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by Father of the Ragdoll
Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)
Replies: 2
Views: 3310

Re: Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)

This event happened! Texas A won, going 11-0 with Arizona State, WUSTL, Houston, and Oklahoma rounding out the top 5. The top scorers of the event were: Vedul Palavajjhala- WUSTL - 100 ppg Brad McLain - Texas A- 69.09 John Luke Broussard - Houston - 65 Bryan Ugaz - Arizona State - 61.36 Tim Reynolds...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)
Replies: 2
Views: 3310

Re: Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)

The range for this tournament has been expanded to include Arkansas and Mississippi - if teams are wanting to attend should sign up soon so we can confirm we have a field to host this!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)
Replies: 2
Views: 3310

Texas Area MRNA II Online (26 - March)

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce an online mirror of MRNA II , a medium difficulty set (easier than ACF Regionals, harder than ACF Fall). Basic Information The tournament will be hosted using Zoom and BuzzIn Live rooms, with a Google sheet hub. To accommodate the spread in time zones, all ti...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

There are now stats.

Additionally, I have attached a summary of the 3rd place game
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

This happened. Auribus teneo noobum (Matt Bollinger, Alex Damisch, Matt Jackson, and Andrew Wang) cleared the field to win. Sicc buzz, gloria mundi (Jason Golfinos, John Lawrence, Moses Kitakule, and Mike Yue) took second AQAB: All Quizbowlers Are Buzzers (Mike Cheyne, Eric Mukherjee, M. Robert Lars...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

Final(?) logistics email should be coming out soon.

The (?) is because we are at 10 teams but if 2 more teams want to sign up any time between now and Friday night we will adjust the field accordingly. So if you are thinking of playing, join in the fun!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

In my experience, buzzin.live has tended to have issues with making the sound consistently. If that is resolved then I am happy to implement it for this. I am unfamiliar with the Buzzman and would welcome additional information on it.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

Just a heads up, we will be capping the field tomorrow aside from any teams whose joining would improve the schedule. We plan to host another online mirror if there is interest so please keep an eye out for that if you have interest in playing! Additionally, the start time is going to be 7AM Pacific...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

We still have several team slots available! We’d love to end up with any number of teams but 9 so if you want to play the set we’d love to have y’all!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

A discussion forum for this set has been created. This includes a copy of the questions as played on 8/21.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

There are still several team slots and individual roster slots available!

Also if you have put your team on the sheet but not emailed me yet please do so as soon as you can to lock in your spot in the field!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)
Replies: 14
Views: 4119

MUSES III: First Online Mirror (August 27th)

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce that we have a date for the first online mirror of MUSES III: Select Difficulty ! The event will be hosted on Saturday, August 27th at a TBD time (if you have strong feelings about the start time please feel free to let me know and I will take that into consi...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror Date Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 1202

Re: MUSES III: First Online Mirror Date Poll

Going to let this run through the weekend then make the date official so get your votes in before then if you want a say in it!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: MUSES III: First Online Mirror Date Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 1202

MUSES III: First Online Mirror Date Poll

Hello everyone! We are going to be hosting an online mirror of MUSES III . Please indicate which dates you would be able to attend such an online mirror. In the event that there is enough interest, we will schedule a second mirror later in the year as well. EDIT: To clarify, this is intended to be r...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: Select Difficulty
Replies: 3
Views: 2653

Re: MUSES III: Select Difficulty

A somewhat late update on this: the set is nearing completion and will be ready for mirrors starting August 13th. We have elected to utilize "superpowers" in the set and will be utilizing a 30/20/10/-5 scoring system (ie 30 points for a superpower, 20 for a power, and 10 for a typical get,...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:50 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 17951

Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll

Hey everyone! I just wanted to do a quick write up of the main Texas scorers for your consideration as well as one or two people who I imagine most people are not aware of but who absolutely should be on your radar. First for Texas B: Ashwath Seetharaman: A very solid generalist with strengths in my...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Upsets
Replies: 5
Views: 2250

Re: Upsets

I also really enjoy this piece, thanks for putting all of the time and effort needed to pull it together Ryan! As a side note, I do wonder if there is any way of accounting for the fact that strong teams tend to not play easy sets, making potentially comparing the rates of upsets between easy and ha...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 12
Views: 2036

