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by sephirothrr
Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Getting "Real" Literature Knowledge
Replies: 10
Views: 13634

Re: Getting "Real" Literature Knowledge

Well, don't think if it as being "stuck" reading a bunch of books - instead, perhaps, consider that you "get" to read a bunch of great works of literature.

Also, somehow I don't think paying for flashcards counts as real knowledge.
by sephirothrr
Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Replies: 91
Views: 36921

Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19

ryanrosenberg wrote: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:42 pm Looking for CamO, MUSES, and Unanswered Question teammates, especially if we haven't played together before.
oh but also sacronym too
by sephirothrr
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

The cell phone field says to not list a cell phone, I don't know what to believe.
by sephirothrr
Sun Jun 09, 2019 12:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)
Replies: 25
Views: 16195

Re: STAR BOWL (2019 Spring and Summer Side-Event)

This set is fantastic - if you have any interest im science fiction and things of that nature, I highly recommend that you play it!
by sephirothrr
Sat May 18, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ILLIAC Online Restricted Open Mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 4326

Re: ILLIAC Online Restricted Open Mirror

Are there real stats anywhere? It's very important to me that I flex the first buzzes I got because I remembered clues from Chicago Open four years ago.
by sephirothrr
Fri May 03, 2019 10:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

Top level of the atrium, outside JFK
by sephirothrr
Fri May 03, 2019 10:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

Alright, more updates - I've closed the field at six teams, so with a five game schedule, that should actually allow us to do full tossup/bonus games. We'll meet at 9:30ish in the top level of the atrium, and figure things out from there. I'm definitely in favor of playing full games, given the hig...
by sephirothrr
Fri May 03, 2019 9:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

They're not listed on the sheet, but we actually should be okay on staff for now - I'll let you know if that changes, but I think we should be set.
by sephirothrr
Fri May 03, 2019 9:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

Alright, more updates -

I've closed the field at six teams, so with a five game schedule, that should actually allow us to do full tossup/bonus games. We'll meet at 9:30ish in the top level of the atrium, and figure things out from there.
by sephirothrr
Fri May 03, 2019 10:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

So, some updates - Due to scrimmages, it looks like the start time is going to be 9:30 at the earliest, hopefully this doesn't pose any problems. As a result, I think we're gonna do this as tossups only, so that people can get to bed before midnight. Watch this space for updates on where to meet, wh...
by sephirothrr
Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

This will depend on when staffer tasks are finished on Friday, with possibly a short delay to accommodate dinner.
by sephirothrr
Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT
Replies: 10
Views: 6634

Rock and Roll Hall of Shame @ SSNCT

Hello, this is an announcement for a mirror of CW Rock and Roll Hall of Shame to be held at the 2019 NAQT SSNCT on Friday, May 3rd, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. I understand that this is relatively short notice, but hopefully everyone staffing SSNCT that wants to play will be able to. Logistics You ...
by sephirothrr
Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: What is a collegiate nationals middle part?
Replies: 7
Views: 7590

Re: What is a collegiate nationals middle part?

Something that I have always found interesting is how different the community's answer to this question is at the high school level versus the college level. It seems as if the community believes that, relative to their respective sets, high school teams should perform significantly better at natio...
by sephirothrr
Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 45204

Re: The ICT format is awful and unfair (or: why I now play for the "Ann Arbor Campus, University of Michigan")

I think they're usually fine - I've used them at quite a few tournaments in the past, but the problems are in rebracketing - either you pick a fixed number of teams from each bracket to advance and run the risk of rising to a higher bracket than a team with a better record than you, or you just pick...
by sephirothrr
Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 45204

Re: The ICT format is awful and unfair (or: why I now play for the "Ann Arbor Campus, University of Michigan")

A format which requires 14 rounds but only 1 tiebreaker (as opposed to 13 rounds and two tiebreakers, as the current format does), without expanding the field, is: 4x9 crossover brackets (so, each team in pool A plays each team in pool B and none from their own; likewise for pools C and D) Split to...
by sephirothrr
Sun Apr 07, 2019 2:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)
Replies: 73
Views: 37817

Re: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)

This set is a fucking delight, quite possibly the best event I've played in recent memory.

If you're on the fence about it I highly recommend going to a mirror!
by sephirothrr
Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin speciifc question discussion and requests
Replies: 39
Views: 5012

Re: 2019 Terrapin speciifc question discussion and requests

I heard from one of our readers that a bonus on Aztec deities was given without a pronunciation guide; this is odd given that that's almost the canonical example of where you should have one. I brought this up at the time because I found (and still find!) it hilarious that "Bough" had a p...
by sephirothrr
Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)

Update - the posted stats have a handful of errors that have been pointed out to me, those have been corrected and the stats now have a new home at
https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/s ... t_id=10117
by sephirothrr
Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)

Apologies, the mistake preventing the other stat reports from showing up has been fixed.

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5494/
by sephirothrr
Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)

Hey guys, thanks for registering for the 2019 KY NAQT State Championship, this Saturday, March 2. This is a guaranteed NAQT HSNCT qualifier, as well as a PACE NSC Platinum qualifier. An important note is that this tournament will be held in a different building than usual. Registration will begin a...
by sephirothrr
Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

For those of you looking for a site to play this tournament might I humbly suggest March 30 at the University of Minnesota? I hear that tournament is announced and has a field and everything, so it's sure to satisfy all your quizbowl-playing needs. As has been established, Michigan would prefer not...
by sephirothrr
Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

[*] Subject specific : The history, while generally quite enjoyable, and with some experimental ideas that worked well, was a bit, for want of a better word "memey" Ryukyu is one of those things that feels a bit like a "meme" Beaver Island is a bit of a "meme" as well ...
by sephirothrr
Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
Replies: 89
Views: 49338

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open

For those of you looking for a site to play this tournament might I humbly suggest March 30 at the University of Minnesota? I hear that tournament is announced and has a field and everything, so it's sure to satisfy all your quizbowl-playing needs.
by sephirothrr
Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 8130

Re: Spartan Housewrite: Specific Question Discussion

[*] Subject specific : The history, while generally quite enjoyable, and with some experimental ideas that worked well, was a bit, for want of a better word "memey" Ryukyu is one of those things that feels a bit like a "meme" Beaver Island is a bit of a "meme" as well ...
by sephirothrr
Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)
Replies: 5
Views: 4352

Re: Kentucky State Quizbowl Championship (Louisville, 3/2/19)

An email will be sent out shortly, but teams may now register for this tournament on the NAQT website at https://www.naqt.com/registration/field ... t_id=10117.
by sephirothrr
Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 12125

Re: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion

If you read what I said, I'm mad that the editors required that hosts take advanced stats, and then (read closely, since this is the important part) did nothing with them! I changed a number of questions based on advanced stats from the Discord mirror read closely, since this is the important part ...
by sephirothrr
Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Replies: 23
Views: 17700

Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)

Hello friends, sorry for the delay, but stats are now posted!

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5496/

I'll add the finals in a moment, and may eventually fix the display of the non-ascii characters.

edit: fixed the finals not actually being added
by sephirothrr
Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47337

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

RIP, I'm a bad moderator now
by sephirothrr
Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Replies: 23
Views: 17700

Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)

"One Shift, Two Shift, Redshift, Blueshift" (Maximilian Shatan, Geoffrey Chen, Hidehiro Anto, Greg Peterson) clinched by defeating "Will the Real Ben G. Wynne Please Stand Up" (Stephen Liu, Benji Nguyen, Michael Coates, Chinmay Kansara) 325-295 in the first game of an advantaged ...
by sephirothrr
Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Replies: 23
Views: 17700

Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)

