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- Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:34 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2020-21
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3223
Re: Groger Ranks 2020-21
Our first rankings in 2021 are up now: https://grogerranks.com/2021/02/15/febr ... -rankings/
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:44 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2020-21 Midseason Poll
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1523
Re: 2020-21 Midseason Poll: Results Posted
The results of the midseason poll can be found here: https://grogerranks.com/2021/01/25/2020 ... l-results/
As always, thank you everyone for your continued support of Groger Ranks.
As always, thank you everyone for your continued support of Groger Ranks.
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 7:46 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2020-21 Midseason Poll
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1523
2020-21 Midseason Poll
Hello again! We are pleased to announce the slightly-delayed HSQB Mideason Poll for the 2020-21 season. As always, this poll is open to all players, coaches, and others who feel they have a grasp on the national high school quizbowl landscape for this school year. Please rank the teams that you feel...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2020-21
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3223
Re: Groger Ranks 2020-21
Our midseason rankings are out: Overall: https://grogerranks.com/2020/12/29/2020-overall-midseason-rankings/ mACF-Only: https://grogerranks.com/2020/12/29/2020-macf-only-midseason-rankings/ NAQT: https://grogerranks.com/2020/12/29/2020-naqt-only-midseason-rankings/ In lieu of our normal filler intro...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:16 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2020-21
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3223
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2020-21
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3223
Re: Groger Ranks 2020-21
Our first rankings are up! https://grogerranks.com/2020/11/02/nove ... -rankings/
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:45 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Tournament Outreach Fund
- Replies: 0
- Views: 591
2020-21 Groger Ranks Tournament Outreach Fund
We at Groger Ranks are pleased to officially announce our Tournament Outreach fund for the 2020-21 season! Thanks to your support for our previous tournaments and donations on Patreon, we intend to direct a significant portion of profits to this fund. As we have stated in the past, we believe that m...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5774
Re: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)
Despite the initial logistical difficulties involving setting up the proper permissions for servers, I think the tournament went mostly well. It was always going to be hard running the first online tournament with a field of teams that had mostly never played online quizbowl, so the delays were most...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2020-21
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3223
Groger Ranks 2020-21
With last weekend’s Scottie Online mirror marking the beginning of the high school season, it is time to officially announce our plans and intentions for the upcoming year. As is to be expected, we are slightly adjusting our rankings from last season. All stats from online tournaments will now be in...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:12 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Preseason Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2214
Re: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Preseason Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Results have been posted here: https://grogerranks.com/2020/09/06/2020 ... l-results/
Thank you to everyone who submitted a ballot and looking forward to an exciting season of quizbowl!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a ballot and looking forward to an exciting season of quizbowl!
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:48 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Preseason Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2214
2020-21 Groger Ranks Preseason Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Hi everyone! Groger Ranks is excited to kick off the new season by announcing the 2020-21 Preseason Poll. This poll is open to all players, coaches, and others who feel they have a grasp on the high school quizbowl landscape for this upcoming schoolyear. Please rank the teams that you feel will be t...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5787
Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
Sorry for continuing to post without giving Mr. Feldman a chance to respond to other stuff brought up, but I wanted to bring up one concern in the Discord about THE AQBL that I think got lost in the flood of messages. A big part of AQBL's mission is expanding outreach, by developing detailed contact...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5787
Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
Something I'm frustrated by, which I think I brought up a few months ago when LIQBA started announcing their spring online series, is the registration fee. Much like what has happened with NHBB regional tournaments, you're charging a registration fee which is very similar to the going rate and offe...
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6096
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Congratulations to your winners! NATIONAL A TEAM 1. John John Groger - Captain & Player of the Year (the Miami Valley School, Dayton, Ohio, 12) T-2. Dean Ah Now (Millburn High School, Millburn, New Jersey, 12) T-2. Matthew Siff (Georgetown Day School, Washington D.C., 12) 4. Avinash Iyer (Missio...
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6096
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll
Reminder that the poll closes tonight so get your ballots in!
