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by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: Central NY Winter Invitational (CNYWIn) - Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior HS, Syracuse, NY (2/10/24) [NAQT IS-226]
Replies: 2
Views: 432

Re: Central NY Winter Invitational (CNYWIn) - Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior HS, Syracuse, NY (2/10/24) [NAQT IS-226]

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament (online, 12/17/23)
Replies: 14
Views: 4037

Re: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]
Replies: 4
Views: 3172

Re: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]

Packet is now up on the archive. Feedback is welcome.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]
Replies: 4
Views: 3172

Re: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]
Replies: 4
Views: 3172

Re: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]

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. :party:
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Sep 27, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]
Replies: 4
Views: 3172

Re: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]
Replies: 4
Views: 3172

Musical Mystery Tour [Poll]

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 clo...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri May 13, 2022 7:40 am
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Syracuse University
Replies: 10
Views: 6223

Re: Syracuse University

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
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Apr 01, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Syracuse University
Replies: 10
Views: 6223

Re: Syracuse University

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 asp...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Favorite Albums
Replies: 29
Views: 4104

Re: Favorite Albums

Based on (somewhat flawed) last.fm data dating back to 2006
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by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Looking to do a PhD combining quizbowl and artificial intelligence?
Replies: 4
Views: 2985

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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, ...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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 thi...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146917

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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 M...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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 v...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351162

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 New York SCT at Cornell (February 8, 2020)
Replies: 2
Views: 2125

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Replies: 45
Views: 21545

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"
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:18 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

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Replies: 15
Views: 10908

Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement

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?
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Replies: 45
Views: 21545

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Old time bonus formats
Replies: 19
Views: 16895

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:04 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
Replies: 33
Views: 38587

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Replies: 45
Views: 21545

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
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:16 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Indulge me a moment...
Replies: 19
Views: 16571

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?
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Indulge me a moment...
Replies: 19
Views: 16571

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:10 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Indulge me a moment...
Replies: 19
Views: 16571

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Re: Summer Open 2019 (August 2019)

I always like non-CO Open difficulty opens, so I'm looking forward to this.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
Replies: 45
Views: 33369

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 ...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:52 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)

Are there any more remaining mirrors? If not, can it posted soon?
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Quiz Bowl Staffer Database
Replies: 4
Views: 6069

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
Replies: 8
Views: 5199

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Queen's - October 27, 2018
Replies: 8
Views: 5199

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Must Be The Place
Replies: 5
Views: 4431

Re: This Must Be The Place

This must be the best possible tournament name.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Replies: 22
Views: 11493

Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Replies: 76
Views: 45175

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.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Quizbowl and Mental Health
Replies: 30
Views: 25047

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 ...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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 ...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:38 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 interested in playing!
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
Replies: 50
Views: 34840

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...
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Replies: 11
Views: 6595

Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program

Also, the money quote is from the Princeton team.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Replies: 11
Views: 6595

Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program

jonah wrote:
Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:I really want to know about "Harmonic Divergence Bowl".
I have the packets from a 1994 tournament at Berkeley called Harmonic Convergence Bowl, so I assume this is a follow-up to that.
Yeah, I think I meant "Convergence", which is in the program, but not in math.
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Replies: 11
Views: 6595

Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program

I really want to know about "Harmonic Divergence Bowl".
by Habitat_Against_Humanity
Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Student looking to start a team
Replies: 5
Views: 12933

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...