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- Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
- Replies: 51
- Views: 64722
Re: Y'all need to pay attention to your own community
With all the discussion about misconduct, I think the qb community should re-examine its stance on eligibility caps. The stories above are some of the many examples of how age dynamics compound with gender dynamics to create a really hostile space for younger, non-male identifying players. An enviro...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Which Online School are you Going to Next Year? (Collegiate 2020)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11755
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10565
Re: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
As someone who's edited ACF Fall, let me tell you that (at least in science) close to ~70% of the submissions are unusable, ~20% are usable with significant edits, and maybeeee ~10% are usable with minor editing. As ACF Fall draws in more teams I can't imagine the percentage of usable questions goin...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:34 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
- Replies: 28
- Views: 26358
Re: Fuck it, let's rank the sets
1) 2018 CO
2) 2016 ACF Fall
2) 2016 ACF Fall
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: High School Player Poll
- Replies: 42
- Views: 28538
Re: High School Player Poll
Akshay Govindan is the second best hs science player and will soon be the first
- Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MSTP (Summer 2019)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5003
Re: MSTP (Summer 2018)
Ankush Bajaj will play this tournament in 2024
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7751
Re: NASAT + Side Events at MIT (July 29, 2017)
hey i'm looking for teammates for this. i can offer mediocre science buzzes and endless encouragement.
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 1:29 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 459395
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
is there any way we could do a time that doesn't conflict with the NBA finals?Eddie wrote:I will be reading João this Sunday evening at 6 PM Pacific / 9 PM Eastern. Let me know if you're interested.
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 49869
Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
Will this packet be posted at some point ?
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 42782
Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
I liked the bio tossups in this set quite a bit. The A. tumefaciens , CYP450, and poly-A tails ones were fresh and pretty interesting. I wasn't a fan of the ketogenesis tossup, though. I spent quite a bit of time wondering if it wanted a specific fatty acid metabolism process like β oxidation, but ...
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 42782
Re: ACF Nationals Thanks and Discussion
Hi, I just wanted to post a brief thing. Thanks to Matt for letting me do this, Andrew Wang for his help with editing and writing a few of the chem tossups (TEMPO/7/Lanthanides/Mossbauer), Billy for editing and general expertise, and all of the other proofreaders who provided input. I tried to write...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5490
Re: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
Thanks for coming everyone and congrats to MIT A. Huge thanks to Ming-Ho Yee and Eliza Grames for their help with staffing and stats.
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 5:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fight the Power: A Hip-Hop Tournament
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20077
Re: Fight the Power: A Hip-Hop Tournament
This was awesome! Lots of super cool/fun answerlines. The only thing I would change was to have more questions on 2000-2011 and less on pre 1999, other than that I loved it.
- Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5490
Re: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
Update: Because we're strapped for buzzers right now we're lowering the cap to 14 teams. If more buzzers are available we'll change it back.
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 63
- Views: 15492
Re: Specific Question Discussion
I agreed with a good amount of your complaints in about the non-leadin parts of the tossup and have edited the tossup to its current form for mirrors tomorrow (this is more of a band-aid, since replacing it is still totally in the books): 12. In one stage of this process, high levels of inhibin con...
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10545
Re: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)
Are the stats available somewhere?
- Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5490
Re: 2016 ACF Fall New England at Brown (November 5, 2016)
This post is reserved for field updates
School / Teams / Buzzers / Staffers
Amherst / 2 / 0 / 0
Boston College / 1 / 1 / 0
Uconn / 2 / 0 / 1
Tufts / 2 / 1 / 0
MIT / 2 / 0 / 0
Olin / 2 / 1 / 0
Total / 11 / 3 / 1
School / Teams / Buzzers / Staffers
Amherst / 2 / 0 / 0
Boston College / 1 / 1 / 0
Uconn / 2 / 0 / 1
Tufts / 2 / 1 / 0
MIT / 2 / 0 / 0
Olin / 2 / 1 / 0
Total / 11 / 3 / 1
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fight the Power: A Hip-Hop Tournament
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20077
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 10-Point Shootout (NBA Vanity Tournament)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16450
Re: The 10-Point Shootout (NBA Vanity Tournament)
will this set be posted soon or are there any other mirrors planned? otherwise I'm sure there's plenty of people like me who couldn't make a mirror who'd be interested in hearing them on irc
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:25 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Becoming and Being a Great Science Player
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32259
Re: Becoming and Being a Great Science Player
Alternatively, just flashcard this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Name_reactionsBubalus Period wrote:So it's all just word association right
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NASAT 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5504
Re: Specific Question Discussion
A value named for this thing can be given in terms of temperature, salinity, and depth by four empirical formulas named for Medwin, Mackenzie, Coppen, or Chen and Millero. Governing equations of a technique named for this thing incorporate the directivity index as part of finding the detection thre...
- Mon May 09, 2016 2:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Postseason Roundtable?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4528
Re: Postseason Roundtable?
For those of us that missed it, does anyone have a transcript of this they can post?
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Christmas Present Online (likely 3/12)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4964
Re: Christmas Present Online (likely 3/12)
Hey! I'm looking for a teammate for this. I know some myth and a little bit of social science.
