Consider also that SCT is 22/22.Gene Harrogate wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:15 pm I do wonder though if this tournament might not be better served witha 22/22 distribution, to free up some space for more of the "other" NAQT asks about without making further demands on the art and thought.
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- Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:11 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3134
Re: Interest for an "NAQT-style" college housewrite
- Wed May 19, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4505
Re: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating
I understand that both HSNCT and PACE NSC are allowing spectators at their competitions. To my knowledge, both organizations also allow players to request that a specific spectator be removed from their matches. PACE does not have a policy allowing players or coaches to request that an individual b...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Trash Bowl Alabama
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6732
Re: TBA- Trash Bowl Alabama
What is the start time and approximately how long do you expect the tournament to last? The original post doesn't say.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6523
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals Invitational (1/30/2021)
I believe this is the super site referred to in this thread.
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: How to prepare for College Nationals
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3571
Re: How to prepare for College Nationals
To echo Chandler's post about mindset, I agree that your expectations about what Nats will be like play a big role in the type of experience you have at Nats. Some of this is having reasonable expectations for where you will finish, which is true at any tournament. At Nats in particular, another men...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:15 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: On HS Teams Without Coaches
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48772
Re: On HS Teams Without Coaches
For what it's worth, PACE has a page on its website about quizbowl basics that does include some resources for new coaches, which I'm linking here in the hope that it might help other new coaches who find themselves in the position you were in. http://www.pace-nsc.org/quizbowl-101/ However, I recogn...
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT ICT: CANCELED
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4623
Re: 2020 NAQT ICT: CANCELED
edit: post made in error
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Basic Steps Towards Quizbowl Professionalization for Tournaments: Cut the Acronyms and Pseudonyms
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4849
Re: Basic Steps Towards Quizbowl Professionalization for Tournaments: Cut the Acronyms and Pseudonyms
the forums are a great clearinghouse for tournament announcements for the community at large, but they should not constitute the main interface of interaction between us and the external tournament-seeking world. I agree with this sentiment. Both this year and last year, there was a new club in the...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9588
Re: Cross-Post: NAQT Timing Discussion
On a separate timing issue, I've been arguing for years that 11-minute halves (instead of the current ten) should be used for CC SCTs and CCCT. It would help ensure all rooms get to 20+ toss-ups, and would only add about about 26 minutes to the overall tournament length. I'll add that this would ad...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Nationals A-Values
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6856
Re: 2020 ACF Nationals A-Values
Is there a reason that the winners of the Florida and British Columbia sites are not listed as receiving an invitation to Nationals?Any team that wins an ACF Regionals tournament at which at least four total teams from at least two total schools are present will receive an automatic bid.
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 45834
Re: ICT format and seeding discussion
Is there any news as to what the size and format of the 2020 ICT will be (in either division)? What are the pros and cons of leaving Division II at 32 teams versus increasing the field to match that of Division I?
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5287
Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
Speaking to the discussion as a whole, I agree with the main points that Andrew makes in support of the current 3-part bonus system. While bouncebacks are more engaging as a player, from a competitive standpoint, rewarding the team converting the tossup by giving the bonus only to that team makes mo...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5287
Re: Should quizbowl reform the three-part bonus?
Give the middle bonus part to the team that lost the toss-up. I really don't like this idea. Putting aside the idea that the packet would now have to explicitly state which bonus part is the middle part, this means the team that converted the tossup would only get two bonus parts and, more importan...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8159
Re: 2020 NAQT SCT: February 8 - registration open
It seems to me that there is still a big gap geographically in the Mid-Atlantic by not having a site in either Virginia or North Carolina. Do you plan on adding another site to fill this gap?
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14825
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
From Packet L, Tossup 8 ANSWER: Mario Vargas Llosa (“YO-suh”) [or Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa ] From Packet O, Bonus 16 ANSWER: Federico García Lorca [prompt on García ] Similarly, I recall that in the past I've been prompted if I said "Márquez" for Gabriel García Márquez. Why are these...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6035
Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I would very much like to play this.
