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- Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14693
Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
the Frobisher bonus ... "Miss Havisham's House," ... A Visit From The Goon Squad Hi! I wanted to post since you seem to have had strong opinions about three of my ~8 questions in the set :) Historically I haven't written very much and so I wasn't a very high-volume writer for this tournam...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BHSU (Available for mirrors starting 2/25/23)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8759
Re: BHSU (Available for mirrors starting 2/25/23)
As Billy mentioned earlier, BHSU will be available for mirrors beginning on 2/25/23; this is an open call for such mirrors. Midwest: Main Site @Northwestern (2/25/23) Northeast: Yale Mid-Atlantic: Maryland Southeast: Texas: California: Canada: UK: If you are interested in hosting a mirror in one of ...
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
- Replies: 788
- Views: 1353174
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Sweet Sixteen!
Psycho Killer vs. Ohio
Won’t Get Fooled Again vs. Wish You Were Here
Stairway to Heaven vs. The Chain
Let It Be vs. American Girl
Won’t Get Fooled Again vs. Wish You Were Here
Stairway to Heaven vs. The Chain
Let It Be vs. American Girl
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Forward-Thinking Trash Tournament Seeking Writers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5812
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 147686
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
In any case, I think that it would be a very bad thing for the community if self-appointed vigilantes were to continue leveling accusations that we have to take on faith, because not even the director of the affected tournament is allowed to see the supposedly "damning" evidence. Clearly ...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Survey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3605
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14501
Re: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
Just for the record this is definitely wrong, Loyola was so bad at history that when Dave Madden asked us whether we wanted to come to NHBB nats Nolan laughed at him
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1160
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
Rchu, jas, nitin, Chicago B
Sub: The Real JL
Sub: The Real JL
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 906
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Kevin Wang
Jas Singh
Kevin Kodama
Chicago A
Alt: I'm on mobile and forget who's on my team, let's go with Rahul because if he plays he'll sure know a lot of the questions xd
Jas Singh
Kevin Kodama
Chicago A
Alt: I'm on mobile and forget who's on my team, let's go with Rahul because if he plays he'll sure know a lot of the questions xd
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4987
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
Drop: Chloe Levine
Add: Kevin Kodama
Add: Kevin Kodama
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1291
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
For Morgan/Billy
Chicago A
Rahul Keyal
Jaskaran Singh
Robert Chu
Alternate: Kevin Wang
Chicago A
Rahul Keyal
Jaskaran Singh
Robert Chu
Alternate: Kevin Wang
- Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Player tossup etiquette
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16452
Re: Player tossup etiquette
Re: "buzzer faking", this rarely if ever works and can be considered pretty rude (both because it's angle-shooting and that you're insinuating the other team is naive or impetuous enough to fall for it). There's very little reason to try, unless you have a good existing relationship with y...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Gauging Interest: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-2019
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2372
Re: Gauging Interest: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-2019
Will the scoring methods be announced before the draft?
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Gauging Interest: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-2019
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2372
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 38064
Re: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Nats Season 2019)
et tu Matthaeusmlaird wrote:Dylan, let's do this.Guile Island wrote:someone who knows old things and wants to win play this with me pls
- Thu May 31, 2018 7:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No Banter Please - A Trash Tournament
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7375
Re: No Banter Please - A Trash Tournament
I for one welcome the new 30 question distroErikC wrote: 11 Trash Lit (includes musicals)
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9438
Re: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
Speaking as a former bright-eyed high school student from the Weinerian era, I had a quite negative impression of the community from some of the exchanges I saw on the forums, which contributed to my decision to step away from the game for my first couple years of college. While I think we've improv...
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Your Favorite Question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 30924
Re: Your Favorite Question
Definitely the 2013 NASAT tossup on parties in Pride and Prejudice which led to me buzzing in and excitedly saying "Like... Darcy's balls?!"
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 50374
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) wrote:Few people I've met in quizbowl have a more tiresome internet presence than you.
have you met this charlie dees fellow
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154473
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Brightside
Hurt
Hurt
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 12:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154473
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse I've spent the last eight years failing to come to terms with the fact that I can't ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154473
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera Beautiful is just kind of a generic female ballad (where is the Mariah on this list Fred) whereas American Idiot is iconic SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers...
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154473
Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s
Promiscuous suffers from the fact that it instantly dates itself to Steve Nash's MVP yearsAKKOLADE wrote:Also, Promiscuous is actively bad.
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154473
Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift I get the feeling some people voted for this as a "anything but Love Story" vote, but I'll plug it on its own merits. Clever writing ("I'll look at The Sun and I'll look in The Mirror" is my favorite line), great production, an...
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 56317
Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
Yeah, wouldn't want a tournament as niche as rock music to get in the way of the many fans of 1970s fads, US cities with population less than 50k, and numbers greater than 100DumbJaques wrote:(with apologies to the Chuck Berry enthusiasts, that seems like an awfully niche thing to bump Tricon for)
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 24837
Re: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
you spelled p5 wrong foolheterodyne wrote:this was my joke go back to danganronpa dearBorel hierarchy wrote:why are your posts the exact opposite of the other posts in this blogMewto55555 wrote:We throw one of Kai's rare pepes off the ferry. Say goooodbye to Exooooodia!!!
