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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Introducing YellowFruit.
- Replies: 106
- Views: 96618
Re: Introducing YellowFruit.
Everything is proprietary. I have no interest in changing that, but I still have a very strong interest in continuing to use your excellent software. So how can you design software that will be aware of tournament formats when such proprietary formats exist? I do not want this program to become use...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4532
Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Finally we can have that action tossup on A Winter's Tale
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Virginia Tech Mirror of MOQBA Novice II (9/16/2023)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1190
Re: Virginia Tech Mirror of MOQBA Novice II (9/16/2023)
We would like to thank everyone who attended our Virginia Tech Fall Novice, Mirror of MOQBA Novice II. We had a great time, hope you did as well. We would also like to thank our staffers, Bob Powers from Blacksburg, Nathan Sprouse from Cave Spring, and all of our Virginia Tech staffers. Blacksburg ...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:58 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3830
Re: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
Now that it's mid-September, are there any plans for this?
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: New York Quiz Bowl Alliance (NYQBA)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9733
Re: New York Quiz Bowl Alliance (NYQBA)
This link goes to a site in Russian talking about keto diets(?)
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3830
Re: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
Now that it's almost September with the new school year starting, I feel like old threads probably should have gotten archived and old usergroups been made public.
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Code for PACE NSC live stats
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2936
Code for PACE NSC live stats
Over the past few years, I have made a live stats page for the PACE NSC (and lately ACF Nationals), and while it had been mostly hurriedly thrown together code that should never see the light of day, I've finally done enough refinements of this such that it's probably good enough to share. I don't p...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:41 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3830
Re: Can we do some spring cleaning on the forums?
Presumably there will be an end-of-year cleanup that will involve archiving old threads and making public old set discussion fora and the like. (Though that being said, there are still usergroups for tournaments from 2015 for some reason.)
- Tue May 02, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Prison Bowl XV Mainsite: March 25th, Hunter College HS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7284
Re: Prison Bowl XV Mainsite: March 25th, Hunter College HS
It appears there were three database entries created for this tournament, and the one with stats I believe are here . Current field (teams/buzzers/staffers) "Princes Anne <3" (1/1/0) I understand that teams might need to use pseudonyms for certain reasons, but why did anyone think it a goo...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Updating pace-nsc.org
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2825
Updating pace-nsc.org
https://www.pace-nsc.org has just been overhuled. If you notice any issues or missing or incorrect information, please send me a message and I will try to correct it as soon as possible.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24152
Re: 2023 ACF Nationals: April 22-23, MIT
Stats with finals, tiebreakers, and corrections can be found at https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8188/stats. If you notice any issues, please email or PM me.
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1401
Re: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
The Hobbits question didn't seem like an effective downconversion from DI (personally, I would have thought of "Flores Man" before "Hobbit"), but more importantly asking 10 high schoolers at IPNCT to take a guess for a term for a meter-tall person is basically asking for them to ...
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fall Kickoff Novice Tournament @ Virginia Tech 9/24/22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1660
Re: Fall Kickoff Novice Tournament @ Virginia Tech 9/24/22
How did this turn out?
- Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cavalier Classic XXV - September 24th, 2022 at the University of Virginia (IS-213)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2138
- Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SuMO VII at Tusculum, Greeneville TN (7/9/2022)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5384
Re: SuMO VII at Tusculum, Greeneville TN (7/9/2022)
At the very least, letting unvaccinated people play is a bad idea. The masking is a marginal benefit at best (and it's within reason to not enforce but strongly encourage it), though players should wear an N95 anyway. I would like to go a bit further and encourage everyone to seriously reconsider a...
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:30 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago - Congratulations Lambert!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13131
Re: 2022 PACE NSC: June 11-12, Chicago
Full stats can be found here and scoresheets from all the rounds can be found here. If you have any stat corrections, please email [email protected], and try to be as specific about which tossups need fixing so I can more accurately make adjustments.
