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- Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:24 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Looking to do a PhD combining quizbowl and artificial intelligence?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 760
Re: Looking to do a PhD combining quizbowl and artificial intelligence?
Damn. If I didn't already have a job or spouse, I'd apply in a second.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:04 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38292
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
In addition to things mentioned above, cheating accusations should probably belong in one of the forums sections that you need an account to view. In the current ethical morass in which we find ourselves in which no real solutions have been offered, here's a common-sense actionable policy change th...
- Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 New York SCT at Cornell (February 8, 2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1111
Re: 2020 New York SCT at Cornell (February 8, 2020)
Do you anticipate needing staff? I might be able to help out if I know fairly well beforehand.
- Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15622
Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Just as a heads up, it looks like the string "ten" got changed to "10" everywhere it appears (at least in my packet); so words like "content" and "often" appear as "con10t" and "of10"
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7790
Re: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
If you aren't wild about the choices being offered for book prizes and there's a possibility you'll win another book prize in your career, feel free to let your prize go to a lower-scoring teammate. I only read (and enjoyed!) The Day of the Locust because Andrew Yaphe wasn't wowed by the selection/p...
- Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:54 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7250
Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Off topic, but was SNICK ever posted?InvadErGII wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:36 pmShould be at least 10 (like SNICK had), but if we can make more we certainly will.
- Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:24 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15622
Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Just an update. I've got one more question to write to finish a full packet. Assuming writer's block lets up I'll get it in very soon.
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Old time bonus formats
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9973
Re: Old time bonus formats
5-10-15 Three part bonus, but the first part was worth only 5 points, the second part was worth 10 points, the third part was worth 15 points. The first part was really easy, the third part was hard. I always had a spot in my heart for these types because these were the only 3-part bonuses on which...
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:04 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19031
Re: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
I'm not the best person to make this thread because my college quizbowl career only briefly overlapped with CBI, but I'll kick it off and perhaps other veteran college quizbowl players can run with it. In ancient times (like the 80's or something), there was a TV game show run by an organization ca...
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15622
Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
I will submit at least 10 questions to this, possibly a full packet, and will try my darndest to be somewhere nearby where/when it's played
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:16 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me a moment...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11749
Re: Indulge me a moment...
An Economic Ignoramus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:49 pm Shill time: NASAT is notably available for mirroring as a summer open and is not terribly difficult!
I honestly didn't know that. Where 'bouts?
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me a moment...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11749
Re: Indulge me a moment...
Let me clarify a few points that I've seen in response to this post in the Discord. First of all, I didn't intend to give off any perception that I'm "not willing" to do things like staffing, outreach, question writing, etc: 1. Staffing: Before moving to Syracuse, I was quasi-regular staff...
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:10 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me a moment...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11749
Indulge me a moment...
Please indulge my terrible poetic instincts for a moment as well as the mildly melancholic post to follow: To a QBer Growing Old The time you won the round at PACE You beat them on a buzzer race Coach and teammate sat cheering by At your Physics buzz on Debye Today, the match all players come To a w...
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8348
Re: Summer Open 2019 (August 2019)
I always like non-CO Open difficulty opens, so I'm looking forward to this.
- Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
- Replies: 45
- Views: 29952
Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19
In Steven Liu of High Tech's new article for Groger Ranks, he delves into the common question about the applicability of national rankings, such as ours. You can find that here: https://grogerranks.wordpress.com/2018/11/10/the-applicability-of-groger-ranks-to-actual-games-an-analysis/ The reason I ...
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:52 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34176
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Are there any more remaining mirrors? If not, can it posted soon?
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Staffer Database
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5545
Re: Quiz Bowl Staffer Database
This is a really great idea and I hope it streamlines the issue of finding staffers. The only possible suggestion I'd make is somehow giving some leeway when it comes to distance willing to travel. As long as I can drive there in the morning and get back at a reasonable hour, I'm fine staffing whate...
