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'''Qblitz''' is an online quizbowl company, founded circa late 2018 by Dr. [[Noah Prince]]. It offers a platform for asynchronous online tournaments that fills a similar niche to [[NAQT]]'s [[Buzzword]]. Qblitz hosts both academic tournaments (its "Challenge Sets") and [[pop culture]] tournaments written by the larger community.
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'''Qblitz''' is an online quizbowl company, founded circa late 2018 by Dr. [[Noah Prince]]. It offers a platform for asynchronous online tournaments that fills a similar niche to [[NAQT]]'s [[Buzzword]]. Qblitz hosts open academic tournaments (its "Challenge Sets"), closed league events, and [[pop culture]] tournaments written by the larger community.
  
 
==Features==
 
==Features==
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Tournaments in Qblitz replace the [[moderator]] with a recording of the questions, which is played for each participant locally. This allows players to compete asynchronously: each can hear the question, buzz, and type in an answer entirely separately from their teammates and opponents. The system keeps track of the exact moment when each player buzzed and uses this information to determine who won a tossup. The procedure for doing so is identical to that of in-person tournaments (i.e. "the first to buzz wins the tossup unless they neg"), with a special case for both players answering correctly at [[the end]].
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Most Qblitz events are text-based. Instead of a moderator reading questions, the text is revealed at a regular pace. This allows players to compete asynchronously: each can see the question, buzz, and type in an answer entirely separately from their teammates and opponents. The system keeps track of the exact moment when each player buzzed and uses this information to determine who won a tossup. The procedure for doing so is identical to that of in-person tournaments.
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Qblitz also offers audio tournaments, which instead of revealing question text to players play recordings of the question. The system uses the same procedure for awarding tossups and points as other Qblitz events. Most of the Qblitz audio tournaments have elected to use special rule variants to handle buzzing after negs and at the end of the question. Those rule changes are left to the discretion of the question provider.
  
 
Because [[buzzpoint]] stats are tracked for every player and every team in the absence of an opponent, there is nothing stopping preventing a team's performance from being compared to more than one team. In any given game, the difference between playing one team head-to-head or every other team in a simulated round robin is simply a choice in format.
 
Because [[buzzpoint]] stats are tracked for every player and every team in the absence of an opponent, there is nothing stopping preventing a team's performance from being compared to more than one team. In any given game, the difference between playing one team head-to-head or every other team in a simulated round robin is simply a choice in format.
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==Tournaments and Events==
 
==Tournaments and Events==
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Qblitz played its first online tournament in Spring 2019. [[Benjamin Fry]] became the Season Finale Champion, while [[Anson Berns]] and [[Mark Bailey]] placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. [[Yuti Das]] and [[Ameya Singh]] were the top Middle School finishers in the competition.
 
Qblitz played its first online tournament in Spring 2019. [[Benjamin Fry]] became the Season Finale Champion, while [[Anson Berns]] and [[Mark Bailey]] placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. [[Yuti Das]] and [[Ameya Singh]] were the top Middle School finishers in the competition.
  
 
===Side events===
 
===Side events===
 
Qblitz is a natural choice for remote cooperation [[audio tournaments]], a category conceived of by [[John Lawrence]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. As with other audio tournaments, sound clips are arranged pyramidally and serve as clues in place of spoken text, but now team members can take advantage of the platform to play independently of one another. As the majority of its academic competitions are at the high school or middle school level, these side events are the major use case of Qblitz in the collegiate and [[open]] community. Most tournaments thus far have been doubles format.
 
Qblitz is a natural choice for remote cooperation [[audio tournaments]], a category conceived of by [[John Lawrence]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. As with other audio tournaments, sound clips are arranged pyramidally and serve as clues in place of spoken text, but now team members can take advantage of the platform to play independently of one another. As the majority of its academic competitions are at the high school or middle school level, these side events are the major use case of Qblitz in the collegiate and [[open]] community. Most tournaments thus far have been doubles format.
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===Closed events===
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Qblitz has also hosted closed events for [[North County Academic League]], PAGE, [[Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association]], [[International Quiz Bowl Tournaments]], Tulsa Public Schools, and [[Qwiz]].
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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Qblitz does not currently publicize stats from tournaments, so these tables are necessarily incomplete.
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Qblitz releases summaries of event results on its blog.
  
