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by TaylorH
Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

Congrats to nobody, not even the rain, has such small ppb (Jordan Brownstein and JinAh Kim) for winning this tournament! And thank you to all players for giving it a shot! Stats can be found here. This set is not yet clear as there is one possible in-person mirror on the horizon; if anyone else ...
by TaylorH
Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

With eight teams, the field for this is now closed. I have placed the remaining free agents on three ad hoc teams at random. If anyone on those teams has objections to their placement, please let me know and we can reshuffle. Team contacts and all free agents will receive an organization email ...
by TaylorH
Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

It looks like at the present moment, if all free agents were to be put on teams we will have exactly 8 teams of 3, which is my ideal number. As such, all free agents should arrange to form new teams or join open slots on existing teams by this Friday, 9/13. If free agents aren't on a team by then, I ...
by TaylorH
Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

A reminder that this tournament is being played in a little over a week. We still have quite a few free agents signed up, so I encourage them to start forming teams. Presently it looks like there are enough free agents for 3 full teams and some change, so if a few more individuals sign up we might ...
by TaylorH
Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

I can make either date but I'm guessing there isn't heavy TOWNS overlap given that there are two different online mirror dates for that. Good point. I've gotten word that the Sunday actually works better for some folks interested in playing so I am moving this back to the original date of Sunday, 9 ...
by TaylorH
Wed Aug 28, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

Tejas wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:19 am Just for clarity, how long would you expect it to run and what time of day?
Planning for a start time of 10 AM ET. It will be 10 rounds of 20/0, so I'll expect it to be about 4-5 hours of playtime plus a short lunch.
by TaylorH
Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Re: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

[Edit, date is back to 9/15]

Again, if there are objections to this date, I am open to moving it forward to another weekend.
by TaylorH
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)
Replies: 9
Views: 2671

Notes on the Underground Online (9/15/24)

This is the announcement for an open online mirror of the literature set Notes on the Underground, to be played on Sunday, 9/15/24. Info on the set can be found here. We will play the ten packets in teams of up to 3 (with possible expansion to 4 to accommodate any teamless players). A team formation ...
by TaylorH
Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (starting again 8/26)

I finished reading TELEOLOGY 2 Sunday, but since then things have been busy for me. I plan on resuming reading TELEOLOGY 3 starting on Monday, 8/26 and continuing with 3 or 4 packets per night until Wednesday 8/28. Again, we'll start at 7 PM MT each night.
by TaylorH
Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)

I'll read TELEOLOGY 2 packets 10-12 tonight on the Discord at 7 PM MT.
by TaylorH
Fri Aug 16, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)

Tonight I will read TELEOLOGY 2 packets 7-9 on MainQB at 7 PM MT.
by TaylorH
Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)

Last night packets 1-3 of TELEOLOGY 2 were played. Tonight at 7 PM MT we will continue with TELEOLOGY 2 packets 4-6.
by TaylorH
Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)
Replies: 4
Views: 2805

TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 Discord reading (8/14 to ongoing)

Hi gamers, Now that all mirrors are concluded, I would like to read the TELEOLOGY 2 and 3 packets on the mainQB Discord to anyone who missed the mirrors. I will read 3-5 packets per night starting tonight at 7 PM Mountain Time, and continue on for consecutive nights at the same time until I read all ...
by TaylorH
Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: CO 2024: Bragging, petty complaints, and small gratitudes
Replies: 12
Views: 5202

Re: CO 2024: Bragging, petty complaints, and small gratitudes

Perhaps unsurprisingly, I would have slam dunk 30'd the Santa Fe Opera bonus if our team got it. I've been to the opera house described a dozen times now and the Lensic once or twice (the latter is a few blocks from my house). In fact, I'll be seeing Der Rosenkavalier at the Opera tonight. The Bates ...
by TaylorH
Wed Jul 31, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 22
Views: 6103

