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- Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Southeast ACF Regional 2016 at Vanderbilt (1/30/16)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6576
Re: Southeast ACF Regional 2016 at Vanderbilt (1/30/16)
It's not just those, it's literally all of the games that carried over from prelims to playoffs (UGA A, UTK, and Kentucky A in one bracket, Georgia Tech A, Louisville, and UGA B in the other).
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 1:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2578
Re: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2015
Unlike last year, I knew a good number of these songs before looking at the list because I play the radio in the car a lot now. Top 10 1. Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd - I'm not a fan of this guy but this song got pop correctly. If only more of his songs like this... 2. Elastic Heart by Sia - I'm...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Imaginary Landscape No. 3: audio music event at HSNCT, NSC
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25174
Re: Imaginary Landscape No. 3: An audio music tournament
Oh sweet, this means I might finally be able to play one of these things. Looking forward to it!
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quiz Bowl at UT-Knoxville
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2439
Re: Quiz Bowl at UT-Knoxville
The information is very, very recent, as I actually put that in just last week! I've been working on getting quizbowl going at UTK this semester, and so far it's going well, so you'll definitely be joining an active club when you get here! So yeah, feel free to ask me any questions you have regardin...
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Vanderbilt S.P.O.O.K.Y. Tournament '15 (10/31/15)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10706
Re: Vanderbilt S.P.O.O.K.Y. Tournament '15 (10/31/15)
So I've been watching this thread, since as a freshly arrived Tennessee resident I've been curious as to what role Vanderbilt's quizbowl team has in the overall circuit (both HS and college). I've been hoping to play against Vandy at tournaments and maybe establish a friendly rivalry or something. A...
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 43
- Views: 38781
Re: Preseason Poll
I should be able to assemble a team at Tennessee soon, but even if that doesn't happen for whatever reason I'll still play tournaments.
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 20057
Re: Chicago Open thanks and discussion
I just approved the packet upload, so they should show up now.
- Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee 2015-2016
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15132
Re: Tennessee 2015-2016
I'll end by talking a bit about what I know about things around Tennessee. In East Tennessee, quizbowl has taken a pretty big hit recently because of a decreasing number of tournaments. The biggest problem has been that there aren't really tournaments for JV kids, so many of them lose interest, mea...
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
- Replies: 95
- Views: 54436
Re: RILKE: Chicago Open Literature Singles 2015
I'll staff this.
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 73569
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
I'll most definitely be at CO, and am still looking for a teammate!
- Sat May 30, 2015 12:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12690
Re: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
It ended about 15 minutes ago. There were three packets of 10/10.
- Tue May 26, 2015 6:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '14-'15
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16202
Re: Tennessee '14-'15
Hey, so I'll be an incoming graduate student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and will be starting a team there. From what I gather in this thread, quizbowl doesn't seem to be very active at all in this area, and I'd like to change that. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how much time I'll hav...
- Sun May 17, 2015 3:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12690
Re: Geography Monstrosity 7 (May 29, Chicago)
As long as it doesn't conflict with ACFNATIONALS I'll play.
- Fri May 01, 2015 7:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 73569
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
I want to play this. Looking for teammate.
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB Nats: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4268
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Bowl Rd. 10 - 10. In 1993, this building was the target of a car bomb set by members of Cosa Nostra. This building was first made public by Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine. A corridor links this building to the Pitti Palace. This building was originally constructed as an administrative center ...
- Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:12 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Travel Disaster Stories
- Replies: 51
- Views: 72976
Re: Your Travel Disaster Stories
The worst one I was involved in: For SUBMIT at MSU last year, Max Bucher drove a car with me and Tyler (now Taylor) Friesen on a very snowy and icy day. The car Max was driving was not the usual one he'd use for getting to tournaments; it was an older one seemingly less suitable for driving in such ...
- Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30061
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
As people are finding out today, I am pulling a Stephen Liu and am actually going to get a PhD at the University of Tennessee (at Knoxville). Will try to get a team going there.
