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by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #3: Beach House - 7 #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #5: JPEGMAFIA - Veteran #2: Pusha-T - Daytona vs. #3: Noname - Room 25 #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour vs. #4: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimit...
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
Replies: 102
Views: 7921

Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket

#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #8: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #7: IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance #3: Beach House - 7 vs. #6: Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy vs. #5: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel #1: Kids See Gh...
by Off To See The Lizard
Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 5222

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Something I just remembered -- may I see the tossup on "Caliban"? I was very happy to hear it (and asking about Caliban from adaptations of The Tempest was a brilliant idea), but I think I remember it describing him as the last character to speak in The Sea and the Mirror by W. H. Auden. ...
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 5222

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Did the "gullah" tossup refer to Daughters of the Dust as a documentary? That'd be wrong - it's definitely a fictional film. I may have misheard the moderator, though... Packet 2 Question 20: Joseph Opala noted similarities between rice dishes prepared by people of this ethnicity and inha...
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 5222

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the tossup on "ports?" I misinterpreted it the way I heard it as referring to Kingston and got really confused, and am not sure if that should be on me, the moderator, or the packet. Packet 1 Question 3: In a city named for one of these places, an attempt by police to crack down...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Historature at ICT
Replies: 33
Views: 14949

Re: Historature at ICT

If you let us use your buzzer and you didn’t pick it up, they’re in Logan. Pick them up from there.
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 81
Views: 22830

Re: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion

I'd like to see the superfluid tossup. It was buzzed on really early in my room and I wanted to see the first few clues again. Thanks.
by Off To See The Lizard
Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Replies: 12
Views: 7850

Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)

Thank you to everyone who came out today. Yale cleared the field to win the tournament, with Amherst and Company coming in second.

Stats for All Games are now posted on the database. Let me know if you need us to make any corrections.
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Replies: 12
Views: 7850

Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)

I’ve sent out a preliminary logistics email to all registered teams. Please let me know if you didn’t receive it.
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Replies: 12
Views: 7850

Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)

I’ll be closing registration for this tournament tomorrow night. If you want to register and haven’t yet, please email me soon.
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Replies: 12
Views: 7850

Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)

Field (Teams/Buzzer/Staff):
NYU Alums (1/0/0)
MIT (2/1/0)
Rutgers (1/0/0)
RPI (1/1/0)
Yale (1/1/0)
Harvard (1/1/0)
Team "Buntechegg" (1/1/0)
Sid + Rice Alumni (1/0/0)
Columbia (1/2/0)
Amherst and Company (1/0/0)
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
Replies: 66
Views: 34465

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:For the record, I am not at all averse to the idea of a single regional mirror being in New York - I'd happily travel to that! New York is a far better city than DC anyway.
That would be extraordinarily unfair to UMD. Let's not throw that idea out there.
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Paper Planes by M.I.A
Hey Ya! by Outkast
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West
by Off To See The Lizard
Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Replies: 12
Views: 7850

Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)

The New York University Quizbowl team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) on Saturday, March 3rd. The difficulty of this tournament is Nationals-minus and it is Open to all teams. The tournament will take place at NYU’s Global Center for Acad...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy
Jesus Walks
Paper Planes
Chicago
Hey Ya!
Take Me Out
Feel Good Inc.
1901
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
Replies: 66
Views: 34465

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018

t-bar wrote:Is there a date set for the NYU site?
Still in the process of booking rooms and we’ll post an announcement when we’re more certain but it looks like it will most likely be March 3rd.
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Mr. Brightside by The Killers

Jesus Walks by Kanye West

Toxic by Britney Spears

Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

Paper Planes by M.I.A

A-Punk by Vampire Weekend

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND ONE, PART FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz this was tough Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake also tough Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West t...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Dec 24, 2017 1:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: 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 Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks Ignition (Remix) b...
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:36 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

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 SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake U...
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Move Your Feet – Junior Senior vs. Helicopter – Bloc Party Family Affair – Mary J. Blige vs. Fidelity – Regina Spektor Mykonos – Fleet Foxes vs. American Boy – Estelle feat...
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

I wonder if fluorescent adolescent would have beat since u been gone in the bracket. I always though that was the Arctic Monkeys' best song.
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152846

Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

Little Lion Man – Mumford and Suns vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson 1234 – Feist vs. Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) – !!! vs. Do...
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 22080

Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion

Can i see the bojack bonus being talked about in the other thread?
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
Replies: 23
Views: 11438

Re: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18

sbraunfeld wrote:I like movies. Would other people be interested in playing BUMPY?

quite a few NYU members would definitely be interested
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 10395

Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion

Can I see the tossup on phonons? I wanted to see what made the first clue phonons and not superfluids. Thanks! If I remember correctly, the first line refereed to packets of phonons [these things] being exchanged, resulting in second sound (a phenomenon that can happen in some solids as well as sup...
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 4034

Re: PB 2017: General Discussion

I enjoyed this tournament and thought the questions were very well written. Lots of props to the writers for doing a good job and thanks to Penn for having a 13 round day run so smoothly.

