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- Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HELP WANTED: 2015 JROTC National Academic Bowl Championship
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4131
HELP WANTED: 2015 JROTC National Academic Bowl Championship
(moderators, please edit or move as appropriate) Hi everyone, Since 2007, I have been in charge of the nearly annual JROTC National Academic Bowl Championship, which has been held in late June in the Washington, DC metro area. We have over 40 teams across the country (and often world) that compete a...
- Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Math Computation, Round 23748234
- Replies: 125
- Views: 28203
Re: Math Computation, Round 23748234
I'm only a few pages into reading it, and, even as someone with a math degree, this explains so much about what I've been missing. Thank you!The Toad to Wigan Pier wrote:I recently read an article which has many parallels with this discussion.
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Well, I'd assume that, if these are continued, Byko would start from scratch next year and this year would be a hole in the record. This year being a hole in the record!? Sounds great! But I would also like to help, as I would also want to see this year's stats up, even though they aren't very pret...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
- Replies: 217
- Views: 44739
Re: NAC schedule info/tournament thread
NAQT provides TV questions. I wonder if this is a contract they should try for? I wish I could provide more info on how to try to make that happen... though I don't really know how to construct an argument that NAQT should devote time to this. It's a PBS station that runs "High-Q" in El P...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Road to NAC 2009
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7059
Re: The Road to NAC 2009
There's a rumor from the Ohio board, based on some apparent Facebook status updates, that Copley from Ohio won in DC this past weekend.sjhsquizbowl wrote:Any idea who won this phase?
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois in HSNCT
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7165
Re: Illinois in HSNCT
The Conneticut team was probably EO Smith. Also, I assume that by "50-point game" you mean that the margin of victory was 50 points and not that there were less than 100 points scored. Jessie and I read that game. It was E.O. Smith who was about a 50 point winner in that one, something li...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 VT and NH state finals
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2490
Re: 2009 VT and NH state finals
It's looking like Hanover will be attending HSNCT, so I'm glad to be able to say Northern New England should be represented at a real national tournament this year. If memory serves me right, Hanover went to HSNCT a couple (or 3 or so) years ago and went 5-5. My guess, offhand, is that they could d...
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NTAE
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17760
Re: 2009 NTAE
How many teams are signed up? How dire is the situation? http://www.polk-fl.net/students/academiccompetitions/ntae/application.htm The tournament does not usually release the names of the states being represented until much closer to tournament time, however, this appears to be an interesting devel...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
I'm also willing to take care of Missouri related stuff, and I've emailed regarding that, but haven't gotten any response... Are you still thinking of allowing independent data inputters? I did receive the e-mail. Setting up accounts for multiple user access is over halfway done. Of course, work go...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
I'm also willing to take care of Missouri related stuff, and I've emailed regarding that, but haven't gotten any response... Are you still thinking of allowing independent data inputters? I did receive the e-mail. Setting up accounts for multiple user access is over halfway done. Of course, work go...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
May I suggest the possibility of having someone from each state help you out when possible? It's a lot easier to get local tourney results than it is to get them nationally, and that might make it easier in the future to get a more complete and accurate picture. I certainly would be happy to help w...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
It would definitely be helpful to me if you happen to have any cached files of your team's results and were able to e-mail them to me. I went through all the tournaments we've been to this year and i have pretty much every game that all 4 of our teams have played in separate .doc files. I can send ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
There is an urgent updated message on the site's front page. In short, please do not expect any updates for a while, as this problem will need to be fixed first, and it may not be until Monday that I will be able to start working on actually fixing things in earnest. It would definitely be helpful t...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13645
Re: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/7/09 - Dekalb, IL
The stats are kind of messed up right now How so? Things happened in the afternoon. Most of those things involve a certain lack of scoresheets because of printing issues at the school, and some of them involve my computer crashing and destroying the world (and my school internet connection :cry: )....
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Question. If we know of other results from tournaments (i.e. consolation rounds etc.) that were never posted or compiled, are they allowable in terms of adding them to the records/ratings of teams here? For instance, the consolation rounds that i was told would be completed "sometime" for...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '08-'09
- Replies: 89
- Views: 21688
Re: Minnesota '08-'09
Dude, please see my sig quote and at least get his name right!Jeremy Gibbs Free Energy wrote:Don Fogelberg tossups.
