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I really think Naveed is on to something here - I've gone on before about how, unless you're an editor-caliber player, quiz bowl tends to expect one to walk off into the sunset of a stable career and whatnot. I haven't played a tournament since CO Trash 2016, but I check the forums and read the ...

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I don't suppose there's any chance that this is an open tournament? Not clear from the main thread. I'd be somewhat interested in playing if it were.

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For your Tossup 27, I would make a note to accept the Blue Devils before mentioning, because “this team” would trigger 97% of people who correctly buzz would say Blue Devils Point of clarification - there are multiple collegiate teams called the "Blue Devils". It should prompted, but not accepted ou ...

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I'll cross post in the Discord, but I'll say this is the official dibs-calling of the Saturday 12/28 9PM Eastern time slot in the discord for another reading of my packet.

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Hey folks, I'd like to have another reading of my 30 Tossup Festivus packet Cursed Images and Graven Idols. The description I gave for the Festivus spreadsheet is as follows: Consists of questions about objects, images, and other notable visual stimuli encountered in the world. Basically, this is ...

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This date is absolutely bad for me, so I don't know if any folks who are in the same boat would enjoy playing some of the packets on the week of Christmas. I'm happy to read mine again on discord sometime later this week - I think there's some decent Mike Cheyne-style content in mine I wouldn't ...

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Don't mean to be rude, but when is the schedule expected to be released?

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Possibly dumb question, but is this going to be held in the main quiz bowl discord?

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I feel like this is close to the quiz bowl equivalent of counting cards - if you can keep track in your head or by jotting down your best guess of the category, go for it, but I don't think the categories should be explicitly known to all. I've definitely done "hmm, this probably isn't x, since ...

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Hey Daniel,

I'm free to staff if you need staff.

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Do you need any staff? I live just outside of Syracuse and would love to get involved with the organization, unofficial as it may be.

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I really like the idea of playing this. However, given the timing (over the holidays), I don't know that I'll have the availability to devote a minimum of ~6-ish hours to playing this with teams. I'd actually prefer some sort of singles, Festivus-like event where I could pop in and out if needed.

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Packet is now up on the archive. Feedback is welcome.

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Just finished reading this. Scores as follows: Scores 🥇 Sarah Mueller [AU'19 GT'22] 80 (4/2/0) 🥈 taylorharvey 35 (1/2/0) 🥈 joel [umn] 35 (1/2/0) .tlanextli 30 (2/0/0) Pinyan 25 (1/1/0) Sophia M [Delaware] 25 (1/1/0) Erik Christensen [ex-Waterloo] 20 (2/0/2) Evan Nagler, Esq. 15 (1/0/0) kenji.shimizu ...

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Alright, poll has ended. I'll be reading this tomorrow at 9PM eastern in the main qb discord. A good time will be had by me at the least.

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A couple updates: 1. I'm calling this packet SETLIST (Some Entertaining Tests on Learning Identical Song Titles). 2. Haphazardly placed powermarks are included. 3. A lot of it's pretty vanity and based on things I like, but I did make a concerted effort to also clue music I wasn't initially familiar ...

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Hi all, Somewhat on a whim, I decided to see if I could still write questions reasonably well on a fairly constrained topic. The result of about 10 days of writing for an hour or so after work has resulted in a tossup-only trash music packet. The answerlines will be songs that share the exact or ...

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I'll PM you my spouse's contact info. She says she's willing to sponsor if it doesn't require too much work on her part

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Hello, It's awesome to read this post. I've been living in Syracuse since 2017 and while I'm not that active with playing the game any more, I'd love any chance to help out where I can. I'm a former quizbowler from UChicago with a fair amount of experience in the non-Syracuse University-specific ...

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Based on (somewhat flawed) last.fm data dating back to 2006

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Damn. If I didn't already have a job or spouse, I'd apply in a second.

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London Calling vs. More Than a Feeling Run Through the Jungle vs. La Grange Wish You Were Here vs. 25 or 6 to 4 Sultans of Swing vs. Cruel to Be Kind Ain't No Sunshine vs. War Stayin' Alive vs. Only the Good Die Young Won't Get Fooled Again vs. Drift Away Papa Was a Rolling Stone vs. Take Me Home ...

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This set of matchups has some absolutely brutal choices Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love Coal Miner's Daughter vs. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right Is She Really Going Out With Him? Vs. Go All the Way Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe vs. Wa ...

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Your ballot: Goodbye Strange r vs. Cold as Ice - Both these songs sound very 70s and both suck pretty hard, but I don't think I can ever vote for Foreigner. Move On Up vs. The Man with the Child in His Eyes I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) vs. America The Beautiful - I love Ray Charles, but not ...

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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 ...

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Doctor, My Eyes vs. Roadrunner (Once) Cherry Bomb vs. Easy When Will I Be Loved vs. Smiling Faces Sometimes The Shape I'm In vs. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - I really, truly love the Band, but you can't argue against TRWNBT Across 110th Street vs. Cars Wonderful Tonight vs. Don't It Make ...

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Your ballot: Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Short People vs. Closer to the Heart - Likely the funniest song of the decade La Grange vs. All Right Now Only the Good Die Young vs. Hello Darlin’ Mississippi Queen vs. Star Spangled Banner I’ll Be Around vs. Up Against the Wall Search and Destroy vs ...

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Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the Devil vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood - This one was tough, but I went for The Dead because DLMBM is technically from 1965, even if the 70s version is better. Roxanne vs. Fooled Around and Fell in L ...

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Do you anticipate needing staff? I might be able to help out if I know fairly well beforehand.

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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"

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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 ...

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InvadErGII wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:36 pm
AKKOLADE wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:26 pm How many packets are you expecting to have?
Should be at least 10 (like SNICK had), but if we can make more we certainly will.

Off topic, but was SNICK ever posted?

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

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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?

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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 staffer at Yale ...

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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 ...

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I always like non-CO Open difficulty opens, so I'm looking forward to this.

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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 ...

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Are there any more remaining mirrors? If not, can it posted soon?

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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This must be the best possible tournament name.

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Bartleby wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:24 pm Hey folks -- I am still looking to play this, and will gladly be placed on a free agent team if necessary, but if anyone would like to team up, I co-wrote CO Trash in 2014,

Don't let him fool you. This misrepresentation won't stand. It was 2013 CO Trash.

Habitat_Against_Humanity

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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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