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- Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: Now Seeking Standby Teams
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3622
2015 PACE NSC: Now Seeking Standby Teams
The 2015 PACE National Scholastic Championship, to be held on June 6 and 7 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in the Washington, DC metro area, is now seeking standby teams. Teams with standby status must commit to showing up to the tournament and being ready to play if a registered team fails to appear on...
- Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:49 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22204
Re: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
I will be attending Princeton University in the fall. At the moment, I do not anticipate being particularly active in college quizbowl due to athletic commitments, but I shall see what time permits. Quiz Bowl is an athletic event since you are exercising your brain! You are greatly encouraged to jo...
- Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
- Replies: 227
- Views: 96334
Re: ACF Nationals 2015 Discussion
Thanks to everyone who made this tournament happen! Great job to the editors and the staff. Congrats to Penn for their victory. My one complaint is the decision to move the first Sunday morning round to Saturday night. Whose decision was that and why was that made? Our moderators in the previous rou...
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
Re: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
Congrats to Bellarmine A for winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #4 with a record of 9-0 ! With their win, Bellarmine has won the overall 2014-2015 Varsity "California Cup" Complete Varsity stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2907/stats/varsity_final_stats/ Congrat...
- Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT @ Berkeley (May 2)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2939
MUT @ Berkeley (May 2)
UC Berkeley will be running a mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament on Saturday, May 2. This tournament is for undergraduate students (HS teams may play) but graduate students may not play. We will have a field cap of 16 teams. Registration will take place at 9AM at 221 Wheeler Hall. Base...
- Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
Re: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
Congrats to Bellarmine A for defeating Saratoga A in a one-game final 360-305 to win the Varsity division of Cal Cup #3! Varsity results/stats can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2884/stats/varsity_final_stats/ Congrats to CA Crosspoint for defeating Davis B in a one-game fin...
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (February 7)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4781
Re: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (February 7)
I will contact Washington and Davis again.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28590
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
Probably not going to happen. No one in SoCal is interested in hosting and none of the NorCal teams have written packets.gyre and gimble wrote:Is there going to be a West Coast mirror?
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: George Oppen - UCSD - 2/21/15
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8143
Re: George Oppen - UCSD - 2/21/15
Berkeley almost certainly won't be attending since we are hosting a large HS tournament that day.Mike Bentley wrote:So were any of the people in the other thread pulling for a Norcal site coming to this one? Jeff? Ted? Berkeley? Cal Tech?
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals at Stanford (January 24, 2015)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3936
Re: ACF Regionals at Stanford (January 24, 2015)
A big thanks to Stanford for hosting, a great job to the editors for their great set, and congrats to UCSD A!
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Sacramento Winter Tournament (Jan 31)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1519
Sacramento Winter Tournament (Jan 31)
NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano HS, Sacramento, California. Registration will begin at 9:00AM and we hope to start round 1 at 9:30AM. We will ...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
Re: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
Good news! We have confirmed that Cal Cup #3 will be held on Sat, Feb 21 and Cal Cup #4 will be held on Sat, March 7. Registration for Cal Cup #3 is now open (the registration form can be found in the initial post above).
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michigan
- Replies: 54
- Views: 42093
Re: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michiga
Here are the packet submission deadlines for ACF Nationals: -$100 discount: January 18 -$50 discount: February 1 -$25 discount: February 15 no penalty: March 1 (host teams must write a packet by this deadline to secure their autobid; note that this is also the last day to confirm your attendance at...
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT SCT: February 7
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21404
Re: 2015 NAQT SCT: February 7
Are the rest of the SCT sites going to be announced on the forums soon? I think the Chicago, Youngstown State, A&M and Claremont sites have yet to be announced, and it's, well, January. http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16824 (Claremont) http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic...
- Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSAPQ Plans for 2014-15
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3017
Re: HSAPQ Plans for 2014-15
What is the status on the HSAPQ regional events? I haven't heard anything about this in months.Mewto55555 wrote:Further elaboration, especially about our state series:
[*]Our state series will be continuing in 2015 in California, New York, Washington DC, North Carolina, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES @ Berkeley (Dec 6)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4680
Re: DEES @ Berkeley (Dec 6)
Congrats to Stanford A for going 12-0 to win the Berkeley mirror of DEES! A big thanks to our moderators: Jeff, Anthony, Sumukh, Neeloy, and Scott. Stats at lunch here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2724/stats/stats_at_lunch/ Final results/stats here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tourname...
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY Global Announcement
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28590
Re: STIMPY Global Announcement
Have any mirrors of this been scheduled yet?
