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by t-bar
Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids
Replies: 3
Views: 2800

ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids

Hello all! ACF is currently seeking a host site for ACF Nationals, to be held on the weekend of April 22-23, 2017. More information about the tournament itself is available in this thread . You can bid to host ACF Nationals using this form . We are looking to receive as many bids as possible from ma...
by t-bar
Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:22 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: HIGS Invitational
Replies: 17
Views: 11355

Re: HIGS Invitational

The set is written by players and coaches of HIGS, and the set is edited by coaches and other prominent high school/college players in the quiz bowl community. Can you be more specific? Producing a high-quality set requires a lot of work that takes experience to do well. Most prospective customers ...
by t-bar
Fri May 13, 2016 9:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACE 2016 Summer Classic (June 24 – 26)
Replies: 7
Views: 4881

Re: ACE 2016 Summer Classic (June 24 – 26)

If you're ever back in New Haven (and this goes for Yale grad students as well), I'm part of the duo that runs bar trivia at GPSCY. My content is generally pretty academic as the audience is Yale grad students. I went once and can attest that it's good stuff. Unfortunately, Monday night is also qui...
by t-bar
Mon May 09, 2016 4:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Postseason Roundtable?
Replies: 8
Views: 4513

Re: Postseason Roundtable?

Kind of peters out at the end, but here's a transcript: http://pastebin.com/CCV7g8Fe.
by t-bar
Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion: 2016 DI ICT
Replies: 38
Views: 13924

Re: Question-specific discussion: 2016 DI ICT

Within this technique, one may use Sargan's test of overidentifying restrictions and the Pagan-Hall test of heteroscedasticity ["hetero"-skeh-dass-TIH-sih-tee]. Its exclusion restriction may have been violated in a 2004 analysis of civil conflict that utilizes rainfall (*) variation to ex...
by t-bar
Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7294

Re: AVOGADRO'S NUMBER General Discussion

These stats are cool as shit. Agreed. I think there's an error in the public-facing "Team standings" page, though--according to my notebook, our team got 920 points in 7 games, which matches the PPG column but not the total points column. It's probably just an issue of a column somewhere ...
by t-bar
Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7159

Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion

Thanks for writing this set-- it was my favorite that I played all year, mostly due to the excellent physics questions. Stephen did a great job asking about important things that come up in quantum, E&M, classical, and stat mech courses, and the bonuses parts were well-selected in general and f...
by t-bar
Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:08 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2015-16
Replies: 76
Views: 78006

Re: HSQBRank 2015-16

St. Mark's A (Dallas, Texas) was missing two of its players (including its by-far best) for the 1/9/16 Mustang Rally, which used an A-level packet, so its performance in that tournament does not reflect the actual strength of the team. Fred has historically ranked teams based largely or entirely on...
by t-bar
Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016
Replies: 104
Views: 60761

Re: ACF Nationals - University of Michigan, 04.16-17.2016

Is there a list of registered teams? I ask partially because I've literally forgotten whether we've registered or not... Here is a general list of those who have qualified and registered for ACF Regionals (as well as teams who would accept or reject a hypothetical bid). I think I must be missing so...
by t-bar
Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Nationals Bids
Replies: 1
Views: 2668

Re: 2016 ACF Nationals Bids

The following teams have been issued Nationals bids (44/44): Berkeley A Berkeley B Chicago A Chicago B Chicago C Chicago D Columbia A Columbia B Dartmouth Duke Florida A Georgia A Georgia Tech A Harvard Illinois A Louisville Maryland A McGill A Michigan A Michigan B Michigan State A Minnesota MIT A ...
by t-bar
Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Nationals Bids
Replies: 1
Views: 2668

2016 ACF Nationals Bids

Hello everyone, ACF has computed Nationals qualification A-Values based on Regionals performances. They can be viewed at this link . Teams highlighted in purple, blue, or yellow have earned automatic bids to ACF Nationals, which you can read all about in the tournament announcement . All remaining t...
by t-bar
Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections
Replies: 38
Views: 13755

Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Corrections

This number is the greatest common divisor of all possible well-defined closed line integrals of the differential form x-dy minus y-dx all over x-squared plus y-squared, a fact that helps define the winding number. This may be my own ignorance speaking, but is it correct to refer to a non-integer a...
by t-bar
Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Global Announcement: ACF Regionals 2016 (01/30/2016)
Replies: 31
Views: 29842

Re: Global Announcement: ACF Regionals 2016 (01/30/2016)

Here's that post! Most of the of the qualification process is substantially similar to the way things worked last year as outlined here and here ; I've highlighted important changes. ACF Nationals Qualification 1) Clubs who are hosting ACF Regionals were eligible to apply for one automatic host bid,...
by t-bar
Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2016 Northeast @ Harvard (1/30/16)
Replies: 8
Views: 5254

Re: ACF Regionals 2016 Northeast @ Harvard (1/30/15)

There are a variety of parking options around Harvard Square, but I highly recommend taking public transportation instead: the T has a stop conveniently in Harvard Square. A warning for teams planning to take public transportation to this tournament: on all weekends in January, buses are replacing ...
by t-bar
Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 2469

Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open

All applications have been considered. The following teams have received automatic bids to ACF Nationals: Harvard University (Mark Arildsen, Robert Chu, Will Holub-Moorman, Vimal Konduri, and Raynor Kuang) Stanford University (Austin Brownlow, Nikhil Desai, Stephen Liu, and Benji Nguyen) University ...
by t-bar
Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 2469

Re: ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open

If you intend to submit an automatic bid application, please remember to do it by midnight tomorrow! We will endeavor to process and respond to all applications quickly, so that teams can revise their Regionals attendance plans if necessary.
by t-bar
Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 2469

ACF Nationals 2016 Automatic Bid Applications Open

Hello everyone, ACF is now accepting applications for automatic bids to attend ACF Nationals 2016 (sorry for the delay!). The following teams are eligible to submit bids: Teams from clubs hosting ACF Regionals. Each such club will be granted no more than one automatic bid; if it wishes to send more ...
by t-bar
Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 15513

Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion

There are cues in here that should serve to make "norm" an implausible answer -- the "two points" part being the most crucial -- but since the Euclidean distance is based on the norm, I could see someone making a technical argument for "norm." How does "The Euclid...
by t-bar
Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)
Replies: 28
Views: 13603

Re: Missouri Open at Tulane (11/21/2015)

A quick note on them: Although there is a link to prelims, we do not actually have those saved. Something got lost in confusion and the file that I thought was the prelims was actually just the finals. So only the combined stats can be accessed. You can generate a report containing only some of the...
by t-bar
Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT X at Harvard (11/14/15)
Replies: 25
Views: 13042

Re: HFT X at Harvard (11/14/15)

UlyssesInvictus wrote:1. I was unable to figure out how to manually have SQBS set standings,
I don't believe there's a way to do this in SQBS, but if you know how to edit HTML tables, you can just modify the web report files by hand. This is how Jon Pinyan produces his fantastic stat reports for the NSC every year.
by t-bar
Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids
Replies: 2
Views: 2395

Re: ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids

ACF is pleased to announce that ACF Nationals will be returning for 2016 to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Thanks to all of the schools that submitted bids!
by t-bar
Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids
Replies: 2
Views: 2395

Re: ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids

As a reminder, please submit a bid by tomorrow night if you want to be considered as a host for ACF Nationals 2016!
by t-bar
Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids
Replies: 2
Views: 2395

ACF Nationals 2016: seeking host bids

Hello all! ACF is currently seeking a host site for ACF Nationals, to be held on the weekend of April 16-17, 2016. You can bid to host ACF Nationals using this form . We are looking to receive as many bids as possible from many different institutions. Completing the bid form should take about 30 min...
by t-bar
Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open ‘15 @ VCU (8/8/15)
Replies: 67
Views: 32717

Re: VCU Open ‘15 @ VCU (8/8/15)

I had a great time at this tournament. The bouncebacks were especially fun (if more tiring), since they helped to keep players engaged on the other team's bonus. That said, they did make games somewhat longer, so it would probably be wise to restrict future collegiate bounceback endeavors to tournam...
by t-bar
Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Dates and editors for 2015-16 ACF tournaments
Replies: 0
Views: 2820

