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by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2013-2014 High School Mid-Season Poll: Congrats to LASA A!
Replies: 10
Views: 8945

Re: 2013-2014 High School Mid-Season Poll

It is indeed going, so far 10 ballots have been received. I will continue accepting ballots until the 8th.
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:31 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2014 NAQT SCT: February 8-9
Replies: 35
Views: 12767

Re: 2014 NAQT SCT: February 8-9

Hilariously, my attempt to pull open the registration for the Ottawa site led to it telling me I could not register until Canada Day.
by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2013-2014 High School Mid-Season Poll: Congrats to LASA A!
Replies: 10
Views: 8945

2013-2014 High School Mid-Season Poll: Congrats to LASA A!

Congratulations to Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin, Texas on finishing first in the 2013-14 mid-season Hsquizbowl.org high school poll. LASA “A” finished with 324 out of the possible 325 points. St. John’s (Houston, TX) was second with 311 points, and LASA’s “B” team came in third with 27...
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Triacontakaipentagonline (12/21/13)
Replies: 20
Views: 7001

Re: Triacontakaipentagonline (12/21/13)

Hey so with this happening Saturday it makes sense to get together who will be having packets for this so schedules and the like can happen.

LIST OF CONFIRMED PACKETS:
-Kirk and Will
by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183951

Re: ProtoBowl

Wow, my favorite feature is totally the thing where if you miss too many questions Protobowl sends you an automated message that says (and I am not making this up) you suck like seriously you suck. you are a turd. Jesus H. Christ (the H stands for "high school section"), why on earth would...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Musical theatre in quiz bowl
Replies: 14
Views: 5487

Re: Musical theatre in quiz bowl

It doesn't come up as often as it probably should because it is a small fraction of a huge category that gets less than 1/1 per packet in most distributions.
by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl at Alabama [11/17/13]
Replies: 2
Views: 1390

Re: Penn Bowl at Alabama [11/17/13]

How did this go?
by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Wrestling Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2236

Re: Wrestling Packet

[I'll te="Grams's Go-Go Boots"]another awesome thing i miss because of tests :([/quote]

If you want I'll stay blind to this until we can both play.
by Frater Taciturnus
Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Wrestling Packet
Replies: 6
Views: 2236

Re: Wrestling Packet

hooray
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
Replies: 72
Views: 32345

Re: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission

Something that I was thinking of would be to have an expanded editing team and create two sets from the packets, creating an ACF Fall I and ACF Fall II like a month apart that teams would only need to submit the one packet for the ACF Fall I deadlines in order to play both tournaments. A month afte...
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
Replies: 72
Views: 32345

Re: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission

fett0001 wrote:Off topic a little bit, but how long do you set that timer for, George?
It varies from question to question based on how well I know a topic and what the difficulty is.
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
Replies: 72
Views: 32345

Re: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission

Would it be possible to change the requirement to "schools/people that have attended X number of tournaments in the past year/two years" instead of "people that have attended college tournaments before time Y"? Yes, let's incentivize not playing tournaments. I'm sure that will w...
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
Replies: 38
Views: 16443

Re: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants

I think those are worth being broken up into different questions, but some of them probably don't deserve a roundtable discussion as opposed to just a tutorial (the SQBS one, for example, which has an obvious Right Answer). I usually break up explanation of running tournaments into "preparatio...
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
Replies: 38
Views: 16443

Re: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants

"How do I go to tournaments" seems to be something that younger, newer teams have struggled with; perhaps that can be a part of a general "How does college quizbowl happen?"
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)
Replies: 30
Views: 14302

Re: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)

Hey, guys! If UD doesn't get word by Friday, then they have generously allowed us (the University of Maryland) to take over the date. If it happens, we will also use IS-128, pending approval by NAQT. If our tournament happens, we are going to have an initial cap of 16 teams, so e-mail me if you wou...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2013 Mid-Atlantic ACF Fall Mirror - UVA (11/3/13)
Replies: 37
Views: 16553

Re: 2013 Mid-Atlantic ACF Fall Mirror - UVA

Wouldn't it be so much easier if someone (ACF? Daniel?) could make a comprehensive field update rather than have every team have to publicly announce that they are coming?
by Frater Taciturnus
Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open 2013: 8/3/13 at VCU
Replies: 30
Views: 15770

Re: VCU Open 2013: 8/3/13 at VCU

"Fake Tupac Amaru" cleared the field. Congratulations to Matt Bollinger, Tommy Casalaspi, Evan Adams, and David Seal.
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:32 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Triacontakaipentagon: Side Tournament Redemption (8/4/13)
Replies: 25
Views: 10861

Re: Triacontakaipentagon: Side Tournament Redemption (8/4/13)

