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- Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: World Music Audio Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5089
Re: World Music Audio Set
I’m going to push this event to another day TBD.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: World Music Audio Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5089
Re: World Music Audio Set
I've decided to play this event on the main Discord packet channel on Sunday, still at 6PM eastern. It will finish long before Forrest's event is to be played.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: World Music Audio Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5089
Re: World Music Audio Set
I apologize for the delay everyone. I've decided to run this event online on February 18 at 6PM eastern. Please list your name and email here so I can include you in the logistics emails. I hope to have at least two audio rooms like Festivus. Players will be able to self-assign a room based on their...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1300
Re: JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)
Any update on this set’s progress and when you’re shooting for to have this played? This set's progress has been halted a bit due to other commitments, but I can confirm that it's not vaporware and I did make a lot of progress in the fall. Since potential opportunities to mirror this won't be happe...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: TAKETHAT (popular music tournament) open for mirrors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4208
Re: TAKETHAT (popular music tournament) open for mirrors
I'm about a year and a half late here, but I really enjoyed this event and think that many others who haven't played it would too. The set covers so many bases and far exceeds the quality of any other popular music/trash event I've played. It looks like it has unfortunately been mirrored only twice,...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Pavement III: Solitary Man
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13544
Re: Pavement III: Solitary Man
I've posted the doc above and all the audio files here. GitHub doesn't have an in-browser audio player, so the files will most likely have to be downloaded to be of any use.
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:36 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: World Music Audio Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5089
Re: World Music Audio Set
I haven't played the set anywhere yet, so I'm planning on organizing a shootout on Discord or Zoom sometime this fall. It's all audio clip tossups, so nothing will be read.excessive dismemberment wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:36 pm Has this been played at any point? Is there a chance of another reading/mirror of this?
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7969
Re: 2023 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
I divided the 18/18 other fine arts into the following: Jazz 3/3 TU: trombone, four, Joe Henderson (all Pavao) Bonus: flamenco/violin/Ginger Baker (Pavao), Basie/Hefti/1am Jump (Pavao), Machine Gun /Hampton/Coltrane (Perumalla) World/Folk/Other Audio 3/3 TU: South Africa, harmonica, “Good Vibrations...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19769
Re: 2023 Chicago Open - General Discussion and Thanks
I want to thank a few people as well. - Young Fenimore Lee advocated for my editorship when I reached out to them, and I can't thank them enough for that. - Henry Atkins showed great leadership and patience throughout the production of the set. He routinely checked in with how production was going a...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:13 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1300
JORDU 2: Jazz Side Event (Winter 2023)
I'm about 25% done with a follow-up to 2021's JORDU , which will be ready by this winter. The set is being written without taking into account the answerlines of the original, meaning some answerlines might be repeated between the sets. The target difficulty is slightly harder, but there will be few...
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:45 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Pavement III: Solitary Man
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13544
Re: Pavement III: Solitary Man
Pavement III is now clear. Here is a doc that lists the clues and answerlines to the questions. The audio files will be released at a later date.
- Sun May 21, 2023 7:52 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Discussion on cheating at asynchronous audio tournaments
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3631
Discussion on cheating at asynchronous audio tournaments
The past few years, there has been increasing interest in a new form of pyramidal quizbowl in which players play packets of audio tossups online asynchronously (at their convenience during the day). Tournaments like MARCATO, MIKE, LIBERACE, and PAveMEnT have taken this form. I wrote for the first th...
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Pavement III: Solitary Man
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13544
Re: Pavement III: Solitary Man
Hi everyone, Sorry for the delays and confusion about PAveMEnT III registration the past couple weeks. A couple announcements: 1. The tournament will now be running from Monday, May 15 to Friday, May 26, 2023 instead of May 8-19 to account for the delays and writers' schedules. 2. Registration on qb...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 36189
Re: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion
Could someone post the "hot" in OFA tossup? 11. This is the second adjective in the name of a Robert Johnson song whose title objects are sold “two for a nickel, four for a dime.” An ensemble with this adjective in its name featured its leader’s second wife Lil Hardin on piano and was rec...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 36189
Re: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion
Could someone post the "hot" in OFA tossup?
