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- Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:31 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3585
Re: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
Apparently there have been rumors spreading around that Saturnalia as difficult as 2019 NSC or close to it. Although there are a few outlier answerlines that would not be out of place in 2019 NSC, it is clear from the stats that Saturnalia as a whole is significantly easier. For instance, the UIUC m...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3072
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 say...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:26 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
Re: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
We have made decisions on all of the writer apps. If you have not already been notified of your acceptance, then you have not been accepted. We will respond to everyone who has been rejected with a couple points of feedback on their sample, hopefully within the next few days.
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:44 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
Re: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
We have received over 50 applications, included 18 today and 6 in the last five minutes before midnight. Unfortunately given this sheer number we will have to reject quite a few applicants. We hope to respond to everyone who applied within the week.
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:55 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
Re: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
Tomorrow is the last day to apply as a writer. Remember to get your apps in before 11:59 pm, or else they will not be considered.
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:21 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 24119
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Will there be a second open mirror of IKEA and/or a closed mirror for teams who couldn't play at their regional site?
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:15 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
Re: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
This is a reminder that the deadline to apply as a writer is January 10th. No writer applications submitted after that date will be read. For editors, everyone who submits before January 10th will be considered, though we may extend the editor deadline if not enough people apply.
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:57 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite @ West, 2/20/21
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2246
Re: Southeast-Midwest Housewrite @ West, 2/20/21
This is a really bad idea. Having objective eligibility restrictions, as I did for SUN, is good. Just because ACF tournaments do not have them, does not mean that this tournament should not utilize them. In the past, players have repeatedly failed to show sound judgement when determining whether th...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:11 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
CALISTO 2: Call for Writers and Editors
A second iteration of CALISTO, a HS regs set, will be ready for mirrors beginning in Fall of 2021. I will be head editor, and many other editors of CALISTO 1 will be working on CALISTO 2 in some capacity. We aim to produce generally accessible questions that nonetheless reward players for engaging w...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3585
Re: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
We're still looking for mirrors in a number of circuits, including New England and the DC metro area. Please reach out to us if you would like to host Saturnalia in a circuit that does not already have a mirror. For circuits where we cannot find a host, we will either host the mirror ourselves or we...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Packet Submission discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4275
Re: Packet Submission discussion
I condemn the idea that anti-packet submission is anti-quizbowl. While the president likes to take discourse down the slippery slope and argue that all his opponents are radicals who hate America, quiz bowl reactionaries do not need to stoop to his level. Many of the anti-packet sub crowd actively c...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 3:42 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2345
Re: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion
Over 10% of Fall questions came from freelancing volunteers. Thank you to each of them: Matt Bollinger, Jordan Brownstein, Billy Busse, Ganon Evans, JinAh Kim, Will Nediger, Caroline Mao, Ryan Rosenberg, Catherine Qian, Adam Silverman, and Kai Smith. Seeing as so much of the set was written by non-...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 11:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: STASH 2020-2021 (College Easy) Mirrors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1770
Re: STASH 2020-2021 (College Easy) Mirrors
Will you be allowing college mirrors in the spring, or will they all have to be in the Fall or Winter?
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3583
Re: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
Based on some of the arguments in this thread , we have decided to format our packets by placing tossups between bonuses, rather than at the end. Moderators are expected to skip the paired bonus if a tossup goes dead; there is a note clearly stating this at the beginning of each packet. The question...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3585
Re: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
Based on some of the arguments in this thread , we have decided to format our packets by placing tossups between bonuses, rather than at the end. Moderators are expected to skip the paired bonus if a tossup goes dead; there is a note clearly stating this at the beginning of each packet. The question...
