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- Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
- Replies: 287
- Views: 134509
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
The one critique I'll make of this set is that the third parts could use some ironing out. To get 30, you'd have to know the basic plot of Disgrace or the title of the other Spinoza work, other times you'd have to know the plot of Too Late the Phalarope (which keeps coming up, inexplicably) or The ...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is timed quizbowl still awesome? (split from trash thread)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2654
Re: Is timed quizbowl still awesome? (split from trash thread)
Seriously, playing twenty-minute rounds is much more fun. If you're ahead, you don't spend so much time being anxious about the other team rallying, and if you are behind, you lose fast and play again, which means basically a rain of questions, compared to a gradual meting out.
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Connecticut 2009-2010
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3075
Re: Connecticut 2009-2010
Given the difference in semester dates, there is an off chance I will be in Connecticut on vacation before Connecticut schools let out (it used to be that way for me every year, but I have more summer activities now). Is Connecticut quiz bowl as laid-back as some parts of Illinois quizbowl on rogue ...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is timed quizbowl still awesome? (split from trash thread)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2654
Re: Is timed quizbowl still awesome? (split from trash thread)
Practicalities aside, I as a player find timed quizbowl to be a lot more fun.
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trash in National Tournaments... Again
- Replies: 81
- Views: 11725
Re: Trash in National Tournaments... Again
pretty entertaining but that's about it. That sums up my opinion of transcendentalism. All of transcendentalism. It occurs to me that any set-in-stone standard for what is academic would either be too inclusive (This Nobel laureate said something about graphic novels! They're in!) or could lead to ...
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trash in National Tournaments... Again
- Replies: 81
- Views: 11725
Re: Trash in National Tournaments... Again
If all trash questions were to disappear overnight, I would not miss them. However, I also do not have a problem with the use of trash questions since, as I see it, today's trash could be tomorrow's fine art or literature. Sure, I would be hard-pressed to find a modern example of something I think w...
- Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: David Riley
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5036
Re: David Riley
Excellent news!jonah wrote:I'm glad to report that David was released from the hospital this afternoon and is, as I write, on his way home.
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why is Illinois bad?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 24776
Re: Why is Illinois bad?
Computational math might not be fun for everyone, but it isn't evil. If you have question quality, fast pace, and good other distribution, you have what matters.
(Applause.)
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- Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why is Illinois bad?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 24776
Re: Why is Illinois bad?
To return to the subject: Why is Illinois bad? I realized exactly why at a local tournament a month or two ago. We had just finished beating a local team by a few hundred points on some awful QG questions, and after we shook hands, someone on the other team said, "Wow, are you guys the smartest...
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Keeping individual stats
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6882
Re: Keeping individual stats
Individual stats are pretty common practice in Illinois, and I've never heard anything about them being "obnoxious" or leading to bad play. Coaches and players understand that that someone playing with three solid teammates is going to have fewer ppg than someone with three seat-fillers. I...
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why is Illinois bad?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 24776
Re: Why is Illinois bad?
Sounds like a plan.dtaylor4 wrote: I might try to join the Masons and attempt to become the head guy, if that's what it takes.
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Driver's Ed, Home Economics, etc
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7174
Re: Driver's Ed, Home Economics, etc
It occurs to me that every other IHSA activity has rules based on tradition, not logic, theory, and discussion. Looking at IHSA format as an attempt at a rational act doesn't make a lot of sense. By the way, the people who know vocational subjects are too busy building things to ever go to a tournam...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 143611
Re: Illinois '09-'10
IHSSBCA All-State Teams are here. This was voted on by people across the state. The statistics used for this included IHSA-format tournaments as well as traditional quizbowl. Really, nominators could put whatever they wanted on there as long as it wasn't from a solo or subject-specific (e.g. Scienc...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: February Poll
- Replies: 108
- Views: 20112
Re: February Poll
I always assumed that in his signature, "LPHS" was just a really improbable mistyping of "IMSA" since he has posted about IMSA a few times and posted once from an imsa.edu IP at like 3:30 in the afternoon. Other theories are that he's an LPHS student who just really likes IMSA q...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Northwestern Wildcat XII
- Replies: 93
- Views: 49641
Re: Northwestern Wildcat XII
My transportation options are looking on the bleak side, but I'm still trying. It would help to know what time the tournament starts.
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Northwestern Wildcat XII
- Replies: 93
- Views: 49641
Re: Northwestern Wildcat XII
Depending on if I can arrange transportation, I may be able to attend as well. Maybe I can find a spot on the Wolfpack or become an honorary Catholic for the day. Or, maybe two Carbondalians would be enough for an official Carbondale team (I think our administration would be pretty relaxed about tha...
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fremd Varsity & Frosh/soph 1/23/10
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11437
Re: Fremd Varsity & Frosh/soph 1/23/10
Like the computational Scientology question at Nationals?BG MSL Champs wrote:I'll just say that the category was Religion-Computation.
- Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Kickoffs
- Replies: 99
- Views: 17760
Re: Kickoffs
As far as I know, no CCHS player was surveyed either, even though all the other teams that attended the Carbondale kickoff were. I certainly never filled out a survey.
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team Illinois Tryouts for NASAT
- Replies: 106
- Views: 17532
Re: Team Illinois Tryouts for NASAT
I'm filling out my application and I had a few questions. Exactly what sort of awards are considered relevant for the "other awards" section? I'm guessing my Junior Historian award probably is and my writing awards probably are not, but what about stuff like Honor Roll and NHS? I'm surpris...
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Who is really anti-math?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7857
Re: Who is really anti-math?
Already happened.jdeliverer wrote:have it reduced at the varsity level
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Who is really anti-math?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7857
Re: Who is really anti-math?
quizbowl, which is about rewarding knowledge not speed ...Really? Never feels like that to me. It would really be nice if there was a good way to write comp math questions - there is a player on my team who mainly comes for comp math. Even someone as clueless about math as I has realized that it do...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 206
- Views: 157367
Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl
The Championship of Scobol Solo on Facebook . The lighting was bad so we could project the scores and timer behind the students. Hey...could you put this somewhere other than Facebook (youtube?). If this is the Solo I think it is, then I'd be interested in seeing what it looked like to the audience...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
- Replies: 161
- Views: 64875
Re: HSAPQ National All Star Academic Tournament in 2010
We've asked a few other schools if they were interested in this tournament, so far there hasn't been too much (i.e. any) response... we'll keep asking, but would HSAPQ be horribly averse to State College as State Pen nsylvania? You guys should get orange jumpsuits for uniforms. The orange jumpsuit ...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern Illinois secessionists?!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3380
Re: Southern Illinois secessionists?!
Carbondale is roughly equidistant from Chicago and Jackson, Mississippi, and much closer to Nashville or St. Louis, so sucession is actually a better idea than it sounds. We would be called South Illinois, Carbondale would be capitol, and our state animal/logo would be the deer tick, dropping off a ...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:16 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Festivus?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 891
Festivus?
Can anyone tell me how to sign up for the Festivus bowl on #quizbowl? I just found out about it yesterday, and the Festivus Maximus isn't logged in.
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help with Scobobot
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3928
Help with Scobobot
After having heard about the Scobobot for some time, I decided trying it as a way to practice during the break. A few days ago, I entered the IRC channel as "Monk" and...nothing. A few people were there but completely silent. There was no 'bot, and I left in boredom pretty soon. Are there ...
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 78317
Re: New Trier Varsity (12/19/2009) at New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
I'm cheering Carbondale A from Connecticut!
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Canon Expansion, Bose-Einstein Condensates, and You
- Replies: 92
- Views: 15661
Re: Canon Expansion, Bose-Einstein Condensates, and You
Wait, aren't basic organic chemistry terms, such as the names of the various organic compounds and the IUPAC nomenclature for organic compounds, reviewed over by all AP Chemistry classes in all high schools? Once you know those, it should be relatively easy to figure out what the heck clues are tal...
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 143611
Re: Illinois '09-'10
So I don't know if everyone heard the news, but as a result of Earlybird I qualified for NSC playing solo as a Hobo (not as Saint Viator, of course). So PACE and my parents are very close to letting me go, but I don't know how much of a discount I'm getting. Profits from Trashtastrophe are going to...
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is there a "term" for this act?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3427
Re: Is there a "term" for this act?
More interesting is when the moderator can't prompt, but pauses and looks twice the packet before saying "I can't accept that". It isn't always easy to spot, but it can be a bit of a giveaway.
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Trier Scobol Solo 11/7/09
- Replies: 83
- Views: 111980
Re: New Trier Scobol Solo 11/7/09
The format is definitely different than accepted Quiz bowl, and I would hate to play a team tournament with this distribution. As a quirky solo event - and solos, at least in Illinois, are definitely more "fun" events than ordinary tournaments - I'm happy with the distribution.
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs Again
- Replies: 494
- Views: 114815
Re: Bad Negs Again
This reminds me of something a local (Southern Illinois) team did in a game against us...Mark wrote:Practicing on an Old IS Set (34 I think?) Today:
Right Answer: Taliban
Wrong Answer: Jesuits
Right Answer: Jesuits
Wrong Answer: Jews
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 143611
Re: Illinois '09-'10
Can you mention what sort of question distribution we should aim for?
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Letter to Questions Galore
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9047
Re: Letter to Questions Galore
This letter is a great declaration of scholar bowl theory beliefs. However, when it comes to trying to improve the quality of Questions Galore questions, one thing I don't see mentioned enough is simple accuracy. When I've played with Questions Galore packets, usually more than one question contains...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: UIUC ABT Earlybird (10/10/2009)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 10627
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: UIUC ABT Earlybird (10/10/2009)
Would you mind helping me with a little information gathering? I had to miss UIUC due to the SAT, and the report back from my team was a little incomplete. I know Ben Chametzky did great (from this post), but what about Mrinalini Prasanna? I've been planning on her being one of the core players, but...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Poetry Canon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3092
Poetry Canon
This is my first post here, but some of you probably know me. I'm trying to cover most of Literature for my team, and I've set out to read (or at least read excerpts from) the poetry cannon. The only problem is that I don't have a very good list of what it is, which is the whole reason I'm setting a...