(doing this generally helps promote discussion in threads such as these, avoiding degeneration into a stream of contextless requests for, and texts of, questions)Nice hockey Cote d'Azur wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:23 am Please discuss specific questions or request to see questions here, with your reason for requesting them.
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- Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 15023
Re: EFT 2018 - Specific Question Discussion
- Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Player tossup etiquette
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16626
Re: Player tossup etiquette
On a similar topic, is bonus stalling allowed? As in, waiting to answer the bonus until asked by the moderator to prevent a comeback from the other team. Yes, it is the best strategy in a situation when you're playing timed rounds. Waiting until you're prompted by the moderator and then deferring o...
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11644
Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Hey folks -- I am still looking to play this, and will gladly be placed on a free agent team if necessary, but if anyone would like to team up, I co-wrote CO Trash in 2014, Don't let him fool you. This misrepresentation won't stand. It was 2013 CO Trash. forgetting what years tournaments happened i...
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13175
Re: 2018 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
I'd like some clarification with regard to the eligibility rules. Specifically: High schoolers may play, and can play on chimera teams with permission, but permission will only be granted if they are unable to play with their school team. Can the editors provide an example of an instance in which a...
- Sat Sep 01, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Human Use of Human Beings Discussion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 331
Re: Human Use of Human Beings Discussion
Shocked that there are no comments yet! This, like its predecessors, was a delight to play and consistently hit on stuff that's hard to ask a lot of in normal tournaments in a very interesting way. Thanks for writing it!
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chomping Down at Shoney's Memorial Tournament (Film)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8457
Re: Chomping Down at Shoney's Memorial Tournament (Film)
As is my wont, it's inexplicably taken me several days to post the stats from the mirror of this we ran at the UMN NASAT site. Just like at the main site, we did one seeding round, then 7 rounds of promotion/relegation with only points scored in the top room counting towards the actual title. Here a...
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 91
- Views: 49022
Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion
The second sentence here does not follow from the first.Progcon wrote:Wakefield and Niekro are easily among the most notable knuckleball-pitchers of recent history. This is a very reasonable bonus for this difficulty IMO.
- Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38225
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
We could also just combine teams into whatever numbers work. Not really a big deal if some side events end up 5-on-5, if that's the most convenient way to allow everyone to play.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Stats Go
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8882
Re: Where Stats Go
I heartily endorse this event or product.
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 42098
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
I'll have a little more detail when I get home from dinner, but thanks to everyone, players and staffers alike, for coming out! PLEASE DO NOT PUBLICLY REVEAL SET CONTENT. Thanks!
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:56 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2020 (see new announcement thread for 2022)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13345
Chicago Open Trash 2020 (see new announcement thread for 2022)
Hello friends, it's my fourth-favorite CO Trash tradition: announcing the next tournament after the writing, but before the running, of the current one. We're barging our way into the Sunday of CO/EO(/MO???) weekend of 2020/21 to run this again, having found that trading summer trash years with Erik...
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 42098
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
dang itCheynem wrote:how did last year's CO Trash go anyway HMM
- Sat Jun 16, 2018 12:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 42098
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Seems like a good time to note that we are definitely seeking staff for this tournament! You will be treated, we think, uncommonly well: last time we provided staffers a variety of drinks, snacks, and cough drops, and we also ordered Thai for lunch. We'll be trying to improve on that this year, so p...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14408
Re: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread
Man, it sure is. That will be corrected in the packets.agov01 wrote:In round 1, the tossup on iron said that galena was composed of iron and sulfur although it is made of lead and sulfur.
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14408
Re: 2018 NSC Set Discussion Thread
Symphony of Psalms and Chichester Psalms are by far the most famous works written on the Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion (this doesn't mean the question isn't maybe a little more guessable than ideal, but (1) it certainly does take some knowledge to make that leap and (2) the...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 4:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 42098
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Much like the main event, this tournament will be taking place at Northwestern University. More information will be provided as we acquire it.
