Bryce Avery - Revision history

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George Tagtmeier at 01:48, 18 September 2021

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Avery Criticized by Others

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 {{Companybox|Company Name=Avery Enterprises
 |president=Bryce Avery
 |citystate = Grand Junction, CO
-|status = Open
+|status = Sold
 |}}
-'''Bryce Avery''' was the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which bills itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Avery himself played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. It is surmised that he purchased [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl; his client list was then purchased by the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]].
+'''Bryce Avery''' was the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which billed itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Bryce played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. In 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl; his client list was then purchased by the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]], which took over most of his old accounts.
 ==Avery Praised by Avery==
-* Bryce Avery sees Avery Enterprises as favorable in comparison to his smaller competitors, who do not write in as many formats as he does, as well as favorable in comparison to his larger competitors, who tend to write only in their format.
+* Bryce Avery saw Avery Enterprises as favorable in comparison to his competitors, who did not write in as many formats.
-* Bryce Avery has described Avery Enterprises as "provid[ing] the best in [[funn|fun]] and challenging quiz tournaments!"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210302222721/https://www.averyenterprises.net/quiz-bowl/quiz-bowl-high-school Avery Enterprises: high school quizbowl (archived)]</ref>
+* Bryce Avery described Avery Enterprises as "provid[ing] the best in [[funn|fun]] and challenging quiz tournaments!"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210302222721/https://www.averyenterprises.net/quiz-bowl/quiz-bowl-high-school Avery Enterprises: high school quizbowl (archived)]</ref>
 ==Avery Criticized by Others==
-*Repeatedly on the HSQuizbowl forums, which include [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=12565&p=232382&hilit=Avery+Enterprises#p232382 here], [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8688&p=155401&hilit=Avery+Enterprises#p155401 here], and [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=56020#p56020 perhaps most strongly here].
+Avery Enterprises was repeatedly panned on the HSQuizbowl forums, perhaps most notably by getting into fights with Charlie Dees, which ended with Bryce threatening to file a civil suit against Charlie for discussing bid details for a large contract; however, the bid was not a sealed bid to begin with, so nothing was actionable, and Bryce's already-poor reputation was permanently destroyed.<ref>[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=56020]</ref>
-Avery attempted to frame criticism of questions by players as "more of a criticism of the question requirements given by the sponsoring organization,"<ref>https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Bryce_Avery&curid=4057&diff=51601&oldid=40305</ref> with players successfully petitioning an organization for changes to those requirements. In reality, IESA added a Miscellaneous Pop Culture subcategory in 2019 because Avery included such questions in his sets before 2019 even though they were not supposed to be part of the distribution.
+Descriptions of Avery questions from those who played on them include: ''speed questions with an extremely large amount of trash, including, but not limited to, spelling questions and questions about types of detergent.'' He also had a noted conservative bent in his questions, often including Mormon apologetics.
 ==Fact Mountain==
-Avery, through his company Foothills Education, LLC, also produces a quizbowl study guide app series called "Fact Mountain." As of 2021, apps are available in both Apple and Android for American Literature to 1900, 19th-Century British Literature, Russian Literature, Great Paintings, U.S. Presidents and U.S. Constitution. Non-quizbowl apps with the same construction are available for Legal Ethics and for (unofficial) missionary preparation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The apps retail for around $3-$4, which, considering other free options available (Quiz/AseemsDB, QuizBug, Anki) are extremely expensive.
+Avery, through his company Foothills Education, LLC, also produced a quizbowl study guide app series called "Fact Mountain." The apps were available for both Apple and Android. Offerings included American Literature to 1900, 19th-Century British Literature, Russian Literature, Great Paintings, U.S. Presidents, and the U.S. Constitution. Non-quizbowl apps with the same construction were available for Legal Ethics and for unofficial missionary preparation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The apps retail for around $3-$4, which were regarded as very expensive and sold poorly. The apps were discontinued shortly after Bryce retired.
 ==Non-Quizbowl Activity==
-* Apart from being a major question writer, Bryce Avery is also a registered patent agent and technical writer, credentials which are advertised on their website mere inches from their quizbowl packets.
+Apart from being a major question writer, Avery was also a registered patent agent and technical writer, which were advertised on their website along with their Quizbowl material. After retirement, he started a career in venture capital.
 ==References==