Re: General Discussion and Thanks

On the other hand, I thought the previously-mentioned-in-this-thread imbalance in the social science distribution and the quality issues with the few econ questions were worse problems. Across the full 13 packets, there was one econ tossup (misery index) and I think one econ bonus, which seems like...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Mar 11, 2022 2:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 4635

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

I disagree on conflict theory - it's one of the schools of sociology that's discussed in intro classes and the information given is basically all that you should need. I don't necessarily disagree with the reasoning here but I do strongly believe that classroom significance is not enough to establi...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 5535

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

In general I enjoyed this set and am very grateful for the continued effort from the WORKSHOP team but I found myself consistently frustrated by some issues that were mentioned from older comments. I found a lot of the set to have rough prose that was hard to parse at game speed. I also thought that...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:41 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 4635

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

I know that list comments like this rarely go addressed but I figured I'd give y'all this in the off chance you want to act on it. Positive Things: Packet 1: Loved the light pollution tossup Unfortunately did not get to play the animals in Islamic philosophy bonus but I thought it was a very cool wa...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:34 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 2252

Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion

I strongly disagree with this sentiment. With the Shapiro clue, the only way to get to the correct answer is to know a previous clue. But if I, the player, knew that previous clue then I would have buzzed at that previous clue! All clues should uniquely point to a single correct answer and that Shap...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4
Replies: 4
Views: 2396

Re: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4

Congrats to Texas Orange for clearing the field at 8-1! Here are the stats. Thank you Ian, Nathaniel, Ben, and Karan for staffing and making this event possible!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4
Replies: 4
Views: 2396

Re: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4

After the tournament, there will be a mirror of Teleology. A tab in the interest form is above to indicate if you would be interested in playing. The format will be determined by how many people intend to play.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES III: Select Difficulty
Replies: 3
Views: 2653

MUSES III: Select Difficulty

Hello everyone! I am extremely excited to officially announce MUSES III: Select Difficulty. This set is the latest sequel in the ongoing MUSES franchise and we aim to continue to implement whimsy and novelty in high difficulty and high quality questions. We are currently planning for this to be fini...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4
Replies: 4
Views: 2396

Re: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4

A new tab has been added to the interest sheet to indicate interest in playing Teleology
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 4844

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion

Won't complain too much since it got me a power but the Messinian salinity crisis clue felt really out of place in a history tossup that otherwise focused on political disputes so you’re saying natural history isn’t history? :razz: Not necessarily, it just felt out of place and possibly more scienc...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4
Replies: 4
Views: 2396

Illinois Open at UT Austin 12/4

Hello everyone! We are pleased to announce a mirror of Illinois Open at UT Austin on December 4th! More information on the set can be found here . This is an open tournament so anyone can play with anyone regardless of school enrollment or affiliation. Registration : To register for this tournament,...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 4844

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion

Sorry in advance for the long ass post - just figured I'd do it all at once rather than piecemeal Rd1 Loved the species tossup - the wording on the Dennett clue was a bit hard to parse in real time but that might be a me issue Black Hills giveaway felt brutal compared to other questions The corrupti...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 4844

Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion

I believe that bonus should accept the Billow Maidens for the last part as well
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
Replies: 43
Views: 16715

Re: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]

Also putting the onus on literal children to object to the irresponsible behavior of adults is manifestly insane - it’s on adults to make sure we behave responsibly to protect kids
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II (Summer 2021)
Replies: 18
Views: 7709

Re: MUSES II (Summer 2021)

The packets have been posted. If you spot any errors please let me know and keep your eyes open for any exciting things on the horizon 👀
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1455

Re: 2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)

Congratulations to Oklahoma A for clearing the field at 8-0! Texas took 2nd at 6-2 and Texas A&M took 3rd at 4-4! The top four scorers were: Oliver Wu (Oklahoma) - 73.75 ppg Raul Passement (Texas) - 40.63 ppg Ben Gordon (Texas) - 36.25 Daniel Neylon (Texas A&M) - 33.75 Full results can be fo...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1455

Re: 2021 ACF Fall at UT Austin (10/16/2021)

Stats will be updated throughout the day here
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online Packet Reading (10/17)
Replies: 1
Views: 1571

Re: MUSES II Online Packet Reading (10/17)

Let’s plan on doing this at 4 central
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online Packet Reading (10/17)
Replies: 1
Views: 1571

MUSES II Online Packet Reading (10/17)

Hey everyone! We will be reading the MUSES II packets in the mainqb discord on Sunday 10/17. This will be done shootout style and anyone who did not play the set can play (anyone who played part of the set is welcome to play on the packets they did not play). If you are interested please post in the...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:02 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Notable Buzzers
Replies: 32
Views: 20580

Re: Notable Buzzers

Last I knew SIUE had a wooden buzzer set - no idea if it’s the same model or maker however
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:54 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Boundaries and Being Off-topic on the Discord
Replies: 17
Views: 10629

Re: Boundaries and Being Off-topic on the Discord

For context I voted that I approve of this among these options but hold a "nuance" stance As I mentioned a few times on the discord, I am of the opinion that channels like food and pet photos are not an inherently inappropriate place for these sorts of interactions but that they need to ha...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online II Interest Gauging
Replies: 1
Views: 1299

Re: MUSES II Online II Interest Gauging

Only one person signed up so far - if the number doesn’t go up a bit we’ll see about doing an informal reading in the discord packet channel sometime and post the packets afterward so if you’d like to play in a more formal setting make sure to fill out the sheet to let us know!
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online II Interest Gauging
Replies: 1
Views: 1299

MUSES II Online II Interest Gauging

Hey Everyone!

Just posting here to gauge interest in a second online mirror of MUSES II.

Depending on the level of interest, we would run this as a shootout or as a team event.

If you are interested in playing this, please put your information on this spreadsheet.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II (Summer 2021)
Replies: 18
Views: 7709

Re: MUSES II (Summer 2021)

With the online mirror finished that is the last scheduled mirror of the set. If enough folks would like to host a mirror this semester (or would like a second online mirror to play) we will arrange for that to happen. Otherwise the set will be posted to the archives in the next week or so.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 MUSES II - Packets
Replies: 1
Views: 139

Re: Packets

Attached are the packets as played at the online mirror with minor revisions based on feedback and formatting corrections
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online
Replies: 3
Views: 1607

Re: MUSES II Online

Congrats to One thing I know, that I know nothing. That is the source of my statline. (Joseph Kroll, Jisoo Yoo, Vedul Palavajjhala, & Brandon Jones) for winning the tournament by clearing the field with a 6-1 record! Banned from 2023 BHSAT (Grace Liu, Arthur Delot-Vilain, Nathan Sheffield, &...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online
Replies: 3
Views: 1607

Re: MUSES II Online

Free agents have been assigned to teams and the field is now full. Free agents are free to arrange to move to a different team if they so please - preferably before Sunday. A logistics email is forthcoming.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online
Replies: 3
Views: 1607

Re: MUSES II Online

There's room for 1 more person. Free agents who have not joined a team will be assigned to one tonight.

Barring a sudden surge in interest to get us to 12 teams we are going to keep the field at 8 teams.
by Father of the Ragdoll
Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:51 am
Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 9906

Re: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion

Earlybird may or may not happen this year. If we're able to secure the date soon, it will be on October 30. The issue is that we weren't able to register the date until late in the summer and the university also has new requirements regarding events featuring minors. I'll confirm the status of Earl...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online
Replies: 3
Views: 1607

MUSES II Online

September 26th won the poll so it will be the day of MUSES II Online - starting at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific. Iain Carpenter will serve as tournament director. To sign up please put your team name and contact info on this sign up sheet . This event will be hosted using discord for audio and buzzin.li...
by Father of the Ragdoll
Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES II Online Mirror Date Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 1512

Re: MUSES II Online Mirror Date Poll

The 26th has seemingly won the poll by a solid % and will be the date of this event.

While awaiting a complete announcement, please see this sign up/team formation sheet
by Father of the Ragdoll
Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl and the Idea of Constantly Being Online
Replies: 2
Views: 2021

Re: Quizbowl and the Idea of Constantly Being Online

I'd like to add the further point that even if someone is online, they don't have an obligation to respond right away. If I am working on homework/research/grading/any other real-world important thing and see a message come through about quiz bowl, I am likely not going to respond right away unless ...