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- Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Penn Bowl at UNC (4 November)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2379
Penn Bowl at UNC (4 November)
Hello all, UNC Quizbowl is very excited to officially announce that the Lower Mid-Atlantic mirror of 2023 Penn Bowl will be hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on November 4th, 2023. We apologize for the delay in getting this post up, but greatly appreciate everyone’s patience!...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4480
Re: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
A thought experiment used to criticize this theory considers an unemployed chemist named George. The“average” version of this theory is subject to Parfit’s mere addition paradox. A two-level version of this theory created by R. M. Hare posits a threshold of critical thinking to switch between its “...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8137
Re: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion
I wrote this comment before I saw the one above this. In general, I thought this was a well-written set, with pretty much only one actual complaint worth mentioning. That's that, although the combined 1/1 of other ac/geo/ce/pop culture was quite well written, the subdistribution, both in terms of wh...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021-22 High School Postseason Poll/Player Poll/Player Appreciation Thread - Results posted?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 24048
Re: 2021-22 High School Postseason Poll/Player Poll/Player Appreciation Thread
NASAT is done so it's time for me to mention just a few of the many people in quiz bowl worth appreciating or deserving of votes. I'm not going to vote in any of the polls, but I'm glad this thread lets me mention all these people: Starting with East Chapel Hill, I'll give a shout out to all of my t...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:39 pm
- Forum: South Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: North Carolina 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4986
Re: North Carolina 2021-22
Hi all :party: I'm a current junior and captain of a team in NC this year. Our coach of many years retired this year, leaving the team with a teacher that doesn't know much about quizbowl outside of NCASA championship tournaments. Has anyone got any advice on what other tournaments we could expect ...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:18 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6313
Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
As promised, here’s a post of an incomplete list of the submitted questions that I liked. There were a lot of really great submissions and I definitely can’t include all of them, particularly in geography where almost every submission had some interesting clues. One of the first submissions I receiv...
- Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4239
Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion
First of all, thank you so much to all the ACF Winter editors; y’all did a great job with this set and I’m incredibly grateful for your wonderful suggestions and feedback on my questions. I’d like to especially thank Tim for his work as a head editor; he did an outstanding job making sure we were al...
- Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:22 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6313
Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
I really liked the set overall! This was a great first collegiate in-person playing experience for me. A few questions stood out to me: The tossup on the Alps in what I believe was Editors 1 was for me the most unfortunate/annoying tossup of the set to play. The tossup used the indicator "this...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16194
Re: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll
All right, I'll post everything I know about NC people worth putting on the polls, although I'm not sure if I want to fill out the poll. Rasheeq Azad (North Carolina School of Science and Math) is the only NC player who really should be ranked in a subject poll. He's far and away the top science pla...
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LHASA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3523
Re: LHASA
The LHASA field is closed. Games will begin shortly, after which stats will be posted. Thanks to everyone who has signed up! Also, let me know if anyone who is playing is not in the server- your teammates should have forwarded you the server link.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LHASA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3523
Re: LHASA
Hi, so we just created a team...can we still sign up for LHASA? I noticed we weren't paired with any other teams on the spreadsheet yet, so that's why I'm asking. I filled out the spreadsheet a few days ago btw. User was reminded to enable a signature. --Mgmt. Yes, although this puts you on the wai...
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6464
Re: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
A few things to discuss: How verbose should answer lines be and how much moderator discretion should one give? We generally tried to include as many answers as reasonable in the answer lines (although of course there were some oversights). There were some cases I heard about where answers like &quo...
- Mon May 24, 2021 5:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LHASA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3523
LHASA
The mods of the HSQB server and other associated staffers and writers are pleased to present to you LHASA: League of HSQB Associated Summer Activities. This will be a synchronous summer league spanning from late June to early August. Teams will play 1-2 matches per week during that time frame. It wi...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: East of Eden [Online, NC/TN/SC/GA, April 10]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1991
Re: East of Eden [Online, NC/TN/SC/GA, April 10]
Field update:
Southside, SC (2)
Chattahoochee, GA (3)
Panther Creek, NC (2)
Raleigh Charter, NC (1)
NCSSM, NC (2)
We'll close registration on Friday, April 2.
Southside, SC (2)
Chattahoochee, GA (3)
Panther Creek, NC (2)
Raleigh Charter, NC (1)
NCSSM, NC (2)
We'll close registration on Friday, April 2.
