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by kdroge
Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergrad Championship Call for Writers / Editors
Replies: 1
Views: 3181

Re: 2024 IQBT Undergrad Championship Call for Writers / Editors

Thanks to everyone who has applied- We've brought on a lot of great, talented people so far. I wanted to bump / update this thread to say that we are still looking for a subject editor for physics, and freelance writers for science. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you're interested in thes...
by kdroge
Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 IQBT Undergrad Championship Call for Writers / Editors
Replies: 1
Views: 3181

2024 IQBT Undergrad Championship Call for Writers / Editors

We are currently looking for writers and editors for the 2024 IQBT Undergrad Championship, to be held this upcoming March. In terms of freelance writers, please indicate which categories you would want to write and what volume you would be able to commit to completing over the coming months (for exa...
by kdroge
Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
Replies: 31
Views: 8224

Re: Who's Doing CO This Year?

As far as I know, no one has reached out to me about head editing CO for next year or getting a team of people together- though it does seem like there are lots of people interested in contributing (which is great!). To anyone who is considering writing / editing for CO, I would encourage you not to...
by kdroge
Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 12324

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion

First off, I'd like to mirror what Austin said at the start of this thread; a big thanks to everyone who helped make this tournament happen! I'm sorry that some of the sub-distributions were not ideal. As was earlier suggested, this was party a function of the packet-submission process, and partly a...
by kdroge
Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:38 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4636

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: Specific Question Discussion

EDIT: Since no one else has posted yet, and I remembered some more stuff: What was the full list of accepted answers for "information avoidance"? I buzzed at the end and said "denial" (i.e. being in denial about information), which seemed like an apt descriptor, albeit from psyc...
by kdroge
Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

If this expansion happens, will packet deadlines be changed/waived? With roughly a month until the absolute "we will drop you from the tournament" deadline, I don't think its reasonable to expect that teams on the waitlist had been working on a packet. So, first off, we are going to give ...
by kdroge
Wed May 11, 2022 4:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

American history and lit for this tournament use the standard quiz bowl norms for those categories- the U.S. and the area of the U.S. prior to the creation of the country (including but not limited to colonial America and Native American groups living in what is today the U.S.). If you have a questi...
by kdroge
Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL

Are there length caps for the tossups and bonuses? Tossups will be capped at 8 lines in TNR 10 pt, with most questions coming close to the length cap. For bonuses, there is no hard cap, but most will be in the 8-10 line range. Teams are of course welcome to submit questions that are longer than the...
by kdroge
Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open

Was a final date ever decided? We have selected August 6th as the date for the tournament and have sent emails to book rooms for that date. I'm aware that the July date ended up being more popular in the last-minute votes but we went with August 6th at the start of last week when we had planned to ...
by kdroge
Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
Replies: 98
Views: 48317

Re: 2022 Chicago Open

I'm bumping this to say that we're going to be keeping the poll for the date open through the end of next week (January 15th)- at that point we will want to go ahead and look into the room reservations. So, if you haven't voted yet, but you wanted to chime in, it's not too late!
by kdroge
Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: Seeking Collaborators
Replies: 1
Views: 2450

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: Seeking Collaborators

I just wanted to bump this thread to mention that 2022 Chicago Open is still seeking editors for the categories of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Computer Science, and Modern World, as well as a logistics director for the main site of the tournament itself. If you'd be interested in one (or more...
by kdroge
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

A big thanks to everyone who played and staffed the tournament! Ten rounds were played, and Como Pizza Para Chocolate (Mott Bollinger, Rob Carson, Alex Damisch, and Andrew Wang) and Team 4 (Natan Holtzman, Tracy Mirkin, Tim Morrison, and Vishwa Shanmugam) finished the upper bracket of the playoffs a...
by kdroge
Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

What is your Venmo or Paypal account name for those who want to/are able to help with the staff costs? I didn't see it in the logistics e-mail. My Venmo is @Kurtis-Droge (or I believe can just be found by searching Kurtis Droge), and my Paypal is linked to my email kurtisroxs@gmail.com. Eleven team...
by kdroge
Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

I have closed the field at twelve teams, and a logistics email has been sent out to the teams registered to play this tournament. Bumping this one more time to state that I'd be very appreciative if anyone would be willing to help sign up to staff this tournament- the event currently needs (at least...
by kdroge
Mon Jul 26, 2021 1:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

I just wanted to bump this to say that there are a couple more days to sign up for this tournament for anyone who is interested. On Wednesday evening, I'll assign the remaining free agents to teams and form new teams as needed, and I'll look to send out a logistics email either Wednesday night or Th...
by kdroge
Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

