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:''See also: [[Question recycling]]''
 
:''See also: [[Question recycling]]''
The '''2019 "[[NHBB]]" Discord Tournament''', also known colloquially as '''"NHBB Online"''', 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. Besides being called a logistical "mess" by some people involved, 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.
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: This event has no affiliation with [[NHBB]] and all promotions of this event were clearly stated as such.
 
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The '''2019 "[[NHBB]]" Discord Tournament''', commonly known as '''"NHBB Online"''', was an online history bee-style tournament held during April 2019 on Discord. The tournament was created by [[Laurel Springs]] NHB player [[User:Ameya Singh|Ameya Singh]], the tournament was won by [[Sam Brochin]].  
==Aftermath and "scandal"==
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While the event had multiple logistical issues, it gained its notoriety for false advertising in the Hsquizbowl forums about it being a majority housewrite, spurring a controversy.
The tournament had consistently promoted itself as an original [[housewrite]] (at the very least, according to the info posted on HSQuizbowl.org). However, 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 uploaded online, suspicion was aroused when numerous members of the online QB community pointed out that many of the tossups used in the tournament were either directly copied from, or extremely similar to, questions used in past tournaments run by other organizations, even though it admitted to not being affiliated in any way with either NHBB or International Academic Competitions (IAC). Some also pointed out that this seeming attempt to essentially pass off questions written by other writers as their own work might potentially constitute copyright infringement.
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==Controversy & Aftermath==
 
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The tournament was initially announced on Discord servers and was promoted as a hype-up event before the 2019 NHBB HS Nationals. It was stated that the TUs being used will be a collection from old NHBB/IHBB packets along with a few housewrites. This information was properly mentioned and noted in all Discord promotions. However, vague and unclear promotions made by Singh in HSQuizBowl forums along with misleading affirmations that it will be a majority housewrite spurred the controversy. After the tournament's preliminary stages had concluded and the Google Docs were made public online, members of the online QB community pointed out that many of the tossups used in the tournament were either directly copied from, or extremely similar to, cleared questions used in past tournaments run by other organizations.  
The above issue was likely the result of a last-minute rush to 'fill out' incomplete packets that were missing a large number of questions. 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, to his credit, Singh eventually later apologized for any errors on his part.
 
 
 
===Packets used===
 
Samples from the prelims include:
 
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/173QOXJVojf9UYwQRzJdx7QprG94Qu0j_fcpHXP7Xquk/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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In light of the controversy, the HS quizbowl forums created a category for those wanting to run scrimmages using clear packets/housewrites.
  
 
[[Category:Quizbowl scandals]]
 
[[Category:Quizbowl scandals]]
 
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]
 
[[Category:Bad quizbowl]]
 
[[Category:Quizbowl on the internets]]
 
[[Category:Quizbowl on the internets]]

Revision as of 03:39, 11 May 2019

See also: Question recycling
This event has no affiliation with NHBB and all promotions of this event were clearly stated as such.

The 2019 "NHBB" Discord Tournament, commonly known as "NHBB Online", was an online history bee-style tournament held during April 2019 on Discord. The tournament was created by Laurel Springs NHB player Ameya Singh, the tournament was won by Sam Brochin. While the event had multiple logistical issues, it gained its notoriety for false advertising in the Hsquizbowl forums about it being a majority housewrite, spurring a controversy.

Controversy & Aftermath

The tournament was initially announced on Discord servers and was promoted as a hype-up event before the 2019 NHBB HS Nationals. It was stated that the TUs being used will be a collection from old NHBB/IHBB packets along with a few housewrites. This information was properly mentioned and noted in all Discord promotions. However, vague and unclear promotions made by Singh in HSQuizBowl forums along with misleading affirmations that it will be a majority housewrite spurred the controversy. After the tournament's preliminary stages had concluded and the Google Docs were made public online, members of the online QB community pointed out that many of the tossups used in the tournament were either directly copied from, or extremely similar to, cleared questions used in past tournaments run by other organizations.

In light of the controversy, the HS quizbowl forums created a category for those wanting to run scrimmages using clear packets/housewrites.