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- Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:48 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2899
Re: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
I will absolutely play this.
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: Rescheduled 2020 IAC Nationals - 12/3-6 & 12/27-30
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1485
Re: Rescheduled 2020 IAC Nationals - 12/3-6 & 12/27-30
Are the NHBB High School 2020 Nationals still being held (online) in December? There is a schedule up on the History Bowl website but I don't think there has been an official announcement. Yes, that is the plan. Don't know much about the schedule but I assume the one on the website would be accurate.
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2196
Re: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
This was a very well-run tournament, and it ended just after 6 for most teams (which is great for 10 rounds of online play!). Want to thank Will and the rest of the staff for keeping things moving throughout.
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Packet Submission discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4275
Re: Packet Submission discussion
Packet-sub was a really good way to get some of our younger players to start writing questions -- and is certainly a potential step towards something like the writing mentorship program, WORKSHOP, etc. However, it is a little absurd that Winter is the most expensive tournament we'll play this fall A...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:17 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2196
Re: IKEA Northeast Announcement (10/24)
Can we see the field?
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:16 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4012
Re: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)
To account for bonuses, we have changed the start time to 9 am ET. Anyone interested in staffing can sign up with this form. https://forms.gle/ALmJRjuqNgbXvvmg6 This form is for outside staffers not affiliated with a team competing at this tournament. Outside staffers will be paid $20 USD. (We have...
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Practicing with Covid restrictions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 921
Re: Practicing with Covid restrictions
Hey everyone, first I apologize if this is in the wrong location. I am not on here very much. I am looking for suggestions for team practice. I trust my team is studying as individuals but it is hard to duplicate good ol' fashioned buzzing. What are your teams doing within these restrictions to get...
- Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 17)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4916
Re: 2020 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 17)
Is ACF planning on being stringent with what site teams can sign up for? I understand that hosts in New England are hard to come by, but it's a little odd that the Upper Mid-Atlantic host (NYU) would, under in-person circumstances, be a shorter trip for us than the New England host (Stony Brook).
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4012
Re: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)
Can it be clarified as to whether or not students who have chosen to take a gap year (but were enrolled in 2019-20) can play this tournament?
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5721
Re: INTRODUCING THE AMERICAN QUIZBOWL LEAGUE
For what it's worth, I am writing (most of)/editing AQBL's October set, and while there are a lot of questions left to write, it should be a very good set. I'm also penciled in to do a Feb. or March set. This is independent of writing/editing positions Joe may have been advertising, so I can't reall...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2615
Re: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
Dude, set producers can do whatever they want with their questions; we're not giving NEAT to LIQBA for a variety of reasons that are irrelevant to this discussion, but I'm going to be working on a separate, tossups-only set for him because if Joe gets even 100 teams to play the set, the mirror fees ...
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:51 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Looking for Science Writer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 804
Looking for Science Writer
Hi all,
I'm looking to collaborate with a science writer (experience required in biology and chemistry, physics is a plus) on a tossups-only HS set for the fall. Please email me at michael AT historybowl.com for more details if you're interested.
I'm looking to collaborate with a science writer (experience required in biology and chemistry, physics is a plus) on a tossups-only HS set for the fall. Please email me at michael AT historybowl.com for more details if you're interested.
- Fri May 01, 2020 12:07 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2020)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8796
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:10 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: SCOP Novice Online [NEW FIELD EXPANSION]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3566
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:31 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5684
Re: ACF Fall and Winter Editor Applications
Because of the addition of ACF Winter, the target difficulty for this year's ACF Fall will be lower than in years past. We are intending for the set to be a hyper-accessible introduction to college quizbowl for people with little to no previous playing experience, comprable to the Early Autumn Coll...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:56 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
TJ S&T "C" beat Strake Jesuit in a single-game final to win the tournament. Thank you to everyone who played and everyone who staffed!
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT (Global) Open Discord Mirror
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1279
Re: RAFT (Global) Open Discord Mirror
This happened; Del Norte A went 9-1 to clear the field; You, the reader, have ligma went 7-3 to finish second. Thank you to everyone who played!
