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- Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:20 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1920
Re: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
SCOP A has run its course, and has been posted to the archive. Thanks to everyone who ran and played the set! If you still need a novice set for this year, SCOP B will be available for mirroring starting January 30.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:08 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Duellinois (online) February 6 and 13, 2021
- Replies: 0
- Views: 365
Duellinois (online) February 6 and 13, 2021
I'm pleased to announce Duellinois, a tossups-only online solo/dual tournament to be held the mornings of February 6 and 13 using the 2020-21 Scobol Solo set. This tournament is only open to Illinois players who have not yet played this year's Scobol Solo. The tournament structure will depend on the...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
- Replies: 1
- Views: 884
Re: SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
Confirmed Mirrors
January-February River to River Conference, IL
01/30 Winnebago Invitational Online, IL
02/06 Tri County ESC, Wooster, OH
January-February River to River Conference, IL
01/30 Winnebago Invitational Online, IL
02/06 Tri County ESC, Wooster, OH
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1920
Re: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
Now that the set is complete, I've reassessed the overall difficulty and have changed the original post to reflect that. Two consequences of this being a tossups-only set will, I believe, change the way this set plays when compared with a standard SCOP set: since there are no bonuses, players will o...
- Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: SCOPQ: A Team-Building Worksheet Game
- Replies: 0
- Views: 491
SCOPQ: A Team-Building Worksheet Game
Give your players a competition-fueled way to build their ability to work as a team on bonuses while learning important content! SCOPQ provides you with everything you need to structure a part of your team's practices around bonus-focused learning in all quizbowl categories. SCOPQ is short for SCOP ...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
- Replies: 1
- Views: 884
SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
SCOP B is a high school novice-level set that will be available for mirroring from January 30, 2021 through June 12, 2021. This is a tossups-only set. There are eleven rounds of 20 tossups each and a replacement round of 20 tossups. The difficulty is identical to normal SCOP Novice tossups, but the ...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:53 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1920
Re: SCOP A Novice Set 2020-21
Online rights to the set have been purchased by the IHSSBCA (to Illinois teams only) and AQBL (to any non-Illinois teams).
If you need a novice-level set for your online tournament, consider mirroring SCOP B, available between January and June.
If you need a novice-level set for your online tournament, consider mirroring SCOP B, available between January and June.
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:52 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1920
SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
SCOP A, a high school novice-level set, will be available for mirroring from October 10, 2020 through January 17, 2021. This is a tossups-only set. There are eleven rounds of 20 tossups each and a replacement round of 20 tossups. The difficulty is identical to normal SCOP Novice tossups, but the tos...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:08 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5399
Re: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
The set has been posted to the database. Thanks to everyone who mirrored and played the set this year!
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:07 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4960
Re: 2020 SCOP MS 10
The set has been posted to the database. Thanks to everyone who mirrored and played the set this year!
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:57 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4960
Re: 2020 SCOP MS 10
Due to widespread cancellations in light of COVID-19, the Novice version of the set will have a final online mirror on April 19. Both sets will be posted to the archive soon after. Thanks to everyone who used SCOP this year!
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:56 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5399
Re: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
Due to widespread cancellations in light of COVID-19, the set will have a final online mirror on April 19, and will be posted to the archive soon after. Thanks to everyone who used the set this year!
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:13 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3378
Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
The idea is that it gives editors the ability to manage answerline awareness on their own recognizance. Leaving the system closed means that if you've got a set of writers you trust, you can give them all access to a centralized list of answers. If you don't, you can give out assignments by writer. ...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:22 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3378
Re: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
Editors in Packetizor have access to see an entire set, but writers only have access to their own questions. This can still be a significant portion of the set, obviously, but it's much, much more secure than Drive docs.
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Loyola Ultima XXI--January 18, 2020 Wilmette, IL
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2027
Re: Loyola Ultima XXI--January 18, 2020 Wilmette, IL
Statistics will be periodically posted from this HSQB/DB entry.
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:05 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4960
Re: 2020 SCOP MS 10
Coolio. I'll get that in my records and on the IHSSBCA calendar.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:26 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4960
Re: 2020 SCOP MS 10
Scheduled Mirrors 01/11 at Olentangy Berlin, OH 01/18 at Dorman HS, SC 01/18 at Tuscumbia HS, MO 01/30 and 02/18 at Moberly MS and Mexico MS, MO 02/01 at Calvary Lutheran HS, MO 02/22 at Barrington Station MS, IL Postponed/Cancelled due to COVID-19 03/28 at Pilot Grove, MO 04/04 at Burlington HS, V...
