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by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: CO Trash 2024 (Sunday, July 28th at Northwestern)
Replies: 6
Views: 4631

Re: CO Trash 2024 (Late summer, Chicago? area)

Can we get a team formation sheet set up for this please?
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

So it looks like I've found my way onto a team, but the way the field expansion was handled for this tournament was... not good. Ryan/Matt/Alex/myself had agreed to team up and told that the field was very likely to expand. Then, after nearly a month of very little communication, we were abruptly to...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13
Replies: 6
Views: 3959

Re: ACRONYM 16 @ UChicago - 5/13

Good Goblin Housekeeping wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:35 pm out of curiosity is there any possibility of this being held on "not msnct weekend"
What this guy said!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Famous People who played Quizbowl
Replies: 24
Views: 35217

Re: Famous People who played Quizbowl

Current St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and MLB All-Star Paul DeJong played some high school quizbowl for Antioch in Illinois in the early 2010s. I think we played the same Masonic Sectionals at some point but never against each other.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 Matchmaking Thread
Replies: 5
Views: 3099

Re: Chicago Open 2023 Matchmaking Thread

I'm looking for a team- can serve as a spicy but inconsistent generalist for those who are interested in one.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Logomachy @ UChicago 11/19/22
Replies: 5
Views: 1646

Re: Logomachy @ UChicago 11/19/22

This is now two weeks away. Has it been determined if we're doing doubles or quads for this?
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 11/13 - Illinois Open main site
Replies: 17
Views: 6686

Re: 11/13 - Illinois Open main site

Was a decision made on the Sunday event? As of right now, we aren't planning on running any side events due to lack of interest. If this changes, we're flexible since I've already reserved the rooms in advance. I'll double-check with teams closer to the tournament date. I responded to you via email...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
Replies: 51
Views: 49024

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)

My job is going full remote, so I am moving this summer, very likely back to Chicago but I'm keeping my options open. Other than that you can expect pretty much the same from me.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Replies: 15
Views: 10909

Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement

This set rocks, and the theme worked even better than expected. I would be one of the first in line to play any future iterations.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu May 21, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Remember Some Guys III: Let's Remember Yet More Guys
Replies: 12
Views: 4583

Re: Let's Remember Some Guys III: Let's Remember Yet More Guys

I just finished a 12-question packet and eagerly await the remembrance of Guys this weekend.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
Replies: 18
Views: 6941

Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)

Thanks for running this, much fun was had!

I assume we're getting playoff stats added at some point?
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

As with the 2010s bracket, I will be putting songs I had not heard before this bracket in italics Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight The Jam song was cool, but Heart of Glass is one of the best pop songs of the decade and criminally underseeded here IMO. Radio Radio vs. Burning ...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146938

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I agree with everything posted in this thread so far, and will add that it's particularly messed up to cheat at playtesting mirrors. Editors are hosting these these and potentially changing clues based on peoples' buzzes, people using anything but actual knowledge to make those buzzes ruins that ent...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Matchmaking
Replies: 14
Views: 4627

Re: CO Matchmaking

Naveed, (tentatively) James Malouf, and I are looking for somebody who knows science. Ability to remember guys is appreciated but not mandatory.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Robyn

Both are quite deserving.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Robyn
Frank

this bracket moved too fast for my feeble mind
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Lorde - Royals Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel vs. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt vs. Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) - Never Catch Me Court...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:17 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me Perfume Genius - Quee n vs. Björk - Stonemilker Rosalía - Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio) vs. LCD Soundsystem - dance yrself clean Tame Impala - Let It Happen vs. Grimes - Oblivion Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Luck...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Lana del Rey - Video Games vs. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best Childish Gambino - This Is America vs. Weyes Blood - Movies* I'm not crazy about either of these songs M83 - Midnight City vs. Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk Azealia Banks - 212 * vs. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night Ad...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

*s for songs I had not listened to pre-bracket because why not Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. IDLES - Danny Nedelko* Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing * vs. Ariana Grande - thank u, next Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Danny Brown (ft. Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, a...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

#1 Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. #16 Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness I do think "Get Lucky" is a little overseeded #8 Taylor Swift - Blank Space vs. #9 Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) - I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) #5 Joanna Newsom -...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

I've decided I'm really bad at doing reviews so I'm going to cut down on them unless I feel like it. Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Lil Nas X (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) - Old Town Road - Remix Drake - Hotline Bling vs. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me Bon Iver - Holocene vs. Perfume Genius - Queen Future Isl...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Replies: 349
Views: 2323227

Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

#15 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream vs. St. Vincent - Cruel First time listening to the St. Vincent. Teenage Dream is good but there are better pop tracks in this bracket to vote for. #15 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy vs. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People…. I think "bad guy" is the only Billie Eil...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Replies: 79
Views: 45610

Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University

Can confirm that Smylie has excellent BBQ, but it's definitely a little expensive. I can't differentiate beer quality and haven't been to the other places.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)
Replies: 6
Views: 7323

Re: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)

Ryan Humphrey has resigned from PACE.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Summer 2019 New PACE Members
Replies: 1
Views: 4239

Summer 2019 New PACE Members

PACE is proud to announce the following new members for this season:

