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- Sun Sep 20, 2020 2:50 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 17)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4910
Re: 2020 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 17)
How many packets is ACF expecting to produce for this tournament?
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall at McGill University (17/10/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1281
Re: 2020 ACF Fall at McGill University (17/10/2020)
I’m trying to register as a staffer and the form it takes me to seems to be the team registration form.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:11 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9888
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
Thank you to the organizers for making this tournament a success - especially considering how the answers were due by midnight and we got our results emailed to us by 9 am! I have two suggestions for a tournament like this in the future. Firstly, The distribution (which mixes popular and classical g...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:03 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6010
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
I think there should be guidelines in what should be done when there is micro aggressive language or other situations where someone isn’t necessarily being Intentionally malicious. This is where training could help as listing all possibilities on a ruleset would be endless, but an online module woul...
- Wed May 27, 2020 2:31 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11773
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
The Main room in each zoom call needs to have one person active there at all times to troubleshoot people who cut out during games, replace moderators who cut out, etc. This increases staffing demand, but for a tournament like ACF fall there would be excess club members around anyways.
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:42 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: -5 for Fighting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1052
-5 for Fighting
Hi sports fans! I've been mulling over this ideas for a while now, but I've finally decided to once and for all write a hockey set. I am aiming for 100 tossups at an ACF Fall length, skewing modern, roughly split about 1/5 pre 1990, 2/5 1990-2010, 1/5 2010- NHL content and 1/5 non-NHL content. I wil...
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:30 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6581
Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
No player poll unfortunately, I didn't go to enough tournaments this year to really get a sense of how all the players, especially the rookies and sophomores, are doing. Rookie Ballot 1) Kevin Fan - close race. Edged out Tony because Kevin is a lot deeper at his areas. 2) Tony Chen 3) Lucas Smith 4)...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6618
Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
Is meta, within reason, okay?
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:52 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4025
Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
Stats will be posted after we resolve some issues.
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38140
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
Even if Eric didn't cheat at yesterday's Ontario Hybrid Online mirror, I am concerned at how he chose to wait until after to admit he was cheating at a previous tournament, maybe because otherwise he would have been banned.
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Toronto Winter Tournament (March 14, 2020) [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1261
Re: Toronto Winter Tournament (March 14, 2020)
This tournament has been cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to reschedule some sort of HS quizbowl tournament before the end of the school year.
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ICT Side Events
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3658
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 11:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Toronto Winter Tournament (March 14, 2020) [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1261
Toronto Winter Tournament (March 14, 2020) [CANCELLED]
The Ontario Quizbowl Association is pleased to announce the Toronto Winter Tournament. This tournament aims to be accessible to teams that are new to quizbowl while still providing a meaningful experience to those already familiar with the game. We will be using a slightly modified NAQT IS-191A-set ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:23 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Introducing YellowFruit.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16322
Re: Introducing YellowFruit.
As SCT approaches and NAQT requires hosts to report in SQBS, are there any known bugs that need to be addressed, or the SQBS export as is good enough for NAQT standards?
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5175
Re: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall
All of the above discussion conveniently and intellectually dishonestly ignores that a large chunk of the ACF Fall audience does not need to write a packet. To quote from the announcement for this year's tournament: Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate , academic...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3803
Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
Players, the schedule will be available at this link, so make sure someone on your team is able to see it. Moderators and scorekeepers will both be using laptops, so they will also have access to the schedule. http://hdwhite.org/qb/schedules/46 The schedule is subject to change based on drops or maj...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Quizbowl Schedule Generator
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5379
Re: Quizbowl Schedule Generator
Oh my god, thank you so much!
Could you add a QR code to the website so people don't have to type up a URL?
Could you add a QR code to the website so people don't have to type up a URL?
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4287
Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Looking forward to this. What are the chances that it falls on ICT weekend?
Is there going to be a set-in-stone geographical distribution or is that just gonna be intuitively more or less balanced?
Is there going to be a set-in-stone geographical distribution or is that just gonna be intuitively more or less balanced?
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5629
Re: Should Baby Seals Smile While Being Clubbed? Or: Why Should Newer Teams Stick Around College Quizbowl?
I think teams and hosts, especially in smaller circuits, need to be more conscious of the fact that even though EFT might be fine for both a top-10 team and a team that got 18ppb at novice the previous weekend, a game between those two teams at EFT could easily end up with a score of 655-5 and demor...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3803
Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
The control room will be Southam 318. Please arrive by 9 AM.
