I believe that the worst thing that can happen in
the context of quiz bowl is cheating. Allegations of
cheating are nearly impossible to prove, but I would like
to present some data and see what the community
thinks. Below are ppg figures for an actual quiz bowl
player over the course of five
tournaments.
Tournament A 56 ppg
Tournament B 16.5 ppg
Tournament C
14.5 ppg
Tournament D 14.6 ppg
Tournament E 77
ppg
These tournaments have all taken place in the last
thirteen months with roughly similar teammates and
competition levels for each. Conventional wisdom would not
suggest that the questions for tournaments A and E were
significantly easier than those for the other tournaments.
However tournaments A and E were hosted by this player's
club.They are not listed in cronological order, but I
assure you that this is not the result of a general
upward trend. This is the data I have available to me
and I think it's extremely fishy. Thoughts?
I
apologize for the anonymous post, but I feel it is
necessary for now.