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 PACE NSC: Congratulations to Thomas Jefferson HSST!
- Replies: 51
- Views: 32512
Re: 2018 PACE NSC: Congratulations to Thomas Jefferson HSST!
In a turn of events nearly as unprecedented as a 100-72 final score, both teams chose to play for the Bounceback Foundation , which thus received a $500 donation from PACE. Thanks for looking out for each other, kids. To anticipate and answer your questions, discussion threads and the set itself sho...
- Thu May 31, 2018 1:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Keep the Faith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5329
Re: Keep the Faith
I really appreciate this post.
- Mon May 28, 2018 2:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18715
Re: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
This set continued its predecessor's tradition of excellence--it was a delight to play! Thanks for writing and running it!
- Tue May 22, 2018 4:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18715
Re: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
Would it be possible to hold off on starting this until after the staff tournament? That event should be pretty short (3-4 all-tossup rounds, I think?) and there's a decent number of people who would like to do both.
- Wed May 16, 2018 2:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 112583
Re: Matt Bruce
Seems reasonable; I've added one.ninjernacci wrote:Can I request a content warning on this thread (either from the admins or from the creator), or at least on the OP? I feel like this thread is dealing with things that are 100% not good for some people to see.
- Tue May 15, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 112583
Re: Matt Bruce
And for what it's worth, maybe instead of continuing to fixate on this whisper network we could actually be coming up with solutions. We could come up with a way to report these things? There's a lot of blasting here with no way to fix any of this. So let's get out shit together and come up with a ...
- Tue May 15, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 112583
Re: Matt Bruce
The staff has decided to reopen this thread for discussion. Due to the sensitive nature of the subject at hand, it will be moderated more strictly than most. Please do not make flippant or unserious posts, as this is neither the time or place. Speculation regarding the identity of any alleged victim...
- Mon May 14, 2018 8:57 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Pi-oneers!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17598
Re: 2018 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Pi-oneers!
First of all, congrats to Shiva/Pi-oneers on an outstanding and historic performance. (After the final, Jeff Hoppes said he thinks this is the first time a solo player has ever won a team-based NAQT national championship, at any level, and I'd imagine the same is probably true of NSC and ACF Nation...
- Fri May 11, 2018 5:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38225
Re: Illinois Side Event Open - 8/11/18
Yeah, the ranking system worked pretty well last year, provided you can set up the form and read the results properly.
- Wed May 09, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 42098
Re: Chicago Open Trash 2018 (July 22, 2018)
Almost certainly.Progcon wrote:Will this be mirrored online at some point? I can't make it to Chicago this year.
- Sun May 06, 2018 6:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11903
Re: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
Yeah, I believe I've collected all the payments now so money should be on its way to you shortly.
- Thu May 03, 2018 2:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2018
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16982
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2018
yeah, not currently a student, seems straightforward even in the crazy mixed-up land of Canadaheterodyne wrote:wait I thought he graduated after last yearSen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) wrote:I think it's very strange that the best Canadian quizbowl player in history is at his peak and you guys come up with rules to exclude him.
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11903
Re: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
To pay, you can either give me $5 cash or venmo me @ukonvasara.
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11903
Re: "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH II
Hello all:
Please be in Charles De Gaulle at 7:30. The field will be capped at eight teams, which I am happy to wantonly add people to as necessary. I will have a schedule ready then.
Please be in Charles De Gaulle at 7:30. The field will be capped at eight teams, which I am happy to wantonly add people to as necessary. I will have a schedule ready then.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT Mirroring Thread: List of Dates
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9286
Re: NASAT Mirroring Thread: Preferred Weekend 6/23-24
What does this mean, in terms that other people can understand and act on?AKKOLADE wrote:double secret probation, cool kid-only open teams
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
- Replies: 66
- Views: 38229
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
This is just an announcement that this set is not clear yet; there will be a HS coach and player hybrid mirror in Texas on 4/13. The set will be posted on the archive shortly after. While I wait for ownership of the hsqb entry for CMST to be transferred to me, PDF copies of the packets can be found...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30450
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
Okay, now this whole exercise is illegitimate.AKKOLADE wrote:The Jam The Eton Rifles
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63845
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
Why not?Amizda Calyx wrote:I personally feel that books written for laypeople should NOT appear in science questions, and especially not *multiple* books.
