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- Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:40 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: An Open Letter Regarding the Administration of the Discord
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5625
Re: An Open Letter Regarding the Administration of the Discord
I would just like to note that while I agree the letter is longer than it really needs to be, the main things the letter is asking for are what seemed truly important to me when considering whether or not to sign.
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:36 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7226
Re: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
I don't think it needs to be too detailed - to preempt the need for #2, I think just asking "what is your project's timeline" (e.g. "My tournament is on XX date," "set production spans from XX to XX dates," and so on) is fine and not that much work on the part of the i...
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:01 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7226
Re: Proposal for another way to deal with misconduct
There’s also the question of how much an administrator should know about misconduct: in my previous head editor hypothetical, the response was simply “yes, this person shouldn’t be allowed to work on your set” vs “no, they’re fine,” but should they know more—why they’re not allowed, for example, or...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9774
Re: 2021 ACF Nationals: Thank Yous and Discussion
I envision high-level quizbowl as the "ultimate tertiary source" - an honest attempt to make an impartial narrative of the sequence of events that have happened at any given time and place in history. I think that quizbowl has never done a particularly good job of serving this role, and i...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 28195
Re: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
Quiz bowl is a sport that means just as much to our kids as it does to the kids that are playing basketball and wrestling in our state right now. To take away this opportunity from them would be terrible, unless we have to cancel due to safety concerns. Guess what else means a lot to kids? Their li...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:33 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Considerations for a code of conduct
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7491
Re: Considerations for a code of conduct
This is a great thread, Marianna. Thank you for putting this together. This is a great response, from one of the senior/most respected members of the community. Thank you for providing some introspection and thought to this thread, and for your wonderful post history in these threads. [This, in cas...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:06 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64691
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Men need to be paying attention to these voices and do what they can to make quiz bowl a welcoming place to everyone. The fact you could only come up with a single sentence in response to this thread - that people 'need to pay attention to this' - pains me. At least it's clear you're reading the th...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:17 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23543
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 10:57 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23543
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
Relatedly, I think the topic of misconduct can be broadly split into three subtopics: "What is misconduct?", "How frequently does misconduct occur?" and "What can we do about it?" While the last question is the one we all want to answer, I don't think it can be address...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:41 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64691
Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
Why, exactly, is it that there are more discussions about the trash distribution than the actual sexual harassment that occurred recently? Why does cheating keep getting more attention than harassment? (On that note, why is there always discussion of the problems of 'ending quiz bowl careers' but no...
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:40 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23543
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
This is part of a broader issue in qb (if you disagree with me, we have a whole other set of issues to talk about, so I'm not gonna go off about this here), and I have a few proposals: 1. Have the community (especially those most affected by issues like these) collaborate to write a code of conduct ...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2656
Re: Specific Question Discussion
On another note, I just remembered: there was a tossup that started with 'In the anime 'My Hero Academia' ...' [answer: grape] which led to a buzzer race in our room (and from what I heard, a decent number of other rooms) on the first line. (There were also apparently people complaining that anime i...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Difficulty Discussion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 485
Re: Difficulty Discussion
This could just be me, but one of the moderators we brought agreed with me that bonus turnover seemed lower than at other tournaments we've played.
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2656
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Hey, I thought the set was definitely fun to play! I did want to see the tossup on lit, with the answer line of USA (mentioned Junot Diaz in the body) - I negged with Dominican Republic, probably just because I was tired and heard 'Diaz' and thought of Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but I'm inter...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2018 - 2019 Discussion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3883
Re: Southern California 2018 - 2019 Discussion
Hello,
Rising sophomore who just moved to LA area, in process of enrolling at North Hollywood. Would someone mind giving me the contact for the quiz bowl coach there so I can ask about practices/joining/etc? Thanks!
Rising sophomore who just moved to LA area, in process of enrolling at North Hollywood. Would someone mind giving me the contact for the quiz bowl coach there so I can ask about practices/joining/etc? Thanks!
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
- Replies: 217
- Views: 225936
Re: Books "for Quizbowl"
This is a really old thread, but I thought I'd add some stuff for people who are browsing now. For mythology, all of Rick Riordan's books. It may seem nuts, but if you like reading fiction, it's got all the greek, egyptian, and norse myth you'll need to start out with (for the most part, anyway). Pr...