n an effort to inspire some interest in this message board, I'll throw out some thoughts on the failings of the three major formats (CBI, ACF, NAQT.) Maybe...
UIZ BOWL AS TV GAME SHOW<br><br>To CBI, for example, quiz bowl is a TV game show, that just happens not to be on TV at the moment. Pretty much every complaint...
irst, thanks to David Levinson for this impressive new resource.<br><br>Now, I will just add my 2 cents to Mr. Mason's recent post...<br><br>As the ...
Interesting" questions are what help players get through rounds and tournaments full of stuff they've never heard of and don't care about. And no matter who ...
t's common for us older or retired players to suggest that quality question writers are a dying breed. While I will agree that Fall '97, where everything was ...
lthough I admit to being a fan of NAQT, I think I've played enough ACF (rather hard not to in my part of the country) to have some thoughts about its flaws....
uestions boring (except those about Tycho Brahe and the fact that Olivia Newton-John is the granddaughter of Max Born). Do I edit out all questions that I, as...
noticed that one of the features of this club is that the founder could install regular quotes of the club's stocks. (?!)<br><br>This moves me to report on the...
imothy Joseph Young, Future Esquire, wrote:<br><br>"It's common for us older or retired players to suggest that quality question writers are a dying breed....
eam leaders are doing to fill the void, so to speak. ... I do wonder if anything is being done to make the new generations great players AND writers AND ...
irst, as an designer and human-computer interaction researcher, this interface bites.<br><br>Now, responding to a message:<br><br>"Although I admit to being a ...
CF editing staff prepare the best tournament possible, how do we make questions "interesting"?<br>----------<br><br>Here is one simple, relatively concrete...
CF game a)part of an expansion of what is truly worth knowing, b) part of an effort by the head honchos of ACF to ensure that players who have similar question...
aving played at a school where ACF was NOT the most popular format, I must say that in the four years I played for the University of Delaware, we attended a...
think it's partially because of the past and partially because of the "hardcore" nature of people who used to play ACF (and some who play now) that bring about...
reeting all...new to the club as it were. Not sure if there are any Region 10 folks in the group or not, but just thought I'd throw out a "better late than...
. We don't know who Harvard is bringing, but apparently some of its better players are sitting out. This may be enough to let another team<br>slide by, and ...
. Whoever they bring, Chicago going away, for the nth consecutive year. If they bring their best possible team (read : something with Andrew)<br>they're ...
ontinuing my (single-handed?) attempt to spark controversy here, I will present my thoughts on the use of total points as a tiebreaker, and why it is not a...
im Young wrote, "13. I suppose it comes down to Utah and Arizona State again with BYU gone. Utah was mostly one player ; has he graduated? I'll take ASU again,...
here were more posts here -- CBI predictions from Tim Young and a couple of posts by me -- but all of a sudden I can only view messages up to #35. What gives?...
re a few problems as I see it. Academic competition, with the possible exception of TRASH, abhors a tie. It is not acceptable. We insist on sudden death ...
s someone who had been completely out of any contact with the QB community for the last nine months or so until last week's NAQT sectionals and having missed...
ello.<br> First, I would like to thank David for creating this club and say that I hope it will become a popular and useful forum.<br> On the subject of ...
ohn wrote, "When the number of questions and bonus values are standardized for every team, I see no major problem with it [total points tiebreakers], even ...
an side with the angel with infinite packs, and we could just play it off. However in the absence of angels, we should have a fair cut-off or selection ...
ike to thank Mr. Levinson for this idea and all of you for your messages. They have helped me procrastinate many a time and have even made me think on ...
think people should remember that ACF is a distribution and set of rules & not a difficulty level. When Brian Hight says "the questions are often ridiculously ...
on't forget! No-Penalty Submissions will be accepted until Friday, the 26th! :) Posting here for benefit of those who aren't on QB-announce...<br>- Tricia ...
