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by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Best Debut Performances?
Replies: 18
Views: 8135

Re: Best Debut Performances?

I've got two that I personally witnessed. While neither example went on to win their tournament debuts, they were still shocking to me at the time. Perhaps Jarret could expand on both of these stories if he sees this post: 1. Andrei from Upper Arlington B. I don't know if Upper Arlington had ever pl...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:28 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)
Replies: 25
Views: 13528

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2022)

Since I didn't even make a post when I graduated: I got my PhD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center last December. Going to be a postdoc at Emory University starting next month. Am happy to staff tournaments and play opens in the Atlanta area!
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:42 pm
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)

Conor 110 I... didn't play this, and don't know of any other Conors in quizbowl who spell their name the way I do, so you've either misspelt someone's name or you're mistaken about someone's Discord handle. Or there's another Conor I don't know about, which is also a possibility. Yeah that's a typo...
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 34
Views: 2864

Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey

Top 10 1. No Tears Left To Cry - Ariana Grande. There are few pop songs about hope and overcoming negativity that are as catchy and fun as this song 2. Feel it Still - Portugal. The Man. This is one that got better with each successive listen 3. One Kiss - Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa. I think it's ...
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Discussion forums for old sets
Replies: 10
Views: 5964

Re: Discussion forums for old sets

As someone who was never part of the (now since deleted) usergroup, the threads are definitely there and publically accessible, so there is no real way to undo this since anyone could have viewed the threads. While I didn't do any of the usergroup/subforum pruning, I'd like to apologize that this ha...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue May 22, 2018 11:01 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SOUNDTRACK at HSNCT - Saturday
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Re: SOUNDTRACK at HSNCT - Saturday

Hey, as someone interested in playing this but is worried about potential conflicts with other events going on on Saturday evening, have you set a time for when this will take place?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 21, 2018 1:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
Replies: 35
Views: 18453

Re: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT

Having missed this last year because of a panic attack and being unable to figure out where it was being held, I am very much looking forward to actually playing this year. Also looking for teammate.

How many packets will there be?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
Replies: 66
Views: 34467

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018

aseem.keyal wrote:Uploaded a zip of the docx packets on the packet archive, it's currently pending.
It's there now.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8023

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

I have watched 0 games of collegiate quizbowl this year and don't know any of the rosters but I figured it would help generate discussion if I made predictions anyway. Here's DI ICT: 1. Yale A 2. Penn A 3. UC Berkeley A 4. Chicago A 5. Columbia 6. Ohio State 7. Minnesota A 8. Michigan A 9. Northwest...
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:51 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
Replies: 68
Views: 60525

Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to

FWIW I voted "regular difficulty is too hard," "too insular," and "lack of outreach." When I was at UTK I made a conscious effort to call regular-difficulty tournaments "regionals difficulty" because I felt like the term "regular difficulty" might be...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:42 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

heeeeeeyyy yaaaaaaaaa heeeyy yaaaaaaaaa 1. I hadn't actually watched the music video Fred has linked each round until now, because why would I need to. And I get what they're going for with the Beatlemania thing, but I wish they hadn't layered a cheering and screaming crowd over the entire song . Ve...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:46 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 Unicolored Jay
Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2018 @ UIUC
Replies: 8
Views: 6145

Re: ACF Regionals 2018 @ UIUC

I'm assuming that in this case the lack of a regionals champion won't matter in terms of getting a bid to ACF Nationals, but if it had mattered, who would be getting the automatic bid?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 22, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Geography Monstrosity IX — May 26, Atlanta
Replies: 23
Views: 12752

Re: Geography Monstrosity IX — May 26, Atlanta

While I'd like to play this, if there's a need for staffers (as it currently seems) I'll gladly do so.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 22, 2017 2:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
Replies: 58
Views: 49567

Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)

I'll play the questions, even though I don't have a hat :(
by Unicolored Jay
Tue May 09, 2017 5:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
Replies: 32
Views: 20071

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)

I will be transferring within the University of Tennessee system, but from the Knoxville campus to the Health Science Center (in Memphis) and continue grad school there. Am very curious about my eligibility to play under "Tennessee" or not (if not, it would highly limit my chances of conti...
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANCELED: Oxford American Tournament @ UTK 4/15/17
Replies: 2
Views: 2368

Re: Oxford American Tournament @ UTK 4/15/17

I'm canceling this tournament. May host it sometime during the summer, but not sure on that at the moment.
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Packet Sub: Things you liked in high school
Replies: 41
Views: 20790