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3648
Re: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
What are the eligibility restrictions/ policies on open teams for this tournament? I just realized this tournament is less than three hours away from me and I might consider coming if I don't have to play solo. Penn Bowl is closed, unfortunately, but this is a nice reminder that Kingston is only ab...
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3648
Re: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
What are the eligibility restrictions/ policies on open teams for this tournament? I just realized this tournament is less than three hours away from me and I might consider coming if I don't have to play solo.
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Must Be The Place
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3777
Re: This Must Be The Place
This must be the best possible tournament name.
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9324
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 36412
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Don't really know of any doings up around the Syracuse/Central/Upstate NY area, but if there's a tournament within say an hour's drive, I'm willing to help out. Just thought I'd drop that here.
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl and Mental Health
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20866
Re: Quizbowl and Mental Health
I don't know to what degree nitpicking the incident is worth it, but it seems to me as someone who's been on various antidepressants and mental health treatment since 1994, that mocking you for negging and being angry about negging is ridiculous and reprehensible. However, as someone who's been the ...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:32 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
If anyone other than Charles is interested in having a conversation about this with me, please continue, but I'm pretty much done having my well-intentioned posts needlessly picked apart and misinterpreted to satisfy Charles's ego. I keep trying and trying to explain very minor points only to have i...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
As for "arbitrarily accusing" ACF of being "incapable," I did nothing of the sort... I retract my use of the word "arbitrarily," which was unwarranted. I stand by the rest of my paraphrasing of your argument and would be happy to explain why. Lest anyone believe what C...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
...the power text takes up a too substantial portion of the question (for me this would probably be anything over roughly 40% of the text)... ...NAQT does a pretty reasonable job placing powers. These two statements are contradictory; looking at the sample packet from last year's ICT, almost every ...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
...if 6 out of 8 lines are power, that doesn't give you a whole lot of space to write non-power clues. I never said anything about having "6 out of 8 lines" in power. Is this another number you "pulled out of roughly nowhere?" If there is a set where 6 out of 8 lines of each tos...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:38 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34176
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
I'm interested in playing!
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
I'd think if we started powermarking ACF Nats, it would be an almost entirely wasted effort. If the power mark appeared roughly at 25%-33% of the way through the tossup, frankly, I don't think we'd be seeing a lot of powers. Why would the powermark have to be 25-33% of the way through a tossup? Chi...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:48 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22425
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
I'd think if we started powermarking ACF Nats, it would be an almost entirely wasted effort. If the power mark appeared roughly at 25%-33% of the way through the tossup, frankly, I don't think we'd be seeing a lot of powers. As for powers being a self-esteem boost, I kind of feel the opposite way; w...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5212
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Also, the money quote is from the Princeton team.
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:13 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5212
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Yeah, I think I meant "Convergence", which is in the program, but not in math.jonah wrote:I have the packets from a 1994 tournament at Berkeley called Harmonic Convergence Bowl, so I assume this is a follow-up to that.Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:I really want to know about "Harmonic Divergence Bowl".
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5212
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
I really want to know about "Harmonic Divergence Bowl".
