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- Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8453
Re: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
starting a PhD in history at Princeton next year; will probably play the occasional set!
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15754
Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Those points make sense—I can see how it could be difficult to make the jump from buzzing with a specific speech impediment (even though the clue was describing the category of "residual speech errors" more generally) to a broader categorical answer that itself isn't incredibly well-define...
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:01 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15754
Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
I'm also not sure what the best solution is. On one hand, these answer lines do have a sort of unity in the real world: I could easily see a class on, I don't know, sociology of work, assigning both Ehrenreich and Hochschild, and I can see those authors recognizing their respective objects of study...
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15754
Re: 2019 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
there was also a corpus linguistics bonus—maybe you didn't hear that?
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9763
Re: ACF Regionals playtesting
hey, can the jason who filled out the doodle poll email me for the IRC info? don't want to invite the wrong person.
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:05 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9763
Re: ACF Regionals playtesting
I'm hoping to playtest painting, philosophy, and social science on Monday and/or Wednesday evening this coming week, probably in the IRC. If you're interested, fill out this Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/xmewy3iisrqqgwq2 —indicate in the name box if you're only interested in one or two of th...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Regionals playtesting
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9763
Re: ACF Regionals playtesting
I'm hoping to playtest painting, philosophy, and social science on Monday and/or Wednesday evening this coming week, probably in the IRC. If you're interested, fill out this Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/xmewy3iisrqqgwq2 —indicate in the name box if you're only interested in one or two of the...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:06 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16147
Re: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
Of tournaments not yet mentioned, Cane Ridge Revival was an excellent set with innovative and interesting humanities and social science questions (with the caveat that I don't remember the science and wouldn't be able to comment on it even if I could). That more than any other set influenced how I ...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:44 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Chicago Open 2018 Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14292
Re: Chicago Open 2018 Thanks and Discussion
Just wanted to say that it was a blast to work on this set—I learned a ton from reading the submissions and the other editors' questions. Thanks to everyone who helped out with it, and who came out to play!
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:12 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
- Replies: 63
- Views: 13627
Re: Specific Questions and Errors
This thinker’s major work targets writers who used logical sciences as “evidentiary proof for the truth of their metaphysical sciences” A minor quibble, but I’m not sure it makes sense to call The Incoherence of the Philosophers al-Ghazali’s single “major work.” It’s his best-known work in quizbowl...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:23 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
- Replies: 63
- Views: 13627
Re: Specific Questions and Errors
It's from the Revival of the Religious Sciences.Tornrak wrote:Could I see the tossup on Al-Ghazali? I’m curious as to where the first sentence is from.
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:18 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328526
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:42 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Limits of the "Back to the Classroom" Movement
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10425
Re: Limits of the "Back to the Classroom" Movement
...A fuck-the-classroom approach often leads to tossups that on material that is more obscure and which fewer people in the field have engaged with (e.g., that goofy tossup at ACF Nats on "primal scream therapy"). I'm not familiar with the specific tossup, but I don't think that social sc...
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8877
Re: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)
VIICO: Make Heteroglossia Great Againvinteuil wrote:that'll be the all lit crit/art theory/historiography complement to this set, duhhydrocephalitic listlessness wrote:jacob, now we don't have to write VIICO
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 5:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8877
Re: Thought Monstrosity (Summer 2017)
jacob, now we don't have to write VIICO
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5563
Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
I thought this set was excellent—the history was especially superb, and aside from the aforementioned issues with the econ questions, the social science/thought was great. Thanks for writing it!
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17274
Re: Announcement: "stanford housewrite"
From emails I got back in November, it seems like a bunch of schools in the Northeast (including Harvard) have already declined to host a physical mirror. So, if one of those schools—or another in the Northeast—decided that they'd be fine with hosting, would Stanford still be okay with that?
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2015: Rex Ryan's Revenge
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19515
Re: IRC Festivus 2015: Rex Ryan's Revenge
I have a themed packet of music tossups that's been sitting on my computer for a while, so I guess I can read that. 

- Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Science Bowl
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4382
Re: Science Bowl
I also still stand by what I wrote in that thread—if you're interested in science, taking AP science courses, and can bring yourself to overlook the stupid format quirks, Science Bowl is an intellectually rewarding activity. I'd encourage you to give it a try!
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328526
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
This happened. Eric scored a lot of points. I'll try to get the set uploaded to the archive within the next week.hydrocephalitic listlessness wrote:I don't think any of the mirrors got to them, so I'll be reading the final two packets of VICO tonight at 10pm ET in #vico.
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328526
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I don't think any of the mirrors got to them, so I'll be reading the final two packets of VICO tonight at 10pm ET in #vico, minus the questions Jacob talked about in the discussion forum. I'll read some of my favorite questions from the set afterwards if anyone who didn't get to play the set/read it...
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3589
Re: VICO Thanks and Discussion
My one complaint is that the first two sentences of the Lyanna Stark tossup aren't actually about Lyanna Stark, but different people, and then the third sentence opens with something like "one theory about this person uses a blue rose..." which was where I buzzed with "Jon Snow"...
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14932
Re: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
There will be an online mirror of VICO after the online mirror of SHEIKH. Signup information available in the SHEIKH online thread: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=17553
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SHEIKH and VICO Online (August 29th)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12530
Re: SHEIKH Online (Mid to Late August)
There will be an online mirror of VICO in tandem with this. You can sign up for it in the second tab of the SHEIKH spreadsheet. It'll be $5/player, and team size will depend on staffing availability.
