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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Ancient/Medieval History balance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1200
Re: Ancient/Medieval History balance
I haven't worked on enough sets to know to what degree this is standard practice, but for the ARCADIAs the history editors have always sub-distributed by time period, and certainly the early medieval period is one of those time periods. It seems not at all unreasonable or difficult to mandate 1 or 2...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2024 DMA @ UNC 3/2/2024
- Replies: 1
- Views: 458
Re: 2024 DMA @ UNC 3/2/2024
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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2024 DMA @ UNC 3/2/2024
- Replies: 1
- Views: 458
2024 DMA @ UNC 3/2/2024
I’m delighted to announce that UNC will be hosting a mirror of DMA on March 2nd, 2024. DMA is a 1.5 dot set, meaning it is about halfway in between the difficulties of ACF Fall and ACF Winter, and so should be a great set for teams newer to the college quizbowl scene. More information about the set ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 990
2023 ARCADIA Specific Question Discussion
This thread is for discussing specific questions in ARCADIIIA.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:02 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ARCADIA General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1891
2023 ARCADIA General Discussion
This thread is for general discussion of ARCADIIIA (i.e. anything not involving analysis of a single question).
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT SCT @ UNC
- Replies: 1
- Views: 620
2023 NAQT SCT @ UNC
I'm delighted to announce that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be hosting the Lower Mid-Atlantic site of the 2023 NAQT SCT on Sunday, February 5th. The opening meeting will be at 8:45 AM and gameplay will begin at 9 AM. I, Jonathan Shauf, will be the Tournament Director. Eligibi...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 4:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2022 Tar Heel Cup (11/12/2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1353
Re: 2022 Tar Heel Cup (11/12/2022)
I'll close the field tomorrow, so if you want to sign up please do so over the next day.
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2022 Tar Heel Cup (11/12/2022)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1353
2022 Tar Heel Cup (11/12/2022)
I am pleased to announce the 2022 Tarheel Cup will take place on November 12, 2022. This tournament will use the Show-Me set, Information about which can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25949. The tournament will take place at Dey Hall at UNC. The opening meeting will be...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 12:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Winter Closed @ UNC 10/1
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1134
2022 Winter Closed @ UNC 10/1
I am pleased to announce that UNC will host the lower mid-Atlantic site of Winter Closed. More information on the set can be found here . The tournament will be hosted in Dey Hall, and the tournament director will be Jacob Egol of Duke. The Opening Meeting will begin at 8:45 AM and gameplay will beg...
- Thu May 19, 2022 1:58 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18155
Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
RESULTS: 16 ballots received: Jonathan Shauf, Vincent Du, Henry Goff, Nathan Zhang, Amogh Kulkarni, Tracy Mirkin, Matthew Lehmann, Caleb Kendrick, Connor Mayers, Max Gedajlovic, Jacob Augelli, Michal Germaisiuk, Ben Miller, Lia Rathburn, Will Alston, Tim Morrison 1. Matt Bollinger 350 (consensus 1) ...
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 2:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18155
Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
I second everything Henry said about Vincent; he is a wonderful quizbowl player and human being. You should definitely consider ranking him in your top 10. Also definitely rank him subject wise for science, afa, and thought, he is top 5 in all of these categories for sure. You should also be ranking...
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18155
Re: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Note: The initial post has been adjusted to account for some suggested changes in the discord.
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18155
2021-22 Collegiate Player Poll
Here is the player poll for this year. Vote for your top 25 active players who played at least one tournament this season. By popular request, it is also required that ranked players must have either played ICT or ACF Nationals (or was planning to until a cancelled flight or something like that) to ...
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12186
Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Thanks and General Discussion
I thought this set was really fun to play. As someone playing nats for the first time, it was far more enjoyable than I had anticipated. The philosophy in this set in particular was overall a blast- the tossups on Gorgias, Tarski, and al-Farabi were some of my favorites and the SEP and Kyoto School ...
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
Re: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
Due to a lack of registrations, we have decided to cancel the tournament.
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
Re: *Date Change* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
Hi all, due to a lack of registrations and some issues with reserving buildings at UNC, we have decided to postpone this tournament to 4/16. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
- Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
Re: *Date Change* 2022 Tarheel Cup (03/19/2022)
Given responses we have had from teams, we have decided to postpone this tournament to March 19.
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
Re: 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
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- Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: *CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
*CANCELLED* 2022 Tarheel Cup (04/16/2022)
I am delighted to announce that the UNC Academic Team will host the Tar Heel Cup on March 19th, 2022. This tournament will use the Dart II question set, a hard high school set. I, Jonathan Shauf, will be the tournament director. Please direct any questions about this tournament to me at jonajo@email...
- Fri Oct 29, 2021 2:56 pm
- Forum: South Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: North Carolina 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5148
Re: North Carolina 2021-22
I don't know a ton about most high school teams in NC these days, but East Chapel Hill definitely comes out of the gate best team in the state, with BMB being one of the best players in the country. Enloe returns Chinmay if I recall correctly, so them and TJ Classical, who return everyone from their...
- Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020–21 Player Poll
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7316
Re: 2020–21 Player Poll
Vincent Du and Annabelle Yang both deserve heavy consideration for this poll. Vincent is among the top 10-15 in the country in sci (especially chem and physics), FA, and PSS and gets good buzzes across the distribution. He outscored some very good players at the NASAT UMD mirror and scales incredib...
- Thu May 13, 2021 11:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Supervision of High Schools Teams at Tournaments
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2610
Re: Supervision of High Schools Teams at Tournaments
I am curious as to who counts as an "adult" here- is it just anyone over 18?
