I agree. Looking forward to it!
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- Tue May 26, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6046
- Tue May 26, 2020 10:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6046
Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
What is the status of this?
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324526
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#6 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July vs. #11 Chief Keef (ft. Lil Reese) - I Don’t Like
I don't really feel like/have the time to sift thru the rest of these, but I gotta do this for my boy Chief Keef.
I don't really feel like/have the time to sift thru the rest of these, but I gotta do this for my boy Chief Keef.
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Henderson Invitational VI, West Chester, PA (11/23/2019)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 26206
Re: Henderson Invitational VI, West Chester, PA (11/23/2019)
Final Field Update: School/Buzzers/Mods Great Valley 6/3/1 Manheim TWP 3/0/0 Downingtown E 3/1/0 Cedar Crest 2/2/1 Penn Manor 1/3/0 PALCS 2/1/0 Lancaster Men 1/2/0 WC Rustin 1/0/0 Emmaus 2/2/0 Camp Hill 1/1/0 Friends Select 3/3/1 Trinity HS 2/1/0 Hempfield 1/2/0 Ranney HS NJ 1/0/0 Oxford 2/0/0 Pope ...
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:24 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Middle school NASAT type thingy bob.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4088
Re: Middle school NASAT type thingy bob.
Conor's probably right about the lack of interest. IIRC, NASAT's breakeven point was with more teams than that, though it did necessitate the creation of a separate set, which might not have to be the case here. I would think that most states do not have enough of a developed MS circuit to the point...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6046
Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
This sounds incredible!
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15269
Re: 2018-19 Players Choice Awards
What were the details behind the "Lil Wayne" wrong answer? 11. This artist recorded the first LP to sell one million copies; that album by this man features seven songs written at least in part by Lord Burgess and concludes with a song that asserts “ever since the world began / woman was ...
- Wed May 29, 2019 2:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Let's Remember Some Guys II: Let's Remember Some More Guys (HSNCT)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14913
Re: Let's Remember Some Guys II: Let's Remember Some More Guys (HSNCT)
Can this happen at NSC?
- Wed May 29, 2019 2:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6863
Re: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel
That's definitely not true. I think anyone with a reasonable interest in high school quizbowl has heard of your school. Not that that should even matter though.
- Mon May 13, 2019 10:54 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Vulching
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24146
Re: Vulching
Another solution would be to develop clear non-verbal communication standards (buzzer up, sideways or down, maybe?) I feel like trying to make this distinction might make things more complicated, in that it might not be clear what position someone is in, they might be lazily doing it, etc. Also, tr...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2994
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Cool to see the results. I was literally about to bump this thread earlier today.
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2018-19: Is Happening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24004
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2994
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Top Songs: 1. Ric Flair Drip 2. Sad! 3. Sky Walker 4. Lucid Dreams 5. Plug Walk 6. Plain Jane 7. All the Stars 8. Bodak Yellow 9. Drip Too Hard 10. Mi Gente 11. Havana 12. Feel It Still 13. Nice for What 14. Yes Indeed 15. In My Feelings Worst Songs: 1. In My Blood 2. How Long 3. Mo Bamba 4. God is ...
- Sat Dec 08, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MTHS Academic Challenge (Lancaster, PA) 12/15/18
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3813
Re: MTHS Academic Challenge (Lancaster, PA) 12/15/18
I am available to staff this.
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14031
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
There were definitely some packet feng shui issues. I was surprised by the number of repeats within the same packet itself, which have the potential to affect gameplay. I don't remember the packet, but Arabic came up as a bonus part answerline within 1 or 2 cycles of it being included as a tossup an...
- Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 170377
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Please stop using Neg5 as a substitute for more stable stats (SQBS) at your tournaments. This post outlines the current problems with using Neg5 quite well: In general, neg5 has two major issues: first, that oftentimes people forget to save the rounds stats, which are subsequently lost to the sands...
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
- Replies: 23
- Views: 24157
Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
I am available to staff if necessary.
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open summer practices at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2208
Re: Open summer practices at the University of Colorado Boul
I'm in the area this week and next, is it still every Wednesday?
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3749
Re: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
All stats are now up on hsquizbowl, and will be sent to NAQT shortly. Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/playoffs/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5054/stats/combined/ Thanks again to ...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:03 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3749
Re: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
Congratulations to Great Valley A for clearing the field to the win the 2018 Warrior Classic! We had 18 teams come out, and the teams were grouped into 3 brackets of 6. After lunch, the teams were rebracketed into 3 groups of 6, with the one morning result carrying over. The top bracket finished as ...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:07 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Warrior Classic MS Tournament at Henderson (4/7/18)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3749
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11903
Re: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
I played this last year and would like to play it again. I'll be at SSNCT and HSNCT this year, the HSNCT side event schedule seems somewhat crowded, so I too would be interested in a possible SSNCT mirror.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11974
Re: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018
To reiterate before saying anything else, any opinions here are solely my own, and have nothing to do with the Harvard team. First, to Sam, I do think you're being a little unfair with regard to Neg5. I remember using paper scoresheets for years before Neg5, and there was just a great a chance with...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF and Powers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9235
Re: ACF and Powers
And ACF Nationals not having powers makes it fairer for ACF Regionals and ACF Fall not to have powers in order to give players the same kind of questions to practice on. How is the question any different? The only difference between the two is that one is powermarked, but given the text is the exac...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It's been real.
