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by magin
Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)
Replies: 5
Views: 5158

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)

Sorry for the delay; here's an update on Dede Allen 2. Jules and I were planning on running it this fall. However, we intended to run it on QBlitz, which is no longer available. We've talked to Geoffrey Wu about potentially hosting it on QBReader. If that works out, we're tentatively hoping to run i...
by magin
Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)
Replies: 5
Views: 5158

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)

We're still looking for playtesters for Dede Allen 2--if you're interested, please contact me.
by magin
Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)
Replies: 5
Views: 5158

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)

Here's an update: we now have over 195 questions written, and we're looking for playtesters. If you're interested in playtesting this exciting event (all audio questions whose clues are clips from movies), please email me at jonathan.magin@gmail.com. You can also message me here or in the quizbowl D...
by magin
Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)
Replies: 5
Views: 5158

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)

Do you expect to use a similar format as last tournament? Correct. Like last time, it will be a doubles tournament where the first 8 rounds count towards a team’s final score, with the final 2 rounds being the final. The top 2 teams by aggregate score will play the final, the next 2 will play for t...
by magin
Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)
Replies: 5
Views: 5158

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dede Allen 2 (and releasing questions for Dede Allen 1)

Dede Allen 2, the sequel to our all-movie audio tournament, is currently over halfway complete. We do not currently have a tournament date, but we are planning to run it in the fall of 2023. If you're interested, you can access the questions and answer lines for Dede Allen 1 at this link: https://dr...
by magin
Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
Replies: 21
Views: 4027

Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments

I had a great day at the online mirror, but my favorite buzz was getting " core and periphery " from Samir Amin knowledge. Really glad to see him come up! Yeah, it was great to hear a clue about Samir Amin, and I thought this answer line was a really clever way of asking about this materi...
by magin
Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Seeking writers for all-audio movies tournament (DEDE 2)
Replies: 2
Views: 1511

Re: Seeking writers for all-audio movies tournament (DEDE 2)

Working with Jules on the first Dede Allen tournament was a blast. If you like movies and think you'd enjoy crafting interesting questions, don't hesitate to contact us.
by magin
Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Dede Allen: Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 196

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

Also, here are some of the movies I enjoyed using as early clues: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? , A Face in the Crowd , Love & Basketball , Bang the Drum Slowly , Ace in the Hole , Short Term 12 , Beau Travail , Hardcore , Christine , Diner , Halloween 3: Season of the Witch , American Honey ,...
by magin
Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Dede Allen: Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 196

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

One thing I'll note is that I think the sheer amount of "Name this color" or "Name this number" questions meant that as you got later in the tournament, it became easier to narrow the answer down based on actually tossupable colors or numbers (unless, I guess, answerlines could ...
by magin
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: January Mirror of Dede Allen
Replies: 0
Views: 2714

January Mirror of Dede Allen

Jules and I would like to gauge interest in a second mirror of Dede Allen. If we get interest from at least 10 teams, we're interested in setting up a mirror. If you did not play Dede Allen already but are interested in playing a future mirror, please add your name to this spreadsheet: https://docs....
by magin
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

Jules and I would like to gauge interest in a second mirror of Dede Allen. If you did not play Dede Allen already but are interested in playing a future mirror, please add your name to this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18gDtjvP_8Wl6EVJjUeygxEwQ2Vu0osRKUfKkGBg0A9Q/edit?usp=shar...
by magin
Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

gyre and gimble wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:37 pm Bummed that I didn't realize this existed. I don't know how much interest there is, but I'd play if you guys ran it again.
Stephen, we are actually planning to run this again for people who didn't play the first time. Stay tuned for an announcement of a future mirror.
by magin
Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

Thanks to everyone for playing Dede Allen! If you'd like to provide feedback, there is a discussion forum set up under the Trash section (https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=19). I believe you have to be logged in and then request authorization to join the 2021 Dede Allen Discussion throug...
by magin
Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Dede Allen: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 164

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

I liked this tournament quite a bit, thanks Jonathan and Jules! It was one of the more enjoyable side events I can remember. I thought the answerline selection for this tournament was excellent. The emphasis on commonlinks was a good idea---the variety was enjoyable as a listening experience and I ...
by magin
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Dede Allen: Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 196

2021 Dede Allen: Question-Specific Discussion

Please use this thread to discuss specific questions from Dede Allen. We’re interested in your feedback! If you want to know which clues we used for a question, we’d be happy to post them here. We’re also curious about how successful some of our question types were. For instance, here are some commo...
by magin
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Dede Allen: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 164

2021 Dede Allen: Thanks and General Discussion

I want to thank Jules Bosse for being a terrific co-writer for Dede Allen. I didn’t know Jules before he reached out to me and offered to help with the set; he not only wrote half of the tournament, but he came up with great ideas for questions and suggestions for clues, was incredibly responsive, a...
by magin
Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