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:15 pm
- Forum: Northeast Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '20-21
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4577
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '20-21
Curious: how many years in a row has Hunter been the undisputed #1 now? 6? 7? 4-5 -- Hunter may not have been the undisputed #1 even in 2015-16, considering they didn't even expect do be playing post-lunch at HSNCT that year (back when Sunday was playoffs-only). High Tech was #1 when I started high...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:29 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2579
Re: QuizDroid Open (Designate Bowl) [HS Open, PSACA]
How can you ensure that players don't have a way of communicating with one another about when to buzz in?
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:42 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT (Global) Open Discord Mirror
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1279
RAFT (Global) Open Discord Mirror
I'm pleased to announce a global (not region-specific) open Discord mirror of RAFT for high school-eligible players on 4/18. The tournament will run from approximately 10 am to 7 pm EDT. The registration fee is $60/team, and an initial field cap of 6 teams is being set (we also will not run the tour...
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:38 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me! The field has been expanded to 16 (EDIT: 20) teams. I'm expanding to a final field cap of 24 teams. EDIT: The field is now full and we have...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Expanding the Collegiate Circuit
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1054
Expanding the Collegiate Circuit
I want to spin off some of Chris Chiego’s and others’ points in the Nationals thread into its own discussion. The Issue: Building Up More Competitive College Teams Karthik's post really hits at the key underlying issue here, which is what happens to people who don't go to schools with strong, well-e...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:50 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
The field has been expanded to 16 (EDIT: 20) teams.High Dependency Unit wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:14 pm The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me!
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:14 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me!
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:21 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Calendar of Online Events
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9494
Re: Calendar of Online Events
Justine, with regards to the RAFT mirror, I mostly priced it off of the other online mirrors, but I think that trying to get as close as possible to a real tournament experience, on a good question set, can justify the expense. If RAFT ends up being 10 rounds, a team of 4 is paying $15 per person to...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
Editing the main post to note the entry fee is $60.
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: BHSAT Online
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2514
Re: BHSAT Online
Didn't catch that, my bad!Snoopy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:32 pmProbably, which is why we did TUs-only.High Dependency Unit wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:13 pm I think you're severely underestimating the time it requires to run 12 rounds on Discord.
(mods can probably remove these three posts with some FZ title like "I can't read")
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:22 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
Field (24/24): Ladue Mira Loma "Church Santa Clara" Detroit Country Day A Thomas Jefferson C Staples TAG Magnet St. Mark's (TX) TJ Classical "Water Gas High School" Stanton College Prep B Georgetown Day School Detroit Country Day B Hwa Chong (Singapore) Ladue B State College Coll...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:15 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2980
RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)
I am pleased to announce an online mirror of RAFT, the Regular Academic Fall Tournament,. All matches will be run using Discord. This is a closed tournament, meaning teams may only have players from one school. Eligibility: Teams with nearby mirrors of RAFT scheduled for after April 18 will be asked...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:13 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: BHSAT Online
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2514
Re: BHSAT Online
I think you're severely underestimating the time it requires to run 12 rounds on Discord.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:41 pm
- Forum: National and Regional Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Calendar of Online Events
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9494
Re: Calendar of Online Events
RAFT expects to run a closed online event on April 18.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:12 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: College Nationals and Its Problems
- Replies: 132
- Views: 16601
Re: College Nationals and Its Problems
I don't think it's a problem for teams to just aspire to make ACF nationals; that's basically what I'm setting as our team goal for next year. However, Nationals is still too hard, and still incredibly inaccessible for a number of teams. As a student from a liberal arts college, I also feel like it'...
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
We have a few mirrors scheduled for April, but if they fall through due to COVID-19 we are prepared to offer a discord mirror for interested teams.