 
===Challenge===
 
===Challenge===
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| [[Nathan Beck]]<br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Streator]]
 
| [[Nathan Beck]]<br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Streator]]
 
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|-
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| December Challenge
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| December 2020
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]  
 
| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]  
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| Anonymous<br><span style="font-size:85%">California
 
| Anonymous<br><span style="font-size:85%">California
 
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|-
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| January 2020
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| January 2021
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
 
| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
 
| [[Centennial (IL)|Centennial]]
 
| [[Centennial (IL)|Centennial]]
 
| [[Jisoo Park]]<br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Centennial (IL)|Centennial]]
 
| [[Jisoo Park]]<br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Centennial (IL)|Centennial]]
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|-
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| February 2021
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| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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| [[Hoover]]
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| MS <br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Hoover]]
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|-
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| March 2021
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| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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| [[Russellville (AL)]]
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| DL <br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|-
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| April 2021
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| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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| [[Geneva (NY)]]
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| SM <br><span style="font-size:85%">[[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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|-
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| October 2021
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| [[Rockford Auburn|Auburn]]
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| San Jose, CA
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| Huntsville, AL
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| AP (San Jose, CA)
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|}
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===Middle School Challenge===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Event
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! 1st Place
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! 2nd Place
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! 3rd Place
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! Top Individual Scorer
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| October 2020
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| Lakeside (Cumming, GA)
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| North Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, GA)
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| Ellicott City, MD
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| TO (Monrovia MS [Huntsville, Alabama])
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| December 2020
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| Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, Georgia)
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| Monrovia MS (Huntsville, Alabama)
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| St. Benedict Preparatory School (Chicago, Illinois)
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| TO (Monrovia MS [Huntsville, Alabama])
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|-
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| March 2021
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| Monrovia MS (Huntsville, Alabama)
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| San Jose, CA
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| North Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, Georgia)
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| AP (San Jose, CA)
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| October 2021
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| David T. Howard MS
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| Discovery MS
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| Creekland MS
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| WN (St. Benedict Preparatory School [Chicago, Illinois])
 
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| [[MARCATo]]
 
| [[MARCATo]]
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| unknown
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| The Bookbinders (1st mirror) <br> Kravis/Patschak (2nd mirror)
 
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| [[PAveMENT]] (December 7 - 18, 2020)
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| [[PAveMENT]]  
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| "When you were partying, I studied the Bladee" (?, ?)
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| When you were partying, I studied the Bladee (December 7 - 18, 2020 mirror) <br> Father of Asahd Mothers Temple (2nd mirror)
 
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| [[MIKE]]
 
| [[MIKE]]
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| unknown
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| Humoresque No. 7: The Force Awakens
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| [[LIBERACE]]
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| Cixi and the Banshees
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| [[Matt Weiner]]'s Popular Culture Level 1 Challenge
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| D Puma
 
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| [[Dede Allen Memorial]] (October 18 - 27, 2021)
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| [[Fred Morlan]]'s Buzz n Roll
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| "Clifford Galiher" ([[Clifford Galiher]], ?)
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| [[Tejas Raje]]
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|-
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| [[Dede Allen Memorial]]  
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| Clifford Galiher (October 18 - 27, 2021 mirror) <br> TBD (2nd mirror)
 
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| [[Pavement II]] (November 1 - 12, 2021)
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| [[Pavement II]]  
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| "They did surgery on a Moby Grape" (?, ?)
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| They did surgery on a Moby Grape (November 1 - 12, 2021 mirror)
 
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|}
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [https://www.qblitz.online/index.php?w=home Qblitz website]  
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* [https://www.qblitz.online/ Qblitz website]  
  
 
[[Category:Internet]]
 
[[Category:Internet]]
 
[[Category:Stubs]]
 
[[Category:Stubs]]

Latest revision as of 17:35, 21 January 2022

Qblitz
QblitzLogo.png

Qblitz is an online quizbowl company, founded circa late 2018 by Dr. Noah Prince. It offers a platform for asynchronous online tournaments that fills a similar niche to NAQT's Buzzword. Qblitz hosts open academic tournaments (its "Challenge Sets"), closed league events, and pop culture tournaments written by the larger community.

