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- Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:11 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: Prometheus Science Bowl
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5830
Prometheus Science Bowl
I saw this come across the quizbowl subreddit, figured I'd post it over here as well. It looks like this group is doing a science bowl competition with some cash prizes and aiming to make the competition pretty similar to the National Science Bowl with a few rules slightly tweaked - https://promethe...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49583
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
I'm moving to the Austin, TX area and will be available to staff stuff around there or the Houston area starting around late October.
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Wolfie Bowl Online Tournament (August 1, 2020) [EXPANSION]
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9985
Re: Wolfie Bowl Online Tournament (August 1, 2020) [EXPANSION]
I just got done reading for this, and it was a very enjoyable set. Packets were really well balanced and of appropriate difficulty for the field and for the most part were very well constructed. Almost all questions had good pyramidality with just a few questions having misplaced early clues leading...
- Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:52 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29145
Re: So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
These buzzer systems on Amazon are possibly the cheapest and smallest full-featured system available, with one of the sets available through Amazon Prime. However, they do make a pretty annoying sound while buzzing. I purchased this set and brought it with me to HSNCT. It fits in my backpack, and w...
- Mon May 13, 2019 2:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl (8/10-11)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9456
Re: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl at Cal State, Long Beach (8/10)
It would depend on where you're staying. LGB and LAX are both reasonable, and even SNA or BUR could potentially make sense, but LGB or LAX are definitely your best options.
- Thu May 02, 2019 10:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl (8/10-11)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9456
Re: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl at Cal State, Long Beach (Date TBD)
You've fallen into the pitfall of view only on the spreadsheet! Putting it out there, I have a reasonably sized apartment that has a sectional couch that can fit 2 and a pair of full size air mattresses, plus enough floor space for comfortably around 4 more people. I'm willing to drive people, pick ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: California Summer Open(s)?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9773
Re: California Summer Open(s)?
I'd drive up to NorCal/down to San Diego to play in Super ACRONYM (and staff other events in the weekend), other obligations permitting.
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:41 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39254
Re: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
Somehow, despite never attending a single CBI tournament, I have in my possession a College Bowl hat and two 2nd place medals. I think they came from a box of old paper questions from the UCLA club. If anyone wants them, they're yours. I did try to play a College Bowl intramurals when I was dual enr...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2661
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!
Thank you to a mystery sender for French Literature: A Very Short Introduction!
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2661
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov - HSQB's Secret Santa - Last Day to Sign Up!
Amazon says my gift was delivered about a week ago, but I'm guessing my recipient gave me their home address and hasn't gotten home for winter break yet.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Power Matching
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8515
Re: Power Matching
I made this crude R program to create a card system that maximizes the number of like vs like records and prevents immediate and 2 round apart re-matches (when possible). Improvements to it are certainly welcome. Notably, it does not enforce teams coming off a win playing against teams coming off a ...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8627
Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
For me, if stats are available in one spot but not another, I'd want there to be some reason that you're asking beyond "I just want to see them in the other spot". If no stats are being posted at all, or this issue is affecting nationals qualifications, funding, writeups in the local paper...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Seders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 679
Re: Seders
I'm going to a family friend's house for Passover tonight, they have some very different traditions in their family, including giving every child (roughly 10 and younger) a towel to carry around during the night and whip anybody with if they are just sitting around. I'll list off some of the other o...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:31 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Maintaining packet confidentiality?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5626
Re: Maintaining packet confidentiality?
In what sense are you talking about? For within your tournament to ensure nobody reads the wrong packet, there are 2 commonly used options: Password protect the packets and send out the password for the next round to each of your moderators with their scoresheets or some other way. Adobe and Word bo...
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5432
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Thank you to a mystery sender for a map of Los Angeles puzzle, I'm excited to get it put together! Thanks also to Dylan for forwarding it when it was delivered to him.
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5432
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Well that's unfortunate timing. Either way, enjoy the games!
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:34 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/2018
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7027
Re: North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/20
The most up to date field can be viewed at https://www.naqt.com/registration/field ... nt_id=9161 .
Field as of 1/20/2018:
Carmel Valley A
Carmel Valley B
City School
Rolling Hills Country Day
Bernardo Heights
Field as of 1/20/2018:
Carmel Valley A
Carmel Valley B
City School
Rolling Hills Country Day
Bernardo Heights
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/2018
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7027
Re: North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/20
Just sent to teams: Hello to all! Thank you for registering for North Hollywood’s Middle School Quiz Bowl tournament to be held on Saturday, February 17th. We’re looking forward to seeing you in about a month! In this e-mail you will find some basic logistical information. Location: The tournament w...
