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by rahulkeyal
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 13
Views: 3747

Re: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)

halle wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:30 pm Has there been any confirmation of which side events are happening, and, if so, anywhere to figure out team formation for them?
I'd also appreciate info on this!
by rahulkeyal
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 13
Views: 3747

Re: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)

Will add another vote for TELEOLOGY!
by rahulkeyal
Fri May 05, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: JAVA 2022: JAVASCRIPT
Replies: 13
Views: 4859

Re: JAVA 2022: JAVASCRIPT

How many packets are there, and what's the general plan for the tournament's timing? I'm planning on (and looking forward to) playing, but I'd like to know in advance how strict I'll have to be with my scheduling to make it work. I asked on Discord as well, but it would be great to receive some inf...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 8103

Re: 2023 ACF Regionals Discussion

I edited Painting/Sculpture and American Literature for this year's Regionals. I hope folks enjoyed those categories, and the set as a whole! I'll be brief with comments on my approach, which I think is best illustrated by the questions in my categories. In the Painting/Sculpture, I continued the on...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Maryland Summer Open (July 23-24)
Replies: 17
Views: 6426

Re: 2022 Maryland Summer Open (July 23-24)

I'm not sure how popular my opinion is, but I figured I'd start the discussion of how long each Sunday event should be. Personally, I am more interested in playing all of LOGOMACHY than I am in playing 10 rounds of Ontario Hybrid, and would support shortening Hybrid in order to play more LOGOMACHY....
by rahulkeyal
Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results: Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1) Matt B - 70 (2/4/0) Young F - 25 (1/1/0) Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1) Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0) Richard L - 20 (1/1/1) Natan H - 15 (1/0/0) Rachel - 15 (1/0/0) Eli I - 10 (0/1/0) Mike B - 10 (1/0/1) Chandl...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:30 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

The second reading will start in an hour and a half - hope to see you there!
by rahulkeyal
Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:02 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

We had a great turnout for this! Here were the final standings: Jordan B - 110 (6/3/2) Matt J - 60 (2/2/0) Tim M - 45 (1/3/0) Tejas R - 40 (2/1/0) Tris C - 25 (2/0/1) Henry G - 25 (2/0/1) JinAh K - 25 (2/0/1) Grant P - 10 (1/0/1) Andrew W - 10 (1/0/1) Kevin Y - 10 (0/1/0) Benjamin M - 5 (0/1/1) I’ll...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:04 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

Reminder that this is happening later today! If you can't make it, fill out this form so we can find a good time for a second reading.
by rahulkeyal
Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:35 am
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]
Replies: 7
Views: 2519

20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

Hi all, I’m planning to read 30 tossups, roughly around ACF Nationals difficulty/length, on 20th/21st century literature this Sunday (3/6) at 5 PM ET in the main Quizbowl Discord. The questions were written by Caroline Mao, myself, Matthew Lehmann, and Vishwa Shanmugam for a side event that we event...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Winter Closed
Replies: 10
Views: 11767

Re: 2022 Winter Closed

Hi all, an update on the set: It pains me to say this, but due to various personal matters, I will be stepping down as head-editor for the set. Tim Morrison has graciously accepted to take over my responsibilities as head-editor and literature editor. Additionally, Kai Smith will no longer be editin...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Winter Closed
Replies: 10
Views: 11767

Re: 2022 Winter Closed

Thanks to all those who took the time to submit an application to write/edit for Winter Closed! We're excited to announce that the following members have joined our team: Editors: Justine French William Golden Hasna Karim Annabelle Yang Writers: Amogh Kulkarni (of Wayzata/UChicago) Chauncey Lo Dougl...
by rahulkeyal
Thu May 06, 2021 3:44 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 Winter Closed - Writer/Editor Applications
Replies: 3
Views: 3226

Re: 2022 Winter Closed - Writer/Editor Applications

Reminder that applications to write/edit for Winter Closed close in just over two weeks! We've already gotten a number of promising applications from writers, and are looking forward to receiving more applications, especially for editing! Also, note that we will be considering writer applications on...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:05 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
Replies: 51
Views: 49019

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)

I'll be moving to New York City in August to start work as a software engineer - looking forward to playing open tournaments and staffing events in the area!
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Discussion Thread
Replies: 5
Views: 3794

Re: 2021 ACF Nationals Qualifier Discussion Thread

To Will's point, I thought the variance at this tournament probably actually had some effects on the results just because of how pronounced the cross category variance was, even if everyone played the same set. Looking at the bonus where supersonic flow is the easy with no reasonably easy clues fol...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13506

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

Does NAQT have a policy on players staying unmuted throughout the match vs. only unmuting when answering questions? Some members of our club (who do not have major sources of background noise) would prefer the former because buzzing in the Buzzin.live client and then unmuting in the Zoom window can ...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Winter Closed
Replies: 10
Views: 11767

