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by Judson Laipply
Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: G2G FASTER
Replies: 4
Views: 1913

Re: G2G FASTER

I'll pop in at 10 to get wrecked by this.
by Judson Laipply
Sun May 03, 2020 10:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
Replies: 29
Views: 9805

Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups

In light of recent cheating scandals and the persistence of suspicious performances on online events, I am politely requesting that all of my team's matches be played on Discord or Zoom video call. I possess a premium zoom room (Thanks UChicago!) and will read matches on my team's packet (if I'm av...
by Judson Laipply
Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146964

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

Free Zoom would actually work fine if people wanted to do a tournament by video. The 40 minute limit is not a big deal because you can do one session after another. Does the timer for the 40 minutes limit counts all the waiting time in between rounds? Even if it doesn't, quizbowl rounds can easily ...
by Judson Laipply
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 8399

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion

While this isn't a specific area of expertise for me, I'm pretty sure that Packet 5 bonus 14 part 2 should at least prompt on AGN. I was thinking SMBH because of the M-Sigma clue until a later clue mentioned feedback regulating star formation and I thought that was specific to AGNs rather than anyth...
by Judson Laipply
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
Replies: 38
Views: 6383

Re: 2020 SCT general discussion

I just want to echo Jacob’s sentiment that I am also an NAQT fan and generally like SCT and ICT but this was unacceptably bad.

If this is the last NAQT tournament i play (which is possible given how bad the SOS modifier for D value is) it would really be a (personal) tragedy.
by Judson Laipply
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Division I SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 78
Views: 16699

Re: 2020 Division I SCT: specific question discussion

The tossup on "hydrogen" that referred to it as "this substance" had a clue that Rafael, Noah, and I felt was ambiguously worded, referring to the "production of the 21 centimeter line in this substance." I gave an answer of "intergalactic medium" - I assume ...
by Judson Laipply
Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 7819

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

Astro (the only subject that I’m really qualified to give an opinion on) was really solid. Loads of real stuff early and answerlines that should be gettable by the end. One exception is the clue on abundance matching which isn’t strictly used for luminosity but it usually is so it’s not that bad. In...
by Judson Laipply
Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rice (01/25/2020)
Replies: 3
Views: 1826

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Rice (01/25/2020)

Thanks to Andrew for running a very good tournament.

Having not played solo since Early Autumn Collegiate Novice in 2010, I probably would have been mentally finished by the middle of the day if there was logistical bullshit to contend with.
by Judson Laipply
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
Replies: 33
Views: 11950

Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2020)

I am very ready to get thoroughly embarrassed on what is supposed to be one of my better categories.
by Judson Laipply
Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll 2019-2020
Replies: 26
Views: 18027

Re: Preseason Poll 2019-2020

22. Chicago C (projected roster: Halle Friedman, Ian Baram, Edgar Lin, Wonyoung Jang) Placing any C team, even Chicago C, in the top 25, is a dicey proposition. There are plenty of questions about team composition and members' levels of competitiveness, but compared to the teams below them, Chicago...
by Judson Laipply
Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31823

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

Hey, so I wrote what was (as far as I can tell) the hardest science tossup in the set, judging from me asking around on the day of - the tossup on oozes , which made it in unedited from our team's submission. I intended for the tossup to link disparate pieces of knowledge about ocean science that I...
by Judson Laipply
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 31823

Re: CO 2019 Discussion

Science history: What we did: We had a science history question (tossup or bonus) like once every two packets. Did that shit work?: Eh. I was more mixed on this. I still think this IDEA is very good - science history belongs in the distribution, and it belongs in the science distribution. It's repr...
by Judson Laipply
Mon May 27, 2019 2:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Remember Some New York Mets
Replies: 7
Views: 5495

Re: Let's Remember Some New York Mets

This is now the Bill Buckner memorial packet
by Judson Laipply
Mon May 27, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Remember Some New York Mets
Replies: 7
Views: 5495

Re: Let's Remember Some New York Mets

Cheynem wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 10:55 am No one will enjoy this.
You already said the packet was about the mets.
by Judson Laipply
Mon May 27, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Remember Some New York Mets
Replies: 7
Views: 5495

Re: Let's Remember Some New York Mets

This is my time to shine.
by Judson Laipply
Wed May 15, 2019 9:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018-19 Collegiate Post-Season Poll
Replies: 6
Views: 6665

Re: 2018-19 Collegiate Post-Season Poll

Everyone already knows this but the Yale ACF Nats placement in the spreadsheet should mention the lack of "not that bad at quizbowl" person Jacob Reed.
by Judson Laipply
Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63843