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:17 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2020 (see new announcement thread for 2022)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13341
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2022 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10698
Re: 2022 HSNCT discussion
Another possible set-up that also avoids the byes awarded to some teams dropping in the same round, though with a larger block at one point: Round 1 - Winners' bracket plays down to 32 (32-33, 31-34, 30-35, etc.). Losers' bracket plays down to 64 (96-97, 95-98, 94-99, etc.) Round 2 - 16 winners, 16...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 ACF Nationals: April 9-10, University of Minnesota
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13640
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 ICT general discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1901
Re: 2022 ICT general discussion
I just wanted to say that I appreciated how some of the issues brought up at ICT were fixed in time for IPNCT the next day. That's a quick turnaround, especially given how hectic the weekend was!
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Open at Maryland (3/12/22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5032
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:10 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Better Procedure for Making Discussion Forums Public
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7385
Re: Better Procedure for Making Discussion Forums Public
At the moment there are discussion forums from 2015 that are still private. At the very least it would make sense to make discussion forums public at the end of the academic year, except for the rare cases where mirrors are planned for multiple years.
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 3:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Virginia Tech Fall 2021- October 30th, 2021
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2052
Re: Penn Bowl at Virginia Tech Fall 2021- October 30th, 2021
There are nine teams registered (since the number is important to some people.) Yes, the composition of the field and number of teams each school is bringing is commonly provided information. It also affords schools the opportunity to split a team to allow for a more even field size. I'm posting he...
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16910
Re: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
That said, I still do not believe it is appropriate or right to report someone due to political disagreements. There is nothing to politically disagree regarding that question. The tossup in question contained factual information, presented in an apolitical way. If you have disagreements with it, t...
- Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16910
Re: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
However, "anti-vaxxers should not be allowed to be involved with quizbowl"--assuming this isn't someone like banning vaccinated people or espousing anti-vax propaganda on the reg during the tournament (which would violate plenty of other good quizbowl precepts), this, to me, comes dangero...
- Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16910
Re: THE ISLAND CUP III RETURNS IN-PERSON (LI/NY/NJ/CT) [NO REGION RESTRICTIONS]
Anti-vaxxers should not be allowed to be involved with Quizbowl, especially in a staffing, or even worse, a tournament-directing capacity. I call on NAQT and other question providers to prevent such an anti-intellectual person to run an activity that is supposed to promote intellectual curiosity.
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tournament Database Search by Team
- Replies: 46
- Views: 51471
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169957
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
It appears the search function is no longer working. It seems that API calls are giving a 500 error.
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSAT (Spring 2023) [old thread]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4560
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
- Replies: 84
- Views: 33466
Re: 2021 Chicago Open (August 21st @ Northwestern)
We have a few COVID-related policies to announce. We're adopting a lot of the policies that ACF has adopted for Nationals for COVID. Specifically, if you have not been vaccinated yet, please wear a mask. We'd also like for everyone to have proof of their vaccination status (a photo of your vaccinat...
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Schedule Generator
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11009
Re: Quizbowl Schedule Generator
I've changed the way some brackets are arranged such that if teams are listed by seed, the top seeds shouldn't be playing each other early. I still highly suggest that before committing to a schedule, TDs should give it a good sanity check to make sure there are no major feng shui issues and rearran...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSNCT and its Problems
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16611
Re: HSNCT and its Problems
Both bonuses in question come from the sample packet.
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tournament Database Search by Team
- Replies: 46
- Views: 51471
Re: Tournament Database Search by Team
It looks like a Yellowfruit build changed the way stat reports are generated, which ended up causing the parser to not run properly on those tournaments. They should be fixed now, though if anyone notices any incorrect reports please let me know. Also, I've noticed that if a name is changed in NAQT'...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcing: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1754
Re: Announcing: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT
They never said which April 13th, to be fair.
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 83
- Views: 28287
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6541
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
I think it's because this is the rare case of a Quizbowl Invitational that is actually invite-only.
