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by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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!
by entropy
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
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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!
by entropy
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
by entropy
Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: KEYSET
Replies: 2
Views: 3548

Re: KEYSET

will the packet be posted here/on the archive?

nevermind, i found it. sorry for the redundant post.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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!
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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

entropy wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:54 pm
mrkirkmath wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:18 pm When can we expect the date to be settled upon?
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.
We have settled on Sunday, November 8th as the date for this tournament.
by entropy
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

mrkirkmath wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:18 pm When can we expect the date to be settled upon?
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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

osbornrj wrote: Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:16 am the set Sparkman High School is writing is middle school level difficulty
Thank you for your clarification, I wasn't sure what difficulty ASBOT was aiming for. I'd like to suggest you mirror either ERIS or TAILS, both of which are middle school difficulty. I wish ASBOT the best of luck!
by entropy
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 ...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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!
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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" ?
by entropy
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?
by entropy
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?
by entropy
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

100% Clean Comedian Dan Nainan wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2019 7:30 pm Do you need mods for this
No, but thanks!
by entropy
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...
by entropy
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.
by entropy
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...