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by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:22 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)
Replies: 13
Views: 3751

Re: ESPN @ Columbia (Open)

If we can play the film set as well, that would also be great
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:27 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: General discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 14529

Re: 2023 BHSU: General discussion

There's a few questions that really stood out to me that I greatly enjoyed (Guan Gong, landlords, klezmer, Bachianas Brasileiras, can openers, Lou Reed, Fatboy Slim) and a lot of good fun bonuses (never thought I would be rewarded for thinking Christgau's rebuttal to the "dancing about architec...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: TAKETHAT (popular music tournament) open for mirrors
Replies: 2
Views: 4014

Re: TAKETHAT (popular music tournament) open for mirrors

This set has a lot of great deep cuts, and is definitely not for the faint of heart. Very fun and satisfying to play!
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement
Replies: 15
Views: 10909

Re: ACRO-Demia: Global Announcement

This was a very difficult but rewarding set, and may be the best "general" trash set I've played in a while. A lot of great creative topics.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Running Zoom Tournaments
Replies: 67
Views: 33260

Re: Running Zoom Tournaments

So far I'm not convinced Zoom is superior to Discord. It's more about how rooms are structured - Zoom tournaments use the Breakout feature, which requires the TD to manually assign each person to their rooms. Even so, if the previous game ran late, the next team might accidentally come in - I did so...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT
Replies: 12
Views: 5406

Re: Buzzword: A New Online Competition from NAQT

The Buzzword player results screen always shows the complete text of Buzzword questions that you have previously played. (The note about practice questions is there to indicate that after specific Buzzword events conclude, some tossups used in this project will also show up in future collections of...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
Replies: 18
Views: 6941

Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)

Thank you for running a smooth tournament! Even with a small hiccup, the tournament went on without delay and finished on time.

The set itself was quite fun to play as well.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
Replies: 81
Views: 25592

Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)

For such a busy schedule with so many different moving parts, this ran remarkably well! The only complaint I have is probably that people are generally really terrible at judging their own skill levels, but that might be just be the fact each room has a lot of people (like, close to 20 in most cases...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
Replies: 81
Views: 25592

Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)

Is this be going to run all on the same Discord? I'm assuming that's the case - how will you handle preventing people from seeing other rooms? Assuming this isn't operating on some honor system, you will need to create specific roles with permissions for each room and for each packet, which would b...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 25 toss ups and five visual packets
Replies: 6
Views: 2513

Re: 25 toss ups and five visual packets

I can confirm that copy & paste from a powerpoint works for Discord readings, but obviously the backgrounds aren't copied so you need to announce the powermarks in text
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
Replies: 81
Views: 25592

Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)

Is this be going to run all on the same Discord? I'm assuming that's the case - how will you handle preventing people from seeing other rooms? Assuming this isn't operating on some honor system, you will need to create specific roles with permissions for each room and for each packet, which would be...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 9113

Re: 2020 WORKSHOP Specific Question Discussion

I think the Chinese myth bonus about the Milky Way mentioned that the Queen Mother of the West is married to the Jade Emperor - I'm not sure if that's actually a widely accepted position? Really appreciated the Eileen Chang content, though the title drops might be a bit too early. The film was fun -...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 60
Views: 6387

Re: 2020 MWT Specific Questions and Errata

Realized I haven't posted here yet but most of the suggestions in regards to music have been implemented (esp. what Cody wrote).

Tango is being kept though.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 EFT - Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Replies: 56
Views: 7460

Re: Specific Question Discussion and Errata

Miscellaneous thoughts on specific questions: There are some questions that had a good concept that felt a bit fraudable - " God is Dead " and bildungsroman come to mind, but both are good ideas. I was confused by the hands tossup, because I was unsure what it was looking for - especially ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BUMPY ii - a visual movie tournament
Replies: 7
Views: 8533

Re: BUMPY ii - a visual movie tournament

We played this after the Princeton FST. Harrison Whitaker won with an extremely dominant lead. The set was like last year's, extremely challenging but very rewarding when you get it. Great set of film selection, thanks for writing, and thanks to everyone that played! Harrison Whitaker - 9/47/8 - 565...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 9790

Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Thanks and General Discussion

This was definitely one of my favorite sets this year alongside Sun God. There feels like a noticeable amount of statistics, which is great because it does not get enough love and also keeps me on my toes - it was satisfying getting the R tossup based on things actually done in class. The world lit ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ Yale (3/30/19)
Replies: 16
Views: 7684

Re: PIANO/Minnesota Open @ Yale (3/30/19)

The Billiards Fool wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:49 pm James Hadley and I are currently playing this as a double and we’d appreciate some teammates (especially if you know science/rmpss). Message me if you’re interested in getting whallopped alongside us!
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by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Sun God Invitational Detailed Stats
Replies: 17
Views: 3722

Re: 2018 Sun God Invitational Detailed Stats

What do the .5 in the Heard column of the Categories tab mean?

EDIT: Ophir told me, thanks
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 13745

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion

I think this was a great set - people from our A team to D team all seem to enjoy it a lot, and I read some very creative tossups that was difficulty appropriate but still fun to hear. Off the top of my head I really liked the questions on Lisbon from Voltaire, flutes in myths, and wine from Chinese...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 10328

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

The Tzigane bonus seems to have said violin in the first part, then ask for violin in the third part. The MLK/Tet Offensive thing was hilarious, but probably should be fixed before the next mirror. Can I see the Mozart piano sonata tossup? I know there was something like "it's not chopin" ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)
Replies: 22
Views: 9435

Re: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)

Likely no practice this week, and probably not next week unless there's demand and/or people are free.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects General Discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: Words and Objects General Discussion

I found this tournament to be very enjoyable. Personally I found the specific object tossups to be much more fun (like the American Gothic pitchfork or Kon-Tiki), but all in all it was very entertaining. I do agree that there are certain transparency issues, probably the most obvious being the Jenki...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)
Replies: 22
Views: 9435

Re: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)

We will have practice tomorrow (Thursday) at 8:30 in the Academic Building on College Ave campus

EDIT: room 1170
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]
Replies: 23
Views: 13093

Re: RAPTURE - A religion side event [Summer 2018]

This was very fun and well written, but not overly hard - it's suitable for people that are very knowledgeable in religious matters and amateurs alike. Anyone who has any interest in religion should play this set.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WORLDSTAR errata/specific question discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 506

Re: WORLDSTAR errata/specific question discussion

I really enjoyed this set - the deep cuts on Adunis, festivals around Kyoto, Keiko Fujimori and Chinese folk court cases are fresh but important things. There are certain misplacement of clues though - certain things like Salva Kiir's cowboy hat or Tsai Ing Wen's cats are really quite famous, or wei...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Boston Summer Open I
Replies: 59
Views: 30489

Re: Boston Summer Open I

The main event and side events went swimmingly, and this was extremely fun and well-run even with so many side events. Thank you for organizing this Raynor!
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)
Replies: 22
Views: 9435

Re: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)

Emmett is busy so I will be hosting today; we will meet in room 1170.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)
Replies: 22
Views: 9435

Re: Rutgers Summer Practices (Open to all)

We are discussing the possibility of hosting a NASAT mirror - if are interested in helping out, or playing, please post or PM us.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BUMPY ii - a visual movie tournament
Replies: 7
Views: 8533

Re: BUMPY ii - a visual movie tournament

The previous iteration was deliciously difficult, but not obscenely so, and the “themed” tossups are incredibly fun. Looking forward to this.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Boston Summer Open I
Replies: 59
Views: 30489

Re: Boston Summer Open I

fwiw I don’t mind the date, but if it was moved earlier it might be better for me (but not really a big deal)

I would also not mind if it goes for 2 day event so people can do things/run more side events
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) 2018 General Discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 2837

Re: Florida Spring Tournament (FST) 2018 General Discussion

While there are some suspicious early clue drops (" ____ in the Bardo ", "Mandarin has four of these", " Falling Man "), the set is generally solid. Enjoyed playing it immensely, but there are some random bursts of difficulty - the bonuses on various regiments and one o...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The end of the match
Replies: 26
Views: 14252

Re: The end of the match

Right now, when teams shake hands at the end of quizbowl games, it is mostly a shitshow where people are throwing their hands into a massive disorganized pile-on of players. This reeks of quizbowl. It would be better if teams stayed in the order they were sitting, faced each other, stood in lines, ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 81
Views: 22831

Re: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the tossups on Taiwan, crossroads, hanging, racing, and (probably my favorite) “Call me Ishmael”?