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4913
Re: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
I will step in to plug my alma mater for a minute. Thomas Jefferson Classical consists of geography-based humanities generalist Dominik Mystkowski, Science Player Camden Sloan, History/Geo/CE Player Aidan O'Reilly, and Lit/CE/some general humanities player Jack Parker. The team is almost assuredly b...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13421
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)
I'm going to UNC Chapel Hill next year, and will definitely play as much quizbowl as possible.
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HFT XIV Online Mirror (May 23rd, Closed)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3891
Re: HFT XIV Online Mirror (May 23rd, Closed)
TJ Classical would like to register a team.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Grapes of Smath IV at NCSSM (Durham, NC) - 4/4/2020
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1413
Re: Grapes of Smath IV at NCSSM (Durham, NC) - 4/4/2020
Presumably, this tournament is no longer happening?
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Nationals Alternatives?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6652
Re: Nationals Alternatives?
As a person not very familiar with the work involved in running any kind of tournament, what is the feasibility of running any sort of nationals replacement tournament online? A small tournament involving just the top few teams would not involve my team and hundreds of other teams, but could perhaps...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Understanding Literature as a Category
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7197
Re: Understanding Literature as a Category
I am also a literature player, but for a long time lit was my weakest category. I have actually had the opposite experience you describe; I have learned more about lit than any other category through quiz bowl, as I have gone from not caring for the subject at all to potentially considering it for a...
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8983
Re: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
did this tournament happen already?
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6753
Re: 2019-20 NC Discussion
I agree, although it seems the Charlotte circuit is taking some slow steps forward. Myers Park has been active in recent years, South Iredell is becoming serious, and at least one player at Providence (Samanyu) is interested in taking quizbowl more seriously. Good luck in that Aadit, that sounds lik...
- Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6753
Re: 2019-20 NC Discussion
I would second everything Aadit said. I would also like to add South Iredell into the mix. They were a young team and return all of their major scorers. They beat us at regionals, and if they cover up some of their weaknesses, they could be a real contender at states. Enloe is another team well wort...
- Fri May 31, 2019 9:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 58056
Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Could I see the religion tossup on fools?
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: [North Carolina] 2019 Tarheel Cup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3773
Re: [North Carolina] 2019 Tarheel Cup
Is this tournament happening?
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23968
Re: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
Looks like you didn't have Bonfire of the Manatees on IS-179.
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- Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:20 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks Middle School Edition!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3250
Re: Groger Ranks Middle School Edition!
Will high school sets played on by middle schoolers be taken into account in these rankings?
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 3:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Growing Young Players
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6463
Growing Young Players
We have a number of young/inexperienced players on our team. Is it best to try to have easier practices to try to slowly bring them up to A-team level, or are more intense practices and harder questions a better way to accomplish this?
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9119
Re: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
You can definitely have two history specialists on the same team. On my team, our lead two scorers are primarily history players (one of which is me). It does work well, though, if you can subdivide the History cannon, as I'm mainly US and our other lead scorer does mostly world. However, if there i...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3327
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the "Holy Spirit" tossup?
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 NC discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8932
Re: 2018-19 NC discussion
Mid-Season Analysis 1. East Chapel Hill A (Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Nick Parker, William Ke, Sophie Cronin, Andy Badea) Groger Rank: 66 Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford has now burst onto the scene, and if anything, he's even better than I anticipated. He's already one of the 3 best players in the state, ...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3901
Re: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
Thank you to the TDs for running this tournament. It was a great experience for me and my team.
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying specific parts of the Lit Cannon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6534
Studying specific parts of the Lit Cannon
I recently decided to take on British literature. Are there study guides or lists of topics somewhere that would help me hone my studies?
- Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Keeping Motivation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7014
Re: Keeping Motivation
Do you have a studying routine? I always force myself to go through my quizlet cards as a routine, even when I have no motivation. Then, when I get sudden bursts of motivation, I do a bunch of extra studying, too.
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
- Replies: 45
- Views: 34039
Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19
Well, we're not quite in last.
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PHSAT XXVI at Princeton University (9/29/18)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10364
Re: PHSAT XXVI at Princeton University (9/29/18)
Will the stats for this be put on NAQT?
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 NC discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8932
Re: 2018-19 NC discussion
Here's my top 5: 1. Early College at Guilford A possible A-team: Derek Chen, Ridge Ren, Ben Johnson, Kiran Soma I think Derek and Ridge are good enough to keep them atop the state, and might be able to make a run at HSNCT. My prediction is T-32 at HSNCT. 2. East Chapel Hill A possible A-team: Nick P...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Past Bee Nationals results
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8158
Past Bee Nationals results
I noticed that the links for bee nationals results prior to 2017 on the history bowl website don't work. Are the results available somewhere, or have they been lost to the sands of time?
- Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Expa
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7005
Re: Expa
I think it depends on what you enjoy learning about. If you enjoy learning about history or science, go ahead and study it. If, however, you don't enjoy learning about it and find it boring, then stick to lit. You'll retain information much better if you learn things you're interested in.
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Turning a small, mediocre team into a good one
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5027
Re: Turning a small, mediocre team into a good one
Thank you all for the tips. Hopefully you'll hear from us again soon.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 NC discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8932
Re: 2018-19 NC discussion
I guess I'll post my analysis first. Early College look like they take a huge hit, losing Tejas and Sylvia. They return Derek and Ridge, but don't seem to retain much other significant scoring. I don't know what freshmen they bring in, but it's highly possible they gain some serious talent there, wi...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Turning a small, mediocre team into a good one
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5027
Re: Turning a small, mediocre team into a good one
There are tons of historical threads on the forums about getting your team from mediocre to contender. Obviously none of them offer quick-fixes, but the collective wisdom of those threads can be mined pretty quickly by going into either this section, the New High School Teams section, or the Best o...