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by AGoodMan
Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: How Much to Card
Replies: 3
Views: 3259

Re: How Much to Card

Definitely agree with Andrew here. This is why I personally don't find inheriting cards from other people to be very helpful, as cards tend to be most useful as a retention tool (i.e. not the "learning" tool) for facts that I had already learned to some degree via reading and taking notes....
by AGoodMan
Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Maryland Summer Open (July 22-23)
Replies: 10
Views: 3573

Re: 2023 Maryland Summer Open (July 22-23)

Random, but if anyone is driving up to UMD from within DC tomorrow for Jordan’s side event, could I hitch a ride with them? I’m also willing to split Ubers.
by AGoodMan
Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
Topic: The Last 1023 Years Were Boring Anyway (Pre-1000 History) - Poll
Replies: 3
Views: 3139

Re: The Last 1023 Years Were Boring Anyway (Pre-1000 History) - Poll

Restitutor27 wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:03 am Will read on Tuesday 18th July, no change to time. Let me know if you want to play and can't make it
I think I'll be about 30 minutes late but would like to play. Is there a Discord channel for it?
by AGoodMan
Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Best Debut Performances?
Replies: 18
Views: 8135

Re: Best Debut Performances?

Luke Minton's debut HSNCT performance in his senior year (2016) should be up there. I really think he could have been an elite player if he cared about quiz bowl even a little bit.
by AGoodMan
Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:47 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
Replies: 15
Views: 9030

Re: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever

If we treat "skill as a three- or four-dot player while still in high school" as a metric something like "most able to scale to arbitrarily high difficulties," Tommy Casalaspi was obviously on a different plane than everyone else when it came to reading, writing, and buzzing on ...
by AGoodMan
Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
Replies: 16
Views: 2149

Re: Specific Questions

I acknowledge that the Jacob/Esau kiss is difficult to isolate given the scriptural reference, but I would have to disagree about the Deuteronomy clue. Moses having received the kiss of God at the moment of his death is reasonably well known and seemed suitable for a late power clue. Google searchi...
by AGoodMan
Wed Mar 16, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
Replies: 16
Views: 2149

Re: Specific Questions

The philosophy tossups in this set felt consistently hard to power. I felt this way about some of the history tossups, but I am careful to bring it up as I'm by no means a very competitive history player at this difficulty level (especially compared to the level of knowledge that JinAh has in philo...
by AGoodMan
Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
Replies: 16
Views: 2149

Re: Specific Questions

Can I see the Koreans (Christianity) bonus? First, I thought the Vineyard movement part was worded confusingly (something about the Vineyard movement influencing the vast majority of Korean American Christians? This really threw me off as that has, experientially, not really been the case for me or...
by AGoodMan
Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open 2021 - Specific Questions
Replies: 16
Views: 2149

Re: Specific Questions

Can I see the Koreans (Christianity) bonus? First, I thought the Vineyard movement part was worded confusingly (something about the Vineyard movement influencing the vast majority of Korean American Christians? This really threw me off as that has, experientially, not really been the case for me or ...
by AGoodMan
Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:39 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 6295

Re: 2021 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

I just saw the Bahai tossup, which says The book The Dawn-Breakers describes this religion’s eighteen "Letters of the Living." I must admit much of my Bahai knowledge comes from Wikipedia, but it seems like the Letters of the Living refer to the first 18 followers of the Bab, whose religio...
by AGoodMan
Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open (open to mirrors starting 11/13/2021)
Replies: 14
Views: 11665

Re: Illinois Open (open to mirrors starting 11/13/2021)

I recognize that it's pretty hard to schedule mirrors this semester due to covid , but with mirrors starting in around 5 weeks, do you know if other mirrors are getting scheduled (selfishly, a northeast mirror in particular)? Wanted to bump this, as I wouldn't mind traveling to play this with frien...
by AGoodMan
Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best sets from the past couple years?
Replies: 5
Views: 2453

Re: Best sets from the past couple years?

Off the top of my head, without having done serious research, these sets come to mind: High school : 2015 CALI 2016 PACE NSC 2019 BLAST 2018 ACF Fall 2019 ACF Fall College : 2016 Terrapin 2017 ACF Regionals I wouldn't consider myself competitive at the upper level of the collegiate canon, so I can't...
by AGoodMan
Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Penn Bowl: Playtest Discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 400

Re: Playtest Discussion

I missed this during the initial look-through of questions, but I think the original sin TU mentions near FTP that baptism gets rids of original sin. This is to my knowledge primarily a Catholic doctrine not universally shared by other streams of Christianity. I would suggest 1) caveating the clue a...
by AGoodMan
Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7513

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

4. Seth Teitler is just such a calm, steady presence. You know like how in Star Trek V, Spock's half-brother can like put a hand on someone's shoulder and calm them down? That's what Seth does on teams. I have to echo this comment about Seth. I've played only one tournament with him, when we were b...
by AGoodMan
Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:24 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
Replies: 51
Views: 49016

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

I'm moving to DC in May to start full-time work and plan on playing open tournaments and staffing events in the area.
by AGoodMan
Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 18
Views: 1954

