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by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: My experience at PACE NSC 2019
Replies: 7
Views: 3829

Re: My experience at PACE NSC 2019

To be honest, I kind of memory-holed this tournament, but reading this post brought back some good memories. Really miss playing quiz bowl with my high school teammates.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: CREEK (HS Regular+) Available Fall 2023
Replies: 3
Views: 4899

Re: CREEK (HS Regular+) Available Fall 2023

Hello, The CREEK team is anticipating that the set will be finished by September, and we are still looking for mirrors all around the country! Please let us know if you'd be interested in mirroring the set. Please note that the high school version (CREEK) is a separate set from the college version (...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: ESPN (Spring 2024, 3.5-4 Dot)
Replies: 10
Views: 8626

Re: ESPN (Spring 2024, 3.5-4 Dot)

The ESPN open application form is now closed. Thanks to everyone who applied -- we will get back to you as soon as possible!
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ACF Nationals Favorite Buzzes and Moments
Replies: 8
Views: 4238

Re: 2023 ACF Nationals Favorite Buzzes and Moments

I was pleasantly surprised to see a decently-large amount of India content in this year's ACF Nationals. Some of my favorite questions included (even if I didn't buzz on them) were: - the literature tossup on "Dalits" - the Urdu poetry question cluing Bahadur Shah Zafar's poetry - the Coke...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2023)
Replies: 12
Views: 9248

Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2023)

I will be in the Bay Area for the foreseeable future. Hope to play / staff tournaments close by!
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments
Replies: 21
Views: 4052

Re: 2023 BHSU: Favorite questions/clues/buzzes/moments

The flip-flops TU made my day (thank you to whoever wrote the electrical engineering content, you called my bluff)
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:21 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion
Replies: 59
Views: 36016

Re: 2023 BHSU: Specific question discussion

I enjoyed most of the questions in this question set, but I was a bit annoyed by the question on the Farm Security Administration. Both me and another player in the room could recognize the photographs in the second half of the tossup but weren't able to connect them to what we both felt was a kind ...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Nov 05, 2022 6:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Winter at Georgia Tech (11/05/2022)
Replies: 2
Views: 922

Re: 2022 ACF Winter at Georgia Tech (11/05/2022)

Thank you all to those who attended ACF Winter today! Congratulations to the following teams: Overall Champion: MTSU Overall 2nd Place: Georgia Tech A UG Champion: MTSU UG 2nd Place: South Carolina Stats can be found at this link: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7784/stats/all_games/ We hope t...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)
Replies: 7
Views: 7352

Re: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)

Hello, The HARI Team would like to remind the following teams that hosted a HARI mirror to pay their mirror fees: University of Maryland, College Park University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rochester Institute of Technology When these institutions decided to mirror HARI, there was an implicit agree...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Fri May 13, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Interest for NorCal Summer Quiz Bowl Weekend
Replies: 1
Views: 1125

Interest for NorCal Summer Quiz Bowl Weekend

I wanted to make this post to gauge interest/start organizing a quiz bowl weekend, as myself (and I'm sure others) would be interested in playing this. I assume NASAT would be run on one of the days, with the other day being used for side events, or at least I think that's how these things usually w...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:18 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4562

Re: ACF Nationals 2022 Specific Question Discussion

I greatly enjoyed the history in this set, but I was wondering the rationale behind asking the 1640s as a bonus part. I'm not really an expert in Ming Dynasty history, but it seemed very arbitrary and hard to place, and I'm curious to hear how it played in other rooms. Very glad there were almost no...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Mar 06, 2022 12:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)
Replies: 2
Views: 1425

Re: WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)

Congratulations to Florida for defeating Lambert HS in the second game of an advantaged final! Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7 ... all_games/
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)
Replies: 2
Views: 1425

Re: WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)

UPDATE: The field is now closed.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)
Replies: 2
Views: 1425

WORKSHOP at Georgia Tech (3/5)

I am pleased to announce that the Southeast site of 2022 WORKSHOP will be hosted by Georgia Tech on Saturday, March 5th, 2022. The tournament will take place in-person (specific location will be known closer to the tournament date). Registration: Register by emailing me at hparameswaran6@gatech.edu....
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT @ Georgia Tech (2/5/22)
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

Re: NAQT SCT @ Georgia Tech (2/5/22)

Congratulations to Vanderbilt A for clearing the DI field and to UGA B for defeating Vanderbilt C in an advantaged final to take the DII title! Stats can be found here . If you notice any discrepancies, please let me know immediately so I can fix those. We hope to see you all at future Georgia Tech ...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT @ Georgia Tech (2/5/22)
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

