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The purpose of this essay is to explicitly take a stand against AI writing before it becomes commonplace, and to assert the fact that most people would likely want their money back if they found out they played a set badly written by AI. Hopefully, this can discourage potential set writers/players ...

Disclaimer: I know very little about Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, so I would appreciate any comments and/or input from those familiar with CS/AI, and specifically how it intersects with Quizbowl. The very nature of Quizbowl, broken down, is: 1. Not knowing what the Questions are ...

The problem is that many answerlines are quite broad. For example, dynasties. If you accept Cantonese and (Taiwanese) Hokkien, what about Teochew, Shanghainese, Hakka? If you're accepting these relatively mainstream varieties, what about less common varieties that still have millions of speakers in ...

Congratulations to Michigan A for winning the tournament, and also congratulations to Pittsburgh for being the runner up. We also wish to congratulate the top 6 players by PPG in the prelims, who won a book award. They are (in order of descending PPG: Ariel Faeder (Pittsburgh), Rohan Navaneetha ...

Gotcha. But I guess what I was trying to ask is, in an more abstract sense: Let's say we're trying ask for [This Thing], which is something commonly found and/or associated with India. While we should accept both the Hindi and English version of [Thing], and the main answer line should be either ...

However, according this Wikipedia article that I was reading, while in most major Indian languages the phrase "Satyameva Jayate" is used, in Tamil, "Vāymaiyē vellum" is used to refer to the concept that "Truth alone triumphs". I am not really familiar in the origins of the phrase "Vāymaiyē vellum" a ...

Disclaimer: I know nothing about Indian languages, and the primary reason why I am participating in this discussion was that I was the person behind the Chinese PG post, and thus have a few grains of wisdom from the discussions on that post. In my opinion, an ideal PG would meet the following ...

**Pending more input on this - would "Lyu" or "Luh" be a better approximation for 呂? Coming at this from someone who does not speak a lick of any Chinese language but recognizes the [\u] vs [y] from German and Turkish, the most recognizable Anglophone analogue to /呂/ [ly] would probably be "Lee." T ...

Thanks for your reply! Some thoughts: First, I propose that we generally* transcribe the high front rounded vowels [y ʏ] with the digraph <ew>, as in 呂 Lǚ ("lew"). This has been my choice for several years, and I would like to argue for it as follows: First, it is easier to parse and read than <'yoo> ...

This thread is extremely interesting. I've been studying Chinese for around 12 years now and spent 4 months living there last year. God willing, I'll be going back after I graduate to temporarily escape this fascist hellhole. Anyways...... I've been involved in proofreading/packetizing/adding PGs ...

To be clear, I like this post quite a bit. I would welcome a publicly available document that summarizes a few recommendations for how to write pronunciation guides in various common languages, and would happily contribute to a section on Spanish There is this , but currently there is only French ...

I think all of these policies are fine in a vacuum, but I don't like the overall effect of seemingly only striving for accuracy for one language. To be fair, we should ensure that your average moderator can pronounce foreign words reasonably with minimal effort for all languages. I recall reading a ...

I want to clarify by saying that with this proposal, I have primarily three aims: 1. Have a pronunciation guide system that, when read by a Western reader, can somewhat resemble, rather than be a 100% replication, of the original term. 2. Have a system that prevents readers from saying something ...

Thanks for your reply! Regarding erhua, this is something that didn't really enter my mind as I was writing, since such a feature is extremely rare in Taiwanese Mandarin, and for many Taiwanese people (like me!), the pronunciation of the word "er" (兒) is sometimes closer to "eh" anyways. I think, 8. ...

Dear mods: Would it be possible for this post to be moved to Collegiate Discussions? I'm so sorry about this. Standards for Chinese Pronunciation in Quizbowl: An Essay (Part One) Hello everyone. I’ve been playing Quizbowl for about two years now, and as an international student from Taiwan, and also ...

It is my pleasure to announce that the Great Lakes mirror of PLAYTIME! (a 2-dots tournament) will be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, on April 13th, 2025 (a Sunday) . I, Alan Lee, will be the TD. You can learn more about the set here. Logistics: The tournament will be held ...

One more thing that I really want to know - how did you quantify the projected average score for each player in the spreadsheet? It doesn't seem to line up with the reported SCT score.

Very interesting post that, while I don't believe you are 100% serious, serve as an interesting thought exercise. DISCLAIMER: I know nothing about fantasy sports. We would need to livestream matches at both national and top regional tournaments, which requires the presence of high-quality cameras ...

This tournament was extremely fun to play! Definitely had its great moments for me. Some questions/comments: 1. There was a question about truth on Indian religions that I got at "India's national motto" because I watched Slumdog Millionare once over the Pandemic and remembered a particular scene ...