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by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144480

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND ONE; SUBMIT BY 11/8]

10. Wham!? Wham!, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” Wham!, “Careless Whisper” I don't like Wake Me Up. At least Careless Whisper has the sax. 11. Mostly muted English-sounding post-punk (Pick One) Violent Femmes, "Blister in the Sun" Tom Tom Club, "Genius of Love" The La's, "Th...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144480

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND ONE; SUBMIT BY 11/8]

1. Clash of the Clash The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM The Clash, “Rock the Casbah”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ While it's certainly not the most representative Clash song, I've always enjoyed the weird lounge-y sound of this one...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144480

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

rylltraka wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:28 am I must say that, while there's no way that it's making the bracket, I've really enjoyed Cameo's "Candy" as a bizarre hidden gem
Michael Brecker’s sax solo in this song is the absolute definition of smooth
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144480

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]

Please pick a different REM song than Stand, one of the only ones I don’t like. Orange Crush is on the same album, is just as famous, and much better! Some other songs worth considering I didn’t see mentioned: One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx Ship of Fools - World Party When Love Breaks Down - ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri May 08, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
Replies: 49
Views: 17292

Re: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)

Aaron's Rod wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 3:48 pm the offers to edit and write for this seem at odds with the top scorer on the challenged team saying "no"
With all due respect, I think any party saying no is not considering how good these packets, written and edited solely by myself, would be
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri May 08, 2020 3:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
Replies: 49
Views: 17292

Re: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)

I hereby volunteer to write all three packets for this event.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:41 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

Stay with Me vs. Rapper's Delight I don’t really LIKE Rappers Delight, and it’s definitely aged poorly, but I feel I have to vote this way as a counter measure to the stodgy anti-rap crowd. O-o-h Child vs. $1000 Wedding I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) vs. Ballroom Blitz This is going to ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:43 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

Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans I had never heard City of New Orleans before. It's good, but I think Cruel to Be Kind is an all-time classic that apparently is going to lose. Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love Both of these songs are good. Coal Miner's Daughter vs. (If Loving You is Wrong) I ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:59 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

In the spirit of Let's Remember Some Guys, I've written a 20 question packet almost entirely on NBA guys. Difficulty ranges from "sure he's pretty famous" to "that rings a bell." Come prove the superiority of your NBA guy knowledge on Sunday at 8 pm EST in #RememberingGuys on sl...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:59 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

In the spirit of Let's Remember Some Guys, I've written a 20 question packet almost entirely on NBA guys. Difficulty ranges from "sure he's pretty famous" to "that rings a bell." Come prove the superiority of your NBA guy knowledge on Sunday at 8 pm EST in #RememberingGuys on sla...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Replies: 102
Views: 49900

Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut

I think the only reason this post is remotely controversial is because of its tone. Frankly, the idea that maintaining a modicum of personal grooming habits is a cause for debate seems kind of worrisome. If you're not gonna cut your hair, at least wash it?
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND ONE, PART FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s

Seven Nation Army
Maps, though it's super close
Yeah!
American Boy
Dashboard
1901
Hurt
Crazy in Love
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Dec 22, 2017 6:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy
Wake Me Up When September Ends, I guess
Mr. Brightside
Since U Been Gone
Clocks -- Jesus Walks is not anywhere near my favorite Kanye track.
Danger! High Voltage
Toxic
Get Ur Freak On
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false names
Replies: 56
Views: 25543

Re: Non-students playing closed tournaments under false name

My only real thought here is that I'm disappointed I didn't know SoCal tournaments are semi-open. I live here now! Hit me up, who wants 9 ppg?
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:01 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Replies: 120
Views: 67366

Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet

No promises, but I might write a "fun" packet akin to 1997 ISSAC, but without the 1997 conceit, if people are interested.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:33 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: The 70 Greatest Players of the Last Eight Years: A Ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 73541

Re: The 70 Greatest Players of the Last Eight Years: A Ranki

Though I'm by no means an authoritative or even particularly respected source, I thought I'd throw my own rankings in, which differ a little from the ones proposed so far. In the interest of time, I'm only providing a top 25 here. 1. Andrew Yaphe (Stanford) Everyone says he's the best and I have no ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Would You Recommend Working for PACE?
Replies: 7
Views: 4985

Re: Would You Recommend Working for PACE?

I was in PACE for a few years, even serving as VP of Outreach. Since PACE mostly does one, specific thing (NSC), it was very low-stress, and my only complaints about "working" for them come from the year before I joined (NSC 2011). Since they're under new leadership now, those complaints a...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Articles about quiz bowl
Replies: 25
Views: 3842

Re: Articles about quiz bowl

Rounding out Diamondback coverage of Maryland quizbowl is this gem, which manages to get approximately 0 things right about quizbowl and takes every quote I said in jest very seriously: http://www.dbknews.com/archives/article ... 73cd5.html
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
Replies: 14
Views: 8345

Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June

I'd be interested in playing the singles tournament if I have nothing going on that day. I've always wanted to be a ritual offering for a much more powerful machine.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun May 03, 2015 11:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2015: LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS DUFUSES
Replies: 86
Views: 40019

Re: Player Poll 2015: LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS DUFUSES

I'll take Ike's post a step further. Voting in this poll or posting in this thread (or the collegiate team player and poll) is a waste of your time. Write questions for HSNCT, NSC, or NASAT instead. Why are you posting on the forums at all, when you could be writing questions? Playing video games? ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:20 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Your Lowest Point
Replies: 64
Views: 54121

Re: Your Lowest Point

Much like Mike Cheyne, ACF Nationals 2011 was my lowest point in quizbowl. Unlike Mike Cheyne, it wasn't because my team let a real chance of winning the whole thing slip away [no offense intended to my teammates]. Simply put, the brutal difficulty of the tournament was unlike anything I had experie...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:37 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

40 characters in search of a username wrote:Maybe Wednesday night-ish, I'll read my well-received 1997 packet in IRC. It'll lose some stuff from not being read aloud, but we'll do our best.
This is happening at 9. HURRY
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:49 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

Maybe Wednesday night-ish, I'll read my well-received 1997 packet in IRC. It'll lose some stuff from not being read aloud, but we'll do our best.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: COTTAGE Bowl - Global Announcement
Replies: 66
Views: 42223

Re: COTTAGE Bowl - Global Announcement

A lot of what I wanted to say has been said, but this tournament is silly-expensive for what it was. In addition, literally almost everything in the "Internet" distribution was impossible to just about everyone in the field at the mirror, many of whom are regular people who use the Interne...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen at U. Maryland (21 Feb. 2015)
Replies: 51
Views: 42555

Re: George Oppen at U. Maryland (21 Feb. 2015)

Real quickly-- the packet is essentially a comedy packet, ostensibly written in 1997, where almost every question is a joke in some way. It follows a roughly normal distribution. It's free to play because I would never think of charging for it.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen at U. Maryland (21 Feb. 2015)
Replies: 51
Views: 42555

Re: George Oppen at U. Maryland (21 Feb. 2015)

Hey everyone, while digging through Maryland's packet archives, I found a lone packet labelled 1997 ISSAC. It's pretty weird, and I don't think it's ever been seen before, so I'll read it if there's interest.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Question Specific Discussion (Maryland Spring 2014)
Replies: 35
Views: 8050

Re: Question Specific Discussion

I didn't write either question, and may have a weird knowledge base, but I really don't see why the second question is so self-evidently harder than the first.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Does anybody else keep track of their personal statistics?
Replies: 9
Views: 5027

Re: Does anybody else keep track of their personal statistic

I won't say who it was, but I once observed one of the best players in the history of quizbowl keeping track of the tossups that he and his teammates got during a tournament. What he was specifically doing was keeping track of how many of the questions they answered were "dead ducks" (i.e...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll
Replies: 108
Views: 82418

Re: Preseason Poll

Woah, woah, that's an awfully high ranking for Maryland B! You guys do know I don't go there anymore, right? Next time, consider voting for a team that did not play any DI nationals last year.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Supergroup rankings
Replies: 37
Views: 2013

Re: Supergroup rankings

What about The Stereo? It has the guy from Animal Chin and the guy from The Impossibles!
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Tricon 2.5 discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 4623

Re: Tricon 2.5 discussion

"this was indeed tricon" - only necessary discussion of this tournament
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DUST discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 2638

Re: DUST discussion

I actually enjoyed this [though I guess I'm biased]. There were some clunkers but also some cool ideas and mostly a bunch of competent, unremarkable questions.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:00 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

Well this certainly happened! Rob Carson unsurprisingly won. Here's the packet.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:55 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

If you liked the Hunter trash packet but thought, "Boy, I wish it was only about music, weirder, and on decidedly less 'hip' stuff," you're in luck! Tonight at 9 PM I'll be reading a music packet I wrote. It's on music I like, mostly, so you're forewarned.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:25 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Favorite Quizbowl Experiences
Replies: 77
Views: 68619

