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The quizbowl holiday of '''Festivus''' is a regular occurrence in the month of December (traditionally December 23rd) in which players gather for an informal reading of [[vanity tournament|vanity packets]] of varying quality and duration and is inspired by the fictional holiday of Festivus from ''Seinfeld''.
 
The quizbowl holiday of '''Festivus''' is a regular occurrence in the month of December (traditionally December 23rd) in which players gather for an informal reading of [[vanity tournament|vanity packets]] of varying quality and duration and is inspired by the fictional holiday of Festivus from ''Seinfeld''.
  
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The [[Internet Charity Tournament]] run by [[Will Alston]] and [[Emily Gunter]] was inspired in format and conceit by Festivus. The 2012 [[Feats of Weakness]] and 2013 [[Feats of Weakness 2]] by [[Auroni Gupta]] were similarly inspired.
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The [[Internet Charity Tournament]] run by [[Will Alston]] and [[Em Gunter]] was inspired in format and conceit by Festivus. The 2012 [[Feats of Weakness]] and 2013 [[Feats of Weakness 2]] by [[Auroni Gupta]] were similarly inspired.
  
 
===Airing of Grievances===
 
===Airing of Grievances===
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In ''Seinfeld'', Festivus has two halves: Feats of Strength and the Airing of Grievances. Since roughly 2014, Quizbowl Festivus has eschewed the latter to focus on the "Feats of Strength" aspect of the holiday via the playing of packets. Unsurprisingly, the Airing of Grievances had a tendency to descend into heated arguments and sometime before the 2014 iteration of Festivus it was removed from the holiday docket.
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In ''Seinfeld'', Festivus has two halves: the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength. Every "official" quizbowl Festivus (i.e those advertised on the forums) has eschewed the former to focus on the "Feats of Strength" aspect of the holiday via the playing of packets. This was not always the case: the IRC Festivus had an Airing of Grievances every year from 2002 to 2013. Though allegedly intended as a good-natured, funny affair, many participants used the event for toxic displays of rage, including threats of physical harm against other specific people. The first formal announcement of Festivus on the forums in 2014 coincided with the end of the practice.
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==IRC era==
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Before the advent of Discord, the #quizbowl [[IRC]] served as the primary location for various online quizbowl activities and Festivus was no exception.
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="1"
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! Year
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! Forum post
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! Organizer
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! Packets
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|2014
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=294631#p294631 IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1675/ packets]
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|2015
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18173&p=311292 IRC Festivus 2015: Rex Ryan's Revenge]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1800/ packets]
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|-
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|2016
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=324579#p324579 IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1934/ packets]
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|}
  
 
==Discord era==
 
==Discord era==
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[[File:festivus_pole.png|125px|thumb|right|Festivus Pole Emote]]
  
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[[File:festivus_pole.png|125px|thumb|right|Festivus Pole Emote]]
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Since 2017, Festivus has been held on [[Discord]]; this has included both the main quizbowl Discord and separate purpose-created servers. 2020 saw the event take cues from the structure of the [[Internet Charity Tournament]] to incorporate aspects like "an actual schedule" and "sign-ups".
  
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Since 2017, Festivus has been held on [[Discord]]; this has included both the main quizbowl Discord and separate purpose-created servers.
 
  
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! Year
 
! Forum post
 
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|2020
 
|2020
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=380994#p380994 2020 Festivus [20 December 2020]]
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=380994#p380994 2020 Festivus [20 December 2020]]
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|[[Emily Gunter]]
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|[[Em Gunter]]
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|in progress
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|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2564/ packets]
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==IRC era==
 
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Before the advent of Discord, the #quizbowl [[IRC]] served as the primary location for various online quizbowl activities and Festivus was no exception. It is unclear exactly when the first informal Festivus event was held, but packets were being read on the date of Festivus since at least 2012, when [[Mike Bentley]] announced that they would be reading their part of [[This Tournament Has Eleven Thousand Writers]]. There is no explicit record on the forums of any formal Festivus event occurring before 2014, though there is mention of the Airing of Grievances and the second [[Triacontakaipentagon|Triacontakaipentagonline]] announcement [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=267455#p267455 mentioned] that it would occur in advance of IRC Festivus.
 
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! Year
 
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! Forum post
 
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! Organizer
 
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! Packets
 
 
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|2014
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|2021
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=294631#p294631 IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386146#p386146 2021 Festivus [23 December 2021]]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[[Em Gunter]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1675/ packets]
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|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2780/ packets]
 
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|2015
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|2022
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18173&p=311292 IRC Festivus 2015: Rex Ryan's Revenge]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=390508#p390508 2022 Festivus [23 December 2022]]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[[Em Gunter]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1800/ packets]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2889/]
 
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|2016
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|2023
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=324579#p324579 IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27508]
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|[[Rob Carson]]
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|[[Young Fenimore Lee]]
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|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1934/ packets]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus The real, actual holiday of Festivus (as seen in ''Seinfeld'')]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus The real, actual holiday of Festivus (as seen in ''Seinfeld'')]
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{{c|In-jokes}}

Latest revision as of 18:19, 9 December 2023

The quizbowl holiday of Festivus is a regular occurrence in the month of December (traditionally December 23rd) in which players gather for an informal reading of vanity packets of varying quality and duration and is inspired by the fictional holiday of Festivus from Seinfeld.

The Internet Charity Tournament run by Will Alston and Em Gunter was inspired in format and conceit by Festivus. The 2012 Feats of Weakness and 2013 Feats of Weakness 2 by Auroni Gupta were similarly inspired.

Airing of Grievances

In Seinfeld, Festivus has two halves: the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength. Every "official" quizbowl Festivus (i.e those advertised on the forums) has eschewed the former to focus on the "Feats of Strength" aspect of the holiday via the playing of packets. This was not always the case: the IRC Festivus had an Airing of Grievances every year from 2002 to 2013. Though allegedly intended as a good-natured, funny affair, many participants used the event for toxic displays of rage, including threats of physical harm against other specific people. The first formal announcement of Festivus on the forums in 2014 coincided with the end of the practice.

IRC era

Before the advent of Discord, the #quizbowl IRC served as the primary location for various online quizbowl activities and Festivus was no exception.

Year Forum post Organizer Packets
2014 IRC Festivus 2014: Quentin Tarantino Edition Rob Carson packets
2015 IRC Festivus 2015: Rex Ryan's Revenge Rob Carson packets
2016 IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet Rob Carson packets

Discord era

Festivus Pole Emote

Since 2017, Festivus has been held on Discord; this has included both the main quizbowl Discord and separate purpose-created servers. 2020 saw the event take cues from the structure of the Internet Charity Tournament to incorporate aspects like "an actual schedule" and "sign-ups".


Year Forum post Organizer Packets
2017 Festivus (Dec 23rd, 2017) Eric Mukherjee never posted in full
2018 Festivus (23 Dec) Matt Mitchell packets
2019 Festivus (23 Dec) Thomas De Bock/Matt Mitchell packets
2020 2020 Festivus [20 December 2020] Em Gunter packets
2021 2021 Festivus [23 December 2021] Em Gunter packets
2022 2022 Festivus [23 December 2022] Em Gunter [1]
2023 [2] Young Fenimore Lee


External Links

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