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- Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:46 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5958
Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll
This is far from a complete list, but they definitely deserve some more recognition: Eshaan Vakil - I'm frankly surprised he's only been mentioned once (big ups to fellow Chargers fan Arthur), but he's straight up one of the best history-based generalists out there. He's also p good with scaling up,...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: CALISTO Academic Tournament (Discord, March 22nd) [TX Only]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1581
Re: CALISTO Academic Tournament (Discord, March 21st/TX-ONLY)
Field Update (as of 3/15/2020): TAG Magnet (2 Teams) Plano West (2 Teams) St. Marks (2 Teams) Coppell Strake Jesuit The new Google Form for signup is linked here. Unfortunately due to CALISTO's insistence on having "regional online mirrors", attempting to get irl events hosted during a pan...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:29 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: CALISTO Academic Tournament (Discord, March 22nd) [TX Only]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1581
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. WAIT Online is $60 per team BHSAT Online (TU only) is $75 per team JBB...
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:16 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Ideal Host Cities for a Nationals Event
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2050
Ideal Host Cities for a Nationals Event
I've spitballed ideas on Discord for ideal host cities for a Nationals-level tournament (HSNCT, NSC, NHBB, etc.). While the events mentioned above all have set plans for future hosts, I feel we can find more places that could potentially be used by these organizations. The first iteration of this li...
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IQBT Looking for Host for 2020 NASAT Main Site
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6990
Re: IQBT Looking for Host for 2020 NASAT Main Site
Is there a possibility down the line to host a NASAT outside of Ohio?
Columbus is definitely a more ideal site compared to Lexington, however air travel there is quite expensive for West Coast teams.
Columbus is definitely a more ideal site compared to Lexington, however air travel there is quite expensive for West Coast teams.
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3363
Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
Is there any way to send an automated direct message to players upon joining the Discord server? Making clarifications about packet security before they post would be a good way to make sure there aren't any slip-ups (although of course this wouldn't account for malicious behavior). Yeah, Dynobot a...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:07 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3363
Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
This may be slightly unrelated, but for those working on housewrite sets:
Don't use Google Drive. Use a proper system like QEMS or Packetizor.
It's much harder for a rogue writer or editor to retaliate by leaking a massive majority of a set using a question management system.
Don't use Google Drive. Use a proper system like QEMS or Packetizor.
It's much harder for a rogue writer or editor to retaliate by leaking a massive majority of a set using a question management system.
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:02 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20837
Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
Alright, looks like I was mistaken. Irvine HS did play in a tournament last year and have signed up for a tournament this year.TheScientists wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:16 am Irvine being the last one to seemingly go missing after 2018
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: EFT High School Discord Open Mirror 1/19
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1496
Re: EFT High School Discord Open Mirror 1/19
As a player in this tournament, I'd first off want to thank Karan, Karsten, and the mods for making this event an awesome and fun tournament. Shoutout to the people who created EFT on making a very stellar set. In a 3-way tie for the top, "Say SoCal LUL One More Time, I Dare You" wins by h...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:06 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2029
Re: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set)
Am I high or did the initial announcement disappear?
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:24 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2029
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:29 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Announcing IACQBank
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1389
Re: IACQBank Shutdown
Hi everyone, Unfortunately, IACQBank no longer exists. This is due to IAC not authorizing third-party projects involving their questions, which is reasonable and I do not have any disagreement with the policy. Regardless of the unfortunate news, I want to thank everyone for their feedback and suppor...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:16 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20837
Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
SoCal is still going relatively strong and has been aided by the major flip of the San Diego City Academic League to full pyramidal questions and scoring. Yet Orange County, Los Angeles, and the assorted suburbs as well as many rural counties just have basically nothing or are overrun by Academic D...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:50 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Protobowl VS NAQT Science Questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1539
Re: Protobowl VS NAQT Science Questions
Quizbug2 is an exquisite option if you want an interactive reader for questions from QuizDB. If you'd like a more protobowl-like experience, I'd recommending using Betterbowl (which also pulls from QuizDB). It's currently still in a beta-phase, but it is a functional program and is useful. https://b...
