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by caroline
Fri May 12, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 13
Views: 8857

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks

Hi! I edited the American and World Literature. I don’t have anything particularly novel to say in terms of philosophy, and usually I prefer to let my questions speak for themselves (although I’m happy to chat about my editorial decisions if anyone has anything specific they’d like to discuss). I tr...
by caroline
Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 1863

Re: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion

- What’s the rationale for using “these things” on the letters tossup? Not saying it’s bad because there does seem to be some sort of reason, I just can’t tell what it is. I’m a bit confused, is there a different indicator you think would be better? “Things” struck us as pretty inoffensive and clea...
by caroline
Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:39 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 1863

Re: Winter Closed 2022 - Question-Specific Discussion

hi, here are my somewhat overdue notes from the playtest mirror! so, I really liked this set. (+ the mirror was very well-run and went smoothly, which is important in itself, so thanks for that.) Some things I particularly thought were good about this set’s literature: - I thought overall it was ver...
by caroline
Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Program, Liveblogger, & Social Media
Replies: 4
Views: 4266

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Program, Liveblogger, & Social Media

Is there any chance of the 2021 program being reposted? Yes! Sorry, I took it off the website due to some technical issues with larger files, but I've reposted it to this folder (which also contains the 2022 program): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QdoSrH94P0XzEojwG2rDvb3Gt00okf7V?usp=shar...
by caroline
Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:43 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: QUARTET (Interest/Date Poll)
Replies: 5
Views: 4176

Re: QUARTET (Interest/Date Poll)

stopping by to drop an endorsement, this set is a lot of fun with a lot of (very hard) diverse content and you should play it xx
by caroline
Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:49 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 11998

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion

I don't really have anything too detailed to say, but I really enjoyed this set! In particular, I thought its mechanics and playability were excellent; sentences were very clear and the proofreading seemed quite good (obviously the moderators were fantastic in themselves, but I was really impressed ...
by caroline
Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 5555

Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

I edited all of the literature in this set, as I did for 2021. My goals were more or less “produce good questions” and “be a good mentor,” which I hope I have succeeded in. I would love to hear your feedback, here or privately if you’d prefer. Thank you to my writers: Ariel, Ashish, Chris, Daniel, E...
by caroline
Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25802

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Hi, overall I had a fun time playing this set and really appreciated all the effort that so many people put into it! Much thanks to the editors for their hard work. Most of my comments are on the literature since that's all I know, but I enjoyed the Snow White TU and learning that Shel Silverstein c...
by caroline
Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:26 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
Replies: 7
Views: 7167

Re: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct

As said person, I definitely support that being standard practice for TDs, club leaders, and head editors to make the proper inquiries, and the public log makes sense as a way to make sure that the community leaders are doing their best to keep everyone safe. I had another (possibly dumb and irrele...
by caroline
Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:42 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
Replies: 7
Views: 7167

Re: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct

My worry with supplying more information, of course, is that we need to prioritize protecting the expectation of privacy of the person who made the report and also avoid feeding the "rumor mill" that tends to happen with such a tight-knit and also very online community. My inclination is ...
by caroline
Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:31 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
Replies: 7
Views: 7167

Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct

In the Zoom panel on diversity and racism in quizbowl , I remarked that in order to more effectively deal with misconduct, we needed more resources, rather than to simply make more demands on our existing ones. Quizbowl is decentralized and lacks a governing body, so there is no single effective way...
by caroline
Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why does ACF have children do its work?
Replies: 6
Views: 3924

Re: Why does ACF have children do its work?

In the interest of people being able to make informed judgments, I just wanted to note (since I am always saddened to learn that other people do not spend their time reading the ACF Constitution for fun) what being a provisional member of ACF actually means, as there doesn't seem to be much general ...
by caroline
Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:25 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: How Do We Expand and Improve Our Writing Community?
Replies: 7
Views: 7447

Re: How Do We Expand and Improve Our Writing Community?

A few thoughts: I have sometimes received criticism that my writing is too diverse; though what this actually means tends to vary, it usually means “your writing about members of minorities is too difficult.” (The jury still seems to be out on whether my writing about those of more privileged backgr...
by caroline
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing
Replies: 13
Views: 3975

Re: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing

I think that the sentiment of gender-neutral pronouns is fair—as noted above, using he/she in a question can quickly narrow down the answerspace, especially at lower levels of difficulty. I used gender-neutral pronouns when editing for 2021 NASAT literature, and I thought it worked fine, but my pers...
by caroline
Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7541

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

The people on Columbia B are the best teammates I could ask for: Gareth, John John, Ryan, Albert, Jeffrey, I miss y'all and I hope the B team gets to play a Nationals together like we wanted to. Every tournament with you was a blast, and hopefully, we'll finally get one together in person. I miss yo...
by caroline
Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8711

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

Also, I'm not saying there should be no contemporary poetry in the distribution (especially at a tournament like ACF Nationals). But I think it's the right choice to weight it considerably less than contemporary long fiction. I believe Caroline is saying just that: Contemporary long fiction is more...
by caroline
Thu Aug 12, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8711