Re: Player Poll 2019

TeammateShilling.exe Halle Friedmann is really good at visual arts. Underrank her at your own peril especially if you're playing CO, she will still be able to get things ahead of you there. Olivia Kiser knows a shit-ton of random myth and history things. I recall at one point Olivia told me that he ...
by Judson Laipply
Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Cody wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:09 pm
Can you implement divisions (Upper/Lower)?
Divisioning and finals will be done when I'm back in Chicago (read: post easter)
by Judson Laipply
Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Lederberg 3: General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 1893

Re: Lederberg 3: General Discussion

All games but finals are in here. I have no idea what other information is in here besides stats, but it should have question-by-question category information so probably don't share outside of here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dMkW59MFc4EYUKlxe3MnEFFzM_0YOey1?usp=sharing EDIT: Now with ...
by Judson Laipply
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

Because sets (not counting ACF Nationals 2019) have 1/1 math and usually more. Math that normal people usually care about is clued in almost every science tossup (and as you pointed out logic-based philosophy/thought TUs and probably some SS/Econ). There is no need for 1/1 "Content that is tau...
by Judson Laipply
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

For starters, people who want a tournament with 1/1 math should feel free to write tournaments with 1/1 math! There is no one "correct" distribution. Not to beat this dead horse again, but do that at something like Lederberg or WAO or Sun God or Terrapin, not ACF Nationals 2019. At least ...
by Judson Laipply
Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Are stats going to be posted for this, or are they a casualty of the paper scoresheets / bad hotel internet? The google spreadsheets for stats are completed for everything up to finals. Someone in the editors groupchat has entered all of the games but one that I missed into SQBS, not sure what the ...
by Judson Laipply
Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
Replies: 37
Views: 27861

Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)

Going to SMU for a postdoc working on the DESI experiment. I will probably be around the Dallas area to staff things if asked and am always open to join open teams looking for some science help.
by Judson Laipply
Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Why don't we have 1/1 math?
Replies: 59
Views: 30513

Re: Why don't we have 1/1 math?

Because sets (not counting ACF Nationals 2019) have 1/1 math and usually more. Math that normal people usually care about is clued in almost every science tossup (and as you pointed out logic-based philosophy/thought TUs and probably some SS/Econ). There is no need for 1/1 "Content that is taug...
by Judson Laipply
Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82651

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

A word of warning: April 13th is the night of "Spring Fling," which, for the uninitiated, is a concert at franklin field that leads to large numbers of drunken and otherwise intoxicated students running around campus with no regard for anything, often vomiting in random places. Probably be...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Lederberg 3: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 1360

Re: Lederberg 3: Specific Question Discussion

I already mentioned this to James at the ICT site, but in case he lost track of my comments in the whirl of Lederberg + ICT: I think the tossup on accretion (round 1, tossup 3) needs some revision. In particular, the second, third, and fourth sentences say that turbulent viscosity (generic or speci...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
Replies: 105
Views: 82651

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania

mtebbe wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:14 pm

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This is the one true philly lunch advice.
by Judson Laipply
Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

A couple more reminders: I'm working on stats tonight. Should be up tonight or maybe tomorrow if I find motivation to do actual work. Thanks to everyone who venmo-ed me already. Please Venmo me $15 dollars if you haven't yet. I got physical payment from Sorice and Seth, and will track the remainder ...
by Judson Laipply
Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Well, with regards to logistics, of all the tournaments that ever happened, this was one of them. Sorry for the issues that caused what should have been maybe a 4 hour tournament into a nearly 6 hour hellscape. Thanks to everyone who came to play the tournament. I hope you all were able to enjoy it....
by Judson Laipply
Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Schedule is attached. Dylan et al, you were warned. Seth is optimistic about using game rooms. The chance of us using game rooms goes up if you come to the staff check-in table at 6 and help set up rooms so please do that. See you all soon. EDIT: Meet in the lobby at 6:30 so we can start the tournam...
by Judson Laipply
Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

I just Facebook messaged all of the people who volunteered a room in the spreadsheet. In the event that the game rooms that Seth spoke of don't materialize, we will need one more room to run this tournament. Please let me know if you have a room that would be available tonight from 6-9:30PM Also we ...
by Judson Laipply
Thu Apr 04, 2019 11:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Okay, after talking with Joel, here's the deal: 1) we can start at 6:30, but we'll need to break around 7:30 so that staffers can check in and help with set-up. 2) teams providing buzzers to ICT need to check in their buzzers before starting in on the side event. Team buzzers can be checked in star...
by Judson Laipply
Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

