I’m very glad to hear that. :)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)
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- Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4111
Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: Thank Yous and Acknowledgements
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1736
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...
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Who's Doing CO This Year?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8347
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...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:41 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: General Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12492
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...
- Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Maryland Summer Open (July 23-24)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6487
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.
EDIT: car filled.
- 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: 3594
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.
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2021 David Riley Players and Coaches Conference: Sat., Jun 12, 4 - 6 PM ET
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3594
- 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: 3594
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...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10413
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...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - General Discussion Thread
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3672
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...
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:59 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Climate change and quizbowl
- Replies: 29
- Views: 26640
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...
- 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: 18539
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)
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)
- 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: 18539
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...
- 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: 18539
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.
- 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: 18539
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.
- 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: 18539
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
- 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
- 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: 18539
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...
- 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: 18539
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...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
- Replies: 90
- Views: 47407
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 ...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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 ...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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 ...
- Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 75067
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...
- Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Packet Discount Policy for Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 57
- Views: 29511
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...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 50047
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 ...
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 50047
Re: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
My mistake, I'll fix that tonight.Amizda Calyx wrote:Is there a reason our packet hasn't been posted :(
Also why is round 1 encrypted still.
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 50047
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 ...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 50047
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).
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 Set Discussion
- Replies: 110
- Views: 50047
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 ...
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Also, please email me if you need an invoice for reimbursement.
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Try it now.vinteuil wrote:Now the "individual detail" page has the same problem.
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Once the remaining packets have been read in the IRC or elsewhere.
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
EDIT: Found internet, should be fixed now.
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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?
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
Thank you to all the staff for making this tournament happen.
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
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.
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
- Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
A reminder that the +$25 penalty deadline is tonight.
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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...
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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!
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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.
- Wed May 04, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
Re: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
Effective today, we are expanding the field to 20 teams. But please, keep the good packets rolling!
- Mon May 02, 2016 3:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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, ...
- Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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...
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2016 - July 23-24
- Replies: 73
- Views: 56410
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...