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by rahulkeyal
Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley

Thank you everyone for coming out to attend this! Despite a couple hiccups here and there, I think this ran somewhat smoothly, and most people seemed to have a good time. Stats for all the events can be found here . There are a couple issues with the NASAT stats that I will resolve tonight. If you s...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley

Can we do Unanswered Question later in the day? One of my teammates will be driving back from Tahoe in Sunday morning. Would strongly prefer it not to be last in the day. Considering that the majority of players interested in Unanswered Question will also be interested in RULFO, I have no issues wi...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley

A few more updates: Due to complications with reserving rooms at Stanford during the summer, both days of the tournament will now be held at UC Berkeley, within Cory Hall . We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause. We're in need of many more staffers for NASAT, our main event. As such, I'v...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

Re: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019)

Gauging the current amount of interest for the side events, I've set the max number of players per team for META, Age of Empires, and RULFO to 3. If you're interested in playing these events, please put your name down (as a free agent or as a team) so we can get a better idea of the number of staffe...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Replies: 79
Views: 45663

Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University

I understand that the submission dates have been announced for a while, but would it be possible to create a +$0 deadline somewhere in between next Saturday (June 15th) and July 6th? The price increase ($75) feels steeper than most submission tournaments - a more gradated schedule might allow teams ...
by rahulkeyal
Thu May 30, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley
Replies: 9
Views: 5056

NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl (July 27-28, 2019) @ Berkeley

Stanford Berkeley will be hosting the annual NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl on the weekend of July 27th and 28th. The schedule will be as follows: Saturday (7/27): NASAT META Sunday (7/28): Age of Empires The Unanswered Question RULFO The tournament will be held at UC Berkeley within Cory Hall . Conven...
by rahulkeyal
Wed May 15, 2019 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)
Replies: 3
Views: 9319

Re: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)

We've narrowed the schedule down to two potential options. If you're interested in attending, please fill out the following form to help us make the final decision!
by rahulkeyal
Thu May 09, 2019 2:18 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)
Replies: 3
Views: 9319

Re: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)

We have a good number of responses so far! If you haven't filled out the form yet but are possibly interested in playing, please do so by Monday, May 13th.
by rahulkeyal
Sat May 04, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)
Replies: 3
Views: 9319

Re: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)

As per Will's suggestion in the other thread, I've added Oxford Open as an option for a main event. If you've already responded, you should be able to edit your previous response (or can simply submit another one).
by rahulkeyal
Sat May 04, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl (8/10-11)
Replies: 25
Views: 9381

Re: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl at Cal State, Long Beach (Date TBD)

I've posted a form to gauge interest / collect preferences for a Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl. We want it to be worthwhile for players to attend both events if they so desire, so please do fill out the form if you're considering attending.
by rahulkeyal
Sat May 04, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)
Replies: 3
Views: 9319

Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl (Date TBD)

Berkeley and Stanford are planning on hosting a Northern California Weekend of Quizbowl similar to past years. If you'd be interested in participating, please fill out the following form so we can decide what dates / events work best for everyone.
by rahulkeyal
Fri May 03, 2019 9:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl (8/10-11)
Replies: 25
Views: 9381

Re: California Summer Weekend o' Quizbowl at Cal State, Long Beach (Date TBD)

I have not been in coordination with the powers that be in Norcal, and have heard no word as to whether they are planning a summer quizbowl event; I did post on their Facebook group about this tournament, and would welcome any input from them. What seems most logical to do is to run NASAT, as it's ...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University
Replies: 79
Views: 45663

Re: 2019 Chicago Open (8/3/2019) at Northwestern University

Assuming Scattergories and Age of Empires are happening, is there a third event that could be stuck in there? I feel like, flippancy aside in my earlier post, you could pretty easily do a third tossup-only event (maybe one that only ran at a high school nationals or something). Following up on this...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks
Replies: 27
Views: 2956

Re: 2019 ICT DI general discussion and thanks

Another point: in the pop culture distribution, I would suggest reducing the number of TV questions. This is not because TV is an unimportant topic, but rather because TV tends to have a much more bimodal distribution of knowledge than other pop culture areas - people who watch a given show tend to...
by rahulkeyal
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Division I SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 1747

Re: 2019 Division I SCT: specific question discussion

I buzzed in with "ballerina" at the description of Degas' Little Dancer, which wasn't accepted. Was that ruled incorrect due to the lead-in describing Dancing Girl? Moreover, I was pretty surprised Dancing Girl would be appropriate for a lead-in.
by rahulkeyal
Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:45 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Replies: 577
Views: 455481

Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements

Jack Mehr and I are each writing a packet of hard (ranging from Nats to CO+), literature common links to be read sometime in mid-January on Discord. If this sounds interesting to you, indicate your availability on the following poll (times are EST).
by rahulkeyal
Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 NASAT: June 22 & 23
Replies: 14
Views: 14691

Re: 2019 NASAT: June 22 & 23

One thing I would urge IQBT to consider is increasing the cost of registration to provide funding for a more convenient location for teams. Speaking from personal experience (I chose not to attend NASAT 2017 because it was prohibitively expensive), I know West Coast teams, and likely other areas, wo...
by rahulkeyal
Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 14549

Re: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the tossups on Henry Fielding, Toni Morrison, and George Eliot? Despite all of these authors being quite prominent, I remember being lost for the majority of these tossups, and judging from the stats (0, 1, and 2 powers, respectively, over 78 rooms), it seems like this wasn't unique to me.
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 35
Views: 12169

Re: EFT 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion

I had a ton of fun playing this set! Huge props to the editors/writers for pretty consistently interesting ideas across the board that still felt difficulty-appropriate (most of the time) in their execution. In general, it seemed like most questions had enough middle clues to differentiate between t...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 53
Views: 26610

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata

-I think the Bocaccio bonus part in Editors (6?) claimed that the Decameron was about 5 men and 5 women, escaping a flood Here's the bonus part that you're referring to: [10] Pizan’s Book was inspired by this author’s On Famous Women . Marguerite of Navarre parodied this author in a work about five...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 13783

Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion

This was overall a great set! I especially appreciated the wide variety of ballet questions, particularly the Coppelia bonus. It's nice to see more ballets that are essentials among ballet enthusiasts but not necessarily considered part of the quiz bowl canon be included in a set of this difficulty...
by rahulkeyal
Sat Nov 03, 2018 2:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall
Replies: 11
Views: 886

Re: Fantasy Quizbowl Week 3: ACF Fall

MorganV wrote: Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:11 am Alt: I'm on mobile and forget who's on my team, let's go with Rahul because if he plays he'll sure know a lot of the questions xd
:wink:
by rahulkeyal
Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Must Be The Place
Replies: 5
Views: 4439

Re: This Must Be The Place

Extremely excited to see this is happening (and to play it)!
by rahulkeyal
Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects
Replies: 12
Views: 8655

Re: Words and Objects

The set has been posted here.
by rahulkeyal
Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects
Replies: 12
Views: 8655

Re: Words and Objects

Following a mirror at Valencia tomorrow evening, all scheduled mirrors for Words and Objects will have finished. I've heard word that there may be interest for a UK mirror, butI haven't received anything definitive thus far. I plan to publish the set to the archives if I haven't heard from anyone by...
by rahulkeyal
Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Replies: 92
Views: 37365

Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18

I'm not actually attending, so my opinion is of limited value, but I'd also recommend Words and Objects be played as teams, following Tejas' suggestion of free agents just joining existing teams because 1) this is a cross-subject event as Mike noted, 2) players still get to play with the people they...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 473

Re: Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion

Yeah I similarly got confused in the middle of this question about whether it was asking about the shoulder or the strap. Do any of the clues before "it was fallen off" exclusively apply to the strap and not the shoulder? In any event I'd at least prompt on Madame X's shoulder. Aside from...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 473

Re: Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion

This was fun, and I found this very enjoyable at VCU. I've forgotten most answerlines because I have a piss-poor memory but since it was mentioned in the other thread, may I see the tossup on Madame X's dress strap? I was fumbling somewhere in the middle like "oh no what could this be is this ...
by rahulkeyal
Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects General Discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: Words and Objects General Discussion

I guess my main criticism of the tournament was that it was more guessable than a standard set. (Although with Greg and I being rather aggressive players this probably contributed to our team being able to win the online mirror.) I'm not sure if this is inherent to a tournament that asks about obje...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

Mike Bentley wrote:Is there a private discussion forum for the set?
This has been done! Once logged in, go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups and select "2018 Words and Objects discussion" to request access.
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects General Discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Words and Objects General Discussion

Use this thread for general discussion of the set.
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 473

Words and Objects Specific Question Discussion

Please post here with any questions/comments you have regarding specific questions.
by rahulkeyal
Mon Jul 30, 2018 3:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

No, there isn't. Would forum moderators be able to make one?
by rahulkeyal
Mon Jul 30, 2018 1:40 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

Congrats to "Kant's Ancient Humbugs" for defeating "Terrapin XXXTentacion" in the finals, 135-120 (on a TB tossup, no less!) It was extremely exciting seeing all the great buzzes today, and I hope players had as much fun playing as I did writing/reading. Thanks to Itamar, James, ...
by rahulkeyal
Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

