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- Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HS Player Poll Results
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17135
Re: HS Player Poll Results
I just thought I'd give my input on this. There's no good, easy way to rank the best quiz bowl players across the country. A player's stats can be influenced by how good their team is, how good their opposition is, and the types of questions they hear. That's why I don't think the individual leaderb...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl, College Admissions, and Choices
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1619
Re: Quizbowl, College Admissions, and Choices
For me personally, my main two choices for college were UCSD and CSU Long Beach. I'd gotten into a couple other schools but they were either too far distance-wise or I didn't see myself there. I eventually decided to go to UCSD instead of CSULB, hence my signature at the end of this post, because I ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:20 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54604
Re: How Can We Make Quizbowl More Approachable and Inclusive
-Calling trash clues "trash" doesn't bug me as much as just the way that some people treat them. I happen to be good at sports and current music and sometimes people say things that are meant to be compliments, like "you could be so helpful to the team because of that!" but the ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:15 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Studying History and Art
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13293
Re: Studying History and Art
Since you like history, NHBB is also good. I agree with this. There's a lot of history overlap between NHBB and quiz bowl. It'll help a lot. 2b. Go explore on Wikipedia. This can help, too, especially if you feel like you just need a broad overview of what you want to cover. (edited because I left ...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 5:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26181
Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
Great Expectations, on the other hand, is not so great. Can confirm, horrible book, probably the worst I've had to read for school. It's really long and slow-moving. I thought Great Expectations was alright. I definitely needed some time to really think about it before I understood it. I guess I ca...
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26181
Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
And I'm currently working on one of Rushdie's books for AP Lit, too. I'm not that really into it. Midnight's Children is literally the best book though! Also Haruki Murakami and Orhan Pamuk! I wasn't referring to Midnight's Children, I've never read it. I was referring to the Rushdie book I'm readi...
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26181
Re: Parts of the Lit Canon worth the time to read
Agreed to the Heart of Darkness part. Had to read for AP Lit, I didn't understand much. And I'm currently working on one of Rushdie's books for AP Lit, too. I'm not that really into it.More Weight wrote: Not fun to read:
Rushdie
Heart of Darkness
But I enjoyed Brave New World. And A Tale of Two Cities.
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21896
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
I've committed to UC San Diego, and I plan to play quizbowl, time permitting.
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- Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20265
Re: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
I do this too. Mostly to hear the moderator better.JakobeanEra wrote:If it's also still about rituals, until Senior year I'd always insist on sitting radially closest to the moderator. I don't know why or whether it helped.
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2016 - 2017 Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6775
Re: Southern California 2016 - 2017 Discussion
Hi everyone. In terms of graduations, Los Alamitos loses: everyone except myself from our team at last year's IHOP V ( http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3212/stats/regular_division_%28combined%29/teamdetail/#t3 ) Shellbi Malone from our 2016 SoCal state championships roster ( http://www.hsqui...
- Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Studying Music
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10150
Re: Studying Music
For operas at least at the high school level, Quinterest + YouTube (to listen to arias) + Wikipedia summaries should suffice. I personally used Mnemosyne to card those clues and was able to power most opera tossups relatively easily. Also do the same for symphonies and other works. YouTube is very ...
- Wed May 25, 2016 12:53 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2016 US Academic Bee and Bowl Nationals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10037
Re: US Academic Bee and Bowl Nationals
On the idea of elementary school quizbowl; Feel free to comment as necessary: 1) What do first graders really know is the question? I feel like the limited knowledge they possess is not enough to write a multitude of tournaments on them. 2) I'm good with targeting the 5th/6th graders, but I feel th...
- Sun May 01, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
- Replies: 88
- Views: 44106
Re: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
I will post tomorrow on the above comments, plus some other thoughts, but I'm particularly interested in people's reaction to the following: 1. The new individual event playoff scoring system (6, 5, 4, 3, -2, -1) 2. The playoff draft and tiebreakers 3. The written exam portion of USGO 4. Taking onl...
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB Opening Announcement for 2015-16 Varsity & JV Divisions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7984
Re: NHBB Opening Announcement for 2015-16 Varsity & JV Divis
True. Just getting plane tickets to Hawaii is already expensive.Xochiquetzal wrote:Considering how expensive the IHO already was, I don't think that having it in Hawai'i will cause that many more people to not go to it.
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:37 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Is it too late now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6610
Re: Is it too late now?
3. I get the feeling that if I do start up a team, I'll just graduate in a year and a half and the team will dissolve because I'm the only one who cares enough to keep it going, and I'm not sure if it's worth it to start up a team for the express reason of enabling me to play quizbowl, especially s...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How far back are NAQT Questions truly useful?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4164
Re: How far back are NAQT Questions truly useful?
One thing though, the current events can still be somewhat useful, I think, particularly when they involve politics. Many notable people circa 2008 are still notable people, and the lead-ins and early clues might really help out. Also, if there is geography mixed in with the current event, that can...
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to study packets?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8039
Re: How to study packets?