Dates and editors for 2015-16 ACF tournaments

As previously announced , ACF Fall will be held on November 7, 2015 , and will be head-edited by Richard Yu and Gaurav Kandlikar . ACF Regionals will be held on January 30, 2016 , and will be head-edited by John Lawrence . ACF Nationals will be held on the weekend of April 16-17, 2016 , and will be ...
by t-bar
Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion
Replies: 79
Views: 46582

Re: 2015-16 Schedule, Discussion

ACF Regionals will be held on Saturday, January 30. ACF Nationals will be held on the weekend of April 16-17. My understanding is that the weekends of April 23-24 and April 30-May 1 are infeasible for Nationals primarily due to conflicts with high school national tournaments, and with that date lock...
by t-bar
Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State
Replies: 61
Views: 51585

Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State

This post is pretty great. A thing that I've always found impressive in Chris Chiego's outreach work is his encyclopedic knowledge of specific local quizbowl circuits and competitions, even (especially) those that aren't well publicized on this board. Thanks, Chris, for sharing this information with...
by t-bar
Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NEW ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-16
Replies: 2
Views: 3114

NEW ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-16

ACF has voted to adopt a new set of rules regarding eligibility, which are posted on the ACF website at http://acf-quizbowl.com/documents/official-acf-rules/. These rules will take effect starting in the 2015-16 school year. Some of them are codifications of changes that were announced in a previous...
by t-bar
Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:06 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship
Replies: 46
Views: 26128

Re: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship

While some of this growth may be attributed to standard quizbowl outreach, the introduction itself of multi-subject quizbowl to these teams is because of History Bowl. I think you're conflating intra-school dynamics with the bigger picture here. At some schools the formation of the history bowl tea...
by t-bar
Thu May 21, 2015 3:13 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: New Team in Connecticut looking for tournaments
Replies: 5
Views: 5452

Re: New Team in Connecticut looking for tournaments

Hi Tiger, I'm moving to Connecticut next year too, as a grad student at Yale! The Connecticut quizbowl circuit is small but growing. Jeff already pointed you to the tournaments in Connecticut proper this year; I can't speak for any of the tournament hosts, but it's likely that most of those tourname...
by t-bar
Tue May 12, 2015 1:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Feynman's BONGOS: A Side Event (for PACE and maybe HSNCT)
Replies: 65
Views: 45683

Re: Feynman's BONGOS: A Side Event (for PACE and maybe HSNCT

I'm playing this at HSNCT. Hit me up at the email address in my profile if you're interested in teaming up, especially if you know biology.
by t-bar
Sat May 02, 2015 7:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 5034

Re: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)

Dartmouth took both games of an advantaged final against Harvard B to emerge victorious. Andrew Nadig from Carnegie Mellon was the top scorer.

Stats: prelims, playoffs.

Thanks to all the teams for coming!
by t-bar
Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 5034

Re: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)

Since we only have 10 teams now, what's the planned schedule for the tournament? Playing a round-robin with only 9 prelim games would be okay, though I'd find it rather disappointing - I can't remember the last time I played fewer than ten games at a collegiate tournament. I just sent out a logisti...
by t-bar
Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 5034

Re: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)

Since 12 is a good number of teams, I'm going to tentatively close the field. If you're interested in coming and haven't registered yet, do still email me; I'll let more teams in if it makes another good field number.
by t-bar
Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 5034

Re: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)

Field:
Amherst (2 teams)
Boston College (1 team, 1 buzzer)
Carnegie Mellon (1 team, 1 buzzer)
Dartmouth (1 team, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator)
Harvard (2 teams, 1 buzzer)
Northeastern (1 team, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator)

TOTAL: 8 teams, 6 buzzers, 2 moderators
by t-bar
Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)
Replies: 5
Views: 5034

MUT @ MIT (May 2, 2015)

MIT will host a mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament on Saturday, May 2. As usual, MUT will be a slightly below-regular tournament, somewhere between ACF Fall and regular-difficulty tournaments. Eligibility will be restricted to current high school and undergraduate students; graduate st...
by t-bar
Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2015)
Replies: 10
Views: 6972

Re: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2

Lexington A cleared the field to win, while AMSA defeated Acton-Boxborough 350-300 in the second-place game. Full stats to come later tonight.

