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by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On November 28th, QuizDB will cease operation
Replies: 7
Views: 4444

Re: On November 28th, QuizDB will cease operation

I have just uploaded the final dump of QuizDB to my public bucket: https://quizdb-public.s3.amazonaws.com/quizdb_final_no_admin.zip. This is a simple zipped copy of the full SQL dump of QuizDB, excluding user information. This file should be served here indefinitely in posterity (unless Amazon bins ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On November 28th, QuizDB will cease operation
Replies: 7
Views: 4444

On November 28th, QuizDB will cease operation

Hello all, I have been unofficially retired from Quizbowl and the Quizbowl community since the start of the pandemic, so I regret that this is my only communication since then, but I must announce that on November 28th, QuizDB will no longer be hosted online. On that date, Heroku will be removing se...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

Hello everyone, Arham Jain recently messaged me and pointed out a potential security flaw in QuizDB, so I'm making a full disclosure now that I've taken action. What is it? For some time now, QuizDB tables have been fully publicly dumped, including admin tables with salted bcrypts (a relatively high...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

EDIT: Pull request is in. I'll take a brief moment to shill for TypeScript - this wouldn't have happened if you had kept track of the types of the things you were trying to copy. Oh, trust me -- I created QuizDB before my first job, and I'm now in the point in my career where the first thing I do f...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Game Management System
Replies: 3
Views: 2827

Re: Game Management System

Is this a contracted, payment-on-delivery/benchmark offer, or is it salaried? It seems the former, but I ask mainly because the post implies that multiple devs will be hired together, and it's slightly odd to hire devs who don't know each other but deliver payment to each together. Can the expected ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Writing Good Poetry Tossups
Replies: 3
Views: 2609

Re: Writing Good Poetry Tossups

I believe Jacob Reed has written on the subject as well before (no idea where those posts are off the top of my head), but personally, I hate "quote it" bowl where you just pyramidally paste in a bunch of lines from a poem. As previous posters mentioned, I think writing about a poem requir...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Statement on Stony Brook Quiz Bowl
Replies: 6
Views: 3915

Re: A Statement on Stony Brook Quiz Bowl

This was very mature of you to post, and I'm sure the people who underwent negative experiences appreciate this statement, but I hope you're not too hard on yourself. Reading this as an unrelated 3rd-party, you were much more responsive and levelheaded than many other people in similar situations in...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Program for Sotheby's
Replies: 3
Views: 690

Re: Program for Sotheby's

I also want to make an emendation that although we are prioritizing senior roles at the moment, we will also accept junior opportunities that are sufficiently promising. If you feel that might apply to you, feel free to inquire with either me or the linked job postings!
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Program for Sotheby's
Replies: 3
Views: 690

Re: Program for Sotheby's

This sounds like an awesome opportunity, Raynor! Would it be OK to share this with colleagues (a couple of friends who teach and advise liberal arts college students, many of whom are also interested in the intersection of art and tech)? Yes! If they're especially curious, feel free to pass along m...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

king_crimson wrote: Fri Sep 18, 2020 10:55 am Just curious,

Wasn't 2020 Terrapin PIANO difficulty? It's classified under College Regs (7) right now.

Thanks!
Thanks for the catch, fixed!
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

Just updated QuizDB with the following sets: [...] The above, but with the following sets: 2019 BHSAT 2020 Oxford Open 2020 HFT XIV 2019 Chicago Open 2020 CALISTO 2020 Terrapin 2019 ACF Fall 2019 Early Fall Tournament And as I always do, a reminder that I can only use Word packets -- I'm especially...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22822

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

All the cheating discussion aside, as someone who also had an awful time getting blasted on the forums after a poorly run tournament, I would like to re-emphasize the point some of the other posters made in this thread about the power dynamics between community members and generally being a nicer a...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:55 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Program for Sotheby's
Replies: 3
Views: 690

Program for Sotheby's

Not quite sure if this is permitted under board rules, I'm sure mods will remove if it's not. I'd preferred to have posted for this in the College section, but I couldn't find an Off Topic board in there, so using this board for now. === Sotheby's is hiring Senior Software Engineers! (Did you even k...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:17 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: A Century of Teammates
Replies: 5
Views: 8200

Re: A Century of Teammates

Cheynem wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 4:30 pm Did you mean to quote John?
Ah, no -- I forgot to add on, this is exactly how I felt when John asked if I wanted to be a teammate, haha. I still remember being pretty happy to be on that team! (With Richard as well, I believe, and a fourth teammate I don't quite remember anymore, I'm sorry :/)
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Aug 16, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: A Century of Teammates
Replies: 5
Views: 8200

Re: A Century of Teammates

That said, it's still pretty thrilling when people I perceive as really good ask if I want to play with them I'm pretty honored to be mentioned, since I think our team-up was like, forever ago, I was sick the day of and I don't think I was particularly good even as a fourth scorer (too much classic...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GPT3 for Quizbowl
Replies: 14
Views: 8375

Re: GPT3 for Quizbowl

-Classifying questions into categories (may also be useful, especially for something like QuizDB). I would happily implement this if someone can get this working (it's currently using a naive Bayesian filter with ~85% accuracy, though I didn't really crosstest that). I would offer the use of my tra...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28721

