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by VSCOelasticity
Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13540

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

I don't believe I saw this mentioned in the video, apologies if it was. Will the moderators be counting the seconds after the buzz themselves or using the buzzin.live counter? And if they're using the buzzin.live counter, will we be expected to just say the answer if we are first (timer starts right...
by VSCOelasticity
Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13540

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

A quick clarifying question: are players allowed to buzz on Buzzin.Live with a keyboard attached to the same computer that Zoom is running? This is assuming that the keyboard is able to be held such that both hands are on the webcam.
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 5400

Re: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror

The field cap has been expanded to 16 teams. With 16 teams, the planned format will be: two brackets of eight into four playoff brackets of four (9 rounds). I'd like one more staffer for 16 teams, and staff are welcome to sign up in anticipation of the field size increasing again. Please note that t...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 5400

Re: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror

I can't read a bar graph, apparently. The tournament is on April 17th. All posts have been updated. If you registered and 4/17 doesn't work, please let me know. I apologize for my goof.
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 5400

Re: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror

The poll was close, but this tournament will be held on April 17th, 2021 starting at 10:00AM EST . The initial field cap will be 10 teams. The planned format is a full round robin (9 games). A one-game final between teams with even records is guaranteed. If there is a situation that would normally r...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror
Replies: 9
Views: 5400

Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT) North American Mirror

Hello, everyone. I am excited to announce a North America mirror of Cambridge/Oxford Open Tournament (COOT). The main set announcement can be found here . I, Jonathen Settle, will be the tournament director. The tournament will be run on Discord. Date & Time This tournament will take place on Ap...
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5010

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

What I said in the Discord. It will be kind of scattered because I didn't give all feedback in Discord in packet order. glad to see subcutaneous rabbit illusion come up! drosophila genetics bonus was good treatment of well trodden stuf combustion tu cool the ports/reactance/resistance bonus was a ra...
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 18
Views: 1966

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Thanks and General Discussion

I thought this set was across the board fun and interesting! Thank you to all the writers, editors, staffers, logistics people, and anyone not in those roles that helped make the set & playtest mirror happen. I hope to play more questions written by some of the younger writers who worked on this...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WOOLF (Spring-Summer 2022)
Replies: 8
Views: 4632

Re: WOOLF (TBD)

I'd be interested in collaborating with someone on a packet if anyone wants to form a duo or larger group.
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I also may have misheard the "Carthage" tossup but I heard the phrase "non-Athenian Sacred Band" which narrowed the answerspace down to Thebes, Carthage, or "maybe there's some other city with a Sacred Band" for me. I'm guessing this was either written as "non-The...
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Thank you! I really enjoyed the "theme" of drugging myc, which is very academically relevant, fresh, and timely. Part of the reason I was a bit lost through the tossup was that one of my favorite labmates actually worked for Jay Bradner, so I've heard all about JQ1 as a bromodomain transc...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PAveMEnT: A Remote Cooperation Audio Tournament (Winter 2020)
Replies: 31
Views: 12294

Re: PAveMEnT: A Remote Cooperation Audio Tournament (Winter 2020)