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:02 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Statement on LIT Cheating Allegation: Princeton A
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5511
Re: Statement on LIT Cheating Allegation: Princeton A
Another honest question, has anyone unaffiliated with Princeton agreed that there is substantial room for interpretation? I'm not trying to accuse you of impropriety, but it is often easy in these cases to get tunnel-vision while attempting to defend a friend and teammate. I am not affiliated with ...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3583
Re: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
Io Saturnalia is now almost completely edited. The next week and a half will be spent making final revisions and proofreading. We have prepared a half-packet sample for prospective hosts. The questions in this sample will be used in the set, so do not share it with anyone who should not see unclear ...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:52 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3585
Re: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
Saturnalia is now almost completely edited. The next week and a half will be spent making final revisions and proofreading. We have prepared a half-packet sample for prospective hosts. The questions in this sample will be used in the set, so do not share it with anyone who should not see unclear set...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:07 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Answerlines for Character Names
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1180
Re: Answerlines for Character Names
ANSWER: Nick Carraway [accept either underlined name] versus ANSWER: Nick Carraway [or Nick Carraway ] Another advantage of the second form is that it can be hard to tell the difference between Nick Carraway and Nick Carraway , particularly if you woke up early to staff a tournament or have been re...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Why are there negs in QB?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2526
Re: Why are there negs in QB?
I don't think that losing five points on an interrupt matters very much one way or the other. Rather, I think negs cause anxiety because they're recorded. People often obsess over stats, so it can be demoralizing when the stats say "LOOK HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAILED." Similarly, if you neg a ...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:12 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9353
Re: 2020 ACF Winter: Global Announcement (November 7)
and subject edited by Ganon Evans, Nick Jensen, Vishwa Shanmugam, Bryanna Shao, Christopher Sims, Jaskaran Singh, Andrew Wang, and Chandler West. Is it ACF's policy not to specify which editor is in charge of which categories? I assume that some people know who's doing what anyway, either from talk...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5717
Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
I will retain my terms for outreach purposes, since as you mentioned, quizbowl terminology is highly technical and very specific. New teams would have no idea what “regs+” is, but when they see “Difficult” or “Easy” or “Moderate”, they expect exactly that. "Regs+" is a silly term, but I t...
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:13 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Best Way to learn PSS?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1411
Re: Best Way to learn PSS?
I also vehemently disagree with not engaging with philosophical primary texts. It's especially strange to hear a comment like that from someone who is editing PSS for an upcoming tournament. I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say that reading primary texts will not help you get very many points...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:13 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8267
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
I don't see how mandating teams to provide a coach will have any impact on misconduct. There are countless cases of adults performing misconduct at college tournaments, just as there are countless cases of high schoolers performing misconduct under adult supervision. Furthermore, mandating that scho...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:17 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6015
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
it is in general a good idea to have at least one trusted adult (and "adult" can mean a college player here) on the staff I think the key word here is "trusted," not "adult." There's no reason that a trustworthy high schooler can't perform the role you are describing.
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:54 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6015
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
So to sum up - yeah this needs to be addressed, and not side-stepped with questions over whether this is actually occurring. The reason I asked "How frequently does misconduct occur" was because I think it occurs a lot more than people think. It's not sidestepping the issue to discuss its...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6015
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
Not related to this specific incident Can we actually discuss this issue as a community? I think a general discussion about misconduct warrants its own dedicated thread or threads. This is a sensitive and important topic, so a discussion about it should have more structure than a typical forums dis...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:50 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Improving European and Ancient History
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1582
Re: Improving European and Ancient History
For a quick, incomplete answer, this online encyclopedia is a pretty good resource for ancient stuff.
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2020
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2881
Re: Penn Bowl 2020
Would you be willing to allow regional online mirrors in the fall if there is interest?Justice William Brennan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:45 pmAll of the mirrors as well, though no mirrors actually exist as of yet because of the COVID uncertainty.Zealots of Stockholm wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:52 pm Does this mean that all of the mirrors are delayed as well, or just the main site?
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3585
Re: SATURNALIA (Hard HS, 2020-2021)
Saturnalia is now 90% written and 55% edited. The original post has been updated to reflect the following announcements: We will be offering a $5 per team discount (so that the mirror fee is $15 per team) for hosts which record individual question stats. For tossups, this means counting the number o...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3583
Re: IO SATURNALIA (easy college, Fall 2020)
Io Saturnalia is now 90% written and 55% edited. The original post has been updated to reflect the following announcements: We will be offering a $5 per team discount (so that the mirror fee is $20 per team) for hosts which record individual question stats. For tossups, this means counting the numbe...
- Sat May 23, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11045
Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
To clarify, I don't think tossup/bonus cycles should be intentionally of the same category (that does indeed help extreme specialism too much, as Alistair has said), but I don't think they should be intentionally different categories either. It's very discouraging if you're a team that's relatively...
