:27 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)
Replies: 4
Views: 5734

Re: RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)

Just a quick update: we've announced our first few mirror sites, and the set production has gone along earlier than expected, so it will be ready by October 1, 2020 . If you need a set to use for a tournament in the next few weeks (or throughout the rest of the school year) feel free to reach out to...
by A_Failure
Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:24 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)
Replies: 4
Views: 5734

Re: RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)

This post is reserved for a list of mirrors. UIUC (IL/IN): October 3 VCU (VA): October 31 Online Middle School Mirror (National): November 7 Wakeland (TX): November 28 Arcadia (CA): November 28 NBAL League (OH): starting January 4 Mounds View (MN): January 9 California Cup (CA): January 16 Santa Fe ...
by A_Failure
Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)
Replies: 4
Views: 5734

RAFT II Announcement (2020-21)

This is an announcement for the second iteration of RAFT (Regular Academic Fall Tournament), which will be available for mirrors starting November 1, 2020 through the end of the 2020-2021 season. As the name implies, this will be a regular difficulty set. The set is currently 81% written and we anti...
by A_Failure
Tue May 12, 2020 8:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)
Replies: 37
Views: 13277

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)

A_Failure wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:56 pm In an unexpected twist of events, I intend to go to Bowdoin in the fall and will be quizbowlling there.
This aged fantastically. I will be going to Pomona in the fall. Given that I know zero things about the QB situation there, I'd have to say the chances of me playing have gone down.
by A_Failure
Sun May 10, 2020 10:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
Replies: 7
Views: 9865

Re: Groger Ranks 2019-20

Final rankings for the season (NAQT-only, mACF-only, and Overall) have just been posted! NAQT-only: https://grogerranks.com/2020/05/11/2020-final-naqt-only-rankings/ mACF-only: https://grogerranks.com/2020/05/11/2020-final-macf-only-rankings/ Overall: https://grogerranks.com/2020/05/11/2020-end-of-s...
by A_Failure
Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)
Replies: 37
Views: 13277

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)

In an unexpected twist of events, I intend to go to Bowdoin in the fall and will be quizbowlling there.
by A_Failure
Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LOGIC Discord Mirror Date Poll
Replies: 4
Views: 1708

Re: LOGIC Discord Mirror Date Poll

1992 in spaceflight wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:17 pm April 19th is the date with the most votes, so we'll be running the mirror on that date. Expect a post for the online mirror to be up by this weekend.
Is this happening?
by A_Failure
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020
Replies: 3
Views: 2325

Re: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020

We have expanded the field to 28 teams! At this point I do not anticipate any additional expansion.
by A_Failure
Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020
Replies: 3
Views: 2325

Re: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020

We have hit our initial field cap! At this point any teams that sign up will be added to a waitlist. If we can get enough buzzers and staff, we will expand the field.
by A_Failure
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020
Replies: 3
Views: 2325

Re: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020

Field: (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators) East Brunswick: (4/2/0) Wilmington Charter: (1/1/0) Holmdel: (1/0/1) Hunter: (4/1/0) "Gotham": (1/0/0) Pingry: (2/0/0) Mountain Lakes: (2/0/0) Morristown-Beard: (2/2/0) "Robert Harp": (2/2/0) Tenafly: (1/1/0) West Essex: (1/0/0) "Varian Fry...
by A_Failure
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020
Replies: 3
Views: 2325

Millburn (NJ) Invitational II - 2/8/2020

Millburn High School is pleased to announce that it will be holding the second Millburn Invitational on Saturday, February 8, 2020. The tournament will use RAFT, a regular-difficulty question set. You can find more information about the set here . Millburn High School is located at 462 Millburn Ave,...
by A_Failure
Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Replies: 17
Views: 10865

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20

The preseason poll results are as follows: 1. Millburn (87 points, 6 first place votes) 2. Hunter A (84 points, 4 first place votes) 3. Darien (59 points) t-4. Tenafly (52 points) t-4. High Tech (52 points) 6. Hunter B (33 points) 7. Teterboro (32 points) 8. Clarke (26 points) 9. Wilton (13 points) ...
by A_Failure
Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Replies: 17
Views: 10865

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20

Hi everyone, I have written up some predictions for the upcoming season (based mostly off of my votes in the preseason poll). Before I dive into that, I also wanted to say that I decided I'll be releasing poll results at some point tomorrow night, so if you want to vote, this is your last chance. I'...
by A_Failure
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NJ/NY/PA Date Claims Thread 2019-2020
Replies: 30
Views: 16139

Re: NJ/NY/PA Date Claims Thread 2019-2020

Millburn would like to claim February 8, 2020 for the second Millburn Invitational. We will be using RAFT.
by A_Failure
Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2018-2019 Illinois Discussion

Should this not say 2019-2020?

