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by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
Replies: 21
Views: 4028

Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:43 pm The flip-flops TU made my day (thank you to whoever wrote the electrical engineering content, you called my bluff)
I’m very glad to hear that. :)
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Thank Yous and Acknowledgements
Replies: 5
Views: 1710

Re: 2023 BHSU: Thank Yous and Acknowledgements

Echoing the above: Matt was not only an excellent supervisor and editor but advisor and mentor as well, even to those of us who have been playing the game longer than he has. To give some context: over the course of my career I’ve acquired something of a reputation as a competent if basic and unspec...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jan 23, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
Replies: 31
Views: 8225

Re: Who's Doing CO This Year?

I don't know if people are just unsure if they are up to the task of doing CO...it's actually easier than a fair number of other tournaments to do because you are mostly working with submissions, the questions don't have to be gradated as perfectly, and it requires less packets. I had a splendid ti...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 12324

Re: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion

I wrote six physics bonuses scattered throughout the set. A big thanks to Austin for inviting me to contribute and for cleaning up the tortured language of my drafts. I'm glad to hear that people generally enjoyed the set. * The physics felt a bit "great man"-like in its answer line choice...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Maryland Summer Open (July 23-24)
Replies: 17
Views: 6426

Re: 2022 Maryland Summer Open (July 23-24)

I'd like to organize a carpool on Saturday for people coming from south or west. I'll be traveling from the Virginia side and can fit 5 including myself. Please reply here or send me a DM if interested.
EDIT: car filled.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference: Sat., Jun 12, 4 - 6 PM ET
Replies: 2
Views: 3474

Re: 2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference: Sat., Jun 12, 4 - 6 PM ET

Transcript of audio attached. A link to the audio files will be posted here shortly.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference: Sat., Jun 12, 4 - 6 PM ET
Replies: 2
Views: 3474

2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference: Sat., Jun 12, 4 - 6 PM ET

Hello Everyone, PACE will host the 2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference as a Zoom webinar this coming Saturday, June 12, from 4 to 6 PM Eastern. Sadie Britton of PACE will be the lead moderator. Our panelists this year are: - Ethan Ashbrook, player at U of Minnesota and editor/mirror TD f...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 60
Views: 10258

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

Could I see the bonus part on "fugues"? I was concerned that it didn't disambiguate them very well from canons (except for the Hovhaness part, which I didn't know). 5. Alan Hovhannes wrote a “double” example of this form as the middle movement of his “Mysterious Mountain” Symphony. For 10...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
Replies: 26
Views: 3626

Re: General Discussion Thread

I edited music, other arts, and physics. My thanks to the other editors, particularly Aseem for all his feedback and his work getting advanced stats together, and to Eric, for helping me finish up the physics. I also thank my playtesters Benji Nguyen, Alex Damisch, Ophir, Jordan Brownstein, and Adam...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:59 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Climate change and quizbowl
Replies: 29
Views: 26526

Re: Climate change and quizbowl

I'm very glad this discussion has started and generally agree with everything said by Tora, Jacob, and Marianna. A word about paper packets: if I recall correctly, the main reason national tournaments exclusively use paper is because of several (or perhaps many; I'm going off hazy memory here) incid...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE

Also my apologies for the snippets of missing audio in the first hour, which occur at:

1:49 (first part of Jackie's introduction)
3:58 (Jackie's speech on volunteering gets cut off)
4:39 (missing a sentence or two from Ankit)
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:27 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE

PACE is now transcribing the audio and we will post the transcript soon. I would also like to point out some key resources referenced by our panelists: The misconduct reporting form Max Schindler's speech on studying at the 2015 edition of this conference Max's written guide to studying for quiz bow...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE

Thank you again to our panel and everyone who attended! We hope to post the recording this week, with a transcript to follow shortly thereafter.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference

To clarify: registration is not mandatory, it is merely to ensure we have enough seating and so we can notify attendees in the event of changes.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu May 30, 2019 2:52 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference

As a preview, three topics we will cover are:

- Staffing, volunteering, and writing for the first time
- The impact of team rankings on the community
- Conduct and interactions between community members of different ages
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Fri May 24, 2019 2:58 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

Re: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference

Our panelists are: Alex Damisch - ACF Treasurer and Misconduct Rep Matt Bollinger - University of Virginia Alumnus Ankit Aggarwal - PACE and NCQBA Jackie Wu - PACE Vice President of Outreach Olivia Lamberti - Adlai E. Stevenson High School Sohum Shenoy - Charter School of Wilmington Dennis Loo - IMS...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu May 09, 2019 11:20 am
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: 2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE
Replies: 9
Views: 18435

2019 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference - LOCATION CHANGE

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is pleased to announce that the David Riley Coaches Conference will be held at this year's National Scholastic Championship on Friday night June 7th, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Reston, in the Lake Audubon Ballroom (this is not the s...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
Replies: 90
Views: 46667

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion

Congratulations to Columbia on their win! I edited the physics for this set, which I hope players enjoyed. I extend my greatest thanks to Billy Busse, who offered excellent advice on all the questions and contributed some of his own when I needed help. Thanks also to Andrew Wang for writing 3 other ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

First, thanks for your hard work on the physics in the set! I think it turned out quite well and touched on many important and interesting topics. I think your philosophy on "new" or "unusual" answer lines was probably for the best. While I agree with with your point about physi...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

Yes, the Birkhoff's theorem clue was my bad and I'll add 'spherically symmetric' to that line. EDIT: Also, Dennis actually wrote that tossup on the "Core" for the math category. Perhaps it's closer to econ, but many math departments do offer courses on game theory so I thought it was fine ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

Now that I can access the "color" question from Editors one, I can confirm my suspicion that the first two clues are nearly unbuzzable and if you do buzz on them you are either a) the Eric Weisstein's world of astronomy page that the clue was taken from or b) about to neg with "Infra...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

always always always err on the side of too much information, playtest when you're not sure, and listen to your playtesters. This. Better a buzzer race than an unhelpful clue. And if someone throws a fit because they've read book X or played piece Y a certain number of times or love thing Z so much...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

Congrats to Chicago on their win and thanks to all the teams who played! I edited the music, other auditory arts except jazz (which I outsourced to Dylan), physics, and other science except CS (also Dylan) and math (Dennis Loo). I can’t thank these two enough for the work they put in, which I think ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Replies: 64
Views: 72971

Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22, site TBD)

As an addendum to the above, I have a request for the science distribution: please remember to vary the types of answer line. In particular, please do not fill the 5 tossups with answer lines on individual scien tists . One per packet is fine (as is zero!), but often those questions are just elabora...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 29187

Re: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion

I refuse to use Venmo. I personally don't trust Venmo, and I certainly didn't appreciate being asked to sign up for it the day of CO by participants who had not communicated their intention to pay that way beforehand. But, given the app's proliferation, it would behoove future TDs to make Venmo ava...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

The theoretical physics seemed very biased toward QM/QFT, with there being relatively little classical mechanics (I guess the action tossup probably had some of those clues, but that question was deeply flawed and was probably powered in every single room with a good science player), E&M, stat ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

Amizda Calyx wrote:Is there a reason our packet hasn't been posted :(
Also why is round 1 encrypted still.
My mistake, I'll fix that tonight.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

I think a lot of the difficulty of this tournament came from the science. My impression was that the "engineering slant" (I'm not saying that every question was written from that perspective! Just more than usual.) might have contributed to the difficulty of the science, given how few of ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

Also, if you're interested in editing CO 2017, now would be a good time to speak up (feel free to email me, John, and Matt, although none of us are going to veto it).
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
Replies: 110
Views: 49386

Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion

First, some additional thanks are in order. Matt Jackson deserves every bit of praise above and more. His comments were helpful across all subjects. He also designed the schedule, with assistance from Jon Pinyan. I'd also like to thank Adam, Ewan, and Shan for their contributions to the physics and ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Also, please email me if you need an invoice for reimbursement.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

vinteuil wrote:Now the "individual detail" page has the same problem.
Try it now.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Once the remaining packets have been read in the IRC or elsewhere.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Yes, I heard. I'll fix that once I get home tonight.

EDIT: Found internet, should be fixed now.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Looks like removing Dan from the SQBS file bumped all your stats down one row, Chinmay. I'll fix that. Anyone else with stats corrections can post here or email me.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Combined stats are here but the scoresheet for the round 15 game between "Just what is it" and "Golgari Glenn Ross" is missing. Did anyone pick it up, or keep their own score during that game?
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Young Mukherstein won the tournament outright with a 14-0 record. Full stats to follow later this evening.

Thank you to all the staff for making this tournament happen.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Fine, you'll get your new name.

Dan Passner, Chinmay Kansara, and Charles Martin have kindly signed up as our 20th (saviors) team. They still have room for one more; email the tournament official address if interested.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

An update to let you know that all packets have been received, and we have finished aligning team names. I will email each team before the tournament with final registration fees.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

A reminder that the +$60 deadline is tonight. Teams who do not get their packets in risk being dropped from the tournament.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

A reminder that the +$25 penalty deadline is tonight.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

We now have sufficient staff to run the tournament (but more are welcome!). Anyway, as you can see, Team Oklahoma has dropped from the field, leaving us with 19. Needless to say, this is a bad number. A 19-team round robin on Saturday is completely off the table. Nor do we wish to run the tournament...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Also, we still need at least two more staff - preferably experienced moderators. Please let me know if you're interested!
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Attention: Due to the NSC, the no-penalty deadline will be extended by 48 hours if your team has at least one person staffing the NSC. That means you have up to and including 11:59 PM Central on Tuesday.
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed May 04, 2016 4:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Effective today, we are expanding the field to 20 teams. But please, keep the good packets rolling!
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Mon May 02, 2016 3:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

We're currently deciding whether or not to expand the field to 21 teams or keep it at 17. A big factor in making this decision either way is knowing if there's enough interest from teams and prospective staff to make this viable. If you're on the fence about attending and would go if space existed, ...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

Because more than 17 teams have expressed interest in playing CO, we'd like to do another poll. It is possible that U Chicago will grant us additional rooms and therefore let us expand the field. However, this will require us to abandon the full round robin and switch to a bracketed system. Matt Jac...
by Lagotto Romagnolo
Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Replies: 73
Views: 55934

Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24

In order to prevent the field from clogging up, we will not allow additional two- or three-person teams for the time being (the Borglum and Grant teams will be grandfathered in, but please try to fill up your teams as soon as possible - that's why we have this thread ). But what if a team with only...