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by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: IQBT Novice Online (04/13)
Replies: 1
Views: 236

Re: IQBT Novice Online (04/13)

Field (1/8 teams):

Rowan (one team, one staffer)
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: IQBT Novice Online (04/13)
Replies: 1
Views: 236

IQBT Novice Online (04/13)

I am pleased to announce that an online mirror of IQBT Novice (an Americanized version of British Novice ) will be taking place April 13, 2024. The opening meeting will begin at 9:45 AM and gameplay will begin at 10:00 AM. I, Young Lee, will be the tournament director. Please direct any questions ab...
by Dantooine is Big!
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

Registration has closed at 14 teams. I will be in contact with all the registered teams about logistics for Saturday.
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

We're at 14 teams in the field with one team on the waitlist, and registration ends tonight at midnight, so if we don't get another registration tonight, we'll be closing the field at 14 teams for good.
by Dantooine is Big!
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

Dantooine is Big! wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:00 pm We have expanded the field to 12 teams and are unlikely to expand the field further.
I lied. We're at 14 teams now, and now there's also potential for expansion to 16 teams. But unless we get more team staffers specifically, we wouldn't really want to expand further than that.
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

We have expanded the field to 12 teams and are unlikely to expand the field further.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:12 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

Hi all, we have a full field of 8 teams, 1 team on the waitlist, and enough staffers to expand the field to 10 teams — we're looking for one more team to register for the tournament to expand to 10 teams. The field has filled up quickly, so register soon to save your spot in the field! The field ha...
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09
Replies: 6
Views: 1918

Re: Booster Shot (Hosted by OSU/OU) 2024-03-09

Field (14/14 teams):

Iowa (1 team)
OSU (1 team)
Ohio U (1 team)
WUSTL (1 team, 1 staffer)
Iowa State (1 team)
Case Western (1 team)
Michigan (3 teams)
Penn State (2 teams, 1 staffer)
Stanford (1 team)
UNC (1 team, 1 staffer)
Vassar (1 team)

Waitlist (1/0 teams):

MSU (1 team)
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Replies: 30
Views: 4102

Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals

Cody wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:42 pm
Dantooine is Big! wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:32 pm
Auks Ran Ova wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:30 pm Have you really?
I feel this is a sufficiently serious suggestion and proposal [...]
is this also a bit??
I have realized I am an extremely silly individual and I apologize for everything.
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals
Replies: 30
Views: 4102

Re: Alternate locations for ACF Nationals

Auks Ran Ova wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:30 pm Have you really?
I feel this is a sufficiently serious suggestion and proposal so as to necessitate more substantive criticism than just "did you really do your due diligence?" Obviously, Andrew feels he has — wouldn't it be better to explain why Andrew is wrong, if you believe so?
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)
Replies: 7
Views: 3885

Re: 2024 Chicago Open (July 27th at Northwestern)

What is the field cap, and what's the procedure for waitlist/standby teams and/or expanding the field if it is reached? I understand that room reservations are unlikely to be finalized for a few months, but the field is almost halfway to its eventual final size from last year, and the situation was...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:59 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Rein Otsason
Replies: 3
Views: 1600

Re: Rein Otsason

This is heartbreaking. My condolences to his loved ones. I hadn't had a ton of experiences talking to Rein, but I have a very distinct memory of the times I saw him around, which was probably when I'm guessing most others in the US quizbowl community met him: at Chicago Open, which is when I saw him...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

To reiterate some info I sent out through the Festivus Discord server and the email list accumulated through the Google forms I sent out for initial interest polling: I am now collecting donations that will be sent to Palestine Red Crescent Society via the Venmo handle @Hokwang-Lee and the PayPal a...
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Hi all, I'm pleased to say Festivus has finished up, with 27 packets total read throughout the day. To reiterate some info I sent out through the Festivus Discord server and the email list accumulated through the Google forms I sent out for initial interest polling: I am now collecting donations tha...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Here is the big logistics update for Festivus on Saturday, December 23rd. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to write a packet or otherwise expressed interest in playing packets on Festivus. I have drafted up a finalized schedule here . The actual schedule for up to four concurrent rooms of pla...
by Dantooine is Big!
Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament (online, 12/17/23)
Replies: 14
Views: 4037

