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by QuestionCactus
Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MCMT Northeast HS Mirror [April 25, 2021] (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)
Replies: 2
Views: 2571

Re: MCMT Northeast HS Mirror [April 25, 2021] (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)

Tournament expanded to NY/NJ (schools from other states can request an exemption).
by QuestionCactus
Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: [Canceled] DART DMV HS Mirror [May 2, 2021] (DE, MD, VA)
Replies: 1
Views: 1316

[Canceled] DART DMV HS Mirror [May 2, 2021] (DE, MD, VA)

The DART DMV HS Mirror will take place online on May 2, 2021. Contact arjun.panickssery@gmail.com with any questions. Geographic Restriction High school teams in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia can compete in this tournament. Teams in other states can find their regional mirror here: DART 2020-2021...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MCMT Northeast HS Mirror [April 25, 2021] (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)
Replies: 2
Views: 2571

MCMT Northeast HS Mirror [April 25, 2021] (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT)

The MCMT Northeast HS Mirror will take place online on April 25th, 2021. Contact arjun.panickssery@gmail.com with any questions. Geographic Restriction High school teams in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont can compete in this tournamen...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]
Replies: 6
Views: 3539

Re: STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]

The tournament will now be a combined southeast/Mid-Atlantic mirror.
by QuestionCactus
Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Delta Burke HS Open Mirror [March 28, 2021]
Replies: 2
Views: 3226

Re: Delta Burke HS Open Mirror [March 28, 2021]

Team Formation Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

You should update this spreadsheet but only the registration form is official and determines the actual field.
by QuestionCactus
Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Delta Burke HS Open Mirror [March 28, 2021]
Replies: 2
Views: 3226

Delta Burke HS Open Mirror [March 28, 2021]

The Delta Burke High School Mirror will take place online on March 28th, 2021. Contact arjun.panickssery@gmail.com with any questions. Eligibility This tournament is open . A team's players don't have to attend the same school. Question Set Delta Burke is an easy college set, so it's similar in diff...
by QuestionCactus
Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: STASH Southeast HS Mirror [4/3/2021] (KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)
Replies: 1
Views: 1605

Re: STASH Southeast HS Mirror [4/3/2021] (KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)

Field (8)
Chattahoochee (3)
DCDS (1)
NCSSM (1)
Kinkaid (1)
Solon (1)
Stanton College Prep (1)
by QuestionCactus
Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]
Replies: 6
Views: 3539

Re: STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]

Field (14)
Liberty (3)
William & Mary (2)
UVA (1)
Lake Land College (1)
New College of Florida (1)
Rutgers (2)
Florida (1)
Kenyon (1)
UNC (1)
West Virginia (1)
by QuestionCactus
Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]
Replies: 6
Views: 3539

STASH Southeast/Mid-Atlantic College Mirror [4/24/2021]

The STASH Mid-Atlantic College Mirror will take place online on April 24rd, 2021. Contact arjun.panickssery@gmail.com with any questions. Geographic Restriction College teams in Alabama, the Carolinas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, ...
by QuestionCactus
Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: STASH Southeast HS Mirror [4/3/2021] (KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)
Replies: 1
Views: 1605

STASH Southeast HS Mirror [4/3/2021] (KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)

The STASH Southeast HS Mirror will take place online on April 3rd, 2021. Contact arjun.panickssery@gmail.com with any questions. Geographic Restriction High school teams in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida can compete in this tournament....
by QuestionCactus
Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]
Replies: 2
Views: 2822

Re: QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]

Update: Stop applying to staff. We have more staff applicants than registered players. The staff acceptance rate is officially lower than Cornell's admission rate.
by QuestionCactus
Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]
Replies: 2
Views: 2822

Re: QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]

Field (15) You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack (Allen Wang & Joseph George) now i am become imposter, destroyer of sus (Anna Brusilovsky & Hazen Griffin) Rosenegcrantz and Guildnegstern Are Dead (John Wang & Coby Tran) wanderer above the sea of pog (Charles Young & Rohan Kher) Lad...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]
Replies: 2
Views: 2822

QuizDroid Open II (Designate Bowl) [1/30, HS Open, Scottie]

This is an online doubles tournament scheduled for January 30th, 2020. Contact arjun [dot] panickssery [at gmail.com] for any questions. After the astronomical success of QuizDroid Open I, we return for another day of confusion and wild guesses. Last May saw over 90 negs per round. I believe that wi...
by QuestionCactus
Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Calendar of Online Events, 2020-2021 Season
Replies: 0
Views: 3302

Calendar of Online Events, 2020-2021 Season

Post here or send a PM to have your event added. Some events may have regional restrictions. See the linked forum listings for details. 11/7: Clarke Fall II [IS-195] ; CATT XVI Main Site ; ACF Winter High School Mirror ; Tigertown Throwdown [IS-196A] 11/8: IKEA HS Open Mirror ; Qblitz Novice Open 11...
by QuestionCactus
Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: AQBL: Tournament Schedule Update
Replies: 0
Views: 1568

