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- Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Attracting more teams to the DC circuit
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13268
Re: Attracting more teams to the DC circuit
I feel like tournaments are never going to be the best place to introduce completely new programs/players to quizbowl; we need to try doing outreach at practices or (for established programs) recruiting and explaining the game to new players. Running an introductory speed tournament in particular is...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT distribution change for 2011-12
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10224
Re: NAQT distribution change for 2011-12
As much as I love the Pop Culture/Sports, I think this should probably set to 1/1 therefore probably letting there be more Fine Arts or Mythology, perhaps? EDIT: I'll apologize in advance if this isn't the type of discussion this thread was aiming for. Especially in HSNCT, I think this is a good id...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC 2011: Quick recap and Thanks
- Replies: 48
- Views: 16474
Re: PACE NSC 2011: Quick recap and Thanks
Clayton still has extraneous player names for the playoff rounds, it seems. These could probably be merged.
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU Open Mirror at Stanford (08/13/11)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5496
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU Open Mirror at Stanford (08/13/11)
This is awesome. I think I and some other people may form a team for this and bring a buzzer system, but I'll let you know when we have official confirmation. If I not, I'll try to come as a free agent. EDIT: "We" may include people other than Bellarmine. EDIT2: Changing this because of me...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Different "Levels" of Teams at a Tournament
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2466
Re: Different "Levels" of Teams at a Tournament
Out of curiosity, are you planning to use different sets for different divisions (like Fall Novice or some other suitable novice set for the lower division, and a regular-difficulty set for the upper divisions) or is the difference one of opponent strength only?
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15456
Re: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
I'm certainly interested in some form of online scrimmages during the summer (I'd prefer text- or IRC-based, but could do Skype/TokBox/tinychat as well, I guess). Is anyone interested in attending these?
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cancelled-- Central OLEFIN mirror
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4141
Re: Central Tournament November 5, 2011 (Macon, GA)
EDIT: My bad, I misread this. Ignore please.
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12270
Re: 2011 HSNCT conversion stats discussion
Can you post the index of refraction tossup? I'm curious why it wasn't powered.
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What's up with Utah?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4922
Re: What's up with Utah?
For what it's worth, you could probably use to drum up quite a bit of interest.
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 PACE NSC
- Replies: 114
- Views: 173677
Re: 2011 PACE NSC
We lost to Maggie Walker in a half-packet tiebreaker played after the all-star game. I forget the score.
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 214
- Views: 50293
Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Seven Lakes A has 68.57 ppb in their playoff match against GDS, which is probably not right.
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I didn't see that Coach Chrzanowski posted this above. Please ignore me.
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I didn't see that Coach Chrzanowski posted this above. Please ignore me.
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC 2011
- Replies: 149
- Views: 37042
Re: NAC 2011
Is that the same Copley from Ohio that's, like, good at real quizbowl and not this terrible version? If so, what are they doing at this tournament? I've heard that Copley's coach actually prefers QU to pyramidal formats. I'm not joking. This is correct; last year Saajid was not on the Ohio NASAT te...
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NSC - 60 teams
- Replies: 74
- Views: 20644
Re: 2011 NSC - 60 teams
George Berry's doing it again at pacensc.wordpress.com.
- Tue May 31, 2011 10:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 214
- Views: 50293
Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Could you post the text of the Hooke's Law question? I'm not sure if we got to the difficulty cliff or not in our round. Also, I found it interesting that there was a tossup on Cauchy in the first round of the final, a tossup on Hooke's law which may have mentioned Cauchy (not sure), and a tossup on...
- Mon May 30, 2011 10:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 214
- Views: 50293
Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Could someone post the question on "the hearth" that came up during the playoffs (I forget which round)? We were playing Dorman when it happened and I think both teams buzzer-raced on the Charles Reade clue.
- Mon May 30, 2011 9:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 214
- Views: 50293
Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion
I apologize for being doubly wrong regarding the Canova question. Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss is ridiculously hard, even more so without Canova. I also agree that the computational math seemed too hard in the time allotted. That said, I think this year's HSNCT was one of the best I have ever seen.
- Mon May 30, 2011 6:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LIST is looking for mirrors!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11608
Re: LIST is looking for mirrors!
Yeah, this is just a problem with your zoom level, Ankit.
EDIT: Whoops, did not see that this thread has been inactive for over a week. Sorry for the necro.
EDIT: Whoops, did not see that this thread has been inactive for over a week. Sorry for the necro.