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10036
Re: Managing Tournament Staff
I didn't think about this until I saw the fantastic schedule that Sarang made (with some input from Ophir) for the Maryland site of 2017 ACF Fall, which is here attached. 2017 ACF Fall schedule.pdf There's an incredible wealth of information contained in this schedule for players and staff alike: w...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Managing Tournament Staff
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10036
Re: Managing Tournament Staff
As an addendum to spreading out teams from a single school, in the event that you need to put multiple teams from a school together in a prelim pool, they should play earlier rather than later. What problem does this minimise? Just curious. The possibility of teams throwing a match or allowing the ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23522
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
I think ACF should consider sending out a survey (either this year, or with next year's regs if logistics prohibit doing it this year) to see what the teams actually think, since generally, the people with the strongest opinions either way are gonna be the ones drafting long forum posts. Before mak...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23522
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals detailed stats
No offense, but what did you expect? I'm also on a relatively weak team, but we ended up getting a lot out of the experience. Sure, it was exhausting. Sure, we got our asses kicked by stronger teams. Sure, we had to slog through hard lead-ins. However, that's the whole point of playing above your d...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
Probably Mr. Brightside
tbh I like Somebody Told Me more
tbh I like Somebody Told Me more
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 SCT general discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1911
Re: 2018 SCT general discussion
I don't have the set in front of me right now, but IIRC confirmation bias was the answer to a bonus part in packet 2, and then packet 3 had a 3-part bonus on biases that contained stuff about confirmation bias.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
Hey Ya!
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Kind of a tough matchup here, but Crazy gets my vote. It's fun to listen to, and Cee-Lo has a pretty distinct voice that works well with the song. Had this been Boulevard of Broken Dreams, that might have flipped the matchup fo...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE VOTE CLOSES IN NINE HOURS: Best Song of the 20
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. ...
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Stuck Be...
- Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks Ignition (Remix) b...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy 44 , Machine Gun 2 Wake Me Up When September 36 , Beautiful 10 Mr. Brightside 35 , SOS 11 Since U Been Gone 33 , Chop Suey! 13 Jesus Walks 36 , Clocks 9 Wake Up 39 , Danger! High Voltage 7 Toxic 36 , The Rat 8 Get Ur Freak On 31 , Chasing Pavements 14 Wow, none of these were even remotely clo...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake Up - A...
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Ok, for some time there Love Story was literally the only Taylor Swift song I liked. But like it I did, very very much. Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Upon listening to about a minute of Dashboard, my min...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
I made a Spotify playlist with all of the songs for Round 0 Part 2. Link is here. https://open.spotify.com/user/rickyvanw ... yiSpyK6OWL
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 155270
Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
Little Lion Man – Mumford and Suns vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson 1234 – Feist vs. Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) – !!! vs. Do...
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6017
Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
For now, stats are here: Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/playoffs/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4546/stats/combined/ Note that there a few minor errors in these stats, the correc...
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6017
Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Congratulations to Downingtown STEM for winning Henderson Invitational IV, defeating Manheim Township A 475-240 in the final. Wilmington Charter A defeated Princeton for third place, 310-305. All playoff teams played a one-game crossover to determine final placement. 1. Downingtown STEM 2. Manheim T...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A, B, C teams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8869
Re: A, B, C teams
While I don't know why any teams actually want to do this, it only causes problems when rosters aren't used/carefully scrutinized or whatnot and it leads to improper seeding. However, at the middle school level, I have seen more of a tendency in my area with the 8th graders on A, 7th on B, etc., whi...
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6017
Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
Good news! We have expanded the field to 30 teams. The current field (as of 11/6/17) is: Registered Teams: (teams/buzzers/moderators) Great Valley (4/2/1) Manheim Township (4/0/0) Princeton (NJ) (2/1/0) Friends Select (3/2/0) Wilmington Charter (DE) (2/3/0) Downingtown East (2/0/0) Cedar Crest (2/2/...
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4129
Re: PB 2017: General Discussion
Overall, I had an enjoyable time playing the set. I knew going in that the questions would be challenging, so I expected to struggle as I'm not that good of a player. However, I feel like, after packet 9 or so, the tossups as a whole became much more difficult. I noticed, in our last few rounds, a l...
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bracketing question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5876
Re: Bracketing question
I'd love to be able to stay with this format of 6 team pools, but with seven pools of six, one team that wins a pool will not get the chance to play for the title, and I hate that. What I'm thinking is that I take the top five teams automatically by taking each pool's winners and comparing either P...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6017
Re: Henderson Invitational IV, West Chester, PA (11/18/17)
We will update once we have heard back from PACE, in past years, it has been Gold certified.monty wrote:What PACE qualifier level is this tournament?
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (10/7/17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7126
Re: Columbia Fall @ Columbia University (8/7/17)
The date in the title is showing tomorrow's date.
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26332
Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
Can confirm, horrible book, probably the worst I've had to read for school. It's really long and slow-moving.gettysburg11 wrote:
Great Expectations, on the other hand, is not so great.