Update: Registration on QBlitz is now live! You can register for this tournament by clicking on this link (https://www.qblitz.online/events#Audio_Challenge) and selecting the Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament. Please contact Noah Prince (noah@qblitz.org) with any website issues or if you have any tro...
by magin
Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

One quick update: I've heard from a few people asking about the amount of film score clues in this tournament. There are very few questions where all the clues are taken from film scores. A healthy number of questions have one or two clues taken from film scores to reward that knowledge, but we're t...
by magin
Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

We're also looking for playtesters! We're interested in playtesting during the second or third week of September. If you'd like to playtest these audio film questions, please email me at jonathan.magin@gmail.com. All are welcome. If you'd like to playtest, there's still room--we'd like to start pla...
by magin
Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

We're also looking for playtesters! We're interested in playtesting during the second or third week of September.

If you'd like to playtest these audio film questions, please email me at [email protected]. All are welcome.
by magin
Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Re: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

Pursuant to Will's post, may I ask how arty/trashy this set plans to be? There will be many questions on classic movies and movies that could be considered art cinema, as well as many questions on movies that could be considered popular or trashy. I can't give you a clear breakdown, since a number ...
by magin
Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29
Replies: 26
Views: 8765

Announcement: Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--October 18 to October 29

Jules Bosse and I are pleased to announce the Dede Allen Audio Film Tournament, an online, asynchronous audio film tournament. It will use basically the same format as MARCATO, PAVEMENT, and MIKE (players listen to audio clips of about 65 to 75 seconds arranged in pyramidal order). All the clues wil...
by magin
Tue May 11, 2021 7:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Seeking writers for all-audio movies tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 1802

Seeking writers for all-audio movies tournament

I'm currently putting together an Imaginary Landscape-style tournament where the all of the clues are audio clips from movies. If you're interested in working on this kind of tournament, please email me at jonathan.magin@gmail.com. I'm not the best on foreign films and contemporary films, so I'd wel...
by magin
Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: MIKE (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--February 8-13, 2021
Replies: 15
Views: 7182

Re: Announcement: MIKE (Online, Asynchronous Audio Tournament)--February 8-13, 2021

ThisIsMyUsername wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:48 pm As expected, this tournament was an utter delight! Thanks to Mike for writing it and to Noah for running it.
100 percent agreed. This was fantastic.
by magin
Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Miscellaneous Audio Packet (12/22 at 10 PM Eastern)
Replies: 1
Views: 1815

Miscellaneous Audio Packet (12/22 at 10 PM Eastern)

I'm going to be reading my miscellaneous audio packet on the main quizbowl Discord on Tuesday, 12/21, at 10 PM Eastern. I already read it on Festivus, but some players who didn't get to hear it wanted a chance to play it as well. There is no distribution, but it includes trash (with a healthy amount...
by magin
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MARCATo General Thoughts
Replies: 9
Views: 1709

Re: MARCATo General Thoughts

I was also really impressed by the Qblitz platform and thought the “Review Questions” and “View Matches” sections were great features. Agreed. I was not expecting to enjoy seeing the buzz distribution for each question while re-listening to it, but that became one of my favorite things to do each d...
by magin
Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John's Questions for MARCATo
Replies: 2
Views: 569

Re: John's Questions for MARCATo

I thought the classical music questions for this set were excellent. Since this tournament was played in doubles teams instead of room-wide shootouts, the decreased difficulty was ideal, I think. I really enjoyed the themed tossups on answers like gardens and the young. I also thought the multimedia...
by magin
Sat May 02, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Milton vanity packet
Replies: 2
Views: 2232

Re: John Milton vanity packet

OK, I'm planning to read this packet on the Discord at 9:00 PM EST tonight. If you'd like to play this packet but would prefer a different time, please let me know.
by magin
Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: John Milton vanity packet
Replies: 2
Views: 2232

John Milton vanity packet

I'm in the process of writing an extremely difficult vanity packet all about John Milton. There will be at least 20 tossups; hoping to have it ready by the first or second week of April.
by magin
Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall
Replies: 29
Views: 8460

Re: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall

I'm only speaking for myself here, not ACF. I sympathize with people bringing up concerns about the current packet submission model for Fall, and I'm sure that ACF members are open to changes to ensure a better experience for writers and editors, much like the way ACF moved to half-packets from full...
by magin
Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
Replies: 22
Views: 11010

Re: No prizes is better than insulting prizes

This post was prompted by my experience at Michigan's Penn Bowl mirror this past weekend, but my intent isn't so much to call them out as to raise this issue more broadly: that was far from the first time that I've seen a selection of books that frankly nobody wants handed out as "prizes."...
by magin
Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31822

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

The only criticism is that the lit bonuses seemed much more difficult than any other subject (to be fair we did not have a lit player, but even at this difficult level we all have pretty much a basic knowledge of author’s names or main characters). My teammates have commented on the music and my kn...
by magin
Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31822

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

If any teams are interested in receiving feedback on their CO literature questions, please shoot me an email at jonathan.magin AT gmail.com.

