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- Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
- Replies: 98
- Views: 48735
Re: 2022 Chicago Open: August 6, 2022 @ Evanston, IL
I really enjoyed staffing this tournament for the first 10 or so hours. The set was well-proofread and easy to read, the logistics ran pretty well, and the teams largely seemed to be enjoying themselves. I’ve forgotten who it was, but someone in my room said “I’m just annoyed, I’m not correct” as th...
- Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:07 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today (2022 version)?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3321
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today (2022 version)?
I like this list, but I keep thinking that "identifying the current most pressing concern" is actually secondary to the greater question of our ability to solve it once identified. Many of these concerns are united in that they can be (and, arguably, would best be) addressed by top-down le...
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 ACF Nationals: April 9-10, University of Minnesota
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13638
Re: 2022 ACF Nationals: April 9-10, University of Minnesota
Congratulations to the 2022 ACF Nationals champions, Georgia Tech A! Georgia Tech A defeated Stanford in the first game of an advantaged final. Ohio State A emerged from a 4-way tie with Cornell A, WUSTL A, and Maryland for 3rd place. Yale won both games of an advantaged final against Brown for the ...
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2301
Re: 2022 NAQT SCT: Division I question-specific discussion
I thought the bonus on skyscrapers in packet 8 was a masterpiece. The lead-in about a scammer building one that was only X inches rather than X feet tall was great, but the fact that it continued into part 1 with " A much larger skyscraper , the [actual famous building I've forgotten]" ele...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2022 NAQT SCT @ MIT (2/5/2022)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1863
Re: 2022 NAQT SCT @ MIT (2/5/2022)
I was not expecting to experience a new finals structure in my 15th year of tournament attendance, but today I did! I think today's handling of the finals sequence was a great show of teamwork from all the players and organizers, and everyone involved should be proud of it. Even if we also hope it n...
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Updates 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
Re: ACF Updates 2021-22
January Announcements (last updated 2/4/22) ACF Regionals : 129 teams at 13 sites (and one blizzard) played ACF Regionals on 1/29. Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved! A-values from ACF Regionals will be released within a week. ACF Nationals : The remaining packet submission deadlines a...
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:46 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: 2022 Carper Award community discussion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8527
Re: 2022 Carper Award community discussion
Please feel free to discuss these people anyway! It helps us to know who the community wants to recognize, even if they might seem like "obvious" choices.
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Reporting Form
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26075
Re: Misconduct Reporting Form
I have resigned as a misconduct form representative from ACF and will be replaced by the extremely qualified Caroline Mao. All the best to Caroline and the form!
- Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:01 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Updates 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
Re: ACF Updates 2021-22
December Announcements (last updated 12/30/21) ACF Regionals : Packet-required teams should turn in their half-packets if they haven’t already! The next packet submission deadline is +$25 on 1/2, followed by +$50 on 1/9. Packets will not be accepted after 1/16. You can register, sign up to staff, a...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF YouTube channel and 2021 Nationals finals
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1517
ACF YouTube channel and 2021 Nationals finals
ACF has a YouTube channel now ! The two 2021 finals games are up ( game 1 , game 2 ) as is the complete finals series . All videos have been transcribed with the question text & answers. Many thanks to everyone who worked on getting these out and/or waited patiently for them to be ready. Please...
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:29 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Updates 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
Re: ACF Updates 2021-22
Today is November 37 and it is time for the November update! November Announcements (last updated 12/13/21) ACF Winter : 182 teams at 14 sites played ACF Winter on 11/6. Thanks and congratulations to everyone who played, staffed, edited, or organized this! ACF Regionals : Registration is now open fo...
- Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:13 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Updates 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
Re: ACF Updates 2021-22
October Announcements (last updated 10/27/21) ACF Fall: At 259 teams, the recent ACF Fall was the largest in ACF’s history. Thank you and congratulations to everyone involved! ACF Winter is coming up on 11/6. For packet-required teams, 10/31 is the last day to submit a half-packet. Teams and staffe...
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:59 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Misconduct Form FAQ
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5603
Misconduct Form FAQ
The misconduct form committee is developing a list of answers to frequently asked questions about the form, to increase transparency and better serve the community, but we need your help! Please submit any questions or input you have for this project using this form . The FAQ form is anonymous and i...
- Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Why does ACF have children do its work?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3950
Re: Why does ACF have children do its work?
Thanks for bringing this up! This has been on ACF's radar for some time, and we'll announce a decision when we've worked through our internal processes. In the meantime, we'd welcome any additional feedback from the community on this issue.