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Becoming Part of the Community
- Replies: 43
- Views: 43575
Re: Becoming Part of the Community
I feel like there were multiple stages for me as far as "becoming part of the community" goes, since for a while I was barely cognizant of anything going on outside of Ohio. My quizbowl journey starts further back, however, and if peopel are posting their quizbowl histories here I suppose ...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30061
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (2015 College)
Well I, for one, will be leaving the Midwest for the Mid-Atlantic, as I'll be at Georgetown getting an M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology. Will definitely continue to play quizbowl. I hope I can get the existing club there to be as active on the circuit as possible.
- Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:26 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Lowest Point
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54343
Re: Your Lowest Point
2. ACF Nationals 2014 Then the Columbia B game happened. We played very badly (I recall getting questions outside of my areas, never a good sign), they had some really nice buzzes and we lost on a protest. I was definitely responsible for helping us lose that game, as I made some rather hasty moves...
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
- Replies: 99
- Views: 56045
Re: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
I am now teamed up with Richard Yu. Team name tbd.
EDIT: Is there an actual signup sheet/list of some sort? Someone keeping track of this would be useful in organizing the tournament when it comes around.
EDIT: Is there an actual signup sheet/list of some sort? Someone keeping track of this would be useful in organizing the tournament when it comes around.
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
- Replies: 99
- Views: 56045
Re: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
Well, I suppose I'll have to get around to making a full side event sometime! But let's try to keep discussion on the tournament that's being advertised in this thread.
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
- Replies: 99
- Views: 56045
Re: ACFNATIONALS - A JRPG tournament
PS - There is now an audio packet of questions as well. It's just the gift that keeps on giving! Man, I wanted to be the first guy to write audio video game tossups (I made enough over the course of last year to make a packet but never released them to anybody). Also, I'm totally playing this. Seek...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2015 Matchmaking
- Replies: 47
- Views: 22566
Re: CO 2015 Matchmaking
It's been a while since my last CO. I'm in, and looking for a team.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: COTTAGE Bowl - Global Announcement
- Replies: 66
- Views: 42389
Re: COTTAGE Bowl - Global Announcement
On spoilers: I don't think it's a bad thing to hold trash to a different standard regarding them as opposed to literature. Unlike lit, trash relies a fair amount on recently-released/published material, and if you're able to write a good, pyramidal question that plays well to the audience on this on...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/2015)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 45020
Re: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/20
Due to computer problems that probably won't get fixed by the end of the week, I'm going to withdraw from the tournament. Apologies to Rohith, Dylan, and Sid.
- Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: George Oppen - 2/21/15
- Replies: 39
- Views: 37776
Re: George Oppen - 2/21/15
This has been done.Auroni wrote:Can a board staffer create a subforum for discussing the questions?
- Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/2015)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 45020
Re: Announcement: Oxford Open North America Online (03/01/20
I'll play I guess.
- Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:52 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: AQUILA I @ OHMS (Powell, OH) [SCOP MS 5] 3.7.15
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4712
Re: AQUILA I @ OHMS (Powell, OH) [SCOP MS 5] 3.7.15
Since this is presumably a middle school tournament, I moved this topic over to the appropriate forum.
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3504
Re: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
Finally managed to get through them all. Here are my lists: Top 10 1. "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic 2. "The Monster" by Eminem featuring Rihanna 3. "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 4. "Brave" by Sara Bareilles 5. "Happy" by Pharrel...
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3504
Re: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
So since I've heard about or listened to almost none of these songs (I think - I've never went out of my way to do so and I keep my car radio on classical music almost all the time), I'm going to marathon my way through the entire list in the next several days and make what should be, more or less, ...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Midwestern Spring Trash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6433
Re: Midwestern Spring Trash
I'm not writing for it, but the Ohio trash set is definitely happening once again this year.
EDIT: some information about it here: http://ohioqbforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=64
EDIT: some information about it here: http://ohioqbforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=64
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11226
Re: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
Since I'm now almost certain there won't be any conflicts for me on that day, I am going to sign up. If anyone wants to join my team, feel free to message me. Would you be interested in combining with the other current open team? Right now it's just me and a friend, so that would make it three of u...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11226
Re: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
Since I'm now almost certain there won't be any conflicts for me on that day, I am going to sign up. If anyone wants to join my team, feel free to message me.
