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- Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5381
Re: Michigan Winter @ Rutgers University (2/15/2020)
Bowdoin might drive down for this if it is scheduled later in February, though the 15th is not the worst weekend for us.
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
- Replies: 12
- Views: 926
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Doug/Michael:
Max Shatan
Wonyoung Jang
Ethan Strombeck
Chicago A
Alternate: Julia Tong
Max Shatan
Wonyoung Jang
Ethan Strombeck
Chicago A
Alternate: Julia Tong
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
- Replies: 73
- Views: 7328
Re: Announcement: 2019-20 Fantasy Quizbowl
DROP Michael Borecki
ADD Neil Gurram
ADD Neil Gurram
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Earlybird @ UIUC (9/28/2019)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8292
Re: Earlybird @ UIUC (9/28/2019)
Hi everyone -- apologies for a delay that is entirely my fault, but a discussion forum for RAFT is now available. You can ask to join by selecting it on the "usergroups" section of your control panel.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 RAFT Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 0
- Views: 158
2019 RAFT Question-Specific Discussion
Please post any questions, comments, concerns, etc. about specific questions in the RAFT set here. Coaches and other responsible adults are welcome to ask for a copy of the set.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 RAFT General Discussion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 409
2019 RAFT General Discussion
This is a thread for overall comments on the difficulty, playability, distribution, feng shui, and any other non-question-specific aspects of the RAFT set. I will open by saying that we had some difficulties meeting the deadlines for this set, and that showed itself in some proofreading and feng shu...
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT XV @ Yale (10/12/2019 - New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5533
Re: FAcT XV @ Yale (10/12/2019 - New Haven, CT)
Big round of applause to Acton-Boxborough, the winners of FAcT XV! Stats for the tournament can be found here . I want to recognize David Rubin for his immense help with stats, as well as our wonderful Yale staffers (Andrew Qin, Louie Lu, James Wedgwood, Hasna Karim, Daniel Sheinberg, Nathaniel Mil...
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
Thanks. Sincerest apologies about that. I'll be setting up a discussion forum in the next few days.the return of AHAN wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:14 pm Bonus #1 in round 5 needs to be fixed. Read it and you'll see why.
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Yale (11/02/2019)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6068
Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Yale (11/02/2019)
I'd be very interested in knowing if a quiz bowl team is being started up at Hofstra (great, very exciting!) or if Ben Zhang is just planning on soloing this tournament (please don't do this).
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
FYI, the University of Illinois ABT has announced their Earlybird tournament for September 28th*, which pushes your first mirror up by two weeks. * - October 12th would conflict with the coaches association's statewide novice tournament. This has been corrected. In that event, I'm open to running o...
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17547
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
What about New England?rahulkeyal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:41 am Registration for 2019 ACF Fall has opened! We are still working to finalize sites in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern California, and the United Kingdom.
EDIT: Never mind, it's on the form.
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guerilla NASAT @ Columbia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5783
Re: Guerilla NASAT @ Columbia
If we don't get more signups, I'm inclined to cap the field at four teams and allow a five-person team or two. Please recruit your friends! EDIT: alternatively, we can break up a team (probably Columbia) to fill the field out Probably best to start with a free agent team and confirm that those peop...
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11494
Re: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
Workshops (at the regional level – the vulnerable teams are generally not the ones at nationals) would be helpful I was thinking that workshops should be focused at HS Nationals since that's where you see the biggest overlap between the college and HS game in terms of personnel and where you can ge...
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:58 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11494
Re: Logistical Barriers to Starting Successful Collegiate Quizbowl Teams
I’ve recently been thinking about starting a thread about supporting quiz bowl at smaller colleges, based on my experiences at Bowdoin thus far, but it probably applies better here and I’ve tried to reply/add to Chris’s points as much as possible. (Issue #1): The best thing that happened to me when ...
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5377
Re: ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
I don't really know about that. 1) I think that if your circuit wants to have a "gentleman's agreement" rule and the Midwest wants to knock each others' brains out on easy questions, why do you care what they do? That might sound a little bit snarky, but I mean it as a genuine question. I...
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5377
ACF Fall "Gentlemen's Agreements"
Note: This is unrelated to my comments related to packet submission and pricing in the 2019 ACF Fall thread. I got a nice suggestion from someone today to "play EFT, but not Fall," to which I replied something along the lines of "that's exactly what I've been planning on doing." ...