AQBL: Tournament Schedule Update

For our future monthly tournaments, the AQBL will merge the Pacific Northwest, West, Plains, Midwest, and Texas regions into a single Western Division . The Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions will be merged into an Eastern Division . In addition to our scheduled tournaments, we will be a...
by QuestionCactus
Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:30 am
Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: AQBL: Leadership Transition Announcement
Replies: 0
Views: 5628

AQBL: Leadership Transition Announcement

Due to illness, Joe Feldman is stepping down from his role as President of the AQBL. Under Joe's leadership, the AQBL undertook a nationwide outreach effort, reaching hundreds of teams and guiding them through the transition to online quiz bowl. He worked tirelessly to reach out to teams, school adm...
by QuestionCactus
Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Good Databases/Software?
Replies: 3
Views: 4610

Re: Good Databases/Software?

If you have a Samsung or certain other Android devices, you can download the QuizDroid mobile app on Google Play. There is a similar app for iOS called QuizDB.
by QuestionCactus
Sun May 24, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]
Replies: 4
Views: 2835

Re: Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]

Congratulations to Dengtong (Chinmay Sahasrabudhe, Aum Mundhe, and Andrew Zeng) for winning the event.

Stats are available at https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... s/overall/
by QuestionCactus
Mon May 11, 2020 8:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
Replies: 7
Views: 4193

Re: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]

Congratulations to our top finishers: 4) The Two Gentlemen of Corona 3) Adventurum Optimum Clementis Grumionisque 2) Card Simp 1) The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance :trophy: There's no software I think that accommodates four teams in a game, so it may be a day or two before I get stats for the datab...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]
Replies: 4
Views: 2835

Re: Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]

Current Field: Reinstein Online Field Spreadsheet

(This is view-only. Register a team with this form or join the free agent list with this other form.)
by QuestionCactus
Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:50 am
Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: Calendar of Online Events
Replies: 22
Views: 39647

Re: Calendar of Online Events

The high school open tournament Reinstein Online will be on May 24th.
by QuestionCactus
Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
Replies: 7
Views: 4193

Re: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]

Arjun_G wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:25 pm Are there any vacancies for staffing, or is it full?
It's currently full.
by QuestionCactus
Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]
Replies: 4
Views: 2835

Reinstein Online [May 24th, HS Open]

This is a high school open tournament scheduled for May 24th, 2020 . Contact arjun [dot] panickssery [at gmail.com] for any questions. It is open to all players in high school or younger. Question Set Reinstein Online will be run on the 2019-2020 Reinstein Set . The editing team and topic distributi...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
Replies: 7
Views: 4193

Re: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]

High Dependency Unit wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:29 pm How can you ensure that players don't have a way of communicating with one another about when to buzz in?
We will request that they refrain.

Regrettably, we do not possess any historical archive of Designate Bowl tournaments on which to apply Bonferroni corrections.
by QuestionCactus
Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scobol Solo Online [HS]
Replies: 2
Views: 1910

Scobol Solo Online [HS]

This is a solo tournament scheduled for May 17th, 2020 . Contact arjun [dot] panickssery [at gmail.com] for any questions. It is open to all players in high school or younger. Question Set Scobol Solo Online will be run on Scobol Solo . The editors, writing teams, and category distribution can be fo...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
Replies: 7
Views: 4193

QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]

This is an online doubles tournament scheduled for May 10th, 2020. Contact arjun [dot] panickssery [at gmail.com] for any questions. Game Format Teams will consist of two players . Matches will consist of multiple teams playing NHBB history-bee-style rounds consisting of 21 tossups. Teams will score...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: [RAFT] Clarke Online Spring Tournament (Regionally-Restricted HS Open)
Replies: 1
Views: 1293

[RAFT] Clarke Online Spring Tournament (Regionally-Restricted HS Open)

With the planned Clarke Spring Tournament canceled, Clarke High School will be hosting COST on Sunday, April 26th. Contact arjun [dot] panickssery [at gmail.com] for any questions. Eligibility This tournament's field is restricted to players in New England and the NY/NJ metro area. Exceptions will b...
by QuestionCactus
Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)
Replies: 3
Views: 1907

Re: Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)

We have just been designed a Plantinum NSC qualifier event by PACE. The top 25% of teams will qualify for the National Scholastic Championships in Chicago.
by QuestionCactus
Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LOGIC General Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 1023

Re: LOGIC General Discussion

From the poll I sent out to teams after Clarke Fall: Underwhelming, though I'm not really good at grasping packet quality too much India, Jewish, Egypt, distro made some stuff feel forced, not enough geography, and the non-film and non-pop music trash was not really that good I thought that it was t...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: WAIT 2019 Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 525