Features

Most Qblitz events are text-based. Instead of a moderator reading questions, the text is revealed at a regular pace. This allows players to compete asynchronously: each can see the question, buzz, and type in an answer entirely separately from their teammates and opponents. The system keeps track of the exact moment when each player buzzed and uses this information to determine who won a tossup. The procedure for doing so is identical to that of in-person tournaments.

Qblitz also offers audio tournaments, which instead of revealing question text to players play recordings of the question. The system uses the same procedure for awarding tossups and points as other Qblitz events. Most of the Qblitz audio tournaments have elected to use special rule variants to handle buzzing after negs and at the end of the question. Those rule changes are left to the discretion of the question provider.

Because buzzpoint stats are tracked for every player and every team in the absence of an opponent, there is nothing stopping preventing a team's performance from being compared to more than one team. In any given game, the difference between playing one team head-to-head or every other team in a simulated round robin is simply a choice in format.

There is a "stat system" provides statistical analysis, feedback, etc.

Tournaments and Events

Qblitz played its first online tournament in Spring 2019. Benjamin Fry became the Season Finale Champion, while Anson Berns and Mark Bailey placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. Yuti Das and Ameya Singh were the top Middle School finishers in the competition.

Side events

Qblitz is a natural choice for remote cooperation audio tournaments, a category conceived of by John Lawrence during the COVID-19 pandemic. As with other audio tournaments, sound clips are arranged pyramidally and serve as clues in place of spoken text, but now team members can take advantage of the platform to play independently of one another. As the majority of its academic competitions are at the high school or middle school level, these side events are the major use case of Qblitz in the collegiate and open community. Most tournaments thus far have been doubles format.

Closed events

Qblitz has also hosted closed events for North County Academic League, PAGE, Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association, International Quiz Bowl Tournaments, Tulsa Public Schools, and Qwiz.

Results

Qblitz releases summaries of event results on its blog.

Challenge

Event 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Top Individual Scorer
September 2020 Carmel Auburn Hoover Samanyu Dixit
North Carolina Science and Math
October 2020 Auburn Detroit Catholic Central LAMP E.F.
Knoxville
November 2020 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Hoover Nathan Beck
Streator
December 2020 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Anonymous Anonymous
California
January 2021 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Centennial Jisoo Park
Centennial
February 2021 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Hoover MS
Hoover
March 2021 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Russellville (AL) DL
Detroit Catholic Central
April 2021 Detroit Catholic Central Auburn Geneva (NY) SM
Auburn
October 2021 Auburn San Jose, CA Huntsville, AL AP (San Jose, CA)

Middle School Challenge

Event 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Top Individual Scorer
October 2020 Lakeside (Cumming, GA) North Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, GA) Ellicott City, MD TO (Monrovia MS [Huntsville, Alabama])
December 2020 Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, Georgia) Monrovia MS (Huntsville, Alabama) St. Benedict Preparatory School (Chicago, Illinois) TO (Monrovia MS [Huntsville, Alabama])
March 2021 Monrovia MS (Huntsville, Alabama) San Jose, CA North Gwinnett MS (Sugar Hill, Georgia) AP (San Jose, CA)
October 2021 David T. Howard MS Discovery MS Creekland MS WN (St. Benedict Preparatory School [Chicago, Illinois])

Side events

Event Results
MARCATo The Bookbinders (1st mirror)
Kravis/Patschak (2nd mirror)
PAveMENT When you were partying, I studied the Bladee (December 7 - 18, 2020 mirror)
Father of Asahd Mothers Temple (2nd mirror)
MIKE Humoresque No. 7: The Force Awakens
LIBERACE Cixi and the Banshees
Matt Weiner's Popular Culture Level 1 Challenge D Puma
Fred Morlan's Buzz n Roll Tejas Raje
Dede Allen Memorial Clifford Galiher (October 18 - 27, 2021 mirror)
TBD (2nd mirror)
Pavement II They did surgery on a Moby Grape (November 1 - 12, 2021 mirror)

External links

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