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:04 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4960
2020 SCOP MS 10
The SCOP MS 10 set will be available for mirroring from 12 January 2019 through April 2020. This set is based on the SCOP Novice 10 set ; some of the questions will be replaced, but many of them will be edited versions of our Novice questions. Previous years' questions are available on our website a...
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:58 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5399
Re: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
On a personal note, thanks for everyone's patience regarding this thread. Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in the set by email before the mirroring thread went up; I promise I'll get your sites confirmed as soon as possible.
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:57 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5399
Re: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
Scheduled Mirrors 10/12 IHSSBCA Novice, IL (Barrington, Belvidere, Lincoln-Way East, Southwestern, and Springfield) 10-11 Capital Area Activities Conference, MI 10-11 Cullman County Schools Scholar Bowl (league), AL 10/12 at Chillicothe, OH 10/12 Nittany Lion Novice , Penn State, PA 10/19 at Detroi...
- Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5399
SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
The SCOP Novice 10 set will be available for mirroring from 12 October 2019 through April 2020. In the past, the set has typically stopped running whenever prospective mirrors have run out, so if you want to use the set after the first week of April, it's best to get in contact as early as possible....
- Mon May 13, 2019 3:43 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9699
Re: 2019 SCOP MS 9
The set has been posted to the archive and the SCOP website. Thanks to everyone who hosted SCOP MS this year!
- Mon May 13, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 SCOP Novice 9
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11310
Re: 2018 SCOP Novice 9
The set has been posted on the archive and the SCOP website. Thanks to everyone who hosted SCOP Novice this year!
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 18-19
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18598
Re: Illinois 18-19
Now that the season has started to get into full swing, what are everybody's thoughts on the season so far? I am particularly looking forward to South Central Scobol Solo and was wondering if some of the more distant teams from last year (Uni Lab, Winnebago etc.) were making the trip down to Macoup...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:36 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9699
Re: 2019 SCOP MS 9
Hoover would very much like to mirror this again next season. Awesome! Just to be sure, did you want to mirror this set or the Novice set? Olentangy Berlin will mirror this in January. Great! Shoot me an email when you've got a definite date. Barrington Invitational will mirror this again in its st...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:53 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9699
2019 SCOP MS 9
The SCOP MS 9 set will be available for mirroring from 12 January 2019 through April 2019. This set is based on the SCOP Novice 9 set; some of the questions will be replaced, but many of them will be edited versions of our Novice questions. Previous years' questions are available on our website and ...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 SCOP Novice 9
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11310
2018 SCOP Novice 9
The SCOP Novice 9 set will be available for mirroring from 13 October 2018 through April 2019. This set will also have an associated middle school-level set, which will be available to mirror beginning 12 January 2019. Previous years' questions are available on our website and posted in the archive....
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:21 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2018 SCOP MS 8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3825
Re: 2018 SCOP MS 8
The sets have been posted. Thanks to everyone who mirrored the set this year!
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6585
Re: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
The sets have been posted. Thanks to everyone who mirrored the set this year!
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:22 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Barrington Invitational Tournament XV (3.17.2018)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3780
Re: Barrington Invitational Tournament XV (3.17.2018)
For anyone interested in tracking stats on the day of the tournament, the tournament statistics will be updated at these links: bit.ly/2018BarC for the Challenge Division bit.ly/2018BarS for the Standard Division bit.ly/2018BarB for the B Teams Division I'll have sheets of paper with these links and...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:16 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6585
Re: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
A final mirror of the MS version of the set has been scheduled for April 8. This will be the final date the set will be available this year. The set will be posted publicly on or around April 10.
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:15 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2018 SCOP MS 8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3825
Re: 2018 SCOP MS 8
A final mirror has been scheduled for April 8. This will be the final date the set will be available this year. The set will be posted publicly on or around April 10.
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6585
Re: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
The last scheduled mirror of the set is 17 March, so the set will be posted and available for public discussion sometime around 20 March. If you're considering using the set in March, please contact me soon.
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2018 SCOP MS 8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3825
Re: 2018 SCOP MS 8
The last scheduled mirror of the set is 17 March, so the set will be posted and available for public discussion sometime around 20 March. If you're considering using the set in March, please contact me soon.