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Pseudonym Policy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1604
ACF Pseudonym Policy
ACF is announcing an official policy on team and individual pseudonyms, which is also available at https://acf-quizbowl.com/policies/ . Teams at ACF tournaments may consist of individuals from only one school or institution (see the ACF eligibility rules ) and, in general, must use the name of that ...
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF 2021-22 Officers, New Members, and Constitutional Changes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2647
Re: ACF 2021-22 Officers, New Members, and Constitutional Changes
Ike Jose has resigned from ACF.
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: *NEW* ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 WORKSHOP
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7585
Re: *NEW* ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 WORKSHOP
Thanks for your interest! The detailed stats were used internally to help guide edits and provide feedback to writers, and we're very grateful to Ophir and to all the hosts and moderators for supporting us in that. If our detailed stats become publicly available in future, we'll be sure to let you k...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:41 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Updates 2021-22
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
ACF Updates 2021-22
Welcome to the 2021-22 academic year! I’m planning to use this thread to post monthly updates about ACF tournaments and other activities. If you have questions or comments about anything here, please post here or email communications@acf-quizbowl.com. September Announcements (last updated 9/22/21) A...
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Discord Community Discussion Panels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7694
Re: Discord Community Discussion Panels
Reminder that this is happening tomorrow, 9/19 at 6pm ET. It will be held in the main quizbowl Discord, which you can join here . If you're new to Discord, it can be a lot to take in, but you'll see a channel called "writing-panel" where you'll be able to read the conversation. We look for...
- Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSAT (Spring 2023) [old thread]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4557
Re: BHSAT (Spring 2023)
I don’t want to belabor this point too much, since I hope that the “BHSAT” team is planning to change the name and is just still thinking about it behind the scenes. But this is still bothering me, and I want to try to explain why I think people are reacting so strongly. Obviously the choice to name...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSAT (Spring 2023) [old thread]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4557
Re: BHSAT (Spring 2023)
Ultimately, we aim to produce the best BHSAT ever, and we look forward to seeing it played! Yeah, I agree with Harry and everyone else who expressed this in the Discord: I don't/didn't go to Yale, but this seems pointlessly unkind to the past and, especially, present writers of the real BHSAT. I un...
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:38 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Discord Community Discussion Panels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7694
Re: Discord Community Discussion Panels
We're excited to announce that we'll be starting with a discussion on diversity and inclusion in quizbowl writing. We'll be hearing from: Hasna Karim Jonathan Magin Caroline Mao Vishal Sivamani Jeremy Nelson will be moderating. If you'd like to submit questions for the panelists, you can do so using...
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF 2021-22 Officers, New Members, and Constitutional Changes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2647
ACF 2021-22 Officers, New Members, and Constitutional Changes
ACF would like to announce the following officers for the 2021-22 season, new members, and changes to the constitution. 2021-22 Officers The following people have been elected officers of ACF for the 2021-22 season: President: Ryan Rosenberg Communications Officer: Olivia Murton Editor-in-Chief: Tay...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Anecdote Discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 799
Re: Specific Anecdote Discussion
Reading this set was like taking a walk through all sorts of unrelated memories that I would never have expected to come up in quizbowl! I really enjoyed the questions on the scriptorium , Piranesi , and LMNOP , having read books mentioned in each of them just in the past year or so. Also, I took pr...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUSES II at Chicago Open 2021
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3957
Re: MUSES II at Chicago Open 2021
I'm also interested in staffing this!
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7608
Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread
I’m delighted by all the posts in this thread so far—thank you all! I realized I'm not quite done; I’d like to thank some more of my “teammates” (broadly defined) from this past whirlwind of a year. Ophir thinks through important problems carefully, all the time; I learn something new whenever I tal...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7608
Teammate Appreciation Thread
It's player poll season and I'm getting the sense that a lot of people want to praise their teammates, including the ones who aren't necessarily in the world's top 25. I personally love reading these stories, and it'd be nice to collect them somewhere that doesn't require the Teammate Appreciator to...
- Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:30 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Discord Community Discussion Panels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7694
Re: Discord Community Discussion Panels
For reference, here is our current list of potential panels: 1. Diversity and inclusion in quizbowl writing: How do we incorporate diverse perspectives on the world in our writing? Sometimes attempts to do this can lead to criticisms about difficulty - how do you navigate that? 2. Quizbowl through t...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 571
Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
Here are the packets from the 3/27 mirror:
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video up now!)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12343
Re: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (join us March 13!)
Yes, it'll be available online after & we'll post the link here.
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:56 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video up now!)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12343
Re: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (join us March 13!)
This is happening today! Join us at 5 pm Eastern.
