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- Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:06 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 13 (2023-24)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3681
Re: SCOP Novice 13 (2023-24)
Confirmed Mirrors 10/28: Secret City Classic, TN (partial set) 10/28: Titan Takedown, GA (partial set) 11/04: IHSSBCA Novice at Belvidere High School, IL 11/04: IHSSBCA Novice at Fremd High School, IL 11/04: IHSSBCA Novice at Granite City High School, IL 11/04: IHSSBCA Novice at Limestone High Scho...
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:48 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 13 (2023-24)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3681
SCOP Novice 13 (2023-24)
The SCOP Novice 13 set will be available for mirroring from 1 November 2023 through April 2024. The set includes ten rounds of 20/20 (tossups/bonuses) and a half-packet of 10/10 replacement questions. Tossups are powermarked. Bonuses have three parts, which are designed to be read one part at a time...
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:34 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5231
Re: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
The set has been posted. Thanks to everyone who mirrored and played it this year!
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2501
Re: 2023 NAQT Illinois State Championship: 2/25/2023, Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)
The statistics have been updated on the IHSSBCA's Tournament Central page (https://ihssbca.org/tournaments/tournaments2223/) and at https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8083/.
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:51 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5231
Re: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
Questions that were publicly posted after this past weekend's tournaments are being replaced, and delivery of the set for this week will be delayed by that process. If you are hosting an event on SCOP Novice, please remind all attendees (both players and coaches) that they should not post any topics...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:35 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5231
Re: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
Current Mirrors 10/15 IL statewide mirror: IHSSBCA Novice at Auburn (Rockford), Barrington, Granite City, Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort), and Mattoon 10/22 VA: Blacksburg HS 10/22 AL: East Lawrence MS 10/29 MI: Detroit Catholic Central HS 10/29 IA: Iowa Quiz Bowl League at Ankeny 11/19 SC: Dorman HS ...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:18 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Desperately Seeking JV-level Mirror
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3595
Re: Desperately Seeking JV-level Mirror
SANDS and MAKEMAKE are both good choices here. I know you said you don't want a middle school-level set, but my high school JV players played MAKEMAKE's predecessor set, and I found it to be ideal for the age level. Sets marketed toward an audience that bridges the MS/JV gap tend to include early t...
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:05 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5231
SCOP Novice 12 available 2022-23
The SCOP Novice 12 set will be available for mirroring from 15 October 2022 through April 2023. 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 Apr 11, 2022 11:55 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5813
Re: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
Due to a special request, the set is no longer available for mirrors, but will not be posted online until the end of April. Sorry for the delay!
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:54 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7123
Re: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
Due to a special request, the set is no longer available for mirrors, but will not be posted online until the end of April. Sorry for the delay!
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:40 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7123
Re: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
Based on demand, the final use date for the set will be April 9. The set will be posted publicly on Sunday, April 10.
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:39 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5813
Re: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
Based on demand, Saturday, April 9 will be the final use date for the set. The set will be posted publicly on Sunday, April 10.
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:59 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5813
Re: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
The first-use date of the MS version of the set has been moved to February 5, since that is the date of the only confirmed interested tournament. I've altered the original post to reflect this (pray I do not alter it again).
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:54 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5813
Re: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
Confirmed mirrors
02/05 Columbia IS, MO
02/15 Bunker Hill HS, IL
04/09 Middlesex MS, CT
04/09 Online mirror
02/05 Columbia IS, MO
02/15 Bunker Hill HS, IL
04/09 Middlesex MS, CT
04/09 Online mirror
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:35 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7123
Re: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
Confirmed Mirrors 10/02 Tiffin Columbian High School, OH 10/16 IHSSBCA Novice at Barrington, Granite City, Keith Country Day (Rockford), Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort), Mattoon, and online, IL 10/30 California Fall Novice HS, CA 10/30 Detroit Catholic Central HS, MI 10/30 Hanover High School, NH 11/0...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:48 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3499
Re: SCOP B Novice Set Spring 2021
SCOP B is now posted at hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2526. Thanks to everyone who mirrored the set!
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP Question Conversion For All
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5139
SCOP Question Conversion For All
As anyone who has run a tournament on a SCOP set knows, I've been collecting conversion statistics from tournaments using the SCOP sets since I began writing them. The resulting data have been extremely useful to calibrating difficulty in SCOP sets, and I've been trying to find a good way to share t...
- Thu May 27, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7123
SCOP Novice 11 2021-22
The SCOP Novice 11 set will be available for mirroring from 16 October 2021 through April 2022. 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....
- Thu May 27, 2021 11:02 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5813
SCOP MS 11 Available for Mirroring Spring 2022
The SCOP MS 11 set will be available for mirroring from February 5 through April 2022. This set is based on the SCOP Novice 11 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 po...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4425
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: High school area archives
- Topic: Duellinois (online) February 6 and 13, 2021
- Replies: 0
- Views: 881
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: 2
- Views: 3499
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4425
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOPQ: A Team-Building Worksheet Game
- Replies: 0
- Views: 955
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: 2
- Views: 3499
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4425
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP A Novice Set Fall 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4425
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22900
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 area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6856
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 area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6856
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22900
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: High school area archives
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6091
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: High school area archives
- Topic: An incident of intentional content-leaking from an unclear set
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6091
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: 3264
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 area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6856
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 area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6856
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 area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCOP MS 10
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6856
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22900
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22900
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: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP10 Novice Set 2019-20
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22900
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 area archives
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10708
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: 13081
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: 22265
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 area archives
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10708
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 area archives
- Topic: 2019 SCOP MS 9
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10708
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: 13081
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 area archives
- Topic: 2018 SCOP MS 8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4775
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: 8100
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 area archives
- Topic: Barrington Invitational Tournament XV (3.17.2018)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4593
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: 8100
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.