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9530
Re: Public discourse, on the forums and elsewhere
I am really unhappy with how some people in the collegiate/open community act towards each other, especially on the forums and sometimes on the Discord. After several instances of privately getting people to modulate their public behavior-–sometimes successfully–I’m finally pissed--off about it eno...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63845
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
The tournament would not have been possible without the efforts of Sarah Angelo, Eliza Grames, and Bernadette Spencer on the planning side, and without Sarah, Eliza, Ryan Rosenberg, and Rob Carson's great logistical work during the tournament. Gautam Kandlikar, as always, deserves thanks for taking...
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 78033
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Also, if you're driving, the Hayward lot is closed; MIT recommends parking along Memorial Drive instead.
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 78033
Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Please note that the team meeting has been moved from 10-250 to the nearby 26-100. Thanks, and apologies for the late notice.
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF and Powers (POLL)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 35362
Re: ACF and Powers (POLL)
...more consistency across formats will be good for the game long-term as it creates less of a shock for newer players shifting formats...longer games may lower retention rates for beginner level players...shorter, quicker [games] will help the game expand long-term. I don't want to speak for "...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18715
Re: PACENSC 2018 - A Pokemon Set @HSNCT
Hey, any update on the timing of the HSNCT site?
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6659
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
David Frazee sent me a box of old quizbowl stuff. One of the more interesting things was a program from 1995 ACF Nationals, featuring some artwork; a combination welcome and birth announcement from Don Windham and Carol Guthrie; information on participating teams (including messages), officials, an...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Steven Pinker's Font Size Fun Time Nationals Barrel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2495
Re: Steven Pinker's Font Size Fun Time Cracker Barrel
feel free to use this thread for unparseable jokes about pop scientists or cracker barrels or whatever. no inscrutably ironic/unironic/ironic classism please
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8096
a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Who will win? Who will not win? Post your thoughts below!
EDIT: or above, thanks a ton forums software
DOUBLE EDIT: jokes are okay, just try to use this thread for something resembling an actual prediction about either of the national tournaments.
EDIT: or above, thanks a ton forums software
DOUBLE EDIT: jokes are okay, just try to use this thread for something resembling an actual prediction about either of the national tournaments.
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
- Replies: 224
- Views: 30450
Re: 1970s Music - Prelim to the Bracket
yesjonpin wrote:You mean that Bowling for Soup song was a cover?
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The looming crisis
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12668
Re: The looming crisis
Speaking of which, when was the last time ACF brought on new people? Genuinely wondering because I don't know. It would seem to me that an organization that has had to defend itself under the premise that their members have real jobs would benefit from bringing on enthusiastic college students who ...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Your Favorite Question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 31189
Re: Your Favorite Question
5. In one game released for this system, the bandit Kurai tries to escape prison to reunite with Akara. Besides that game, Dying Eyes, other RPGs for this system include Reign of Legends and Desolate. One game that achieved its greatest popularity on this system displays messages such as "PIGS...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 20446
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
Will has the Scattergories stats; I'll put up the ACRONYM stats tomorrow.Cheynem wrote:you dog where da other stats at
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 20446
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMN (3/3/18)
Thanks so much to everyone for coming out here; it was great to see a field like this at a Minnesota event, and I hope to see and take part in more similar events in the future.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8913
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
Note that while the field is closed to new teams, there are still three spots available for potential free agents!
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8913
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
Gotten enough feedback re: starting earlier that I've bumped times up by half an hour. I appreciate your flexibility though!