*the other of course referring to alston's
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 24837
Re: ACF Nationals Travel Liveblog- Featuring Max (and Kai)
to be fair, he's rightheterodyne wrote:Max exclaims "An all time classic!" while turning up the radio. Dead and Gone by TI begins playing.
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 3:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
- Replies: 63
- Views: 32951
Re: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
Can Dylan do better than his NCAA team did??
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime detailed stats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3734
Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime detailed stats
i.e. the lack of ACRONYM stats?Auroni wrote: same caveat as the opening post applies
User was warned for requesting stats multiple times within a week.
- Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime detailed stats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3734
Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime detailed stats
but where are the detailed ACRONYM stats
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Packet Sub: Things you liked in high school
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20872
Re: Packet Sub: Things you liked in high school
not sure if I can write for this as i'm utterly unashamed of any of my high school interests
(jk I'll put something together)
(jk I'll put something together)
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81578
Re: 2017 ICT bids
Only second-best?Ike wrote:Really?!?! A recent survey by Ike Analytics found that 69% of QBers find JL and Max to be the second-best shipping.John and Max are, you might recall, not the same person.
- Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: HIT (Historically Intensive Tournament)
- Replies: 67
- Views: 32084
Re: HIT (Historically Intensive Tournament)
Shorts are comfy and easy to wear wrote:
I sense a conspiracyThe Top Percentage of Rattatas wrote:
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17317
Re: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
Sid I saved youIke wrote:This was a lot of fun - just a reminder that quizbowl is a lot more fun without that biology crap.
Also don't forget that Sid didn't win his first game until Sunday.Sid Dogra: 0
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17317
Re: Side Event Weekend 2016 (Michigan) 8/5-8/7
This was a ton of fun. The format was really unique and brought a lot of variety and exciting moments to the weekend. Thanks so much to all the writers and to Michigan for hosting!
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 72943
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2016 (July 24, 2016)
Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:So the as-yet-unnamed team of myself, Sara Burke, Sam Bailey, and David Seal has lost its David Seal to work commitments. Are now looking for a free agent. Sports knowledge a plus. PM me or something.
Not every Chicago Open Trash team can afford him
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:16 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: harry potter posting quarantine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 464
harry potter posting quarantine
I'd think that dragons would have a pretty easy time fighting lionsAZQuizbowl wrote:"did you know the Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred to fight lions?"
- Fri May 27, 2016 11:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIMITLESS INDALECIO / INSANITY PRELUDE at HSNCT
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12118
Re: LIMITLESS INDALECIO / INSANITY PRELUDE at HSNCT
Major hype for the Gato Sandberg meme becoming reality
- Fri May 20, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIMITLESS INDALECIO / INSANITY PRELUDE at HSNCT
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12118
Re: LIMITLESS INDALECIO / INSANITY PRELUDE at HSNCT
considering there's only two packets and probably not that many people who want to play would it be easier to just run a shootout format?
- Tue May 03, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Magic Draft @ MSNCT Saturday Night (after stats entry[8pm])
- Replies: 3
- Views: 511
Re: Magic Draft @ MSNCT Friday Night (after scrimmages)
I won't be at MSNCT but yeah Magic is awesome Shadows is a great draft format would recommend 10/10
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26292
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Jake, build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphsSteeve Ho You Fat wrote:While I fulfill 50% of those requirements, unfortunately HiiiPowers has no free roster slots.
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Midseason College Poll
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11823
Re: Midseason College Poll
dammitCraise Finton Kirk Royal Academy of Arts wrote:Do note that our PPB at Missouri Open is a bit inflated, since Morgan Venkus jumped on board our team making us an open team. Morgan is not enrolled at Northwestern, so he won't be playing any tournaments with us.
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Understanding science topics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9734
Re: Understanding science topics
TRIGGER WARNING: MATT JACKSON GIF
One thing that helped me a lot in biology and chemistry courses was to visualize things - if you try to find videos on the krebs cycle, bonding, etc and draw out the diagrams in your notebook, it helps a lot more with conceptual understanding
One thing that helped me a lot in biology and chemistry courses was to visualize things - if you try to find videos on the krebs cycle, bonding, etc and draw out the diagrams in your notebook, it helps a lot more with conceptual understanding
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26365
Re: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
chris ray when is your mixtape dropping
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26365
Re: Missouri Open Mirror at MSU
Uh so where/when is this happening tomorrow?
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24918
Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
minor issue I had while reading: the Iliad bonus says "Chryses" (the priest) when it meant "Chryseis" (his daughter and Agamemnon's war prize at the beginning of the Iliad)
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13400
- Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '15 - '16
- Replies: 64
- Views: 47277
Re: Illinois '15 - '16
I'm pretty sure Usman graduated, actuallyheterodyne wrote:Auburn returns the far and away best player in the state. Depending on his improvement, Auburn could be the best in the state by the end of the year.
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
- Replies: 80
- Views: 30231
Re: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
"Welcome to indiana. We don't like it any more than you do."
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
- Replies: 80
- Views: 30231
Re: Liveblogging my trip to NSC with Max Schindler
7:35: "Did you know that twice as many accidents happen to people going a given amount under the speed limit as above?"
pray for us pls
pray for us pls