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Packet-Submission Discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10591
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
So I actually run a team that has some concrete, rather than hypothetical, issues with the requirements and price structure of Fall With regards to the packet submission, I get why it exists, how it's incredibly helpful to the editors in the production process, and how it can help spur newer players...
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9900
Re: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
Nicholas, I know a lot of people have left some pretty harsh feedback in this thread, but wherever you end up going with this set, have you considered asking if any other housewrite sets would like to have you on as a writer? Given how motivated you seem to be in writing a set, and how many housewr...
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9900
Re: TAPIR Set Available for 2020 Mirrors
If any tournament is seriously considering mirroring this set for $2 a team, I recommend they try to find another housewrite and raise entry fees $10 instead. Kevin made some great points about why the setup of one person writing/editing everything just might be a bad idea, and teams are much better...
- Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
- Replies: 59
- Views: 22004
Re: GUERILLA NYC Summer Open Main Thread
What time is this starting on Saturday?
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2019-2020 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21654
Re: DC Metro 2019-2020 Date Claim Thread
If anyone in the DC or Virginia area is looking to mirror a regular-difficulty housewrite in the fall or spring, RAFT ( http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=22863 ) is available October 1, potentially sooner, and our team is actively seeking out sites across the country. Contact me...
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9967
Re: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
Mirrors: Illinois: Earlybird at UIUC (IL) - September 28 Eastern Missouri: East Central College (Union, MO) - November 2 Minnesota: Mounds View (MN) - November 2 Virginia: Maggie Walker (VA) - December 14 Metro NYC: Millburn (NJ) - February 8 Ohio: Sidney High School - March 7 Georgia: Commerce Hig...
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9967
RAFT Available for 2019-2020 Mirrors (HS Regular)
This is a mirror announcement for the Regular Academic Fall Tournament (RAFT), a high school regular-difficulty set available by October 1, 2019 . Questions will be written by experienced high school and collegiate players from a variety of programs. I, Michael Borecki, will be head editing this set...
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: META online
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4715
Re: META online
Based on the poll, it seems like most people would like to play this on July 13th. I’ve set up a spreadsheet where you can create your teams. The mirror fee will be $10 per player, and I’ll likely cap the field at 8 teams (unless there is more interest). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g6yc...
- Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NYC Summer Open date poll
- Replies: 45
- Views: 23013
Re: NYC Summer Open date poll
As a player, I'm personally agnostic between NASAT and Oxford Open, but would be strongly opposed to CamO - one, because I want to play it in LA, and two, because I don't want to play a truncated version of the set (as Raynor indicated would happen if we played that tournament). I think using Oxfor...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
- Replies: 37
- Views: 25302
Re: 2019 NHBB Discord Tournament
Hey so it should be 1) Clear that this event is not at all affiliated with NHBB 2) Understood that you should never run a tournament on questions written by another organization without their permission, and especially do not charge an entry fee for those tournaments . 3) Understood that you can nev...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21358
Re: 2019 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
Do you expect there to be a mirror site further northeast than Columbia?
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Finals: ACF Nationals
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1501
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Semifinals: ICT
Myers/Borecki:
Vishwa Shanmugam
Eric Chen
Matthew Lehmann
UC Berkeley A
Alternate: Max Shatan
Vishwa Shanmugam
Eric Chen
Matthew Lehmann
UC Berkeley A
Alternate: Max Shatan
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:48 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12228
Re: Feeling Trapped in Hudson Valley(NY)
You could always consider hosting your own tournament. The fact is, though, that traveling an hour to go to a tournament should not be a big deal, especially considering you'll be spending like 8 hours at that tournament anyway. To pitch another tournament, Darien High School is 45 minutes from you ...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Small Colleges, LACs, and ICT
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10889
Re: Small Colleges, LACs, and ICT
There may be an issue in terms of having enough teams who qualify, but it seems to me that the undergraduate classification would be more meaningful if it were restricted to institutions whose student body is overwhelmingly or entirely made up of undergraduates. It seems like this would have the ef...
- Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
- Replies: 9
- Views: 587
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 6: ACF Regionals
Me/Jakob:
Matthew Lehmann
Jonathan Tran
Max Shatan
Berkeley A
Alternate: Alston Boyd
Matthew Lehmann
Jonathan Tran
Max Shatan
Berkeley A
Alternate: Alston Boyd
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12452
Re: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Justin, do you think 2018 ACF Regionals required advanced stats to help the editors with fixing questions? To go off that obviously rhetorical question, people like looking at advanced stats to see how players and teams from across the country compare. Having mirrors without advanced stats fucks wit...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9120
Re: Generalist/Geography Specialist Desiring to Branch Out
Hey, so I also started out as a geography specialist and expanded from there (though I was a generalist once I reached high school). I'd strongly encourage you to study history (what grade is your teammate in? If he's a senior then you'll need to replace those points next year), and as people have a...
- Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2994
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Hot 1. Sicko Mode (I only knew this song as "the one with the really sick beat drop" since I normally don't listen to Travis Scott) 2. Mo Bamba (only for the good Baxter House basement memories) 3. The Middle (grew on me) 4. Feel it Still (not my favorite PTM song but very good) 5. One Kis...
- Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 46113
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
Hello, everyone! After checking on the three disputed entries, Allderdice and Boston Latin high schools are outside of the region that I stated at the top of the poll, and I specifically said to avoid schools outside this geographic region. As such, the affected schools will be removed. Changes to ...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4990
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
DROP Boyang Jiao
ADD Jonathan Tran
ADD Jonathan Tran
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
- Replies: 11
- Views: 908
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Vishwa Shanmugam
Max Shatan
Michael Borecki
Berkeley A
Alternate: (Big) Boyang Jiao (Brand)
Max Shatan
Michael Borecki
Berkeley A
Alternate: (Big) Boyang Jiao (Brand)
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4990
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
DROP Tracy Mirkin
ADD Ankush Bajaj
ADD Ankush Bajaj
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4990
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
DROP Hari Parameswaran
ADD Max Shatan
ADD Max Shatan
- Mon Oct 29, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20937
Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19
NHBB New England Championships is at ConVal on March 9.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4990
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
DROP Tora Husar
ADD Hari Parameswaran
ADD Hari Parameswaran
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1303
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
Starting Michigan State, Evan, and Justin after their tournaments have occurred should definitely be against the rules.Santa Claus wrote: ↑Sat Sep 29, 2018 6:17 pm Michigan State A
Evan Suttell
Justin Hawkins
Derek So
Alt: Adam Silverman
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1162
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
Michael/Jakob's Roster:
Matthew Lehmann
Vishwa Shanmugam
Dylan Minarik
Penn A
Alternate: Alston Boyd
Matthew Lehmann
Vishwa Shanmugam
Dylan Minarik
Penn A
Alternate: Alston Boyd
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1303
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 1: Early Fall Tournament
Michael/Jakob's Roster:
Matthew Lehmann
Tracy Mirkin
Michael Borecki
Berkeley A
EDIT: Alternate: Eric Chen
EDIT (See Jakob's post): Matt Lehmann, Alston Boyd, Michael Borecki, Berkeley A, alternate Eric Chen
Matthew Lehmann
Tracy Mirkin
Michael Borecki
Berkeley A
EDIT: Alternate: Eric Chen
EDIT (See Jakob's post): Matt Lehmann, Alston Boyd, Michael Borecki, Berkeley A, alternate Eric Chen
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4990
Re: Announcement: Fantasy Quizbowl 2018-19
DROP NourEddine Hijazi
ADD Dylan Minarik
ADD Dylan Minarik
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1162
Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 4: Sun God Invitational
How would adding/dropping players from our roster work for this week?
- Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament at Yale (10/13)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4739
Re: Early Fall Tournament at Yale (10/13)
Can we get a list of the current field?
- Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20937
Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19
NHBB is claiming Feb. 2 for its MA State Championships, March 2 for Connecticut (Newtown), and November 17 for New Hampshire. Boston Fall was initially scheduled for Dec. 8, but I'm trying to move it to avoid a conflict with PAWT (same with New Englands, initially scheduled for March 30). We'll be ...
- Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20937
Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19
I'll be doing some work on that in the next couple months (trying to get a spring event). It's a possibility, but don't count on it (RI is much more likely to happen, though).troyharris wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:56 pm Hi Michael,
I noticed on the History Bowl site that Maine was a potential site. Is that still a possibility?
- Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England Date Claims '18-'19
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20937
Re: New England Date Claims '18-'19
NHBB is claiming Feb. 2 for its MA State Championships, March 2 for Connecticut (Newtown), and November 17 for New Hampshire. Boston Fall was initially scheduled for Dec. 8, but I'm trying to move it to avoid a conflict with PAWT (same with New Englands, initially scheduled for March 30).