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
- Replies: 81
- Views: 42090
Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER
Hey! I'm looking for a teammate for this. Preferably someone who knows physics and math but it doesn't really matter.
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13829
Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
The Crete myth bonus in the Brown packet says that "three residents of this location became judges of the underworld" or something like that. Only two of the three judges of the underworld are from Crete.
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15637
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
I would love to hear what people thought of my questions: the chem and physics in
round 8 through finals 2, transition states, carbonate, geochemistry bonus, india (science), gemstones bonus.
round 8 through finals 2, transition states, carbonate, geochemistry bonus, india (science), gemstones bonus.
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
With Columbia dropping their third team we're down to 18, so we're going to close the field barring any unforeseeable changes. We're looking into running SHAWARMA at lunch. We'll be ordering pizza so people who want to play won't have to get lunch and come back. There'll be a slight fee if you want ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
We can expand the field to 20 teams, so there are currently 2 spots left.
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15637
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Quizbowl is a game, not a pure test of knowledge; prompt-bashing is definitely a legitimate and useful strategy. I also see nothing wrong with prompting on "finches"; I'm sure the majority of people who buzz and say "finches" would be able to pull Darwin after a prompt anyways. ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15637
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
For the question on Darwin's finches, I'm really not sure that's the wisest of answer lines. The other team buzzed at the end of tossup and said "finches" and were immediately ruled incorrect, although the question had already said "Galapagos." I have two problems with this: 1) ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4857
Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Thanks and General Discussion
I thought the trash/mixed academic/"cute" NAQT was pretty well-executed--it seemed a little more conservative than NAQT usually swings, but I also can't imagine anyone really complaining about the stuff. I haven't seen anything past packet 11 yet, but I thought the tossup 2014 Forest Hill...
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open Playtesting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4406
Re: Missouri Open Playtesting
I'll be playtesting the chemistry and half of the physics at 7 PM this Thursday (the 15th) SATURDAY the 17th. Email me at rohi.nagari AT gmail.com if you're interested.
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
We've been able to expand to 18 teams but it's unlikely that we'll be able to open up the field any more. All further registrations will be placed on the waitlist.
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
With the registration of Yale, the field is now closed. If there is sufficient interest, there is a slight chance that we can expand the field a bit, but we can't promise anything.
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
Field (Teams/Buzzers/Staff):
Dartmouth (1/1/1)
Amherst (1/0/0)
MIT (3/1/1)
Rutgers (1/0/0)
UPenn (3/2/0)
Columbia (2/3/0)
Yale (3/2/0)
Rochester (1/2/0)
NYU (1/0/1)
Total (16/11/2)
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Current waitlist:
Dartmouth (1/1/1)
Amherst (1/0/0)
MIT (3/1/1)
Rutgers (1/0/0)
UPenn (3/2/0)
Columbia (2/3/0)
Yale (3/2/0)
Rochester (1/2/0)
NYU (1/0/1)
Total (16/11/2)
__________________
Current waitlist:
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13148
Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
This is the announcement for Brown's mirror of Missouri Open, to be held on November 14th, 2015. The original tournament information can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=17474 Because this is an open tournament, we would love to see any graduates or ambitious high ...
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 20061
Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
I can read the last 3 packets over IRC/skype/whatever. How does 5 PM eastern on Saturday 8/15 sound?
EDIT:This is happening on Sunday 8/16 at 5 PM eastern in #cofinals. See you there.
EDIT 2: Actually this'll be at 8 PM eastern tonight instead, sorry for the inconvenience
EDIT:
EDIT 2: Actually this'll be at 8 PM eastern tonight instead, sorry for the inconvenience
- Thu May 28, 2015 4:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open 2015 - August 8th
- Replies: 53
- Views: 72613
Re: VCU Open 2015 - August 8th
I would totally play this, and I'm pretty sure there's enough people around who would be interested.vcpavao wrote:Do you expect there to be a mirror in the Northeast?
- Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Science Side Event 2015
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8756
Re: Science Side Event 2015
Abid Haseeb and I would like to write a packet.
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/2015)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 45131
Re: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/20
I'm also looking to play this. PM me if you want to play together!
- Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Questions Discussion (2014 Penn Bowl)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11689
Re: Specific Questions Discussion
Could I see the tossup on genetic drift? To speak up for Sriram, since I don't think he visits the forums, was evolution / natural selection promptable? He buzzed on the second or so clue and was denied. The same thing happened to me. I buzzed on Kimura and said evolution because his theory is call...
- Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Questions Discussion (2014 Penn Bowl)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11689
Re: Specific Questions Discussion
Could I see the tossup on genetic drift?
- Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3824
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
Are there any field updates for this?
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:10 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PADAWAN at Brown, 10/11/14
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5070
PADAWAN at Brown, 10/11/14
This is the announcement for Brown's mirror of PADAWAN, to be held on October 11th, 2014. The original tournament information can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16139. The tournament is being held in Wilson Hall (NOT the same building as J. Walter Wilson). Wilson...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3824
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
Unless someone is planning on driving up from the Portland area, I'd be interested in playing online.