NAQT SCT @ Georgia Tech (2/5/22)

Georgia Tech is proud to announce the Southeast mirror of the 2022 NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 5, 2022. We currently plan for this tournament to be in-person. Location: This tournament will take place in the Instructional Center (759 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30318). Fee...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)
Replies: 3
Views: 2315

Re: Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)

A few updates now that the IO situation is more clear: 1. The tournament will be happening. More details will be sent regarding this later next week, but we planning on holding a double round-robin with the six teams that have already registered with me. This will guarantee 10 rounds for all teams, ...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)
Replies: 3
Views: 2315

Re: Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)

We are currently looking for more teams to sign up for the southeast site of Illinois Open. We would like to have at least six teams to hold the tournament (at the moment, there are three teams signed up and one potential free-agent team). If six teams are not signed up by 11/11, then I will have to...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)
Replies: 2
Views: 1652

Re: HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)

I hope everyone enjoyed today's tournament. Congratulations to Florida A for defeating Georgia Tech in a two-game advantaged final! Stats will be up momentarily, and thank you all for everyone for coming out today.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)
Replies: 7
Views: 7352

Re: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)

Vishwa Shanmugam has stepped down from editing religion and mythology. His role will be taken over by William Groger.

Additionally, we are sill looking for hosts throughout the US/Canada, so please email [email protected] if you are interested.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems
Replies: 9
Views: 5727

Re: Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems

Bhagwan Shammbhagwan wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:17 pm abolish Joe feldman
this
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 3941

Re: 2021 ACF Fall - Specific Question Discussion

The Bill Clinton bonus part mentions Brady Bill in the lead-in and has Brady Bill as an answer.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)
Replies: 2
Views: 1652

Re: HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)

The field is now full. At this time, schools that wish to send more teams will be put on a waitlist until a further field expansion is announced.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at Georgia Tech (10/16/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1336

Re: 2021 ACF Fall at Georgia Tech (10/16/2021)

I hope everyone who attended ACF Fall today enjoyed the set! Congratulations to the following teams: Overall Champion: Vanderbilt A Overall 2nd Place: Georgia C D2 Champion: Georgia C D2 2nd Place: Florida UG Champion: Georgia C UG 2nd Place: Alabama Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/d...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)
Replies: 3
Views: 2315

Illinois Open Southeast Site (11/13)

I am pleased to announce that the Southeast site of Illinois Open will be occurring on November 13, 2021 at Georgia Tech. More details about the set can be found here. The tournament will be held at the Howey Physics Building and will start at 9 AM. The tournament will NOT be run using bouncebacks. ...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)
Replies: 2
Views: 1652

HARI Mirror - Georgia Tech (10/30)

The Georgia Tech Quiz Bowl Team cordially invites you to the Southeast mirror of HARI (Hari's Academic Regional Invitational). The questions are approximately two dots out of four (medium-difficulty) on Ophir's difficulty scale. Please register formally by emailing hparameswaran6@gatech.edu. We will...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

Re: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)

Thanks to all who played HARI Online today! Congratulations to "Too Big Tufail" for beating "Team HARI" 545-210 in a one-game final to win. If you haven't already, please join the Discord server to give feedback on the set. We hope you enjoyed the questions, and we're very excite...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

Re: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)

The field for HARI Online is now being closed at 10 teams. Information about tournament logistics will be sent out on Thursday.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

Re: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)

The field is now closed. Please email me already if you haven't registered. Information will be sent out later in the week about the tournament.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

Re: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)

A reminder that this tournament is happening in two weeks! We would like to have as many people play this mirror and give feedback before our planned in-person mirrors, so please register if you are interested.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at Georgia Tech (10/16/2021)
Replies: 1
Views: 1336

2021 ACF Fall at Georgia Tech (10/16/2021)

I am pleased to announce that the Southeast site of 2021 ACF Fall will be held at Georgia Tech on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The tournament will take place at the Howey Physics Building. The opening meeting will begin at 8:30 and gameplay will begin at 9:00. I, Hari Parameswaran, will be the tourna...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

Re: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/5)

naan/steak-holding toll wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:22 pm goin' up on a Tuesday
ok clearly I can't do dates - it's happening on 10/2 (which is a Saturday I think)
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)
Replies: 8
Views: 3866

HARI Open Mirror - Discord (10/2)