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

First, I want to thank all the editors and (especially) the new writers for creating a very enjoyable set! I think overall, I had a better experience on this year's edition than last year. I also really appreciate the passion and the workrate of the new writers, which should not be glossed over. I b...
by AGoodMan
Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19264

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I don't think it's right to call "Arirang" the "Korean national anthem" -- there is no unified Korean government and neither North or South Korea's official national anthem is "Arirang." My understanding is that the song is of similar stature to "Lift Every Voice a...
by AGoodMan
Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:58 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Few questions on how to study for quizbowl
Replies: 5
Views: 6315

Re: Few questions on how to study for quizbowl

1. What is the best way to study for HSNCT, NHBB Nats and other hard high school tournaments? I am having a hard time right now. I would do a good amount of packet reading + find some way of collecting and retaining information. Perhaps start at HS regular difficulty (WHAQ, CALI, etc.) and then rea...
by AGoodMan
Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:15 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
Replies: 27
Views: 12253

Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)

Kouign Amann wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:12 pm so you’re telling us that a guy named moses did most of the work but couldn’t quite see the job through to the end?

hmm
So far he has not struck me with his rod twice in anger.
by AGoodMan
Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:54 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)
Replies: 27
Views: 12253

Re: JaMES: How well do you know your Bible? (Summer 2020)

Cheynem wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:34 pm Will it take longer for this set to be produced than it took for the Israelites to make it through the wilderness?

(This is intended as humor--I am more interested in playing the set in a summer anyway.)
Basically, Moses did his share and I am being lazy and experiencing writer burnout.
by AGoodMan
Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19264

Re: Specific Question Discussion

The only question I remember not liking was the tossup on Tlön, because the way it played it out in all instances I was aware involved early recognition of what story was being described (since there's a limited pool of details from which the question could draw), followed by a testing of the playe...
by AGoodMan
Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata
Replies: 21
Views: 3135

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Errata

Round 13 wrote: 4. ... Leaders who retired to monasteries during this period engaged in “cloistered rule”.
ANSWER: Heian <BM, World History>
This clue is not uniquely identifying, as emperors abdicated and became cloistered all the way until the 1600s.
by AGoodMan
Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Statement on Stony Brook Quiz Bowl
Replies: 6
Views: 3914

Re: A Statement on Stony Brook Quiz Bowl

This was very mature of you to post, and I'm sure the people who underwent negative experiences appreciate this statement, but I hope you're not too hard on yourself. Reading this as an unrelated 3rd-party, you were much more responsive and levelheaded than many other people in similar situations i...
by AGoodMan
Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: COOT 2021
Replies: 10
Views: 5268

Re: COOT 2021

Will the set have powers?
by AGoodMan
Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Replies: 35
Views: 11417

Re: 2019-20 Groger Ranks Player Poll

People shouldn't sleep on Raymond Wang from Ithaca; he's especially killer on literature as I remember from our HFT mirror . Basil Sousonis is also very, very good from personal observation at HFT . I reckon he's top 30. I've never seen Uni Lab play, but the fact that not one, but two high schoolers...
by AGoodMan
Wed May 27, 2020 7:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 9113

Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion

I am kind of late to this because I forgot discussion forums were a thing, but I have a few thoughts about some of the questions. I mentioned this to Jacob already, but I really enjoyed the water and peace religion tossups. Early clues of both asked about very popular hymns that I don't think quiz b...
by AGoodMan
Tue May 12, 2020 1:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Postseason poll
Replies: 7
Views: 4537

Re: Postseason poll

Harvard A While Harvard's teams have changed roster many times this year, I'd like to think Harvard's "real" A team would have either been: Jason Golfinos / Michael Yue / Thomas Gioia / Kelvin Li (which was the EFT team ), or sub out Thomas for Laurence Li or Ricky Li. Kelvin is one of th...
by AGoodMan
Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BoPSS: Score Clues for Pop Music
Replies: 1
Views: 1312

BoPSS: Score Clues for Pop Music

After being inspired by my inimitable friend Michael Yue and his score clue parsing prowess, I'm excited to announce BoPSS , or Buzz on Popular Song Scores . The packet aims to be something similar to what Michael wrote for the Internet Charity Tournament, but for "pop" music as defined br...
by AGoodMan
Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT XIV Available for Mirrors (2019-20)
Replies: 2
Views: 8452

Re: HFT XIV Available for Mirrors (2019-20)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all remaining physical mirrors of the set have been cancelled. Instead, we are hosting a closed Discord mirror on May 23, the original planned date of HSNCT. Teams who were planning on playing the set are encouraged to register.
by AGoodMan
Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QBWiki Addition Suggestions
Replies: 48
Views: 21075

Re: QBWiki Addition Suggestions

I tried to look into this awhile back and talked with Jonah about it, but is it possible to add citation templates like in Wikipedia? By this I mean when you edit Wikipedia, you can add sources and format them in a specific manner, which will show up in a References or Citations section toward the b...
by AGoodMan
Sun Mar 01, 2020 6:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I liked the Ideal Gas constant tossup in this set (can I see it?). More of the science in this set felt like you had to have experience in the field in order to get that question early in (à la the time question), which I really liked in comparison to previous sets I've played. 9. Before the 2019 S...
by AGoodMan
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:34 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