Re: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament (online, 12/17/23)

Pilgrim wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:52 am Reminder that this is happening in less than a week.
Did you ever decide on a format?
by Dantooine is Big!
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Hi all, just wanted to announce that I'll be trying to set up scheduling for packets in the coming week. If you are authoring a packet for Festivus, and your packet listing on the public spreadsheet does not have a checkmark in the first column, please fill out the author Google form for Festivus so...
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Can a mod clean this thread up a bit? I feel a lot of the above posts are inappropriate in an announcement thread as well as disrespectful.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

I would also like to announce that I will be collecting donations for Palestine Red Crescent Society as part of participation in Festivus after the event.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Hi all, I'm beginning to solidify scheduling and planning for this event. If you are authoring a packet for Festivus, please fill out this Google form . Importantly, if you listed a packet on the public spreadsheet but, for whatever reason, the packet will not be played on Festivus, please either al...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament (online, 12/17/23)
Replies: 14
Views: 4037

Re: MEKONS: a rock music audio tournament

For what it's worth, I'm super excited to play these questions, and would also much prefer a teams format / some sort of actual tournament format over the singles format you outlined. I'm figuring the questions are generally 2 minutes long, as opposed to the more typical (given previous audio questi...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

Re: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Hey, I copied over all of the Google form responses into a publicly editable Google spreadsheet so everyone can see what people are planning on writing packets about. Feel free to continue adding your packet ideas here.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2023 Festivus (12/23/23)
Replies: 18
Views: 8584

2023 Festivus (12/23/23)

Hey all, in the absence of anyone else announcing any Festivus related events (I think?) for this holiday season, I'd like to say I'd be happy to organize a Festivus event this year in line with the tradition from previous years . I welcome suggestions on what we should do this year, and aim to soli...
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

We just wrapped up the tournament. Congratulations to I thought this was a Counter-Strike themed tournament (Albert Zhang, Andrew Szeto, and Geoffrey Wu) and Why does ACF have electrons do its work? (Michał Gerasimiuk, Stephen Eltinge, and Olivia Murton) for tying in playoff record (4-1) at the end ...
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

Stat reports for the day are being uploaded at this link.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:16 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

A detailed logistics email has been sent out with all relevant details (Discord server link, etc.) so let me know if you did not receive said information.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

Hi all, I sent out a logistics email to email contacts last night - we'll be starting at 10am pacific / 1pm eastern tomorrow. Schedule and Discord/Zoom links will be all sent out ASAP. Thanks!
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

With the tournament coming up next weekend, we're going to set the field cap at 12 teams, with 10 teams currently listed on the team formation spreadsheet. We welcome last minute signups, and hope to fill out the field.
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Geoword Offseason
Replies: 3
Views: 4398

Re: Geoword Offseason

Serpentine284 wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:37 amSeptember 30: Community (TV show)

October 28: Jazz
Yes… yes…
by Dantooine is Big!
Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: QBReader Generated Answerline Lists
Replies: 0
Views: 2756

QBReader Generated Answerline Lists

Hi all. In high school, when Quinterest and QuizDB were still around, I used their APIs (I think actually only QuizDB had an API for this?) to download all the question data and mined them for answerlines sorted by category, which I then put into alphabetized lists. I didn't account for repeats / di...
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Re: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

Hi, we took a look at the date poll and have decided on a date of Sunday, October 1st for this tournament. All logistics info relevant at this time can be found in the OP. Thank you all!
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: New college quizbowl stats website
Replies: 25
Views: 10897

Re: New college quizbowl stats website

Compiling and adding detailed stats Adding more tournaments (tournaments pre-2011, open tournaments) Creating and adding a player/team strength metric An Immaculate Grid-like game If you have opinions on what should/shouldn't be on this list and in what order, let me know. The first one seems like ...
by Dantooine is Big!
Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

EMACS Online Mirror (October 1st)

Hello all, this is an announcement thread for an online EMACS mirror. I'm TDing this mirror. Information about the set can be found here . This tournament will take place on Sunday, October 1st . The format of this tournament will be triples; a format will be finalized closer to September as registr...
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

