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by vrohan
Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2022)
Replies: 0
Views: 841

2022 ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2022)

The Quiz Bowl Club at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce that the California site of 2022 ARCADIA will be held at UC Berkeley on Sunday, December 4, 2022. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Please direct any questions about this site to vrohan@berkele...
by vrohan
Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley (11/05/2022)
Replies: 1
Views: 710

Re: 2022 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley (11/05/2022)

Stanford cleared the field to win this tournament. Stats can be viewed at this link. Thank you to everyone who came, and especially Eve, Kelvin, Shahar, and Aarchan for staffing.
by vrohan
Sat Oct 22, 2022 7:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley (11/05/2022)
Replies: 1
Views: 710

2022 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley (11/05/2022)

I am pleased to announce that the Northern California site of 2022 ACF Winter will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Kevin Ye and I will be the tourn...
by vrohan
Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/15/2022)
Replies: 0
Views: 683

2022 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/15/2022)

I am pleased to announce that the Northern California site of 2022 ACF Fall will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, October 15, 2022. The tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Kevin Ye and Rohan Venkateswaran w...
by vrohan
Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 MRNA VACCINE @ UC Berkeley (02/26/2022)
Replies: 1
Views: 955

Re: 2022 MRNA VACCINE @ UC Berkeley (02/26/2022)

Current Field:
Claremont Colleges (1)
UCSD (2)
Stanford (1)
UC Berkeley (4)
by vrohan
Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 MRNA VACCINE @ UC Berkeley (02/26/2022)
Replies: 1
Views: 955

2022 MRNA VACCINE @ UC Berkeley (02/26/2022)

Cal Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce that the Northern California site of 2022 MRNA VACCINE will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, February 26, 2022. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Please direct any questions about this site to yekeviny@berkeley...
by vrohan
Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1362

Re: ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2021)

The field is capped at 4 teams unless there is enough interest to increase it to 6.
11/22/21: The field has been expanded to 6 teams.

Field as of 11/29/21:
UC Berkeley (3)
Sagittarius [HS] (1)
Claremont Colleges (1)
Stanford (1)
by vrohan
Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1362

ARCADIA @ UC Berkeley (12/04/2021)

Cal Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce that the Northern California site of ARCADIA will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, December 4, 2021. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Please direct any questions about this site to yekeviny@berkeley.edu. Tourn...
by vrohan
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1763

Re: 2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)

Congratulations to Claremont Colleges Common links, who were the overall and DII champions! Stats are available at this link. Thank you to everyone who played and helped out!
by vrohan
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1763

2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)

I am pleased to announce that the West Coast (California + Pacific Northwest) site of 2021 ACF Fall will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The tournament will take place virtually on Zoom. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM. I (Rohan Venk...
by vrohan
Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Spring Novice @ UC Berkeley (04/03/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1408

Re: 2021 Spring Novice @ UC Berkeley (04/03/2021)

We are soft capping the field at 16 teams, but are definitely willing to go higher if we have enough staff. Current Field (as of 03/30/2021): School (Number of Teams) British Columbia (3) Caltech (2) Claremont Colleges (1) Clemson* (1) UC Berkeley (2) UC San Diego (4) UCLA (1) Washington (2) Total :...
by vrohan
Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Spring Novice @ UC Berkeley (04/03/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1408

2021 Spring Novice @ UC Berkeley (04/03/2021)

Cal Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce that the West site of 2021 Spring Novice will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. Kevin Ye and I will be the tournament directors. Please direct any questions about...
by vrohan
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 5520

Re: Specific Questions Discussion

I thought this set was fun to play! Thank you to the writers and the editors for all their effort. One piece of feedback that I can remember right now: In our room, the other team negged the "surgeries" tossup with "dissections." Should that have been accepted? When we ruled on ...
by vrohan
Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 5520

Re: Specific Questions Discussion

I thought this set was fun to play! Thank you to the writers and the editors for all their effort.

One piece of feedback that I can remember right now:
In our room, the other team negged the "surgeries" tossup with "dissections." Should that have been accepted?
by vrohan
Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
Replies: 21
Views: 3135

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata

We heard a tiebreak tossup on Italy largely cluing Calvino (after round 7 ended), and then played a bonus a few rounds later (I think either 8 or 9) that had a part on Calvino. That's all that I remember regarding feng shui, but it seemed as though lots of categories, especially science, seemed to h...
by vrohan
Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

I enjoyed playing this set! One thing: My teammate negged the rising sea level tossup with ice melting and wasn't prompted, so we protested and that protest was ruled in our favor. I think that should get added to the answer line for future mirrors. Also, in that round, we got a tiebreaker bonus tha...
by vrohan
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:38 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

Rohan, if you don't think that 11-year-old kids should have an adult along with them while walking by a busy road as part of an official school activity, I don't know what to tell you. First of all, kids that age are not mature enough to manage a situation if one of them gets lost or has a medical ...
by vrohan
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

