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by Bensonfan23
Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.
Replies: 11
Views: 5950

Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive DESPERATELY needs an overhaul.

I'm a bit behind on this discussion, but I definitely think its long overdue to have a separate tab for academic vanity sets (especially all of the single packet novelty sets) and non-trash side events to separate them out from the collegiate section. It would certainly make the archive more accessi...
by Bensonfan23
Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP Midwest @ UMN - 3/27/2021
Replies: 14
Views: 4518

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP Midwest @ UMN - 3/27/2021

There hardly seems like much of a reason to single us out over this. We checked with the editors before asking to join this field, and we were the second team to sign up for this site (just like Columbia presumably did). You're right to assume that like with other recent online tournaments (IKEA, Re...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

[10] When measuring the impact of bubbles on the flow of an air-water system, it is important to account for this statistic that measures the amount of the system occupied by gas molecules. For two-phase flow, this quantity may be described as either “volumetric” or “cross-sectional”. ANSWER: mean/...
by Bensonfan23
Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Southeast Mirror @ Discord (10/3/2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3612

Re: LIT Southeast Mirror @ Discord (10/3/2020)

Thanks to everyone who played our southeast mirror of LIT today! We really hope you enjoyed the set, and if anyone would like to give feedback or comments, we have a private usergroup on already made on here (LIT 2020 Discussion) that you are welcomed to request to join. Thanks again to the players ...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

[*]It seems extraordinarily misleading to claim that scientific publishing does not ever involve pharmaceuticals in the first clue of the scientific publishing tossup, since most major pharmaceutical corporations put out scientific publications - Merck's website, for example, notes that its employe...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
Replies: 21
Views: 3135

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata

Zerowaltz wrote: Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:56 pm Bonus 18 of packet 12 claims that Benvenuto Cellini was commissioned by Pope Francis I.
Well that would be a "my bad" on my part, it now correctly just says Francis I.
by Bensonfan23
Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

A bit late to this, but I just wanted to thank Ryan and other staffers at this tournament for an extremely well-run online tournament that ended at 5:30PM (!). The typical issues that I've seen in previous online tournaments (delays in playoff seeding, role assignment, etc.) were practically non-ex...
by Bensonfan23
Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

Can I see the bonus on adherens junctions? I believe there was a specific instruction not to prompt on desmosomes, so I wanted to see why this was. Drosophila double-mutants for the genes stardust and bazooka fail to form these cellular junctions, which disrupts basolateral polarity in their epithe...
by Bensonfan23
Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

All team contacts and staffers should now have received a logistics email for this tournament. See everyone tomorrow morning!
by Bensonfan23
Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

With our most recent signup I'm going to close the field for this tournament at 12. Teams should expect a logistics email sent tomorrow afternoon/evening at the latest. Thanks!
by Bensonfan23
Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

A quick reminder that this tournament is happening this weekend and can handle more teams if there is interest. We would also like to avoid an odd numbered field if possible, so please email me if your club is in our region and would like to sign up teams.
by Bensonfan23
Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

Could I see the tossup on ceiling frescoes? I (probably incorrectly but I have looked much) was prompted with "where" or "in what location" (something along those lines) for saying friezes on the Tiepolo clues and said in a Palace, which Wurzburg is, and was negged. My instinct ...
by Bensonfan23
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

Our high school mirror of LIT and our upper midwest collegiate mirror of LIT have now both been added to the main post, both to be hosted by the University of Illinois. Apologies for the delay clarifying these hosts/dates.
by Bensonfan23
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

I'll quickly add that a private discussion forum for this tournament now exists, and people who have already played the set are welcomed to join and give feedback.
by Bensonfan23
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

-can I see the caffeine tu? I negged somewhere around a clue about its extraction and something about tannin with cellulose and was curious about what was actually going on there (Round4, Tossup1) 1. One modern technique for synthesizing this compound reacts dimethyl sulphate on a bed of alumina im...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT - Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1028

Re: Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion

To begin, I certainly appreciate the detailed feedback here Will, thanks! Once again there's a lengthier post about my editor categories (science and painting) coming soon that will talk about many of these things, so I'll save most of my responses for that but I'll go ahead and address the distribu...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT - Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1028

LIT - Thanks, Philosophy & Goals, and General Discussion

Hi everyone, this is the thread for general discussion of our set, LIT 2020. In this thread I’d like to start off by thanking all of our writers who have been working diligently on this set since we first had the idea for LIT in June of 2019 (!). The editors for this set were myself, Brad McLain, Ja...
by Bensonfan23
Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