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Maintaining Player Privacy during the Registration Process
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2959
Re: Maintaining Player Privacy during the Registration Process
I think John raises good points here and hope that his post generates some productive discussion! I like the reminder that Google Forms can be used for singles tournaments, when only the TD needs the contact information. I’d extend this to moderator signups as well—I have signed up to staff many tou...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BUMPY iii - A Visual Film Tournament
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10387
Re: BUMPY iii - A Visual Film Tournament
Thanks to everyone who played or staffed! This was a lot of fun to read. Congratulations to Lawrence Simon, who went 14/7/1 over 4 rounds in the top room to win with 2750 points. The results from the post-seeding rounds are available here.
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 571
Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
Here are the packets from the 3/6 mirror:
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 571
2021 WORKSHOP: Packets
Packets from the 2/6 playtest mirror are available here. Please don't distribute them until the set is fully clear.
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5187
2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Discussion of specific questions goes here.
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2007
2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
WORKSHOP is a huge project and this year’s iteration would not have been possible without the work done by everyone involved: the 27 writers, 11 editors, and 5-person logistics team. Thanks also to everyone who played, staffed, playtested, or generally helped out. I’ll leave it to the subject editor...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 19501
Re: Specific Question Discussion
I enjoyed a lot of the question ideas in this! Sadly after 11 hours of reading I don’t remember most of it very well, but at a minimum I enjoyed the “apothecaries”, “whales” and “matchbox” tossups, and the linguistics was outstanding across the board. The “pop art” tossup mentioned a painting (Pauli...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11950
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
(e.g. Ashalaho and Ashshipíte seemed similar enough to Ashkúale for a moderator to recognize a knowledgeable player's answer). This is illuminating and, I think, a very unusual philosophy of answerline acceptability. In general we give points for saying what's in the answerline, not for sounding kn...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11950
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
I'm happy to see the return of ACF Winter and I thought this set was successful in a lot of ways. In particular it seemed like there was real attention paid to highlighting women, BIPOC, and other people who are often underrepresented in quizbowl, which is great! I also thought this set did well at ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11755
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
I enjoyed reading this set! There were a lot more good ideas than I could list, but I remember particularly enjoying the bonus on fantasy coffins and the tossup on creoles. [10] In the guru–shishya system, students lived at gurukulam while supposedly using these scriptures to learn mathematics and a...
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 23072
Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
The "top-scorer grad student on a top 5 team" thing bears repeating, though. When you're in a position that powerful & prominent, your actions can disproportionately affect others and you have an obligation to keep that in mind. Having even one person, let alone two (!), cheat at your ...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:22 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7155
Re: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
Is it actually a net benefit for quizbowl to have a default position on when player bans and the like are (to use Olivia's words) "not enough of a response" / when to encourage going through other channels? Or is it better to perform a more expansive version of what I was taught to do in ...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Mandatory reporting and misconduct
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7155
Mandatory reporting and misconduct
I have been wondering about the Title IX implications of misconduct reporting in quizbowl. My Title IX training has taught that graduate student TAs (and those in similar student-facing roles) have reporting obligations for Title IX violations, including sexual harassment and misconduct, that occur ...
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:56 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Addressing Minor Misconduct as a TD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13707
Re: Addressing Minor Misconduct as a TD
At your staff meeting, tell your staff that along with their quizbowl responsibilities, it’s their job to maintain a certain standard of behavior in their rooms, and that they should bring any concerns to you. I hope it's okay to revive this thread; I have been thinking about this issue a lot recen...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8165
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
I don't really have a horse in this race, but my vote would be for quizbowl philosophy's "back to the classroom" proponents to move more into computational ethics, following e.g. the recent announcement by the MIT philosophy department:
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8165
Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
I thought the linguistics in this set was amazing and really enjoyed reading it. I particularly remember liking the speech production & implicatures TUs, and the raising/theta-roles/transitive and vowel/formants (with Praat content!)/rhotacization bonuses. They were all full of clues that I enco...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14925
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I felt that the Hanukkah tossup was way too easy with the lead-in. Anyone who went to Hebrew School at any point could first-line it. Given Judaism is still something of a minority religion in the US, this doesn't seem like a huge problem, aside from the fact that a good share of quiz bowlers are J...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NSC 2019 Set Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15339
Re: NSC 2019 Set Discussion
I enjoyed reading the set! Can I see the spectrogram/larynx/nose bonus (bonus 9 in I think round 14)? This is very much in my real-life field so I was excited to encounter it. However I remember the "larynx" part saying something about how spectrograms aren't used to analyze voicing in fav...
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18883
Re: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
Stats here. Congratulations to Jael!