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

- in general, it seemed like there was a lack of contemporary poetry/drama compared to contemporary long fiction, but Grant was buzzing so early on a lot of it that I didn't have time to figure out if it was contemporary or not Haven't read through the set yet so can't say whether this criticism is...
by caroline
Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 8711

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Specific Question Discussion

- in general, it seemed like there was a lack of contemporary poetry/drama compared to contemporary long fiction, but Grant was buzzing so early on a lot of it that I didn't have time to figure out if it was contemporary or not Haven't read through the set yet so can't say whether this criticism is...
by caroline
Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Program, Liveblogger, & Social Media
Replies: 4
Views: 4266

2021 ACF Nationals Program, Liveblogger, & Social Media

Hello all, We hope you’re all excited for Nationals tomorrow, and to those involved, we look forward to seeing you at Northwestern! A few press-related things: Program ACF is excited to present the 2021 ACF Nationals digital program here: https://acf-quizbowl.com/2021-program/. The program contains ...
by caroline
Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Gameplay Rules Changes
Replies: 0
Views: 1220

ACF Gameplay Rules Changes

Hello, ACF has made several changes to its gameplay rules . Please note that these rules will be in effect for 2021 ACF Nationals. All teams have been emailed with the rules update. The summary of important changes to the ACF gameplay rules is as follows: - Players may now add a leading article to a...
by caroline
Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Statistics Thread
Replies: 1
Views: 3068

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Statistics Thread

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VL7iaBrymkOl1sM5d4DKuPNFZuOHPyJ3ct7pGnpq40/edit?usp=sharing Hi all — here are the category statistics for the 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier . You can look at the different tabs on the sheet to see subcategory breakdowns as well. If you are interested in discus...
by caroline
Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: On writing better literature questions
Replies: 1
Views: 2611

On writing better literature questions

https://carolinemao.notion.site/On-writing-better-literature-questions-7a7b80d866034fafbc47f263abed8787 Hi! My name's Caroline and I edited literature for 2021 WORKSHOP and 2019 ACF Fall. I'm also currently editing lit for 2022 WORKSHOP and I made a lit writing guide for my mentees, which I thought...
by caroline
Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members
Replies: 3
Views: 4548

Re: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members

As of summer 2021, the following people have been inducted as provisional members:

Natan Holtzman
Hasna Karim
Hari Parameswaran
Tim Morrison
Annabelle Yang
Theresa Nyowheoma

Michael Kearney and Olivia Murton have become full members of ACF.
by caroline
Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Tournament Dates 2021-22
Replies: 0
Views: 3134

ACF Tournament Dates 2021-22

Hi all, We're excited to announce ACF's tournament dates for the upcoming 2021-22 year! ACF Fall , head edited by Katherine Lei, will be held on October 16, 2021 . ACF Winter , head edited by Tim Morrison, will be held on November 6, 2021 . ACF Regionals , head edited by Taylor Harvey, will be held ...
by caroline
Thu May 27, 2021 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

Congratulations to the editors of this year's Fall, Winter, and Regionals! We're so excited to see the sets these talented teams will produce and we look forward to these tournaments. 2021 ACF Fall will be head edited by Katherine Lei, with a subject editing team of Sarah Benner, Justin Duffy, Karan...
by caroline
Sun May 16, 2021 4:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

Applications are due at midnight CST today!
by caroline
Fri May 14, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

A reminder that applications are due this Sunday, and we'd still love to see more applicants! :)
by caroline
Sat May 08, 2021 9:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

Subject editor applications are due in just over a week — we'd love to see more applications, so if you're interested, please apply!
by caroline
Sun May 02, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

A reminder that you have two weeks to submit your applications!
by caroline
Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members
Replies: 3
Views: 4548

Re: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members

Margaret Tebbe has stepped down as Site Coordinator - thank you so much to Margaret for her fantastic work in the 2020-21 year as an ACF officer! Michael Kearney will be serving as the interim Site Coordinator for the remainder of the 2020-21 term.
by caroline
Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

2021-22 ACF Fall, Winter, and Regionals Editor Applications

ACF is now open to applications for subject editors for 2021 ACF Fall , head edited by Katherine Lei, 2021 ACF Winter , head edited by Tim Morrison, and 2022 ACF Regionals , head edited by Taylor Harvey. We may reach out to candidates who apply to one tournament if we think they are a better fit for...
by caroline
Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
Replies: 19
Views: 11289

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier

If you would like to staff the qualifier, please fill out this form . You will be signing up for specific two-hour time slots that you are able to staff, so availability for the entire weekend is not necessary! Any and all help is appreciated. If you're playing in this tournament and would like to s...
by caroline
Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
Replies: 19
Views: 11289

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier

Registration will be open from March 20th-31st, and the registration fee will be $40 per team. The original post has been updated to reflect this information. More details will be announced closer to the registration date.
by caroline
Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5009

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

Maybe I'm the only one dumb enough to be affected by this, but I was disappointed when my answer of "chorus" wasn't prompted on the Furies bonus part. I knew the question was about the chorus/the Furies in The Eumenides, but wasn't sure if they wanted Furies or chorus. I picked poorly. Ah...
by caroline
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021
Replies: 6
Views: 7844