Re: WAIT 2019 Specific Question Discussion Thread

I'm not sure if this is the place for this, but there was a bonus on LBJ whose final part was like "name his primary opponent" and it wanted Goldwater and I tried to give one of his opponents in the primary. I think it was round 6?
by QuestionCactus
Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)
Replies: 3
Views: 1907

Re: Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)

Current Field (Teams/Buzzers/Staff)
"Mather" (1/0/0)
Ridgewood (1/1/0)
Tenafly (1/0/0)

TOTAL: 3 teams
by QuestionCactus
Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)
Replies: 3
Views: 1907

Clarke Winter I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 1/25/2020 (CALISTO mirror)

Clarke High School will be hosting Clarke Winter I on Saturday, January 25th, 2020. W. Tresper Clarke High School is located at 740 Edgewood Drive, Westbury, NY, 11590 . Contact clarke [dot] quizbowl [at] gmail.com for any questions. Question Set Clarke Winter I will be mirroring CALISTO , a regular...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)
Replies: 10
Views: 7861

Re: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)

Thank you to all teams that competed and congratulations to the 4 teams that qualified for the PACE NSC:

1. Hunter A
2. Mather
3. Hotchkiss A
4. Hunter C

Advanced stat reports have been emailed to you. SQBS stats are available at https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5811/
by QuestionCactus
Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Practices for Resolving Factual Protests?
Replies: 2
Views: 2708

Best Practices for Resolving Factual Protests?

What is the best procedure for determining if a team's answer should have been prompted rather than rejected, or if the clues leading up to a buzz unambiguously described an answer not listed in the answerline? Tangentially, from NAQT Rule J.8.c.: Factual protests are only adjudicated if they affect...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)
Replies: 10
Views: 7861

Re: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)

After one drop, we are currently at 17 out of 18 teams.

If any school wishes to register a team (or if any school already registered wishes to add a team) we may be able to negotiate a discount.
by QuestionCactus
Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)
Replies: 10
Views: 7861

Re: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)

We've reached our current field cap. Teams that sign up now will be placed on a waitlist. They will be added to the field in first-come first-serve order if a team drops out or if we expand the field size.
by QuestionCactus
Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)
Replies: 10
Views: 7861

Re: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)

Email us at clarke [dot] quizbowl [at] gmail.com and we can provide one.
by QuestionCactus
Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Hypothetical: Three teams for three kids
Replies: 3
Views: 5342

Re: Hypothetical: Three teams for three kids

All the national-scope rule sets that I'm aware of say that's fine. (Some state-specific rule sets stipulate a minimum number of players required to play.) However, as tournament director, it's completely reasonable for you to say "you can't split up that much; it's hogging spots that other te...
by QuestionCactus
Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)
Replies: 10
Views: 7861

Re: Clarke Fall I @ Clarke HS, Westbury, NY, 11/2/2019 (LOGIC mirror)

Gerald Ford's Economics wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:25 pm Where will stats for this tournament be posted?
Live stats, pairings, and standings will be posted at https://clarkefall.github.io/ and final results will be posted on hsquizbowl.
by QuestionCactus
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:41 am
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Introducing QuizDroid PacketBuilder (qems csv --> packetized LaTeX pdfs)
Replies: 9
Views: 7829

Re: Introducing QuizDroid PacketBuilder (qems csv --> packetized LaTeX pdfs)

Does the packetizer respect minimum/maximum category and subcategory quotas? Like Mike, I've struggled with creating a good packetizer algorithm, and a big stumbling block is in generating packets that satisfy every quota. No, it doesn't even read those columns. It doesn't read the columns where th...
by QuestionCactus
Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LIFT XIX, Kellenberg, Uniondale, NY, 11/9/19 (IS-188)
Replies: 10
Views: 7185

Re: LIFT XIX, Kellenberg, Uniondale, NY, 11/9/19 (IS-188)

Clarke will bring a team and a buzzer, no mods/scorekeepers.
by QuestionCactus
Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:53 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Introducing QuizDroid PacketBuilder (qems csv --> packetized LaTeX pdfs)
Replies: 9
Views: 7829

Re: Introducing QuizDroid PacketBuilder (qems csv --> packetized LaTeX pdfs)

Yep, Harris's tool will probably be more versatile and will output a more human-editable result that can be used in a variety of ways. My goal largely focused on being able to produce something reasonable in one shot and being able to look at pretty LaTeX pdfs.
by QuestionCactus
Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28791

Re: Faster (Human) Parsing of Answer Lines

I think it would be an interesting exercise for someone to do a top-down review of the quizbowl packet / scoresheet from a design perspective. At the risk both of iconoclasm and derailing this thread, surely the simplest significant quality-of-life improvement to be made in quizbowl packets would b...