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6408
Re: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
Josh's and Rohan's analysis are very, very on point. The SoCal circuit this year is quite competitive and strong. I felt I should highlight the current progress of some teams that were part of the Misc. category in Josh's original tier list. Olympian: Olympian has definitely had some rough performan...
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:59 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Studying Current Events
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2320
Re: Studying Current Events
Hey y’all, I want to improve on Current Events but studying it is like reading somebody’s inside jokes and not understanding the backstory. Any way to fix that, and just get a better grip on what’s going on? I personally recommend Wikipedia as the best way to know CE if you want an expansive look. ...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:10 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Announcing IACQBank
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1389
Announcing IACQBank
Hi everyone! I'm really excited to announce the public release of IACQBank v1.0! What is IACQBank? IACQBank is an archive of as many publicly available questions produced by IAC in one convenient place. IACQBank lets you search for questions along with navigating through the archive. IACQBank Featur...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:28 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: [SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY] STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2062
Re: STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)
[redacted by author]
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:40 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: [SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY] STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2062
[SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY] STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)
[redacted by author]
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:43 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7675
Re: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
This set is written entirely by me, Nicholas Zhang from Teterboro, and the editing of the set will be based on rigorous playtesting and feedback by a team of highly experienced college students and high school graduates: Felix Wang, Anson Berns, Mazin Omer, Jamie Faeder, Will Yaeger, Jason Lewis, M...
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Preseason Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7185
Re: Preseason Discussion
Two teams that have been immensely underrated and deserve to be mentioned: Greenhill The Greenhill A team went 8-5 (tied for 49th) at the 2019 HSNCT, led by freshmen Gokulan Anand and Josh Rubel. Gokulan is a wicked literature player and Josh is a solid history and sports player. Shruti Siva and Jud...
- Thu May 30, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: Western Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: SoCal QB Discord
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3814
Re: SoCal QB Discord
Thanks for letting me know!
Updated link: https://discord.gg/wWDCdxH
Updated link: https://discord.gg/wWDCdxH
- Tue May 28, 2019 2:45 am
- Forum: Western Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: SoCal QB Discord
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3814
SoCal QB Discord
Hey everyone!
We have a Discord server for SoCal QB players and enthusiasts!
Link here: https://discord.gg/jY9tEZ
(Everyone is welcome, discussion is more centered around the SoCal QB circuit.)
We have a Discord server for SoCal QB players and enthusiasts!
Link here: https://discord.gg/jY9tEZ
(Everyone is welcome, discussion is more centered around the SoCal QB circuit.)
- Fri May 24, 2019 7:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6408
Southern California 2019-20 Discussion
The 2018-19 season is coming to an end soon, and to (hopefully) increase hype for the SoCal circuit, here's the thread for the 2019-20 SoCal season season for things that don't pertain to scheduling.
- Fri May 24, 2019 4:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6596
Re: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
On another note - how many HSNCT qualifying events will be in SoCal?
- Fri May 24, 2019 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6596
Re: Southern California 2019-2020 Scheduling Discussion
We also should try to have 3 NHBB tournaments this season with one in OC, SD, and LA. Regarding having 3 NHBB events, would the OC event be running B Set, or C Set? My two cents here, but an OC event isn't really gonna be ideal to have simply cause the "local" OC circuit is pretty miniscu...
- Sun May 19, 2019 12:00 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Running Club Meetings
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10636
Re: Running Club Meetings
Hey! It's great to see that you're taking charge when it comes to improving your school's QB team. For your first question, try to have a short break during practice (say a 5-minute break for an hour practice session) in order to essentially "push" the side conversations away from serious ...
- Mon May 13, 2019 8:38 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: NAQT IS/HS Level Math
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5164
- Mon May 13, 2019 1:57 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: NAQT IS/HS Level Math
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5164
NAQT IS/HS Level Math
I'm new to doing quizbowl (I've only done NHBB to date), and I'm beginning my QB grind. How should I approach to prepping Math?
