Funn - Revision history

Kevin Wang at 15:04, 6 January 2022

2022-01-06T15:04:31Z

Kevin Wang: /* See also */

2021-06-07T15:11:05Z

Kevin Wang at 15:08, 7 June 2021

2021-06-07T15:08:54Z

Kevin Wang at 15:05, 7 June 2021

2021-06-07T15:05:21Z

Matt Weiner: /* Examples */

2021-05-12T11:29:56Z

Examples

Ophir Lifshitz: anime

2021-05-12T09:03:42Z

anime

Gregory Gauthier: single tossup overtime is, in fact, a "standard quizbowl practice[]"; it is the ACF rule, last I checked

2013-07-13T15:40:30Z

single tossup overtime is, in fact, a "standard quizbowl practice[]"; it is the ACF rule, last I checked

Joe Su at 23:12, 12 July 2010

2010-07-12T23:12:55Z

fix>QBWikiBot at 22:35, 24 January 2010

2010-01-24T22:35:40Z

New page

'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl which meet all of the following three conditions:

* they violate good and/or standard quizbowl practices
* someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
* they are not actually fun

Things which are funn include:

* "Shootouts," lightning rounds, and other departures from [[Tossup/Bonus format]] at the collegiate level
* Most Reach for the Top categories, especially "chain snappers", wherein each question is related to the answer of the previous question (most readers are only able to say 3-4 words before the next question is answered)
* Bonuses whose answers spell out a sentence when arranged in order
* Notes appended to questions relating the answer to the location in which the tournament is taking place
* Questions on haiku written in the form of a haiku, questions on limericks written in the form of a limerick, questions on Memento written backwards, etc.
* Single-elimination playoffs
* Tossups on two different things with the same name in the same tournament (e.g., the Hitchock Spellbound and the documentary Spellbound)
* Chanting things in unison
* Throwing food products
* Single tossup overtime
* 40-point bonus clues
* Every single thing that goes on at [[VETO]]

Tournaments run by [[Charlie Steinhice]] are often accused of being funn.

[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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 <onlyinclude>'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl that meet all of the following three conditions:
-* they violate [[good quizbowl]] and/or standard quizbowl practices
+* they violate "[[good quizbowl]]" and/or standard quizbowl practices
 * someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
 * they are not actually fun</onlyinclude>

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 ==See also==
 *[[Weiner's Laws#Weiner's Law #1|Weiner's Law #1]]
 [[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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 * they violate [[good quizbowl]] and/or standard quizbowl practices
 * someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
-* they are not actually fun
+* they are not actually fun</onlyinclude>
 </onlyinclude>
 ==Examples==
 Things that are funn include:

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-'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl that meet all of the following three conditions:
+<onlyinclude>'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl that meet all of the following three conditions:
 * they violate [[good quizbowl]] and/or standard quizbowl practices
 * someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
 * they are not actually fun
+</onlyinclude>
 ==Examples==
 Things that are funn include:

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 ** Constrained writing: Questions on haiku written in the form of a haiku, questions on limericks written in the form of a limerick, questions on Memento written backwards, etc.
 ** [[Meta]] questions about quizbowl itself, such as its rules, players, tournaments, etc.
-* [[Single-elimination]] playoffs
+* [[Single-elimination]] playoffs [note that some generally well-received tournaments such as ACRONYM and various online events in the 2020-2021 year used single-elimination playoffs; however, the reason for this was to meet practical necessities given the field size and the available time for the tournament, not a belief that such playoffs are more fun, therefore these were not instances of funn]
 * Tossups on two different things with the same name in the same tournament (e.g., the Hitchcock film Spellbound and the documentary Spellbound)
 * Chanting things in unison

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-'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl which meet all of the following three conditions:
+'''Funn''' is the property exhibited by things in quizbowl that meet all of the following three conditions:
-* they violate good and/or standard quizbowl practices
+* they violate [[good quizbowl]] and/or standard quizbowl practices
 * someone obviously thought that their violation of good and/or standard practices was more than made up for by how fun they are
 * they are not actually fun
-Things which are funn include:
+==Examples==
-* "Shootouts," lightning rounds, and other departures from [[Tossup/Bonus format]] at the collegiate level
+* "[[Shootout]]s," [[lightning round]]s, and other departures from [[Tossup/Bonus format]] at the collegiate level
-* Most Reach for the Top categories, especially "chain snappers", wherein each question is related to the answer of the previous question (most readers are only able to say 3-4 words before the next question is answered)
+* Most [[Reach for the Top]] categories, especially "chain snappers", wherein each question is related to the answer of the previous question (most readers are only able to say 3–4 words before the next question is answered)
-* Bonuses whose answers spell out a sentence when arranged in order
+* Self-referential questions
-* Notes appended to questions relating the answer to the location in which the tournament is taking place
+** Bonuses whose answers spell out a sentence when arranged in order
-* Questions on haiku written in the form of a haiku, questions on limericks written in the form of a limerick, questions on Memento written backwards, etc.
+** Questions (or notes appended to questions) relating the answer to the location in which the tournament is taking place<ref>Such silly questions as seen in the [https://archive.org/details/manga_Nana_Maru_San_Batsu_7o3x/Nana%20Maru%20San%20Batsu%20-%207o3x%20-%20c18%20%5Bbatoto%5D/page/n21/mode/2up 7o3x anime/manga] do not belong in quizbowl</ref>
-* Single-elimination playoffs
+** Constrained writing: Questions on haiku written in the form of a haiku, questions on limericks written in the form of a limerick, questions on Memento written backwards, etc.
-* Tossups on two different things with the same name in the same tournament (e.g., the Hitchock Spellbound and the documentary Spellbound)
+** [[Meta]] questions about quizbowl itself, such as its rules, players, tournaments, etc.
 * Chanting things in unison
 * Throwing food products
 * 40-point bonus clues
 * Every single thing that goes on at [[VETO]]
 Tournaments run by [[Charlie Steinhice]] are often accused of being funn.
 [[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]