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- Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
- Replies: 89
- Views: 64206
Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre
Would it be too much to ask for there to be a serious effort to record at least one match of every round of this year's ACF Nationals? I'm pretty sure there's more people than just me who want to hear the ACF Nationals set get play out - especially in the top bracket playoffs - and listen to the qu...
- Tue May 06, 2014 2:25 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 87864
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
I'd also add this "projected history of quizbowl" drawn on the chalkboard at a Maryland tourney, summer 2009.
- Tue May 06, 2014 2:20 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The greatest quizbowl photos
- Replies: 123
- Views: 87864
Re: The greatest quizbowl photos
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/p417x417/234_533631770538_2860_n.jpg I know nothing of the rest of the context of this photo, but I'm almost sure that's my keyring on the desk. Nope, that's my keyring. And laptop. And photo. This is Brown's immediate reaction after the final...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
The Audubon Has No Speed Limit (Seth, Selene, Jeff, and John) cleared the field outright after 17 rounds, precluding the need for a final. Individual stats and complete results to follow shortly. Thanks to everyone who made running this tournament possible: Joe Su, Paul and Greg Gauthier, Brice Russ...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:38 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
After a brief moment of worry when the packets (and editor) were the last remaining bottleneck as of 8:25, we're now one round down as of 9:20am CDT. I'll post updates as possible, but given that I don't yet have access to the uchicago wireless network... Actually, given that I can't connect via my...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
After a brief moment of worry when the packets (and editor) were the last remaining bottleneck as of 8:25, we're now one round down as of 9:20am CDT. I'll post updates as possible, but given that I don't yet have access to the uchicago wireless network...
- Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
I will be around Hyde Park in the morning (but only in the morning) and can help moderate if needed. I'd mentioned this to Marshall a few days ago, who said he'd tell Katy, but it occurs to me that Quizbowl Telephone is probably not the most efficient way to get things done. Conversely, I can be ar...
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
I suggest that registration be moved to as early as possible to allow more time to play the tournament. Last year we started at 8:30 AM and tried to run as efficiently as possible but still faced a danger of getting kicked out. Duly edited. I was accounting for it taking at least a short while for ...
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
LOGISTICS UPDATE: We'll be meeting in Cobb Hall ( map ) on Saturday morning. We should have access to the building starting at 8am ; plan to arrive then, because we'll keep the kick-off meeting short and begin play at the earliest possible moment. The format will be a full 17-team round robin. Your ...
- Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
Jumping in to note that I'm happy to run any schedule maximizing teams that meets the constraints of rooms/available packets/getting kicked out by UCPD - and that I don't yet have a complete staff roster and sincerely hope to prevent moderators from being a constraint as well. Consider this an invit...
- Fri May 31, 2013 12:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
If you're still looking for staff for this a week before the tournament, let me know. EDIT: A post showing people who've agreed to staff would probably help with the bracket vs RR discussion, making sure people who agree to staff actually show up, and whatever else comes up That's not usually neces...
- Thu May 30, 2013 8:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 83791
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
I'd love to help get a full RR in without triggering the wrath of UCPD, which will require an all-star moderating team. On that note, anyone interested in attending CO without the terror of actually facing quiz bowl giants in buzzer-to-buzzer combat should also get in touch with me about moderating/...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MAGNI Mirror at George Mason University (10/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15445
Re: MAGNI Mirror at George Mason University (10/22/11)
Barring unforeseen circumstances, I will be this tournament's director. Our team will provide between four and eight staff members, so obviously we will need a considerable number of outside staff for this tournament to run. I will be seeking staff volunteers among local quizbowl alumni and Mason s...
- Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Reading Fast(er)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5028
Re: Reading Fast(er)
Make sure your expected readers practice. For those on your squad, take turns reading packets on the clock periodically, especially in the weeks leading up to the tournament. Getting used to the pace and rid of anxiety about it will help. THIS. Judgment about when to pause and figure out pronunciat...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Inexperienced Tournament Hosts
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4688
Re: Inexperienced Tournament Hosts
Just to add to what I said above, I'm a little skeptical of the bidding process. It's a process that only works if people genuinely provide the editors with useful information. For someone who knows the circuit, having, say, Maryland put in a bid is good. You know Maryland is a good host, has space...
- Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Accent marks on foreign words
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10318
Re: Accent marks on foreign words
I guess the remaining argument is "we should show respect to foreign cultures by using their orthography". But there are clear limits to how respectful we can be of other cultures in our orthography. If we are disrespecting the Hungarians by not writing their names with accent marks, are ...
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Why don't more teams bid to host SCT?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4669
Re: Why don't more teams bid to host SCT?
I understand that rooms need to be staffed with two people (so that the reader doesn't lose time keeping score), but that second person can easily be a non-quizbowl person. Friends, roommates, parents, professors, and girlfriends can all generally be taught to keep score in a quick 5 to 10 minute i...
- Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DATE CHANGE: Sun n Fun at Maryland (Now 08/28/10)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12588
Re: DATE CHANGE: Sun n Fun at Maryland (Now 08/28/10)
Tentative plans put me in DC that weekend - any chance you'd need staff? (I'll know for sure in a week or so).
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 36763
Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussions
I'm a little confused as to the argument presented above for being forced to change the "Elixir of Father Gauchet" tossup I wrote to one on Daudet- I could understand if the argument was that there shouldn't be any tossups at that level of difficulty, but there were (Onetti has been broug...
- Thu May 13, 2010 11:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23993
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year
A transfer after my own heart. I hope you love it.aestheteboy wrote:I'll probably go to Chicago and play more quizbowl than I did this year.
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 ICT discussion
- Replies: 100
- Views: 20824
Re: 2010 ICT discussion
that's exciting - could someone post the tossup?Megalomaniacal Panda on Absinthe wrote: I think extracanonical clues did come up in, say, the "democracy" tossup, which mentioned Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom.
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 ICT discussion
- Replies: 100
- Views: 20824
Re: 2010 ICT discussion
I don't think it will ever be possible for me to have an objective opinion about this tournament, but here is one thing I did notice: During the early rounds of the initial round robin, there was a rumor going around that many of the Current Events questions were written out of the most recent issu...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: HI 2010 Discussion
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10323
Re: HI 2010 Discussion
I'd also be curious to hear from teams as to why they DIDN'T attend the tournament. This was held at the same time as FICHTE was last year, but got only a fraction of the teams that FICHTE got. I'm curious as to why. Just a second. How is it that you wanted more teams at this tournament? How would ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Answer lines and moderator errors
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5905
Re: Answer lines and moderator errors
One recourse you have (assuming that, by reviewing the packet, you found out there was such a mistake) is to retaliate against the moderator by publicly criticizing him for his mistake and calling him out by name. If a moderator values his status within the quizbowl community, then fear of being ca...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Access to SCT discussion forum
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9867
Re: Access to SCT discussion forum
just realized I still don't have access... but I staffed at Harvard and I won't give the answers to anyone else, I promise.
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Answer lines and moderator errors
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5905
Re: Answer lines and moderator errors
PDF.Captain Sinico wrote:Is there perhaps a way to do that for the whole document at source? That would be good as the correction marks in Word are a constant annoyance to many.
MaS
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast NOW AT HARVARD (2/6/10)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 17755
Re: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast NOW AT HARVARD (2/6/10)
Like, before I forget, speaking as a D1 player, I wanted to thank those in charge (I'm guessing Andy+) for an amazingly smooth tournament that got through 14 rounds with a 75 minute lunch break in under 8 hours. Props to the D1 readers/scorekeepers doing double duty who ranged from really good to d...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Good morning, quizbowl
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3210
Re: Good morning, quizbowl
...One person weeps at the Mac inability to open passworded zip files... If this problem recurs, check out http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html for a Mac utility that can open passworded zips (and is better than the default OS X unarchiver... though it can be easily uninstalled after the tour...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2010 at UPenn (1/30/10)
- Replies: 78
- Views: 29311
Re: Penn Bowl 2010 at UPenn (1/30/10)
Yep.Whig's Boson wrote:Army attended ACF Fall this year, didn't it?
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast NOW AT HARVARD (2/6/10)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 17755
Re: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast NOW AT HARVARD (2/6/10)
Worth noting, the host requirements page says the following: Host staffing responsibilities involve providing a moderator and a scorekeeper in each Division I room and a single staffer in each Division II room. Since Division II questions are shorter, it is hoped that a single staffer will be able ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Formatting of Pronunciation Guides
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3524
Re: Formatting of Pronunciation Guides
I'm going to advertise my preference for Guy Tabachnick-style syllable separators, possibly with the accented syllable in all caps, as the simplest way to provide some assistance for those who are unfamiliar with the word without tripping up readers with the extra characters of a pronunciation guide...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast NOW AT HARVARD (2/6/10)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 17755
Re: 2010 NAQT SCT Northeast at MIT (2/6/10)
Has anyone gotten back to you about housing yet? I'd need to check with roommates first, but I do have a couch...jonpin wrote:I will likely be able to come and help moderate/staff the tournament if needed. If there's somewhere for me to stay Friday night, it is all the more likely.
- Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:44 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Qbhistory: High school classes & where are they now (<1998)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 59565
Re: Qbhistory: High school classes & where are they now (<1998)
Vanderbilt also held a series of extremely large tournaments (on the order of 100 teams) twice a year which had a draw bigger than local tournaments (if not a truly national one); my memory of the questions, heard only in practices and never in Nashville, is dim, but I suspect they were also interm...
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:16 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The quizbowl decades project
- Replies: 123
- Views: 76752
Re: The quizbowl decades project
the four games VCU played with Vanderbilt at the 2005 to 2007 Nationals and ICT, each of which came down to the last one or two tossups and three of which decided who went on to the championship bracket The first mention I witnessed as a competitor rather than spectator/staffer. Oh, the joys of com...
- Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizzy, an Excuse for you to Try Out Google Wave
- Replies: 76
- Views: 14885
Re: Quizzy, an Excuse for you to Try Out Google Wave
Anybody still invite-less?
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard International II/ Fake ACF (3/20/10)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 27463
Re: Harvard International II/ Fake ACF (3/20/10)
Someone remind me; I'll bring a cake!The Gold Gringo wrote:I'd be honored.Whig's Boson wrote:I think I speak for everyone at Harvard when I say that if Aaron wants to honor us with his presence on his 21st birthday, we will throw one hell of a party for him after the tournament.
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Hey let's talk about OpenOffice
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4396
Re: Hey let's talk about OpenOffice
Just adding another voice to the growing "it's not OpenOffice, it's people using OpenOffice stupidly" consensus. It's the only office suite on my main notebook, and the school computers I use to print only run MS Office, and I've not yet had a serious problem in the transfer (occasional fo...
- Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2009 Discussion
- Replies: 129
- Views: 22082
Re: ACF Fall 2009 Discussion
From my experience reading the tournament, it seemed overall pretty good in its substance, but I also want to reverse the standard complaint from moderators after tournaments: this set was remarkably well copy-edited. While the bizarre situations with superconductivity and Le Courbousier were annoy...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Northeast (10/31) @ MIT
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16434
Re: ACF Fall Northeast (10/31) @ MIT
I hadn't replied to Grace's request for assistance yet because I was still determining my other commitments for that weekend, but I'll also be on hand, whether at MIT or at Brandeis. I don't know if I'm counted in Andy's 3-5 staffers or if there's some advance prep I can assist with, so let me know.
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5102
Re: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
Uh, hey MIT, I'm talking with people about working out rides from bus stations to attend our mirror at Maryland, and they're still not sure if they're going to come because of the tragicomedy that is your handling of this event. Lord knows I've been in your position before, but on the off chance th...
- Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Attention must be paid
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15924
Re: Attention must be paid
I'm usually a formatting Nazi but it's impossible even for me to get excited about the distinction between "For ten points" and "For 10 points." In fact, I always use the former style and I can't think of why anyone should care whether it's written this way or not. Also, the dis...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5102
Re: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
Mmkay. There are rooms (reserved by Grace), an available Katy-as-TD, and at least two "able to staff but not sure it's worth the effort" MIT team members. How badly do people want this? The only obstacle seems to be motivation.
- Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5102
Re: MIT Mirror of MO, 10/17
Let's be clear - if there's any interest and at least a couple of MIT willing to read, we can make this happen. I'll handle whatever coordination MIT can't muster if need be. A lack of competitors, however, is a good reason to cancel. Who would still be in so long as there are at least 2-3 other tea...
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Discussion
- Replies: 186
- Views: 27923
Re: EFT Discussion
Returning to the points on translations: first, why I ruled out "Guide TO the Perplexed" in my room and stand by doing so... In Arabic, the book's title translates most literally to Guide of the Perplexed (or Baffled or Bewildered), since it's an idaafa (construct state) and therefore the ...
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: EFT 4 at Brown (Saturday, October 3)
- Replies: 97
- Views: 31053
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: EFT 4 at Brown (Saturday, October 3)
After the tournament there will be a party at my apartment. All and sundry are welcome. If you think you might need to stay the night, I have an inflatable mattress, a futon big enough for two people, and a comfy chair for sleeping. I guess you can also sleep on the floor (I think I have a sleeping...
- Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Northeast FIST Mirror (11/7/09)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10937
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Northeast FIST Mirror (11/21/09)
While we're spoil-sporting on the date, the 21st is SPLASH weekend, and while I suppose I don't mind corrupting (I mean teaching) high school students on my birthday, I'd rather be able to schedule classes for Saturday and host a party on Sunday instead...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11567
Re: CO Lit Discussion
Could you post the text of the We tossup? IIRC, the first clues described some other work related to it, and then dropped Mephi. The plot of this novel is heavily based on an earlier novel by its author, wherein the protagonist possesses terrible gold teeth and authors “Precepts of Assured Salvatio...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit Discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11567
Re: CO Lit Discussion
One incident in this book ends with a character kneeling on a pitcher’s mound and proclaiming “Oh God,” after following a man on a train whom he believes to be both God and his missing father because the man is missing one earlobe. In another part of this book, a child who believes that she is abou...
- Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Lit announcement
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29926
Re: CO Lit announcement
okay, emailed Matt, no response. kathryn.e.peters at gmail can be added also - I'll write what I can, but even better, I can randomize and packet-sort on Saturday if need be (not being at CO), which can free the other writers to be editing up until the very last moment.
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun X Mirror (7/11/09) at Maryland
- Replies: 102
- Views: 27567
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun X Mirror (7/11/09) at Maryland
I'm happy to accept criticism for how we handled these situations, because god knows I didn't know what to really do, but I don't think that the fact that some of our team members playing the tournament helped out on the organizational side was the cause of any of the delays of frustration. If I'm ...