EDIT: Full stats are up at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/.
by t-bar
Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2015)
Replies: 10
Views: 6972

Re: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2

Prelim stats are up at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/.

Teams are now crossing over into playoff brackets of 8, after which we'll have finals.
by t-bar
Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
Replies: 47
Views: 29928

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)

I will be pursuing a PhD in physics at Yale, and intend to continue playing quizbowl there. I also plan to remain active in high school outreach in New England, though from a home base that's a little farther south.
by t-bar
Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
Replies: 89
Views: 64199

Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre

I think recording games is a great idea. But also, this thing I said: The following teams have officially registered and paid (0): Could we get an updated list of teams that have paid please? To the best of my knowledge, my team's payment was made some time ago now. Ottawa's payment has been receiv...
by t-bar
Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
Replies: 89
Views: 64199

Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre

I was talking with the Toronto team at practice tonight, and they told me that they sent you an email stating that they could no longer attend due to conflicts with exam period but did not receive acknowledgement that you were aware of that. If someone on the logistics team could confirm this with ...
by t-bar
Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2015)
Replies: 10
Views: 6972

Re: Massachusetts NAQT State Championship @ MIT (April 11, 2

With the registration of Newton South, our field is now full. Interested teams should continue to register; they will be placed on a waitlist, to be added if spots open up in the field. EDIT: After some drops, we are back to having one spot available in the field. Sign up to claim it ASAP! EDIT: Bac...
by t-bar
Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thread
Replies: 89
Views: 64199

Re: ACF Nationals - Ann Arbor, MI, 04/18-19/2015 - main thre

The following teams have officially registered (48): Alberta Berkeley A Berkeley B Carleton University Chicago A Chicago B Chicago C Columbia Detroit Catholic Central HS Harvard Illinois Kenyon Liberty Maryland McGill McMaster Michigan A Michigan B Minnesota MIT A MIT B Northwestern Notre Dame A Not...
by t-bar
Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michigan
Replies: 54
Views: 46063

Re: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michiga

The field cap for ACF Nationals has been expanded to 52 teams. If all the teams that have accepted their bids register, this will leave one open spot remaining in the field.
by t-bar
Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 28197

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the question on the letter theta, from round five? For any real number x, a function denoted by this letter equals the sum of the logarithms of all prime numbers less than x. This letter is used to write the first Chebyshev function, as well as a "homogeneity operator" in the th...
by t-bar
Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michigan
Replies: 54
Views: 46063

Re: ACF Nationals 2015: 4/18-19 at the University of Michiga

In a similar vein, it might be good to post an official field listing, or re-color the teams listed in the A-value bid acceptances thread with new colors to show those teams which have actually registered and those which have paid. Forgive me if I'm stupid and this exists somewhere but I just didn'...
by t-bar
Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2015 Field
Replies: 0
Views: 2387

ACF Nationals 2015 Field

EDIT: A more up-to-date version of this post has been merged into the consolidated ACF Nationals thread here . The following teams have told ACF that they plan to attend ACF Nationals. The full tournament announcement is here and the packet tracking post is here . The field cap is 52 teams EDIT: 50...
by t-bar
Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 28197

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the bonus on Passion Pit? I'm sure I misheard it, but I thought it said "this singer." The chorus of this band's song "Little Secrets" repeats the phrase "higher and higher and higher." For 10 points each: [10] Name this American indie pop band, who release...
by t-bar
Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 28197

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Speaking of that bonus, we answered "preimage" for fiber, and I'm fairly certain that it was correct in context—could I see it? A collection of these objects whose topology locally resembles a product space is known as a bundle. For 10 points each: [10] Name these mathematical objects, wh...
by t-bar
Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: George Oppen: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 28197

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the metamorphism tossup? Thanks, -Seth Pentti Eskola proposed a system for classifying the conditions under which this process occurs. The presence of the stishovite and coesite polymorphs of silicon dioxide may indicate the occurrence of a particularly violent type of this process. A s...