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by hftf
Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 PACE Writing Mentorship Program
Replies: 1
Views: 1988

2021 PACE Writing Mentorship Program

PACE is pleased to announce the continuation of our mentorship program for new writers, now entering its fourth year. Program details The program is scheduled for Monday, October 4, 2021, through Sunday, January 16, 2022. Over the course of that period, mentees admitted into the program will be expe...
by hftf
Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

For anyone who missed it in May, I’d like to run the second session of the first two batches of packets next Monday, July 15, and Tuesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Email me if you haven’t registered yet. The session(s) for the third batch of packets will be postponed until at least August once the...
by hftf
Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

Contrary to what I suggested, I will not be running the second sessions of GIL2 this week. Since there’s no mirror of IL5 at NSC, there’s no rush to do it now. I’ll aim for early in the week of June 17 instead. Several packets have been submitted (or added to) since the first session, so on a later ...
by hftf
Wed May 22, 2019 6:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

This is happening tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT and continuing tomorrow night. Email me if you want to participate but haven't registered. The order of packets will be: Wednesday Thursday 111 questions 77 questions Beverly Fu Ethan Strombeck Chris Sims John Lawrence Jasper Lee Mia Nussbaum Jeremy Tsai Na...
by hftf
Fri May 17, 2019 8:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

The main session of GIL2 will happen at 7:30 EDT on Wednesday, May 22, and will last about 3 hours. There will be at least another session after HSNCT, probably in the middle of the first week of June, but I will announce it later. Tomorrow I will send an email containing a Discord invitation link t...
by hftf
Thu May 02, 2019 3:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

I just finished playtesting the excellent submission from Daniel Guo, which set a very high bar. For some reason Daniel really wanted feedback, so I wrote him 2,018 words of praise, which I hope to share after the event. Oh yeah, did this ever happen? :smile: You can read my feedback to Daniel and ...
by hftf
Thu May 02, 2019 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

I am delighted by the announcement of another edition of this. But this time, could we maybe set some basic distributional requirements? (Even just very broad ones about genre or time period.) This is a quite normal thing for guerrilla tournaments to do, and might iron out some of the more extreme ...
by hftf
Thu May 02, 2019 12:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

This week, several people told me that they would be interested in a second iteration of GIL, so I’m considering a GIL2 on short notice. If it happens, I would most likely run at least one session between May 20–22 (and maybe more in early June), which is just before IL5 at HSNCT , serving as a good...
by hftf
Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 5
Views: 6131

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals detailed stats

Sorry for the long wait. Static visualizations , online packets , and raw data for tossups and bonuses are now available. If you find this tool valuable and would like to support me creating more quizbowl technology, please consider donating to my Patreon . Special thanks to all my supporters on Pat...
by hftf
Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats
Replies: 24
Views: 7716

Re: EFT 2018 - Detailed stats

Static visualizations are now available. Because EFT isn’t clear, access is restricted (username: alberto, password: nepomuceno) . You must obtain access via this private forum. Please continue using this private forum for all discussion of EFT. Note that there are likely many mistakes in the data ...
by hftf
Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Detailed Stats
Replies: 17
Views: 3722

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Detailed Stats

Static visualizations are now available.

Because SGI is not clear, access is restricted (username: oscar, password: espla). You must obtain access via this private forum.
by hftf
Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

The final session will start tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT and last for 2 hours. I will read the second batch of questions (the same packets as July 9: Eric Liu, Jasper Lee, Muling He, Natan Holtzman, Saul Hankin, and some mystery packets) for a smaller audience. Everyone who missed the July 9 session is...
by hftf
Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

Schedule for remaining sessions and other events I sent an email to everyone who registered on Wednesday, July 4 with information about the Discord server. Thursday, July 5 (tomorrow) 6:30 p.m. EDT – John’s seeding packet for Imaginary Landscape No. 4 for players who registered for Imaginary Landsc...
by hftf
Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

I just sent an email to everyone who registered. If you think you registered but did not receive my email, or otherwise still want to play, please contact me ASAP.
by hftf
Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

Update This is a reminder that you have one week to submit or register for Guerilla Imaginary Landscape. So far, I have accounted for 15–20 people who are planning to write over 160 questions in total. (That’s already as long as a standard set with eight packets of 20!) I want to thank everyone who...
by hftf
Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Replies: 19
Views: 14472

Guerilla Imaginary Landscape

Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is just six weeks away! I hope you’re as excited as I am for John Lawrence to direct another iteration of the best quizbowl event of all. In preparation for IL4, and just for fun, I will run a guerilla online event on audio questions that you will submit to me. This event ...
by hftf
Sun Jun 10, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: Scheduling reform
Topic: College quizbowl calendar static site
Replies: 2
Views: 13301

College quizbowl calendar static site

This is the announcement for collegequizbowlcalendar.com , a static site that is intended to centralize information about the college quizbowl calendar. Motivation It’s not easy to explain how the college quizbowl season works to a novice player or a new team. Information is distributed across many ...
by hftf
Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
Replies: 47
Views: 23039

2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats

I am releasing detailed stats for all 12 sites of ACF Regionals 2018. Please read all of the information below before you view the spreadsheets. Overview The aim of detailed stats is to provide more data than standard stats, which only collects summary data (player statlines and final team scores) f...
by hftf
Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
Replies: 67
Views: 32184

2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey

Packets All mirrors of 2018 ACF Regionals have finished. The packets will soon be posted to the official packet archive (in standard docx format). In addition, I am temporarily releasing the online packets , which allowed most moderators to track buzz points. Both versions of the set (1/20 and 1/27...
by hftf
Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:21 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Instructions for online scorekeeping system
Replies: 0
Views: 5415

Instructions for online scorekeeping system

I am releasing instructions for the online scorekeeping system that will be used at ACF Regionals in January 2018. This same system was previously used at Terrapin, Maryland Fall, EFT, This Tournament is a Crime, Jordaens Visual Arts, and some other tournaments. The demonstration video from before i...
by hftf
Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
Replies: 62
Views: 30543

Re: PSA - Don't be a Luddite

Hi Eric, I would like to thank you for staffing the EFT mirror at Georgia Tech. I really appreciate the moderators and volunteers at all tournament sites, especially for putting up with an unusual scorekeeping system. Of course, you and Bryn have always been excellent moderators. I hope I didn't mak...
by hftf
Thu Jul 27, 2017 12:45 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455171

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I will read my team's essentially unused CO packet for fun on the quizbowl Discord server. Join the #packet text channel and the "Packet reading" audio channel at 9:15 EDT tonight (Thursday, July 27).
by hftf
Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Case for Short Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14445

Re: The Case for Short Questions

Since there has been a lot of discussion involving Terrapin, I wanted to release some graphs that show where players at the Maryland site actually buzzed. There were 2063 correct buzzes in 112 games at the Maryland site, which is 22% of the 516 games across all Terrapin sites.¹ Please carefully cons...
by hftf
Wed May 10, 2017 11:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Reading old Imaginary Landscape packets in the QB Discord
Replies: 11
Views: 6397

Re: Reading old Imaginary Landscape packets in the QB Discor

I will read Imaginary Landscape No. 1 starting at 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 15, and Imaginary Landscape No. 2 starting at 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 16. Unfortunately I can't accommodate everybody in all timezones. Each packet will take about 25 minutes. I will read for as long as there are still pe...
by hftf
Tue May 09, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Reading old Imaginary Landscape packets in the QB Discord
Replies: 11
Views: 6397

Reading old Imaginary Landscape packets in the QB Discord

I will read some previous Imaginary Landscape packets for fun on the quizbowl Discord channel . It is intended for anyone who missed the chance to play them, and for me to test out a new bot for reading audio packets. If you're interested in playing, fill out this form with the times that work for y...
by hftf
Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX Skype mirror (January 7, 2017)
Replies: 7
Views: 3903

Re: Terrapin XXIX Skype mirror (January 7, 2017)

The tournament wrapped up smoothly just after 7:00 p.m. yesterday. Congratulations to team GPODAWUND, who won the double round robin with a 9–1 record and a strong performance in every category. I would like to thank all our players for attending. Though we didn’t have as large of a field as anticip...
by hftf
Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX Skype mirror (January 7, 2017)
Replies: 7
Views: 3903

Terrapin XXIX Skype mirror (January 7, 2017)

There will be an open Skype mirror of Terrapin XXIX on Saturday, January 7, 2017. We will meet at 10:40 a.m. (Eastern time) in the IRC channel #terrapin on irc.slashnet.org . (This link will open the channel directly in the online Mibbit client.) The tournament will start at 11:00 a.m. The number of...
by hftf
Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM detailed stats
Replies: 1
Views: 2044

2016 MYSTERIUM detailed stats

Now that it’s clear, and previous objections have hopefully been withdrawn, I am releasing detailed stats for two MYSTERIUM sites (Maryland and Northwestern). Much thanks to Jonah for passing along a neat stack of scoresheets from Northwestern to me at ICT. Two other sites (UCLA and Skype) used Neg ...
by hftf
Wed May 04, 2016 12:21 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455171

