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- Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Fall Open Errata
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2393
Re: 2019 Fall Open Errata
Re-reading the Nebraska tossup, I believe Georgiana travels to Boston, not New York, in "A Wagner Matinee".
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64920
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
I've been holding off from posting here for a while for a few reasons (not wanting to take up too much space, the fuzziness of my own gender identification, being ashamed), but here are some things I'd like to say. Things I've done that are NOT okay (to apologise, and to spur a conversation about ho...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33824
Re: Running Zoom Tournaments
Thank you!
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33824
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Buzzword for popular culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1592
Re: Buzzword for popular culture
Nice, lemme go register real quick
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Buzzword for popular culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1592
Re: Buzzword for popular culture
To be clear, there's no sports?Important Bird Area wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:18 pm NAQT is pleased to announce that our online Buzzword platform is adding an eight-week event focusing on popular culture. This event starts July 3, and features questions about television, film, music, video games, musical theater, and comics.
- Sat May 16, 2020 12:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10504
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
Just noticed that Packet 6, Bonus 12 says that King Hima was saved from death when his wife enchanted Yama with her stories. In every version of that myth that I've heard, it's Hima's son that is fated to die, and subsequently saved by his wife.
- Sun May 10, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9878
Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
This tournament is proving to be a LOT of fun, and I really like the async setup. Can't wait for the next one of these!
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4949
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online
Are you saying a two-day event is less likely to be a slog? I'm sure this is a factor of lifestyle, but I definitely find 2-day events to be less of a slog, yeah. I was quite ready to stop playing WORKSHOP by the 8th round or so, but would have happily played another 8 the next day. The Terrapin op...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4949
Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online
I very much like the idea of 2 days, TUs and bonuses, with bouncebacks.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 148088
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
That was far and away the best part of your post!RexSueciae wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:36 pm I stand by every word of my previous post, with the possible exception of my haruspicy quip.
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 25958
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
I'll add that describing a pack as "Things I like" or "Name-gories" isn't great, because many people don't know what you like.
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 25958
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
This tournament was a complete - and to be perfectly honest, unexpected - triumph. I'm genuinely in awe of the organisation. Huge thanks!
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 25958
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
This is already a ton of fun, thank you to everyone who organised, wrote, moderates, donates, etc!
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2941
Re: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
Third.Smuttynose Island wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:58 pm I'm chiming in to express interest in an online mirror of this set. I'm especially interested in hearing tossups and bonuses. Depending upon what readers are available, I would love to play another two-day tournament like TO online. Maybe something in mid- or late-May can be arranged?
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUN Open on Discord (April 19, 2020)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11192
Re: SUN Open on Discord (April 19, 2020)
I'd favour doing bonuses purely from a "more QB is more fun" perspective.
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SuMO VI General Announcement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3572
Re: SuMO VI General Announcement
Take me with you!!
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2941
Re: CamO 2020 available for mirrors
Very interesting in having an online mirror of this, especially since the questions are longer format and more suited to Discord play than older versions of CamO. Definitely want to play with my team though. Mid-April is pretty crowded, but perhaps we could try April 11 or April 25? April 11 is the...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 25958
Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th)
Is the registration form intended as a formal commitment to play the selected packets (and you really should play unless something big comes up), or just a "gauging of interest", and it'd be cool to not play some of the selected packets if one gets tired or something. (affects how aggressi...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2562
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (DATE CHANGED)
Great, thanks!
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (CANCELLED)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2562
Re: Terrapin Open at Toronto (3/29/2020) (DATE CHANGED)
Is this tournament still happening?
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4654
Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
This was a lot of fun! Will packets be shared with teams that played that want to provide feedback?
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6681
Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
I wanted to respond to the question on bindis, which it sounded might get cut for being hard / vague. I would like it to stay -- I think it does a good job of asking about a very simple religious practice that has extremely widespread adoption. Religion questions (or at least Hindu questions) can so...
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 MWT General Discussion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2011
Re: 2020 MWT General Discussion
Will the packets be shared here? I'd have some feedback to provide if I can look at the questions.
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19600
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Terrapin Open (Spring 2020)
Rethink this.
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 66
- Views: 14503
Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
I would suggest that the lead-in of the Diwali tossup be changed for future mirrors. It's rather fraudable, might not be uniquely identifying (I'm sure that the burning of Ravana during Dashehra causes spikes in pollution too, though Diwali is definitely the worst for that), and stubble-burning is b...
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2691
Re: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion
I enjoyed this tournament a lot, thanks to all of the writers! I think the question quality was uniformly good, and most answer lines were well-chosen. A very fun set! I thought some of the more creative literature answerlines might have belonged more in a side-event, but they were still great quest...
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11197
Re: No prizes is better than insulting prizes
Deception Point is Brown's greatest work.
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A Plea for No More Excuses
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7727
Re: A Plea for No More Excuses
I do feel as if the tenor of this post, mostly in the way that it addresses mental and physical health, could be a little more understanding. I don't necessarily disagree with this, and think we can always afford to "be a little more understanding". Having said that, I do want to state th...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 1:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 EFT @ Maryland (10/5/2019)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5764
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUSES General Discussion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 263
Re: General Discussion
This set was honestly fantastic, and - not gonna lie - a lot better than any of us expected given the distribution. I loved the quirky idea behind the set itself, and so was already expecting to have a good time, but I wasn't expecting well-written high-quality QuizBowl, which this set totally served.
- Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super ACRONYM and Side Events at Toronto (August 17-18, 2019)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4907
Re: Super ACRONYM and Side Events at Toronto (August 17-18, 2019)
The logistics email says we're doing META on Sunday afternoon, but this post says it's MUSES. Which one is it? (both! both!)
- Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2019 Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 32059
Re: CO 2019 Discussion
Are there any specific literature bonuses you found too difficult, or was it an aggregate effect? Also, if other people found the literature bonuses too difficult, please let me know. I tried to make them reasonable, but I want to know if I overshot things. I found them to be eminently 10able, freq...
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46502
Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Round 13 has B10 playing 2 games.
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2999
Re: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks
I enjoyed this tournament very much and thank all the writers and editors. My only complaint is that across the thirteen packets my team heard, I heard zero tossups pertaining to India in any way (literature, history, religions and folklore, art, trash). I think da Gama might be the closest thing we...
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3066
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
This happened and stats are here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5434/. Congratulations to Los Pedejos (Brendan McKendy, Ian Dewan, Shelby Robert, and Nick Penner) on winning the tournament! Huge thanks to everyone on the writing team, especially the three people who joined the team in the las...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3066
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
Field has many updates, still many spots available! :)
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8319
Re: Delta Burke at Purdue (3/2/19)
Hey, all, I'm sorry. I don't have much more to say, except that I'm sorry in particular to any teams that had their experience yesterday ruined by our playing. I did feel like I was saying "we've been doing this a long time" in an apologetic tone to the novice teams a lot. The only motivat...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15013
Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ JHU (3/9/19)
Canadians in attendance would also like Eyes That Do Not See, if that's still being considered.ThisIsMyUsername wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:13 pm Might we also be able to run SHAWARMA II on Sunday?
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 12:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22235
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
I would take issue with the characterization of ABA in the autism tossup as the "gold standard" for treatment. ABA is really controversial: https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/controversy-autisms-common-therapy/ is the third link on google when you search 'aba autism', and it ...
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8218
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
Well, I stand by my praise of this tournament. I thought it was "really, really good", and I don't think that means that I don't know shit. Having said that, Lordt, if someone tells you that they meant to do something, but failed to do so because their grandmother's health took a sudden tu...
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22235
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
The bonus on ordering the left and right recursive calls and the print statement in an in-order traversal really needs to take “print” in place of “current” or whatever it is that it wants right now; the question asks for pseudo-code but seems to want node order. This bonus part needs to be reworde...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22235
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Specific Question Request and Discussion
Package 8, Bonus 8, part 3 says that Donatello is a 13th century sculptor, which he is not.
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8218
Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational General Discussion
I thought this tournament was really, really good.
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2769
Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE ACADEMIC SUBFORUM The writers of Canadian Hybrid 2019 are happy to announce that the main site of the Canadian Hybrid Tournament will be on Sunday, March 24th, 2018 at Carleton University. More information about the Canadian Hybrid Tournament can be found in the global announce...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3066
Canadian Hybrid 2019 @ Carleton University (March 24th, 2018)
The writers of Canadian Hybrid 2019 are happy to announce that the main site of the Canadian Hybrid Tournament will be on Sunday, March 24th, 2018 at Carleton University. More information about the Canadian Hybrid Tournament can be found in the global announcement . Location and Logistics TBD Regist...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3046
ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
ALSO ANNOUNCED IN THE ACADEMIC SUBFORUM We are pleased to announce that Canadian Hybrid will be returning again in 2019, written by Joe Su, Jack van Nostrand, Milan Fernandez, Austen Freisacher, Henry Atkins, and Faith Barrett. I will be serving as head-editor, and we aim to produce a product simila...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4551
Re: Canadian Hybrid 2019
Post reserved for writing updates
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4551
ANNOUNCEMENT: Canadian Hybrid 2019
We are pleased to announce that Canadian Hybrid will be returning again in 2019, written by Joe Su, Jack van Nostrand, Milan Fernandez, Austen Freisacher, Henry Atkins, and Faith Barrett. I will be serving as head-editor, and we aim to produce a product similar to last year's. The most notable chang...
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Canadian Trash Player Poll
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6922
Re: 2018 Canadian Trash Player Poll
1. Christine Irwin: She is the best movies and TV player in the country, across all times and genres, a brilliant music player at her categories, is enough of a chart-follower to be decent at music outside of her strengths, and keeps up with all pop culture and celebrity gossip. So let's address the...