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- Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:50 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Songwriter Packet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 893
Re: Songwriter Packet
I notice the packet hasn't been available yet. Any chance of another mirror, or even a reading?
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9899
Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
Yes, thanks for running a challenging, fun tournament. Hope you will do it again in the not-too-distant future. Checked some match results for those Bookbinder guys... wow.
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: 25 toss ups and five visual packets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1394
Re: 25 toss ups and five visual packets
Is there a Discord link to this?
- Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror Poll
- Replies: 2
- Views: 733
Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror Poll
Looks like there's a clear winner. How soon can we sign up?
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:14 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: WORKSHOP Discord playtest session
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1369
Re: WORKSHOP Discord playtest session
What time is the start? Will the same invite work?
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Nittany Lion Novice V @ Penn State (10/12/2019)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4809
Re: Nittany Lion Novice V @ Penn State (10/12/2019)
Wow. This is a very impressive collection of newer teams. Well done and best of luck to you all!
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (SEE NEW POLL) The Unanswered Question Online Mirror Date Poll
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1858
Re: The Unanswered Question Online Mirror Date Poll
This is a great set. Play it.
- Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUSES Online 8/18
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4598
Re: MUSES Online 8/18
2nd and last edit. Disregard previous post. We're good for 2 pm.
- Fri May 24, 2019 7:52 am
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11613
Re: Guerilla Imaginary Landscape
Thanks very much, Ophir. I've really loved the two IL's I've played. It's a blast to listen, I get some new pieces to listen to... what's not to like? Keep 'em coming.
- Thu May 23, 2019 5:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NYC Summer Open date poll
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10791
Re: NYC Summer Open date poll
Alex and I should be able to attend most weekends
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 8:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ILLIAC Online 5/4 (Small Field / Trad. Open Audience)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3284
Re: ILLIAC Online 5/4 (Small Field / Trad. Open Audience)
Any idea about ending time? How many rounds?
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14540
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
QB etiquette question: With these team formation spreadsheets... should you ask prospective team members first if you can join them, or do you simply assign yourself to open spots? I assumed the former but Alex thinks it's OK to assign yourself. What's the general rule? Also... what time of time of ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Groger Ranks 2018-19
- Replies: 45
- Views: 29916
Re: Groger Ranks 2018-19
I am very impressed. Grogers, Steven Liu... wow. The more that students use their intelligence and initiative to lead the charge within HS QB, the better.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PA Tournaments 2018-2019
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4303
Re: PA Tournaments 2018-2019
There will be no NHBB tournament in October. We'll see if we can set something for my area later in the year, but it's problematic.
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Reject - Discord Event
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2318
Re: Chicago Open Reject - Discord Event
Is there a sign up sheet?
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Boston Summer Open I
- Replies: 59
- Views: 21576
Re: Boston Summer Open I
I get why you withdrew the spreadsheet that included info about answer lines, but I don't see why the scores for IL can't be posted, along with the other side event scores.Considering Imaginary Landscape may not be clear, posting these stats is probably not the wisest decision.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Boston Summer Open I
- Replies: 59
- Views: 21576
Re: Boston Summer Open I
We had a great time. Thanks for running this.
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WORLDSTAR
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13833
Re: WORLDSTAR
So, the HSNCT sign up sheet for this still applies for the online version?
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PA NASAT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3136
Re: PA NASAT
Posted this on Facebook, but just in case, I thought I'd put here, too: Thank you to Fred Morlan and all of the writers & staffers who made 2018 NASAT happen. An even bigger thank you and hugs all around to the kids, parents, coaches and guest Skype readers who contributed to the Pennsylvania ef...
- Thu May 31, 2018 9:31 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 75612
Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
While this obviously won't cover everything, here is one concrete thing that can be done, going forward: At the beginning of each year, every quizbowl organization, tournament host, etc. can request that everyone who staffs an event undergo a criminal & child abuse background check and submit th...
- Sat May 19, 2018 5:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BEST I @ BHSEC Manhattan, New York, NY (5/19/18)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3386
Re: BEST I @ BHSEC Manhattan, New York, NY (5/19/18)
Many thanks to Bard for running this pre-Nats tournament and getting us out at an early hour.
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tourney List - '18 edition - Updatedx2
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17415
Re: 2x Check the HSQBRank Tournament List - '18 edition
Livingston March Madness
https://stats.neg5.org/t/Sy_ve2EdM/livi ... -standings
NAQT says TD hasn’t replied to clarification about a reported tie.
https://stats.neg5.org/t/Sy_ve2EdM/livi ... -standings
NAQT says TD hasn’t replied to clarification about a reported tie.
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 SSNCT Pre-Nats Discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19656
Re: 2018 SSNCT Pre-Nats Discussion
From one small school to all the other small schools: best of luck to you all!
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7229
Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
For me, if stats are available in one spot but not another, I'd want there to be some reason that you're asking beyond "I just want to see them in the other spot". If no stats are being posted at all, or this issue is affecting nationals qualifications, funding, writeups in the local pape...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:28 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7229
Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
Antrobus63 wrote: After a few more weeks with the stats still Pending on the official NAQT stats page, I wrote NAQT. They replied, "We are waiting for the hosts to correct errata." I wrote the TD again, who said: "We corrected all we could. We told them. Never heard back. Stats are on...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:15 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7229
Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
I have a stats-related tournament etiquette/procedure question. If a tournament host runs an NAQT tournament on Neg 5, is it their responsibility to get all of the stats uploaded to NAQT in a manner that's acceptable to NAQT? We were at a well-run tournament this year where the Neg 5 stats looked fi...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Battle of the Burgh XXI (3/24/18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3781
Re: Battle of the Burgh XXI (3/24/18)
I'm curious as to why teams will be charged an extra twenty dollars in order to receive a copy of the questions they are already paying to play. This seems highly unusual to me and I'm wondering why this policy is in place for this tournament. I agree, Ryan. I thought it was standard practice for t...
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: GLRAC @ CWRU (3/10/18)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3136
Re: GLRAC @ CWRU (3/10/18)
Allderdice kids! Several of you have been invited to try out for the PA NASAT team. We have not been able to reach you. Please contact us IMMEDIATELY at [email protected]!
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Entirely Real Landscapes online (April 1st)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3278
Re: Entirely Real Landscapes online
Please let us know when you make a final decision.
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/PA/CT/Surrounding Area Discussion '17/'18
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8510
Re: NY/NJ/PA/CT/Surrounding Area Discussion '17/'18
Any predictions before nationals? (Honestly, this is more me trying to get to know the landscape of the region this year after having been absent for so long) We've lost to Hunter with Luke and without... with you and without Luke... without either of you. So, yeah, you are the clear favorites! As ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23855
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Atlanta, May 26-27
We were asked, "If you would still like to make or change your session request, please use this link..."
What's the word on the balance between Saturday morning vs evening session at this point?
What's the word on the balance between Saturday morning vs evening session at this point?
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NASAT - Congratulations Illinois A!
- Replies: 57
- Views: 38067
Re: 2018 NASAT - 6/16-6/17
We're stoked.
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO [email protected] The Internet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8300
Re: WAO [email protected] The Internet
Hey Guys, thanks for holding it together with all the drops/switches. Where/when thar be stats?
- Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24807
Re: New NAQT Individual Player National Championship Tournam
I am withdrawing Alex from the IPNCT. I admit that I have several objections to the way the tournament was announced and the way it is set up but I might have been able to ignore all of these simply because I thought my kid had a chance to win. Not very noble. But Alex's senior schedule is already f...
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24807
Re: New NAQT Individual Player National Championship Tournam
Since NAQT is now running a national tournament for high schoolers on the Division II ICT set, it will obviously be difficult for future hosts to run their own tournaments using that set. With that in mind, is it possible that the SCT set ceases to share questions with the state championship IS set...