Naveed Chowdhury
Connie Prater
Kady Hsu
Olivia Lamberti
Tejas Santanam
James Malouf

Congratulations to all and welcome to PACE!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Replies: 91
Views: 36921

Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19

Excuse me if I'm sounding like a broken record here, but I'm not a big fan of the schedule as it looks. Super ACRONYM is a hard tossup/bonus tournament, by shoving it into a morning slot you're either being unrealistic or making this stacked field play a truncated tournament. Cambridge Open being se...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)
Replies: 6
Views: 7323

Re: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)

Jason Loy and Chuck Pearson have resigned from PACE. Jordan Brownstein is going on Inactive status.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 64-bit Soundbyte - Gaming/Music Mini-Event (Gauging Interest)
Replies: 4
Views: 4799

Re: 64-bit Soundbyte - Gaming/Music Mini-Event (Gauging Interest)

I'd sacrifice a few fingertips for an opportunity to play this
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19
Replies: 91
Views: 36921

Re: Illinois Side Event Weekend - 7/20/19

If MUSES is full tossup/bonus I'd rather cut CamO for more zany side event action. All-subject tournaments are overrated.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)
Replies: 6
Views: 7323

Re: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)

Nick Clusserath has returned to Active membership status.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 NSC Survey
Replies: 0
Views: 3936

2019 NSC Survey

In order to continue putting on an excellent national tournament every year, PACE has created a survey for all attendees of the 2019 NSC to fill out.

If you would like to give feedback on your experience and what you want the NSC to be like in the future, please fill out the survey here.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NSC 2019 Set Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 15193

Re: NSC 2019 Set Discussion

This year's NSC is now posted on the archive. We at PACE hope everyone enjoyed the set!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)
Replies: 21
Views: 9369

Re: Scattergories 3 at Chicago Open (08/04/2019)

Seeking teammates. You could get me at my Scattergories 1 (pretty good), or you could get me at my Scattergories 2 (terrible). But I'm fun and whimsical!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)
Replies: 6
Views: 7323

PACE Membership Status Changes (Summer 2019)

Jakob Myers and Julie Gittings have resigned from PACE.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 PACE NSC Program
Replies: 0
Views: 4057

2019 PACE NSC Program

Here is this year's NSC program. Special thanks to Emily Dickson for taking the lead on compiling it!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE NSC 2019 Rules Changes
Replies: 1
Views: 4857

PACE NSC 2019 Rules Changes

Effective May 15, 2019, PACE has made a few important changes in our ruleset. PACE's current gameplay and eligibility rules are available here . The four rules changes are in the gameplay rules, sections A.6.b ("Assistant Coaches"), H.3 ("Lodging Protests"), H.12 ("Protest R...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri May 10, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020 PACE NSC: CANCELED
Replies: 9
Views: 10630

2020 PACE NSC: CANCELED

This is a preliminary announcement for the 2020 PACE NSC, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois over the weekend of June 6th. More information will become available in this thread in the months leading up to the tournament.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon May 06, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE Donations: Limited Time Matching
Replies: 0
Views: 4149

PACE Donations: Limited Time Matching

Hello everyone, From now until the beginning of round 1 of this year's NSC, PACE Member Ian Drayer is offering to match all donations to PACE by non-members dollar-for-dollar up to $1000. If you would like to make a match-eligible donation, please donate via our PayPal link (found on this page ) and...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RULFO at PACE NSC
Replies: 26
Views: 11021

Re: RULFO at PACE NSC

I sent an e-mail to Michael Li about a week ago reminding him of the PACE Side Event policy. Michael and Anson are obviously free to host this event as long as they comply!
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 PACE NSC Distribution
Replies: 0
Views: 4866

2019 PACE NSC Distribution

Below is the template distribution for the PACE NSC 2019 question set, courtesy of head editor Ike Jose. This distribution lists how many tossups/bonuses will be included from each category out of the 20 tossups and 20 bonuses in regular play per packet. For an example, 4/4 Literature indicates that...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19) [REGISTRATION CLOSED]
Replies: 15
Views: 8454

Re: 2019 Terrapin Open Discord mirror (2/23/19)

I just now realized this was happening, so I'm a free agent if somebody wants me.

EDIT: Joining the Ryan/Coates/PC team.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 PACE NSC: Call For Staff
Replies: 0
Views: 4723

2019 PACE NSC: Call For Staff

Hello everyone, The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) is currently seeking interested staffers of all types for the 2019 NSC, taking place at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA the weekend of June 8-9. If you are interested or have questions about staffing, please fill out t...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 20583

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

The Uranus tu has been fixed, I apparently was on autopilot when writing that and wrote like 2 clues on the basis that Rhea, not Gaea, was his wife. Really sorry about that- hopefully it was easy enough to figure out in protests.
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 20583

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion

I'd like to give a special thanks to Matt Bollinger for inviting me onto Regionals when Religion/Mythology needed a new editor, and Will Alston, JinAh Kim, and Jordan Brownstein for providing some invaluable feedback on my questions even when I didn't have time to set up public playtesting. I did my...
by Harpie's Feather Duster
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:48 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)

I'm now playing this with Auroni. Very much looking forward to it :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: