Sotz' - bats! who needs 'em? not me
Mak- we should be less enclosed, let's not think of that anymore!
Kumk'u- they were out of flour at Consumers United for Buying, our modern-day granary. so much for that!
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- Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular" play-in round
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1330
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Reel Knowledge: A Fine Arts Film Set
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5455
Re: Reel Knowledge: A Fine Arts Film Set
awesome, i'm excited!!
- Thu May 23, 2019 5:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Reel Knowledge: A Fine Arts Film Set
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5455
Re: Reel Knowledge: A Fine Arts Film Set
technical questions!
can't wait
can't wait
- Tue May 07, 2019 10:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Florida A Nats Submission
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4822
Re: Florida A Nats Submission
These are some cool questions, good job!
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9934
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
I greatly enjoyed this tournament. Specifically, I found the religion to be really, really good. I'm guessing this was John Marvin, mostly, so thanks, John! Your world music was also very, very good. Super interesting questions, and a great job breaking out of the prison of the canon that the subjec...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PIANO / Minnesota Open @ UMN, 3/30
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12765
Re: PIANO / Minnesota Open @ UMN, 3/30
We lost our 4th - anyone in minnesota want to join us tomorrow, email me - pkirkdavidoff at gmail
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8110
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Lush
Daytona
Golden Hour
Some Rap Songs
Daytona
Golden Hour
Some Rap Songs
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13004
Re: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
Mira Nair is more Parallel Cinema than Bollywood. Bollywood really should be canon in quizbowl, but tbf it is really treated as separate from the "western canon" in most film studies classes, so it's not like quizbowl is a glaring outlier. In terms of important directors that should come u...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13928
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
In terms of thought, I felt that some of the questions were too difficult, like the tossup on Germany beginning with a clue about Kracauer, who (as far as I know) is still far from a canonical theorist outside of German departments (which is where I learned about him For what it's worth I've run in...
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20151
Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
I will be remaining in Northfield next year and will hopefully have a car, so I should be good to staff various events.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Boston Summer Open I
- Replies: 59
- Views: 30951
Re: Boston Summer Open I
The Billiards Fool wrote:Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:SameCPiGuy wrote:For what it's worth, I would strongly prefer that the tournament keep its original date.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Boston Summer Open I
- Replies: 59
- Views: 30951
Re: Boston Summer Open I
i'm not sure if he means me, but i'll be there as wellThe Stately Rhododendron wrote:I'm working in the White Mountains this summer, so I should be able to come down (perhaps with my better half as well ).
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Steven Pinker's Font Size Fun Time Nationals Barrel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2477
Re: Steven Pinker's Font Size Fun Time Nationals Barrel
in case you all didn't already know, i won't be at ict, so various fight plans will have to be postponed. as the saying goes, "card subject to change."
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 20184
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
I have also not been emailed.
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 20184
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
Me, Kazuma, and Harris are looking for a fourth since Conner can't make it. Lit knowledge preferred, but really any fourth player would be good. Also, Jakob and I are staying at a hotel near the airport and need a ride Saturday morning. IF anyone could pick either of us on the way to UMN Saturday m...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: On the Role of the Discord
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6451
Re: On the Role of the Discord
As Ike has mentioned before, the problems that drew me away from Discord, as well as the problems described in these posts, seem to be concentrated in MW's behavior. He has been a nice guy in my limited real-world interactions with him, but he can be (and often is) really mean-spirited online, and i...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2189
Re: The 2018 Quizbowl Oscar Pool
I don't see how Lady Bird would relate especially well with the Academy, what's your reasoning?
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154757
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
Bride by Mistake wrote:Wynaut wrote:Sit Room Guy wrote:Big Y wrote:Granny Soberer wrote:vengefulsweatermensch wrote:vinteuil wrote:ProfessorIanDuncan wrote:merv1618 wrote:Hey Ya! because good god people
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154757
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Paper Planes
Hurt
Hurt
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154757
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Toxic - the only good song that routinely gets played at carleton's god-awful parties
Paper Planes - the best song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! - not a big fan of this one, but much better than take me out, which is lame and boring
Hurt - only for this
Paper Planes - the best song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! - not a big fan of this one, but much better than take me out, which is lame and boring
Hurt - only for this
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5369
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
I picked up my gifts from the post office today. Thanks Rebecca!
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5369
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
You're welcome!Mike Bentley wrote:I received a copy of Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife today. Thanks!
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154757
Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 FIVE HOURS LEFT: Best Song of the 2000s
not gonna vote, but the definite best version of Machine Gun is the live performance with Chuck D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhepK6dN4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhepK6dN4M
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Movies of the year!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1340
Re: Movies of the year!
I forgot about I Am Not Your Negro! I really loved that film, and I love raoul peck. What turned you off? It’s been about ten months since I’ve seen IANYN, but I remember thinking it was incredibly unfocused, possibly due to the scope of the subject vs. its 93 minute runtime. I did appreciate the a...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Movies of the year!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1340
Re: Movies of the year!