PACKETS RECEIVED:
-Nick Jensen, et al.
-Evan Adams, et al.
-Matt Weiner, et al.
-Eric Douglass, et al.
-Rob Carson
-Mike Bentley
-Shan Kothari and Friends
-Auroni Gupta
-Cody Voight and Friends
-Connor Teevens and Friends
-Isaac Hirsch and Friends
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)
Replies: 34
Views: 7580

Re: VCU Open mirror @ Michigan (August 3, 2013)

Just a reminder that people at this site expecting Triacontakaipentagon should send packets to me by sometime early tomorrow afternoon.
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Triacontakaipentagon: Side Tournament Redemption (8/4/13)
Replies: 25
Views: 10861

Re: Triacontakaipentagon: Side Tournament Redemption (8/4/13)

Since this tournament is happening across multiple sites, the bring-your-packet format doesn't make as much sense. Can someone who's not playing volunteer to compile all the packets and then send them out to the sites on Sunday? You wouldn't have to edit them or anything, just make sure they're nam...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 9518

Re: Missouri Open Question-Specific Discussion

I don't know that we need to be tossing up "Swimming Pools," but burning trash questions on unavoidable cultural phenomena like "Gangnam Style" and "Thrift Shop" isn't very exciting. I liked the "Sherlock" tossup, though. You know, as opposed to those OTHER u...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHAI II - Blacksburg HS (Blacksburg, VA) 10/19/13 (IS-127A)
Replies: 15
Views: 6900

Re: BHAI II - Blacksburg HS (Blacksburg, VA) 10/19/13 (IS-127A)

Will this tournament not be a novice-only affair? If this is truly open to all students, wouldn't a non-A-set tournament be better for having more fair competition instead of speed-checks and buzzer races on first lines by top teams attending this sort of event? If top players from certain Top Team...
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Rosemont
Replies: 6
Views: 2298

Re: Rosemont

The theater has been there a while and has a full restaurant in its upstairs that no one else seemed to take advantage of at ICT.
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement with Trash
Replies: 75
Views: 32121

Re: Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement with Trash

Please continue posting exclusively in the form of promos, Mike.
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 10780

Re: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion

Regarding Fred's Simon & Garfunkel tossup in IS-122: I'm pretty sure every single person on my team got hosed on the "I'm just a poor boy" clue. It sounded a lot like the "I'm just a poor boy I have no family" line from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen; while the second part of th...
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF editors and dates for 2013-2014
Replies: 2
Views: 2727

Re: ACF editors and dates for 2013-2014

Packet deadlines may be found at viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14595
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: "How to Host a Tournament" Discussion - All Commentary Here!
Replies: 17
Views: 6533

Re: "How to Host a Tournament" Discussion - All Commentary Here!

Mewto55555 wrote:Make sure every team has a number to reach you at if they're running late/have to drop the morning of the tournament.
The other half of this is to make sure as many teams as possible give you a number that you can call on the morning of the tournament.
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed May 29, 2013 12:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open at Virginia Tech : 7/6/13
Replies: 28
Views: 9100

Re: Missouri Open at Virginia Tech : 7/6/13

1) Perhaps teams that aren't looking for teammates are not entering themselves on the team formation spreadsheet tool because, well, they don't need to find any teammates. I only kept my team on there once I had a full team so people would know that I already had teammates. 2) My understanding is th...
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon May 20, 2013 11:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC Metro 2013-14 Date Claim Thread
Replies: 77
Views: 34575

DC Metro 2013-14 Date Claim Thread

I'm going to go ahead and park this here so that people can start to claim tournament dates early! I would like to remind high school teams that are going to host tournaments that in addition to having to schedule around other high school tournaments, many tournaments hosted by college teams have to...
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue May 07, 2013 2:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
Replies: 79
Views: 25706

Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule

If Jerry's tournament is indeed happening in the fall, I would personally prefer if no other fall tournaments exceeded Regionals and/or "regular" difficulty.
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Postseason Poll
Replies: 32
Views: 15903

Re: Postseason Poll

Class ended early today, so here is every team that played DI ICT or ACF Nationals ordered by an average of their finishes. Perhaps not even a good metric, but it is a thing.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... FbkE#gid=0
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Postseason Poll
Replies: 32
Views: 15903

Re: Postseason Poll

I'm a big fan of the "in order to be considered a quizbowl team, you have to actually play quizbowl" rule, and I would like to hopefully use whatever hilariously minuscule clout I have here to urge voters to vote accordingly.
by Frater Taciturnus
Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:22 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]
Replies: 11
Views: 6051

Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]

