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- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2024 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5235
Re: 2024 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
I am unsure of the wisdom of selecting Krasnogorsk as an answerline. When the media reported on the terrorist attack there in March, it was referred to as a "Moscow attack" or "Moscow concert hall attack" and Krasnogorsk was usually referred to with some variant of "a Moscow...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: On Team Splitting at National Qualifiers
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4030
Re: On Team Splitting at National Qualifiers
I very much disagree with Andrew's proposal for several reasons: 1. One of the underlying assumptions is that it's only "supporting players" who are getting moved around. However, this proposal fails to consider that there are many scenarios where someone can serve as an anchor for the B t...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1315
Re: Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
I just sent out the logistics email; please let me know if you are your team's contact and have not received it yet.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1315
Re: Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
Just a reminder that this tournament is in 2 weeks, we'd love to get more signups! Also, since I failed to specify before, I will be setting a tentative registration deadline of January 17 at 11:59 PM EST.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 6:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1315
Booster Shot Playtest Mirror (January 20, 2024)
I am pleased to announce a playtest mirror of Booster Shot will be held on January 20, 2024. More info on the set can be found here . I, Benjamin Chapman, will be TDing this tournament. Logistics This tournament will be run using a Discord server for organization and Zoom + buzzin.live for gameplay....
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:17 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Re: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
Canadian Novice is now clear; the paсks have just been uploaded to the archive and are awaiting approval.
EDIT: Here are the questions.
EDIT: Here are the questions.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Trophies vs Plaques
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5617
Re: Trophies vs Plaques
Robert is right on the money here. Most university quiz bowl teams just don't have an easy place to store something that large (such as a display case) and students generally don't have lots of extra space to hold onto such things.
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Side Event Sunday @ Toronto (August 20)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1004
Re: Side Event Sunday @ Toronto (August 20)
Congrats to "Summa Iran-Contra Gentiles" for winning Ahead by a Century and "Milan Fernandez, tell me, if you know, / For 10 points each:" for winning QBOWLOSM. Stats are available here.
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:36 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Re: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
Since a couple regions weren't able to host Canadian Novice mirrors this spring, we will be keeping the set available for this fall. If you're from a region that didn't previously host a mirror and are interested in hosting, email me at [email protected].
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Side Event Sunday @ Toronto (August 20)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1004
Side Event Sunday @ Toronto (August 20)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club will be hosting two side events on Sunday, August 20. These will be in-person at Sid Smith. We will begin at 9 AM and finish by 5 PM. In the morning , we will be hosting a mirror of Erik Christensen's Ahead by a Century . In the afternoon , we will be h...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should ACF tossups be shorter?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12616
Re: Should ACF tossups be shorter?
While it's obviously good that longer questions can have more content for interested players to look up after the fact, I don't think we should prioritize that (relatively minor) benefit at the expense of the more tangible improvement to the gameplay experience itself from not-super-long questions. ...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2023 HSNCT Open Mirror @ Toronto (June 17-18)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1410
Re: 2023 HSNCT Open Mirror @ Toronto (June 17-18)
Congratulations to "Hey I'm Cameron, I thought you were American" for clearing the field on Saturday and "3/7 of us have Lyme disease" for clearing the field on Sunday. Stats are available here.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2023 HSNCT Open Mirror @ Toronto (June 17-18)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1410
2023 HSNCT Open Mirror @ Toronto (June 17-18)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club will be hosting our traditional 2-day open mirror of HSNCT on Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18. I, Benjamin Chapman, will be the tournament director. Logistics The tournament will begin at 9:00 AM both days and will be held in a building TBD. Pleas...
- Wed May 31, 2023 11:21 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - Congrats to Cornell!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14894
Re: 2024 IQBT Undergraduate Championship - 3/2-3/3/24
I don't think collegiate quizbowl can support 3 in-person nationals in a year. Last year's online event was a success, and I think many of the teams that attended would be unable to play this tournament if it were held in person. I'd advocate for this to be held online again.
- Fri May 05, 2023 12:12 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14460
Re: 2023 Canadian Player Poll
Rookie Ballot: 1. Mattias Ehatamm (University of Waterloo) 2. Michael Du (University of Waterloo) 3. Caleb Ott (University of Waterloo) Not much more to really say about Mattias, Michael, and Caleb; they were all able to hold their own against much more experienced players at difficult tournaments....