EDIT: resolved i think. FZ this if you want.
by A_Failure
Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

Can I see the conversion stats for the "Mexico" question in Round 5 and the Robinson question in round 1? E. A. Robinson: 9/52/2 in 83 rooms I'm not finding a tossup with answer _Mexico_ in round 5; there's a tossup there on the Battle of Puebla. Let me know if that's what you'd like to s...
by A_Failure
Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Replies: 17
Views: 10865

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20

Hi everybody! I found the midseason players' poll from last year to be very interesting, so I decided to run a pre-season one for this year. You can go vote in it here . In order to avoid running into the "what counts as this region" debate that came up in the last poll, I have specificall...
by A_Failure
Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Snoopy wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:19 pm Who's in charge of the calendar for next year?
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=22756

It will presumably be similar or the same for New York.
by A_Failure
Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
Replies: 34
Views: 19722

Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards

I am here to shill some people mostly from the northeast (specifically, the NY Metro area) - Alex Pyle is scary. - Daniel Ma is incredibly talented, and should be showing up on your top 20, history, science, and fine arts ballots. - Pedro and Cerulean are also excellent players who are heavily shado...
by A_Failure
Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Set Collaboration Thread-2019-2020 Season
Replies: 8
Views: 6343

Re: Set Collaboration Thread-2019-2020 Season

Hi everyone, A group of us are looking for experienced editors (especially a science and head editor) to help out with a regular-difficulty tournament for the fall. Please PM myself, Jason Lewis, or Jamie Faeder either here or on Discord (our tags are A_Failure#1531, amine#5968, or neilbreen#7214, r...
by A_Failure
Wed May 29, 2019 9:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

Bar in Nighthawks should probably have been accepted upon protest, right? I don't think I lodged a protest, but they were looking for restaurant of diner. I don't think the protest would have mattered anyway. FWIW, I said "the bar in Nighthawks" and it was accepted, although I heard that ...
by A_Failure
Wed May 29, 2019 5:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

First of all, I would like to thank NAQT for writing this set. It was very enjoyable to play and also very challenging. I would like to know why NAQT doesn't but "description acceptable" labels in front of descriptive questions. When these questions come up it's often confusing to have to ...
by A_Failure
Sat May 11, 2019 12:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Alright, here are my long-awaited HSNCT predictions. Two disclaimers about this before I proceed: 1) I have no clue how the playoff finishes work this year, so I'm using the tiering from last year 2) You have no right to hold me accountable for any of the predictions I make in this forum post. Now t...
by A_Failure
Fri May 10, 2019 10:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

As an interesting subject of discussion, who do you guys think will be the best teams next year? 1. Hunter A (and Andover, if they count as this region) [large gap] [more large gap] 2. everyone else I heard this Dean Ah Now fellow was pretty good— looks like he was top individual scorer at HFT, has...
by A_Failure
Fri May 10, 2019 7:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Pedro/HCHS wrote: Fri May 10, 2019 7:16 pm As an interesting subject of discussion, who do you guys think will be the best teams next year?
1. Hunter A (and Andover, if they count as this region)

[large gap]

[more large gap]

2. everyone else
by A_Failure
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Subotai the Valiant, Final Dog of War wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:14 am Any predictions for nationals, whether NHBB, HSNCT, or PACE? I'll post my thoughts a bit later, but I just wanted to start the conversation
I had started to write a compilation of predictions about HSNCT, but stopped because of time constraints. I'll try to start working on it again.
by A_Failure
Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Replies: 37
Views: 24927

Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament

I wrote for this tournament, and in light of these recent developments, I have some comments to make. First of all, it may not be clear from the original forum post, but in the Discord server, Ameya pretty clearly stated (like it was on the main announcements channel) that the tournament was not aff...
by A_Failure
Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 EB Bears Pre-Nationals Tournament @ East Brunswick NJ
Replies: 17
Views: 7367

Re: 2019 EB Bears Pre-Nationals Tournament @ East Brunswick NJ

Given that SCT is supposed to be easier then HSNCT, why is this tournament using longer halves than HSNCT? This is mostly due to the quality of our readers. We don't have many experienced moderators coming to our tournament, and many of our school's own readers are underclassmen. As such, we're sim...
by A_Failure
Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 EB Bears Pre-Nationals Tournament @ East Brunswick NJ
Replies: 17
Views: 7367

Re: 2019 EB Bears Pre-Nationals Tournament @ East Brunswick NJ

Rules: As this tournament is only a few weeks before HSNCT, we will follow all standard NAQT Rules. For timing, however, we will use 12 minute halves, as opposed to the 9 minute halves at HSNCT, to account for the difficulty of this set. There are no computational math tossups or bonuses in this se...
by A_Failure
Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Re: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19

Congratulations to Tenafly A for winning the first ever Millburn Invitational over High Tech B 380-335! East Brunswick A defeated East Brunswick B in the 3rd place match 395-225. Combined stats will be up whenever I can figure out how to merge files. Thank you all for coming, and we hope to see you ...
by A_Failure
Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Re: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19

The field has been expanded to 20 teams. At this point, we will not be expanding the field any further unless we can get more staff and buzzers.
by A_Failure
Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Re: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19

We have now hit our field cap! Any teams that sign up from this point forward will be placed on a waitlist.