Are we going to have enough staff to run this tournament? I only see one person signed up right now. I'd be happy to pay an entry fee apart from the donations to help attract staffers. Yeah, I've been thinking about this- I'll offer $25 to anyone willing to moderate for this tournament. I don't wan...
by kdroge
Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

I think that whatever community consensus exists over this issue shifted well toward the side of Zoom after the success of ICT, and subsequent Canadian mirrors of Zoom tournaments have proven that this format is not just for large quizbowl organizations, but a viable option for regular tournaments ...
by kdroge
Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

Overall, I think this tournament will be a better playing experience if it is held over Zoom and buzzin.live rather than Discord, and I hope you will consider making that change. You make a lot of good points regarding the different platforms. It always sucks when technology / equipment issues / la...
by kdroge
Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (Discord Summer/Fall 2021)

The King's Flight to the Scots wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:47 am Could I ask when the date will be decided by?
I'm planning on deciding the date this evening (so for anyone who hasn't voted in the poll yet, get in your votes this afternoon).

Edit: Based on the results of the poll, the date for this tournament will be July 31st.
by kdroge
Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

Re: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (Discord Summer/Fall 2021)

dni wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 2:56 am The sign-up spreadsheet appears to be view only.
Fixed, sorry about that!
by kdroge
Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)
Replies: 19
Views: 7886

A Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (7/31/2021)

This is the announcement for a Semi-Serious Charity Tournament (or SCT, if you will), the main site of which will be held on Zoom July 31st 2021. This is a slightly above regular difficulty, slightly whimsical set with tossups and bonuses, with proceeds going to charity. Overview / Genesis: A little...
by kdroge
Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Packet Submission discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 10336

Re: Packet Submission discussion

Goodness, people have stronger opinions about this than I do- I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with a system that provides a good number of novice / intramural / easier / regular difficulty sets for players who don't want to do packet submission and having some harder / acf / regula...
by kdroge
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146919

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

So I think that the revelations of this thread have been overall pretty disappointing. I used to be of the opinion that maybe a couple people cheated online, but that overall the quiz bowl community deserved the benefit of the doubt due to the inherent variance of quiz bowl and of online gameplay in...
by kdroge
Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

EDIT: Thanks to Libo Zeng, there are now enough moderators for tonight's session. I'll see everyone playing in #skypelit at 8!
by kdroge
Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Ties will be broken by PPG since everyone played the same RR schedule. Also, if you have not paid me yet for this and haven't messaged me about an arrangement, please try to Venmo / Paypal me sometime soon ($10/player if you've played a decent number of rounds; if you played like one round or just w...
by kdroge
Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

It's been a while since we've had the last session of this; the last three packets aren't quite ready for this Sunday so I'm pushing back the final three rounds to next weekend, Sunday March 12th, starting at 8pm est. We'll play round 9 for all teams and then the two playoff rounds for seeds 1-4. Pe...
by kdroge
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Yes, the next two rounds of this will be this Sunday at 9pm eastern time. I've discussed with Jakob so that JAKOB should start at 7 and finish by 9, allowing those involved the two events to play them both fairly consecutively. If moderators could update the spreadsheet or email me with availability...
by kdroge
Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Hope everyone has been enjoying the set and this tournament so far! I've been a bit behind on the stats, but here's an updated link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ye_ZtOaEpALS9iM1Kn-ILq4XFPD34BRNnIycPxRD7OY/edit#gid=1808803049 I am missing the stats from one of the rooms for rounds 3 and 4...
by kdroge
Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

As a reminder, packets 5 and 6 will be read tonight at 9pm est. Moderators are set, so I'll see everyone playing at #skypelit then.
by kdroge
Sat Dec 10, 2016 2:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

The next session will be happening tomorrow, the 11th. It would be great if moderators could indicate availability on the spreadsheet soon. Thanks!
by kdroge
Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Yes the next two rounds are happening next Sunday the 11th.
by kdroge
Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

I want to apologize to everyone involved with this tournament about the logistics/moderating problems this past weekend; my behavior was flat out inexcusable, I'm sorry, and I hope you all can bear with me. I care pretty deeply about quiz bowl, literature, and this tournament, and my actions were co...
by kdroge
Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

lmk when you'd be available or not thx!

It seems as if interest to sustain is anemic, so perhaps his project will be one of a future age.