As an update, to prove more time for clubs in our region with later starting dates to sign-up, this tournament will now be taking place on September 26th, 2020. The current field is now also listed in the main post.
by Bensonfan23
Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

Sorry if this is said somewhere that I am once again not seeing, but do the editors of this set intend to make online mirrors play using video for players (eg via Zoom or Discord video) to discourage cheating? This is something I should have clarified on our main post. Given that our first mirrors ...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)
Replies: 13
Views: 6299

Re: LIT Northeast Online Mirror Hosted by Stony Brook (Sept. 26)

High Dependency Unit wrote: Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:31 pm 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?
This would also be fine by our policy of "if you could play in March 2020, then you can play now".
by Bensonfan23
Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

LIT Online Mirror, Texas/Rockies/Lower-Midwest (Sept. 26, 2020)

I am pleased to announce that the University of Texas will be hosting an online mirror of our set, Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT) 2020, on Saturday, September 26th, 2020. This mirror will be for the region of Texas, the Rockies, and the lower midwest. For full information about the set, plea...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

We have added a northeast site hosted by Stony Brook University on September 26th to our main post.
by Bensonfan23
Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

The forum post and signups for the Texas/Rockies/Lower Midwest site has now been added.
by Bensonfan23
Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22822

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

These concerns have now been addressed in LIT's main thread. In short, yes teams can request reasonable exceptions from LIT's editors and a list of granted exceptions will be kept in that post for transparency. Thanks for everyone's interest in playing LIT!
by Bensonfan23
Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

As has been discussed in our mid-atlantic mirror thread (and frankly I'd assumed I'd already mentioned somewhere in the main post), teams are free to apply for reasonable exceptions to the regional boundaries, which will be discussed by the editors for approval. For the sake of transparency I will a...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

The main post for LIT has been now been updated to include our confirmed hosts and the rough regional guidelines we will be using for our closed online mirrors. Please note that these are based on, but are slightly different than, those used by IKEA so that we could accommodate our previous hosts fr...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

All of our previous hosts have now been contacted via email about mirroring LIT this fall. All of these hosts have one week to express interest in hosting for their given regions before all regions without hosts will be openly advertised. With one exception, since we didn't previously have a previou...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

With guidance from Marianna's post (thanks!), I've added a requirement that hosts agree to and send out in advance the following code of conduct. This code of conduct was modified specifically for online mirrors of LIT, and I'm including it in full below. Feedback is welcome, and like with Marianna'...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

Can the implementation and enforcement of a code of conduct that establishes behavior standards and outlines punishments for violations of those standards, such as that posted by Marianna Zhang/PACE, be included in the requirements for tournament directors as well? I am looking forward to hopefully...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

To clarify something from your previous post from March, will people who graduated from one school in the Spring but who are now enrolled somewhere else for the fall be required to play for their old school rather than their new one? Hi Eric, thanks for pointing this out! To clarify the editors' st...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)

I've updated the main post for this set to better reflect the fact that LIT is now a set being played this fall, and is actively soliciting hosts, as outlined below. Additionally, like the recent announcement about IKEA, LIT 2020 will be run this fall as a series of online, closed regional mirrors f...
by Bensonfan23
Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June
Replies: 39
Views: 15789

Re: Oxford Open Online Mirror - Saturday 27th June

but nonetheless took advantage of ACF rules and received a tossup read solely to them as part of the resolution because it was a "should have been prompted" situation. Without even knowing the specifics of this exact situation, here's a healthy reminder that this portion too of ACF's rule...
by Bensonfan23
Fri May 08, 2020 4:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)
Replies: 49
Views: 17292

Re: It's Time To D-D-D-D....Duel! (Challenge: Columbia vs. Chicago)

As a member of a team that would at least potentially be interested in some kind of season ending event, if anything does actually come from this post I think it'd be worth considering a less strict definition of top 8 than just straight up using ACF's A values, since those are meant for qualificati...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, through Fall 2020)

Question regarding the set. Since it is moving to the Fall, would then graduating students this spring still be able to retain their eligibility for this tournament and be able to play it? Yes. To quote my announcement above "eligibility to play LIT under this revised plan will be the same as ...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

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? Hi Aayush, I'm really glad hear you and others enjoyed playing LIT's discord mirror! If anyone who played this mirror would like a copy of the set as read on Sunday to give feedback, please just send...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Spring 2020)