Re: Packet Sub: Things you liked in high school

I don't know how many questions I'll end up having but I'll write a packet and email it (won't be at ICT).
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANCELED: Oxford American Tournament @ UTK 4/15/17
Replies: 2
Views: 2368

CANCELED: Oxford American Tournament @ UTK 4/15/17

Hello everyone, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville will be hosting a mirror of the Oxford American Tournament on April 15, 2017. See this thread for more details on the set. This will be an open tournament but I will almost certainly need outside staffers to help run it, so please let me know if ...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ICT bids
Replies: 157
Views: 80922

Re: 2017 ICT bids

Wouldn't the increased number of autobids handed out be more justifiable if the ICT field were larger?
by Unicolored Jay
Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Saving the IRC
Replies: 26
Views: 16465

Re: Saving the IRC

I definitely agree that using a more accessible platform might help in attracting people to such a chat room, and that more Festivus-like events would also be great! The latter was basically the only reason I ever got on the IRC in the past year or so, other than when important events such as nation...
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 25
Views: 2334

Re: 2016 Hit Songs Survey

Best 1. "Dangerous Woman" by Ariana Grande - Not in 4/4 time, really brings out Ariana's voice. 2. "Starboy" by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Clever lyrics, The Weeknd isn't annoying sounding, and Daft Punk. 3. "Never Be Like You" by Flume featuring Kai - Kai can sin...
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 25
Views: 2334

Re: 2016 Hit Songs Survey

A friend of mine challenged me to make such lists a week ago so I'm trying to come up with mine, and hopefully I'll be able to post it soon!
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Replies: 120
Views: 67367

Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet

I'm going to miss this because of travel :( Rob, will you be posting the questions on the archives? Similarly, did you ever post last year's set on the archives? I remember you emailing (or posting, maybe?) last year's somewhere, but if it would be annoying to format for the archives, I'll happily ...
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Dec 22, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Replies: 120
Views: 67367

Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet

I have a non-zero number of Clickhole Clickventure TUs that I could read for this. I have 20 tossups ready, plus a few bonuses I had already written if they're of interest. Due to a request, a significant number of these questions are very difficult, but there should be some that are gettable by th...
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: [REDACTED] - A Conspiracy Theory Side Event
Replies: 13
Views: 8266

Re: [REDACTED] - A Conspiracy Theory Side Event

Once packets are uploaded, it just requires admin approval before they're made public.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Replies: 120
Views: 67367

Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet

I have a non-zero number of Clickhole Clickventure TUs that I could read for this.
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Oct 05, 2016 12:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!
Replies: 64
Views: 3626

Re: Let's Predict Who Wins the 2016 Literature Nobel!!!!

Rufous-capped Thornbill wrote:
AKKOLADE wrote:What are Bob "Bet on Him So We Can Take Your Money, You Hippie" Dylan's odds?
50/1!
It seems like he's been at 50/1 for the past several years now.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:44 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77828

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

The biggest single-game upset I've witnessed was us beating Chicago A in the prelims of ACF Nationals 2011 . That was the one win that got us into the upper half of the field in the first playoff stage, and we didn't win a single match past afterwards while Chicago A contended for the title. We had ...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)
Replies: 6
Views: 3907

Re: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)

This tournament ran into all the technical issues one can expect from a Skype mirror, and the resulting problems led to only Rounds 2-5 being counted and played in a shootout format. These were the scores following that: Jason Thompson 200 Jake Sundberg 110 Billy Busse 80 Victor Prieto 80 Tejas Raje...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)
Replies: 6
Views: 3907

Re: Eternal Sonata Skype Mirror (Sunday, 8/28/16)

Hey guys,

Let's meet up by 6:45 pm EST on the IRC in channel #eternalskypenata. We'll organize the tournament from there.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARTSEE Online (August 21)
Replies: 8
Views: 5280

Re: ARTSEE Online (August 21)

Will appears to have gotten some food: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3863/

This was fun to play; congrats to Jordan and Chris for winning, and thanks to the writers for producing this and Will, Jason Cheng, and Jason Golfinos for staffing.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO "History Bee" (2018)
Replies: 15
Views: 7906

Re: CO "History Bee" (2018)