- Thu May 21, 2020 7:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6159
Re: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
Justine, I hate to sound dismissive since I greatly respect you as a writer and player, but I think one reason people take issue with your posting style is that far too often, it comes across as nitpicky and critical of flaws that have already been recognized by the people who are actually implemen...
- Wed May 20, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6159
Re: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
[*] Please remember that a webcam is required to play this tournament. If you do not currently own a webcam, please work on getting one. [/list] I'm assuming that this is intended to prevent cheating, but how would it do that? If someone is googling, the webcam won't pick that up. The webcam will p...
- Wed May 20, 2020 3:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6159
Re: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
I'm assuming that this is intended to prevent cheating, but how would it do that? If someone is googling, the webcam won't pick that up.Smuttynose Island wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 9:43 pm [*] Please remember that a webcam is required to play this tournament. If you do not currently own a webcam, please work on getting one.
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- Wed May 20, 2020 6:16 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11045
Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Adding to Eric's points, paired bonuses would make tracking conversion data a lot easier. Currently, moderators often skip bonuses (either by mistake or misunderstanding), making it difficult to tell what bonus was read in a given tossup/bonus cycle, therefore making it difficult to read bonus conve...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2595
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th or 23rd/24th)
7:00 am pacific is very early. Assuming that most people wake up between 8 and 10 am, you're asking west coast people to wake up over an hour before their usual wakeup time. On the other hand, if the tournament starts at 8 am pacific, then even if it lasts 10 hours it will still end at 9 pm eastern,...
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 24119
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Spring 2021)
Will the questions be packetized already, or will hosts have to assemble them?
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5683
Re: ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
I'm not sure I understand what you hope to achieve with this oddly antagonistic line of questioning. What sort of response to the question "what if the target difficulty of ACF Winter is not easy enough?" could possibly satisfy you? What do you even expect possible responses to be? The on...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5683
Re: ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
I am not at all associated with either of these sets, but I do want to say I completely trust William's ability to hit the advertised difficulty, which is "two dots" or EFT 2017 difficulty. I cannot speak to the rest of your concerns, but I think the concern that ACF Winter will not be ea...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5683
Re: ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
Previously, ACF only had one tournament to fill the "easier than Regs" difficulty window, which is a very large window. Fall had to serve the dual functions of trying to attract brand new players to the game and providing more seasoned ones with a regs-minus experience. By adding Winter, ...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5683
Re: ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
Because of the addition of ACF Winter, the target difficulty for this year's ACF Fall will be lower than in years past. We are intending for the set to be a hyper-accessible introduction to college quizbowl for people with little to no previous playing experience, comprable to the Early Autumn Coll...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
I'm not sure exactly what harsh measures would entail- certainly, a 12-month ban from all quiz bowl activities, a publicly-accessable post to a person google searching their name (to be taken down after 3 years) detailing the cheating, and a formal letter to whoever is in charge of academic integri...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Statistics Questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2619
Re: Statistics Questions
I guess my main point is that earth science and astronomy are more closely related to chem, physics, and bio than they are to math and CS, and we should rethink how we are grouping these subjects together to ensure that everything is being represented properly. I think grouping math alongside compu...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
whether or not Tejas cheated (5 powers on FO to 17 powers on TO????) Are you accusing Tejas of cheating? I hope this is a joke—Adam is clearly referring to the high threshold we have to have when looking in "power gaps" to avoid a huge number of false positives. There is nothing clear abo...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
Elsewhere Ike has stated his interest in informing NAQT and ACF of the details of his investigation I would hope there be a formal recommendation on this from perhaps the tournament directors or ACF or...somebody I don't believe this will actually happen, but I would be strongly opposed if ACF make...
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Statistics Questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2619
Re: Statistics Questions
I think the main problem is that 1/1 other science is not large enough to ask all of the categories that get put in it. Statistics has to compete for space with pure math, astronomy, computer science, and the Earth sciences. As a writer, I've found 1.5/1.5 sufficient for lower levels, but that has t...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:27 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
In addition to things mentioned above, cheating accusations should probably belong in one of the forums sections that you need an account to view.
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:09 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38159
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
Contra my esteemed colleague Prof. Boyd, I think this is a reasonable middle ground when there's suspicion but no concrete proof... Saying "someone at TO online cheated" is really saying "someone on this list of people cheated." Rather than throwing suspicion on one person, you'...