As an update on this based on the numerous cancellations (Harvard, Duke, JHU, and likely others) due to campus closures related to covid-19, we are now re-branding LIT as a set to be played at mirrors in the EFT slot next fall (late August or September). Given the unusual nature of this situation, w...
by Bensonfan23
Tue Mar 10, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Spring 2020)

In light of the recent covid-19 developments, a few of our initial mirrors have had to be either postponed (Florida) or cancelled (Harvard). We are currently waiting to see how this situation develops further before making any broad statements about LIT, which will largely depend on additional colle...
by Bensonfan23
Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)

I'm going to be closing the field for this tournament tonight at midnight so that we can finalize our schedule and get everything set up in the discord server. Ideally remaining free agents will combine into an 8th team before this point, but I will assign free agents to teams with less than 4 as ne...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 LIT at UT Austin (Postponed)
Replies: 1
Views: 1361

Re: 2020 LIT at UT Austin (03/14/2020)

Due to conflicts with several schools' spring breaks, our main site of LIT is being postponed. We will look into later dates, in particular the weekend after ACF Nationals, and update this post once we've decided on an alternative.
by Bensonfan23
Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)

In case the TDs or staff don't have a lot of experience running a Discord tournament before, I'll plug my guide: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21446 And it's not too late for moderators to order cheap headsets on Amazon if they don't already have them. Or to plan to read fro...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)

Reminder that this tournament is this Sunday, and that there are currently several teams on the spreadsheet who have not yet registered with me. Several free agents are also still listed and I encourage those players to team up before Saturday; all free agents will be assigned to teams with fewer th...
by Bensonfan23
Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

Re: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)

I see on the spreadsheet that some teams have 5 players signed up. Is there a particular reason teams are more than 4 players? Discord tournaments already have overloaded fields. Yeah, this is a good idea, in particular because we're not even at the first field cap, but can probably expand anyway i...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)
Replies: 10
Views: 4602

LIT Discord Mirror (03/08/2020)

I am pleased to announce that I will be directing the online open Discord mirror of Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT 2020) on Sunday, March 8th, 2020. We are going to have an initial soft cap of 8 teams for this mirror, which may expand based on interest and staff. Schedule The tournament will ...
by Bensonfan23
Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 9477

Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion

My thoughts: 1. I don't believe any NAQT college tournament needs to be timed. SCT doesn't use the timer and ICT, which attracts excellent staffers and logistics people, doesn't need to use the clock. 2. Because of that, I would be fine with NAQT's college tournaments adopting 5/5/5 (well, I don't ...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT at UT Austin (2/8/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 2069

Re: NAQT SCT at UT Austin (2/8/2020)

This tournament happened yesterday! Thanks so much to the all staffers who helped this tournament make it through 12 rounds in D1 and 14(!) rounds in D2 all before 6pm, especially to Nathaniel Woodward and Rachel Thibo for volunteering to help staff as guests. In Division One, Texas A went 11-1 to w...
by Bensonfan23
Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 LIT at UT Austin (Postponed)
Replies: 1
Views: 1361

2020 LIT at UT Austin (Postponed)

I am pleased to announce that main site of Longhorn Invitation Tournament (LIT 2020) will be held at UT Austin on Saturday, March 14th, 2020. I will be the tournament director for this tournament. Please direct any questions about this site to me at ryanhumphrey1996@gmail.com. Question set: This tou...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Replies: 25
Views: 18962

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Spring 2020)

Another brief update on LIT's progress, the set is just under 90% completed at this point and will definitely be ready by the first mirror dates. We've currently confirmed mirror locations in most of the major US regions, though some of the exact dates are still waiting on room reservations to be co...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:18 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25363

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

The science in this set was my favorite of the regionals I've played ('18, '19, '20). To add to the discussion about bait, my one gripe is with the "protein" question in packet E (Central Florida A et. al.) I buzzed and answered "protease" when I heard "MEROPS" (I did ...
by Bensonfan23
Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "Should have been prompted" replacement policy
Replies: 15
Views: 5997

Re: "Should have been prompted" replacement policy

Thanks for making this post, Mike! I’ve actually had the idea for a post based on this specific protest issue for a while since my teams have been on the negative end of this unbalanced policy at three times since last ACF Nationals alone. To put it bluntly, I agree that this current protest resolut...
by Bensonfan23
Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT at UT Austin (2/8/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 2069

NAQT SCT at UT Austin (2/8/2020)

I am pleased to announce that UT Austin will host the South site of the 2020 NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2020. I will be the tournament director for this tournament, any questions can be directed to me at ryanhumphrey1996@gmail.com. Location: This tournament will ...