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12707
Re: 2022-2023 End of Season Player Poll
Noted non-American (or so he insists) Gareth Thorlakson had the highest PPG on American History in the Nationals field.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:56 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14460
Re: 2023 Canadian Player Poll
1. Sky Li (University of Toronto) Toronto's number 1 American has had a great season, serving as the lead scorer on the winning team of every closed tournament they played. Of particular note is their Penn Bowl performance, where Toronto Winter Closed went 3-0 against the stacked Henry/Derek/Daniel...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Re: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
We are still looking for mirrors in the Northeast, Great Lakes, South Central, and Northern California; get in touch with me if you're from those regions and interested in hosting!
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ICT general discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1839
Re: 2023 ICT general discussion
I had a lot of fun playing this set (despite the unideal weather circumstances that forced me to solo for the first time ever); thanks to all the writers and editors for their work putting this together. With regards to Andrew's discussion of bonus difficulty, I felt like most of the Es were pretty ...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4323
Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Would it be possible for this question to be posted? I'm kicking myself for not picking up on that and am very interested in seeing it now.Abdon Ubidia wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:47 am The clue that gave "yes I said yes I will yes" in French was hilarious and probably my favorite lateral thinking buzz I've ever made
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Top 100 Player Ranking
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11407
Re: Top 100 Player Ranking
Decided to toss together my list of the top 8 D2 teams:
1. Waterloo
2. Rutgers B
3. Chicago D
4. Claremont
4. Stanford
6. McMaster
7. Princeton
8. Inver Hills
1. Waterloo
2. Rutgers B
3. Chicago D
4. Claremont
4. Stanford
6. McMaster
7. Princeton
8. Inver Hills
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:30 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Re: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
We are still looking for mirrors in many regions of the US; if you're from one of the regions that doesn't have a mirror listed above and are interested in hosting, shoot me an email at [email protected].
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF (and NAQT) Scheduling For Next Year
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3483
ACF (and NAQT) Scheduling For Next Year
Now that all the regular season ACF events and SCT are over, I would like to point out an issue with ACF (and NAQT's) choice of dates for their tournaments this year: Regionals and SCT are one week apart The one-week gap between Regionals and SCT creates a lot of strain on clubs by forcing the ones ...
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Top 100 Player Ranking
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11407
Re: Top 100 Player Ranking
Some of this thread is in AHAN (aka social distancing ad nauseam) now. I have chosen to keep some lighthearted posts that technically contain genuine information or feedback in this thread. Please do not take the tone of those posts as license to keep shitposting in this thread when I have made a c...
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:30 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Re: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
The above post has been updated with information about eligibility and mirroring the set.
- Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/24/22)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 927
Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/24/22)
Congratulations to Waterloo B, who defeated Waterloo C in the first game of an advantaged final 335-280. Stats are available here.
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/24/22)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 927
NAQT Collegiate Novice at Toronto (09/24/22)
The University of Toronto Academic Trivia Club will be hosting a mirror of NAQT’s Collegiate Novice tournament (CNS-213C) on Saturday, September 24, 2022. I, Benjamin Chapman, will be the tournament director. Logistics The tournament will begin at 9:00 AM and will be held in the Bahen Centre for Inf...
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5341
Announcement: Canadian Novice (March 2023)
I am excited to announce Canadian Novice , a novice-level collegiate quizbowl tournament available in March 2023 . We are targeting the difficulty of past "spring novice" sets, such as Spring Novice and Boilermaker Spring Novice . Canadian Novice will be edited by Dennis Beeby (formerly of...
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 5:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4605
Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion
In a vaguely similar vein to Matt (insofar as we are talking about chemistry), I want to shout out the Suzuki reaction tossup as particularly strong. Normally, chemistry tossups on named reactions can disintegrate into ultra-boring eponym bowl, but this one avoided that. I don't remember all the clu...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14396
Re: 2022 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
Rookie ballot to follow. I know my top 7 are the same as Max's but I came up with these independently. Either that or he did a great job setting the narrative. 1. Benjamin Chapman (University of Toronto) 2. Giorgo Karam (University of Manitoba) 3. David Snoddon (University of Toronto) I think David...
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14396
Re: 2022 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
1. Lia Rathburn (University of British Columbia) Before ICT, I didn’t really know who to put first, but probably would have put Lia first anyway just because she played more. However, after Lia’s ICT performance, it’s impossible to rank her anywhere else even though Henry also played great. She was...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:21 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 ICT general discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1886
Re: 2022 ICT general discussion
For what it's worth, on the "Si, se puede" tossup, I was trying to remember how to say "We shall overcome" ("Nosotros venceremos") in Spanish for a while before the other team got it because I thought that could have been the answer. The answer space was certainly drast...