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check
- Replies: 6
- Views: 786
Re: Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check
I'm considering running a bluegrass bracket starting probably around June and am wondering if people would actually be interested in such a thing. I plan on running the gauntlet all the way from the old days of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers to about the year 2000, with a few exceptions. I am...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT 2021 Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 532
Re: BHSAT 2021 Discussion
I'll touch on a few of the other issues you brought up. Looking over the list of questions in each packet, I don't get the sense that the early packets were significantly richer in "extracanonical" content than later ones, but that could be because the term is pretty loosely defined and w...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT 2021 Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 532
Re: BHSAT 2021 Discussion
All in all, I enjoyed this set and y'all definitely did a good job adding in extracanonical content, which was the highlight of the set. It definitely didn't "feel" harder than the topics that come up more, but that might just have been my perception. In particular, I liked the expansive a...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: East of Eden [Online, NC/TN/SC/GA, April 10]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1991
East of Eden [Online, NC/TN/SC/GA, April 10]
The East Chapel Hill quiz bowl team would like to welcome you to East of Eden, our mirror of the SATURNALIA question set, on Saturday April 10, 2021. This tournament will be held entirely online, using the Discord platform for quiz bowl tournaments. The tournament will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4785
Re: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
Here's a form for NC NASAT: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe41UMorr1L8HPKCg1z3qo2SZho_aiX3FnLTFNmqgfBE1FnLg/viewform?usp=sf_link . Please fill it out if you're interested in participating in our NASAT team. We've been discussing how this will work in the NC quiz bowl Discord, and are exci...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
Congratulations to Ravenscroft A for winning this tournament with a 7-0 record!
https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... /combined/ are the stats for this tournament.
https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... /combined/ are the stats for this tournament.
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
We can now pay staff $20!
Also, a more updated field:
NC:
East Chapel Hill A
East Chapel Hill B
Ravenscroft A
Ravenscroft B
Ravenscroft C
SC:
SCGSSM
Dorman A
Dorman B
Wade Hampton A
Wade Hampton B
Hillcrest A
Also, a more updated field:
NC:
East Chapel Hill A
East Chapel Hill B
Ravenscroft A
Ravenscroft B
Ravenscroft C
SC:
SCGSSM
Dorman A
Dorman B
Wade Hampton A
Wade Hampton B
Hillcrest A
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
Field update (as of October 26): East Chapel Hill A (NC) Hillcrest A (SC) Dorman A (SC) Dorman B (SC) SCGSSM (SC) Wade Hampton A (SC) Wade Hampton B (SC) Additionally there are some more teams that are tentative. We would like all registrations in by November 7. We are also looking for staffers. Unf...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
Re: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
We are officially opening this tournament to teams in South Carolina. The name will remain the same.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2382
NC Novice and Outreach Tournament- November 14 (online but in NC only)
What is this tournament? This is a tournament meant for novice players and schools with limited quiz bowl experience in the state of North Carolina. It will occur on November 14, and be run online using the Discord platform. Students must have some ability to connect to Discord for the purposes of ...
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4785
Re: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
All right so I guess I better post in this thread so there's some actual discussion. NC's definitely very up in the air for next year- there are lots of teams that could be very good. I'm not going to do a traditional team-by-team summary because of all the uncertainty. Instead, I'll just talk about...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48496
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
In at least some cases, teams that attend tournaments without a coach/advisor have made attempts to find a teacher who is willing to advise them in some capacity. This is an abbreviated version of longer happenings, but in my school's case, a few times, our normal advisor was not able to do various ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 23324
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
I'd strongly encourage all outreach e-mails to schools to include information about the misconduct form and codes of conduct for quiz bowl. The PACE newsletter right now does not contain a link to the misconduct form as far as I can tell. If we want programs that might not be very plugged into the c...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 5:11 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10887
Re: On the Abundance of High School Sets During the Pandemic [And Its Problems]
If what the online quiz bowl scene looks like next season is similar to what it looked like this season, most sets will be having only one online mirror (or maybe a few, but not as many as they would in a normal environment). As such, the surplus of sets will be less of a problem if quiz bowl stays ...
- Sun May 03, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUN 2020: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 692
Re: SUN 2020: Specific Question Discussion
SUN was a fun set to play; thank you all for writing it. There were a lot of great questions in this set; some of the tossups I particularly enjoyed were the one on fathers in poetry, the one on the Pacific Ocean, and the one on Los Angeles. I think the set will do a good job as a novice set, since ...
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southeast End Of Year Poll
- Replies: 1
- Views: 889
Re: Southeast End Of Year Poll
VA other than DC Metro is acceptable, right? For my purposes, the SEgion is NC, TN, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL, and LA, plus VA outside the Metro area. Here are all the people I have played in person who you should vote for: From my own team, Ewan Mitchell is a senior and as far as I know is the best trash ...
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Quiz Bowl Scrimmages - IQBL and QuizBowlSystems
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2552
Re: Online Quiz Bowl Scrimmages - IQBL and QuizBowlSystems
April 14th is not a Thursday. Do you mean Tuesday?