Re: 2024 Chicago Open - Specific Question Discussion

The only question that rubbed me the wrong way in this set was the bonus on Sihkism/3HO/biographies of Nanak. I've been sitting on asking about 3HO for a bit now in one of my own questions but never found the right forum. I was mostly bothered by this part because it seems to uncritically bring up ...
by TaylorH
Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2024 Chicago Open - General Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 11553

Re: 2024 Chicago Open - General Discussion

Loved the set; thanks to everyone who worked on it and everyone involved in making it happen the day of! Everything I cared about felt like the right blend of accessible and 'fresh', and I think even the hardest of the hard questions self-justified why they were being asked about. My favorite ...
by TaylorH
Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events
Replies: 24
Views: 9252

Re: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events

TaylorH wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2024 9:38 am Sign up sheet for Notes on the Underground.

Will run as duos or trios depending on interest. I'm also willing to shoot it out if there are <10 or so interested.

This event is canceled due to lack of interest.
by TaylorH
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events
Replies: 24
Views: 9252

Re: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events

Sign up sheet for Notes on the Underground. Will run as duos or trios depending on interest. I'm also willing to shoot it out if there are <10 or so interested. I encourage folks (maybe the 18 people who originally voted for this?) to please sign up for this as soon as possible so I know whether it ...
by TaylorH
Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Ludography: a side event on acclaimed and influential video games (2025)
Replies: 1
Views: 2401

Ludography: a side event on acclaimed and influential video games (2025)

Hi game likers, This is the announcement for Ludography , a quiz bowl side event focused on acclaimed, influential, artistic, and otherwise "important" video games from the beginnings of the form to the present. This event seeks to engage with games as texts in a somewhat "serious" way compared to ...
by TaylorH
Tue Jun 25, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Audio Resources for Learning About Music
Replies: 8
Views: 4071

Re: Audio Resources for Learning About Music

If you have/are willing to get an Audible subscription, there are hundreds of titles from The Great Courses on there in the "Plus" catalog (meaning you have unlimited streaming of them until your membership expires). The Great Courses also has a standalone streaming service with all their lectures ...
by TaylorH
Tue Jun 25, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events
Replies: 24
Views: 9252

Re: Chicago Open Weekend Sunday Side Events

Sign up sheet for Notes on the Underground.

Will run as duos or trios depending on interest. I'm also willing to shoot it out if there are <10 or so interested.
by TaylorH
Mon Jun 24, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

Re: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature

This set is done (all 10 packets) and can be mirrored anytime. Please contact me if interested in hosting a mirror at your summer side event weekend or other tournament.
by TaylorH
Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24
Replies: 6
Views: 3074

Re: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24

I am closing the field at six teams. I will send out emails to team contacts and the remaining free agents tonight. So everyone who wants to can get a chance to play, all teams may now play with up to five players . Current free agents are encouraged to join up with either the shorthanded team or ...
by TaylorH
Sat Jun 08, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24
Replies: 6
Views: 3074

Re: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24

Reminder that this is in a week! It's looking like we will have 6 teams, so I encourage the free agents to reach out to either join the short-handed teams or form a 6th team as soon as possible. If this isn't done by Wednesday, I will form the last team out of any remaining free agents. If you are a ...
by TaylorH
Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24
Replies: 6
Views: 3074

Re: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24

Hey, Taylor! Do you know what time you'll want to start this? Trying to figure out if I can make a social engagement in late afternoon Central Florida (but will choose QB over it, no worries). Let's go with a starting time of 10 AM Eastern/ 7 AM Pacific. It'll be 10 packets of 24 TUs, so hopefully ...
by TaylorH
Sun Jun 02, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24
Replies: 6
Views: 3074

Re: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24

We are about 2 weeks out from this tournament. I encourage anyone on the fence about playing to sign up as soon as you can. It's also getting to be about that time for the many free agents to start forming new teams or joining the existing ones. I hope we can get up to 6 teams to run a double RR ...
by TaylorH
Thu May 09, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