Now that I've heard back from everyone, I'm officially locking the field - we're at eight teams of four and two of five, so we're confirmed for a simple nine game round robin, with finals. I've posted the tournament schedule on the team formation spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
by sephirothrr
Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Replies: 23
Views: 17700

Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)

Hello all, I'll be taking over as TD for this tournament. Right now it looks like we have ten teams signed up, with five empty spaces for six free agents. Unless we get a huge surge of interest, I'm gonna go ahead and cap the field at that number, and on, let's say Wednesday afternoon, i'll assign a...
by sephirothrr
Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Neg5 to SQBS Parser
Replies: 10
Views: 9761

Re: Neg5 to SQBS Parser

Yes, but that could caused by simply entering the wrong command, or because you're using a different version of python - the file is written for Python 3. If you can take a screenshot of those errors and post them here, I can tell you which is the case.
by sephirothrr
Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:52 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Neg5 to SQBS Parser
Replies: 10
Views: 9761

Re: Neg5 to SQBS Parser

Can you post the errors that you're getting? It's likely that you may have the wrong version of python installed.
by sephirothrr
Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SCIENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (now including all grades!)
Replies: 11
Views: 14359

Re: science championship

is this an out-of-season april fool's joke?
by sephirothrr
Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Attention Louisville and Princeton Quizbowl
Replies: 9
Views: 6521

Re: Attention Louisville and Princeton Quizbowl

So, the main reason I was so dismissive was that the situation that Harris has presented where he's attempting to get payment but the dastardardly and/or incompetent bureaucracy isn't responding to him is patently untrue. On November 2, 2017, over two weeks before the tournament, the University of L...
by sephirothrr
Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Attention Louisville and Princeton Quizbowl
Replies: 9
Views: 6521

Re: Attention Louisville and Princeton Quizbowl

I'm not now nor was I then officially officially affiliated with UofL Quizbowl in any way, but I find your outrage rather incomprehensible. UofL Quizbowl is a part of the University of Louisville, and as such, as absolutely no ability whatsoever to simply mail out checks to people. UofL teams have b...
by sephirothrr
Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SOUNDTRACK Online Mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 4047

Re: SOUNDTRACK Online Mirror

cool, I'll probably be a little late then, but I'll join as soon as I'm able!
by sephirothrr
Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SOUNDTRACK Online Mirror
Replies: 7
Views: 4047

Re: SOUNDTRACK Online Mirror

Is there any way this can be pushed back an hour or so? I'm extremely looking forward to this set, but I don't get home until 9 tonight.
by sephirothrr
Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Louisville (KY) Spring Academic Tournament (April 8, 2018)
Replies: 5
Views: 4208

Re: Louisville (KY) Spring Academic Tournament (April 8, 201

Stat reports can be found on the tourament page here. Note that in the combined stats, the teams are not listed by order of finish - the correct order of finish can be found by looking at the stat report for Playoffs.
by sephirothrr
Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s

Nero D'Avola wrote:
Bride by Mistake wrote:
Wynaut wrote:
Sit Room Guy wrote:
Big Y wrote:
Granny Soberer wrote:
vengefulsweatermensch wrote:
vinteuil wrote:
ProfessorIanDuncan wrote:
merv1618 wrote:Hey Ya! because good god people
by sephirothrr
Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
Replies: 67
Views: 32184

Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey

I converted those histograms into a cumulative graph, to get a bit of a better idea of what the buzz pyramid looked like:

https://i.imgur.com/PglFlef.png

Image
by sephirothrr
Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
by sephirothrr
Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
by sephirothrr
Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs...
by sephirothrr
Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

AKKOLADE wrote:I got bad news for you, Ram.
rip
by sephirothrr
Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
by sephirothrr
Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley[ vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Wake Up by Arcade Fire Toxic by Britney Spears vs. Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott 99 Problems by Jay-z vs. Hips Don't Lie by ...
by sephirothrr
Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ROUND ONE, PART FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. D...