- Mon May 30, 2011 6:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 214
- Views: 50293
Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion
On the subject of bonus difficulty variation, one that stands out to me was the bonus on Canova. I felt like the Canova part itself was challenging enough to count as the hard part, but then there was an even more difficult third part on a sculpture (I can't remember what the sculpture was but it h...
- Thu May 26, 2011 3:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Imaginary Landscape no. 1 at HSNCT
- Replies: 69
- Views: 20610
Re: Imaginary Landscape no. 1 at HSNCT
Sameer Rai from Bellarmine is going to do this. If anyone else expresses late interest (doubtful), I'll let you know.
- Tue May 24, 2011 10:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Imaginary Landscape no. 1 at HSNCT
- Replies: 69
- Views: 20610
Re: Imaginary Landscape no. 1 at HSNCT
I am interested in playing this, and I think one or two other people from my team are as well.
- Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QuAC IV Available for Mirrors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1402
Re: QuAC IV Available for Mirrors
A pyramidal tournament will be hosted in Kansas without the authorities complaining? Amazing. How did this happen?
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NAQT Northern California Championship
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3200
Re: 2011 NAQT Northern California Championship
Our coach has sent you an email regarding this. I think we're bringing 2-3, but am not sure.Dutton Speedwords wrote:Just bumping to remind everyone that the registration deadline is in three days. Folks from Bellarmine, any idea on the number of teams you're going to bring?
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:28 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Team California NASAT Tryouts - IRC
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3473
Re: Team California NASAT Tryouts - IRC
will certainly not work for me, as I will be flying back from St. Louis at that time.every time i refresh i have a new name wrote:Sunday, May 1st
might work, but I have to check. Is Thursday evening a possibility?every time i refresh i have a new name wrote:Wednesday or Friday evening next week
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 124611
Re: On-going season rankings
James, I think the biggest problem that Fred (and the people who vote in the polls) have had in ranking Cistercian is that you guys have only very rarely played with your full team this year. We in Texas know that Cistercian is a good team, but it's difficult to pin down where you are in relation t...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror 4/2 @ NGCSU
- Replies: 165
- Views: 67048
Re: MUT Mirror 4/2 @ NGCSU
EDIT: I had this post sitting for a long time and didn't see some of the later comments. These are just my own thoughts as to why the quality metric wouldn't be as useful here; I am not trying to be vitriolic towards NGCSU or anybody else. I am sorry if this post comes across as such. If I recall co...
- Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CONFIRMED: MUT mirror at ASU-Tempe, 3/19/11
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4483
Re: CONFIRMED: MUT mirror at ASU-Tempe, 3/19/11
Sorry for the semi-necro, but since ASU has decided to go with an MUT mirror, are you guys not planning to mirror Sack of Antwerp at all? If so, are there any other institutions planning to host it?
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NASAT: June 11-12, University of Maryland-College Park
- Replies: 82
- Views: 31277
Re: 2011 NASAT: June 11-12, University of Maryland-College Park
Who would I contact in Tennessee about getting together a team, or is there even an HSAPQ contact for TN specifically? Has a TN team already registered? I've never heard of this before, but I'm very interested and somewhat lost on where to start. Do I just gauge interest among all the players in my...
- Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 142574
Re: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
I was under the impression that our packet was categorized as "optional," since the first college-level tournament anybody on our team has played was Stanford's mirror of T-Party on 2/27/10. Is this correct?
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 142574
Re: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
The submitted packets list doesn't seem to have been updated with packets submitted at the no penalty deadline (or -25 for optional submissions). Can I confirm that you have received a packet from Bellarmine HS for the -$25 optional submissions deadline?
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15456
Re: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
Hey, if anyone wants to play one of these right now, I have created the chatroom http://tinychat.com/qbscrimmage . My parents probably won't let me read, but if someone wants to, we could do one.
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational (April 22-23, 2011)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 24332
Re: Texas Invitational (April 1-3, 2011)
I think the worry is that the announcement promised one mACF and one NAQT set for the weekend, and it would be nice to retain that symmetry/variety. DII ICT would be amazing, although writer conflicts would need to be checked.
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational (April 22-23, 2011)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 24332
Re: Texas Invitational (April 1-3, 2011)
Perhaps this event could run the Division I SCT set rather than the Division II set? Looking at the caliber of teams currently interested, I have no doubt that this set would distinguish between attending teams (except for potentially less-than-accessible trash).
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sack of Antwerp (Chicago 2/19/2011)
- Replies: 144
- Views: 80997
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sack of Antwerp (Chicago 2/19/2011)
Any word on those mirror sites?