- Sun May 19, 2019 3:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11300
Re: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
In hindsight, I did ask a loaded question and I apologize.
- Sun May 19, 2019 1:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11300
Re: Women in Quizbowl Panel Discussion @ HSNCT Saturday Night
I'm not saying recording the discussion isn't a good idea, but don't you think this is more important than whatever side events are being run that night?
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help training a math player for quiz bowl
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7686
Re: Help training a math player for quiz bowl
I'll echo what was said above about Mathcounts. I did Mathcounts in middle school which helped a lot when it came to computational math in high school quiz bowl. You may want to look in particular at the countdown rounds in Mathcounts, because rather than being a written test like the other parts of...
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10515
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
In the logic bonus, I didn't appreciate the instruction to the moderator to ask whether the question should be repeated in the second part. This was just confusing. If you wanted to afford the players the opportunity to here the logic riddle again, then simply tell the moderator to repeat it rather ...
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
- Replies: 23
- Views: 24040
Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
Is there a private discussion forum for this set?
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 36833
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
This.CPiGuy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:41 pmIt's now been two weeks since the September 22 deadline, and the next deadline is today. A submitted packets update would be great.100% Clean Comedian Dan Nainan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:36 pm Can the list of submitted packets be updated please?
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 36833
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Also, links to the announcements of each mirror in the original post would be helpful.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SuMO IV: The Migration 6/30/18
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7854
Re: SuMO IV: The Migration 6/30/18
I notice that the original post includes neither a start time nor a registration fee. Could you please update this thread with that and any other important information? Thanks.
- Tue May 15, 2018 9:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20138
Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
I am now teaching at Southern Crescent Technical College in Thomaston, GA. I certainly plan to stay involved in quiz bowl and would be happy to staff high school and college tournaments in Georgia.
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2574
Re: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
Stats are posted here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/
Northern Michigan A went 7-3 to win a very competitive tournament. A good time was had by all.
Northern Michigan A went 7-3 to win a very competitive tournament. A good time was had by all.
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2574
FST at Michigan Tech (March 24)
Hello all! I am pleased to announce that Michigan Technological University will be hosting a mirror of the Florida Spring Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2018. We plan for check-in to begin at 8:30 am in Fisher Hall and for rounds to begin at 9:00. Please email me at cmbindas@mtu.edu to register o...
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Nationals?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2759
Nationals?
April is a long way off still, but it appears to me that no announcement has been made yet regarding the date or location of either national championship tournament this year. So I was just looking for some sort of update in this regard to help with planning in the spring semester. Thanks!
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:04 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: The overwhelming lack of knowledge for the initiate
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16378
Re: The overwhelming lack of knowledge for the initiate
If you're not sure where to begin as far as which subjects to study, just start learning what is interesting to you. It will be more fun if you learn more about topics that you already like. Keep in mind too that no one in quiz bowl is expected to know about all the areas of the distribution. Rather...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC going pyramidal?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19415
Re: NAC going pyramidal?
With regards to trying to get teams who only compete at NAC tournaments into good quizbowl, I'd like to share something we tried at VCU when I was there in 2015-16. Knowing that there were teams in Central and Southern Virginia that competed on Battle of the Brains each year, but who did not regular...
- Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2590
Re: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
So this tournament happened. Northern Michigan ran the table to take 1st place. Finlandia University did well in their first quizbowl tournament ever. A good time was had by all. Stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4085/stats/all_games/ Thank you to everyone for coming out!
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2590
Re: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
As reflected in the above announcement, the date of this event has been moved 2 weeks later due to some scheduling concerns with the original date. It is now on Saturday, April 1.
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
Teams which are awarded host autobids are given the benefit of the doubt because they were unable to play SCT and earn their bid. My problem with your suggestion regarding team-splitting is that it takes a bid away from a team that earned it. To avoid this problem, one must look at a fix prior to SC...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
Why can't NAQT just be like - Don't team split. If you do we know who you are and won't give your shitty B team an invitation. Obvious for Maryland this year, but for something like Michigan this year or in the past when Chicago had like 2-mid tier A teams it'd be harder to police. Yes it's subject...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17871
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Seconded. Though admittedly, I would prefer it with some Americanization.Cheynem wrote:Any way that this could get run at ICT?
