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- Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
- Replies: 98
- Views: 48666
Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
- Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
- Replies: 98
- Views: 48666
Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
It would seem that not everyone got the e-mail saying where and when to show up. If you would please add me to the e-mail list, I'd appreciate it. I'd also suggest posting those same details in this thread.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
I see. That's very odd – I don't think I've seen that.
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
I can't see that screenshot. I think you need to make it accessible to everyone in Google Drive.
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Perhaps this video can help.
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
That latest issue has never happened to me. I would guess there's either something wrong with the site temporarily, or something you're doing wrong.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:22 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
I don't really know how to provide an explicit definition for how I defined professionalism, but I'll attempt to describe it here. Professionalism is the sense that an activity (in this case, a qb tournament) is not just a gathering of students doing stuff together, but a formal school-based activi...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
I think the argument being made here for actual teacher advisors/coaches to accompany teams vs. parents is less about "ensuring safety" and more about maintaining professionalism. I think you're right to a point, but the heart of your statement is a false dichotomy. Meeting standards of p...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
There's one more thing I'd like to make sure we consider here. We've heard a great deal in this thread that more stringent coaching/chaperone/sponsorship requirements would serve to kill off teams. This seems reasonable on its face, for two reasons. First, many teams now don't have such close involv...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
Here's a bit of a spinoff from my previous post. It's worthwhile to consider that how we handle requirements for chaperones and supervision can form a de facto demand for precocious maturity as prerequisite to play the game safely. We should be concerned that too lax requirements for adult involveme...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:44 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
It is good that we're thinking about who is responsible as a chaperone, who needs one, and to what extent. As with the character of coaches, however, it's essential that we do our best to keep our focus off of exceptional cases or classes*. I suspect we've all known young people who were, to all app...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:18 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48816
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
I think there are some reasonable points being made here. In particular, I think our discussion so far has pointed out some important issues. How effective should we expect coaches to be in dealing with these problems and why? What costs might we pay in requiring coaches and how practical would such...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19947
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
That's what I had in mind, certainly. In fact, I think anything other than XY +10 for A -5, then X right, then Y wrong would be strongly objected to and widely disliked. I take that as fixed and basically independent of what happens for the scenario I brought up (A -5, then X wrong, then Y right).
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19947
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
There's at least one interesting scoring scenario that arises in this sort of event. Let's say AB is playing XY. On a given tossup, A takes the first buzz and gets it wrong. B being locked out by A's neg, we don't care what B does – pretend B didn't buzz if you like. Later on, X also buzzes gets it ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:21 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Remember the '90s?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12700
Re: Remember the '90s?
One other thing that occurs to my foggy recollection: buzzers in the '90s were a trip. There were so many different ones! Homemade ones were fairly common, but even the company-produced models were so much more diverse and wacky than what you're likely to see today. Let me tell you stories of three ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:02 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Remember the '90s?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12700
Re: Remember the '90s?
As, shockingly, one of the youngest posters on this thread (I played high school '98-'00, or possibly '99-'00 – bit foggy on when my very first games were), the thing I most remember about the '90s being different from today was that there was little or no criticism of questions. At absolute minimum...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Focus On Prevention
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2443
Re: A Focus On Prevention
One thing I forgot to add that I wanted to: most accusations of cheating in in-person quizbowl are equally unprovable (to the extent that they satisfy most people) without a confession. We tend to focus on the very few substantiated accusations of the most serious cheating -- playing questions the p...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Focus On Prevention
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2443
Re: A Focus On Prevention
It is reasonable and necessary to think about prevention, certainly -- we definitely ought to. In that regard, I would caution us once again against fixating on technical fixes. I say this no because there's anything wrong with them per se, but because they have a bad tendency to suck in all discuss...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 147860
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
There are two things I'd like to add here. The first is to say that Kurtis' post somewhat up-thread is something we all ought to read carefully. I share with Kurtis some experience of dealing with cheating in contexts outside quizbowl and come to highly similar conclusions. One clarifying role of Ku...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353552
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Drift Away vs. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) You're going to get a bit of the tail wagging the dog on this one, because it kills me to have to vote against Jim Croce, and you're going to hear about it. I'll grant that this tune is fairly Crocesque, but it's nearly inconceivable that it's p...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353552
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket
Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans Tough, because both of these are personal sentimental favorites; in fact "City" is one of my old man's favorite songs. Still, "Cruel" just strikes me as a near-perfect pop song, while "City" leaves me feeling like it should ...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 147860
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
The typical form of online cheating consists of googling a clue while a question is being read. The typical form of in-person cheating consists of accessing the answers ahead of time. These are not equivalent, no matter how much people online declare it to be so. The former is something that anyone...
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 147860
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
I see a dichotomy arising in the recent few posts, but it's one that rings false. Online cheating is both a willfully bad act by a fairly small fraction of individuals, and more rife and perhaps more forgivable than in-person cheating for a variety of structural reasons. Any solution that doesn't ac...
- Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Degen Packet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2777
Re: Degen Packet
Just tell Max to make sure he keeps leading pot into my flopped houses and we'll be fine.
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
- Replies: 91
- Views: 37399
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
- Replies: 91
- Views: 37399
Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
WHO: You, attendee of Side Event Weekend (who is 21 if you want to drink.) WHAT: Tournament social event . WHERE: At our house . WHEN: We'll begin about an hour after the last Saturday event, maybe 8:00, and go until 1:00, when you quizbowl types will be asked to leave. WHY: Snacks (but eat dinner b...
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
It seems that results for at least a couple tournaments have erased themselves. Here's one and another. According to my records, those used to be the full results for those events. What happened?