A reminder that this is happening in half an hour! Please be in the Discord server (PM if you need a link) on time so we can finish at a reasonable hour.
by rahulkeyal
Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

Given the number of free agents, I've added a spot for teams to add a fourth member. The field will remain at its current cap of 8 teams. I'm going to close the field tonight at 12 PM EST , so if you're a free agent, make sure to communicate with registered teams to figure something out by then! Aft...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

Mike Bentley wrote:Are there any plans to expand the team size? It looks like there are 4 teams of people on the waitlist right now.
This is a very good idea. I've just added a column for teams to add an optional third teammate. I also expanded the field to accomodate 8 teams.
by rahulkeyal
Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online (7/29)

A reminder that this is happening this upcoming weekend at 9 PM EST , so free agents should organize themselves into teams if they wish to play. It'd be great if a couple kind folks would be willing to offer a few hours of their time to moderate - I'll give $15 to the first two volunteers . To sign ...
by rahulkeyal
Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online (7/29)

I will be running an online (Discord) mirror of Words and Objects on July 29th, beginning at 9 PM EST. Information regarding the event can be found here . The event will be run in doubles, and the team formation spreadsheet can be found here . Writing your team members' names down constitutes as a r...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Re: Words and Objects Online Mirror

It looks like 9 PM EST on Sunday, July 29th works best for people. I'll post a full announcement for the event tonight.
by rahulkeyal
Sun Jul 08, 2018 3:15 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects Online Mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 4643

Words and Objects Online Mirror

I will later use this post to coordinate the final logistics for the event, but for now, I've created a poll to decide on the best time to run this. If you are interested in playing this event, please indicate ALL times that work for you with this Google form . If no times work, indicate as such on ...
by rahulkeyal
Wed Jul 04, 2018 11:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects
Replies: 12
Views: 8655

Re: Words and Objects

I've updated the original post with the current confirmed sites, as well as the finalized number of packets (6). Please email me if you would like to mirror the event. I plan to also run an online mirror of the event, and will make a separate post regarding that in the coming week.
by rahulkeyal
Fri May 18, 2018 11:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
Replies: 3
Views: 3796

Re: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application

Are there plans for ACF to release a similar form for Fall 2018 in the near future?
by rahulkeyal
Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) at Stanford, 4/28/18
Replies: 5
Views: 4313

Re: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) at Stanford, 4/28/18

After the tournament, we'll be running Words and Objects , written by James Malouf and myself with help from Will Nediger. Due to the incomplete nature of the set (with only 3 packets fully written as of now), we're be using this as an initial playtesting as much as the first official mirror. It'll...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) at Stanford, 4/28/18
Replies: 5
Views: 4313

Re: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) at Stanford, 4/28/18

After the tournament, we'll be running Words and Objects , written by James Malouf and myself with help from Will Nediger. Due to the incomplete nature of the set (with only 3 packets fully written as of now), we're be using this as an initial playtesting as much as the first official mirror. It'll ...
by rahulkeyal
Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Side Event Open: Organization
Replies: 27
Views: 13439

Re: Side Event Open: Organization

There's kind of a lack of what I would call flagship academic sets, but assuming they're finished, I could see RAPTURE, Words and Objects, and Human Use of Human Beings being the centerpiece of a day, followed by a dispersal of the various trash side events and Imaginary Landscape throughout the ev...
by rahulkeyal
Wed Mar 28, 2018 2:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: Specific question discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 19883

Re: CMST: Specific question discussion

I thought the third part of the Esquire/JFK/racing bonus was confusingly worded. I was pretty sure that "The Last American Hero" was about auto racing, but the last clue was about the Hunter S. Thompson Kentucky Derby piece, so we said horse racing and got it right. Now, I believe the bon...
by rahulkeyal
Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: History
Replies: 8
Views: 2771

Re: History

Just wanted to stop in and say that the tossup on the Atlantic Ocean/World was my favorite history tossup of the year, with the only other one I enjoyed about as much being the American Revolution TU from Regionals. I liked that the question was on an interesting, important topic in historiography ...
by rahulkeyal
Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Dominance of Thought
Replies: 14
Views: 7210

Re: The Dominance of Thought

ErikC wrote:Tossups like [THINGS FROM CMST]
FYI, these questions have been replaced for future mirrors of CMST.
by rahulkeyal
Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CMST: General Discussion
Replies: 30
Views: 9442

Re: CMST: General Discussion

Overall I enjoyed the set, but I guess I'll use this space to note a broader issue. Namely, whenever distros are based on genre rather than region, non-Western regions get screwed. Art has had such a distro for years, with the result that world art is nearly nonexistent in the QB canon. This set us...