Here’s my top 10, although it’s missing quite a few that I haven’t yet seen: Lady Bird Good Time Raw Get Out Three Billboards A Ghost Story Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Meyerowitz Stories Mother! The most disappointing were I Am Not Your Negro and Okja. I had huge expectations for those and they t...
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Movies of the year!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1340
Movies of the year!
Let's start doing this! There are a lot of movies left on my list: Call Me By Your Name, Faces Places, Zama, Good Time, The Lost City of Z, Logan are all films I want to see soonish. (idk when Zama's coming out tho) That Being Said, I really liked a few movies this year. Nocturama, Lady Bird, Get Ou...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154757
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 53878
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
Resolved!Nero D'Avola wrote:Hey, Carleton's been waiting on its distro for a few days, can we get it?
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5369
Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Paul Kirk-Davidoff
kirkp AT carleton DOT edu
old VHS tapes, new dvds, old books, new books are all appreciated
kirkp AT carleton DOT edu
old VHS tapes, new dvds, old books, new books are all appreciated
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 36364
Re: Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017)
peteh725 wrote:I am beginning work on P.R.O.B.S.T., a small Survivor based trivia packet that I should hopefully have ready for the event!
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 53878
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
Hey, Carleton's been waiting on its distro for a few days, can we get it?
- Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4286
Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music
As long as we're going foreign, Yasmine Hamdan and Emel Mathlouthi are both really really great Arabic singers.
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13348
Re: ACF Fall 2017 Thanks and Discussion
I liked this set a decent amount; it had some pretty fun questions, and was pretty fair in its difficulty. I did have an issue with the Alfred the Great tossup mentioning the "griddle cakes" story, which I thought had been thankfully removed from quizbowl long ago. I also wish that there w...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall - November 4th, 2017
- Replies: 35
- Views: 34506
Re: ACF Fall - November 4th, 2017
Hey, is there going to be a discussion forum set up?
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4286
Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music
Gang Signs and Prayer is the new album by Stormzy, a British grime rapper. It's different from what I've heard a lot of recently, and I find it really refreshing and one of my favorite albums so far this year. I do really like some of the tracks on GSAP, but I don't really like "quiet stormzy&...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4286
Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music
I've been listening to a lot of Wiki and Your Old Droog recently, they're both really good rappers that have released awesome albums this year. Both have a real New York sound.
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories 2
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11622
Re: Scattergories 2
oh goodie
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quiz bowl documentaries
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4345
Re: Quiz bowl documentaries
I've been thinking about this for a while, and finally got around to writing about it. There's a few options: There are the long, multiple part ones, like the ones ken burns does. Some people really like those! I don't, but I did really like one done on New Zealand called Revolution . It's all about...
- Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2017 University of Minnesota (10/14/2017)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3307
Re: EFT 2017 University of Minnesota (10/14/2017)
TADAmyusername wrote: Please note the date has changed from 10/7/2017 to 10/14/2017.
- Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Board Game Recommendations
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1895
Re: Board Game Recommendations
Play Strat-o-matic
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7743
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
looking for teammates, i know film and some other stuff
- Thu May 25, 2017 2:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pre-Nats Poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14600
Re: Pre-Nats Poll
Remember, at the end of the day it's not about PPB, it's about PPL...PeoPLe
- Mon May 08, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Scattergories (February 2017)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12399
Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Read through a couple of packets at practice today. Great film questions!
- Mon May 08, 2017 7:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 Cooper Awards - Congratulations to Winners
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6915
Re: 2017 Cooper Awards - Congratulations to Winners
Fred Morlan was very nice, calm, and accomodating at NSC 2014 when my teammate had a health emergency and I am very grateful for that. Thank you so much Fred, for that and for everything else.
- Fri May 05, 2017 1:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9252
Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
I think I might actually do this
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Activities Outside of Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3100
Re: Activities Outside of Quiz Bowl
When I am not injured, I am a NCAA Varsity Athlete™ in the Sports of Cross-Country and Track, a small minority among quiz bowlers. I also like movies, pro wrestling, and radio shows.
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 42740
Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
I thouroughly enjoyed myself! Also, *as a film major*, I thought the changes in the fine arts category were great! I had a great time with those questions, especially the one on theory in the UVA/WUSTL/Toronto/Florida/Amherst packet.
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Documenting plagiarism
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11256
Re: Documenting plagiarism
I sometimes come across plagiarism in old sets and just brush it off since most were written a decent amount of time ago, but I feel like having a thread to document egregious examples would be fun. This is not meant to be witch-hunty since most of the offenders probably aren't even active anymore;...
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2017 (4/22 - 4/23)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37664
Re: ACF Nationals 2017 (4/22 - 4/23)
Hey, Carleton submitted a packet last night, but it's not listed. Was it received?
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:19 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 458352
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Very interestedDemanding Supply wrote:I finished writing a packet of 20/0 on The Wire a couple of weeks ago. Would there be any interest in me reading it on the IRC?