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Masonic Sectionals 2/21
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5021
Re: Masonic Sectionals 2/21
The bracket at New Trier: Stevenson vs Bye Fenton vs Maine South Fenwick vs Schaumburg Fremd vs Whitney Young New Trier vs Hubbard Saint Ignatius vs Riverside Brookfield Saint Viator vs Trinity Palatine vs Leyden So David, will your team be ready for a Saint Viator Semifinal Showdown? Yeah, these a...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Statistics Database
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10388
Re: NAQT Statistics Database
Is NAQT going to update this as the '08-09 season goes on, or is the database only of past completed seasons? I've seen them make updates as the season goes along for tournaments that they get data back from. As you can see, though, there are several events that they don't get any response back fro...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Statistics Database
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10388
Re: NAQT Statistics Database
Is NAQT going to update this as the '08-09 season goes on, or is the database only of past completed seasons? I've seen them make updates as the season goes along for tournaments that they get data back from. As you can see, though, there are several events that they don't get any response back fro...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
If Byko counted Frosh/Soph results and got all the results from Illinois Frosh/Soph tournaments, Stevenson Frosh/Soph would be the #1 team in the country, beating out Charter A. By only counting Varsity results, the rankings are kept somewhat reasonable. I hope the rankings will be kept somewhat re...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Awesome, i see stuff being added. :) Just don't forget about the JV results from the "fall" Charter tournament, too. But things are looking great. I experimented with putting in more JV results last season. But what I found was that the JV teams were not connected enough to the rest of th...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Well obviously i know that, it's just a little odd to see them not added in chronological order... Don't worry; his cunning scheme has been documented in full here . Byko Rankings are an inside job! Ask questions, demand answers! Okay i'm done. Good point about the small tournaments though, Christi...
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Honestly, I don't know. I won't lie: it hasn't been the highest priority lately. I'll try to do what I can in the next couple of weeks.BGSO wrote:Is there a date when the ratings are expected to be updated?
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
I got home at about 2:00 am on Sunday. While we were gone over the holidays, the power went out at home. Not much I could do other than restart the server yesterday. So, it's up now, but that's what happened.Caesar Rodney HS wrote:Hasn't worked in a week or so...
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- Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Weekend Of Quizbowl
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3322
Re: Weekend Of Quizbowl
I'm putting together my spring schedule... What's the current status of this? I'm keeping that whole weekend clear on my schedule, and I know that Tom was taking care of reserving the rooms, which I don't imagine will be a problem. Beyond that, at least from my side of things, I know that there wil...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for workshop proposals: Bootcamp 2009
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10847
Re: Call for workshop proposals: Bootcamp 2008 (8/1 to 8/3)
Does the venue matter? If people are willing to make their own motel and transportation reservations, we could do it here at Loyola Academy--I would just need to check dates and make sure that the facilities are available. I'm not sure David Reinstein reads this forum but I'm sure he would want to ...
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
I don't think "the rankings don't accurately predict the exact order of finish, so they have no predictive value" is a tenable position. I think the rankings could be improved in many ways; always accounting for rosters is one, but weighting based on question quality and taking into accou...
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Centennial's 4th Annual Tournament
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6316
Re: Centennial's 4th Annual Tournament
Will stats from this event be posted and available? I understand that they probably won't happen right away, but I just want to make sure they don't get forgotten about.
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Ideally, Byko would be keeping track of individual players' ratings instead, and any team ratings would be sums of individuals who are playing. But we all know this is impossible logistically (and to whom would you assign bonus points) and likely undesirable since it's the teams that are paired as ...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
I guess one of the other things i wonder, David, is just exactly what tournaments 1) you've received but not entered vs. 2) you haven't received at all. I feel like i see really recent ones added and some old ones that (i thought) were posted, but not entered in the rankings. So with that said, did...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we (James Monroe) play State College's A Team at GSAC? This is an issue that's been getting at me. From the posts in the GSAC topic, State College said in advance that they were missing their A teamers and that it wasn't an A team. However, the results for them a...
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
If we have matches that were not submitted can we submit individual matches if we don't have results from the whole tournament? Yes, please do e-mail me. Mr. Bykowski, should I send you the links to stats for GSAC or do you check announcements threads for them? I've never been sure of your procedur...
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Byko, Have you received the results of the Brookwood Invitiational Tournament from Mr. Barry? Only the brief pieces that were posted online here. I haven't had time to e-mail anybody personally/individually to fill in gaps in data, and I'm not sure how much that will change as the season goes along...
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Sure--I'll try to correct that in the next couple days. Thanks for letting me know.closesesame wrote:Byko - for the rankings' sake, could you please enter the Georgetown Day and VCU Fall stats for TJ A as TJ B, because we were missing (more than) half of our A team in both cases?
