Playing under a pseudonym - Revision history

Reilly Melville at 14:44, 31 March 2026

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Redirected page to Quizbowl lingo#playing under a pseudonym

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Nate Kang at 00:03, 22 July 2019

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Nate Kang at 20:32, 14 May 2019

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 In 2016, [[Will Alston]] played under the pseudonym "Isaac Biggerstaff" (a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bickerstaff Isaac Bickerstaff], pseudonym of Jonathan Swift) on the [[UCSD]] team at a [[closed]] mirror of [[Terrapin]] after privately receiving permission from head editor [[Jordan Brownstein]]; this caused a snafu, as he was not affiliated with UCSD in any way ([[Eddie Kim]] also played the tournament under the pseudonym "Klaus Fuchs", which he regularly did).<ref>[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=324198#p324198 Non-students playing closed tournaments under false names] by [[1.82]] » Fri Dec 16, 2016 5:46 pm</ref>  The resulting discussion included [[Ike Jose]] calling [[Naveed Chowdhury]] "Naveed Bork", inspiring the name of a later [[Naveed Bork|side event]].
-[[Open]] teams can chose to play any name, and as they do not represent an affiliation it is not considered playing under a pseudonym for them to do so. However, players occasionally will take on pseudonyms while on such teams.
+[[Open]] teams can choose to play under any name, and as they do not represent an affiliation it is not considered playing under a pseudonym for them to do so. However, players occasionally will take on pseudonyms while on such teams.
 ==See also==

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	==Examples==		==Examples==
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	[[NAQT]] officially allows teams to play under a pseudonym, including at the high school and middle school national tournaments, provided that a [[coach]] or parent writes in to request it. In such cases, teams are assigned a pseudonym "[city of origin] Scholars". It is generally considered a faux pas to publicly associate a high school team with their pseudonym, as teams typically have been given explicit permission to use it and have legitimate reasons.		[[NAQT]] officially allows teams to play under a pseudonym, including at the high school and middle school national tournaments, provided that a [[coach]] or parent writes in to request it. In such cases, teams are assigned a pseudonym "[city of origin] Scholars". It is generally considered a faux pas to publicly associate a high school team with their pseudonym, as teams typically have been given explicit permission to use it and have legitimate reasons.

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 Regardless of whether the original intent of playing under a pseudonym was comedic, many names are chosen to be [[:Category:In-jokes|in-jokes]] of some kind. Because many pseudonyms are employed by high school players, this has a tendency to backfire.<ref>[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=349564#p349564 Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018] by [[1.82]] » Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:33 pm</ref>
-The use of pseudonyms damages the usefulness, accuracy, and completeness of statistics. Generally speaking, both of these practices are considered hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] (although the use of pseudonyms by individuals is generally looked down upon more than if teams do it).
+The use of pseudonyms obscures violations of [[question security]] and damages the usefulness, accuracy, and completeness of statistics. Generally speaking, both of these practices are considered hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] (although the use of pseudonyms by individuals is generally looked down upon more than if teams do it).
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-Sometimes, quizbowl teams '''play under pseudonyms''', using fake names in hopes of preventing their schools from realizing they are violating school rules and/or in hopes of reducing or eliminating their school's liability for problems at tournaments at which they are improperly supervised. Occasionally the purpose is just to be "funny" (in this case, an in-joke of some kind is often involved).
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-In the early and mid-2000s, sometimes individual players played under pseudonyms to be "funny", to help facilitate [[Basileus|cheating]], or for other reasons. Sometimes player pseudonyms were rotated among teammates within a tournament to render individual statistics irrelevant. Both of these practices have largely died out.
+Regardless of whether the original intent of playing under a pseudonym was comedic, many names are chosen to be [[:Category:In-jokes|in-jokes]] of some kind. Because many pseudonyms are employed by high school players, this has a tendency to backfire.<ref>[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=349564#p349564 Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018] by [[1.82]] » Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:33 pm</ref>
 The use of pseudonyms damages the usefulness, accuracy, and completeness of statistics. Generally speaking, both of these practices are considered hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] (although the use of pseudonyms by individuals is generally looked down upon more than if teams do it).
 ==See also==
-[https://www.naqt.com/hosting/pseudonym-policy.jsp NAQT's policy regarding this whole thing.]
+*[https://www.naqt.com/hosting/pseudonym-policy.jsp NAQT's policy on pseudonyms]
 [[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]
 [[Category:In-jokes]]
 [[Category:Bad quizbowl]]

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~[[Quizbowl lingo~~#playing under a pseudonym~~]]	+	Sometimes, quizbowl teams '''play under pseudonyms''', using fake names in hopes of preventing their schools from realizing they are violating school rules and/or in hopes of reducing or eliminating their school's liability for problems at tournaments at which they are improperly supervised. Occasionally the purpose is just to be "funny" (in this case, an in-joke of some kind is often involved).
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		+	In the early and mid-2000s, sometimes individual players played under pseudonyms to be "funny", to help facilitate [[Basileus\|cheating]], or for other reasons. Sometimes player pseudonyms were rotated among teammates within a tournament to render individual statistics irrelevant. Both of these practices have largely died out.
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		+	The use of pseudonyms damages the usefulness, accuracy, and completeness of statistics. Generally speaking, both of these practices are considered hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] (although the use of pseudonyms by individuals is generally looked down upon more than if teams do it).
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		+	==See also==
		+	[https://www.naqt.com/hosting/pseudonym-policy.jsp NAQT's policy regarding this whole thing.]
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		+	[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]
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−	Sometimes, quizbowl teams '''play under pseudonyms''', using fake names in hopes of preventing their schools from realizing they are violating school rules and/or in hopes of reducing or eliminating their school's liability for problems at tournaments at which they are improperly supervised. Occasionally the purpose is just to be "funny" (in this case, an in-joke of some kind is often involved).	+	#REDIRECT[[Quizbowl lingo#playing under a pseudonym]]
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−	~~In the early and mid-2000s, sometimes individual players played under pseudonyms to be "funny", to help facilitate~~ [[~~Basileus\|cheating]], or for other reasons. Sometimes player pseudonyms were rotated among teammates within~~ a ~~tournament to render individual statistics irrelevant. Both of these practices have largely died out.~~
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−	The use of pseudonyms damages the usefulness, accuracy, and completeness of statistics. Generally speaking, both of these practices are considered hallmarks of [[bad quizbowl]] (although the use of pseudonyms by individuals is generally looked down upon more than if teams do it).
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−	~~==See also==~~
−	~~[https://www.naqt.com/hosting/~~pseudonym~~-policy.jsp NAQT's policy regarding this whole thing.]~~
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−	~~[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]~~
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