The writers of Hari's Academic Regionals(-minus) Invitational (HARI) cordially invite you to play the online mirror of HARI. This set will be medium-difficulty (about two dots out of four on Ophir's scale). I, Hari Parameswaran, will be the tournament director. Since it is an "open" mirror...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)
Replies: 7
Views: 7352

Re: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)

Gene Harrogate wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:07 pm Are the editors of this tournament looking for hosts in Canada and the UK?
Apologies - we are looking for hosts in Canada and the UK. The OP has been edited to reflect this.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)
Replies: 7
Views: 7352

Re: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)

As the set nears completion, we are now soliciting hosts for our set. We are setting the mirror fee to be $45 per team. We prefer that hosts be mirroring our set at in-person tournaments, but if circumstances demand it, then this set should be hosted online. In conjunction with CDC guidelines, we ex...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)
Replies: 7
Views: 7352

HARI (Hari's Academic Regular(-Minus) Invitational)

Dear All, We invite you to play HARI (Hari’s Academic Regular(-minus) Invitational), a college set planned for Fall 2021. The set will have a difficulty in accordance with “two dots” on Ophir’s difficulty scale. Our current writing cast includes Hari Parameswaran (Georgia Tech), Arjun Nageswaran (Ha...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5012

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

Wanted to preface this post by saying that I enjoyed the history in this set for the most part. In the Ethiopia tossup (round 5), I think that second clue could use a bit more description. Villagization is not unique to Ethiopia, and I don't think the context of "tukul huts" makes this clu...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15807

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

To follow up to Jaimie's OP, here was a subset of some of the submissions that I particularly liked: Berkeley A's tossups on the Xhosa (seems quite under-asked) and Iceland (in the Cold War) MIT B's tossup on London's police UC Davis's tossup on the Thai people (as opposed to a question on Thailand)...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 11547

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

In packet I bonus 10, I think "Most Mohammad Khan" should be corrected to "Dost Mohammad Khan."
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 11547

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the bonus on Brahmans whose first part was flowers? The middle part confused us a lot - my teammates and I were under the impression that upanayana represent part of the transition to becoming a Brahmin, and we were quite confused when the answer was schooling. I'm not sure that the clue...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - General Set Discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 5341

Re: General Set Discussion

-Of the 4 or 5 film question we heard, three of them seemed to focus on purely the auditory/soundtrack aspects of film (The Godfather, Blade Runner, and a bonus mentioning a film composer). I appreciate covering film in this angle, but having it be the conceit of the majority of the film question w...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - General Set Discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 5341

2020 IKEA - General Set Discussion

This is for general set discussion. A longer post is forthcoming.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 5555

2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion

Please ask questions about specific questions here.
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: baby kangaroo on a bike
Replies: 4
Views: 1161

baby kangaroo on a bike

A baby kangaroo
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 8411

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Specific Question Discussion

For the Russian tossup on sci-fi lit, it seems that the Roadside Picnic clue would be better placed at the end, because I would imagine more people converted the tossup at that point in the question, on knowing that it was the basis for Tarkovsky's Stalker , than necessarily knowing about the other ...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 8064

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Thanks and General Discussion

Thank you for making a very enjoyable open set Maryland! Despite getting owned by the set, it had a lot of great content and definitely kept me engaged throughout the tiring rounds. However, the one gripe I did have with the set was the seeming lack of visual arts content before 1900. Renaissance an...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stamina during Nationals
Replies: 7
Views: 4511

Stamina during Nationals

This may have been posted before, but this thought kind of floated in my mind while playing Fall Open yesterday. How did/do you guys get through 18 rounds of 14+ rounds of ACF Nationals/ICT without becoming extremely exhausted and losing focus in important games? Even after playing ~8 or 9 rounds of...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: [SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY] STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)
Replies: 6
Views: 3053

Re: STACKS - Call for Editors (Nats Level, 2020-21)

Ameya, there's no need for another Nationals-level set. Your time would be better spent working on an existing regular/regular-minus set, gaining more experience, and doing the community a favor. That way, you may actually get some editors on your team who want to help you improve as writers and you...
by Bhagwan Shammbhagwan
Sun Oct 27, 2019 3:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 60
Views: 10281

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

I was also wondering about the "decisive moment" clue in the walking tossup. I buzzed knowing that the clue was talking about Cartier-Bresson's photo of Giacometti, but I had absolutely no idea what the question was asking for. I'm not sure if the picture has a specific title, but I felt ...