Re: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature

An update on this set: I am about 50% done (~5 packets) with the set, so I expect it to be ready in time for summer side event weekends if those materialize, perhaps in a reduced form (7-8 packets finished instead of the final intended total of 10, depending on the date).
by TaylorH
Tue May 07, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24
Replies: 6
Views: 3074

TELEOLOGY 3 Online - 6/15/24

Hi gamers, This is the announcement for an open online mirror of the hard, tossups only hybrid set TELEOLOGY 3 online, to be played on Saturday, 6/15/24. Info on the set can be found here. All players who have not heard the set at either the Chicago or Columbia mirrors of ESPN this spring are ...
by TaylorH
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN @ UChicago (3/23/24)
Replies: 8
Views: 4270

Re: ESPN @ UChicago (3/23/24)

I will be in attendance and am happy to read/TD for TELEOLOGY on Saturday evening. Probably can't make sunday though. I can read TELEOLOGY 3 rather than 2 since some folks have heard 2 already.
by TaylorH
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2440

Notes on the Underground: a side event on underappreciated literature (available for mirrors now)

Hi book enjoyers, I am pleased to announce Notes on the Underground , a challenging side event focused on underappreciated books and literature. The set will consist of 10 packets of 20 powermarked toss-ups. This set is about 25% done, and I hope to have the set finished by fall/winter 2024. What do ...
by TaylorH
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 2326

Re: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024

This set is finished and is available for mirrors now. With that said, if you'd like to run a side event at your tournament in the next few months, I'd recommend you mirror TELEOLOGY 2 instead since that has only been heard at the main online site. I'd like to run this in person somewhere in the ...
by TaylorH
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2962

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Congrats to the team How I Terrorized My Thighs into Massive Growth! (Mike Bentley, Kenji Shimizu, John Lawrence, Matt Lafer) for winning this tournament by defeating Bruce "Cube" Alexander's Jelly Belly Pet Rat Park (John Brownstein, Tejas Raje, Victor Pavao, Aseem Keyal) in a one-game final after ...
by TaylorH
Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2962

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi all,

Now that the signup sheet has 12 teams, the field is officially closed. I encourage the remaining free agents to join up with the shorthanded teams. Teams and staff will get an email near the middle of this week.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!
by TaylorH
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2962

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi! Just wondering what time you're planning on having the tournament start? To account for various U.S. time zones, we will start at 10 AM ET/7AM PT on Saturday. Assuming we get up to 12 teams, I'd like to run an 11-game round-robin, so folks should plan for a longer day than most online side ...
by TaylorH
Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2962

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

We are about two weeks out from this event, looking forward to everyone playing! It would be awesome to have a few more sign-ups so we could get up to 10 teams (or even twelve?). I think a lot more folks who haven't signed up yet would greatly enjoy this set. Free agents who are currently signed up ...
by TaylorH
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23
Replies: 6
Views: 2962

TELEOLOGY 2 Online 12/16/23

Hi all, I am hosting an online "main site" mirror of TELEOLOGY 2 on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Sign-up sheet for teams, staff, and free agents is here. We'll play on Zoom + Buzzin Live. Field cap will depend on the number of sign-ups. We will be playing all 10 packets of the set. Cost is $20 per ...
by TaylorH
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 2326

TELEOLOGY 3: Spring/Summer 2024

This is the announcement for TELEOLOGY 3, a challenging hybrid side event coming in spring 2024. The distro is the same as TELEOLOGY 2: 2 Film 4 Literature 2 Non-film visual arts 2 Art music 3 Pop music 2 Video games 1 Other pop culture 1 Belief 2 Thought 5 "Other" (grab bag of history, science ...
by TaylorH
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2302

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

I wrote so much extra for this set that I decided to spin off the extra into the threequel. I was informed that 15 packets is too much for any one side event, so hopefully this move will be more fun for everyone. This set remains finished and will stay open for mirrors through the fall and spring. I ...
by TaylorH
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2302