The building is labelled SA on the southwestern corner of this map https://carleton.ca/campus/map/. The P1 parking lot is right beside it. Do note that the ground floor of this building is the third floor.
The building is labelled SA on the southwestern corner of this map https://carleton.ca/campus/map/. The P1 parking lot is right beside it. Do note that the ground floor of this building is the third floor.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Carleton University (28/09/2019)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3415
Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Carleton University (28/09/2019)
Please meet at Paterson 114 for 9:30-9:45 on Saturday.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 1:02 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Climate change and quizbowl
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20019
Re: Climate change and quizbowl
The majority of tournaments still happen in schools, and digital packets and e-scoresheets should be used as much as possible there. School and/or board administration may need to cooperate to make sure there’s enough chromebooks or equivalent if staff and players providing laptops is insufficient.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:08 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Canadian Trash Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3533
Canadian Trash Player Poll 2019
To quote a wise man, "Hello, Canada! The summer has come to an end, and as promised, that means it's time for this year's trash player poll. Tournaments that have happened since the last poll are listed below, with links to the stats". All the relevant stats are here . Please submit your b...
- Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Carleton University (28/09/2019)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3415
NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Carleton University (28/09/2019)
Carleton University (the one in Ottawa, Ontario) will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's collegiate novice set (CNS-186) on 28 September 2019. Location and Time The tournament will start at 10:00am (so teams should arrive around 9:30) at an as yet undetermined location at Carleton. There will be a 1 hour...
- Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3803
2019 ACF Fall at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) (11/02/2019)
I am pleased to announce that the Eastern Canadian site of 2019 ACF Fall will be held at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, November 2, 2019. The tournament will take place at a TBD location, with team check-in beginning at 9:00 and gameplay beginning at 9:30. I will be the ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:59 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8153
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
I think there are a solid number of people who are juniors and seniors in college who are not super skilled and for whom ACF Fall is still a very appropriate tournament to play. I think quizbowl tournaments should put the players first, rather than collectively imposing hundreds of writing-hours on...
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:08 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5558
Re: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
BRAINEXPANSION would be a cool name.
Not a neuroscientist myself but several of my teammates would love to play.
Not a neuroscientist myself but several of my teammates would love to play.
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 42351
Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Are conversion stats up yet?
The tossup in pack 21 on shuffling should have an answerline directive on "randomization"
The tossup in pack 21 on shuffling should have an answerline directive on "randomization"
- Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open @ Carleton (8 June 2019)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2556
- Mon May 27, 2019 12:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 5
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5683
Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 5
I held a mirror today. Player (rounds played) scores We took turns reading the 8 packets Chris (7) 36 Dr. Renert (7) 29 Me (7) 23 (10 of which came in the round that Chris read -_______-) Erik (7) 12 Aaron (7) 11 Sky (7) 10 Isaac T. (5) 9 Jay (3) 4 Isaac R. (4) 4 Milan (7) 4 Phillip (3) 3 Marcel (3)...
- Sat May 25, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 5
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5683
Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 5
Could someone send me (or remind Kevin to send me) the packets by the middle of Tomorrow? Kevin agreed on me hosting a mirror tomorrow evening.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:18 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17531
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
1) Derek So Was a strong support player in 2007-08 and 2008-09 for Sir Winston Churchill. Too bad their captain came to McGill but never played a collegiate game. 2) Rein Otsason Went 52-1 or something in 2011-12 on the way to a national championship, probably a top five season this decade (comparab...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:31 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 39824
Re: Player Poll 2019
Rein Otsason should be in your science polls. Aayush Rajasekaran should be in consideration for your literature polls. Both are outside shots for overall top 25.
Nobody's mentioned this so far but I think Eric Xu should be higher up in your polls than where you're gonna put him.
Nobody's mentioned this so far but I think Eric Xu should be higher up in your polls than where you're gonna put him.
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Logistics/format
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18098
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion
Where does the estimate of 30-45 minute increase if you played off all rr-playoff tiebreakers come from? I don’t think you’d save much time if, for example, at ICT only the top bracket ties were played off.
- Sat Apr 13, 2019 12:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 105
- Views: 57355
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
On this schedule we have two byes and play both Chicago and WUSTL in the same round.