With COLONIAL, EMACS, and On Cinema at the Buzzer completing for the day, and CANONINFLATION in progress as we speak, the weekend is wrapping up. I found an Iron Flask tumbler in the control room at the end of the day yesterday (Saturday), and as Alex Fregeau noted in the thread for COLONIAL, someon...
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS CO Weekend Mirror
Replies: 6
Views: 2304

Re: EMACS CO Weekend Mirror

Stats are being updated here.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:30 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

After playoffs, The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club (Jordan Brownstein, Matt Jackson, Will Nediger, Geoffrey Chen) had an undefeated 7-0 playoff record, with The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub (Tracy Mirkin, Aseem Keyal, Nick Jensen, Adam Fine) second i...
by Dantooine is Big!
Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

Hi all, thank you for your help and thoughts on the Sunday side event schedule. After discussing with the other side event organizers, we decided to stick with the current schedule - running EMACS and COLONIAL concurrently in the morning before lunch, and running On Cinema at the Buzzer after lunch....
by Dantooine is Big!
Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

It has come to my attention (i.e., I finally read all the threads closely enough to connect all these facts) that CO Sunday is scheduled to feature an 8-round tossups-only tournament, a 5-round tossups-only tournament, a 10-round tossups only tournament, and a 6-packet shootout. For some reason the...
by Dantooine is Big!
Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

Hello all, if you're a free agent still interested in playing CO and I have not already contacted you, please contact me directly ASAP — this is probably your last chance to potentially play.
by Dantooine is Big!
Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Regarding BBB and Community Norms
Replies: 11
Views: 7011

Regarding BBB and Community Norms

The primary context required for this post is this thread . I think I had a strong desire to post something really aggressive on the forum thread for BBB for a while. I decided not to because I just looked at the situation externally and felt it would both seem and be pretty silly for some grad stud...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

Hi all, we at CO are pleased to announce we have confirmed room reservations in the Tech building on Northwestern campus for both Saturday's main CO event and Sunday's side events. Upon confirmation of the room reservations, we were informed that the Tech building does not have any gender neutral ba...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: EMACS CO Weekend Mirror
Replies: 6
Views: 2304

EMACS CO Weekend Mirror

Hello all, this is an announcement thread for the EMACS mirror being held CO weekend on Sunday, August 6th. I'm TDing this mirror. Information about the set can be found here . The format of this tournament will be doubles, but may change to triples depending on staff availability and field size. He...
by Dantooine is Big!
Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

I am pleased to announce that the schedule for the side events on Sunday has been finalized. We will begin on Sunday at 8am at the same venue as the CO main event running history side event COLONIAL concurrently with the computer science side event EMACS . When both events have ended, we will have a...
by Dantooine is Big!
Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

I have sent everyone whose names and email addresses are on the team formation spreadsheet marked under "Staffer" an email. If you are interested in staffing this tournament, or know anyone else who is, please reach out to me directly via either forum DM or email (youngflee99 at gmail dot ...
by Dantooine is Big!
Fri May 26, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

This is an announcement that we will tentatively set the field cap at 20 teams pending availability. We currently have 19 teams registered, so any teams that register beyond a 20th will be placed on a waitlist.
by Dantooine is Big!
Sat May 20, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

A reminder that the $0 deadline is a week from now.
by Dantooine is Big!
Fri May 19, 2023 2:34 am
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Audio Tossup Generator
Replies: 4
Views: 4835

Re: Audio Tossup Generator

I've made a version of the script that the PAveMEnT team used to generate audio tossups publicly available in this repository . Instructions for cloning, setting up, and using the script are in the readme. Much of the credit for this is owed to Young Fenimore Lee and others who contributed their ef...
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon May 15, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)
Replies: 44
Views: 25811

Re: Chicago Open 2023 (August 5 at Northwestern)

I would like to announce we will be running tournaments on film side event On Cinema at the Buzzer and history side event COLONIAL on Sunday, August 6 at the same venue as the CO main event. At the end of the day, we will run a shootout on CANONINFLATION for those who wish to stick around for it. Mo...
by Dantooine is Big!
Mon May 15, 2023 4:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Playtesting for Chicago Open 2023
Replies: 0
Views: 14963

Playtesting for Chicago Open 2023

Hi all, we are pleased to announce that we will begin playtesting for Chicago Open 2023 in the next two weeks. To sign up to playtest, please fill out this Google form, and I will contact you with next steps. We look forward to hearing from you.