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This work has been proceeding, and I'm generally pretty happy with the current draft, but there are a few open topics, and I would be glad to get more input on any part of it. Please let me know if you want to be involved (and if you have been involved, please take another look). I would like to pub...

jonah · Re: Reinstein Varsity using C++ & 216A (Barrington, IL on 12/17/22) Stats

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I agree that this is weird. It's definitely technically possible to fix this, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. If we changed things so that only tournaments that used powers were considered in the power percentage calculation, then the table would be internally inconsistent. For example, when play...

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I'm starting to work on a page of QBWiki rules, purpose, suggestions, etc. I would like input from others on this. If you want to be involved, email me (jonah+qbwiki@jonahgreenthal.com) with the address you use for Google Docs and (in all likelihood) I'll add you with commenting/suggesting privilege...

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https://www.qbwiki.com/yahoo-group/

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It appears to me that part-by-part bonus data is entirely separate from actual scoring data, and the two are not error-checked against each other. For example, in this scoresheet , round 4 cycle 12, no bonus parts are listed as being converted but the team supposedly earned 20 on the bonus. That is,...

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What's the best way to ask questions and provide feedback on this project, especially with respect to possible bugs and security issues?

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I didn't investigate the functionality you described beyond reading your post, but "Each file should contain a single Tournament Schema Match Object" sounds odd, since that means each file can contain only one game, which doesn't seem super useful. After the HSNCT, let me know if you want ...

jonah · Re: SRIRACHA II @ Scripps Ranch High School (4/30/22) Registration link

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I'm on board for some sort of prioritization, but it's heavily situation-dependent (as you acknowledge in a few ways—it can vary with room setup, mode of question distribution, etc.). Maybe I'll just add a column for "higher priority?" based on how universally useful things are, how afford...

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Inspired by this post and its thread, I thought sharing ideas on useful things to bring to tournaments would be a good idea. Since that thread is originally specific to one idea, a new thread seems appropriate. That post has Matt Weiner's list. My bag contains many things from Matt's; here are some ...

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An extremely minor issue: TJ Sheets does not currently export overtime games correctly to Yellowfruit. I haven't used TJ Sheets, and I don't know if the thing I'm about to mention is exactly relevant, but my impression is that YellowFruit is under active development and not making guarantees about ...

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Where would you be importing them from? That's a good question! My over-arching question is: Is there a way for score keepers to record game scores electronically and have each game's scores uploaded/imported into SQBS? I'm not sure. There are some "live" scorekeeping setups I've heard ab...

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@jonah I haven't done stats for tournaments in a while (stupid COVID!) Is there a way to import game stats electronically into SQBS? I know how to import rosters, but what about game stats? Or does that still have to be input manually? Thanks! Where would you be importing them from? SQBS can't impo...

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SQBS won't install on my MacBook Air(see attachment) There are instructions for overcoming this error here , about halfway down the page (search for the header "If you want to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer"). I suppose it's possible your distr...

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Please don't use Neg5. (At least not for NAQT tournaments, but really in general.) Neg5 doesn't validate a lot of the data that you input, so it is very easy to make mistakes such as having too many players in a game, having impossible combinations of individual responses that lead to bonus totals n...

jonah · Re: Reinstein Varsity (Barrington, IL on 12/18/21) Stats

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This system's current version is "2e," which is stylized with an epsilon. Oren Patashnik developed a reference management utility for this system, whose name reflects Leslie Lamport's modification of an underlying system created by Donald Knuth. Computer Modern is the default (*) typeface...

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This system's current version is "2e," which is stylized with an epsilon. Oren Patashnik developed a reference management utility for this system, whose name reflects Leslie Lamport's modification of an underlying system created by Donald Knuth. Computer Modern is the default (*) typeface...

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Does required recognition mean that if a player buzzes in and immediately begins to answer that they'll be negged or something? Rule G.2 : "…There is no penalty if a player who has signaled answers before being acknowledged." (This is unchanged in the rule modifications for online play .)

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I was also curious as to whether a school that has already qualified one or two teams that are already in the field would be allowed to register an additional two teams beginning on March 22. In other words, is two teams per school the maximum number of teams a school can register beginning on Marc...

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It seems that getting extensions is fairly straightforward (they can be downloaded with this helper here and there's a general installation guide here ), so we could probably make a page somewhere on the wiki to request new extensions and they could be added as needed. I can tell you right now that...

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yujie.ho123 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:20 pmAs it is running Prison Bowl, I assume this is an HSNCT-PACE qualifier?

To a first approximation, only tournaments using NAQT questions are qualifiers for the HSNCT.

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The field is listed on NAQT's website: https://www.naqt.com/go/field/11896 We recommend that tournaments using NAQT's registration system do not post field updates on this website or anywhere else, because if a listing somewhere else were inconsistent with the NAQT website (e.g., due to slow updatin...

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What correctness guidelines are these answer lines supposed to conform to?