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:44 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 30336
Re: ICT format and seeding discussion
Did the pre-nationals poll even happen this year? It should at least differentiate between ACF and NAQT somehow, these polls tend to lean ACF it seems. I wonder if it would be useful for NAQT to look at whatever limited buzzpoint data on NAQT-specific categories exist over the course of regular seas...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
- Replies: 105
- Views: 57355
Re: ACF Nationals 2019 - 4/13-14/2019 - University of Pennsylvania
This is a terrible decision. Why is the top bracket the only bracket worth playing a tiebreaker for? The difference between playoff brackets is significant not just for final placement (which I suppose you could argue matters less for weaker teams)— it also determines the quality of opponents that ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 30336
Re: The ICT format is awful and unfair (or: why I now play for the "Ann Arbor Campus, University of Michigan")
How much more money would it cost to run the proposed 40 team format?
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:19 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: 10 Years of Chicago Open: My Greatest Memories
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7652
Re: 10 Years of Chicago Open: My Greatest Memories
Every Canadian CO trip just tries to imitate this but fails at doing so.
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:03 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: AMA about the 2011 NSC & the evolution of PACE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8275
Re: AMA about the 2011 NSC & the evolution of PACE
Why are the NSC scoring rules the way they are? Are they likely to change in the near future? Why are PACE, ACF, IQBT separate from each other? It seems a lot of them share staffers, leaders, and writers. Would quizbowl be stronger with one unified non-NAQT umbrella organization? In 10 years from no...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:42 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me a moment...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11710
Re: Indulge me a moment...
It doesn’t fully answer your question because these tournaments are not held during the regular season, but the Canadian HSNCT mirror has been quite successful over the last several years as an easier option for alumni. In the past, we’ve also used Delta Burke as a tournament geared for open teams (...
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:00 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21729
Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
I will be going to Queen’s University for a one year bachelor of education. It’s not conditional on graduating my masters, but I sure hope I can do so before August, cutting any ties I may still have with Les Chevaliers de McGill.
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) 2019 [Available 3/23/2019]
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9866
Re: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) 2019 [Available 3/23/2019]
Hello,
It says in the post for this tournament that it’s difficultly is regular minus (so EFT, Terrapin) but it also says it’s the same difficulty as 2018 FST which in turn is the same difficulty of 2017 ACF Fall. So which one is it?
Thanks,
It says in the post for this tournament that it’s difficultly is regular minus (so EFT, Terrapin) but it also says it’s the same difficulty as 2018 FST which in turn is the same difficulty of 2017 ACF Fall. So which one is it?
Thanks,
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HS Novice Tournament @ University of Toronto - NAQT IS-178A - Sun. March 3rd, 2019
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2220
Re: HS Novice Tournament @ University of Toronto - NAQT IS-178A - Sun. March 3rd, 2019
Montcalm Collegiate Institute beat University of Toronto Schools A in a tight 1 game final to win this tournament.
http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/56 ... ith_final/
http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/56 ... ith_final/
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19) [REGISTRATION CLOSED]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6435
Re: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19) [REGISTRATION CLOSED]
This was an extremely well run tournament. Thanks to all the staffers and writers for an enjoyable time. I think this had the best online tournament logistics of any I have played.
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: DII Midseason Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8119
Re: DII Midseason Poll
Toronto's SCT performance was affected by the fact Sky Li showed up very late.
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: SCT placement policies
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7122
Re: SCT placement policies
I thought NAQT makes hosts rank teams by all games played.
It's a dumb policy but it's definitely a policy.Jonah in the 2017 thread wrote:The hosts of this tournament did not realize that NAQT's policy is to consider all games when ranking teams.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 NAQT Canada SCT at Queen's (9 Feb 2019)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5904
Re: 2019 NAQT Canada SCT at Queen's (9 Feb 2019)
At last year's SCT, Toronto D had a playoff record of 4-2 and Toronto E had a playoff record of 5-1, yet Toronto D is listed ahead of Toronto E (as it should be, because they tied in record and Toronto D had a higher PP20).
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The D-value SOS calculation is broken
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9165
Re: The D-value SOS calculation is broken
Thanks Jeff. Would it be possible to see past year's D-value rankings using this new formula?
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:28 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15730
Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
I found the music to be excellent. I don’t have much more to say about specific questions because it wasn’t my personal preferences. The one score clue I wanna comment on was the leadin to the messiah, which mentions an ascending scale from C to A without any indication of tempo or rhythm. (You say ...