Can I see the Michael I Romanov tossup?
by AGoodMan
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:29 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

This tossup provides another piece of evidence why the 2-second rule really isn't compatible with the clues NAQT is often using: In one poem, a husband of Hrodr who is said to be this god's father catches two whales before cutting a fishing line baited with an ox's head. This clue was very hard to ...
by AGoodMan
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
Replies: 38
Views: 6383

Re: 2020 SCT general discussion

Relatively minor, but there was one round with three straight Russia-related tossups: Red Square, Sholokhov, and Michael I.
by AGoodMan
Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:47 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

Can I see the exact wording of the "wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia" bonus part? From what I heard, the question said something along the lines of " During this event, Caeneus died..." I answered with Centauromachy, which was neither accepted or prompted. If the question actu...
by AGoodMan
Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25362

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

I was very sad to realize that I did not get to play the Joseon tossup. The leadin to the tossup says: 1. An admiral of this kingdom was said to have tightened iron ropes between enemy fleet groups during a battle that he had prepared his soldiers for by saying that “those who seek death shall live;...
by AGoodMan
Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25362

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

Could you please post the question on "healing"? Aside from the eyeroll-y content, I wasn't able to deduce from the question until quite late that it didn't want some much more specific answer. I would very much like to second this request. I think one of the earlier clues mentioned 1 Cor...
by AGoodMan
Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:56 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
Replies: 12
Views: 10485

Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season) - Call for Editors

ganman0305 wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:55 pm and Sean Philips is editing Trash and Law. We still need editors for the following subjects:
Out of curiosity, what does this mean?
by AGoodMan
Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament @ MSU (11/23)
Replies: 3
Views: 5029

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament @ MSU (11/23)

Thank you to everyone who played HFT at MSU! We hope you enjoyed the set. A private discussion forum for the set has been created; please considering leaving feedback there, as it helps us improve the set. To join, please click on your Username -> User Control Panel -> Usergroups and then request to...
by AGoodMan
Thu Nov 14, 2019 1:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

When I was moderating, I had to stare at this bonus part and figure out that you were saying Greece was fighting for its independence from this country. This is another reason why last minute should be avoided and playtesting is an unambiguous good! Asking moderators to figure out your grammar for ...
by AGoodMan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Difficulty Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 476

Re: Difficulty Discussion

This could just be me, but one of the moderators we brought agreed with me that bonus turnover seemed lower than at other tournaments we've played. Hopefully the bonus conversion was in-line with a regs+ difficulty set - the numbers we saw from Triton Fall were roughly what we were expecting from a...
by AGoodMan
Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Hello, this is my first time in a discussion group, so apologies if I'm not up-to-date on standard etiquette and procedure for these things. I'd like to preface my questions by simply saying that I had a great time on HFT this year and my teammates all thought it was pretty fun and mostly fair. Tha...
by AGoodMan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Triton Fall @ UCSD [11-9-2019]
Replies: 3
Views: 3062

Re: Triton Fall @ UCSD [11-9-2019]

Thank you to everyone who played HFT at Triton Fall! We hope you had an enjoyable experience. A private discussion forum for the set has been created. To join, click on your Username (top-right hand corner of the page) -> User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> request to join 2019 HFT Discussion. We wi...
by AGoodMan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Difficulty Discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 476

Difficulty Discussion

Please discuss the difficulty of the set here. In particular, discuss the consistency and selection of 1) general difficulty 2) answerline difficulty 3) bonus difficulty. All feedback is welcome.
by AGoodMan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Re: Specific Question Discussion

In terms of question variety, we tried to deliver a healthy mix of canonical answerlines and more "experimental" ones, all the while keeping accessibility in mind. In terms of history, for which I wrote the majority of the questions, answerlines like "ships" (World history), &quo...
by AGoodMan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 699

Re: General Set Discussion

This is my second and (probably) last time head editing HFT. I wrote the majority of history and religion, along with a good deal of visual art and mythology. I also wrote a few questions in literature, science, and social science (In total, I wrote about 30% of the set). Michael Yue wrote much of t...
by AGoodMan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 2599

Specific Question Discussion

Please discuss specific questions here. Requests for the text of questions, and compliments/complaints/comments about specific questions should go here.
by AGoodMan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General Set Discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 699

General Set Discussion

Similar to years before, please discuss the overall quality of the set here, such as overarching successes/problems. Difficulty and specific question discussion should go in their corresponding threads.
by AGoodMan
Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: How do you put Quiz Bowl on a resume?
Replies: 9
Views: 8570

Re: How do you put Quiz Bowl on a resume?

I think you can tailor your quiz bowl experience to the job you want to apply to. For example, I'm mostly looking at management consulting jobs right now, so the advice I got from Career Services was to highlight the work I've done by using numbers and data (this advice goes for anything on your res...