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by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon May 15, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: CANONINFLATION
Replies: 15
Views: 8810

Re: CANONINFLATION

Oh boy! I can't wait to play noted set CANONINFLATION on date laid out in Chicago Open 2023 announcement thread August 6th, 2023. I'm so excited! :grin: :grin:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:12 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Replies: 22
Views: 12494

Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll

Cracked Gamer Nathan Zhang the goated 4th scorer with the X/Y/0 scoreline at ICT + Nats. vote for him
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: CANONINFLATION
Replies: 15
Views: 8810

Re: CANONINFLATION

Oh boy! I can't wait to play noted set CANONINFLATION at the 2023 national tournaments. I'm so excited! :grin: :grin:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Aug 06, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: CANONINFLATION
Replies: 15
Views: 8810

Re: CANONINFLATION

Oh boy! I can't wait to play noted set CANONINFLATION on date laid out in tournament database August 6, 2022. I'm so excited! :grin: :grin:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST II (Fall 2022)
Replies: 12
Views: 10793

Re: CMST II (Fall 2022)

In a different universe, the BHSU editors weren't cowards and named their set CMST 2, thus forcing the editors of this set to name it CMST 1.5. Never forget what they took from you :sad: :sad: :sad:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7513

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

Hari is kind of cracked at Celeste. He played glyph before farewell and managed to beat it in like 1500 deaths
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu May 20, 2021 12:00 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: CANONINFLATION
Replies: 15
Views: 8810

Re: CANONINFLATION

Oh boy! I can't wait to play noted set CANONINFLATION on date laid out in tournament database June 1st, 2021. I'm so excited! :grin: :grin:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146964

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

Ike wrote in the discord: Just wanted to post this here since it was brought up. The timing of Eric's post has nothing to do with Ottawa Hybrid's mirror. It had to do with me formulating the statistical evidence, double checking that I crossed all my ts and dotted my Is and showing it to Eric oursel...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Side Events
Replies: 19
Views: 6264

Re: ICT Side Events

Proteinbowl 3 is probably happening at ICT. :party: Not to be a bother but can we get an update on this? I would like to book time off work sooner than later if this is Friday night. I'll get a post up by tomorrow night. PROTEINBOWL 3 @ ICT is almost certainly going to be Friday night, though.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 8399

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion

Not sure if this is the place to say this because it is the "specific question" discussion, but I don't wanna nitpick without first saying that I had a terrific time playing this set. It seemed like early parts of questions rewarded "real knowledge" of the material (as much as q...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 1101

Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Thanks and General Discussion

The science of this set is very good, especially since it does a good job of including interesting clues that people could be expected to know and care about, rather then just lazily naming a bunch of Named Things and diseases and point mutations that characterizes the science writing of many other ...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2437

Re: 2020 Division II SCT: specific question discussion

The 21 cm line is produced by (neutral) atomic hydrogen, which is not a single particle. This element is probably a better pronoun than this substance if the question continues to talk about atomic hydrogen after the 21 cm line, but I think both are fine
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Side Events
Replies: 19
Views: 6264

Re: ICT Side Events

Proteinbowl 3 is probably happening at ICT.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25363

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

Edit: Also, I thought some of the quantitative questions were a bit weird. For ex., asking for a "magic angle" of 1.05 degrees, or the precise number of bandits in a Chinese gang (118? forget the exact question. but maybe that one is OK, if it's well-known.) There seemed to be a few quest...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
Replies: 8
Views: 614

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals

Karansebes Schnapps Vendor wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:43 pm Will Alston
Anson Berns
(update) Nick Jensen
Harvard A

Alt: (update) Jakob Boeye
bruh
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
Replies: 18
Views: 6027

Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set

Yes, it's pretty straightforward to set up a bot on discord which will DM people a message when they join a server.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
Replies: 18
Views: 6027

Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set

It is an (implicit) agreement within quizbowl that unclear set content should remain unclear and should definitely not be posted in public for everyone to see, since quizbowl cannot function at all if people do not follow this rule. It makes sense to me that people who flagrantly violate this rule b...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Matchmaking
Replies: 14
Views: 4627

Re: CO Matchmaking

I'm decent at post-1900 lit/vfa, know a tiny of bit of those subjects from before then, and I "know" "science" (besides chem) also I have gummy bears, and I say nice buzz and fist bump people, even if they were converting a neg at the giveaway also an ENORMOUS BRAIN NASAT HEAD E...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

FWIW, NYU stated on the schedules that a final would only be placed if there were two teams tied for first place. I don't think (but I'm not certain) that it was announced anywhere public before the date of the tournament though, which is Not Good.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 66
Views: 14356

Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion

The "classical complement pathway" is very reasonably interpretable as a process. Almost all the MAC clues that apply to lysis also apply equally or close to equally to the answer of "classical complement pathway."
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
Replies: 73
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl

DROP Sohum Shenoy
ADD Grant Li
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PROTEINBOWL 3: Side Event Edition (2019-2020)
Replies: 0
Views: 1742

PROTEINBOWL 3: Side Event Edition (2019-2020)

Hello! This is announcement for PROTEINBOWL 3, the third installment to the series of packets written about proteins (see PROTEINBOWL 1 and PROTEINBOWL 2 . Unlike the previous two installments, which were individual packets, PROTEINBOWL 3 will be an entire side event of 5 packets of 20 tossups. Also...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
Replies: 12
Views: 8480

Re: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague

tksaleija wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2019 4:34 pm I would definitely play this if able to staff HSNCT
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PROTEINBOWL 2
Replies: 2
Views: 5062

Re: PROTEINBOWL 2

Whoops, I totally forgot about that
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)
Replies: 8
Views: 7751

Re: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)

I have finally gotten a discussion forum set up. You can request to join it by going to your user control panel, finding the usergroups tab, and applying to join the group called "2019 CANONEXPANSION Discussion".
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 0
Views: 191

CANONEXPANSION Specific Question Discussion

Use this thread for any discussion of specific questions. If you'd like me to find the text of or for me to explain the rationale behind a certain question, ask me. You can find the questions here.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION Packets
Replies: 0
Views: 284

CANONEXPANSION Packets

The questions are attached to this post. Please do not share these questions with anyone who lacks access to this forum. If you'd like someone else to see these questions, have them ask for access to this forum.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat Jun 22, 2019 4:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION general discussion
Replies: 1
Views: 212

CANONEXPANSION general discussion

Use this thread for general discussion of CANONEXPANSION.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
Replies: 34
Views: 19722

Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards

Abhinav Godavarthi is by far the best proteins player in high school quizbowl (and almost certainly second best overall after Eric Mukherjee) and it's not even close.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)
Replies: 8
Views: 7751

Re: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)

I've been meaning to set up a discussion forum, but I haven't got to it yet. I'll do it after I'm rested from NSC.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Jun 03, 2019 1:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PROTEINBOWL 2
Replies: 2
Views: 5062

PROTEINBOWL 2

Since I can't seem to get enough proteins, I am writing a sequel to PROTEINBOWL , which I have creatively named PROTEINBOWL 2. Against what is probably my better judgment, these questions are much, much harder than the already pretty hard questions of the original PROTEINBOWL. I have written 14 ques...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon May 27, 2019 1:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

This happened. I have the stats and will compile them and resolve all the protests to figure out what the fuck happened. They will be posted eventually.. If you haven't paid yet, pay me $15/team (or $10/team if you lent me a room) on Venmo @Geoffrey-Chen1 (or some other method we can work out by pm)...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun May 26, 2019 9:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

We are near the FedEx office close to the auditorium where the finals were held right now.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun May 26, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

This is not going to start at 9PM since there is no way finals will be over at that time. You should probably expect to meet at the Marque Foyer area at around 9:45 PM.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun May 26, 2019 6:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