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 142574
Re: ACF Regionals 2011 Global Announcement (February 26, 2011)
EDIT: No, I'm wrong. For house teams, you do not owe the editors anything and the teams are not required to write packets. However, you have an option of writing a packet for the house team to save money: If your house team (or any combination of your house team and the people staffing the tournamen...
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15456
Re: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
Are there plans for this to continue during the Christmas break? I haven't heard anything.
- Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 124611
Re: On-going season rankings
If I'm reading it right, it looks like you said Northmont was only one player strong at ADVANTAGE. If so, that is not accurate. They definitely had a full squad (I don't know if they were missing anyone). It was a different Ohio team, "Hamilton", that was one guy. Yeah, that was Joe Nutte...
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15456
Re: Online Scrimmages with Actual Readers!
A computer, unless you wish to read, in which case a computer with a microphone. EDIT: Also, Joe, the potential problem with Skype is that you'd need to know everyone who wished to attend before hand and give them your Skype username, whereas with tokbox you can just post a public link and those who...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 3 (May 27th, Atlanta)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18954
Re: Geography Monstrosity 3 (May 27th, Atlanta)
Are teams going to be formed ad hoc when this starts, or can we team up beforehand? If the latter is permissible, a team of me, Raynell Cooper, and up to three other RM/Bellarmine people to be decided might form for this.
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2010 Fall Knowledge Masters Open Results...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4287
Re: 2010 Fall Knowledge Masters Open Results...
We got 1765 1764, IIRC. Doing the KMO feels rather strange.
EDIT: I remembered incorrectly. Darn.
EDIT: I remembered incorrectly. Darn.
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Social Science CANON LIST
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5524
Re: Social Science CANON LIST
Take a course and/or read the authors and works you just listed. "Efficiency" is not a good consideration here because memorizing titles and binary-associating may give you flashy early buzzes, but ultimately will make quizbowl a hollow experience. Getting that early buzz you "deserve...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IMSANITY Distribution Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 21317
Re: IMSANITY Distribution Discussion
I would suggest being more clear about your word choice in the future, and not assigning arbitrary definitions to words. According to Merriam-Webster's, academic means things such as "based on formal study especially at an institution of higher learning" and "of, relating to, or asso...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IMSANITY Distribution Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 21317
Re: IMSANITY Distribution Discussion
The only answer lines I get really annoyed with are crap like "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally", "Rise over run", and other such "tricks" that people think every mathematician uses. Thankfully, stuff like this has essentially disappeared from questions written by any ...
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7387
Re: General discussion
Yeah, what I meant to say was that this set was incredibly skewed towards top teams, who would be both more likely (by virtue of greater experience) to get the tossups that are too damn hard, and (by virtue of playing more and perhaps having a possibly more well-defined canon sense) being able to &q...
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7387
Re: General discussion
In my opinion, some of the problems with this set (which, nevertheless, is quite good) derive not just from it being too hard but from its highly uneven difficulty. While tossups like the aforementioned one on Heidegger (and the one on utilitarianism, IMO; I could not recognize a single one of the c...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 124611
Re: On-going season rankings
Oh yeah, since there seems to be some confusion about who actually went to that event, "Bellarmine A" at CJC was Phil and Ankit.
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7387
Re: General discussion
Benji told me this set included a tossup on The Playboy of the Western World, as well as a bonus whose middle part was Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Were these a case of overshooting target difficulty?
Additionally, I'd appreciate it if someone could email me the set, nadesai dot bcp at gmail dot com.
Additionally, I'd appreciate it if someone could email me the set, nadesai dot bcp at gmail dot com.
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: THUNDER Playtesting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1952
Re: THUNDER Playtesting
I might be able to do this. Wednesdays are, in general, better for me.
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall West: Caltech (11/6/10)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10113
Re: ACF Fall West: Caltech (11/6/10)
What were the results here? I heard that UCSD topped the field undefeated and Rancho Bernardo finished second with, I think, a 9-2 record, but nothing else.
EDIT: add crucial word!
EDIT: add crucial word!
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Discussion
- Replies: 156
- Views: 32946
Re: ACF Fall Discussion
A math bonus that goes vector-Gaussian elimination-basis, really doesn't have a hard part! If this bonus appears where I think it does, I believe it as submitted was vector/linear transformation/Markov chain (the theme was "stuff that can be done with matrices", with the tie-in to Markov ...
- Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Discussion Forum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1174
Re: EFT Discussion Forum
Will this become public now that all mirrors are concluded?