Re: ACF Tournament Dates 2020-2021

ACF is still planning on a later Nationals at this time per the last post in this thread, and we apologize for the lack of updates thus far, as many factors remain unknown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information about Nationals field size, logistics, and other information will be released by ...
by caroline
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5009

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

Yes, I do have that kind of data but I won’t reveal specific numbers due to certain constraints (at this time, I don’t believe the data will be made available to non-editors/writers). Literature was on average powered more than other categories (tied for the highest power percentage out of all categ...
by caroline
Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regs 2021: quick thoughts on critical practices
Replies: 3
Views: 2245

Re: ACF Regs 2021: quick thoughts on critical practices

This is a really good thread, and I'm glad Susan brought up this topic! I also want to point out that this is good practice in general, not just with packet sub tournaments, though I do think it is especially important for packet sub tournaments since people are taking the time to write their submis...
by caroline
Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5009

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

I'm not sure this last point is true. If the theme is "an author writes about a state she is famously from" it could be any state where a famous author is famously from (like Steinbeck in California, Roth in NJ, etc). That's fair; it's probably just my bias against literary state tossups ...
by caroline
Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15804

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Referring to Sandi as her half-brother in the Wide Sargasso Sea tossup kind of threw me off, since Antoinette refers to him as her cousin throughout the book. I'm not entirely clear on their exact relation, but it seems like from a quick command+f in the book that he's the son of Alexander Cosway, ...
by caroline
Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15804

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

A lot of these are concentrated around the same packets because I was too lazy to go through every single packet and the list of things I liked was getting long, but some content I really liked: Homer from Walcott (very fun conceit!), the Korea bonus part in the Yeats bonus (very nice link), the bad...
by caroline
Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5009

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

Hey! I enjoyed this set! I wanted to ask if I could see the "epilepsy" and "Eatonville" tossup. Generally, my only complaint was that some of the literature—like these two tossups—were unnecessarily convoluted. I don't understand the philosophy behind tossups like these. Why not...
by caroline
Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
Replies: 19
Views: 11289

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier

Will there be Pop Culture questions at this tournament? And if so, who will be editing them (and/or the CE and geography)? There will not be pop culture. There will instead be 5 bonuses divided between geography, current events, and misc. academic, which will be written by the subject editors rathe...
by caroline
Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 18
Views: 1966

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

I was the literature editor for this tournament. I had sixteen (!) writers: Raymond Wang, Henry Goff, Vittal Bhat, Jack van Nostrand, David Bass, Kevin Jiang, Kiara Pornan, Io Gilman, Payton Schubel, Aruna Das, Elizabeth Grace Ho, Christopher Shin, Milan Fernandez, Ananya Tadigadapa, Felix Wang, and...
by caroline
Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15804

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the tossup on Pangloss? I buzzed second line with Candide because Candide also goes with Pangloss to see the dervish and participates in the conversation with him. (The Wikipedia summary makes out Candide to be the most involved in that conversation, though admittedly in the book he only...
by caroline
Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
Replies: 19
Views: 11289

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier

Seeing as general registration for ICT opens on February 8th (and teams that register would have to confirm their interest a week after registering) will ACF release more detailed information about nationals before then? In particular, it would be helpful to know: - What date will it be? Here it sa...
by caroline
Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
Replies: 20
Views: 14480

Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)

The 2020 ACF Winter editors have offered to give feedback on packet submissions this year, so a form for requesting feedback has been emailed out to everyone who sent in a submission to Winter (using the email the team registered for Winter under). We hope teams will find this useful to them! If yo...
by caroline
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
Replies: 19
Views: 11289

2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier

This is a preliminary announcement of the ACF Nationals Qualifier on the weekend of April 3rd, 2021, which will be held online. As ACF Regionals is not a qualifier this year for Nationals, ACF has developed this alternative method of qualification in order to adapt to the challenges of quizbowl duri...
by caroline
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)
Replies: 16
Views: 11224

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)

Since I think this would be of public interest, I'll ask this question here: should we, the general quiz bowl audience, view the conceptualization and existence of the supersite as an indicator that there is a possibility that ACF Nationals will not be held this academic year? As best I can tell, n...
by caroline
Sat Jan 02, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)
Replies: 16
Views: 11224

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals: Global Announcement (January 30)

ACF has elected to run an 2021 ACF Regionals invitational site of top collegiate teams. The announcement for the site can be found here. This site will allow teams to have an intense competitive experience playing teams they normally would not have the opportunity to play, and help teams attending o...
by caroline
Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members
Replies: 3
Views: 4548

Re: ACF 2020-21 Constitutional Changes, Officers, and New Members

As of Fall 2020, the following people have been inducted as provisional members: Justin Duffy Alex Hardwick Halle Friedman Matthew Lehmann Arjun Nageswaran William Golden Vishwa Shanmugam Bryanna Shao Christopher Sims Chandler West Olivia Murton Ben Miller, Ganon Evans, and Nick Jensen have become f...