CANONEXPANSION - Revision history

Ophir Lifshitz: insist

2021-04-30T20:42:43Z

insist

Ophir Lifshitz: expanded

2021-04-16T03:54:02Z

expanded

Ophir Lifshitz: confuse

2021-04-16T03:18:03Z

confuse

Kevin Wang at 15:20, 13 April 2021

2021-04-13T15:20:54Z

Kevin Wang at 15:20, 13 April 2021

2021-04-13T15:20:13Z

Kevin Wang at 15:19, 13 April 2021

2021-04-13T15:19:44Z

Kevin Wang at 15:15, 13 April 2021

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June Yin at 19:40, 23 December 2020

2020-12-23T19:40:32Z

Kevin Wang at 08:52, 2 January 2020

2020-01-02T08:52:43Z

Kevin Wang: Created page with "#REDIRECT[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21342&p=358421]"

2020-01-02T08:40:42Z

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 {{Infobox question set
 | Name         = CANONEXPANSION
-| Season       = 2019-2020
+| Season       = 2019
 | HeadEd       = [[Geoffrey Chen]]
 | Difficulty   = Open
-| First        =
+| First        = May 26, 2019
 | Announcement = https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21342&p=358421
 | Packets      = https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=365391#p365391
 }}
 {{confuse|[[Canon expansion]]}}
-'''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was an open difficulty side event written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] and [[Akshay Govindan]].
+'''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was a difficult [[open]] science [[side event]] written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] and [[Akshay Govindan]].
-The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the canon" - many of its questions entered novel new territory, while remaining accessible to players.
+The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the [[canon]]": many of its questions entered interesting new territory, while remaining [[accessible]].
 ==Mirrors==
-The [[HSNCT]] site of CANONEXPANSION had logistical difficulties - four teams only heard 11 questions in round 4 for whatever reason. The mirror ended with both "Elitzur-Why Man Bomb" ([[Noah Chen]], [[Sarah Wang]], [[Sam Rombro]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]]) and "Illini Generations" ([[Billy Busse]], [[Andrew Wang]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Mike Etzkorn]]) tied for first with a 5-1 record. [[Jonathen Settle]] was the high scorer and had the most powers, while Billy Busse had the most superpowers and the second most powers.
+The [[HSNCT]] site had many logistical issues. It started extremely late and took forever to resolve [[protests]] and [[rebracket]], did not have enough rooms or [[buzzers]], and four teams only heard 11 questions in round 4 because one moderator read part of the wrong packet. Both "Elitzur-Why Man Bomb" ([[Noah Chen]], [[Sarah Wang]], [[Sam Rombro]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]]) and "Illini Generations" ([[Billy Busse]], [[Andrew Wang]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Mike Etzkorn]]) tied for first with a 5–1 record. [[Jonathen Settle]] was the top scorer and had the most powers. Billy had the most superpowers and the second-most powers.<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22603</ref>
-A [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=358952#p358952 reading] was held at [[Carleton]] after their mirror of [[2019 Oxford Open]], where the upper room was won by [[Ian Dewan]].
+The [[Carleton]] site occurred after a mirror of [[2019 Oxford Open]]. The upper room was won by [[Ian Dewan]].<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=358952#p358952</ref>
-The set was read at the [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5846/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t2 NYC Summer Open] at [[Columbia]] and was won by [[Daniel Hothem]] and "[[Chris Manners|Christ Manners]]". [[Stephen Eltinge]] was the top scorer and also had the most superpowers and most powers.
+The [[Columbia]] site was held as part of the NYC Summer Open weekend. It was won by [[Daniel Hothem]] and "[[Chris Manners|Christ Manners]]." [[Stephen Eltinge]] was the top scorer and also had the most superpowers and most powers.<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5846/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t2</ref>
-At the [[2019 Chicago Open|CO]] site, the set was played as a [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988 nine-way shoot-out] that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at any of the other sites, despite playing alongside one another.
+The [[2019 Chicago Open|Chicago Open]] site was a nine-person [[shoot-out]]. [[Eric Mukherjee]] pulled narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. It was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were superpowered, another 31.5% were powered, there were only 18 [[get]]s, and only 4 questions went dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more superpowers than any other player at any of the other sites, despite playing alongside one another.<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988</ref>
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 | Packets      = https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=365391#p365391
 }}
 '''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was an open difficulty side event written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]] and [[Akshay Govindan]].

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 The set was read at the [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5846/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t2 NYC Summer Open] at [[Columbia]] and was won by [[Daniel Hothem]] and "[[Chris Manners|Christ Manners]]". [[Stephen Eltinge]] was the top scorer and also had the most superpowers and most powers.
-At the [[2019 Chicago Open|CO]] site, the set was played as a [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988 nine-way shoot-out] that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.
+At the [[2019 Chicago Open|CO]] site, the set was played as a [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988 nine-way shoot-out] that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at any of the other sites, despite playing alongside one another.
 [[Category: Tournaments]]
 [[Category: Side events]]

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 A [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=358952#p358952 reading] was held at [[Carleton]] after their mirror of [[2019 Oxford Open]], where the upper room was won by [[Ian Dewan]].
-The set was read at the NYC Summer Open at [[Columbia]] and was won by [[Daniel Hothem]] and "[[Chris Manners|Christ Manners]]". [[Stephen Eltinge]] was the top scorer and also had the most superpowers and most powers.
+The set was read at the [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5846/stats/combined/teamdetail/#t2 NYC Summer Open] at [[Columbia]] and was won by [[Daniel Hothem]] and "[[Chris Manners|Christ Manners]]". [[Stephen Eltinge]] was the top scorer and also had the most superpowers and most powers.
 At the [[2019 Chicago Open|CO]] site, the set was played as a [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=360988#p360988 nine-way shoot-out] that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21342&p=358421]	+	{{Infobox question set
		+	\| Name = CANONEXPANSION
		+	\| Season = 2019-2020
		+	\| HeadEd = [[Geoffrey Chen]]
		+	\| Difficulty = Open
		+	\| First =
		+	\| Announcement = https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21342&p=358421
		+	\| Packets = https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21342&p=358421
		+	}}
		+	'''CANONEXPANSION (Creating Additional Names Or New EXtra Possible Answers Now Science Is Only Natural)''' was an open difficulty side event written by [[Geoffrey Chen]], with contributions from [[Vishwa Shanmugam]].
		+
		+	The set was considered to have lived up to its name and successfully "expanded the canon" - many of its questions entered novel new territory, while remaining accessible to players.
		+
		+	At the CO site, the set was played as a nine-way shoot-out that had [[Eric Mukherjee]] pull narrowly ahead of [[Kai Smith]] over the first five rounds. The room was by far the strongest of any field: 47.5% of questions were super-powered and an additional 31.5% were powered, with only 18 gets and 4 questions going dead. Eric, Kai, and [[Kevin Wang]] all got more super-powers than any other player at the other two sites, despite playing alongside one another.
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		+	[[Category: Tournaments]]
		+	[[Category: Side events]]