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
There has been much discussion about this year's ICT invitations, and for good reason. But despite all the hubbub, I think there are a few simple things which are quite clear and which we can agree on. 1. Nothing can be done about this year's bids to ICT or the size of this year's ICT field. The inv...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
A random thought: would it be at all feasible to give any and all hosting bids in D2, with the expectation that teams get their newer players to staff SCT and must qualify their A team "at the buzzer"? I think there would be considerably less outcry about teams being bubbled out of D2 tha...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
*The UG auto-bid is only given out if there are a certain number of UG teams present and if a minimum D-value performance is reached. I also wonder if you accept an UG auto-bid, there should be a stricter requirement that your ICT team must be UG. I think this is already the case; there has to be a...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ICT bids
- Replies: 157
- Views: 81839
Re: 2017 ICT bids
I have to agree that reform to how automatic bids are issued and expansion of the field at ICT are both needed. There is no way that the 14th highest D-value should justifiably be left out of the field at ICT. I'd also like to point out something that I don't think has been brought up before, probab...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57677
Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
So after all that, I'm not defending us playing ICT, we had no right to be there. What I want to know is why NAQT is still giving hosts autobids instead forcing those teams to qualify? This is a valid question. It seems to me that the reason for host autobids is that it allows for teams who had to ...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57677
Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
I also wonder if it's worth loosening the criteria under which teams are no longer allowed to compete in Division 2. Obviously, the top high school players who routinely romp the top of the field each year shouldn't be allowed to come back and do it year after year. But should teams in the bottom h...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57677
Re: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017
I would also like to point out that this is not the first time a school has earned a bid to ICT by qualifying at an SCT site outside their normal region. In 2015, Aayush from Waterloo flew down to our site at UCF to play SCT and he qualified to DI ICT. Even though a school outside Florida qualified ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: What keeps you doing quizbowl?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15365
Re: Quizbowl?
1. What keeps you doing quizbowl? Rather, what keeps you going, even in the face, say, getting slaughtered in a game? I keep doing quizbowl the same reason I started doing quizbowl: I love the competition and learning random knowledge. But I also keep doing quizbowl because of all the people I've me...
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2590
Date Change: Delta Burke at Michigan Tech (4/1/17)
Hello all! I am pleased to announce that Michigan Technological University will be hosting a mirror of Delta Burke on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Check-in will take place in Fisher Hall, Room 326, and will begin at 8:30 am, with rounds to begin at 9:00. Please email me at cmbindas@mtu.edu to register o...
- Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 31198
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I will be attending Michigan Tech in the fall to start an MS in Mathematical Sciences. I do wish to remain involved in quiz bowl while at MTU.
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17683
Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
Maybe I just missed this in the original post, but when will this be played? I would be interested in playing this set.
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
- Replies: 122
- Views: 60810
Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
I would like to participate in any and all of the side events being held alongside this tournament. (I am a free agent for these events, but for some reason my computer won't let me add my name to the list in the spreadsheet.)
- Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
- Replies: 122
- Views: 60810
Re: VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
I may be late to the game on this, but I am interested in playing this mirror and I am looking for a team. I am a science, history, and geography player, and my strengths in those subjects are biology, US history, and US geography. I am also interested in playing any side events held that weekend. T...
- Fri May 15, 2015 11:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30072
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
I will be attending VCU in the fall to pursue an MS in Forensic Science and I am certainly interested in playing quiz bowl there.
- Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
- Replies: 89
- Views: 64388
Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre
We definitely got some bonus points in that game. I seem to remember the scorekeeper saying the final score was 210-0.MLafer wrote:
One thing that was noticed last night was in UCF's game against UCLA, it shows UCF getting 11 tossups with 0 bonus points which seems unlikely.