Talk:NAQT China Championships

Question Security

I'm not in a position to respond to all of the claims that Gary has been making, but the 2022 China Championship used a custom set based on four standard sets (MS-39 and MS-41 for the lower division, IS-209A and IS-211A for the upper division), and I wouldn't want people to have incomplete (and thus implicitly incorrect) information about question use (ironically in a section named "question security"). The "January 2022" bit is true but weirdly specific, since the set was used in all the later months of the 2021–2022 competition year too, and also seems irrelevant. Finally, I don't think the sentence about IS-209A being available for licensing as practice material is pertinent; we knew of the upcoming use and, for that reason, did not license it to Chinese programs. —Jonah (talk) 22:28, 29 August 2022 (CDT)

I understand that I expressed some false information, therefore I do apologize.

First of all, the reason for me to write about "January 2022:" While watching the pro division's final match, I realized that the questions I played (specifically a packet from IS-209A) were used. I played in the 23rd IHSSBCA Turnabout Tournament, which took place on 1/8/2022 using the IS-209A set, therefore I assumed that the IS-209A packet was used mainly during January 2022.

Secondly, I was allowed and almost played in the 2022 NAQT China Championships. I was mad about the potential unfair advantage I could have gained if I played in the tournament, so I wrote a section called "question security" in the NAQT China Championships to question SKT's player eligibility policy.

Last but not the least, my understanding of Chinese programs was that they have the same rights to order practice materials through NAQT.com just as the American teams.

I apologize again for the false information I provided in the entry. I wish Mr. Greenthal can understand that I was furious about the inadequate player eligibility policy during this tournament. -Gary Wang (talk) 14:32 18 December 2022 (GMT-6)

I'll make sure the relevant people know about these concerns related to eligibility. Please update the parts about the question set and make other changes based on the above discussion that seem appropriate. Chinese programs can certainly order practice material, but ordering practice material isn't an absolute "right" for anyone; we review every order carefully before fulfilling it, including checking for question security issues, and we won't fulfill orders that would cause question security problems. —Jonah (talk) 14:36, 18 December 2022 (CST)