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- Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:28 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Man, does CBI suck...
- Replies: 77
- Views: 92117
I'll start this post off with a disclaimer: I have never competed in CBI at any level higher than the Chicago Intramural Tournament (where the team I was on came within 5 points of beating a team consisting of Andrew Yaphe and Seth Teitler, thanks to Chad), though I have practiced on CBI questions t...
- Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355655
- Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355655
- Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2005 NAQT ICT Results
- Replies: 46
- Views: 32215
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2005 NAQT ICT Results
- Replies: 46
- Views: 32215
I think that, in general, if you insist that the two top teams play a final in NAQT at all costs - even if you give the one that's ahead a one-game advantage - the probability goes up that the title will be awarded to the less-deserving team in the end. If you argue that a game under NAQT rules and...
- Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to pry results out of tournament directors?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5197
In my brief time being aware of tournaments that I did not go to (which is less than a year), I have found that, typically, you can get the basic results and final standings from players who were there. My problem has always been with stats. I'd like to see those posted like within the week, during ...
- Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:10 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: ACF Nationals aftermath/discussion
- Replies: 50
- Views: 68029
I'd certainly call Manu harder. I mean, Manu did not have a bonus on the first man from the mythology of Madagascar, but the tossups at ACF Nationals were a lot more accessible, at least to me. One thing I found sort of cool were the common theme questions (crowns, spiders, etc.) They do require the...
- Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What do you get out of Quiz Bowl?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10624
In a few weeks I will be handed free airplane tickets to another part of the country, one where it is significantly warmer than it is in Chicago. And why? To play a game. A game that ultimately boils down to glorified trivia. If you know anyone who is suicidal, tell them to join a quiz bowl team. Th...
- Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A blast from the past ...
- Replies: 46
- Views: 40007
- Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Switching A and B Teams
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15509
- Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355655
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:33 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Predictions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9023
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 04-05
- Replies: 586
- Views: 269066
- Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT predictions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9266
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:55 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: ACF Regionals Commentary
- Replies: 51
- Views: 62104
One thing I did notice was that the editors were very good about not repeating answers. In fact, they were too good, to the extent that you could use process of elimination to correctly guess things just by what was asked in that category before. I got the first non-music arts tossup of my life late...
- Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: ACF Regionals Commentary
- Replies: 51
- Views: 62104
- Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Is this the most pathetic post ever?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20090
- Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Is this the most pathetic post ever?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20090
- Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 04-05
- Replies: 586
- Views: 269066
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355655
- Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:12 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: SCT commentary
- Replies: 67
- Views: 77481
- Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT Bid discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 23726
- Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:52 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: SCT commentary
- Replies: 67
- Views: 77481
- Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:31 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: SCT commentary
- Replies: 67
- Views: 77481
- Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: over-, under-, or mis-represented topics in QB
- Replies: 38
- Views: 24991
- Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: blatant sexism (or something like it) in quizbowl questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11133
I don't recall ever hearing a bonus on male reproductive organs. In high school, I heard a tossup on the prostate, but that was it. As for the females, in high school, I saw a bonus about the female reproductive system and another bonus about the menstrual cycle. In college, I've only heard bonuses ...
- Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: over-, under-, or mis-represented topics in QB
- Replies: 38
- Views: 24991
Re: thoughts
as for mythology: I never understood why it wasn't a subset of literature. You could argue that mythology, while often written down, also has a very significant social and historical dimension that literature doesn't. I mean, nobody built temples to Dostoyevsky. Nobody conquered land in his name. N...
- Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: World Quizzing Championships?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3666
- Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Keeping a Team Alive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3955
5) Again, something I was always too lazy to do, but try to get hooked up with other organizations in other, subtle ways. This can be mentioning QB to random people in other clubs, or helping with some kind of bowl at another club. At UVA, we let the Black Student Union borrow our buzzers for a Bla...
- Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: over-, under-, or mis-represented topics in QB
- Replies: 38
- Views: 24991
- Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Buzzer Fright
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7636
- Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 04-05
- Replies: 586
- Views: 269066
- Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:56 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Officiating Book
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7042
(in Illinois, it is perfectly normal for coaches to split duties in moderating during a match). That's one thing that I had serious issues with during my high school career in Illinois, especially since I played only in a local league with no moderators. Lots of coaches had thick accents, and this ...
- Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Buzzer Fright
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7636
From a theoretical standpoint, increasing rewards for early correct answers while decreasing punishments for incorrect answers should do the trick. Of course, if you whatever format you play in tournaments has negative pointage for incorrect answers, that approach could backfire as, faced with the h...
- Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Wikipedia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4737
Can anyone say "tossup"?Matt Weiner wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_watermelon 522 words
- Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Ever Scholastic Bowlers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10542
- Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355655
Re: defense
i am the one that committed the neg. during the whole question they were talking about the speech. i do not know why i felt it necessary to blitz. even if i didn't fuck it up, the subsequent bonus was on japanese novels. i could not think of one to save my life so get off my back. 'Sup; actually, I...
- Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Wikipedia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4737
- Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: All-Star awards
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4223