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 |status = Open
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-'''Bryce Avery''' was the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which bills itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Avery himself played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. It is surmised that he purchased [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl.
+'''Bryce Avery''' was the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which bills itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Avery himself played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. It is surmised that he purchased [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl; his client list was then purchased by the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance]].
 ==Avery Praised by Avery==

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-'''Bryce Avery''' is the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which bills itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Avery himself played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. It is surmised that he purchased [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]].
+'''Bryce Avery''' was the President of '''Avery Enterprises''', which bills itself as "America's biggest supplier of custom-formatted questions for academic competitions." Avery himself played [[College Bowl]] at BYU and California State Polytechnic, Pomona. It is surmised that he purchased [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl.
 ==Avery Praised by Avery==

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 ==Fact Mountain==
-Avery, through his company Foothills Education, LLC, also produces a quizbowl study guide app series called "Fact Mountain." As of 2021, apps are available in both Apple and Android for American Literature to 1900, 19th-Century British Literature, Russian Literature, Great Paintings, U.S. Presidents and U.S. Constitution. Non-quizbowl apps with the same construction are available for Legal Ethics and for (unofficial) missionary preparation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The apps retail for around $3-$4.
+Avery, through his company Foothills Education, LLC, also produces a quizbowl study guide app series called "Fact Mountain." As of 2021, apps are available in both Apple and Android for American Literature to 1900, 19th-Century British Literature, Russian Literature, Great Paintings, U.S. Presidents and U.S. Constitution. Non-quizbowl apps with the same construction are available for Legal Ethics and for (unofficial) missionary preparation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The apps retail for around $3-$4, which, considering other free options available (Quiz/AseemsDB, QuizBug, Anki) are extremely expensive.
 ==Non-Quizbowl Activity==

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 *Descriptions of Avery questions from those who played on them include: ''speed questions with an extremely large amount of trash, including, but not limited to, spelling questions and questions about types of detergent.''
-Avery attempted to frame criticism of questions by players as "more of a criticism of the question requirements given by the sponsoring organization,"<ref>https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Bryce_Avery&curid=4057&diff=51601&oldid=40305</ref> with players successfully petitioning an organization for changes to those requirements.
+Avery attempted to frame criticism of questions by players as "more of a criticism of the question requirements given by the sponsoring organization,"<ref>https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Bryce_Avery&curid=4057&diff=51601&oldid=40305</ref> with players successfully petitioning an organization for changes to those requirements. In reality, IESA added a Miscellaneous Pop Culture subcategory in 2019 because Avery included such questions in his sets before 2019 even though they were not supposed to be part of the distribution.
 ==Fact Mountain==

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	Avery attempted to frame criticism of questions by players as "more of a criticism of the question requirements given by the sponsoring organization,"<ref>https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Bryce_Avery&curid=4057&diff=51601&oldid=40305</ref> with players successfully petitioning an organization for changes to those requirements.		Avery attempted to frame criticism of questions by players as "more of a criticism of the question requirements given by the sponsoring organization,"<ref>https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Bryce_Avery&curid=4057&diff=51601&oldid=40305</ref> with players successfully petitioning an organization for changes to those requirements.

−	~~==List of quizbowl events run on Avery questions==~~
−	~~The Avery Enterprises website below keeps an updated list.~~

	==Fact Mountain==		==Fact Mountain==

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 ==Non-Quizbowl Activity==
-* Apart from being a major question writer, Bryce Avery is also a registered patent agent and technical writer.
+* Apart from being a major question writer, Bryce Avery is also a registered patent agent and technical writer, credentials which are advertised on their website mere inches from their quizbowl packets.
 ==External Links==