My goal is to become a lower national level player by March and to make Naqt nats. I am specializing in history so I'm studying HSAPQ NHBB nationals 2014. There are like five clues for each question so I'm like: should I look up the clue and lose time or should I skip the clue and risk missing it i...
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to study packets?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8039
Re: How to study packets?
I found that when reading over packets, highlighting stuff is helpful, especially for visual learners. Go through the entire packet and highlight what each question is asking so you know what to look for. Like if the question is asking for "this person", you highlight the words "this ...
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:00 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Need advice for improving a team (history bowl)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4514
Re: Need advice for improving a team (history bowl)
I've been heavily contemplating of dropping out of the bowl competition itself and sticking the the bee exclusively if I feel I am making no progress in improvement and overall acting detrimental towards their interest in history. I really need advice on this matter, should I help out my given team...
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 1:48 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Forming a History Bowl Team?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4377
Forming a History Bowl Team?
Hi. I'm trying to form a History Bowl team at my school. It's currently listed as a club, but I managed to find fourteen people who were interested in doing History Bowl. The first official meeting is Tuesday and I want to start doing packets right away. I'm leaning toward using NHBB regional sets f...
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to recruit younger players?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3018
Re: How to recruit younger players?
What aspects and types of persuasion have you used to alleviate the fears these new players have so that they are more willing to join? What I'd recommend is give the new and younger players easier difficulty questions so that they get used to the canon. And when they are used to the easier difficu...
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Questions for Starting a New Team
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9332
Re: Questions for Starting a New Team
2) How do I formally establish my new team? Do I need to announce it in some way or just start registering for events? I think it would be best to tell the school about the new team if the school doesn't know already. But if the school already knows, then start registering & competing. 4) Any o...
- Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ghosts of Quiz Bowl's Past that You (sorta) Miss....
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18356
Re: Ghosts of Quiz Bowl's Past that You (sorta) Miss....
When I was starting out in quiz bowl, my team used old packets from maybe ten years ago (or even older, I'm not sure), and we came across list bonuses, "a, b, both or neither" bonuses, the "5 points for 1, 10 for 2, ...", etc. all the time during practice. And when we got to a to...
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Using college sets for high school
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5873
Re: Using college sets for high school
The first step is that you probably shouldn't be looking at ACF Nationals to improve unless you're a top-level specialist in your categories i.e. the best players on LASA/DCC/Arcadia in their specialist categories, Bruce Lou on history, Eric Xu on music and lit, what-have-you. Personally, I've neve...
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How do the top teams study and specialize?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9138
Re: How do the top teams study and specialize?
If you have a team of four, with each assigned (or self-assigned) their respective subject areas, but only your history player wants to put in the time to succeed, then you're going to be a very middling team. Specialization is awesome, but it takes immense commitment from at least three people, an...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014-15 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10254
Re: 2014-15 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
The science parts and some of the history for IS-146 seemed hard. But other than that, I didn't find IS-146 that hard.Halved Xenon Stinging wrote:Was IS-146 supposed to be harder than regular difficulty? Caspar David Friedrich and Masaccio are pretty damn hard for an IS set
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying for HS lit in MS
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6157
Re: Studying for HS lit in MS
I tend to study lit by reading the actual books, because I find that I can get powers better that way, and I have a lot of time now, since its summer. Can somebody please name some of the books that come up in almost every HS tournament? I've seen quite a bit of Shakespeare works, so for those, I r...
- Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: History Player
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12773
Re: History Player
Oh, Wikipedia is a great resource. You can use it as a "survey" book, and then it has links for total deep dives into third bonus parts. Seriously, Wikipedia is your best friend when your a history player. I agree with the parts on reading Wikipedia. Click the links if you're reading some...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21943
Re: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
One thing I've noticed among some elite players is a sort of snarky, dismissive, or judgmental attitude towards people who aren't as skilled as themselves, or who play quizbowl without being as invested in it. [/i][/u] [emphasis is my own] This is utterly toxic and I recommend strongly against havi...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21943
Re: Resetting [pt. 5 of 6]: How We Treat Each Other
Don't let yourself get destroyed over quizbowl -- as important as it is to many of us, it is at heart something we do because we expect it will be fulfilling and entertaining. (After all, there's no prize money at the end of the day.) If it's not doing that, either temporarily or permanently, it's ...
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:13 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Advice on Studying Fine Arts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16280
Re: Advice on Studying Fine Arts
Really? It seems like everyone from where around (Chicagoland) seems to have played in junior high or at least freshman year. Anyway, thank you for the advice. It seems that way in SoCal too. But I've seen one or two people start playing late in their high school career and get really good really f...
- Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:00 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Advice on Studying Fine Arts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16280
Re: Advice on Studying Fine Arts
Listening to the famous stuff is also useful for some of the other more widely asked songs, not just operas. It's a pain, to be honest, but if you keep hearing / seeing / reading about the characteristics of famous works (like the motif in Beethoven's Fifth, or the chords in Tristan and Isolde), You...