When my son started playing quizbowl this year, I was horrified to find that there were teams attending an MS tournament, run by HSers no less, with no adult supervision. As a parent, I cannot let my son continue to play on this circuit, at least in its current form. Every high school in SoCal runn...
by vrohan
Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:51 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48437

Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches

When my son started playing quizbowl this year, I was horrified to find that there were teams attending an MS tournament, run by HSers no less, with no adult supervision. As a parent, I cannot let my son continue to play on this circuit, at least in its current form. Every high school in SoCal runn...
by vrohan
Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: (POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE) ReKT III @ Westview HS (03/28)
Replies: 3
Views: 1647

Re: ReKT III @ Westview HS (03/28)

we are postponing this until further notice because our district is closed until April 3.
by vrohan
Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 752

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I wasn't even supposed to play this set, but I had the opportunity to play packets 6-10 when one of our freshmen had to leave at lunch. I enjoyed what I heard! I have one thing: For the tossup on entering the underworld in round 10, I negged it on the chair clue with "exiting the underworld&quo...
by vrohan
Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LOGIC General Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 1022

Re: LOGIC General Discussion

Aside from the fraudability and some feng shui issues, I thought this was a pretty solid set. Granted, I played only packets 8-11 but I thought it was pretty decent. One thing some moderators were mentioning was the seeming lack of pronunciation guides after the earlier rounds.
by vrohan
Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 8327

Re: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion

In terms of Westview, our team compositions are definitely up in the air at the moment. There is definitely a chance that the A team that went to ACE is our NAQT A team, but the team you listed or some other combination might end up being used. However, I think when our C team plays as a full team (...
by vrohan
Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:15 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 2094

Re: WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA

We have increased the field cap to 28 teams.
by vrohan
Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

When I was moderating, I had to stare at this bonus part and figure out that you were saying Greece was fighting for its independence from this country. This is another reason why last minute should be avoided and playtesting is an unambiguous good! Asking moderators to figure out your grammar for ...
by vrohan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Some power lines that either I or one of my teammates thought might've extended too far were those on Candide, Eve, and New York (photography.) Additionally, one of our players said that he knew the answer to the tossup on "one" in music after the first line but thought it'd be odd to toss...
by vrohan
Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Thanks for letting us know - you're correct about those typos/errors, and they've now been fixed for the next mirrors (hopefully they didn't impact enjoyment of the overall set!). They indeed didn't impact my enjoyment! I thought it was a pretty decent set overall, and some of the writers may like ...
by vrohan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I think the bonus on Edgar Linton said Linton Heathcliff? Another bonus said Midsummers Night Dream instead of Midsummer Night's Dream. Those come to mind specifically at the moment, and I told a couple more to Mazin over discord. If I remember any more, I'll be sure to say them. Could I see the Ger...
by vrohan
Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:49 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 2094

Re: WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA

Final Field: School (Teams|Buzzers|Moderators) Bernardo Heights (1|3|2) Black Mountain (2|0|0) Carmel Valley (1|0|0) Design39Campus (3|2|2) Francis Parker (1|0|0) Grant (1|1|0) Herberger Young Scholars (1|1|0) Marshall (2|2|0) Meadowbrook (1|0|0) Mesa Verde (4|1|0) Oak Valley (4|2|0) Wangenheim (2|...
by vrohan
Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:49 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 2094

WINTER II @ Westview High School (12/14/19) - San Diego, CA

Westview High School is pleased to announce WINTER ( W estview I nvitational N ovice T ournament for E arth R esidents) II , a middle school tournament directed by Rohan Venkateswaran and Connor Rankin. QUESTION SET: The tournament will be using NAQT’s MS-31 set, a regular middle school difficulty q...
by vrohan
Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

I'm a bit late but can I get conversion stats on Karl Popper, teapots, Pale Fire, and F (music key)?
by vrohan
Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 8327

Re: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion

Like their A team, Westview's HSNCT B team was composed entirely of non-seniors. Since Westview really jumbled their rosters at tournaments last year, I don't know much about their B team (or who will even play on it), so I don't have much to say outside of noting that they had a strong showing at ...
by vrohan
Fri Aug 02, 2019 12:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 8813

Re: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion

The 2019-2020 tournament calendar is complete and can be found here. The dates are currently tentative.
by vrohan
Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 2155

Re: Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)

This indeed happened. crooked olds defeated Bryan Presenting Dan and Harsha as her Treasures. in the finals 480-70. Stats can be found here.
Thanks to everyone who came, especially Alistair, Daniel J, Daniel S, Jack, Kyle, Laurence, and Nikki for staffing!
by vrohan
Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 2155

Re: Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)

The field is full : Team Name (Team Members) - Buzzers 南加州 (Jonathan Hsieh, Shreyank Kadadi, Junu Song, Kevin Yu) - 0 Bryan Presenting Dan and Harsha as her Treasures. (Harsha Lakamsani, Bryan Ugaz, Son Vo, Joe Yu) - 4 crooked olds (Jason Cheng, Nolan Dannels, Boyang Jiao, Kevin Wang) - 0 DAAArryl ...
by vrohan
Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)
Replies: 2
Views: 2155