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient 4" quadrant
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1052
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient 4" quadrant
4/61: Dumuzu v Athyr A month for floods would be a great idea, except we would have to move it around in the calendar whenever flooding began to hit, since most of the world doesn't have predictable floods 29/36: Mounichion v 1 Crocodile 1 Crocodile is probably safe if it is in a good enclosure. I w...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1593
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
3/62: Thermidor v Self-Existing The Thermidor reaction is a lot more important than "Self-Existing", despite it being one of the more interesting Dreamspell months 30/35: Pédale v Frederick Sorry but Frederick's just an actual important figure, rather than a random invented French thing. 1...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1691
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant
1/64: June v Sip I know Sip is a 64 seed, but I'm intrigued by the idea of a month for red conjunctions. 32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi Midwinter is a nice time of the year, and I don't see why we need a festival for hungry ghosts. 17/48: December v Eryue The Julio-Gregorian months are somewhat overused, e...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "religious" play-in round
- Replies: 15
- Views: 953
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "religious" play-in round
45 seed: Daθušō v Āθrō A month named for fire seems like it could be a useful thing. 51 seed: Xšaθrahe Vairyehe v Amərətātō More months should have the xš consonant cluster in them. 62 seed: Elul v Tammuz If they didn't exclude a Mesopotamian god from the calendar then, I don't see why I would want ...
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1239
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
40 seed: Thargelion v Anthesterion
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore
- Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8935
Re: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
Is anybody else interested in getting together a NASAT team from NC? NASAT info is here: https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewt ... =2&t=23781. I would have some interest in this event, a nationals tournament with teams representing different states. Thank you.
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9523
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Perhaps NAQT would be more amenable to changing the rule for college quizbowl only? I don't think high schoolers have similar complaints, especially because NAQT timing rules are pretty standard for high school, whereas the vast majority of college tournaments use different timing rules (5/5/5). (F...
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6706
Re: 2019-20 NC Discussion
Since it's the winter break for North Carolina quiz bowl, I thought I would post some of my thoughts about who the best teams in NC are right now. One caveat: NC has only had a few tournaments this year so far. NCSSM looks to be the top candidate for the best team in NC this year, and criminally und...
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Questions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6343
Geography Questions
WARNING: East Chapel Hill people, please don't look. I'll read these to you all at some practice. I read some geography questions on the Discord a bit ago, and I would appreciate any feedback you all can give. They're supposed to be roughly HS Nats/Easy college level. https://docs.google.com/documen...
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Preseason Discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8917
Re: Preseason Discussion
This is incredibly overly optimistic. I don't really cover many categories well at the high school level; just geography and a few bits of other categories. Also, Ewan does a good deal of literature and trash in addition to history. We also just barely got T-49 at HSNCT, and we lose a lot of seniors...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6706
Re: 2019-20 NC Discussion
I would also like to add a few points of consideration to this conversation as I am one of the rising freshmen from Smith Middle School. I do not know much about the current High School situation but I would like to add a few points. 1. Playing with BMB myself in the past, he is an incredibly talen...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6706
Re: 2019-20 NC Discussion
Seeing all that has been posted in this thread, I have to say that I agree with almost all of it, and I will add to it with some thoughts of my own. Teams are loosely organized by geographical area in order to highlight the very correct statement that teams in NC are heavily clustered in certain are...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CAST Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1517
Re: CAST Specific Question Discussion
Thank you for posting those questions.
The only tossup I really have any negative feedback on is the existence of God question. God should be a prompt for the existence of God. They are both very similar concepts, and the use of the word idea could conceivably refer to either of them.
The only tossup I really have any negative feedback on is the existence of God question. God should be a prompt for the existence of God. They are both very similar concepts, and the use of the word idea could conceivably refer to either of them.
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CAST Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1517
Re: CAST Specific Question Discussion
Thank you all for writing CAST! This was a great set and the questions were very enjoyable to play on! I played at the Tarheel Cup mirror.
Could I see the tossups on 1066, the existence of God, Pakistan, Antigone, and the religion questions from packet 2? Thank you.
Could I see the tossups on 1066, the existence of God, Pakistan, Antigone, and the religion questions from packet 2? Thank you.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3274
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Could I please see the tossup about the letter s, I think it was?
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Geography Only Question Set (FOHS HÀNGEO)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2023
Re: Geography Only Question Set (FOHS HÀNGEO)
Will cross-country links and ocean questions both be in the other section?
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: community question clinic
- Replies: 95
- Views: 92824
Re: community question clinic
What do you all think of this question? One people of this area was found to use a bilabial trilled affricate which they hid as it was mocked by neighbouring peoples. A road through this area gives access to the Mapinguari National Park near Lábrea, but also allowed access to forests that were turne...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12894
Re: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
However, the main argument for this OP was trying to include more Bollywood movies in the trash distribution, as I don't know much about Indian art film in the first place. The other thing that was also on my mind yesterday was the India film tossup at NSC that included Lagaan along with Apu Trilog...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 NC discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8886
Re: 2018-19 NC discussion
Here are my rankings for the best high school teams in North Carolina: 1. East Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill)- I do play for this team. However, there is a strong argument to be made for East. We won Bonfire of the Manatees. We finished the Enloe tournament 5/18, with a 5-4 record, all those ...