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Old Scobol Solo stats
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4679
Re: Old Scobol Solo stats
We played the 2015 NTSS set at East Brunswick a few years ago: it was very good and, towards the end, very vey hard. As far as I can recall, that's the only solo tournament we've had out East. Eric Wolfsburg, won it, of course. Stats:
http://neg5.org/t/EyxCdvDyMW/stats/team ... #EJzZ9D1MZ
http://neg5.org/t/EyxCdvDyMW/stats/team ... #EJzZ9D1MZ
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO [email protected] The Internet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8300
Re: WAO [email protected] The Internet
Before anyone else drops... should we start asking around? Most HS kids won't see this unless we prompt them.
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO [email protected] The Internet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8300
Re: WAO [email protected] The Internet
It looks like the rosters have changed a bit. That's OK... but when will I know what our share out the cost is and whom to pay it to?
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28832
Re: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
Still looking for a post from JHU about the 4/7 tournament. If we don't play the PA championship (and we probably won't because it's the same weekend as NHBB) we will be able to play #174 somewhere. That could be at JHU, depending on the logistics and the field. So... anything from JHU?
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 6:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7790
Re: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018
On the DC metro thread, I asked about the Johns Hopkins event on April 7. Jeff Hoppes of NAQT wrote: This event will use NAQT IS #174. Please note that this is the same set used at the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition later in April. Since this concerns teams in our state, I thought I'd post ...
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28832
Re: DC Metro 2017-2018 Date Claim Thread
Any word on the JHU tournament slated for April 7?
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: National Tournaments
- Topic: Announcement About the Future of NASAT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5632
Re: Announcement About the Future of NASAT
Good to hear, Fred, and hope you can pull it off this year. I know that you have a lot of experience and many contacts, so I am hopeful... but, frankly, I think that almost all of my fellow coaches have already given up on NASAT for 2018 and believe that I have been indulging in wishful thinking. We...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO [email protected] The Internet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8300
Re: WAO [email protected] The Internet
Sorry--didn't see this till now. Alex and I are busy with a family thing on the 4th but could play this Sunday afternoon... if that helps.
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New NAQT Individual Player NCT - April 15, Chicago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 24807
Re: New NAQT Individual Player National Championship Tournam
Now that there will be 64 players instead of the original 32, will that change the schedule in any way? I'm trying to figure out what time would be "safe" to schedule a departing flight on Sunday. I assume the other families will need to know as well.
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23855
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Registration open!
I'm not concerned about everybody clambering to get into the afternoon session. If it happens, great--you could simply cut off the migration once you get what you need--but unless NAQT offers people a tangible inducement, why would they move? I assume that the reason a lot of coaches picked the morn...
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:16 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23855
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Registration open!
That the sessions might be unbalanced was a worry that people expressed from that start. While I'm glad that NAQT is admitting the problem and is moving to address it now (sooner is certainly better than later) by dangling a carrot to get teams to switch brackets, wouldn't offering a financial induc...
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23855
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Registration open!
Coaches, I just received this e-mail from NAQT (I assume you did, too): "Thank you for indicating your session preference for the 2018 HSNCT! The current requests would make the morning session contain a significantly greater concentration of strong teams than the afternoon session. Therefore, ...
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GHOTI - Another Geo Side Event (Winter 2017/18?)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8793
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 NASAT: June 24-25 at the University of Kentucky
- Replies: 68
- Views: 53171
Re: 2017 NASAT: June 24-25 at the University of Kentucky
Yeah, we have a committee ready to go but won't proceed any further until we get a green light on the tournament itself. I understand that it may not happen this year but we'd like to know one way or the other. Certainty, even if its disappointment, is easier to live with than uncertainty.
- Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On the Predictive Value of HSQBRank + the Poll
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11944
Re: On the Predictive Value of HSQBRank + the Poll
I was taken to task on FB last year by a player who thought I didn't vote his team high enough, but I shared my reasoning with him... and we both survived the experience. I agree with Mr Schmidt on the need for an open ballot but I very much disagree with whichever player actually confronted him on...