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

It doesn't take much longer because steals have to be answered pretty much immediately after the other team has missed a part; I don't give them five seconds to deliberate. I don't know if that's an option in actual tournaments, and I've never been involved in an official competition in which "...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28721

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

I've seen the term "steal" used a lot in local format shows, and it seems pretty intuitive there. That said, the number of times I've seen a team zone out because they're getting destroyed, then completely not realize there's even a bounceback available when it finally comes around to them...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed May 27, 2020 1:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Paired Tossups and Bonuses
Replies: 52
Views: 28721

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

I think it's desirable not to have specific subcategories go to themselves, like biology --> biology or philosophy --> philosophy. If you mess up on a tossup in a subcategory then you shouldn't forfeit your chance to hear that subcategory's bonus as well. I think this should happen in approximately...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun May 17, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

Just updated QuizDB with the following sets: 2018 RAPTURE 2019 Spartan Housewrite 2018 Sun God Invitational 2019 ILLIAC 2018 Scattergories 2 2019 LOGIC 2019 Prison Bowl If you're a developer, the latest DB dump in the bucket has been updated as well. My planning doc (where I annotate which sets I've...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Apr 08, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146943

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

Wanted to quickly chime in to say: - I liked Ryan and Justin/e's posts, in that they had clear action items, and if a type of "tribunal" is ever former (or moderators want to have response playbooks), they are useful action items to discuss. I'll especially parrot the one about talking to ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

Finals aside, I thought the tournament was well run and all the staff were really cool. I also appreciated the chance to play Reel Knowledge a lot (even if I negged myself into oblivion and had to leave early).
by UlyssesInvictus
Mon Nov 04, 2019 6:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

We'll be mirroring Reel Knowledge , an academic film set, after the conclusion of Fall Open. Format will *probably* be a one- or two-room shootout, but this could change depending on how many people want to participate. Express interest here: https://forms.gle/j9fREezsZ4h8SBXt9 . There will be no c...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

Around 9 this morning, QuizDB started receiving very heavy load, which caused it to go down for everyone. Again, as this is a free site, I can't exactly just pay for massive servers, so if this is you, please stop, until I have to disable it temporarily for everyone.
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

More sets: 2018 ACF Fall 2019 PIANO 2019 PACE NSC 2019 The Unanswered Question 2019 NASAT 2019 Richard Montgomery Blair Academic Tournament On my todo list: 2018 RAPTURE 2018 Sun God Invitational 2018 Scattergories 2 2019 Scattergories 3 2018 MKULTRA 4 2018 Fantastic Feasts and Where to Find Them Se...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:06 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
Replies: 8
Views: 879

Re: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread

I'm going to take credit for winning this thread with my Tokarczuk prediction. If only I put actual money on it! That being said, I started reading Flights last year and it wasn't really for me. Maybe her Books of Jacob (described in this profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/olga-...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

And I guess I'd play the Open as well, too, if it helps Reel get run.
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)
Replies: 28
Views: 14421

Re: Fall Open at NYU (Nov. 9, 2019)

Would anyone who is playing/staffing this tournament be interested in playing Reel Knowledge (the academic film set) as a side event? I'm looking at traveling to New York around the time of this tournament. If I am in New York, I would probably look at staffing (or, god forbid, playing) Fall Open. ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Plea for No More Excuses
Replies: 11
Views: 7670

Re: A Plea for No More Excuses

I think some of the nuance in this issue is that not only are people reluctant to admit to their editor they can't finish questions on time, they're reluctant to admit it to themselves, too ("It's fine, I'll just sit down this weekend, crack open a beer, and write them all," which we know ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SPEEDRUN 1 (2019): Packet announcement
Replies: 2
Views: 5231

Re: SPEEDRUN 1 (2019): Packet announcement

im hella mad this wasn't called "SPEEDURN"
by UlyssesInvictus
Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Difficulty Metrics
Replies: 4
Views: 6788

Re: Difficulty Metrics

This one goes without saying, but for completeness's sake (and because everyone basically does it): just searching up the answerline on QuizDB / asseemDB and seeing at what difficulties it's been mentioned before. A less technical equivalent is also asking people well-versed in the field / subject h...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SCREEN TEST (Visual Film) - Available for mirrors
Replies: 3
Views: 5355

Re: SCREEN TEST (Visual Film) - Available for mirrors

Cheynem wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:52 am This would be cool if someone were to organize an online mirror (one that kept field sizes to an acceptable amount, as well).
On that note, is Mike Bentley's Microsoft Teams strat the official best way to run these, or have people found success with another presentation method?
by UlyssesInvictus
Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Guerilla NASAT @ Columbia
Replies: 15
Views: 5677

Re: Guerilla NASAT @ Rutgers

Honestly, and I don't mean to be rude regarding what seems like a very large amount of logistical effort (I can sympathize), but there is very, very low chance I'd come play, even though I'm in NYC. CONVERSELY, there is a very, very high chance I'd play if this if it were an online mirror. Is there ...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:19 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: Best Practices for Running a Discord Tournament
Replies: 7
Views: 50227