I forgot to mention this in the logistics email, but you can find the schedule/rooms etc. in the signup spreadsheet. Remember that we are meeting at 9pm or the end of the HSNCT finals (whichever is later) near the Marquis Foyer area on the Marquis level. For payment, you can either pay me in cash at...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu May 23, 2019 10:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

I've sent a logistics email to all of the emails listed for the signed up teams on the spreadsheet from Geoff22224 at gmail.com. Hi, We are going to meet at 9pm or the end of the HSNCT finals (whichever is later) near the Marquis Foyer area on the Marquis level. We’ll quickly go over the schedule an...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Wed May 22, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

(I realize now I posted my previous post in the incorrect thread.) HSNCT room assignments are out now, so if you have a room you are willing to volunteer, please add it to the spreadsheet . Without 4 rooms, this event won't be able to run. Also, if you have any buzzer sets you are willing to lend me...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Tue May 21, 2019 9:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)
Replies: 8
Views: 7751

Re: CANONEXPANSION, an experimental science side event ('18-'19)

I added a section on the spreadsheet for buzzers a while ago, please volunteer your buzzers if you have any or otherwise we'll have to play slapbowl and I'd like to avoid that. I've decided there isn't going to be a formal mirror at NSC, but I might run an informal shootout. I'm 80%+ sure right now ...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sun May 12, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PROTEINBOWL
Replies: 1
Views: 5189

Re: PROTEINBOWL

This happened. I screwed up and didn't write down or record the buzzes during the reading but I think I managed to accurately reconstruct them. The packet is attached to this post. The scores Name: 20s 15s 10s -5s Total score Eric: 8/13/2/3 360 Ben: 2/2/1/2 70 Chris: 0/3/1/2 45 RRP: 0/1/1/1 20 Alber...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat May 04, 2019 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Replies: 18
Views: 8101

Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT

Since we aren't allowed to use game rooms after the finals, for this side event to occur, we require at least 3 rooms to play in, so I've added a section to the spreadsheet for playing rooms. If you'd like to volunteer your room and be eligible for another $5 discount, add your name to the spreadshe...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Sat May 04, 2019 2:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PROTEINBOWL
Replies: 1
Views: 5189

PROTEINBOWL

I wrote a 20 tossup packet on proteins, where every answerline is a protein or very, closely related to proteins. It is extremely, extremely hard, I'd say that maybe two-thirds of the questions are harder than CO difficulty. Unless some number of people have objections, I will read it in #packet in ...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu May 02, 2019 2:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

No one studies space geo (this isn't quite true, but I do agree that space geography tends to be overrepresented in the astronomy distribution), so that means you shouldn't fill the astronomy distribution with space geography. It does not mean you should completely delete the astronomy distribution.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Wed May 01, 2019 5:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 17183

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2019)

I am going to Cornell. Quizbowl will happen.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

I think many people fail to realize how big 1/1 encompasses. All of sociology, economics, anthropology, linguistics, jurisprudence, IR theory, psychology, and some other subcategories of social science I'm probably missing make up 1/1. While it is certainly possible to write several sets worth of 1/...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

I don't buy arguments for more math along the lines of "math is extremely important to all the sciences", "there's a lot of group theory in particle physics and chemistry" and "tensors are really important in a lot of physics", because math things like groups and tensor...
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 9790

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion

After having gone through the science of this set in detail, I claim that this set has the best science of any set written.
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2473

Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion

Since we are on this subject, I'll mention that I was very very very very happy that "multimessenger astronomy" came up as the third part of that bonus. :grin:
by Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Dreams
Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2473

Re: 2019 ICT DI specific question discussion

I seem to remember a tossup on neutron star mergers which clued LIGO -- is my memory mistaken or did this happen? If so, LIGO's first detection of gravitational waves was definitely the result of a black hole merger. I remember hearing a bonus part on binary neutron star mergers. I said kilonovas, ...