Thank you to the PAveMEnT team for a really enjoyable set! I had a ton of fun :party: I did not take detailed notes, and am not sure I am truly equipped to give constructive feedback. I think there were a good amount of challenging questions. The answer lines and giveaways balanced being approachabl...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the "hard problem of consciousness" tossup? I remember hearing it drop philosophy of the mind words early, and was frustrated I didn't buzz. Andy Clark’s so-called meta version of this problem asks whether or not this is a problem at all, while a Francis Kammerer paper asks wh...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Small nitpick here: adding the sentence "A derivative of salicylic acid containing this element is used for its anti-inflammatory and antacid properties" before FTP might make this rather challenging tossup gradate a bit better towards the end. Fair point. I've changed the FTP. For 10 poi...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Yeah, I think a directed prompt on "addition" to say "what kind of molecule is being added?" would improve the way this played in some rooms. (my brain correctly recognized that "addition" was not going to be the answer by itself, but I couldn't come up with "nucl...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the tossups on "gaze" and "ringing a bell' (in drama)? For the former, I remember being a bit confused by the wording of the first line (particularly the inclusion of the title Sidelong Glance ) as it made me mentally rule out an answer like "gaze", but I may ha...
by VSCOelasticity
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I misparsed the "as well" as referring to "this element" and not "kawazulite." This led a, admittedly risky, buzz with "carbon" (well graphene) because it, I think, also has a Dirac cone near its gamma-point. I'm not sure if it is worth breaking up this compo...
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I'd like to see the tossup on bismuth from round 11? The clue about Dirac points (?) tripped me up. This element is the heaviest of the elements in the mineral kawazulite, which exhibits 2D weak anti-localization, as well as possessing a Dirac cone near the gamma-point. Russia’s SVBR-100 and China’...
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the question on (presumably nucleophilic?) addition? I got a little confused and I heard in other rooms there was further confusion that led to a neg and I think there might be room to improve the answerline directives. The bond between carbon and the L substituent is anti·peri·planar to ...
by VSCOelasticity
Wed Dec 02, 2020 2:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the Nietzsche bonus (centered around The Antichrist I think? I can't remember exactly.) I'm rather sure that one of the answerlines needs to be altered or expanded, but I should double-check the text first. Yeah! Here it is: A thinker argued that this process resulted in reproduction be...
by VSCOelasticity
Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Thank you! I really enjoyed the "theme" of drugging myc, which is very academically relevant, fresh, and timely. Part of the reason I was a bit lost through the tossup was that one of my favorite labmates actually worked for Jay Bradner, so I've heard all about JQ1 as a bromodomain transc...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Could I see the myc biology tossup? I think it's a fun and good idea, but a number of the clues sounded (to me) like they could apply to any transcription factor; indeed, I spent much of the tossup thinking "which transcription factor do they want?" I would love to get a look at the quest...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I wrote this question, and it didn't get much editing. I apologize for misleading you with the description of Cocijo. It might be good to either do as you suggest and describe Cocijo's role, or describe the glyph (which is something like stacks of maize and a waterfall?), or even invert the sentenc...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

I'd be interested in seeing the tossup on the Oaxaca Valley. I recall buzzing on the clue about "Glyph C" with "Yucatan" since there's an identically-named glyph that identifies a bunch of gods in Maya tradition. I think the clue specified something about Glyph C being on a head...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

A couple of thoughts on fixes: "Another partial converse to Lagrange's theorem is Cauchy's theorem, which exerts the existence of a subgroup whose order divides the size of the G and has this property." Alternatively you could throw away the mention of Cauchy's theorem and instead mention...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the tossup on vibration? I may be mistaken but if I remember correctly the pronoun was something like “this motion” which I feel overly narrows down the answer space once you realize it’s quantum chem (past packets seemed to use “this process”). In any case I enjoyed the tossup and am int...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I see the Lagrange's Thm / Primes / OST bonus? I might have misheard the Cauchy's theorem clue (not that it matters much given the Euclid clue right after it) but I thought it was stated oddly. Sylow’s first theorem is the strongest partial converse to this theorem. For 10 points each: [m] Name...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Oh, I was referring to the line "Algorithms that step down Gaussian pyramids, applying the Lucas–Kanade (“kah-NAH-dey”) algorithm at each step, can estimate this process at large scales." - I see now its referring to something about optical flow, but the stepping down Gaussian pyramids an...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

Can I the computer science tu on motion? I remember buzzing on what I think is a clue about sift and not knowing what to say, then negging with feature transforms (which I think should be promptable?) Note to moderators: please read the answer line carefully before reading the question. 4. Descript...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 1:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 55
Views: 19311

Re: Specific Question Discussion

From the 11 packets everyone heard at the main site, I edited the following history questions. Any issues with them should be addressed to me. Tossups: Tupac Amaru II, Algerian War of Independence, Lepidus, IWW Bonuses: French revolution stuff, Sandanistas, cacerolazos/Chavez/Allende, three unifiers...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Dec 01, 2020 1:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 FLopen - Thanks and Set General Discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 2900

Re: Thanks and Set General Discussion

I hope everyone had a good time playing the set! Thank you for dedicating a (long) day to hearing our questions. Hopefully a few of them sparked joy. I would like to thank the writers whose questions I edited for writing interesting questions that were easily molded into a final product. Thank you f...
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)
Replies: 15
Views: 9276

Re: (Format Poll Added) FLopen 2020 Open Main Site @ Discord (11/21/2020)

I did have one minor suggestion I wanted to make. In one of our rounds, there was a rather complicated protest resolution-tiebreaker situation. Both teams involved ended up staying in the room while it was worked out, which meant that we arrived to our next game rather late. Since (in this case) th...
by VSCOelasticity
Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Input on a 2021 ACF Regionals super-site
Replies: 1
Views: 2252

Re: Input on a 2021 ACF Regionals super-site

This would be a lot of fun, and makes me more excited for Regionals! (Presuming that Florida is invited/my teammates want to register). I personally think 20ish teams would be nice. Something that approximates the top two brackets of Nats. I don't think this would depress regional sites more than a...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 5555