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3589
Re: VICO Thanks and Discussion
Given this tournament's success, I'm thinking of writing a set on the model of this one (except with a slightly different distribution and a good bit lower difficulty) to be played as a side event at the open tournament Stanford is writing for next year. Also, I hope this happens! One piece of advi...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3589
Re: VICO Thanks and Discussion
There were also some goofy ideas, like calling Prince Charles a thinker... Those clues were intended to be a little whimsical, but not totally illegitimate—if I remember correctly, Terry Eagleton actually reviewed "Harmony" when it came out (not that he had anything nice to say about it, ...
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14932
Re: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
A private discussion forum for VICO has been set up!
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Harvard summer practices
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4331
Re: Harvard summer practices
Happening at WHRB tonight at the usual time!
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Opinions on "Ladder" Room Format
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1713
Re: Opinions on "Ladder" Room Format
Leaving aside whether it's the best format for determining the best literature player (it seemed to do a decent enough job of that), I think, for a couple of reasons, it results in a significantly less fun playing experience than the traditional format. (Apologies if I'm repeating criticisms of las...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RILKE Discussion
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5664
Re: RILKE Discussion
I enjoyed the set on the whole! My main criticism of the question content is that some of the "canon expansion" resulted in pretty steep pyramids—the set hasn't been released yet, so I can't point to any specific examples, but there seemed to be several instances of new-to-quizbowl/"e...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:00 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 328526
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Yeah, I know this is a year late, but playing this head-to-head against my brother was probably one of the most enjoyable competitive experiences I've ever had. I think we actually tied (we wouldn't have if my mom wouldn't have butted in to get a good "Tapestry" buzz). If only I could pla...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17975
Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
The flip-side of the submissions was that, in about half the cases, they were just too damn hard. There were things like the mentioned-by-me-in-another-thread tossup on "The Main Currents of Marxism." Am I the only one who thinks "Kolakowski" is actually a tougher answerline? I ...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:27 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Chicago Open History discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11066
Re: Chicago Open History discussion
I wrote that question, and it never occurred to me to put that alternate answerline in--as (other) Will said above, that's how I've seen most "this election" questions labeled. I would've accepted Mike's answer because it's unique, but I'm not a huge fan of the alternate answerline acrobat...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59579
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
This tournament was fantastic. As others have said, it should definitely be used as a guide by future open side event writers. More specifically, I'd say that it also can and should be a model for how to write questions on modern and contemporary art, even at lower difficulties. For example, I reall...
- Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14932
Re: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
I'll be playtesting some questions today from 6-8pm—PM or email me if you want to do that and haven't already let me know.
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14932
Re: VICO: Very Intense Conceptual Open/The New SCIENCE
Update: This tournament is going to have eight rounds, and is a little over two-thirds written. Jacob and I would like to playtest some/all of the written questions soon, so if you're not planning to play the set this summer and are interested in doing that, shoot me a PM/email.
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) 2015-16
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20489
Re: New England (CT, MA, VT, NH) 2015-16
Harvard would like November 14 for HFT.
- Thu May 28, 2015 5:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open 2015 - August 8th
- Replies: 53
- Views: 61632
Re: VCU Open 2015 - August 8th
I'd play this as well.
- Wed May 27, 2015 7:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9022
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
I'd upload it, but I don't have the finalized version of the set. Stephen probably does, though!
- Tue May 26, 2015 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
- Replies: 95
- Views: 48462
Re: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
I'm playing for sure!
- Mon May 25, 2015 9:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9022
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
It's been posted!
- Sat May 23, 2015 10:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9022
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament IX Available For Mirrors
It's being used at Oxford for an event today, but I'll upload it tomorrow!
- Sat May 16, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Boston Summer Practices?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3772
Re: Boston Summer Practices?
A bunch of people on the Harvard team are around this summer, so we'll definitely be running open practices. Will post with an update once we get a regular room.
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
- Replies: 227
- Views: 96823
Re: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
I do write history in a very traditional quizbowl way, a throwback style that is very anti-Marshall Steinbaum (i.e. it rejects a social science-derived approach to history, in favor of focusing on the hard facts of increasingly deep names and events and people). Leaving the question of this style's...
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:13 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: On Leaving Tournaments Early
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10970
Re: On Leaving Tournaments Early
3) When you leave a tournament, you automatically forfeit all future games you might play during the day. For example, Harvard left the Northeast site of George Oppen with one playoff game to go and one loss. What should have/what "actually" happened at that event is they forfeited their ...
- Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59579
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
I'm playing this with Jacob Reed.
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 ICT: Writer(/editor)-specific feedback
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6022
Re: Writer(/editor)-specific feedback
I really liked the Warren Zevon bonus. Could you post the Searchers tossup? I watched it a couple months ago but wasn't able to buzz on any of the early clues—they didn't feel super-evocative.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2015 Matchmaking
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19693
Re: CO 2015 Matchmaking
Jacob Reed has joined this team.hydrocephalitic listlessness wrote:Sriram and I are looking for teammates.
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College History Bowl 2015 announcement
- Replies: 54
- Views: 29476
Re: College History Bowl 2015 announcement
1. The first is that if a critical mass of people have booked flights and non refundable hotel rooms to play the set on Sunday, then I think they, at a minimum, should have a say in this. Not sure what a critical mass is, but say maybe at least 3-4 teams or so. On the other hand, Weiner was handlin...
- Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College History Bowl 2015 announcement
- Replies: 54
- Views: 29476
Re: College History Bowl 2015 announcement
I am loath to suggest anything that would distract collegiate teams from completing and submitting their ACF Nationals packets (HINT HINT) but perhaps some sort of guerrilla tournament could be run after ICT? I'd be pretty satisfied even just having the day to hang out in Atlanta, but if people wan...