I have not attempted to find a team because I was unsure of whether we'd be in Chicago on time; if it turns out we will be (which looks reasonably likely); is the TD amenable to allowing five-member teams? We really want to get to 12 teams since that makes a really easy schedule with no byes that a...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Oh and if your team doesn't have a name, I'm going to give you the stupidest name I can think of. So do that before I make schedules late thursday night/Friday morning.
by Judson Laipply
Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:37 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)
Replies: 61
Views: 34037

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Lederberg Trinity (Summer 2019)

Hey everyone, with five days left before the tournament, here's some updates and additional requests. 1. We have 207/240 questions edited for this set, and are well on pace to finish 2. We have 10 teams signed up, and enough free agents to cover two more teams. Please form two more teams ASAP. 3. J...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Matchmaking
Replies: 16
Views: 8034

Re: CO Matchmaking

Now that we know when and where CO will be, the plebeians can start forming teams and writing packets. I'm looking for some teammates. I'm not good at anything, but can one-clue tossups on "Miss America." I write questions for a living so I'm comfortable writing a packet fast. I'll try no...
by Judson Laipply
Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DATE POLL: Chicago Open
Replies: 6
Views: 5463

Re: DATE POLL: Chicago Open

Sure would be nice to know if I’m able to play this tournament in time to write a packet for it.
by Judson Laipply
Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata
Replies: 35
Views: 3819

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata

The “negative index of refraction” tossup showed up in two packets. This was the reason for my complaint about not getting a physics replacement since we never had our first clean shot at a physics tossup. While I believe that my complaint is valid for all situations, I understand it is not always p...
by Judson Laipply
Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Replies: 33
Views: 14769

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)

Courtesy of Matt: Teams may not object to the specific replacement question which gets read unless it is an exact repeat (See C.13). (In particular, players have no basis for expecting that a replacement question be from the same category as a question which was thrown out, or for expecting that th...
by Judson Laipply
Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Replies: 33
Views: 14769

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)

FYI to future tournament directors, if you are replacing a physics tossup, use a physics tossup.

If you don’t have a physics tossup, use some other science tossup.

If you don’t have some other science tossup, apologize to the teams and yell at the editors before sending some other question.
by Judson Laipply
Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DATE POLL: Chicago Open
Replies: 6
Views: 5463

Re: DATE POLL: Chicago Open

Am i the only one who’s going to graduate between July 20 and August 2?

I guess I’ll play anyway but I should be writing/editing my thesis then.
by Judson Laipply
Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The D-value SOS calculation is broken
Replies: 17
Views: 10454

Re: The D-value SOS calculation is broken

Nearly a year has passed since Ryan's original post in this thread, and this year's SCT is fast approaching. Have any steps been taken to tweak the strength-of-schedule metric in the D-value calculation, in response to the flaws that Ryan demonstrated? Doubly noted. As someone who has been personal...
by Judson Laipply
Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: General Discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 1898

Re: Spartan Housewrite: General Discussion

I did enjoy this set and that may not become apparent in this lengthy list of minutiae, so let me reiterate that before this list of stuff that I hope can be fixed before the next mirror, but is mostly not egregious errors. I haven't really read through the rest of the discussion here thoroughly, so...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

This was in fact a bonus part. This word is in the name of a series of namesake lattices, whose simple variety has a packing density of pi over 6. For 10 points each: [10] Name this word which describes a "body centered" structure which has two atoms per unit cell. ANSWER: cubic [accept b...
by Judson Laipply
Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

The rate of this process has been estimated by Chary and Elbaz using the spectrum of the cosmic infrared background and they argue that this process peaks at redshift values of .8 plus or minus .1. NASA has observed this process with its Webb Telescope in an object which contains the brightest star...
by Judson Laipply
Sun Jan 20, 2019 2:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

I'd like to see the "star formation" tossup because I thought I heard a reference to the "NASA Webb telescope" that notably hasn't launched yet already having observed something. I would also like to see the "age of the universe" tossup since I was having difficulty par...
by Judson Laipply
Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Science (2018 Sun God)
Replies: 50
Views: 19895

Re: Science (2018 Sun God)

I'll only give more detailed comments about the astronomy because that's what I'm actually good at. The velocity tossup desperately needs middle-late clues. Nobody who hasn't buzzed by "dispersion" is likely to buzz before km/s. Something about redshift or radial velocity or whatever. Also...
by Judson Laipply
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Replies: 125
Views: 21960

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion

13. Wenxiang (“wun-sh’yong”) diagrams are used to determine if protein chains will adopt this structure in certain environments. One of these structures with repeating proline residues is commonly used as a molecular ruler. Over 25 percent of protein structures following this motif terminate with S...