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I suffer from the "I'd be happy to write for this tournament, but I'd much rather play it" issue. Yeah, I enjoyed playing these packets so much (even in a super-informal reading over discord) that I'd be loathe to miss MM2 if we were able to hold a proper UK mirror, but if necessary, I sh...

Will the set be available to hold a UK mirror? After the very successful mirror of IL3, I am certain there will be the interest to play this too.

As much as I was looking forward to playing this, due to a change in plans beyond my control, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend after all. Apologies to any tentative teammates/opponents who were looking forward to witnessing the Mother Of All Negstorms.

Assuming I'm actually available for this, I'm a free agent. If you wanna be on a team with someone that refers to this tournament as "Maths Monstrosity", and will potentially neg >50% of the questions, hit me up.

Since only one Warwick person made the list, I'll controversially provide some flavour for everyone from Warwick that got votes: Ben Salter I like to (ambitiously) think I’m in the UK top 2 for maths and music, and can fraud science against teams that don't have a scientist. Unfortunately, I've gott...

Thanks Ophir for doing this! I wanted to add that I will be reading a so-called Music Mafia Tournament (MMT) immediately after tomorrow's reading of IL2, consisting of 30 powermarked vanity tossups ranging from the Baroque to the present day. The difficulty on these will range from around Nats-leve...

This sounds delicious. Would definitely play it if it gets mirrored in the UK.

This happened. It was great. After clearing the field in the prelims, Oxford A then lost to both Oxford B and Cambridge A, so that after 12 games we had 3 teams on 10/2. By virtue of their higher PPG, Oxford A got a ticket to the final, whilst Oxford B and Cambridge A had to have a play-in game to d...

George Corfield wrote:informal UK quizbowl FB chat

Ah, so this explains the hive mind we have

Hello! I am delighted to announce that the UK mirror of ACF Regionals 2017 will take place at the University of Warwick, on the 18th of February, 2017. The tournament will probably be held either in the Humanities or Social Sciences department, and registration will begin at 9:30 for a 10:00 start. ...

Though I managed to miss half of the tournament, I too found this very enjoyable. Aside from the odd dodgy question as mentioned in the other thread, I was relatively happy with the questions on the small number of things I know enough about to comment on. I particularly enjoyed the maths, which see...

Also I believe there was a repeat of Kanye or at least on things related to life of Pablo. Actually, this was a Briticisation error - the draft packets had (I believe) no mention of Kanye, so we changed the last part of the "Chance the Rapper" bonus to be on The Life of Pablo. Kanye then ...

I agree with much of what has been said here, and more. I should caveat this post by saying that several of my qualms may not have been present in the set that was sent to other sites. As per usual, we planned on Briticising the set, which meant we required the a draft of the set a few days before t...

So this happened, and despite a few fairly hefty logistical issues, it ran pretty well (much credit is due to the moderators, whose ability to remain calm and adapt to the less-than-ideal situation was admirable). Congratulations to Cambridge Catesby for clearing the field with style, and to Stanley...

I might be misremembering, but I think the bonus set on "The Wanderers" didn't have "Peredvizhniki" listed as an acceptable alternative (I'm fairly sure they're the same thing). Was this the case, or was it just moderator error?

Hello! I am delighted to announce the UK site of ACF Fall 2016 , to be held at The University of Warwick on Saturday, 5 November 2016 . ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. The tournament will be held in the ...

14.) Sophie Rudd (WAR) (174 pts, highest 10th, lowest 21st) I have never been able to get a grasp on when Sophie is likely to buzz, but she's definitely a really good jazz player. We're all just as clueless as you. I'm sure she won't mind me saying that she certainly has the best knowledge of "...

I’ve been busy for the past few weeks so haven’t had time to post about this, but I just want to take a moment to thank Eddie and the crew for putting together a polished, very enjoyable tournament. I think everyone at the UK site enjoyed it greatly, and it’s definitely the most fun I’ve had playing...

Could I see the tossup on integrating over time? Our opponents negged with "integration" fairly early and couldn't figure out the time part; I don't remember the exact wording but I'd like to make sure the first clue was uniquely identifying. I and at least one other person ended up doing...

Could I see the question on "Tristan" please? I may have just misheard the question, but the clues pertaining to the Turangalîla-Symphonie seemed like they could have also applied to Isolde.

So this happened, and ran pretty well (we were 20 minutes ahead of schedule before the finals - madness!) For the prelims, the teams split into two brackets of 8 and 7 teams. Both Oxford A and Cambridge C cleared their field in their respective brackets. In the afternoon, a few surprise results nece...

This piece shares its key and genre with Alban Berg’s Op. 1. For 10 points each: [10] Name this 1853 piano piece whose four interconnected sections serve as both an exposition, development, recapitulation, and as the movements of a symphony. ANSWER: Piano Sonata in B minor [DONT READ THIS OUT LOUD ...

Could I see the "Sonata in B minor" bonus set please?

The algebraic connectivity of a graph can be found by calculating one of these for the graph Laplacian. One algorithm for finding these things in big O of n-squared involves iteratively factoring an input into an orthogonal and triangular component. A condition for all of them to have negative real...

If I recall correctly, there were 2 bonus sets on fluid dynamics, both of which used "incompressibility" as an answer line. I suppose this isn't necessarily wrong on principle, but it did strike me as somewhat strange. On an unrelated note, would it be possible to see the tossup on _eigenv...

Hello! I am pleased to announce the UK site of ACF Fall 2015, to be held at the University of Warwick on Saturday, 7 November 2015 . ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. The tournament will most likely be hel...