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:12 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Student looking to start a team
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8065
Re: Student looking to start a team
Thank you both for the help!! That article was pretty good and I’ll definitely go look at those packets. :grin: You're in Jamesville-Dewitt????!!!! I just moved to JD last July and have been bemoaning the lack of qb in this area. Please hit me up with any questions. I'm more than willing to help ou...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:28 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: How to make college quizbowl less insular
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10660
Re: How to make college quizbowl less insular
Not to bring up a certain sore topic, but evoking private messages from "quizbowl luminaries" in order to malign people that disagree with you in collegiate discussion does not help quizbowl's case against insularity or being unprofessional. It is not a good look for quizbowl to give off ...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: How to make college quizbowl less insular
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10660
Re: How to make college quizbowl less insular
In the poll on "What is the most pressing issue facing college quizbowl today?", "too insular" was the winner by a decent margin. "Too insular" could mean a lot of different things, or combinations of thing; I'd be interested to hear from people who voted for that opti...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The looming crisis
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10830
Re: The looming crisis
Just for the record, I've toyed with the idea of working with PACE in my head, but I think I'm disconnected enough from the community that I wouldn't be nominated and as we all know, self-nominations are "discouraged." That always struck me as a good way to keep an "in-crowd" me...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The looming crisis
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10830
Re: The looming crisis
If somebody is nominated to be a member of PACE, but then found to not be worthy, do you at least tell the person what they can do to meet your standards? It kind of sounds like the standard is "we know what a PACE member looks like when we see one" and that always risks devolving into ju...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:22 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 35093
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
The Dear Prudence thing is an awesome idea and should implemented if for no other reason than that there'll be a way of aggregating issues people have. On that note, does anyone think it would be beneficial to have like an actual climate survey type thing? Anonymous of course. I think I could get m...
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:43 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 35093
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
You folks weren't around when an identifying signature wasn't required, but suffice it to say, it's much easier to be "toxic" when you're anonymous. If making people consider their words more carefully is the cost of keeping things more civil, I think it's a fair trade-off. That said, it'...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 35093
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
I'm slightly nervous about posting this here when I know it's not anonymous. Yeah. This is me whenever I post something here, so I feel the need to word everything correctly. It's good to know that there's at least one other person who feels this way. Will second (third?) this as well. I've definit...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 39288
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Are you straight? Are you identified as a man? Are you adopting a fashion to intentionally be provocative? Are you wearing your hair in such a way that it says something about your self-expression? Are you wearing your hair in a way that you feel looks actively better than other, more traditional o...
- Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Nathan Freeburg
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14150
Re: Nathan Freeburg
This is still probably my all-time favorite qb story, especially with "Giovanni Deformata" part.ValenciaQBowl wrote: --Believed he had read a Nigerian novel called "The Palm Frond" that some of us made up on the way to lunch at a CO back in the mid-aughts
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10729
Re: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]
Probably won't be able to play, but this looks like a great idea and tons o' fun, 'specially if there's questions on specific Catholic hymns written post Vatican 2. I got that "Be Not Afraid" and "One Bread, One Body" knowledge on lock.
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21287
Re: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
Looks like there's a full slate of questions/packets. Given that a.) My Mountain Goats questions probably have a fairly limited appeal and b.) my larger family is doing their Christmas on the 23rd, I'm gonna hold off on my reading my questions for a while. That said, I still might be able to drop by...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Northeastern University Trash Tournament 12/9/2017
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4582
Re: Northeastern University Trash Tournament 12/9/2017
How'd this go?
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: How far should we tolerate hate speech in quizbowl?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 16776
Re: How far should we tolerate hate speech in quizbowl?
Further, I argue that people who are paying often many hundreds of dollars to come to my tournaments deserve to not have to play next to someone who thinks they're less human than he is or would want to kill them. I believe this to be a fair position. Finally, I would argue it's inappropriate to ma...
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21287
Re: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
~10 questions on the Mountain Goats, assuming I'm available to read them
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: I Need Serious Help With Bad Questions
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12788
Re: I Need Serious Help With Bad Questions
Given that there's a TV aspect, you may just be out of luck. There's a reason Jeopardy isn't ACF Regs. If they expect people to watch, the viewers will have to get some enjoyment out of it and let's face it, to the uninitiated, quiz bowl is really not much of a spectator sport. Honestly, rather than...
- Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:46 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
- Replies: 62
- Views: 25037
Re: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
One thing to bear in mind is that the ease at which software is learned doesn't translate into being able to use it quickly and efficiently (which is of course paramount to running an on-time, successful tournament). I'd like to think I understand both R syntax and regular expressions pretty well; ...