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Best Debut Performances?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8256
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Pavement III: Solitary Man
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13544
Re: Pavement III: Solitary Man
Hi everyone, Sorry for the delays and confusion about PAveMEnT III registration the past couple weeks. A couple announcements: 1. The tournament will now be running from Monday, May 15 to Friday, May 26, 2023 instead of May 8-19 to account for the delays and writers' schedules. 2. Registration on qb...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MRNA II @ Boston College (3/25/2023)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5731
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: World Music Audio Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5089
World Music Audio Set
Over the course of several months, I’ve written 200 audio tossups focused on music of historical and cultural importance from around the world. The set has the following characteristics: It is largely focused on non-US, non-UK popular music, especially artists and styles often overlooked in quizbowl...
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Festivus 2022 [23 December 2022]
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6473
Re: Festivus 2022 [23 December 2022]
Is there a reason people can't request time frames in which they're available on the 23rd? Many people have to work that day.
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12082
Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
I finally got around to making a Spotify playlist centered around the set:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ab8W ... d152eb45ab
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ab8W ... d152eb45ab
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU Online Mirror
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1677
Re: JORDU Online Mirror
I finally got around to making a Spotify playlist centered around the set:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ab8W ... 6fd23d4426
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ab8W ... 6fd23d4426
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:03 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Should detailed statistics be released before a set is clear?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2772
Re: Should detailed statistics be released before a set is clear?
I think it makes the most sense for writers to get the .qbj or .json files from moderators who used MODAQ (or TDs if they collect them) and view the information locally until a set is clear. I haven't used the stats visualizer app much so I don't know if that could accomplish this but if not, maybe ...
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7929
Re: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
I want to add that in my experience, most note strings are accessible, even at the highest levels of play. The Wikipedia articles for a great many pieces contain score excerpts of the significant musical elements (e.g. themes from a symphony), and you just need to be able to read music to be able to...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 4:24 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7929
Re: Can we cool it a bit with the "note-spelling"?
I would also posit that, despite being difficult to play, score clues actually demand a relatively surface-level engagement with subject matter (I also just find note-listing clues aesthetically unappealing. They slow the tossup to a crawl and completely disrupt a moderator's flow!) I think this is...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: We Need to Make Up Our Minds About Trash
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9021
Re: We Need to Make Up Our Minds About Trash
I'm not really involved with writing or editing anymore, but I would like to suggest to future writers the idea of a regular, consistent 1/1 trash distribution that is reserved for things that are considered "higher culture." (Accordingly, it probably shouldn't be considered "trash.&...
- Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:14 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Pavement III: Solitary Man
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13544
Pavement III: Solitary Man
I'm pleased to announce PAveMEnT III, the successor tournament to PAveMEnTs I and II. PAveMENT III will be similar to previous installments of PAveMEnT. It will be run as an online doubles tournament, with you and your partner individually playing a packet of 20 pyramidal audio tossups every day for...
- Sat Apr 02, 2022 5:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2208
Re: Specific Questions
18. The Dalton Road was built to support this industry. Product from this industry was being transported during the most famous voyage of the SS Manhattan. The interests of this industry hastened the resolution of private land claims advocated for by Emil Notti through the 1971 passage of ANCSA. Th...
- Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:38 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Audio Tossup Generator
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4886
Audio Tossup Generator
I've made a version of the script that the PAveMEnT team used to generate audio tossups publicly available in this repository . Instructions for cloning, setting up, and using the script are in the readme. Much of the credit for this is owed to Young Fenimore Lee and others who contributed their eff...
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU Online Mirror
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1677
Re: JORDU Online Mirror
Thanks to everyone who played! Stats have been posted.
- Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Favorite Albums
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4222
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU Online Mirror
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1677
JORDU Online Mirror
I would like to announce the online mirror of JORDU on Sunday, September 19 at 6:00 PM EST. It will cost $5 per player. The tournament will take place on Discord. Like the mirror at CO, this tournament will be run as doubles in a round robin format. The spreadsheet for team formation is here . Haras...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12082
Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
Sorry for the delay on payment information. It cost $5 per player. Please send it by either Venmo or Paypal, which are vcpavao and vcpavao (at) gmail (dot) com respectively.
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12082
Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
I don't plan on setting up a forum for discussing this set, so if you play or read this and have any feedback feel free to DM me. I hope to use the feedback to edit this once more before the online mirror.