Re: Best Practices for Running a Discord Tournament

I, for one, really enjoyed hearing Mike's kitty in the background. I'd also: - get someone to post question numbers after each cycle (beyond keep tracking, it makes it easier to scan for answers if your eyes have to move between questions and chat) - make a specific note for people to keep cross&quo...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUSES Online 8/18
Replies: 19
Views: 6531

Re: MUSES Online 8/17

I'd happily play on someone's team for this, but my availability may be spotty and I might randomly dip in the middle of games. I know some random myth though!
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Unanswered Question - Visual Arts General Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 977

Re: Visual Arts General Discussion

Hmm, may just be a bias on my part that I'm much more likely to have total recall of Shawshank scenes than know the basic plot to any of Hayworth's actual movies. For what it's worth, I do think that scene is pretty famous, given that it's when Andy first asks for a poster for Red (and if we're minc...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Unanswered Question - Visual Arts General Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 977

Re: Visual Arts General Discussion

The visual arts, especially contemporary art, was some of my favorite content in the set. I felt like the film was a tick harder than the other visual content--I'm still not a particular fan of questions that are often "Have you seen this movie?" type cluing, but despite that I'm still hap...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

Oh, I also wanted to publicly thank the many staffers who helped read throughout the weekend, Harry White for collecting stats, the various writing teams that produced content we were able to mirror, and Columbia (+ ex-Columbia) affiliates for helping me arrange the site after other options fell thr...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Unanswered Question: A 20th Century Fine Arts Tournament
Replies: 21
Views: 12051

Re: The Unanswered Question: A 20th Century Fine Arts Tournament

This was a really fun set. I think something like, 6 out of the 8 games my team played were decided by a single question, which is IMO a pretty good measure of a well-written, competitive set. The painting and conceptual art was especially fun to play, so props to whoever wrote a lot of that.
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:54 am
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)

This was a really great set. I think the Final Boss questions ended up being...as advertised (lol), but I really appreciated the lip service paid to both classic and modern gaming throughout. Well, OK, there was a decent chunk of JRPG content, but we were warned :P
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

Just sent out thank you emails and mirror fee followups. If you know I mirrored your event, but you haven't received something yet, let me know. As I mentioned in one of my thank you emails, I'm going to donate all the money I personally made to the Trevor Project. (Inspired by Jason Thompson, who s...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

Raw stats are publicly available, but I will try and soon directly post the summarized stats here (and Daniel Hothem has graciously volunteered to summarize the CANONEXPANSION and Unanswered Question stats). Apologies if it takes 2 or 3 days. Do these raw stats include the GLOBEZ shootout/where mig...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

Hi, thank you to everyone for coming, hopefully quality was up to standard. I will have more detailed thanks in a direct email to you all, and also thank you for bearing with any of the difficulties / stress inducing events over the weekend (it has also given me valuable lessons for the future if th...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

This happened. "Columbia" took first place with a 10-1 record, and "The Death of Cringehoffer" took second with a 9-2 record. You can find full stats at the link Harry posted above. Side events are being run today, and will continue to be run tomorrow. Please continue to check em...
by UlyssesInvictus
Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
Replies: 13
Views: 9794

Re: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors

The $10 mirror fee norm is a holdover from quite a long time ago, and really should have gone up to $15 by now. If you believe that sets should be cheaper than that, you either believe that producing good questions doesn't deserve even remotely fair compensation, or you don't believe that sets need...
by UlyssesInvictus
Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

When is this running until on sunday? This is entirely dependent on 1) how willing people are to compromise on the format in which we run MUSES 2) whether or not the building forces our hand by kicking us out (actually unlikely, i think) 3) when MUSES begins (probably 2:30 to 3:30 range, based on s...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:49 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: How We Treat Each Other: 2019
Replies: 32
Views: 26375

Re: How We Treat Each Other: 2019

Um, not to tell people how to post, but just returning to the original topic because it was insightful and I did want to offer hopefully helpful personal insight-- As someone who does a lot of QB stuff (well, I like to think QuizDB is important anyways, with all the bugs I tend to give it, you may c...
by UlyssesInvictus
Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 20937

Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread

What time is this starting on Saturday? Hamilton Hall doors unlock at 8 AM*. I encourage you to arrive as soon as possible, and as long as you're not actively bothering anyone setting up, your presence will only help us squat in rooms (I may in fact ask you to distribute yourselves to accommodate t...
by UlyssesInvictus
Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

- added a feature to hide question answers; you can enable this by default for all questions if you go to the settings page (this setting is itself off by default). Note that, like all settings, this is only locally saved (so it's device specific) This was broken for the last day and a half b/c I s...
by UlyssesInvictus
Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"
Replies: 110
Views: 112386

Re: Announcing QuizDB: "Knowledge is Power"

Some changes: - updated QuizDB's Resources page with some yet more 3rd-party QuizDB-sourced apps - added a feature written by Noah Bresler that auto-updates the page URL when searching, and will auto-search if you navigate to a URL with a recognizable search params (it'll make more sense when you do...