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145860
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [WILD CARD ROUND TWO; SUBMIT BY 11/21]
WILD CARD ROUND THREE: QUADRANT HILL VOTES DUE BY 11:59 PM 11/24 9A/9B: David Bowie, "Modern Love" vs. A Flock of Seagulls, "I Ran (So Far Away)" It is hard to hold a candle to David Bowie, especially when the competition is a song that I suspect only got as famous as it did due...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145860
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [WILD CARD ROUND ONE; SUBMIT BY 11/18]
The best part about this bracket is that I get to watch a bunch of music videos that had a ton of work put into them, most of which are probably better than Jonathan Cain playing an air keyboard in Separate Ways. 9A/9B: Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" vs. Dire Straits, "Mon...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145860
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [PLAY-IN ROUND TWO; SUBMIT BY 11/11]
FINAL PLAY-IN ROUND (SUBMIT VOTES BY 11:59 PST 11/14) 19. The Head That Talks Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime” Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House” Once in a Lifetime stands in a tier of its own. 20. Pick ‘em: U2 (“With or Without You” is untouchable) U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2, ...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145860
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” Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is a fun song, but it lacks anything nearly as good as the hook from Careless Whisper. 11. Mostly muted English-sounding post-punk (Pick One) Violent Femmes, "Blister in the Sun" Tom Tom ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
- Replies: 420
- Views: 2145860
Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [Starting 11/5]
1. Clash of the Clash The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go” The Clash, “Rock the Casbah” If these were the only two songs to exist ever, I'd go with Should I Stay or Should I Go. However, it feels a bit generic, and so Rock the Casbah gets the nod for originality. 2. Country Crossover Corner Wi...
- Sun May 24, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Dancing Queen vs. War Pigs — This is probably the most apples vs. oranges matchup I'll see this round. They're both iconic songs within their genre that I really enjoy listening to. War Pigs requires a bit more investment to listen to, though. In this case, I think I prefer the upbeat escapism of A...
- Fri May 22, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Riders on the Storm — Don't get me wrong, The Doors are an iconic group and Jim Morrison is a legend for a reason. However, their best stuff I feel was in the 60s, and Riders on the Storm lingers a bit too much. Bohemian Rhapsody, on the other hand, is a complete song, with wh...
- Mon May 18, 2020 6:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Whoops, I knew I forgot something. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough vs. Lawyers, Guns, and Money Killing Me Softly with His Song vs. Move On Up Goodbye Yellow Brick Road vs. If You Could Read My Mind December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!) vs. Doctor, My Eyes Midnight Train to Georgia vs. Back Stabbers Jolen...
- Sat May 16, 2020 5:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Black Magic Woman — It took me a while to learn to appreciate Santana's music, but now that I've had an adult prospective on it, I've come to enjoy Santana's guitar work. Pink Moon — Once again, the song doesn't really evoke the emotions that it's aiming for. Me and Bobby McGee — Janis Joplin was s...
- Tue May 12, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Oops, I should probably vote in this. Born to Run vs. Cars I Will Survive vs. Surrender Life on Mars? vs. American Woman Fire and Rain vs. Ramblin’ Man Tangled up in Blue vs. We Are Family Boys Don’t Cry vs. Mississippi Queen Layla vs. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City Rock and Roll vs. Brass i...
- Mon May 04, 2020 4:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) — This is a classic in a long line of songs whose lyrics are incomprehensible. It's decent, but my usual reaction to me hearing this song is "Oh it's that one" and then I kind of relegate it to the background. I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) — It's a l...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Boston deserves more than to bow out in the round of 128. Dancing Queen — This used to be my least favorite of ABBA's hits, but over the years I've grown to like it more. It's a shame that they aren't nearly as popular in the US as they were in Europe, since I really enjoy their music. Smoke on the ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
London Calling — An anti-establishment song so good apparently that they included it in promotions about the 2012 Olympics. I like it, it's got a good rhythm, but I won't necessarily seek it out the way I would some other songs. More Than a Feeling — This song's probably not going to win, which is ...
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1354133