Re: 2022 Winter Closed

A few updates: Aidan Leahy has joined our team as a logistics coordinator! The set is at 23% completion as of today, and I'm quite pleased with how it's shaping up so far. Itamar has stepped down as co-head editor, and Tejas will be taking his place. In the coming weeks, we will be releasing an open...
by rahulkeyal
Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 Winter Closed
Replies: 10
Views: 11767

2022 Winter Closed

I’m excited to announce Winter Closed, a regionals-difficulty tournament that will be ready for mirrors starting Fall 2022. The tournament will be edited by Tim Morrison, Tejas Raje, Justine French, William Golden, Hasna Karim, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, Hari Parameswaran, Jonathen Settle, Jon Suh, and ...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Let's Forget About Guys (sports and games) (March 14, noon PDT)
Replies: 10
Views: 4861

Re: Let's Forget About Guys (sports and games) (March 2021, date poll)

I playtested this tournament, and highly recommend anyone who's on the fence about signing up to do so! As someone who's rarely interested in most quizbowl sports questions, I really enjoyed the diverse, entertaining, and often whimsical nature of content - I can't imagine someone not having a good ...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19265

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the tossups on "gaze" and "ringing a bell' (in drama)? For the former, I remember being a bit confused by the wording of the first line (particularly the inclusion of the title Sidelong Glance ) as it made me mentally rule out an answer like "gaze", but I may hav...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT West Coast Online Mirror hosted by Stanford
Replies: 3
Views: 3895

Re: LIT West Coast Online Mirror hosted by Stanford

Thank you to Natan and all the staffers for hosting an extremely well-run and enjoyable event! I'm looking forward to attending more events put on by Stanford.
by rahulkeyal
Sun Oct 18, 2020 2:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/17/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 3126

Re: 2020 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/17/2020)

Congratulations to UCSD A (Sathvik Kaliyur, Jack Kim, Raymond Song, and Sean Ye), who cleared the championship playoffs bracket 3-0 to place first. UCLA (Roland Gadbois, Jonathan Haimowitz, Michael Huang, Shreyank Kadadi, Wade Wong) took second and USC B (Kyle Ke, Junu Song, and Manasvi Vora) came i...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/17/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 3126

2020 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/17/2020)

I am pleased to announce that the California site of 2020 ACF Fall will be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, October 17, 2020. The tournament will take place virtually on Discord. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM PT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM PT. I will be the tournament director. Pl...
by rahulkeyal
Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: POLL - Cambridge Open Online (May 24th)
Replies: 20
Views: 4859

Re: POLL - Cambridge Open Online

naan/steak-holding toll wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:37 pm May 24th is winning so far! Will close the poll tomorrow.
Echoing Daniel's post in the CamO announcement thread, I would also be interested in this event being a two-day affair (presumably 23-24th) if there's sufficient staff and interest to accommodate the longer schedule.
by rahulkeyal
Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 9113

Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion

Here are some assorted thoughts on particular questions in the 9 rounds we played at Stanford. Apologies for the rather scatterbrained notes and extremely long post - hopefully at least some of these comments are useful in improving questions for future mirrors. Round 1: _globalization_: I recognize...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 60
Views: 6387

Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata

Deleuze showed up twice: in the Spinoza tossup and in the tossup on Schizophrenia which both seem reasonable. Unfortunately, the Spinoza tossup was written before the CO tossup on Ethics which mentioned the same clue or else I wouldn't have mentioned the Deleuze work. It's quite concerning to me th...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 60
Views: 6387

Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata

Deleuze showed up twice: in the Spinoza tossup and in the tossup on Schizophrenia which both seem reasonable. Unfortunately, the Spinoza tossup was written before the CO tossup on Ethics which mentioned the same clue or else I wouldn't have mentioned the Deleuze work. It's quite concerning to me th...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Division I SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 78
Views: 16698

Re: 2020 Division I SCT: specific question discussion

Minor error noticed while reading unused packets in practice: the answerline to packet 15, question 23 ("felons") contains a specific prompt instruction that refers to a phrase ("racial discrimination") that does not occur in the current version of the question in either DI or D...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 4673

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion

I'm very glad to see the positive reception to the set! All the editors worked very hard on their categories, and it's great to see their work recognized by the community. One of the major goals of ACF Fall is to train the game's up-and-coming editors and provide them a bridge to further editing opp...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall
Replies: 29
Views: 8462

Re: Abolish packet submission for ACF Fall

My understanding is that the majority of the set had to be written and edited in a month. This doesn't seem ideal and is caused by the packet submission model. I don't mean to discount the rest of your post, which I think raises a number of valuable points for consideration. However, I did want to ...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14551

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

[10] The ghee, or clarified butter, consumed by Agni is produced by these animals. As these animals are considered sacred, Hindus do not consume their meat. ANSWER: cows [or cattle; or bulls] I'm all for questions on ghee and cows coming up, but this feels like a bit of a waste of a myth bonus part...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 04, 2019 6:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14551