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11226
Re: DEES at WKU (12/7/14)
I will express interest in attending this tournament as part of an open team.
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - Music Thunderdome
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6993
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - Music Thunderdome
Yeah, I thought these tossups skewed on the difficult side, as well. These were the trends I noticed: -Some number of clues about pieces simply just described their type and key. That's usually not helpful for someone playing the question, as in most cases that isn't something that could help point ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 26018
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
I think this was, overall, a good set. The only things I have to mention right now (since I don't have the full set with me) is that the Taiping Rebellion tossup claimed it occurred during the Ming dynasty (should be Qing), and that I felt some of the literature answerlines seemed to skew harder tha...
- Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UMD Tournament Available for Fall
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4306
Re: UMD Tournament Available for Fall
There is a joinable usergroup called "Maryland Spring 2014 discussion," which I would assume is about this set.
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The place of zoology in the bio distribution
- Replies: 53
- Views: 31024
Re: Writing Prizes
As the biology editor for ACF Fall that year I cut that tossup mostly because I didn't think it would be easily converted and it wasn't well-written. I'm also not sure if it has any significance to what biologists and zoologists study, either (is there something noteworthy about it to scientists tha...
- Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PATHOGEN at Purdue, December 6
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6112
Re: PATHOGEN at Purdue, December 6
SinceDelta Burke has been confirmed, it looks like the best option for hosting an early December collegiate tournament and attracting a good-sized field that fits the type of teams/players you're looking for, as it's written with less-experienced players in mind.
- Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7297
Re: Moving up the dates of low-difficulty tournaments in 201
I took a look at the list of universities that still operate on the quarter system; here is the list of those with quizbowl programs (that I know of): Chicago Dartmouth Northwestern Stanford UCLA UCSD Washington The full list is dominated by universities on the west coast, so in those areas it would...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3824
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament at UW - 8/23/14
I suppose I'll note my interest in playing an online mirror, as other people are.
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 108
- Views: 82655
Re: Preseason Poll
Ohio State also loses Max Bucher and Joe Wells.
- Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:18 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Lowest Point
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54343
Re: Your Lowest Point
I don't know which of these moments were the worst. I'll just list a bunch of candidates: -2009 HSNCT. We didn't play particularly well on the (really hard) questions, having to play (and lose to) Rancho Bernardo twice in the prelims was annoying, and we lost 95-475 in the first playoff game we play...
- Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:51 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: VCUO travel with John Lawrence -- the liveblog!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 108498
Re: VCUO travel with John Lawrence -- the liveblog!!
Why don't you fill us in?Mewto55555 wrote:Oh my god what just happened
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Triacontakaipentagon 2.5: August 2014
- Replies: 29
- Views: 17765
Re: Triacontakaipentagon 2.5: August 2014
I probably won't be able to actually play this tournament, but I'd like to write for it. I'd prefer to collaborate with someone who can write trash, SS/Philosophy, math, and/or technology, since I'm not very good at writing in those categories.
EDIT: I'm now writing this with Nick Karas.
EDIT: I'm now writing this with Nick Karas.
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Seeking writers for Imaginary Landscape no. 2
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3250
Re: Seeking writers for Imaginary Landscape no. 2
I'd really love to play this, although my being out of the country for the entire summer makes it essentially impossible for me to do so for that time period, sadly. But if the second summer open happens and there aren't already too many side events lined up for that, then it seems like a good place...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
- Replies: 155
- Views: 92086
Re: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
I wonder what his negs were like, given he had more of them than basically every previous cheater combined.
- Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
- Replies: 169
- Views: 57625
Re: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
I highly enjoyed this tournament, and of the last four ACF Nationals I liked this year's set the most. In particular, I liked the bio/chem a lot more than last year's, and the middle clues in the chem bonuses like "regioselectivity" and "one pot" were good ways of testing knowled...
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT at Ohio State (3/22/2014)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5580