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:07 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Nah - I'd say it was justified. They were really badly written.weissnichtwo9 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:47 am ...shoddily-written tossups created from Ameya’s notes, and plagiarized questions. I took one look at it and described it as something that belongs in the Hadean Eon (I might have been overly harsh with that)
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:06 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:10 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: Books & Material
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5010
Re: Books & Material
It's already too late in your scenario (sorry about that!) - but I'd also like to mention that search engines like QuizDB are also a great resource for last minute stuff. YouTube channels like Kings & Generals, Extra Credits, and Historia Civilis are also great last-minute things to binge or pla...
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:08 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Here was my main plan for NHBB Online: Have a tournament with "compilation" packets where we'd collect a bunch of previous tossups and make relevant and normal edits to them to prevent them from cheating and whatnot. I also had the idea of throwing in some housewrites too. I promoted it on...
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:00 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: Past Bee Nationals results
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5907
Re: Past Bee Nationals results
They seem to be working as of right now.
https://www.historybowl.com/nationals/past-results/
https://www.historybowl.com/nationals/past-results/
- Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:48 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Whatever plan I had with using the IS-level set we're working on has already been ceased I do not plan on doing a "tournament" for it
- Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:26 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Final Results: 1st Place - Sam Brochin 2nd Place - Conor Thompson 3rd Place - Nate Rybner, Aadit Juneja, Alan Wu, Steven Wang And if you are wondering, the finals were a 15 TU packet. Do I plan on ever hosting a Discord Tournament like this? Well yes, but but I'll probably just go for only housewrit...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Due to time constraints - we will be using older, obscure packets for the WC and finals game in order to not cause further delay.
Due to this - we will not upload any packets publicly.
Thank you for understanding!
Due to this - we will not upload any packets publicly.
Thank you for understanding!
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:43 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
A few clarifications: - I just want to make clear that NHBB/IHBB has no affiliation or endorsement of the event. (This has been put in the first lines of the registration form and in the Discord server) - I have made shortsighted decisions as to the creation of the first packet and clues in specific...
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
And yes - the other 88 questions are housewrites. So will the Wildcard packet and Finals packet.
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
I probably should put a public clarficiation. Based off of IHBB/NHBB packets is defined as basing our housewrites from the rossups tyles and type of topics that you would expect at an IHBB/NHBB match. Out of the 90 tossups we wrote, only 2 were direct copies and we redacted those 2 in the copies tha...
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:49 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
The preliminary tournament has been wrapped up! Results are attached here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TzFZpStVd2OCM_X_GF01_ixPz95kzRUF7pYePRLWnNI/edit?usp=sharing The playoffs will be on Monday, April 22nd @ 6PM PST on the Discord Server (link above). The Wildcard game will be at the sa...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:15 am
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17672
2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
We will be hosting a Discord Tournament based off of NHBB/IHBB packets on 4/18/2019 @ 4:30PM PST.
Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/qD6oWqwH3jQM14dz9
Join the tournament center after sign-up here: https://discord.gg/Qre5bjT
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks
Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/qD6oWqwH3jQM14dz9
Join the tournament center after sign-up here: https://discord.gg/Qre5bjT
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: NHBB on Discord
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4714
NHBB on Discord
Hey everyone!
We have an "un-official" Discord server for NHBB discussion.
Link here: https://discord.gg/rGhj97Z
We have an "un-official" Discord server for NHBB discussion.
Link here: https://discord.gg/rGhj97Z
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Haven't recieved my NAQT Account Activation E-Mail
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1713
Haven't recieved my NAQT Account Activation E-Mail
I haven't recieved my NAQT Account Activation E-mail. I registered a day ago, and have not recieved anything. I contacted NAQT (at [email protected] and [email protected]) and haven't recieved any response.
What should I do? Should I delete my account and make a new one?
What should I do? Should I delete my account and make a new one?