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20152
Re: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
Spreading quizbowl around the world? You're already doing that with IHBB, which seems to be going pretty well, and I do appreciate your efforts to spread the game, especially in Asia. But stripping IHO of the prestige that International Olympiads garner by the inclusion of events like Table Combine...
- Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 6 of 6]: Lessons Worth Recording
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8742
Re: Resetting [pt. 6 of 6]: Lessons Worth Recording
[*] What it takes to start a new team: Just get on the road and start going to tournaments. Really, that's it. Recruiting people, getting official funding/recognition, etc. all comes later, and treating those as insurmountable obstacles before one even shows up to a nearby event is not the right at...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20152
Re: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
If my advice did end up impeding some amount of progress that could have realistically happened between the writing of the NHBB HS Nats sets and now, I am sorry. If there were any leftover questions while writing for NHBB Nationals (like questions that didn't get included in the Nationals set becau...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20152
Re: so I've got a few questions about this
I'll respond to Cody's points when I respond to the whole NHBB thread next week, but in response to the above, the "good of the game" argument held to a point during the Blitz when I had been repeatedly lied to by someone the community trusted who then totally flaked out two days before a...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6886
Re: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
If y'all need funding, I bet you could partner up with some of the other OC schools and co-host a tournament. I think UC Irvine is also planning to run at least one tournament next year, too. From my understanding, funding doesn't seem to be that big of a problem for us (we just take the total regi...
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6886
Re: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
This is a really good point. I was focusing more on NHBB competitions this year, that's why I couldn't really show up to many quiz bowl tournaments this year. Also, I think some of my teammates wanted to come to tournaments but we wound up not signing up (either from lack of interest or other commi...
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6886
Re: Southern California (CA) 2015 - 2016 Discussion
Good stuff! I mostly agree with your analysis, James-- Rancho Bernardo and La Jolla definitely strike me as the top regional contenders next year, with perhaps Westview thrown into the mix as well depending on how quickly Rahul Keyal improves. As a side note, both Matt Forster and Jacob Glass from ...
- Sat May 30, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Moving from Middle School to High School
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2473
Re: Moving from Middle School to High School
I'm not sure how middle school quizbowl works in Alabama, but for me the transition was almost entirely one of difficulty. The canon is going to expand and it can at times seem precipitous. I would suggest reading through high school regular difficulty packets and studying them to familiarize yours...
- Sat May 16, 2015 2:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
I didn't play USHB because I didn't know we could qualify through the regionals test thing, but I really enjoyed it last year. On a related note, would it be possible to have some other wildcard qualifying for US History Bee? Maybe like making the History Bee or USHB playoffs at Nationals the previ...
- Mon May 04, 2015 6:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
I'd also agree with the idea that the competition has really gotten a lot better. Our freshman team was better than my team freshman year, but they went 1-4 in the afternoon upper rounds while my freshman year team made the playoffs. Yeah, the significantly better competition was noticeable for me,...
- Sun May 03, 2015 1:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
But the little things do add up that make the process noticably longer, like having someone not show up for the bee playoff tiebreaks (not really NHBB's fault, but possibly more communication would have helped) or not having a lightning round timer pre-set for the JV bowl final (you might be able t...
- Sat May 02, 2015 11:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
Personally, I felt that with 10 rounds before the finals, the bowl took longer than needed, too. I don't know if anyone else feels the same way, but I was mentally drained after 10 rounds, and I couldn't really concentrate in the finals. Maybe 7 or 8 bowl rounds would be better (it would help short...
- Sat May 02, 2015 2:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
Cutting either a bee round (do we need 6 in the prelims?) or a bowl round would free up extra time. This doesn't seem to be a bad idea. I'd agree with this idea as well. Bee prelims seems a bit longer than necessary because after around round 3-4 its pretty clear who the top players that have a sho...
- Fri May 01, 2015 11:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
This doesn't seem to be a bad idea.Mucho Macho Man wrote:Cutting either a bee round (do we need 6 in the prelims?) or a bowl round would free up extra time.
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:29 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59208
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
The thing I found most irritating about Bee was the lack of penalty for buzzing in early. In semi-finals, at least 5 questions were just killed by people. I find myself agreeing with the above quote, but if there was a penalty for buzzing in early (like being deducted points or something, if that's...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:49 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: What defines a team captain?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21097
Re: What defines a team captain?
If the issue is bad enough where you don't think you can stay on the team, talk to the coach and voice your concern. If this doesn't work, I guess you can either put up with it or just walk away. I agree with this statement / strategy because it worked out pretty well for me. The quiz bowl team at ...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THOR Novice Tournament @ Tesoro High School (3/28/15)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3040
Re: THOR Novice Tournament @ Tesoro High School (3/28/15)
Okay thank you
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THOR Novice Tournament @ Tesoro High School (3/28/15)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3040
Re: THOR Novice Tournament @ Tesoro High School (3/28/15)
Los Alamitos registered for this tournament through an email because the link to the Google form on the So Cal Quiz Bowl page didn't go through. Does the team need to register through the Google form on the original forum post, or is the team okay just by registering the way we did? Somehow Los Al d...