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2020 NEAT Call for Writers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1826
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set) [Suspended Indefinitely]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2029
Re: Call for Editors - MAGIC (2020 HS Set)
I hate to be that guy, but I would encourage you to branch out and see if you can collaborate with some more experienced writers, or a set that already has an editing team in place, in more of a secondary writing role than a primary writing role. The worst thing that can possibly happen here is you ...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8576
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '19-20
Hi everyone, Some of us who go to college or went to high school in the northeast are collaborating to edit a HS set for Fall 2020 that we hope will be written primary by high school players from the region. All experience levels are welcome, and more information is on the call for writers here: htt...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Discussion '19-'20
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2295
Re: New England Discussion '19-'20
Hi everyone, Some of us who go to college or went to high school in the northeast are collaborating to edit a HS set for Fall 2020 that we hope will be written primary by high school players from the region. All experience levels are welcome, and more information is on the call for writers here: htt...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:58 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2020 NEAT Call for Writers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1826
2020 NEAT Call for Writers
Hi everyone, I’m very happy to announce the NorthEast Academic Tournament (NEAT), a fall 2020 high-quality high school regular-difficulty set that we hope will be written primarily by high-school-age writers from the northeast U.S. Writers should expect to receive detailed feedback on all submitted ...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:55 pm
- Forum: Single-Subject Events
- Topic: NHBB Junior Varsity Age Restrictions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1117
Re: NHBB Junior Varsity Age Restrictions
How strict is National History Bowl about age restrictions for Junior Varsity tournaments? I ask because our team's most active members are no-experience 11th graders. Thus, I worry about us entering the Varsity bracket. They are strict age limits (so they will have to play varsity). There are gene...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3351
Re: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
Bowdoin might drive down for this if it is scheduled later in February, though the 15th is not the worst weekend for us.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Earlybird @ UIUC (9/28/2019)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6684
Re: Earlybird @ UIUC (9/28/2019)
Hi everyone -- apologies for a delay that is entirely my fault, but a discussion forum for RAFT is now available. You can ask to join by selecting it on the "usergroups" section of your control panel.
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT XV @ Yale (10/12/2019 - New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4551
Re: FAcT XV @ Yale (10/12/2019 - New Haven, CT)
Big round of applause to Acton-Boxborough, the winners of FAcT XV! Stats for the tournament can be found here . I want to recognize David Rubin for his immense help with stats, as well as our wonderful Yale staffers (Andrew Qin, Louie Lu, James Wedgwood, Hasna Karim, Daniel Sheinberg, Nathaniel Mil...
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
Thanks. Sincerest apologies about that. I'll be setting up a discussion forum in the next few days.the return of AHAN wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:14 pm Bonus #1 in round 5 needs to be fixed. Read it and you'll see why.
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Yale (11/02/2019)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4977
Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Yale (11/02/2019)
I'd be very interested in knowing if a quiz bowl team is being started up at Hofstra (great, very exciting!) or if Ben Zhang is just planning on soloing this tournament (please don't do this).
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
FYI, the University of Illinois ABT has announced their Earlybird tournament for September 28th*, which pushes your first mirror up by two weeks. * - October 12th would conflict with the coaches association's statewide novice tournament. This has been corrected. In that event, I'm open to running o...
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13816
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
What about New England?rahulkeyal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:41 am Registration for 2019 ACF Fall has opened! We are still working to finalize sites in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern California, and the United Kingdom.
EDIT: Never mind, it's on the form.
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guerilla NASAT @ Columbia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4412
Re: Guerilla NASAT @ Columbia
If we don't get more signups, I'm inclined to cap the field at four teams and allow a five-person team or two. Please recruit your friends! EDIT: alternatively, we can break up a team (probably Columbia) to fill the field out Probably best to start with a free agent team and confirm that those peop...
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6108
Re: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
Workshops (at the regional level – the vulnerable teams are generally not the ones at nationals) would be helpful I was thinking that workshops should be focused at HS Nationals since that's where you see the biggest overlap between the college and HS game in terms of personnel and where you can ge...
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:58 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6108
Re: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
I’ve recently been thinking about starting a thread about supporting quiz bowl at smaller colleges, based on my experiences at Bowdoin thus far, but it probably applies better here and I’ve tried to reply/add to Chris’s points as much as possible. (Issue #1): The best thing that happened to me when ...
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:06 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4583
Re: ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
I don't really know about that. 1) I think that if your circuit wants to have a "gentleman's agreement" rule and the Midwest wants to knock each others' brains out on easy questions, why do you care what they do? That might sound a little bit snarky, but I mean it as a genuine question. I...