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/2018
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7027
North Hollywood Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) - 2/17/2018
It is my pleasure to announce the North Hollywood’s Middle School Invitational Tournament to be held on Saturday, February 17th to be held at North Hollywood High School. This tournament is intended as an introduction to quiz bowl for Los Angeles area middle school and junior high school students. T...
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Random Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 410
Re: Random Question
Typically, no. The decision is ultimately up to the tournament director, who should be consulting with the group they purchased the questions from, but the answer is usually no. Almost all tournaments will let you play as a team of 1, so you'll still be able to participate without teammates. Part of...
- Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5432
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov ##: Sign Up Here
Name: Ian Drayer E-mail: Golran@g.ucla.edu Gift Requests: I'll do this again! Recently I've gotten really into jigsaw puzzles (1000+ pieces, moving towards 2000+), and I could use a tchotchke for my desk (the drinking bird from a few years ago has sadly dried up and stopped drinking, prefer one that...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I Need Serious Help With Bad Questions
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15768
Re: I Need Serious Help With Bad Questions
Perhaps using the line of logic that their questions being an outlier from national standards hinders the performance of teams from your area at national tournaments, and if they were more aligned, then you could more strongly represent your region on the National scene. The network could use your t...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Your Worst Moment In Quizbowl
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11785
Re: Your Worst Moment In Quizbowl
Not as a player but as a TD, my worst moment was the SoCal States I directed where pretty much everything went wrong. I had slightly put our field cap too high at 24, thinking I should have no problem getting enough staff. Week of the tournament I had 5 people drop out, and was barely able to scrape...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20318
Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
Just got a new job in Los Angeles, so I'm moving out that way. I'd be happy to staff things in SoCal when UCLA doesn't have a home game in football or basketball.
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gauging Interest in New England NASAT Mirror
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4107
Re: Gauging Interest in New England NASAT Mirror
I'm interested as well before I leave the North East.
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:53 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Coaching strategies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6923
Re: Coaching strategies
I'm going to suggest something that might be against the grain here - no matter what strategy your team decides to adopt, make sure to keep the game fun for them. You don't need to win a national, state, or local tournament for the students' time on the team to be worthwhile, you just need to instil...
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:45 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Packet archive copyright
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4074
Re: Packet archive copyright
You should be fine under fair use as long as you're not deriving any profit from the questions (advertising revenue in your app may get fuzzy, ask an actual lawyer about this). That said, from what I can tell people in the community are fine with their questions being used in study materials once th...
- Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Activities Outside of Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3125
Re: Activities Outside of Quiz Bowl
No longer in school so my job & studying for actuarial exams takes up a good majority of my time. In my free time, I bowl (around a 180 average buoyed by a huge spare conversion percentage (75%+ including splits) and cut down by a strike rate around 25%) and referee a lot of high school football...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Flight deals for HSNCT and MSNCT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2886
Re: Flight deals for HSNCT and MSNCT
One thing to note with Frontier is their long list of added fees (https://www.flyfrontier.com/optional-services/) including $30 or $35 for a carry-on bag with additional charges beyond that if you don't declare it when buying the ticket, so while this may work in some situations, it's not perfect fo...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Outreach for schools that play "bad" formats
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5313
Re: Outreach for schools that play "bad" formats
One thing I would aim to avoid, like others have said, is calling the game they play "bad" because it's not necessarily bad, it's just a different game. If the team already plays format X, suggest to them, you like playing X, you'll love Quiz Bowl - it's another way to test similar skills ...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM At UConn, March 25th, 2017
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5202
Re: ACRONYM At UConn, March 25th, 2017
From my experience, it's going to be the lot off of Horsebarn Hill Road, https://goo.gl/maps/mt1dPjTihAn. Parking in "Area 2" lots is free on weekends. To get there, take I-84 to exit 68, then go south on 195 for around 8 miles. When you get to the campus, you'll pass the Dairy Bar on your...
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:36 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Questions from a rookie
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3331
Re: Questions from a rookie
Welcome to the forums! One provider you may want to look at is NAQT ; while their questions are not typically posted on-line, they do have a sample packet . One benefit of running your league on NAQT questions is that your league becomes a qualifier for the Middle School National Championship Tourna...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
- Replies: 51
- Views: 73277
Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories
After averting a near travel disaster that would have had me missing work tomorrow, I've got the following pieces of advice that you may or may not be familiar with: When your flight is delayed such that you'll miss a connection (causing you like a 12+ hour delay), ask the airline to put you on anot...
- Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25495
Re: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
Are descriptive answers acceptable? I'll also try to put together a "description acceptable" packet where the answer lines aren't players but individual plays or games where something notable or interesting happened. Stuff like "the play" having the answer line "the footbal...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:38 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25495
Re: "Let's Remember Some Guys"
I'll contribute a packet or 2 to this.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 82397
Re: 2017 ICT bids
For preventing team splitting at SCTs, would an eligibility rule as follows make sense: No player from a team that qualifies for and registers for ICT based upon play at SCT may play on the same team as another player who also qualified for ICT based upon their play at SCT provided they were not on ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7191
Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Just got home to a wonderful calendar of the 365 Smartest Things Ever Said from Rebecca Rosenthal! Many thanks, it looks really interesting!
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7191
Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Just ordered, should get there by Saturday!
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7191
Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Register now! (12/11/16)
I've done this before and enjoyed it, so why not? Name: Ian Drayer Email: Golran -at- g.ucla.edu Present Requests: 1) A cool/fun board game for 2-6 players. At this point I've got very few beyond Scrabble, Monopoly, Sorry!, Trouble etc., and would like to get a more mature collection. 2) A book that...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:34 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: North East Quizbowl Scene
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10584
Re: North East Quizbowl Scene
Welcome to the forums! There are a number of active New England teams including quite a few in the Boston area. A tournament that may be of interest is the Novice tournament at UConn on 10/22, which should be a great friendly intro for your team. You can also look through the announcements on this b...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14997
Re: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility
I like Joe's proposal since it keeps the entire field intact competing within all the teams present. An alternative (I realize that it's too late for this year, but maybe to consider for next year) is to consider for these charter schools total number of students who have taken & received grades...
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 29818
Re: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
Since you'll all be paying me by Venmo for the tournament I know I have no real horse in this since this is CO, but whatever happened to "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE"? Not a lawyer, but my guess is the same thing that happened that lets food on airplanes be...
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9641
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT?
I worked as a contract writer for NAQT for around a year and a half and I really enjoyed my time working there. As numerous others have said, the writer experience for NAQT is, in my opinion, everything that a writer could want. There is extensive feedback available through the new writer mentorship...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The base fee for college qb tournaments should be higher
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6181
Re: The base fee for college qb tournaments should be higher
Quite honestly, I'm a bit surprised how low tournament fees have been for quite some time, even for regular mid-season events, in comparison to other comparable activities. To put things in perspective, I recently officiated a number of local youth lacrosse tournament where teams (capped at around 2...
- Tue May 03, 2016 5:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Magic Draft @ MSNCT Saturday Night (after stats entry[8pm])
- Replies: 3
- Views: 515
Magic Draft @ MSNCT Saturday Night (after stats entry[8pm])
Hey staffers @ MSNCT! Any interest in doing a Magic: The Gathering draft Friday night after scrimmages? I'm purchasing a box of Shadows over Innistrad so all you need to bring is some sleeves! Looking for $9/person so I can recoup my costs, or you bring your own 3 pack.s. If you want to insert some ...
- Wed May 13, 2015 10:04 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
- Replies: 51
- Views: 73277
Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories
I would have had an absolute travel disaster, but my Mom came through big time for me, driving 5 hours to pick me up at the Boston airport (she was willing to pick me up anywhere from Philadelphia to Boston, so that opened up a lot of airport options so I could get home after American cancelled my f...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Science Bowl Moderating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4148
Science Bowl Moderating
A week from Saturday I'm going to be moderating at a regional science bowl tournament, and as a part of the training they told us not to give the correct answer if neither team buzzes in during the question, just move on to the next tossup without giving the answer to the question that just went dea...
- Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2014: DEADLINE EXTENDED
- Replies: 93
- Views: 6808
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SMV 2014: DEADLINE EXTENDED
- Replies: 93
- Views: 6808
Re: SMV 2014: DEADLINE EXTENDED
My gift was just ordered through Amazon with 2 day shipping, so I'd expect it to get to its recipient by Tuesday.
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DATE CHANGED - SoCal DEES Mirror (Open) - Jan. 11 @ UCLA
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11965
Re: DATE CHANGED - SoCal DEES Mirror (Open) - Jan. 11 @ UCLA
I'm available for an open team.