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by bkmcavoybickford
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Penn Bowl at UNC (4 November)
Replies: 0
Views: 2375

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!...
by bkmcavoybickford
Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Fall Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 4477

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 “...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 8129

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 24034

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:39 pm
Forum: South Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: North Carolina 2021-22
Replies: 4
Views: 4971

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:18 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 6310

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 4227

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 6310

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Replies: 30
Views: 16188

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LHASA
Replies: 3
Views: 3514

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.
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LHASA
Replies: 3
Views: 3514

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 PACE NSC Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 6460

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon May 24, 2021 5:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LHASA
Replies: 3
Views: 3514

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 1984

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.
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 1984

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 4779

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 2378

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.
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 2378

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
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 2378

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 2378

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.
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 2378

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020-2021 NC Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 4779

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Replies: 68
Views: 48483

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:50 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
Replies: 39
Views: 23315

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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: 10864

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Southeast End Of Year Poll
Replies: 1
Views: 886

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Online Quiz Bowl Scrimmages - IQBL and QuizBowlSystems
Replies: 2
Views: 2547

Re: Online Quiz Bowl Scrimmages - IQBL and QuizBowlSystems

April 14th is not a Thursday. Do you mean Tuesday?
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
Replies: 22
Views: 1590

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "religious" play-in round
Replies: 15
Views: 952

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 ...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
Replies: 22
Views: 1237

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
by bkmcavoybickford
Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
Replies: 13
Views: 8934

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.
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 9521

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 6703

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Preseason Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 8914

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 6703

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-20 NC Discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 6703

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
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.
by bkmcavoybickford
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.
by bkmcavoybickford
Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 3270

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I please see the tossup about the letter s, I think it was?
by bkmcavoybickford
Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Geography Only Question Set (FOHS HÀNGEO)
Replies: 2
Views: 2021

Re: Geography Only Question Set (FOHS HÀNGEO)

Will cross-country links and ocean questions both be in the other section?
by bkmcavoybickford
Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: community question clinic
Replies: 95
Views: 92773

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
Replies: 20
Views: 12889

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...
by bkmcavoybickford
Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018-19 NC discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 8880

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 ...