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6096
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll
Just a few notes as you get your ballots ready: - In the case of players with the same name, such as Amogh Kulkarni from Wayzata and Amogh Kulkarni from Arcadia, please stipulate their school when you rank them (this isn't necessary for the sophomore ballot where only Arcadia Amogh is a sophomore) -...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6096
2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Like last year we are running another player poll for the high school quizbowl season. This poll is harder to run once again because of nationals and the fact that it would be very hard to be able to deem a player's particular specialty or skill in a category from stats alone. We have decided to run...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3070
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
Using panelists from across the nation, we have analyzed the postseason poll by regional breakdown in the latest Groger Ranks podcast. The panelists included Groger Ranks members Dean Ah Now, Arjun Nageswaran, John John Groger, and William Groger and special guests Ned Tagtmeier from St. Mark’s (TX)...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3070
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
Thank you everyone for the lively conversation and your participation in this postseason poll! While it is impossible to say for sure what would have gone down at a hypothetical nationals, we appreciate hearing from engaged members of the high school quizbowl community about which teams impressed th...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:54 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2651
Re: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
The concerns came not because of any threat to our plans to run online tournaments (of which we only run a few anyways and which we have decided to not use any of the revenues from for our own purposes), but rather for the potential consequences of “monopolization” of online quiz bowl. You are right...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2651
Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
Groger Ranks has learned from writers of several sets about a recent phenomenon of attempted monopolization of online tournaments. The scenarios they described were fairly identical where they received a neatly templated email from the Long Island Quiz Bowl Association promising to compensate set wr...
- Sat Jun 06, 2020 1:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Illinois Postseason Poll
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2038
Re: 2019-20 Illinois Postseason Poll
The poll has concluded. We had 17 different people fill out their ballots, which was much better turnout than expected. Special thanks to Dylan Bowman from Uni Lab for helping get out the vote with his video series. I hope to continue seeing high quality quizbowl content from him in the future. Cong...
- Fri May 22, 2020 6:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Illinois Postseason Poll
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2038
2019-20 Illinois Postseason Poll
Since other circuits are running their own postseason polls as a result of the premature cancellation of the quizbowl season, it seems fitting for Illinois to have its own. In the ILQB Discord we have designed a poll in which voters are able to vote for who they believed were the top teams, players ...
- Fri May 15, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3070
2019-20 Groger Ranks Postseason Poll
Hello everyone! The quizbowl season was obviously cut short due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but we know at Groger Ranks that some teams still want a sense of closure for the unfinished season. Around this time last year we would have just wrapped up our pre-nationals poll, and since that is...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:07 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Statement on Online Tournaments
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1219
Statement on Online Tournaments
https://grogerranks.com/2020/04/13/a-statement-regarding-online-tournaments/ It is our belief at Groger Ranks that online tournaments are a valued part of the quizbowl circuit. Not only have many of our members played online tournaments in the past, but we have hosted three online tournaments oursel...
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:24 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Calendar of Online Events
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9678
Re: Calendar of Online Events
Groger Ranks will be hosting a closed high school mirror of BLAST for Illinois teams only on April 18, 2020
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois-Only BLAST Regional Mirror (Powered by Groger Ranks)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 991
Illinois-Only BLAST Regional Mirror (Powered by Groger Ranks)
Due to significant interest from Illinois teams for a regional mirror, Groger Ranks is pleased to announce that we are running an online mirror of the BLAST set on April 18, 2020 for Illinois teams! This is an HS Regs+ set, so it should be good prep for teams planning to nationals or who just want t...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2277
Re: BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
Instead of hosting an overflow mirror, we will expand the field for this tournament to 24 teams. We are taking measures to ensure that this tournament runs smoothly, and so will be splitting this across servers. We will explain more to registered teams as the tournament gets closer. In the meantime,...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2277
Re: BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
The field has been expanded to 16 teams and a waitlist has opened. If 8 or more teams sign up on the waitlist, we will try to arrange a second online mirror of BLAST on a day that works for all the teams
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2277
BLAST Online (Powered by Groger Ranks)
Groger Ranks is pleased to announce that we are running our online mirror of the BLAST set on April 11, 2020! This is an HS Regs+ set, so it should be good prep for teams planning to nationals or who just want to have fun playing on a harder difficulty set. More information about the set can be foun...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:58 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Calendar of Online Events
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9678
Re: Calendar of Online Events
It will be a closed high school mirror
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:53 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Calendar of Online Events
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9678
Re: Calendar of Online Events
The forums announcement will be posted sometime this weekend, but Groger Ranks plans on hosting an online mirror of BLAST on April 11.