Congratulations to Loyola Academy, who defeated Montgomery Blair in two straight games to overcome Blair's advantage in the finals. Richard Montgomery finished third, with New Kent A in fourth. Oakland Mills and Walter Johnson also made the top bracket. Thanks to all of our teams for coming out yest...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:23 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]
Replies: 11
Views: 6051

Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]

Stats are available here as soon as I finish inputting a given round.
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Penn State Invitational (University Park, PA, 4/13/13)
Replies: 17
Views: 6374

Re: Penn State Invitational (University Park, PA, 4/13/13)

nurgles_herald wrote: Then again, I wasn't the one paying money to attend.
The complaint that started this whole discussion was when one of the teams that paid you money to play this tournament said that you had misrepresented what the format for the tournament would be and that it was bad!
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2013 ICT DI general set discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 5923

Re: DI general set discussion

The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote:
Cheynem wrote:Insane Clown Posse (the latter of which is amazingly culturally important)?
ICP literally encapsulates everything that is wrong with humanity.
Which, in part, is why they are so important!
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maggie Walker Spring Tournament [Richmond, VA] (5/18/2013)
Replies: 32
Views: 14380

Re: Maggie Walker Spring Tournament [Richmond, VA] (5/18/2013)

I am fairly certain there is at least one team signed up for this, but that Kevin just hasn't posted an update yet.
by Frater Taciturnus
Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: A Different Way to Quantify Buzzing
Replies: 22
Views: 6719

Re: A Different Way to Quantify Buzzing

Did anyone else keep track of their scores by rounds at the 2013 ICT? Would any of you like to count up and PM me your bonus distribution (0s, 10s, 20s, 30s)? It took me about 5-10 minutes to do this for A&M (23-48-25-6). As mentioned previously, I'm interested in bonus distribution as a functi...
by Frater Taciturnus
Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]
Replies: 11
Views: 6051

Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]

Hey so our waitlist is already up to four teams at this point, but I have secured the necessary rooms for more teams, I just need to get a few more staff commitments and we can expand the field. any updates? I have not been able to procure the services of enough moderators to expand beyond 18 teams...
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Predictions
Replies: 54
Views: 26407

Re: ICT Predictions

NOSTRADAMUSHAHA wrote:
13. Minneapolis CTC. The tournament is left atwitter when Rob Carson dresses not for the job he has, but for the job he wants, which is apparently something along the lines of "RuPaul Gordon Gekko."
Oh my god please let this one come true.
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: ProtoBowl
Replies: 367
Views: 183951

Re: ProtoBowl

Their school website lists Megan Saladino as the VHSL Scholastic Bowl coach, but yeah by all means come to tournaments and what not.
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]
Replies: 11
Views: 6051

Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament 2013 (4/20) [BHSAT]

Hey so our waitlist is already up to four teams at this point, but I have secured the necessary rooms for more teams, I just need to get a few more staff commitments and we can expand the field.
by Frater Taciturnus
Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT at VCU (Richmond, VA) on 2013/04/06
Replies: 8
Views: 3530

Re: MUT at VCU (Richmond, VA) on 2013/04/06

I have posted the stats through lunch at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... h_round_7/ and will have full prelim stats after this round.
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MUT at VCU (Richmond, VA) on 2013/04/06
Replies: 8
Views: 3530

Re: MUT at VCU (Richmond, VA) on 2013/04/06

If you want to make sure that no one on your team's name is horribly misspelled in the staaaaaats you should email, PM, or otherwise send me your roster. This will also help save time on Saturday, giving you TWO reasons to send me a roster, even if it isnt necessarily the final roster.
by Frater Taciturnus
Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Predictions
Replies: 54
Views: 26407

Re: ICT Predictions

It was you, Mike Cheyne. It was you ALL ALONG.
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:00 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: On Being a Fourth Scorer
Replies: 7
Views: 29250

Re: On Being a Fourth Scorer

Furthermore, algorithms will not be read to you in bytecode; try to think of how they will be described in English. One way to learn to think in terms like this for subjects like this is to look at an algorithm and figure out how you would explain the algorithm as if you were talking to someone ove...
by Frater Taciturnus
Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:19 am
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: On Being a Fourth Scorer
Replies: 7
Views: 29250

Re: On Being a Fourth Scorer

Mike and Bruce are very, very right here. I've played that "fourth scorer" role enough to know that a few good buzzes and bonus parts coming from a fourth player can make a huge difference. At ACF Nationals 2010, if either Andrew or I had not been on that team, we probably don't sneak our ...
by Frater Taciturnus
Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Invitational Tournament 2013 (3/24/13)
Replies: 57
Views: 171997

Re: Terrapin Invitational Tournament 2013 (3/24/13)

New Player Lesson #1: Cody Voight is a big old meanie.