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:29 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 174
- Views: 103389
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
(I emailed Mostafa about this at the beginning of the school year, so I don't expect a separate response, but this seems germane to the conversation) The HTML scoresheets are also useful for calculating question-by-question conversion data, which I haven't been able to do with Neg5 stats this year. ...
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28758
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
Part of wearing many hats is deciding which one you're going to put on top. I think those here who know me know that SCOP is my uppermost hat. USABB is the thing that I do to make sure I can keep producing SCOP, so that I can afford to pay my writers even in the years when a lot of tournaments need ...
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28758
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
While we are asking Jeff questions, I would like to know whether anyone at NAQT other than Jonah does, in fact, think that SCOP really is a competitor in any meaningful sense. I ask because Noah was specifically interrogated about his affiliation with SCOP (the "gotcha" moment mentioned in...
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 2:09 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28758
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
Like, of course every single person/entity in the same industry producing similar products would be considered a competitor. It's just that some competitors are actually capable of taking business away or hurting the market while others aren't or are small enough that they're not currently a concer...
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:24 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28758
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT? Revisited
Oh gosh, I had no idea. I'd like to thank the Academy, of course, but does this mean I should stop recommending NAQT sets to hosts who ask for SCOP but can't use it?Dominator wrote:Jonah countered that not only was SCOP a quizbowl organization, but that he considered it a major competitor of NAQT.
- Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 SCOP Novice 8
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6585
2017 SCOP Novice 8
The SCOP Novice 8 set will be available for mirroring from 14 October 2017 through 8 April 2018. This set will also have an associated middle school-level set, which will be available to mirror beginning in January 2018. Previous years' questions are available on our website and posted in the archiv...
- Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:44 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: 2018 SCOP MS 8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3825
2018 SCOP MS 8
The SCOP MS 8 set will be available for mirroring from 6 January 2018 through 8 April 2018. This set is based on the SCOP Novice 8 set; some of the questions will be replaced, but many of them will be edited versions of our Novice questions. Previous years' questions are available on our website and...
- Tue May 30, 2017 8:37 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: USABB Nationals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6519
Re: USABB Nationals
On behalf of the editing staff, I'd like to say a big thank you to all of the writers for their contributions to this weekend's events. The Geography Bee was written almost entirely by Sameer Rai, with contributions from Michael Borecki, Jakob Myers, and Brad Fischer. The Science Bee was written mos...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '16-'17
- Replies: 145
- Views: 54663
Re: Illinois '16-'17
Matthew Lehmann being omitted from anyone's ballot is, to be polite, an outrage. And I don't mean to disrespect the work that others did to land in the top 6. Congratulations to those players. Maybe some voters felt it was time to let others have a spot on the all-sectional team? :oops: Just to be ...
- Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46256
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
Wait, have we met in person? Yes, indeed! We first met in person in the back row of a staff meeting at a national tournament in Rosemont. You were wearing a really cute tan cap, as I recall, and spoke effusively about NHBB. I remember being surprised at your enthusiasm because at that time I hadn't...
- Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46256
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
I didn't sign a contract until after some time working for him, and when I did it was at his house and didn't really feel negotiable. Everyone needs to protect themselves. I realize that you feel really victimized right now, but contracts are always negotiable; Brad and Madden had something like si...
- Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46256
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NHBB?
In pretty stark contrast to Bunnie's apparent experience (which, according to the contract information she posted, she REALLY shouldn't be talking about), I've found Madden to be actually very understanding about contract terms. As someone who has had to write contracts for SCOP writers, I understan...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP Novice 7 (October 2016-April 2017)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3898
Re: SCOP Novice 7 (October 2016-April 2017)
Noted! Thank you for mirroring again!crbirdx wrote:Chillicothe will be using the HS set on 10/15/16. This will be the 3rd Cavalier Classic.
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP Novice 7 (October 2016-April 2017)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3898
Re: SCOP Novice 7 (October 2016-April 2017)
Thank you! Let me know when you're certain about the date.Joshua Rutsky wrote:As usual, Hoover would like to mirror this for our Hoover Invitational, tentatively October 15th. Thank you!
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 7 (January-April 2017)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3861
Re: SCOP MS 7 (January-April 2017)
Sounds good. If the date changes, etc., email me at [email protected]. Thank you!bmccauley wrote:Great Valley (PA) would like to use this set for a Spring Invitational in Southeastern PA. It is tentatively scheduled for March 25, 2017.
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 4:22 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: HIGS Invitational
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9608
Re: HIGS Invitational
Or Geo. Just noticed the 2/2 on that.