In addition, we really need buzzers (as in, if the field stands as is, we will be stuck with people playing slapbowl). Please bring them if you have them!
by A_Failure
Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:21 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)
Replies: 8
Views: 11999

Re: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)

This feels like an excellent place to make a shameless self-plug for the Millburn Invitational on March 30 . We will be using an easier set, and the field won't be as stacked as the Columbia tournament you played in, so it should be much more competitive for you. At this point in the season, tournam...
by A_Failure
Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Re: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19

Field: (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators)

Jonathan Dayton: (1/1/1)
Mountain Lakes: (2/0/0)
Marlboro: (1/0/0)
Holmdel: (1/0/0)
Edison: (2/0/0)
Pingry: (2/0/0)
WWP North: (2/0/0)
Tenafly: (3/1/0)
High Tech: (3/3/0)
Colonia: (1/1/0)
East Brunswick: (2/2/0)

Total: (20/8/1)
by A_Failure
Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Millburn Invitational - 3/30/19

Millburn High School is pleased to announce that it will be holding the first Millburn Invitational on Saturday, March 30, 2019. The tournament will use NAQT's IS-182A. Millburn High School is located at 462 Millburn Ave, in Millburn, New Jersey. We are very close to NYC, so don’t be afraid to come ...
by A_Failure
Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Snoopy wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:55 pm Raw data will indeed be posted for public perusal in short order (READ: two days.)
Is this still happening?
by A_Failure
Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

I would also like to point out that State College plays in Western Pennsylvania like Allderdice does, so I feel that they should be excluded from the poll. I realize that they only received one vote, but believe it would be best for the sake of continuity. Also, I find it hard to understand why some...
by A_Failure
Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Also, perhaps we should employ more of a Google Forms "Rank in order what you think the top 10 northeast teams are" type of poll and not just "which team is the best" kind of poll. I liked this idea, so I did it! Everyone is free to fill out this google form ! If there's any que...
by A_Failure
Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 1360

Re: General Set Discussion

Overall, I thought that the set was very good, although quite difficult (in particular, the hard parts of bonuses were a bit out there and the powermarks felt stingy). On the other hand, there were a few egregious stock clues dropped early in power - examples of this include the MLK, titration, and...
by A_Failure
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3239

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see both opera tossups (Madame Butterfly and Marriage of Figaro)? The main character of this opera criticizes a servant for praying to fat and lazy gods. A character asks his wife not to cry in this opera’s love duet that closes its first act, and its third act begins with sailors singing “he...
by A_Failure
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 1360

Re: General Set Discussion

Overall, I thought that the set was very good, although quite difficult (in particular, the hard parts of bonuses were a bit out there and the powermarks felt stingy). On the other hand, there were a few egregious stock clues dropped early in power - examples of this include the MLK, titration, and ...
by A_Failure
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3239

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I please see the tossups on glycolysis, Moscow, the Election of 2000, Harlem, and the Korean War, as well as the bonuses on Fanon and Pierce?
by A_Failure
Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Hi everyone,

I have updated the OP with a poll. I apologize for not doing this sooner, as I kind of just forgot about it. Many thanks to Nate for reminding me.
by A_Failure
Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers University (9/22/2018)
Replies: 9
Views: 6461

Re: Scarlet Knight Fall @ Rutgers University (9/22/2018)

We would like to run two separate fields: one novice, one standard. However, we will only do so if there is strong enough interest to provide both fields with a good day. Assuming the field does indeed split into novice and standard divisions, will this tournament be replacing the tentatively annou...
by A_Failure
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

[EDIT: Apparently, it seems that one has to make the poll with the first post of the thread or else it won't be allowed. Hopefully this is not true; someone else hopefully knows how to do it?] So I can do this poll (by virtue of having started this thread), but don't have incredible knowledge of th...
by A_Failure
Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

So here are my (long overdue) predictions for NJ for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the rest of the circuit to be able to accurately discuss it, otherwise I definitely would have. Without further ado, here are my predictions for the top 5 in NJ: 1. High Tech - The clear ...
by A_Failure
Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45180

NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19

Given that many other regions (including NE, which inspired this one) have discussion threads up already, I felt I should create one as well. Does anyone have any predictions/analysis for next year? I may try to write something up about NJ teams later.
by A_Failure
Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)
Replies: 22
Views: 9435

Re: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)

Pablo Picasso 2 wrote:We are discussing the possibility of hosting a NASAT mirror - if are interested in helping out, or playing, please post or PM us.
I'd be interested in playing this if I'm around and free.
by A_Failure
Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48212

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Given that the Morning and Afternoon sessions essentially use different question sets, would it make more sense to split the scoring awards between sessions (i.e. 20 All-Stars from the morning and 20 from the Afternoon)? Also, could I please see the tossups on May 1968 (from Round 11), Nazi Germany ...