Lindsay: A Southern California Open NASAT Mirror (07/27/19)

I'm pleased to announce that I will be hosting Lindsay, a Southern California mirror of NASAT taking place on July 27, 2019, at the Chinese Bible Church of San Diego's main campus (!!). I will be directing the tournament. You can find the team formation spreadsheet here . As a reminder, with all NAS...
by vrohan
Thu May 30, 2019 5:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 8813

Re: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion

TheScientists wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 4:01 pm On another note - how many HSNCT qualifying events will be in SoCal?
For the record, this past year we ran events with every IS set, along with SSNCT. I plan to ensure the same thing happens next year, possibly with SCT DII or ICT being mirrored as well if possible.
by vrohan
Thu May 16, 2019 11:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 8813

Re: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion

For Westview, I’m thinking of hosting WINTER II (MS) in late November or early December. I also want to run 2 one-division tournaments instead of our usual two-division tournament. I’m thinking of a JV-only tournament run on SCOP Novice in September or October, and then ReKT III on a housewrite in M...
by vrohan
Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 4
Views: 3021

Re: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA

Stats have been up from this tournament at this link. Thanks to all who played or volunteered!
by vrohan
Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 4
Views: 3021

Re: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA

03/23: At this time, I’ve added a house team to round out the JV field size, and I am capping both fields at 12 and 16 teams respectively, although I’m willing to raise JV to 18 if more teams end up registering. 03/25: The JV field cap has been raised to 18 teams. If another team registers, I can dr...
by vrohan
Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 4
Views: 3021

Re: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA

Since March 16 has passed, there is now no wait list and teams will directly enter the field, no matter how many there are from the same school.
by vrohan
Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 4
Views: 3021

Re: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA

Field as of 03/26/2019 (Varsity teams|JV teams|Buzzers|Staffers): Arcadia (2|2|2|0) Black Mountain Middle (0|2|0|0) Canyon Crest (1|1|1|0) Carmel Valley Middle (0|1|0|0) Del Norte (2|2|0|1) Meadowbrook Middle (0|1|0|0) North Hollywood (1|1|1|2) Oak Valley Middle (0|2|2|0) Poway (0|2|1|0) Rancho Ber...
by vrohan
Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 4
Views: 3021

ReKT II @ Westview High School (03/30/19) - San Diego, CA

Westview High School is pleased to announce ReKT ( Re al K nowledge T ournament) II , a high school tournament directed by Rohan Venkateswaran. QUESTION SET: The varsity division of the tournament will be using 2019 CAST , a regular high school level question set. The junior varsity division will us...
by vrohan
Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 3572

Re: WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA

November 18: We have reached our initial field cap of 24 teams. I am willing to raise it to 28 if we have enough teams on the wait list. November 26: The field cap has been raised to 28 teams. If enough teams register, I will move it up to 30, but that would probably be the highest it'd go. November...
by vrohan
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:38 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 3572

Re: WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA

Final Field: (Teams|Buzzers|Moderators) Bernardo Heights (1|3|1) Black Mountain (4|3|0) Cambridge (1|0|0) Carmel Valley (2|0|0) Design39Campus (3|2|1) Grant (3|1|0) Marshall (3|2|0) Meadowbrook (2|0|0) Mesa Verde (3|0|0) Oak Valley (4|2|0) Stella Maris (3|0|0) Wangenheim (3|1|0) Total : (32|14|2)
by vrohan
Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:24 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA
Replies: 2
Views: 3572

WINTER @ Westview High School (12/15/18) - San Diego, CA

Westview High School is pleased to announce WINTER ( W estview I nvitational N ovice T ournament for E arth R esidents), a middle school tournament directed by Rohan Venkateswaran. QUESTION SET: The tournament will be using NAQT’s MS-28 set, a regular middle school difficulty question set. DATE/TIME...
by vrohan
Thu May 10, 2018 1:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 5377

Re: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion

Westview is interested in hosting a middle school tournament next year (exact date to be confirmed, will probably be before winter break) as well as a high school tournament around March. Realized the best day for our MS tournament would be December 15 We would also like to tentatively claim March ...
by vrohan
Sun May 06, 2018 3:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 5377

Re: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion

vrohan wrote:Westview is interested in hosting a middle school tournament next year (exact date to be confirmed, will probably be before winter break) as well as a high school tournament around March.
Realized the best day for our MS tournament would be December 15
by vrohan
Sun May 06, 2018 2:49 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 5377

Re: Southern California 2018-2019 Scheduling Discussion

Westview is interested in hosting a middle school tournament next year (exact date to be confirmed, will probably be before winter break) as well as a high school tournament around March.
by vrohan
Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tourney List - '18 edition - Updatedx2
Replies: 30
Views: 19792

Re: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tournament List - '18 edition

A couple of high schools played EFT @ UCSD and Canyon Crest played WAO II @ UCSD, although I don't see any tournaments on the list using WAO II, which may mean you decided to remove the set altogether from your rankings.