It would be kind of cool to straight-up do whatever schedule format the high school National History Bee does, with minimal modification. I think that involves quasi-randomly seeded prelim rooms of equal size for several rounds, then elimination rounds which slowly whittle the field down. THREE WAY...
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eternal Sonata (video game music)
Replies: 23
Views: 11271

Re: Eternal Sonata (video game music)

Don't worry guys, I'd very much like to help run a Skype mirror (seeing as I won't be attending any physical sites), so I'll do my best to work these things out by the playtesting stage.
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eternal Sonata (video game music)
Replies: 23
Views: 11271

Re: Eternal Sonata (video game music)

I don't know if Anderson can, but I don't know how to make a Skype mirror work from my end, unfortunately.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jun 12, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
Replies: 86
Views: 60061

Re: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6

IHBB Asian Championships (which included to the best of my knowledge, the largest ever pyramidal all-subject quiz bowl tournament outside North America on Friday, our Academic Bowl of Asia in which 23 teams competed). To the best of my knowledge, the previous record is 14 teams at the 2015 Concordi...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 3 Discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 10146

Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 3 Discussion

Even as someone who did predictably terribly, this was a mostly-enjoyable experience. I liked one of my students saying (more than once), "Oh, so that's what that sounds like" or "I wrote a tossup on that piece without ever having actually heard it". One question: Round 1, Tossu...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 30, 2016 8:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 133
Views: 76872

Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion

As a reader, while I definitely did notice the replacement of "the" for "this" in the giveaways and bonus parts, I was so used to saying "this" that I kept doing so throughout the weekend anyway. Did anyone else do the same?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 30, 2016 1:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 3 Discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 10146

Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 3 Discussion

This was awesome to play! Thanks for running it, Eddie, and big thanks to you, Jonathan, and Rebecca for writing it. I kinda wish I was writing down things while playing the tournament so I'd have more thoughts, but here were some things I remember discussing post-tournament/my own observations, whi...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 16, 2016 12:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26163

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

I see I'm mentioned here (probably due to my joke of a post upthread) but I can't play this tournament as I'm flying back Sunday evening, sorry.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 02, 2016 11:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MUT: Specific question discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 16445

Re: Specific question discussion

Time integral tossup: So at the mirror I ran back in April, I actually had a game-deciding protest on this question about the exact same issue people are bringing up (that integrating the Dirac delta function isn't specific to any particular variable). I remember talking briefly about it to Rob, the...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26163

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

If you either: 1.) need a sports and video game player, or 2.) are Joe Nutter, You should PM me. I am fairly good at both of these subjects, although my super modern baseball and hockey knowledge is lacking, and I hate NASCAR. I almost read this as saying your Joe Nutter knowledge was fairly good.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:09 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Starting a new Quizbowl Team
Replies: 9
Views: 10410

Re: Starting a new Quizbowl Team

So I'm not sure what's going on here, as Lexington clearly has had a quizbowl team for years and I'd be amazed that someone attending the school wouldn't be aware of its existence, but of these forums. Michael, if this is actually you and you are interested in quizbowl, you have all the information ...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT at UTK (3/26/16)
Replies: 1
Views: 3147

Re: MUT at UTK (3/26/16)

I've updated my first post with the location of the tournament plus the current field. I'd like to see more teams sign up!
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Tennessee 2015-2016
Replies: 27
Views: 15037

Re: Tennessee 2015-2016

Oh hey, I'm glad someone is taking the initiative to getting quizbowl back up and running in East Tennessee again! I recently revived UTK's quizbowl team this school year, although I haven't been able to spend time doing much outreach thus far (I really wanted to host a tournament this semester, but...
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Global Announcement: ACF Regionals 2016 (01/30/2016)
Replies: 31
Views: 29561

Re: Global Announcement: ACF Regionals 2016 (01/30/2016)

The set is now on the packet archive.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT at UTK (3/26/16)
Replies: 1
Views: 3147

MUT at UTK (3/26/16)

This is the announcement for the Univeristy of Tennessee (at Knoxville)'s mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament , to be held on Saturday, March 26th, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Information about the questions can be found here . UPDATE: Capping the field at 16 teams. Location and directions...
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 General Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 15143

Re: ACF Regionals 2016 General Discussion

--The "Turning into a rhinoceros" and "seance" questions were good ideas and well-thought questions. I'm glad to hear people enjoyed the "turning into a rhinoceros" question! The idea came to me as I was reading the play last summer and I initially wrote it out of amus...