Re: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

Somewhat poor timing for this with many side event weekends now over, but the first ten packets of this set are now complete and can be mirrored at any time. However, since I have a ton of extras left over, I still plan on writing a few extra packets that will be available as an "expansion pack/DLC ...
by TaylorH
Fri May 12, 2023 1:27 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)
Replies: 3
Views: 2302

TELEOLOGY 2 (available for mirrors now)

Hi Quiz Bowl, I am writing TELEOLOGY 2, the long-awaited squeakquel to TELEO LOGY . It will be similar to the last one in difficulty and general vibe. I plan on being finished around the end of the calendar year. I hope it can find a home as a mid-season side event somewhere, but there will be at ...
by TaylorH
Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 13
Views: 10822

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Discussion and Thanks

Thank you to everyone who made ACF Nationals happen this year. The other editors and I worked on the set for almost an entire year. All the time and heart we put into the set resulted in a product that I am immensely proud of. Here I'd like to shout out the people who made that possible. First, my ...
by TaylorH
Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 55906

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

Serpentine284 wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:03 am For the Hans Holbein the Younger tossup in finals, what painting is the third line cluing? I've been looking through all of Holbein's portraits and I can't seem to find one with a green tapestry decorated with griffins.
One of the portraits of Erasmus. The one in profile in which he is writing.
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 55906

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

I really did not like the Ottonian art tossup. Medieval, Western European art is essentially a 500+ year progression of minor developments of the exact same motifs, and I don’t think this tossup did much to rule out the periods on either side of the Ottonian era. “A cross shaped artwork with a cru ...
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 55906

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Specific Question Discussion

The rest of these thoughts will be in roughly the order of what I heard/noted at the time. By the end of the first round, I had already made a note wondering why Indonesia had come up more than once. I can’t actually see from my notes where the second Indonesia mention is besides the bonus part e ...
by TaylorH
Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Famous People who played Quizbowl
Replies: 24
Views: 41961

Re: Famous People who played Quizbowl

Current St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and MLB All-Star Paul DeJong played some high school quizbowl for Antioch in Illinois in the early 2010s. I think we played the same Masonic Sectionals at some point but never against each other. Paul's younger brother Matt played QB for UF from 2013-2017. I ...
by TaylorH
Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: On Cinema at the Buzzer (side event, summer 2023)
Replies: 6
Views: 3614

Re: On Cinema at the Buzzer (side event, summer 2023)

Sounds fun, but what is this set's position on whether Star Trek 2 or Star Trek 4 was set in San Francisco?
by TaylorH
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
Replies: 21
Views: 6294

Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments

I was able to power the Marcos family TU for an amusing reason. I recently watched the King of the Hill episode Luanne Virgin 2.0, in which Luanne undergoes a "revirginizing" ceremony, a popular practice among some Evangelicals. After seeing the episode, I was Googling a bit to see how prevalent ...
by TaylorH
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 19086

Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion

I liked this set a lot. Pretty much every question I knew anything about was engaging and approached things from a unique and memorable angle, and all the stuff I hadn't heard of made me want to learn more. For me, the humor and silly stuff largely landed, even if I was kicking myself at a few ...
by TaylorH
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:07 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 4061

2023 ACF Nationals Playtesting

The ACF Nationals 2023 editing team is seeking playtesters for the set. If you are out of school and feel that you can provide feedback on college nationals-level questions in any subject, we would love for you to help us out. Playtesting will take place weekly on a private Discord server beginning ...
by TaylorH
Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions
Replies: 1
Views: 3866

Re: 100 visual film questions and 20 Star Wars questions

These were read. Scores for the visual film: Scores 🥇 Ani P 220 (12/9/10) (1 no penalty buzz) 🥈 Erik Christensen [team notganon] 165 (11/6/12) 🥉 Lafer 140 (5/8/3) (2 no penalty buzzes) Ashwath Seetharaman 105 (3/7/2) (2 no penalty buzzes) Juliet 105 (4/5/1) James O. [Pitt] 55 (1/4/0) (1 no penalty bu ...