I will read off remaining packets tuesday 15th 8PM.
by kdroge
Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

I wanted to remind everyone participating in this event that the second session is coming up this Sunday, the 13th, at 9 PM eastern time. The packets are basically ready to go (I have some edits to do and one more tossup to write). Like last time, I'll be in #skypelit starting then and we'll try to ...
by kdroge
Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: It's Lit
Replies: 48
Views: 28370

Re: It's Lit

I'm interested in playing this and looking for a teammate.
by kdroge
Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

Thanks to everyone who came out to play this last night, and to everyone who helped read. It took a little while to set things up, but for the most part things wrapped up around 11 eastern, which isn't too bad. Here's a link to a spreadsheet for stats through round 2: https://docs.google.com/spreads...
by kdroge
Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

I've posted a schedule for this on the second tab of the original sign-up sheet; there will be a ten team round robin and then ACF-style finals as necessary. Edit: Ophir has volunteered to be the fifth moderator for tonight. Thanks! Also, there are still a couple of free agent spots open on teams of...
by kdroge
Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

I wanted to bump this thread since there's a little less than a week to go before the first planned session this Sunday. It looks like right now there are people interested to have around eight teams (and additional people might sign up in the next few days), which is enough that this will definitel...
by kdroge
Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

Re: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

To clarify about the cost: It will be either $10/player (if there end up being closer to 10 packets in total) or $15/player (if there end up being closer to 15 packets in total).
by kdroge
Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)
Replies: 43
Views: 24569

A Literature Skype League / Tournament (2016-2017)

This is the announcement for a Skype-based literature league / tournament that I'd like to write and run over the course of several sessions during the 2016-2017 season. How it Works: The meetings for this tournament will occur once a month on Sundays at 9PM eastern, and two rounds will be played at...
by kdroge
Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:01 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455146

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

The final scores from the tricon packet: Will: 160 Kenji: 5 Mib: -5 Adam: -5 Naveed: 10 Ricky: -5 Stephen: 55 Adam: -5 Mike: 25 Wang: 55 Chris: 25 Matt: 20 Will Overman: 30 Pat: 20 Will was first, with Stephen and Wang tied for second. Thanks to all who played, and I'll send the packet along so that...
by kdroge
Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:06 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455146

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I've been meaning to read my tricon packet, which I forgot on my work computer so I couldn't read it in actual tricon this year, for a while. I'll read this tonight after the birds packet. It features me trying to write lots of literature and special trash contributions from Saul Hankin.
by kdroge
Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory 2016: General Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4397

Re: General Discussion

Yeah, this was mostly accidental- I didn't really provide foreign language answers unless it was something that I thought would be a common alternate answer (if someone had answered, say, the Russian for "How Much Land Does a Man Need," it would obviously have been acceptable). If this see...
by kdroge
Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)
Replies: 6
Views: 6484

Re: Listory Online Mirror (Mid-Late August)

This will be happening this Saturday; let's shoot for a start time of 11AM eastern time. If there are still free agents, I'll form some ad hoc teams before the tournament. Rounds at the main site pretty consistently took around 30 minutes each, so if there end up being around 9 rounds and a half hou...
by kdroge
Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Scattergories (February 2017)
Replies: 20
Views: 12341

Re: Scattergories (February 2017)

I think that at least part of this event should consist of quizbowl-related Scattergories lists (think of all the points you can get for knowing those alliterative character names from Restoration comedies!)
by kdroge
Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory 2016: General Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4397

Listory 2016: General Discussion

Please post anything about general discussion of the Listory set here. The breakdown by category was that I wrote a significant majority of the literature and the American history, as well as a smattering of other history. Jason Golfinos and Vasa Clarke each wrote about half of the European and worl...
by kdroge
Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory 2016: Question Specific Discussion and Errata
Replies: 7
Views: 1523

Listory 2016: Question Specific Discussion and Errata

Please post anything about errors in the set to be corrected for future mirrors and/or question-specific discussion here.
by kdroge
Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory: Summer Side Event
Replies: 15
Views: 10718

Re: Listory: Summer Side Event

A few notes after the first sites of this set have been played: -A good address to send a check to for paying me if you hosted a mirror is 1982 Winchester Drive, East Lansing, MI, 48823 -Hopefully, stats from the main site will be up later this week -I'm about to request a private discussion forum f...
by kdroge
Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory: Summer Side Event
Replies: 15
Views: 10718

Re: Listory: Summer Side Event

As of this morning, the set has officially been completed. I have emailed zips of the set to Columbia, VCU, and Mizzou, and I will have the packets for the Michigan site. Can someone from the California mirror please either post your email here or shoot me an email at kurtisroxs@gmail.com so I can s...
by kdroge
Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

First off, I had a lot of fun playing this tournament. It was clear that the questions were of a very high quality, and that the editors all put a lot of time, thought, passion, and flavor into crafting the set. There were lots of things about which I was excited that they showed up, and there was l...