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2021 Side Event Sunday Poll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3265
Re: Chicago Open 2021 Side Event Sunday Poll
Hi everyone, here's the team formation sheet for JORDU: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT 2021 DMV Mirror (7/10 - Likely UMD)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4419
Re: NASAT 2021 DMV Mirror (7/10 - Likely UMD)
Posting here because I’m gauging interest in playing JORDU after NASAT. One person has expressed interest and I would need at least 7 others to run it (2v2v2v2). If interested, please DM me (I don’t believe I can make a poll in the comments).
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12082
Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
Update: JORDU will take up the third side event slot at CO.
- Wed May 05, 2021 9:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2021)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12082
Re: JORDU: A Jazz Side Event (Summer 2020)
Several people have asked me about JORDU recently so here's an update. The set is almost complete, and will be ready to play at events this summer. I am looking to have the first mirror the weekend of Chicago Open (August 21-22), and intend for the first mirror to be played as doubles. Here is a spr...
- Wed May 05, 2021 3:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7441
Re: ACRONYM Online Championship: May 8, 2021
Is any acronym team looking for a fourth player? I know music, some movies, some comedy and other pop culture stuff. I can be reached at [email protected].
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check
- Replies: 6
- Views: 807
Re: Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check
I'm interested as well
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11832
Re: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
Interested.
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 PAveMEnT: Jazz Discussion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 195
2020 PAveMEnT: Jazz Discussion
Hi everyone, Thanks for making the first mirror of PAveMEnT such a success. I'd like to start a discussion on what players liked and didn't like about the jazz in the set, and how writers can effectively include jazz in future pop music tournaments. As many have noticed, the jazz questions had signi...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Music Packet for Festivus (12/22 at 9:30PM EST)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1655
Music Packet for Festivus (12/22 at 9:30PM EST)
Hi everyone,
Unfortunately I missed Festivus this year due to unforeseen circumstances, but I plan on reading my packet tonight (12/22) at 9:30PM EST.
Unfortunately I missed Festivus this year due to unforeseen circumstances, but I plan on reading my packet tonight (12/22) at 9:30PM EST.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PAveMEnT: A Remote Cooperation Audio Tournament (Winter 2020)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12390
Re: PAveMEnT: A Remote Cooperation Audio Tournament (Winter 2020)
I have a quick survey for people currently playing PAveMEnT on whether they'd be interested in buzzpoints being publicly released. If you are playing this tournament, please respond.
https://forms.gle/qdFgqTaAUBrFr2PA6
https://forms.gle/qdFgqTaAUBrFr2PA6
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo General Thoughts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1759
Re: MARCATo General Thoughts
Unfortunately, I don't have the buzz data for the second mirror, and I don't know if Noah's sent it out to anyone. If someone does have it, I could put it in this format pretty quickly.
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo General Thoughts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1759
Re: MARCATo General Thoughts
This is late, but I was talking with Isaac about different MARCATO buzzes as we prepare for PAveMEnT, and decided to import the csv of buzz data into Google Sheets, filtered it for just the correct answers, cleaned it up, and sorted it so that it's readable. Here's that sheet if anyone's interested....
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PAveMEnT Playtesting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2326
PAveMEnT Playtesting
Hello! The writing team for PAveMEnT is looking for 3-4 people to playtest our set. We are looking for experienced players (college-aged and older) that are familiar with the styles of music in the set distribution. This will take place the weekend of November 20-22, preferably Sunday night. Please ...
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo General Thoughts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1759
Re: MARCATo General Thoughts
I really enjoyed playing this tournament. Clearly a lot of effort went into making this happen, and I thank Noah, John, and Wonyoung for all their hard work. Thanks especially for being responsive and attempting to work out a solution when I scheduled travel in the middle of the tournament.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo - Question-Specific Discussion for Popular Music
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1535
Re: Question-Specific Discussion for Popular Music
I want to preface this by thanking you for your hard work at making this tournament happen. I enjoyed most of the pop music questions, and really appreciate the diverse array of artists represented in the set. My main criticism of the pop music echoes what Ryan said. Many answerlines for pop music m...
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19913
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
Are we able to see how we did against our opponent the previous day before moving on to play the next day's game?