Re: Favorite Quizbowl Experiences

When you've got as few real accomplishments as I do, your favorite quizbowl experiences really puts emphasis on the "experiences" part. 2010 T-Party Indeed, this was a fun tournament. It was my first taste of being on a team where my scoring was not... necessary. I remember powering "...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun May 18, 2014 9:10 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

This happened. We were tied 45-45 between Matts Weiner and Bollinger at the end, so I read an unrelated tossup on Peter Gabriel Music Videos, which Matt W negged, so Matt B won. Evan Nagler also powered a question that mentioned something he did last week. The packet is attached if you want it, thou...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun May 18, 2014 2:53 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455155

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

For the annual Maryland end-of-the-year packet, I've written a 20 tossup packet on various UMD players and events. I expect that most of the questions should be gettable at the end for people who know the Maryland program okay, though a few things will be impossible. Anyway, if you want to prove you...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Tue May 06, 2014 1:36 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Discussion (Maryland Spring 2014)
Replies: 27
Views: 6531

Re: General Discussion

I really liked the questions Isaac wrote
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri May 02, 2014 10:29 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Japanese Literature
Replies: 18
Views: 10592

Re: Japanese Literature

Casey's got the right idea: while it may not come up very often (and rightfully so, in my opinion), it's worth knowing these are actual dudes that question writers will write about. Obviously, it wouldn't be time well spent if you try to read every Oe book and try to reach the level of scholarship ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/3/2014
Replies: 25
Views: 13170

Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/3/2014

Hello everyone,

The tournament will be held in the basement of Jimenez Hall. Registration will start at 8:30 AM, games will start at 9 AM.

We look forward to seeing you Saturday!
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: An arbitrary statistical ranking of career accomplishments
Replies: 6
Views: 4143

Re: An arbitrary statistical ranking of career accomplishmen

I'm really intrigued by this idea, but I wanted to tweak your metrics a little bit just to see what would happen. So for this build of the table, I assigned some number of points to players for the following accomplishments: 38th place finishes at PACE NSC 13th place finishes at ACF Nationals Number...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2014: WORD LIFE
Replies: 58
Views: 16872

Re: Player Poll 2014: WORD LIFE

Excelsior (smack) wrote:Can I just point out that it's ridiculous that _nobody_ voted for Sriram? Sriram is, at minimum, the third best science player in the game right now, and I'd personally put him even with Billy.
Stephen Hines has some words for you, sir.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?
Replies: 29
Views: 14876

Re: Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?

The Quizbowl Tribune stylebook has always maintained that "Quizbowl" is one word, and is unnecessarily capitalized.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
Replies: 123
Views: 87717

Re: The greatest quizbowl photos

Image
A feature done on my high school team in the Gazette led to this photo.
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The Role of a Moderator
Replies: 41
Views: 13672

Re: The Role of a Moderator

Pseudonyms are useful is a school or coach is particularly against a team attending a certain event. In the school's case, it may be because they don't want some unchaperoned high schoolers representing their institution [wisely, it would seem in this case]. I did some sneaking around in high school...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2014: April 12 & 13 at Columbia University NYC
Replies: 102
Views: 88085

Re: ACF Nationals 2014: April 12 & 13 at Columbia University

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/IsaacTheBobfan/PMButton.png In seriousness, though, I really enjoyed the tournament. I thought the set was very, very good. I had been dreading playing ACF Nationals because of bad memories from the last ACF Nats I played, but this set had lots of tossups on a...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: It's Academic discussion
Replies: 105
Views: 53578

Re: It's Academic discussion

As glad as I am that people who admit to having no idea what It's Academic even is are joining in on the discussion, it's time to put on my "2 time It's Academic finalist" hat and talk a little bit about why there are better ways to prepare. First of all, while John Gilbert has participate...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Prediction Thread!
Replies: 30
Views: 9239

ACF Nationals Prediction Thread!

34. Berkeley B - Sorry, I'm not going to pretend like I know who is on this team. There's no way to underperform now, Berkeley B! 33. Columbia B - Same deal here. I'm sure you guys are smart, you go to Columbia! 32. Notre Dame - This is apparently a guy playing solo. I admire you, guy playing solo! ...
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/3/2014
Replies: 25
Views: 13170

Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/3/2014

Checks should be made out to "Maryland Academic Quiz Team," or "MAQT."
by Nine-Tenths Ideas
Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Prediction Thread 2014
Replies: 22
Views: 9173

Re: ICT Prediction Thread 2014

Is this supposed to be funny and failing, or is it supposed to be realistic and failing?