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| + | The '''2019 "[[NHBB]]" Discord Tournament''' was an online history bee-style tournament held during April 2019 on Discord servers. The brainchild of 8th grade [[Laurel Springs]] NHB player [[User:Ameya Singh|Ameya Singh]], the tournament was won by [[Sam Brochin]] in a small field. Though admittedly not affiliated with either NHBB or International Academic Competitions (IAC), the event attracted controversy after it was revealed that a number of questions it used were more or less plagiarized from [[quizDB]] and/or past NHBB events, resulting in a minor scandal. | ||
| + | ==Aftermath and "scandal"== | ||
| + | As documented on [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=22615&p=357297&hilit=Housewrite#p35729 this thread], after the tournament's preliminary stages had concluded and packets had been uploaded online, numerous members of the QB community pointed out that many of the tossups used in the tournament were either copied from, or very similar to, questions used in past tournaments written and copyrighted by other quizbowl organizations. This was likely the result of a last-minute rush to 'fill out' incomplete packets that were missing a large number of questions. The tournament had claimed to be a housewrite. Some posters on the above thread also said they believed Singh to be too inexperienced to be TD'ing a tournament, but that he still should have known better. | ||
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| + | Fortunately, Singh eventually later apologized for his errors. | ||
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| + | ===Packets used=== | ||
| + | Samples from the prelims include: | ||
| + | *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nkh3anG0Al5xmNzH6VqogOVPOhkwlI-_-zSM6B_SImE/edit Packet 1] | ||
| + | *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiD-2gVjxT11Dm2GqnauU77AOOeHWYQDZNjOBEz6X9Y/edit Packet 2] | ||
| + | *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nkh3anG0Al5xmNzH6VqogOVPOhkwlI-_-zSM6B_SImE/edit Packet 3] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Stubs]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Quizbowl scandals]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Bad quizbowl]] | ||
Revision as of 22:51, 10 May 2019
The 2019 "NHBB" Discord Tournament was an online history bee-style tournament held during April 2019 on Discord servers. The brainchild of 8th grade Laurel Springs NHB player Ameya Singh, the tournament was won by Sam Brochin in a small field. Though admittedly not affiliated with either NHBB or International Academic Competitions (IAC), the event attracted controversy after it was revealed that a number of questions it used were more or less plagiarized from quizDB and/or past NHBB events, resulting in a minor scandal.
Aftermath and "scandal"
As documented on this thread, after the tournament's preliminary stages had concluded and packets had been uploaded online, numerous members of the QB community pointed out that many of the tossups used in the tournament were either copied from, or very similar to, questions used in past tournaments written and copyrighted by other quizbowl organizations. This was likely the result of a last-minute rush to 'fill out' incomplete packets that were missing a large number of questions. The tournament had claimed to be a housewrite. Some posters on the above thread also said they believed Singh to be too inexperienced to be TD'ing a tournament, but that he still should have known better.
Fortunately, Singh eventually later apologized for his errors.
Packets used
Samples from the prelims include: