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by shefna21
Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Replies: 30
Views: 16189

Re: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll

Hello! I guess I'll start this discussion off by shamelessly shilling my teammate. As typically the 3rd scorer on Belmont A, it's possible that Cindy Gao is flying under a lot of people's radar. However, I think you'd certainly be remiss not to rank her among the top couple sophomores in the country...
by shefna21
Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2021)
Replies: 14
Views: 7361

Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2021)

I'm planning on going to MIT, where I hope to stay pretty involved in quizbowl.
by shefna21
Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351909

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!

Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
by shefna21
Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351909

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Sweet Sixteen!

Psycho Killer vs. Ohio
Won’t Get Fooled Again vs. Wish You Were Here
Stairway to Heaven vs. The Chain
Let It Be vs. American Girl
by shefna21
Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28789

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

Yeah, I don't think anyone is trying to make the argument that bonuses never make a difference, just that the difference they make is fairly small, and most of the time not enough to swing the game. I'm willing to bet that you could find a similar number of games in nationals top brackets that were ...
by shefna21
Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:35 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, for one, appreciate goofy names. Also, June is when all the mosquitoes and stuff come out (at least where I live), and mosquitoes suck. 32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi Hungry ghost festival just sounds awesome. 17/48: December v Eryue December's a good month. I might be biased, because i...
by shefna21
Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:08 pm
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: Āθrō
51 seed: Xšaθrahe Vairyehe
62 seed: Elul
63 seed: Parmouti
64 seed: Nur
by shefna21
Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:28 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 This one is like 10x as fun to say. Easy choice 49 seed: Gamelion Marriage is cool. Also, given I've already chosen one lion, I should probably give the lion a friend. 52 seed: Abu Abu just has a clean sound to it, and it doesn't need abbreviations to be 3 letters, which is defin...
by shefna21
Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LOGIC Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 253

Re: LOGIC Question-Specific Discussion

Hi! I just played this set at Lexington today, and while it was for the most part good, I think there were a couple of minor factual errors. I might be wrong, but I think in packet 6 there were a couple bonuses that weren't quite right. I'm sure it didn't affect conversion very much, because they we...
by shefna21
Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BAIT III at Belmont High School, Massachusetts
Replies: 4
Views: 1912

Re: BAIT III at Belmont High School, Massachusetts

Current Field (teams/buzzers/staffers):

Plymouth (3/2/1)
Lexington (2/1/0)
Andover (2/0/0)
Westford (1/0/0)
Barrington (1/0/0)
AMSA (2/2/1)

TOTAL (11/5/2)

The field size is capped at 18 teams based on staffing restrictions - beyond that point, teams will be waitlisted.
by shefna21
Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
Replies: 13
Views: 4363

Re: New England Discussion '19-'20

Hi Emma! I just wanna say that I'm super impressed with how your team is doing. Getting two schools in the top 6 at HFT is something not many schools can do. I had no idea you guys were a new team - I just assumed you were some long established out-of-state program I'd never heard of! I thought you ...
by shefna21
Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
Replies: 13
Views: 4363

Re: New England Discussion '19-'20

Thanks for making this, Douglas! I can't really speak for anything outside our regular circuit, which means essentially just MA and NH, and I haven't been involved with this game for super long so I'm not really sure I'm qualified to make any claims about what a strong circuit looks like. That said,...
by shefna21
Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 711

Re: General Set Discussion

I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed playing this set! I'm not the most knowledgeable about what constitutes good writing in quizbowl, but from the perspective of a player it seemed like the language was straightforward, the question difficulty was fairly homogenous, and the clues were interes...