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

I feel like "ox" definitely should have been accepted for the cow tossup. I'm fairly sure that when I read the Odyssey, it referred to "ox-eyed Hera." This was the subject of a result-changing protest in a match at the HS mirror at U Chicago. Initially negged response of 'ox' wa...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:36 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 4673

Re: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion

The set has been posted. Once all the major errata, etc have been resolved, a final version of the set will be uploaded.
by rahulkeyal
Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 51
Views: 14551

ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata

Please discuss specific questions or any errata within this thread.
by rahulkeyal
Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 4673

ACF Fall 2019 Thanks and General Discussion

Welcome to the general discussion thread for ACF Fall 2019. I hope all of you enjoyed playing the tournament! Here is a breakdown of who edited what: Ganon Evans: CE/geography/pop culture/other Justin French: British literature, European literature, mythology Halle Friedman: painting/sculpture, visu...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at California-Berkeley 11/2/2019
Replies: 1
Views: 2860

Re: 2019 ACF Fall at California-Berkeley 11/2/2019

Thanks to all those who came out to compete in ACF Fall today! Berkeley B cleared the field with a single loss, earning the overall, UG, and DII titles. Full stats can be found here . Kudos to our staffers Jay Bhasin, Eric Chen, Nikhil Desai, Rohin Devanathan, Kevin Jiang, James Malouf, and John Xia...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at California-Berkeley (High School Mirror) 11/2/2019
Replies: 1
Views: 2645

Re: 2019 ACF Fall at California-Berkeley (High School Mirror) 11/2/2019

Thanks to everyone who came out and participated. After a double round robin, Escobar and Saratoga were tied 9-1 and played a one-game final, with Escobar taking home the 1st place trophy! Full stats can be found here.
by rahulkeyal
Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

I hope you all are looking forward to playing the tournament this weekend. A friendly reminder that ACF Fall 2019 will not be clear for public discussion until the end of Sunday (November 3rd), as there is mirror taking place on Sunday.
by rahulkeyal
Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall Playtesting
Replies: 0
Views: 5608

ACF Fall Playtesting

Throughout the next two weeks, we're planning on organizing some playtesting sessions for ACF Fall over Discord. If you're interested and not currently a student, please shoot me an email at [email protected], including your name and what categories you're interested in playtesting.

Thanks!
by rahulkeyal
Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

We are very excited to announce that, for the first time ever, there will be a mirror of ACF Fall in Asia, to be held at the Yale-NUS College in Singapore. More information can be found here.

As a reminder, today is also the +$25 deadline for half-packet submissions!
by rahulkeyal
Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Stanford (10/26)
Replies: 1
Views: 3249

Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Stanford (10/26)

This tournament has been postponed until October 26th due to the UC Berkeley campus' closure from power outages. As our room reservations have yet to be finalized, it is possible the tournament will be moved to Stanford. We apologize for any inconveniences this causes. EDIT: Due to an inability to r...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Stanford (10/26)
Replies: 1
Views: 3249

NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Stanford (10/26)

I am pleased to announce that Stanford will be hosting NAQT Collegiate Novice on October 26th, 2019. The tournament will be held in Old Union, and shall begin promptly at 10:00 AM. To sign up, please register here . You may also view the current field at this link. The fee structure will be as follo...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

The initial post has been updated with the list of submissions received by September 21st. We've also secured an additional site in the Northeast at RIT . Michigan's submission appears not to be in the list, despite our having received an email to the effect that it has been received. I assume we w...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

The initial post has been updated with the list of submissions received by September 21st. We've also secured an additional site in the Northeast at RIT.
by rahulkeyal
Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

Reminder that the first packet deadline is coming up this Saturday (at 11:59 PM PDT). If your team is required to write a packet but hasn't requested a half-packet distribution yet, I recommend doing so promptly.
by rahulkeyal
Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

I'm pleased to announce that we've secured high-school-only mirrors of ACF Fall at the University of California - Berkeley and University of Chicago!
by rahulkeyal
Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

Registration for 2019 ACF Fall has opened! We are still working to finalize sites in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern California, and the United Kingdom. What about New England? EDIT: Never mind, it's on the form. My bad, I've added Yale to the initial post. In addition, we've confirmed our Mid-Atlantic ...
by rahulkeyal
Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

Registration for 2019 ACF Fall has opened! We are still working to finalize sites in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern California, and the United Kingdom.
by rahulkeyal
Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
Replies: 21
Views: 17392

2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019

I am delighted to announce that the 2019 iteration of ACF Fall will take place on November 2, 2019 . The tournament will be edited by Ganon Evans, Justin French, Halle Friedman, Katherine Lei, Caroline Mao, Ben Miller, Tracy Mirkin, Clark Smith, and Kevin Yu. I, Rahul Keyal, will be overseeing set p...