I'll try to respond as promptly as I can.
by magin
Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31822

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

I edited literature for CO, with the help of Wonyoung Jang (who wrote and edited the tossups on playing tennis, characters with the first name Mildred, Szymborska, Spring Awakening , Leonora Carrington, Medea , ghazals, Russia from eatly 20th century poetry, Laura Esquivel, British authors with the ...
by magin
Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Harder Questions in the Finals?
Replies: 11
Views: 6868

Re: Harder Questions in the Finals?

In theory, it's OK to increase difficulty in the finals because the teams are better. In practice, I think it's almost always a bad idea and encourages set editors to write sadistically hard questions. I've seen finals between good teams that turned into brutal endurance tests, and they didn't seem ...
by magin
Wed May 16, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together
Replies: 33
Views: 23380

Re: I Love You, QB, So Please Get It The F*** Together

I'm much more skeptical that competitiveness is toxic, or that in-game passion is a symptom of an abuser, or that well-known players are more likely to offend than more anonymous players. Matt, I don't see anyone saying these things. I think Tamara is correct that we still tend to place far too muc...
by magin
Tue May 15, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Replies: 62
Views: 41765

Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)

I'm looking to play this tournament. I'm not bad at sports and good at frauding pop culture questions from academic knowledge.
by magin
Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
Replies: 17
Views: 9383

Re: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere

I am really unhappy with how some people in the collegiate/open community act towards each other, especially on the forums and sometimes on the Discord. After several instances of privately getting people to modulate their public behavior-–sometimes successfully–I’m finally pissed--off about it eno...
by magin
Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers
Replies: 20
Views: 9126

Re: ACF and Powers

I like powers as a player, but I think there are a few issues with powers from a set editing perspective that haven't been mentioned in this thread. Although all tossups in a set ideally gradate difficulty the same way, in practice, that doesn't happen most of the time. Powers exacerbate any issues ...
by magin
Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Carper Award: congratulations Mike Bentley!
Replies: 6
Views: 4509

Re: 2018 Carper Award: congratulations Mike Bentley!

Congrats, Mike. This award is incredibly well-deserved.
by magin
Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Your Favorite Question
Replies: 45
Views: 30780

Your Favorite Question

I think it would be interesting for writers to get a sense of the questions that quizbowl players enjoyed the most and why. So, what is your favorite question that you didn't write? I'm hoping that people don't just respond with questions that they got good buzzes on, but ones that were executed so ...
by magin
Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Replies: 23
Views: 12298

Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 4

I'm extremely excited for this tournament and would pay a large sum of money to play it at Chicago Open this year.
by magin
Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152844

Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

hey ya

bad romance

take me out

lose yourself

seven nation army

american boy

1901

crazy in love
by magin
Mon Dec 25, 2017 2:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5258

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

My gift is also on its way, but it looks like it won't be delivered until later this week. Edit: Stephen Eltinge is an excellent gift-giver. I'm now the proud owner of Sartor Resartus , Barrie's The Little Minister , Mythologies by Yeats, and Asimov's Guide to the Bible . Thanks, Stephen! I consider...
by magin
Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5258

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

Jonathan Magin
[email protected]
I'm interested in unusual classic books (not anything that would ever be asked about in quizbowl); good jazz albums that you can't find on YouTube; and warm, comfortable socks (men's sock size 10-13).
by magin
Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
Replies: 48
Views: 35957

Re: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)

I'm planning on writing a hard packet of at least 20 tossups on weird, esoteric Americana.

Edit: My packet is now done.
by magin
Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Two Visions of ACF Fall
Replies: 9
Views: 6524

Re: Two Visions of ACF Fall

Jarret, that's fantastic to hear. I've talked to the other editors, and we're very pleased the field at your site seemed to enjoy the set so much. Thanks for letting us know! Also, Will, I understand your issues with past ACF Falls, but I think you're missing a bit of perspective here. If ACF Fall i...
by magin
Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Editor Feedback
Replies: 1
Views: 2662

ACF Fall Editor Feedback

The ACF Fall editors will be providing feedback for submitted packets upon request. If your team is interested, please email fall17acf@gmail.com and let us know you'd like feedback on your packet. If we get many requests, it may take longer to provide feedback to everybody, but we will make sure we ...