As an aside, was I the only person who thought that there were very few architecture questions in this set?
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
Replies: 43
Views: 4194

Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music

Smino's newest project, "blkswn" has been getting repeats on my Spotify since the beginning of the year.

Big Thief's new album, "Capacity," is also quite powerful.
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)
Replies: 19
Views: 10119

Re: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)

Alec and I are both dropping from the field so there's room for two other people on Daniel's team now.
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Summer practices at Columbia
Replies: 9
Views: 6048

Re: Summer practices at Columbia

We're in 309 today
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
Replies: 50
Views: 46387

Re: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

I can't tell if this is just happening for me, but the livestream has been stuck on the same game between chattahoochee and westview for the past 30 minutes now.
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 7304

Re: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

Can i see the glycerol tossup? I wanted to re-read the arachidonic acid clue because I mixed up stuff in my head.
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
Replies: 63
Views: 32781

Re: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel

NYU is willing to take bribes to perform as badly as you want us to.
by Off To See The Lizard
Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open 2017: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 4378

Re: Specific Question Discussion

The first clue in the Hannukah tossup is not exclusive. Grandpa Boris also tells the story of Passover in an episode of Rugrats. It led to a neg in my room at least.
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Replies: 31
Views: 17685

Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)

We played this as a shootout on the tossups only at the NYU site of OAT and it was a ton of fun. Thanks for writing such an excellent set. Scores for our site were: Max Smiley: 375 Harrison Whitaker: 365 Alec Vulfson: 200 Eric Mukherjee: 170 Sam Braunfeld: 150 Paul Lee: 70 Jerry Vinokurov: 40 (left ...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
Replies: 10
Views: 5113

Re: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17

Peter is correct, WAO Fantastic Baby cleared the field to win the tournament. The team of Richard Yu, Jerry Vinokurov, Chris White and Jon Pinyan came in second. Thanks to everyone who came out to play and a special thanks to York Chen and Peter Jiang for helping staff. Richard Yu also deserves a lo...
by Off To See The Lizard
Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
Replies: 10
Views: 5113

Re: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17

I will send out an email either later tonight or tomorrow with details about when to be here, where the tournament will be held, etc.
by Off To See The Lizard
Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime - 02/25/17
Replies: 22
Views: 16089

Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime - 02/25/17

Any chance there could be a Skype mirror of this?
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by A Tribe Called Quest
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper Malibu by Anderson .Paak Blonde by Frank Ocean We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by A Tribe Called Quest A great final four. My thoughts below: Anderson Paak was a revelation this year and he made some really great catchy, mood-lightening music. Mali...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sat Dec 31, 2016 3:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak Los Angeles Regional #1 Blonde by Frank Ocean #2 Blackstar by David Bowie Queens Regional #1 We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your s...
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar #2 22, A Million by Bon Iver #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #5 Puberty 2 by Mitski #2 Teens of Denial by Car Seat Headrest #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak...
by Off To See The Lizard
Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #9 HEAVN by Jamila Woods #4 A Seat At The Table by Solange #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar Solange got a tough matchup here but I honestly think her album had a better, more cohesive, narrative than a bunch of Kendrick's outtakes from ...
by Off To See The Lizard
Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

I'm shocked Telefone by Noname didn't make it into the bracket! #8 Schmilco by Wilco #9 HEAVN by Jamila Woods #8 Starboy by The Weeknd #9 Masterpiece by Big Thief #8 The Colour in Anything by James Blake #9 The Hamilton Mixtape by Lin-Manuel Miranda et al. #8 Anti by Rihanna #9 Views by Drake
by Off To See The Lizard
Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Albums of 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 5917

Re: Best Albums of 2016

I don't know if it's my album of the year, but I listened to the entirety of Freetown Sound again recently and it's absolutely gorgeous. Every track blends into the next seamlessly and Dev Hynes' voice really is quite beautiful.
by Off To See The Lizard
Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)
Replies: 15
Views: 10453

Re: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)

They will be updated soon, midterms have kept us busy.