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 11:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:33 am
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
Re: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
Interview Thursdays is back! In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Shawn from Groger Ranks interviews Abhinav Karthikeyan, Justin Posner, Derek Chu, Kyle Liao, and Danesh Sivakumar from Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland. We discuss rebounding from the graduation of seniors, the...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2446
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
Results are up on the Groger Ranks website: https://grogerranks.com/2020/01/12/2019 ... l-results/
Thanks to everyone for your support!
Thanks to everyone for your support!
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2446
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll
Today is the last day of voting so get your ballots in ASAP
- Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2446
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll
Like last year, we have compiled a spreadsheet by the best ppb and powers per game for each set to aid voters in the midseason polls (with comments added to note incomplete rosters): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... i5DA6I6zg/
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2446
2019-20 Groger Ranks Midseason Poll: Results Posted
Many players would agree that pure mathematical rankings can’t tell the full story about any given team's strengths and weaknesses. Each team has a unique story and personal character which cannot be gleaned off of a mere look at a stats page. This is why we believe player-submitted polls are crucia...
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
Re: Groger Ranks 2019-20
The Midseason Rankings are up! Here are the overall rankings: https://grogerranks.com/2019/12/25/overall-midseason-rankings-top-250/ Here are the NAQT-Only rankings: https://grogerranks.com/2019/12/25/naqt-only-midseason-rankings/ Here are the mACF-Only rankings: https://grogerranks.com/2019/12/25/m...
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12659
Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
The Illinois midseason poll is live: https://forms.gle/9vZo6bYhBRWJgCZZ6
All you need to do is rank your top 10 teams in Illinois and give justification for your picks. Happy voting!
All you need to do is rank your top 10 teams in Illinois and give justification for your picks. Happy voting!
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:21 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
Re: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Shawn from Groger Ranks interviews Matthew Siff, Nathaniel Rosenberg, Arthur Delot-Vilain, and Alex Moon from Georgetown Day School in Washington DC. We discuss their aggressive buzzing strategy, the status of the very competitive DC circuit, their tournament ...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:13 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
Re: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Arjun, Dylan, and Katherine from Groger Ranks interview Arul Belhe, Brian Lin, Bryanna Shao, Cece Shao, and Ben Weiner from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, MN. We discuss their travel plans, their attendance at college-level tournaments, and their strategy to...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:14 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
Re: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Dylan and Katherine from Groger Ranks talk to Karsten Rynearson, Vincent Fan, and Irura Nyiha of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Find out about how an already strong program has been performing with the transfer of top-tier generalist Karsten as we...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2065
Interview Thursdays with Groger Ranks
Groger Ranks is pleased to launch our latest project. As a complement to our normal rankings and the analysis articles we collect from members of the high school quizbowl community, we are launching Interview Thursdays! On Thursdays, we will publish short interviews with high school teams about thei...
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
Re: Groger Ranks 2019-20
New rankings are up! https://grogerranks.com/2019/11/13/nove ... -rankings/
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8723
Re: Groger Ranks 2019-20
The long-awaited Steven Liu article explaining the methodology for calculating ranks is out! https://grogerranks.com/2019/11/12/the- ... ger-ranks/
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Beavercreek Fall Invitational 10/26
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3284
Re: Beavercreek Fall Invitational 10/26
The private forum for BLAST has been created, so if you have any feedback or questions please join!
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament (Oct 26)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3352
Re: Third Annual Davis Classic Tournament (Oct 26)
The private forum for BLAST has been created, so if you have any feedback or questions please join!