The myth in this set was very fun to play, the common links especially so.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:30 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

There are eyewitness accounts that Queen Myeongseong was still alive when they set her on fire. Thus her immolation was the finishing blow, though she was stabbed first. I think the most agreed upon version of events detail how 50 Japanese assassins killed her, alongside several handmaidens; after ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

In the Ito Hirobumi tossup, it mentions how (I'm assuming) An Jung-geun blames him for the death of (I'm assuming) Queen Min by immolation. I'm pretty sure she was stabbed then her body was burned, not death by immolation - don't mess up your various Japanese war crimes!
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

Can I see the tossup on Vmax?
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

Here's the "flowers" tossup. It does look like the question used "these objects" throughout the tossup, so assuming there weren't any moderator hiccups, you should have been able to choose between the two. 2. These objects are referred to in the original title of a novel in whic...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19858

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

I was half asleep so I played like shit all day, but in my mind a lot of the answerlines were strangely tricky - there is a lot of opportunities to neg, especially in art. The tossups on The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living and Saint-Remy stood out as neg bait. It was pr...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:17 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455171

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

merv1618 wrote:
setophaga wrote: Itamar Naveh-Benjamin -5
Jeremy Tsai -5
Evan Lynch -15
Brothers
tfw u neg
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 SCT general discussion
Replies: 22
Views: 1869

Re: 2018 SCT general discussion

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who contributed questions to the set, and to Jacob for editing it; I enjoyed reading this year's set. I do have one big question though: where was the African literature? Maybe I missed it, but at least in the DI set I couldn't find it at all in the no...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
Replies: 67
Views: 32184

Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey

I predict that out of all the science subcategories, physics has the latest average buzz point and biology the earliest, but the average PPB will be pretty close.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 13963

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

Echoing the sentiment that while some answerlines lean a bit hard (Rebecca Solnit, Richard Posner, Nicolas Malebranche), a lot of answerlines are creative riffs on well-known topics (proofs of God by Aquinas, pure land, body of Osiris, jade, skeletons) or deeper cuts (modern art through fashion, Gen...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18930

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Can I see the tossup on freezing? The cryo-EM clue was a little confusing but the rest of the clues seemed to be fine. Also interested in seeing the bonus on perfect numbers, because I thought I heard the word "perfect" in the question. Also, maybe I'm remembering wrong, or just missed it ...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 22081

Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion

The Sartre tossup seemed to have a difficulty cliff on "Estelle" -- I recall a six-way buzzer race on that word. 8. One of this author’s characters claims that his ancestor “cleared a whole forest” and “killed seventeen indians with his bare hands” while reciting the history of his family...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 10162

Re: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion

I'm glad you enjoyed the trash. I wrote and edited some of the high trash--but not all of it. The chess bonus I wrote in one of the Editor's packets was actually supposed to be Other Academic but I'm pleased to hear that stuff like that would be petty cool. Did anyone get to hear the tossup on Robe...
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BUMPY - a visual movie tournament
Replies: 6
Views: 5981

Re: BUMPY - a visual movie tournament

We played this at Princeton. This set was difficult at times but very rewarding when you know the answer - really enjoyed some of the "themed" tossups too, clearly a lot of heart was put into this. Thank you for creating this set.
by The Story of a Head That Fell Off
Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 22081

Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion

On the first line of the election of 1988 tossup, there was a mention of "hymietown" and Jesse Jackson, which happened during the 1984 election and lead to an unnecessary neg.