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
The rankings appear to have been completely wiped except for the 2006-2007 season. Dunno if there's a reason behind it [maintenance?] but just thought I'd point it out. The ratings get wiped out every time there's a recalculation--it starts by clearing out the tables in the database that contain th...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: QuAC I at Penn (11/22/08), Phila., PA
- Replies: 92
- Views: 58590
Re: Announcement: QuAC I at Penn (11/22/08), Phila., PA
Well, i would just hope that those records are submitted for rankings, etc.... if the individual stats are too much, at least the team results would be beneficial. Just point out to Bykowski that I listed them above. He'll put them into the computer from there. I have indeed noticed. The way things...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Do you have the results for the Yale Fall Tournament? Only one match is in the database from the tournament- I'm just wondering if that's just all you've inputted or if that's all you have. If you're missing some results, I can give you some, although not all. That's all I have--it's all I could fi...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
To whom should we send results and stats? I have some stats from a couple of tournaments that are not currently posted. Me. See the e-mail address in my sig. I'm still about a month behind, and it'll take 1-2 months for me to catch up at this point. That's my response to those of you complaining. S...
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Yeah, with aiquizbowl.com going away (as expected), here's what I can offer you for now: http://byko.servehttp.com:6174/bqbq/ It's a little different from before, though not much, and it does have all the same data from the last two seasons as well as some results from this year. I'm still about a m...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Funny--I almost posted something yesterday about this. I'm working on some consolidation and code edits. If all goes well, there will at least be something preliminary up this Sunday. Failing that, I definitely intend to get something up by the end of the month (I'm out of town for three straight we...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
- Replies: 136
- Views: 35150
Re: Byko Rankings 2008-2009
Here's the short answer at the moment: yes, there will be updated rankings for 2008-09. I still have some work to do to update code and databases to do it, but that part won't be difficult. There are some other things that I'll want to do to improve them this season, but I have a development server ...
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Non-DC Metro Virginia 2008-09
- Replies: 110
- Views: 22163
Re: Non-DC Metro Virginia 2008-09
I am thinking that this probably will not even get put into place until 2009-2010 if it passes. However, the format of the tournament at the region level is decided by each region. I believe that some regions are already using a round robin format (someone correct me if I am wrong about this). I kn...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Missouri 08-09
- Replies: 135
- Views: 127487
Re: Missouri 08-09
I view the scenarios being argued here similar to one a classmate of mine experienced five years ago in track. Many might recall Adam Perkins, a skilled runner who was the key to bringing home the 2001 Class 4 State Men's Track title for Liberty and several second place finishes in Cross Country (i...
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Panasonic renamed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2100
Re: Panasonic renamed
Panasonic used to cover the cost of two hotel rooms for four nights for each team, which would add up to something like $1,600. I wonder how that will end up.
But yeah, I have some real concerns about the future of this tournament right now.
But yeah, I have some real concerns about the future of this tournament right now.
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Moderator Speed (from Panasonic Thread)
- Replies: 72
- Views: 14509
Re: Moderator Speed (from Panasonic Thread)
I think that the way a reader controls a room before, after, and between questions has much more to do with his/her ability to get through a packet in a reasonable amount of time, than the actual speed of the questions being read. Cutting out the off-topic comments... getting to a bonus immediately...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Moderator Speed (from Panasonic Thread)
- Replies: 72
- Views: 14509
Re: Moderator Speed (from Panasonic Thread)
1) The mic may not pic everything up, so it may have been clearer in person. 2) Stop fixating on Dwight Kidder. He's not representative of every fast reader. Having worked in broadcasting for a couple years previously, you're exactly right on #1: when reading, you MUST pretty much work even harder ...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Moderator Speed (from Panasonic Thread)
- Replies: 72
- Views: 14509
Re: 2008 Panasonic Academic Challenge: Illinois wins!
What is the point of reading quickly if there's no timer? I understand that you can't read like "Name... for 10 points... this Italian explorer... famous... for..." or something, but some of the readers i've encountered read as fast as that speedtalking Micro Machines commercial guy from ...
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2008 Panasonic Academic Challenge: Illinois wins!
- Replies: 163
- Views: 46085
Re: 2008 Panasonic Academic Challenge: Illinois wins!
I'll say this again: PAC is NOT quiz bowl, nor does it make any efforts to be. It is academic competition, and yes, there most definitely is a difference. So, while it is not quiz bowl, that does not mean it is without merit. In fact, some of its greatest merit may be opportunity for teams and playe...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2008 QU NAC: B. T. Washington (OK) wins!
- Replies: 350
- Views: 54090
Re: 2008 QU NAC discussion and comment
At 43rd in the computer rankings and likely unranked in the poll if the voters have any sense, we have now seen the most illegitimate winner of a "national tournament" in the history of high school quizbowl. Chip always finds a way to top himself in terms of the total lack of value in his...
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2008 QU NAC: B. T. Washington (OK) wins!
- Replies: 350
- Views: 54090
Re: 2008 QU NAC discussion and comment
THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE 26 YEAR HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT to enter two teams, and NOT call them A and B. HISTORIC GIMMICKRY ITT Seriously, will repeat what I said in my NSC thread - Weiner's Law #1 needs to be enforceable at tournaments. That's great...except it's not true! In 2004 , Auburn (from R...