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- Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4185
Re: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
Congratulations to Ohio State for winning D1, Columbia B for winning D1 UG, and Chicago for winning D2! Full stats are posted here . This tournament would not have been possible without all of the staff who came together at the last minute—they truly saved the event. I was so amazed by every staffer...
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4185
Re: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
The weather down here has been awful lately, and due to the abnormally cold conditions some of our team members are without power indefinitely. If anyone is willing to help us staff the tournament that would really help us out—we will pay $20 per staffer or give teams a $20 discount for each staffer...
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4185
Re: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
It appears that we will almost certainly have enough teams to run the mirror—thanks so much y'all! To ensure that we have enough staff, we ask that interested teams who have yet to register please sign up as soon as possible.
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4185
Re: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
At the time of this posting, no teams have registered for this tournament. We ask that teams interested in playing register by the end of next week [Sunday, January 21st]. If we do not have four teams by that date, we will be forced to cancel.
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4185
2023 NAQT SCT at Texas [Online, February 5th]
I'm pleased to announce that the University of Texas at Austin will be hosting an online site of the 2023 NAQT SCT on Sunday, February 5th. Eligibility —the eligibility guidelines for this tournament may be found here . Fees $160—first team $135—additional team -$40—moderator discount -$20—new schoo...
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:47 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Announcing QuizBug 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9833
Re: Announcing QuizBug 2
Sorry about that, I keep forgetting to renew my certificates. It should be back up now.
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:48 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Stop giving your sets cutesy names—they have real-world consequences.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2863
Stop giving your sets cutesy names—they have real-world consequences.
Mods, please move this post if you feel it would be more appropriate for another subforum. ---- I'm not a very talented writer so I'm just going to cut to the chase. Everybody familiar with this community knows that giving housewrites and tournaments cutesy names has been an out-of-control trend for...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4860
Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
thanks @michael! i and other science people at my site felt that affinity chromatography was a hard answerline for this difficulty, and dropping "eluent" in power seems like it could lead to some frauding. In special relativity, if delta-s-squared is positive between two events, they are s...
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4860
Re: 2021 Penn Bowl Specific Question Discussion
i really liked the set! could i see the please see tus on sibelius, white teeth, affinity chromatography, and time? thanks!
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 16)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15577
Re: 2021 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 16)
i think the eligibility criteria should be loosened so i can get paid more
- Fri May 21, 2021 12:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4210
Re: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
Unfortunately, there aren't enough teams to run a tournament, so we have to cancel. We sincerely apologize to all teams who expressed interest.
- Mon May 17, 2021 2:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to Get More Moderators
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4983
Re: How to Get More Moderators
Much higher financial compensation (e.g. $80-100 a day) I ran a survey in the main Discord server back in January to assess how feasible this was; out of 35 players and coaches surveyed, most said that their teams would not pay more than $80 for a high school tournament or more than $140 for a coll...
- Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4210
Re: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
Due to lack of interest, we have moved the date of this tournament to Saturday, May 22nd. If you only filled out the date poll, you are not yet registered for the tournament. Please fill out the registration form here as soon as possible!
- Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4210
Re: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
Field as of May 19th [2]
- Phillips Academy
- Detroit Country Day
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: KEYSET
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3548
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4210
Re: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
The results of the date poll were very close; Saturday, May 15th came out on top. We have chosen to charge $75 per team. The team registration form is here . If your team cannot afford this fee, we are willing to compromise; there is a space in the team registration form to inform us of circumstance...
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Forums Preview Discord Bot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4065
Re: Forums Preview Discord Bot
Only this site's forums, sorry.
