Cody Voight
| Cody Voight | |
| Noted Subjects: science, hot dogs | |
|---|---|
| Current Collegiate Team | |
| Past Collegiate Teams | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| High School Team | King & Queen Central High School |
| Middle School Team | None |
Raised on a Christmas tree farm, Cody Voight is a curmudgeon who played for Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contents
Three-factor theory of quizbowl moderating
To the delight of old white sports pundits everywhere, Cody has proposed a three-factor theory of quizbowl moderating, the factors being flow, hustle, and grit, which is also the order they should be mastered by new moderators. Flow mostly involves how natural a moderator's reading is, i.e. lacking stiltedness, pauses, and other hallmarks of poor moderators. Hustle is the overall speed of a moderator, including not just reading speed but also the speed of transition between tossup and bonus and tossup and etc. Grit is the ability to read a supernumerary amount of games in a day or weekend while maintaining clarity.
Notably absent are knowledge of the rules and the all-important "friendliness".
- countformat script for Google Sheets that automates calculations of questions claimed & written by tournament writers
- methodology for generating approximately-room-balanced round robin schedules
- methodology for spatially locating tournament mirrors
Tournament Directing
Starting with the 2013–2014 school year, Cody became the primary tournament director for VCU. He was the assistant TD for PACE NSC 2015 (96 teams) and shadow TD'ed a number of other tournaments.
| Date | Tournament | # Teams | Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/05/21 | VCU Season Finale VI | 8 | High School | |
| 2013/10/05 | VCU Fall V | 16 | High School | |
| 2013/12/07 | VCU Winter VI | 19 | High School | |
| 2014/03/01 | VCU Spring VI | 17 | High School | |
| 2014/04/19 | VCU Season Finale VII | 16 | High School | |
| 2014/10/11 | VCU Fall VI | 10 | High School | |
| 2014/12/06 | VCU Winter VII | 26 | High School | |
| 2015/04/11 | VCU Season Finale VIII | 14 | High School | |
| 2015/10/17 | VCU Fall VII | 12 | High School | |
| 2015/12/05 | VCU Winter VIII | 24 | High School | |
| 2016/02/20 | VCU Spring VII "Battle of the Brains"-style | 35 | High School | 27 Varsity, 8 Junior Varsity teams (didn't physically TD) |
| 2016/04/30 | VCU Season Finale IX | 21 | High School | |
| 2016/06/18 | NASAT 2016 | 15 | High School National | |
| 2016/10/17 | VCU Fall VIII | 12 | High School | |
| 2016/12/03 | VCU Winter IX | 22 | High School | |
| 2017/01/21 | VCU Spring VIII "Battle of the Brains"-style | 28 | High School | 22 Varsity, 6 Junior Varsity teams |
| 2017/04/29 | VCU Season Finale X | High School |
| Date | Tournament | # Teams | Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/08/13 | VCU Open 2011 | 12 | Open | |
| 2012/04/14 | MUT at VCU | 10 | College | |
| 2013/02/02 | VCU Closed at VCU | 8 | College | |
| 2013/04/06 | MUT at VCU | 18 | College | |
| 2014/04/05 | MUT at VCU | 11 | College | |
| 2014/10/04 | PADAWAN at VCU | 16 | College | |
| 2015/04/04 | MUT at VCU | 11 | College | |
| 2015/08/08 | VCU Open 2015 | 10 | Open | |
| 2015/11/14 | Missouri Open at VCU | 9 | Open | |
| 2016/02/06 | NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic | 24 | College | 10 DI, 14 DII teams |
| 2016/04/02 | MUT at VCU | 14 | College | |
| 2017/02/18 | ACF Regionals at VCU | 23 | College |
Writing and Editing
| Year(s) | Tournament | Capacity | Misc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 – pres. | HSAPQ | writer | |
| 2010 | VCU Open | writer of some science | |
| 2011 – 2012 | HSAPQ | editor of earth science | Eric Mukherjee and Aaron Cohen split the rest of science |
| 2011 | VCU Open | writer & editor of all science | Susan Ferrari was very helpful to an inexperienced editor here |
| 2012 – 2013 | HSAPQ | editor of physics & other science | Eric Mukherjee edited biology & chemistry |
| 2012 | Minnesota Open | editor of all physics & submitted other science | Gaurav Kandlikar handled the rest of the science |
| 2013 | ACF Regionals | editor of all science | |
| 2013 – 2014 | HSAPQ | editor of all science | |
| 2013 | VCU Open [1] | writer & editor of all science, music, film, and geography | |
| 2013 | MFT [2] | writer of some science & editor of all science | |
| 2013 | Fernando Arrabal [3] | writer & editor of biology & chemistry | Jerry Vinokurov mostly wrote the rest of the tournament |
| 2014 | PACE NSC | editor of physics & other science | |
| 2014 – 2017 | HSAPQ | editor of all non-biology science | Joelle Smart edited biology |
| 2014 | PADAWAN [4] | writer of physics & other science bonuses, computer science tossups, and half the physics tossups | Seth Teitler oversaw the rest of physics & other science |
| 2015 | Claude Shannon Memorial Tournament [5] | writer & editor of all questions | |
| 2015 | MUT [6] | writer & editor of most physics and other science questions | |
| 2015 | PACE NSC | editor of physics & other science | |
| 2015 | VCU Open [7] | writer & editor of most science, about half the music, trash film, and some geography bonuses | |
| 2016 | MUT [8] | editor of non-biology science | Shan Kothari kindly edited biology at the last minute |
| 2017 | ACF Regionals [9] | editor of physics & other science | Adam Silverman edited biology & chemistry |