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:10 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: Prometheus Science Bowl
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5723
Re: Prometheus Science Bowl
A quick perusal of their website reveals that they are rather nakedly trying to push an agenda, which I don't believe should be the goal of a supposed academic competition. In addition to the whole "we won't reveal our sponsors" issue that Jon Pinyan brought up, there are a couple other tr...
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7168
Re: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)
Ok, thanks for the clarification.
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7168
Re: Announcement: Boilermaker Spring Novice (March-April 2022)
This tournament will run on Boilermaker Spring Novice, a set meant to be challenging, but not overwhelming for players without much experience. Purdue are now claiming that this set is supposed to be "challenging" for inexperienced players. However, This tournament will match the style an...
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5601
Re: 2022 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
I just wanted to say that I enjoyed the relative lack of "touch-your-butt" easy parts in this set compared to other sets at this difficulty. It made them much more meaningful and (as we scored ~13 PPB) consistently kept us engaged on every part of the bonus (except some hard parts we just ...
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:37 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: DECAF: A Classical Music Set (Interest Poll)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4652
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THE GARDEN CUP: THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (NJ/NY/PA/DE)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3096
Re: THE GARDEN CUP: THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (NJ/NY/PA/DE)
Fees The fee structure is as follows: $125 per team $50 additional per team if no readers are brought $0 additional if 1 reader for each two teams is brought -$25 for each additional reader -$10 for each working buzzer set $20 per question set, limit 1 per school per tournament We can process cash,...
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Are college quiz bowl questions too long?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3401
Re: Are college quiz bowl questions too long?
This might seem pretty good compared to housewrites a decade ago, but the packets still feel pretty long when they're read aloud—especially if a less-experienced moderator is trying to read clearly rather than quickly. In my experience, a big factor in question length perception is how clunky/smoot...
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:06 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Mixed Zoom/In-Person Practice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2861
Re: Mixed Zoom/In-Person Practice
We ended up doing something like this for PACE last year, because only three of us were able to play in-person at someone's apartment. It was definitely more fun for those of us in person, but it did make bonus conferral much harder. In particular, it was difficult to simultaneously talk to one of m...
- Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:51 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: How much "world" should there be in art?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7585
How much "world" should there be in art?
Recently in the Discord, there was a discussion about the recent move in the high school FA distribution to ask less about Euro-centric topics (such as opera) and more about "world art". As an attempt to move discussion on this topic to the forums (in the spirit of Joe Kammann's excellent ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021 ACF Fall - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4098
Re: 2021 ACF Fall - Thanks and General Discussion
Bringing this thread back from the dead... Overall, I thought this set was fun and hit the difficulty target pretty well. While there was the odd misplaced clue and dubious question (like that "eating hot chicken wings" tossup), each question on its own was quite strong and well-edited. Ho...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 16)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15620
Re: 2021 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 16)
The main problem with determining whom to exclude is that the criteria are mostly based on statistics, and statistics are a very imperfect measure of a player's strength. Considering that most teams neg at least 2-3 times a game, a player could conceivably put up around 25 PPG just by picking up the...
- Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16304
Re: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll
I don't normally post, but I'm going to shill for some of my teammates and other Northeast people. First, my teammates: Andrew Zeng is incredibly good. He's able to consistently power lit and history, despite being on a team with Cerulean and Pedro for history, and also gets FA (moreso VFA, because ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 28148
Re: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
Our choices, given NAQT's refusal, were highly limited, and the volunteer staff of the ASCA board, made up almost entirely of active teachers, simply could not undertake writing the huge number of rounds needed to run the event ourselves, and frankly, lack the experience to write quality questions ...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Online Quiz Bowl Can Be Improved
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7553
Re: Online Quiz Bowl Can Be Improved
Regarding seeing buzzes while using Zoom, what I've found works is putting zoom with the chat on the left side and the packet on the right, so you can see in your peripheral vision when the Zoom chat moves.
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying Current Events
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5482
Re: Studying Current Events
What I would recommend is just reading the newspaper every day; if it’s an important story, it’s likely to show up more than once so it’s easier to remember. If your school has copies of the WSJ or New York Times, you could also take advantage of that.
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10917
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Now that the first half of the season is drawing to a close, are there any new predictions/takes people have?
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NSC 2019 Set Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15274
Re: NSC 2019 Set Discussion
Could I please see the tossup on speed limits? I really liked the idea but I think that there should have been more latitude for the moderator to accept equivalent answers.
- Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 57316
Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Could I please see the "Queens" tossup (we firstlined it and I wanted to see what the other clues were), the "Alaska" one, and the "zero" one?