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
Re: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Nov 1 + Nov 22)
Varsity results from Cal Cup #2 at Lunch
JV prelims results from Cal Cup #2
Congrats to Saratoga for clearing the field and winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #2! Bruce from Saratoga was the top scorer.
Varsity Final Results/Stats
JV Final Results
JV prelims results from Cal Cup #2
Congrats to Saratoga for clearing the field and winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #2! Bruce from Saratoga was the top scorer.
Varsity Final Results/Stats
JV Final Results
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 3:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl at Stanford (11/15/14)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2607
Re: Penn Bowl at Stanford (11/15/14)
Congrats to Stanford A for winning the Stanford mirror of Penn Bowl and congrats to Auroni for being the top scorer! A big thanks to all of the moderators and thanks to Stanford for hosting.
Stats/results here:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/
Stats/results here:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES @ Berkeley (Dec 6)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4680
DEES @ Berkeley (Dec 6)
Berkeley will be hosting a mirror of DEES on Saturday, December 6. We will have registration starting at 8:45AM at 151 Barrows Hall and plan to start promptly at 9:15AM. The field cap will be 12. HS teams and Open teams (with certain restrictions) are welcome. The event is *NO LONGER* packet submiss...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Alternatives to Protobowl
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5577
Re: Alternatives to Protobowl
http://quinterest.org/ is a great resource.araksuj wrote:So apparently protobowl is a horrible resource to study. I was wondering if there were any other question reader websites that were better than protobowl.
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- Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 @ Berkeley (Nov 8)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3529
Re: ACF Fall 2014 @ Berkeley (Nov 8)
Stats at lunch: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2333/stats/stats_at_lunch/ Complete Prelim stats here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2333/stats/prelim_stats/ Congrats to Berkeley A for winning a one game final against Bellarmine A to win the 2014 Berkeley mirror of ACF Fall and c...
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
Re: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Nov 1 + Nov 22)
JV Prelim stats here . JV Finals here . Varsity Finals here . Congrats to Bellarmine A for winning the Varsity division of Cal Cup #1 and congrats to Chinese Christian A for winning the JV division! A big thanks to all of our Berkeley and team staffers (and I apologize for having the JV division tak...
- Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS at University of Minnesota (10/18)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2559
Re: ICCS at University of Minnesota (10/18)
This happened as an in-house scrimmage event since no other schools could come (stats were not kept)Hidehiro Anto wrote:Did this happen? Are there stats?
- Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Global Announce: Introductory Collaborative Collegiate Set
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21434
Re: Global Announce: Introductory Collaborative Collegiate S
Since the last mirror of ICCS has finished I have posted the questions to the archives here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/747/ I'd like to thank everyone who volunteered to write: Ryan Rosenberg, Jason Cheng, Gaurav Kandlikar, Noah Prince, Sam Bailey, Max Schindler, Brendan McKendy, Ase...
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2106
Re: ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
Congrats to Berkeley F for defeating Berkeley E in a one game final to win the Berkeley mirror of ICCS! A big thanks to all of our moderators: Jeff, Aseem, Ashley, Zev, Niki, and James.
Full stats/results here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... nal_stats/
Full stats/results here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... nal_stats/
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2106
Re: ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
Stats at lunch are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... _at_lunch/
- Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS: General Set Discussion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1266
Re: ICCS: General Set Discussion
Thanks for your suggestions, Mike. I did quite a bit of work to make some things easier and I agree those two round 9 bonuses should be made easier; I'll make some fixes for next weekend's mirrors.
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2084
Re: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
I don't have the set with me, so I'm not sure in which round, but there is a toss-up on Sartre in which we are told he wrote a book called "Critique of Practical Reason," which got negs in 5-6 rooms at Gateway in Lake City, FL. Of course, the prior clue ruled out Kant, though maybe not fo...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS (Collegiate Novice) at Florida Gateway College 10/4/14
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3615
Re: ICCS (Collegiate Novice) at Florida Gateway College 10/4
Great tournament everybody. Look forward to seeing the stats posted up. Also, we were looking to have copies of the packets, but at the end of the tournament couldn't reach anyone. When do you think ICCS 2014 will be posted in the archives? The ICCS set will be posted to the archives soon after the...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: East Bay Novice Tournament 10/4
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2352
Re: East Bay Novice Tournament 10/4
Congrats to College Prep for defeating Albany A in a one game final to win the East Bay Novice tournament! Congrats to Andrew from CP for being the top scorer. A big thanks to all of the team and Berkeley staffers.
Full stats are here.
Full stats are here.
- Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '14-'15
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14119
Re: Tennessee '14-'15
Why are player stats and TU/Bonus info not kept?Siegfried wrote: (stats excluding player statistics and tossup/bonus specifics can be found at http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-te ... nt_id=5728)
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2084
Re: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
I don't have the set right in front of me, but what I do remember is that some of the chemistry got pretty hard and sometimes borderline unanswerable (like those tossups on the partition function and Clausius-Clapeyron equation). I also don't remember a lot of tossups on elements and compounds, whi...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12734
California Cup @ UC Berkeley (Feb 21 + Mar 7)
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Quiz Bowl Club at UC Berkeley are pleased to announce that we will be holding the third annual California Cup. The California Cup consists of four quiz bowl tournaments held throughout the year, and it is widely considered the premier academic competiti...
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Sacramento Fall Tournament (Sept 13)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3479
Re: Sacramento Fall Tournament (Sept 13)
Congrats to Davis A for winning the 2014 Sacramento Fall HS Tournament! Congrats to Benson for being the top scorer! A big thanks to all of our staffers and moderators and thanks to Mr. Blenner from Rio for his work reserving the classrooms. Full Stats/results here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/to...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:11 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: TDB help thread
- Replies: 79
- Views: 61740
Re: TDB help thread
I can do this for Northern California.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:41 am
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Updating ProtoBowl
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: Updating ProtoBowl
People should use Quinterest- it is more up to-date.
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6186
Re: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 201
For how long has ACF Fall been in early November? When you say "The problem is that if one views ACF Fall as an introductory tournament, you are potentially turning people off to it by only having regular tournaments first, and if you successfully "introduce" people to anything, you h...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6186
Re: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 201
According to http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=14462, out of the 17 collegiate novice tournaments last year there were 12 (70%) that were held in September. That means that in most of the country outside the west coast there was all of October and November (and part of December) ...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6186
Re: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 201
Yes- as others have mentioned- (for example) all of the University of California schools (except for Berkeley) are on the Quarter system and start in late September (same with non-UC schools such as Stanford and CalTech). I would imagine the "mysterious "planning" that Matt is referri...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 @ Berkeley (Nov 8)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3529
ACF Fall 2014 @ Berkeley (Nov 8)
Hello! I am pleased to announce the NorCal site of ACF Fall 2014, to be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, 8 November 2014 . ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. We will have registration at 9AM at 134 Dwinelle...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:34 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: New College Contact List
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40944
Re: New College Contact List
Yes, pretty sure NAQT will be posting it in the near future.Disappointment Islands wrote:I was wondering if there was going to be a new list for the seniors that graduated last semester? I've been meaning to see if I can find people with whom to start a team.
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2106
ICCS @ Berkeley (Oct 18)
UC Berkeley will be hosting ICCS (Collegiate Novice replacement) on Saturday, October 18. More information about the set can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16162 Registration: In order to register, please fill out this google form: https://docs.google.com/a/berke...
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Sacramento Fall Tournament (Sept 13)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3479
Sacramento Fall Tournament (Sept 13)
NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014. Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano HS , Sacramento, California. Registration will begin at 9:30AM and we hope to start round 1 at 10:00AM. We w...
- Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4656
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
Stats at lunch are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2265/stats/stats_at_lunch/ Congrats to Cormorant Strike for winning the VCU Open mirror at Berkeley! Congrats to Jeff Hoppes for being the top scorer. A big thanks to our staffers: Larissa, Sumukh, Naomi, and Terry! Finals stats here:...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4656
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
We will be running Geo Monstrosity VI on Saturday after the conclusion of VCU Open. Fees/discounts TBD.Gautam wrote:So what's going on with this mirror? Any plans for the side events?
Due to lack of interest we will not be running any other side events.
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: West Coast Schedule Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5237
Re: West Coast Schedule Discussion
Reviving this old thread to make a general statement that we have three Southern California colleges that have not attended a tournament in the last two colleges (USC, UCLA, UCSB) that are keenly interested in competing in the 2014-2015 season. USC and UCLA in particular already have a program runn...
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This year's sets missing from archive
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11700
Re: This year's sets missing from archive
The 2012 Illinois Fall Tournament, 2014 MUT, 2013 Collegiate Novice, and 2014 IMSANITY haven't been posted, either.
EDIT: other sets
EDIT: other sets
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4656
VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
UC Berkeley will be running a mirror of VCU Open on Saturday, August 9. This tournament is "open", so anyone (high school, college, graduate school, post-college) can play, although please note that the tournament difficulty is "near collegiate nationals level" (not accessible to...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open online mirror of NASAT -- June 21
- Replies: 91
- Views: 45345
Re: Open online mirror of NASAT -- June 21
I will be playing this with John Gleb, Di Xiao, and Andy Nguy. Our team name will be UC Berkeley.
EDIT: updated 4th player
EDIT: updated 4th player