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Forums Preview Discord Bot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4065
Forums Preview Discord Bot
A couple years ago I built a bot that previews forums posts in a Discord channel if someone links to them. It looks like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/510544385331560448/820390878479908864/Screen_Shot_2021-03-13_at_12.20.12.png This bot is in both the HSQB and Quizbowl Discord servers...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Saturnalia HS General Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4210
Saturnalia HS General Mirror
The editors and writers of Saturnalia will run an online Discord mirror of the high school version of the set sometime in May. This is a general mirror: it will be closed but not region-restricted. I, Karan Gurazada, will be the tournament director. We have not yet decided on a date for this tournam...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcing: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1727
Re: Announcing: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT
april is the cruelest month
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Miscellaneous Online Quizbowl Tournament Tips
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4924
Miscellaneous Online Quizbowl Tournament Tips
This post is basically a compendium of observations I've made from playing and staffing some recent tournaments. I'll update it if I think of more things I want to add, and if you have your own tips you're more than welcome to reply to this post. Make teams and players put their answers in text chat...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP: A Retrospective
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3988
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP: A Retrospective
as you go up it's going to be hard for editors to give meaningful advice for questions outside their categories other than grammar or phrasing You are correct that not many people have the knowledge and skill to effectively edit high-difficulty questions in terms of changing clues or conceits. Howe...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP: A Retrospective
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3988
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP: A Retrospective
communication Kevin said in the main Discord that 2020 WORKSHOP didn't have a writing Discord server, which I think is something every set [or at least every set with new writers] really needs. CALISTO and Saturnalia facillitated inter-writer/editor communication by keeping everyone together in a D...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
Re: IKEA HS Open Mirror
This tournament happened. Congratulations to " https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQnVmUKxSOupYsHFsvW2jIA " for winning the tournament! They went 7-1, and agreed with second-place team University Lab not to hold a final. Full stats, including category stats, are available here . This tournam...
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
Re: IKEA HS Open Mirror
Due to staffing constraints, we've capped the field at 12 teams. If you want to staff or know anyone who can please reach out as soon as possible!
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:19 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Announcing QuizBug 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9833
Re: Announcing QuizBug 2
QuizBug 2 has moved to a new home and can now be found here: http://quizbug2.karangurazada.com
I'll try to set up HTTPS after college applications are done.
I'll try to set up HTTPS after college applications are done.
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
Re: IKEA HS Open Mirror
With the tournament now ten days away, we'd like for all teams interested in finalizing their registrations to email me at entropy15360 [at] gmail [dot] com with their team's name, roster, contact info [email address, phone number, Discord tag], and their preferred method of payment. If possible, we...
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: High School Scrimmages
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1572
Re: High School Scrimmages
There exists a Scrim Server on Discord for players in HS and under. You can join it here.
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
Re: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
Re: IKEA HS Open Mirror
We'll close the date poll at the start of October 1. At that time we'll settle upon the date that has the most votes in the poll and works best with our staffer pool.
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22868
Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Having even one person, let alone two (!), cheat at your tournament is very difficult, most people are not experienced at it, and there is basically no community-level guidance available about how to handle it. I think Olivia makes a very relevant point here. With the increase in online tournaments...
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6555
Re: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
I am very proud and grateful that PACE has officially recommended that TDs use this bot for Discord tournaments. This page on the PACE website provides a detailed guide for how to use the bot.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IKEA HS Open Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5320
IKEA HS Open Mirror
I'm excited to announce the IKEA HS Open Mirror, to be run over Discord on one of the dates specified in the poll above. IKEA is a college-level set written by Columbia and Georgia Tech that is designed to be harder than EFT but easier than ACF Regionals and will approximate the difficulty of 2016 T...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 27930
Re: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 27930
Re: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
ASBOT is a house-written set by the Sparkman High School Varsity Team: (Sparkman High School is not affiliated with this tournament, it is independently run by us 4) Andrew Goetz Caleb Ethridge Eshan Pokhrel Rebecca Jensen Why has ASBOT chosen to write a new set for this tournament? The market for ...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:16 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: The Dangers of Quizbowl Discord Bots
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4036
The Dangers of Quizbowl Discord Bots
Recently several Discord bots for quizbowl-related purposes have been created, with a few having been announced on these forums. This is both a cause for celebration, since custom Discord bots can provide extensive functionality, and for caution, because Discord bots are a security risk. Discord bot...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6555
Re: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
Some updates: Users can now append the "--force" flag to any command to skip confirmation; the bot will acknowledge these commands by reacting with 👍 The .m command creates numbered team roles within a specified range, randomizes their colors, and creates team huddle rooms The .b command s...