(This is a matter that writers of question content would do well to address in all formal cases, like announcements for serious sets, though I rarely see it happen.)

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As far as actual additions to the wiki go, it would be really nice to have additional extensions. As one example, I would like to do things like automatically link to stats pages in people's infoboxes based on their listed name but to the best of my knowledge there is no functionality to split stri...

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https://deadline.com/2020/11/college-bo ... 234621247/

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Is there a place where there are sample packets in this format? I checked the NAQT website, and the sample packets on the NAQT site that I checked were still in the old format where the tossups and bonuses were separate. The sample packets at https://www.naqt.com/samples/ (now) use the paired format.

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For the record, NAQT has a feature (I think new since your tournament) by which hosts can limit their tournament to schools from the same state. Whether to use it is, of course, up to the host. (So far there aren't more flexible options like "schools from within a 100-mile radius" or "...

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I'm not planning on playing ACF tournaments online, but I dislike the push to get people to speak their answers, as opposed to type. I realize the rule says that if you have technical issues, you are allowed to type your answer. I am also aware why this rule is being used--it better simulates "...

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eygotem wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:07 pmIt appears that you've deleted the original announcement post...

New users' posts are held in a moderation queue and won't show up until approved. They have to be reapproved each time they're edited.

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At least when stats are entered as a game summary (similar to SQBS) rather than cycle-by-cycle, Neg5 fails to validate many aspects, making it easy to produce stats that are obviously impossible and, therefore, not useful (and not acceptable to NAQT). Does the scoresheet entry mode do a better job?

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In 2018–2019 there were at least five middle school tournaments in Minnesota. (I chose that year because the 2019–2020 season was truncated.)

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Could teams that played SCT last year be surveyed relatively easily? Or this year as part of the registration process (if sct is able to occur), or ask hosts to distribute and scan in surveys along with scoresheets? That seems like a way to sample a larger portion of NAQT’s collegiate customer base...

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Has NAQT considered surveying their collegiate customer base about this? I suspect views on surveys vary. Historically, we have done some surveys at national championships. We get good participation in those when we give people time to complete it, but doing so comes with significant scheduling cos...

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I proposed that NAQT change all occurrences of "2 seconds" in our rules to "3 seconds." We took a vote; the vote tied (seven members for it, seven against, one abstention), so the change will not be made at this time. There was less discussion than during last year's discussion/v...

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Kouign Amann wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:00 am If someone previously registered for Season 2C before D was available, is there an easy way to switch over?

Write to [email protected] and we'll take care of it.

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The ChatSack Triple-Play wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:04 pm1. I know of at least one other trans person who's had their name changed on NAQT results, although they attended tournaments after coming out. Whom do I contact with a similar request? I don't want to inconvenience the wrong person.

[email protected] or [email protected]

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To minimize the possibility of infections during the HSNCT, we plan to keep track of CDC and WHO guidelines for large-scale gatherings and follow the guidelines wherever possible. We have reached out to the hotels to ensure that they are taking the issue seriously and making effective changes to th...

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All the currently published NAQT distributions:

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I've been unable to edit any of the pages from 1/24/2010 that were lost; when I click "Save Changes," I am sent to the "edit conflict" page that results when two or more people attempt to edit a page at the same time. Does anyone more familiar with the software know any potentia...

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There are dozens if not hundreds of pages that exist but say "this page has no content" ( like this one ). I'm thinking this was a server error at some point, though it seems like more pages are lost every time I go back there. I think that would be a good place to start. This is just how...

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There are dozens if not hundreds of pages that exist but say "this page has no content" ( like this one ). I'm thinking this was a server error at some point, though it seems like more pages are lost every time I go back there. I think that would be a good place to start. This is just how...

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Creating subsidiary titles is a very cheap and logistically easy way to give lots of teams something tangible to play for at a nationals. I'm not qualified to weigh in on this thread as a whole (having played little college quiz bowl and never been very serious about it as a player), but I do want ...

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Matt Weiner used to keep a spreadsheet of this, and I had been updating it for events I knew about. Some of it is…perhaps not the most professional, so I'll copy it over into the new doc.

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NAQT is still waiting on results for this event. Please send them to [email protected] as soon as possible. Thanks!

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Have you read NAQT's notes on nationals site selection ? Not all of them apply to every conceivable national championship (e.g., NASAT doesn't need an HSNCT-sized site), but many of the sites you mention are extremely expensive, practically devoid of local staff and/or teams. And smaller events tend...

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Also, I'll reiterate a prior offer that if you want to examine NAQT performance data in some way that's not convenient on our website, talk to me and I'll make reasonable efforts to provide reasonable data in a useful form.

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After spending a lot of time looking at D-values, reading arguments about DII corrections and PPB clamping, and spilling ink untold on the forums and Discord, there's something I've started to consider: Why not just use PPB? Given the massive amount of edge cases involved in deriving a D-value form...

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