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I’ll follow the lead of Auroni/Will and read a few dozen of my bad questions this Tuesday at 9:13 p.m. EST. (If you want to play but can’t make it, PM me.) I wrote most of them for practice over the last few weeks. There are approximately 30 music questions, plus handfuls of jazz, ling, CS, astro, ...
by hftf
Sun May 01, 2016 9:52 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455171

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

I have a packets' worth of unusual tossups across various categories I've written throughout this year. Some of them are very stupid. I'll read it in #quizbowl at 11 EST tonight to whoever's there. Tonight at 10:00 EST I'll copy Auroni and read a bunch of questions I wrote to study over the last ye...
by hftf
Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 31509

Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Discussion

Please be careful when writing clues based on music notation. Here are a few examples of clues where it seems the music notation was incorrectly “translated” into English. While I believe these were really good clues, a few simple mistakes (which I have underlined ) made them unsuccessful in practic...
by hftf
Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM Errata
Replies: 13
Views: 4095

Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM Errata

I think the Hubble parameter question referred to it as the "first rung" on the cosmic distance ladder. I believe it is standard to number the rungs from the bottom (i.e. measurements for closer objects). Furthermore, attempting to correct this by saying something like "top rung"...
by hftf
Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7154

Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion

Thanks to my fellow authors for putting together a solid set; Stephen, Jacob, Jordan, Eric, and my friends KK and Scott for helping with playtesting; and everyone else here for playing. Apologies for the large variability in question length. This was also my first time writing for a major college to...
by hftf
Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
Replies: 34
Views: 19944

Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussion

The tossup on Shavuot led in with a clue to the effect of "The John Doe-like placeholder name Ploni Almoni comes from a book read on this holiday." One of our opponents buzzed in before the word "this" and said "the Book of Ruth," which of course would have been correc...
by hftf
Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Discussion of pronunciation guides
Replies: 30
Views: 17255

Re: Discussion of pronunciation guides

Here is an idea for putting pronunciation guides in marginal notes that attempts to satisfy the requirements below: http://minkowski.space/quizbowl/pron/pron.png Image · Larger image · PDF The pronunciation guide is… not in the way of subsequent words and punctuation. It is easy to maintain a cadenc...
by hftf
Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2012: April 21 & 22 at Maryland
Replies: 49
Views: 54843

Re: ACF Nationals 2012: April 21 & 22 at Maryland

If one is getting to DC by Friday night, would it be more convenient and cost-efficient to get a hotel in DC and take the metro to College Park in the morn' or to get a hotel in the College Park area? I think you're going to be a lot better off getting a hotel in College Park, especially since some...
by hftf
Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MAGNI Errors Report and Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5553

Re: Errors Report and Discussion

I'm a little confused by this. The tossup reads, "a piece for two string orchestras tuned a semitone apart." If you're trying to suggest that it should read "quarter tone," I don't think that's right, in spite of what a certain Wikipedia list article might claim. I don't have ac...
by hftf
Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MAGNI Errors Report and Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5553

Re: Errors Report and Discussion

The question on composers from Poland confuses a semitone with a quarter tone, which is an interval half as wide as a semitone:
Packet 14, tossup 11 wrote:Another composer from here wrote a piece for two string orchestras tuned a quarter tone apart, Emanations
by hftf
Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maryland Fall High School Tournament, 9/24
Replies: 43
Views: 54338

Re: Maryland Fall High School Tournament, 9/24

Stats are now available.
by hftf
Sun May 24, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2009 PACE NSC
Replies: 59
Views: 43513

Re: 2009 PACE NSC

I'd just like to point out a minor error in the number of games played by each team member on Walter Johnson (and possibly on other schools as well): Both Daichi Ueda and Kuo-Kai Chin played 14 games as it correctly states, but Andi Shahu and Ophir Lifshitz played just 4 games, and Ashu Joshi and Da...
by hftf
Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: WJIAT (2/14/09) at Bethesda, MD
Replies: 54
Views: 12443

Re: WJIAT (2/14/09) at Bethesda, MD

The tournament report and statistics for WJIAT 2009 are now available at http://myishi.orgfree.com/wjiat/wjiat_2009/. [I apologize for the pop-up advertisements, so prepared to get annoyed or use your favorite pop-up blocker.] The five preliminary rounds, five playoff rounds, five playoff rounds inc...
by hftf
Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: WJIAT (2/14/09) at Bethesda, MD
Replies: 54
Views: 12443

Re: WJIAT (2/14/09) at Bethesda, MD

Way to put great logistics on the spot, dude man.