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33331
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
Thanks so much for all your suggestions Mike! I'll update my announcement post when I implement all of them. The biggest limitation was that I had to move teams around each and every round. I'm not sure if this was the way you chose to run the tournament or if I made my help manual unclear [it's pro...
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11481
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll
Avinash Iyer is good at quizbowl . Also, I know it's not my place to tell people how they should vote, but in my opinion voters should not take online performances into account for this poll. I understand that the COVID-19 pandemic moved the part of the season from March on entirely online, and tha...
- Sat Jun 13, 2020 3:06 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6555
New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
I've created a new Discord bot that is capable of facilitating most of the "Discord-fu" needed to run online tournaments, eliminating most unnecessary staff labor. The bot comes with a new paradigm for how Discord tournaments are run. "Traditionally," Discord tournaments have bee...
- Wed May 13, 2020 1:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TAPIR Online Tournament (HS Open, 5/09/2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2661
Re: TAPIR Online Tournament (HS Open, 5/09/2020)
This tournament happened.
Congratulations to "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's A D.B. Cooper" for winning the tournament by clearing the field. Full stats are available here. Thanks everyone for playing!
Congratulations to "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's A D.B. Cooper" for winning the tournament by clearing the field. Full stats are available here. Thanks everyone for playing!
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CALISTO Academic Tournament (Discord, March 22nd) [TX Only]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2571
Re: CALISTO Academic Tournament (Discord, March 21st)\
Why is the fee for this tournament so high? $60 fees are the standards for college sets, where the mirror fees are $40+. I don't see the need to charge such a high amount for a high school set like CALISTO with a $10 mirror fee.
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Errata
- Replies: 2
- Views: 416
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Errata
The tossup on "St. Matthew Passion" was packetized directly after the Bach bonus [I don't remember specific content, but there was a part on "preludes" cluing English Suites] in Round 2; those should be moved apart. Also, moderators at the Stanford site complained about there not...
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9178
Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
Can I see the tossups on "aromaticity," "fatty acids," "hero twins," and "violin concerto" ?
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
Re: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set)
Quietly tweaking your posted distribution does nothing to assuage our concerns, and if anything makes me more worried about the choices behind this set potentially being arbitrary and unjustified. Can you please be more clear about the reasoning behind the distribution for this set?
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3491
Re: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set)
Why is there so much Geography?
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: EFT High School Discord Open Mirror 1/19
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2319
Re: EFT High School Discord Open Mirror 1/19
No, but thanks!
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Running Club Meetings
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16947
Re: Running Club Meetings
- Buzzinga (https://buzzinga.netlify.com/): A simple LAN application that let users buzz in a local network (A Mac is required to run the program, although Windows and Linux editions should come out soon) Regrettably, Buzzinga is not currently in a working state on any platform and is not in active...
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19791
Re: 2018-19 Groger Ranks Awards [WINNERS ANNOUNCED]
James Stevenson from GPS isn't mentioned on the Groger Ranks post at all, but I'd like to congratulate him for being the well-deserved unanimous first place among the RMPSS ballots.
- Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FST Discord Mirror (High School, 5/19)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3226
Re: FST Discord Mirror (High School, 5/19)
This tournament happened. Congratulations to Frulia et al. for going 7-0 to win the tournament! In addition, congratulations to Fred Zhang for being top individual scorer. Full SQBS-style stats are available here and will be beautified/fixed when I get the time. (sorry!) In addition to SQBS-style st...