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by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Fri Nov 10, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: A, B, C teams
Replies: 13
Views: 8770

Re: A, B, C teams

Minnesota A did beat Minnesota B at acf fall tho...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2016-2017
Replies: 101
Views: 60064

Re: HSQBRank 2016-2017

I don't know if this is asking too much but can I see the stat adjustments for the sets this season? I am extremely curious about this.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Math Monstrosity (Preliminary Announcement)
Replies: 31
Views: 14398

Re: Math Monstrosity (Preliminary Announcement)

This sounds awesome. I can't even imagine how much work it was to write twelve packets of math.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2017
Replies: 36
Views: 17207

Re: IHSA 2017

Guys I think the real question on everyones mind is how was the math? was it good? Were there any obscure mathematicians beginning with the letter B?
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '16-'17
Replies: 145
Views: 66007

Re: Illinois '16-'17

So their will be 8 teams at IHSA state including Stevenson, IMSA, Auburn, OPRF, Uni Lab, Sandburg, Carbondale and Dunlap, assuming Auburn wins their sectional for the umpteenth time. Of these teams 3 were in the top 8 at NAQT state of the 5 that attended. To my knowledge all of these teams participa...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '16-'17
Replies: 145
Views: 66007

Re: Illinois '16-'17

A lot of the math questions seemed to be written by someone who doesn't really like math. Directional line segment?!?!? this might be the most boring math answer lines I have ever seen. They were writing a questions on vectors and this is the hard part they came up with. Also the cult of pythagoras ...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2017
Replies: 36
Views: 17207

Re: IHSA 2017

not good. The fractal tossup made me very sad.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '16-'17
Replies: 145
Views: 66007

Re: Illinois '16-'17

So IHSSBCA all sectional selections are up and congratulations to all those who were awarded the honor
http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/all-secti ... elections/
I am a bit confused about how Matthew ranked below me and not in the top six....
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonics 2017
Replies: 8
Views: 4438

Re: Masonics 2017

Barrington narrowly beat fremd in site 23 questions were very good with most math being non computational and there only being one of each agriculture (which was kind of history) and industrial arts.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2017
Replies: 36
Views: 17207

Re: IHSA 2017

1 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 2 Barrington 3 Palatine (Fremd) 4 Mundelein (Carmel) 5 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 6 Lake Forest (H.S.) 7 Palatine (H.S.) 8 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) seeds in our sectional... it sucks that only 1 team can make it to state because at least 4 of the top 8 teams are here,...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midseason Poll
Replies: 64
Views: 44007

Re: Midseason Poll

I liked the poll and it inspired me to look at some stats. I looked at all NAQT sets and 4 housewrites among teams ranked in the poll or who are returning 'good' players who powered from a previous nationals team. Check it. If anyone knows that there are more stats hit me up. https://docs.google.com...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:29 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific question discussion
Replies: 32
Views: 1401

Re: Specific question discussion

I guess although I agree that cell counting probably shouldn't be tossed up we did it in our bio class while looking at root tips or something. God it was so boring. So a lot of juniors and seniors in AP bio may have done this.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: TEXAS - LONE STAR REPUBLIC 2016-2017
Replies: 12
Views: 7527

Re: TEXAS - LONE STAR REPUBLIC 2016-2017

Hey person from out of state here, I was thinking about going to Texas Invitational and I noticed that one of the sets being played is Delta Burke. In past this tournament has been run on college regular difficulty sets, right? I have also read Delta Burke from past years and although I do think it ...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sun Nov 06, 2016 12:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '16-'17
Replies: 145
Views: 66007

Re: Illinois '16-'17

Guys I think stevenson might be good this year...
I wish I went to acf fall but I am looking forward to kickoff.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Scobol Solo 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 5763

Re: Scobol Solo 2016

This was a fun tournament. Winning was nice too. Congratulations to all those who joined me in the final and many thanks to all those who made this possible. :party:
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '16-'17
Replies: 145
Views: 66007

Re: Illinois '16-'17

Who is hyped for solo? It's gonna be good!
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Replies: 78
Views: 67644

Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago

It was 100% fair in determining the top team and probably the top 16 but most teams don't come to the tournament thinking they are in that group this also affects things like small school and JV placement. If it were these are the top 10 teams and these are the rest then no issue would exist. I gues...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Replies: 78
Views: 67644

Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago

I am not assuming the worst about the seeding committee. I simply think their job is impossible in the current system to differentiate the teams near the cut offs at 24, 48, and 72. I'd say 4 on each side so thats 24 teams or about a quarter of the field that either unfairly benefitted or was unfair...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Replies: 78
Views: 67644

Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago

Both those results are from the fall and on the notion that trophies are awarded for wins we went 6-1 in the prelims. We beat TJ A. This was a surprise to all of us and maybe not inherently replicable but over the year we had beaten many Illinois teams in the top tier like Auburn and Stevenson. Your...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Replies: 78
Views: 67644

Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago

I understand that PACE places a lot of importance on getting seeding right but I would like to say It's basically impossible especially with international teams. How did 4 teams in the top 28 end up in the same prelim bracket? If sorted by ppb that 28 becomes 18. This seems like a significant error.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Replies: 78
Views: 67644

Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago

Sorry for the long post... So I am going to start this by saying that in a broad sense I had a very good time at this tournament, playing good questions and hanging out with people all across the country and the world. However, once again my team won their tier and got to look up at the teams in the...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Wed May 25, 2016 11:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
Replies: 44
Views: 31227

Re: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)

Lake County is actually just Barrington High School without our coach. Not sure whether or not you already knew that.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Webcomic recommendations
Replies: 29
Views: 2149

Re: Webcomic recommendations

http://existentialcomics.com Get good at Philosophy!
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015-2016 BISB Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2130

Re: 2015-2016 BISB Specific Question Discussion

My issue is that the siege of Alesia is very famous especially for its tactics and is the most famous battle from the war, to me at least. I actually lost a buzzer race on the question which didn't get past the first clue. To me mentioning the helvetians first would make more sense because they are ...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015-2016 BISB Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2130

Re: 2015-2016 BISB Specific Question Discussion

Hey could I see the tossup on the gallic wars because to me the first line clue on the double fortifications at Alesia seems a bit easy for the first line? Thank you.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: QBBuzzer: A Free Online Buzzer System
Replies: 1
Views: 3947

Re: QBBuzzer: A Free Online Buzzer System

Thank you for doing this. This is really cool!
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Nonfiction Books in the Distribution
Replies: 4
Views: 3930

Nonfiction Books in the Distribution

So this question might have an obvious answer, but where do books like "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred Crosby or books like "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" fit in the distribution. I am just wondering because I just finished reading the latter and thought both due to the mater...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '15 - '16
Replies: 64
Views: 47057

Re: Illinois '15 - '16

What are people's hopes/predictions for the Illinois quizbowl circuit this coming year? Predictions: Hinsdale Central wins state People at Barrington including me promise Matthew that they will study and then don't. IHSA asks about an obscure trig functions IHSA teaches about Buddhism desiring no c...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
Replies: 75
Views: 65965

Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC

yes that may be true but that poses inherent issues for example many teams including us studied a lot right before the tournament and changed significantly. If you go based of of Fred Morlan's rankings TJ should have been tier II or III but was in the top 16. the other thing was that after losing 4 ...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC
Replies: 75
Views: 65965

Re: 2015 PACE NSC: June 6-7, Washington, DC

What method did PACE use to seed the teams and create the twelve prelim pools? Seriously though because I fell kind of weird about winning 11 games in a row and coming 49th. Because the people in my pool that beat us 3 were in the top 26, and one we lost to on the last tossup. And yes I want some p...
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu May 28, 2015 1:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank All-World Teams
Replies: 38
Views: 32536

Re: HSQBRank All-World Teams

It was only sort of sass. He is an absolutely amazing player.
by Hyrdofluoric_Acid
Thu May 28, 2015 8:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank All-World Teams
Replies: 38
Views: 32536

Re: HSQBRank All-World Teams

So congrats to Eric Xu from Western Albemarle for being Fred's favorite highschooler. :party: