Difficulty cliff - Revision history

Kevin Wang at 01:13, 19 September 2022

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Kevin Wang: Redirected page to Quizbowl lingo#difficulty cliff

2020-12-10T08:01:00Z

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Kevin Wang at 06:43, 10 December 2020

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Tom Egan at 00:15, 21 December 2016

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fix>QBWikiBot at 22:16, 24 January 2010

2010-01-24T22:16:20Z

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A '''difficulty cliff''' results when a tossup instantly transitions from "difficult" to "easy" without any intervening middle clues. A difficulty cliff is particularly frustrating to players who use the [[McKenzie Method]], as the first clue that a player knows is also extremely likely to be the first clue that most players know, resulting in a [[buzzer race]].

Difficulty cliffs are occasionally seen in even the most well-crafted [[ACF]] sets, the shorter nature of [[NAQT]] questions makes them more common in that format, and they are ubiquitous in [[CBI]] and speed tossup formats.

While difficulty cliffs are almost always present in [[bad quizbowl]], these mistakes are typically viewed as less egregious than [[transparency]] or the use of [[Clue#Bad clues|bad clues]].

[[Category: Bad quizbowl]][[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
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 A '''difficulty cliff''' results when a tossup instantly transitions from "difficult" to "easy" without any intervening middle clues.
-Difficulty cliffs are found more commonly in [[NAQT]] than [[ACF]] due to its shorter questions. While difficulty cliffs are almost always present in [[bad quizbowl]], these mistakes are typically viewed as less egregious than [[transparency]] or the use of [[Clue#Bad clues|bad clues]].
+Difficulty cliffs are found more commonly in [[NAQT]] than [[ACF]] due to its shorter questions. While difficulty cliffs are almost always present in "[[bad quizbowl]]", these mistakes are typically viewed as less egregious than [[transparency]] or the use of [[Clue#Bad clues|bad clues]].
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 While difficulty cliffs are almost always present in [[bad quizbowl]], these mistakes are typically viewed as less egregious than [[transparency]] or the use of [[Clue#Bad clues|bad clues]].
-[[Category: Bad quizbowl]][[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
+[[Category: Bad quizbowl]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]