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PSACA 2: Groundhog Day
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5180
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 37985
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Much more important announcement: tournament party Saturday night at Alison's and my new house . Open 1 hour after last Saturday event, until ~2:00. Hopefully some snacks on offer, but eat dinner before. Bring drinks – some stock exists to seed supply, but it's from previous parties I've hosted and ...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 37985
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Saturday night party at my new house likely. We may not be living out of boxes and might even have furniture by then... but plenty of boxes to bite if not! Stay tuned for confirmation/details.
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
The first round of cuts was made last week and logistics e-mails for phase 2 of tryouts went out today, so if you're waiting to hear from me about that, check your e-mail. Good luck!
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Best Two-Way Players
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7175
Re: The Best Two-Way Players
Actually, describing Chris leads me to a hopefully relevant point. Some of this can throw into relief the distinction between knowledge, which you need to be good at all, and the other skills useful in the game, which you need to leverage your knowledge or beat out other players who know about as mu...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Best Two-Way Players
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7175
Re: The Best Two-Way Players
How good was Chris Vicich at academic quizbowl? I think I've only seen him play trash. I have a very partial view - Chris and Dom Ricci were the dudes I most looked up to when I started out in college and who basically taught me how to play - but I'd say that he was a very good second chair at acad...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:53 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Moderator Training Resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17150
Re: Moderator Training Resources
A good number of local formats have rules like this: IMO there's probably some ingraining from there. (Worse, a lot of local formats don't let the player answer at all until they're designated, even if they're clearly the only ones buzzing, or the moderator has obviously turned to look at the playe...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Moderator Training Resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17150
Re: Moderator Training Resources
What is the logic for not prompting for answer on tossups? On bonuses the main purpose is "you better say something or I'm going to call time". I don't really see the downside to having that for tossups as well. I prefer that it not be done, but I acknowledge that it's arguable. I'd be ha...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Moderator Training Resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17150
Re: Moderator Training Resources
Thanks, that is pretty good. You should strike the part where it says "say "answer?" on second 4 (of a tossup)" since that's not a rule anywhere and all. Yikes, good catch. I still want to figure out where and when that started one of these days! It's a great example of a meme i...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Moderator Training Resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17150
Re: Moderator Training Resources
Thanks, that is pretty good. You should strike the part where it says "say "answer?" on second 4 (of a tossup)" since that's not a rule anywhere and all.
Anyone else have stuff?
Anyone else have stuff?
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:25 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Moderator Training Resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17150
Moderator Training Resources
I'm trying to help a college-run tournament in my area to improve. They have a lot of good resources: a whole college of a university behind them (the college head is personally involved!,) a ton of excellent volunteers, and they've even begun using good questions as of last year. They even seem to ...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8870
Re: Chicago Open Matchmaking...for Those that Suck
I'm thinking this might finally be the year I convert to staffing... but if anyone wants my useless old self, I'll throw my hat in.
Be warned: my submission will probably be late (I'll pay for it, though!) and I neg and am unlikely to stop.
Be warned: my submission will probably be late (I'll pay for it, though!) and I neg and am unlikely to stop.
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Best Two-Way Players
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7175
Re: The Best Two-Way Players
Wasn't Andrew Yaphe good at trash? He head-edited multiple trash tournaments. Andrew is an outstanding trash player across the board. I believe he was the top scorer at the first TRASHionals, for example. I'd put him first on this list for sure. I otherwise think Mike's list is pretty solid. There ...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
The makeup tryout has been scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Sunday, March 11th at Fenton High School . Please come in the main entrance, which should be open. Events will be in the science wing. Thanks to Mike Laudermith for our venue and other support! It's not too late to register. Fill in this Google ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
NASAT is announced, so we now have a title to defend.
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
As predicted above, I've scheduled a makeup tryout! Through the generosity of Coach Laudermith, we've got the use of Fenton High School on Sunday, March 11, the day after IHSA Sectionals. The time's T.B.A. next Sunday; see below on how to help determine it. Please fill in this Google Form to sign up...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Thanks for taking it as far as you have! Let's hope we're lucky enough to find someone as capable and giving as you've been,
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:29 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
Here's some more information based on e-mails I've received: I would like all players to be at the event by 9:00 if at all possible. I of all people understand being late sometimes and the event may have some limited ability for me to engineer around that, but being late can't help your chances. We'...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
Here's some more information you can use! We're planning to meet in David Kinley Hall , still at 9:00 on Sunday. Note: this is not where NAQT State is this year, but it is where it was in years past if that helps you. Also, I want to apologize for my long delay in answering the previous comment. I t...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
I imagine you're already aware of this but just in case: chess state is in Peoria the same day as NAQT state. A number of competitive players will not be attending the tryout because of this. I also imagine players who live far from UofI will have trouble staying over Sunday without forcing a paren...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Re: Team Illinois 2017-18
Let me answer some questions I anticipate based on last year, on e-mails I've already gotten, and on events since then. As we did last year, we'll use a not-publically-available set set that nobody should have seen. I may announce what that is once I finalize it. I'm not certain what we'll do with t...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois 2017-18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7737
Team Illinois 2017-18
Quizbowl friends, I'm pleased to announce that this year's Team Illinois tryouts are scheduled. Unlike last year, our plan is to do one big tryout at: Sunday, February 11th, 9:00 A.M. at the University of Illinois in Urbana. Unlike last year's tryout tour, greatly extended in space and time, I'd lik...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169141
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Is the capability to export HTML scoresheets still present? If not, can it be put back? Unfortunately, that functionality is not currently available. The HSQB db expects very specific, old HTML formatting which I don't want to add into Neg5. I' reached out to Dan Goff a few months ago about perhaps...