Re: Sepcific Questions Discussion

I was uncomfortable reading the film bonus that included answer lines on Paris Is Burning and Brokeback Mountain because I do not think it is okay for a cishet person to use the term that was the first answer line. I know this is not a concrete thing (just look at the different answers given in this...
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 31
Views: 5555

Re: Sepcific Questions Discussion

The only minor science quibble I had was that the tossup on isothermal should probably have a prompt added for compression or expansion (whichever one matches the description of the work in the tossup, I forget), since "this type of process" is vague for that clue.
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 IKEA - General Set Discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 5340

Re: General Set Discussion

Really enjoyed the science in this set. Most of the early clues and hard parts that our team knew always seemed well chosen, and the majority of the ones that we did not know seemed interesting and important. Hard parts that come to mind as I'm posting are elliptic integrals , ensemble classifiers ,...
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot
Replies: 3
Views: 6553

Re: New Discord Tournament Server Management Bot

entropy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:45 pm I am very proud and grateful that PACE has officially recommended that TDs use this bot for Discord tournaments. This page on the PACE website provides a detailed guide for how to use the bot.
This link no longer works. I believe this is the correct link now.
by VSCOelasticity
Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1
Replies: 14
Views: 7833

Re: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1

A good discussion was had in Discord, and it made me see that I had failed to consider the following teams (in no particular order):

Stanford B
Northwestern
UNC
UCLA
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Columbia B
by VSCOelasticity
Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1
Replies: 14
Views: 7833

Re: Collegiate Preseason Poll 2020-1

In an attempt to spark conversation (and maybe adjust based on my lack of information on teams), here is the draft of my ballot. Everything beyond the 13ish range was hard for me to rank due to missing rosters, and geographical isolation down in Florida. 1 Columbia 2 Stanford 3 Maryland 4 Berkeley 5...
by VSCOelasticity
Mon May 18, 2020 10:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Summer Events?
Replies: 7
Views: 2701

Re: Summer Events?

Here Comes Rusev Day wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 6:29 pm the hope is to have an in-person event down here in Florida in the late summer
glad to see my fellow Floridians taking the pandemic seriously
by VSCOelasticity
Thu May 07, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)
Replies: 35
Views: 10450

Re: Cambridge Open Online (5/24)

Location: As Will mentioned earlier in the thread, this tournament will take place over Zoom with video. This will require each participant to have a working web cam. If you do not currently own a working webcam, please be sure to acquire one by the tournament date (May 24, 2020). I believe a lot o...
by VSCOelasticity
Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32761

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Spring 2021)

Given the reduced physics distribution, will physics questions that are more commonly encountered in engineering clases, e.g. fluid dynamics amd continuum mechanics, still be placed in the physics distribution?
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 147187

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

How would the community feel about implementing a structure where if someone cheats at a tournament, they must moderate X number of tournaments or contribute X/X editor-approved questions to tournaments? This way, the person can show an act of good faith, and provide retribution for the labor/time ...
by VSCOelasticity
Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 147187

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I generally take the stance of Matt and Chris, that wanting to cheat and cheating are different. That being said, I agree with Andrew that draconian measures don't really work, and, furthermore, that bans won't deter cheaters. People cheat for many reasons, and I don't think people who cheat will be...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
Replies: 22
Views: 1591

Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant

3/62: Thermidor v Self-Existing While I am not a fan of reactionary months, I cannot abide the excessively individualistic notion of naming a month "Self-Existing". So the Frenchie gets my vote in the first round. Thermidor is also fun to say, and it is named for "heat" (neglecte...
by VSCOelasticity
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant
Replies: 26
Views: 1691

Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant

1/64: June v Sip Florida summers are way too hot 32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi not sure why an association with scary ghosts is a bad thing 17/48: December v Eryue never experienced the Longtaitou Festival, but the commercialization of Christmas makes December a no for me 16/49: Kartika v Sotz' bats are l...
by VSCOelasticity
Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
Replies: 22
Views: 1237

Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round

40 seed: Thargelion v Anthesterion
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata
Replies: 12
Views: 1709

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata

The partition function for an n -particle system with this property is the single particle partition function to the n th power, without the usual factor of one over n -factorial. For 10 points each: [10] Name this property. The wave function for quantum particles with this property can be a produc...
by VSCOelasticity
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata
Replies: 12
Views: 1709

Re: 2020 Terrapin Open: Errata

Very small nitpick: ESA/NASA apparently wants to be needlessly confusing, because it looks like the "eLISA" detector mentioned in the gravitational wave frequency tossup (good idea!) appears to be just "LISA" now since funding for it has been increased.