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===Stats programs=== | ===Stats programs=== | ||
;[[SQBS]] | ;[[SQBS]] | ||
| − | :[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page] | + | :[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page] – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament" |
;[[QBSQL]] | ;[[QBSQL]] | ||
| − | :[http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/ Google Code page] | + | :[http://code.google.com/p/qbsql/ Google Code page] – "online stats program for running quizbowl tournaments" |
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6548 New web-based quizbowl stats software project] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6548 New web-based quizbowl stats software project] | ||
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8486 Round Report on Stats] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8486 Round Report on Stats] | ||
;[[Taft]] | ;[[Taft]] | ||
| − | :[http://www.taftqb.com/ Home page] | + | :[http://www.taftqb.com/ Home page] – discontinued; [http://web.archive.org/web/20080622002023/http://www.taftqb.com/ archived version] – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament" |
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software] | ||
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon] | ||
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:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft] | ||
;[[BEeS]] | ;[[BEeS]] | ||
| − | :[http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page] | + | :[http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page] – "integrate an entire quizbowl tournament into one seamless electronic experience" |
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program] | ||
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2] | ||
| + | ;QBStatGen | ||
| + | :[http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dschafer/QBStatGen/ Home page] – "designed to create a more versatile statistics report from SQBS files" | ||
;Tournament Central | ;Tournament Central | ||
:[http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page] | :[http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page] | ||
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:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)] | ||
;Tournament Director | ;Tournament Director | ||
| − | :<del>[http://www.tournamentdirector.org Home page]</del> | + | :<del>[http://www.tournamentdirector.org/ Home page]</del> |
:[http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtd/ SourceForge page] | :[http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtd/ SourceForge page] | ||
:[https://github.com/puls/tournament-director GitHub page] | :[https://github.com/puls/tournament-director GitHub page] | ||
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| − | + | *Statistics formats: SQBS; HTML, XML, Excel, etc. | |
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*Feb 17, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3641 computer-assisted quiz bowl] | *Feb 17, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3641 computer-assisted quiz bowl] | ||
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*Oct 05, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10657 statkeeping and online scoresheets (split from ACF Fall 2010)] | *Oct 05, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10657 statkeeping and online scoresheets (split from ACF Fall 2010)] | ||
| − | === | + | ===Rankings=== |
| + | ;NAQT Statistics Database | ||
| + | :[http://www.naqt.com/stats/ Home page] – "collects results and statistics from past tournaments that used NAQT questions; tracks record-setting performances and provides some quantitative rankings for every team in the nation" | ||
| + | :Aug 21, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6159 NAQT Statistics Database] | ||
| + | ;Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients | ||
| + | :[http://byko.servehttp.com:6174/bqbq/ Home page] – "A rating system for high school quiz bowl" | ||
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| + | ===Packet formats and parsing=== | ||
| + | ;ItALX | ||
| + | :[http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dschafer/ItALX/ Home page] – "ItALX is designed to allow easy LaTeX typesetting for quiz bowl competition packets" | ||
| + | :Oct 10, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=40170#p40170 SURVEY & RESULTS: NAQT JIAT 2006 (10/7/06) @ TJHSST (NoV] | ||
;QB Toolbox | ;QB Toolbox | ||
:http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/ | :http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/ | ||
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;Alejandro's Packet Parser | ;Alejandro's Packet Parser | ||
:Dec 26, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10975 Packet Parser] | :Dec 26, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10975 Packet Parser] | ||
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| + | *Packet file formats: Word, ODF, RTF, PDF, HTML, QBML (unstandardized; many variations exist), plain text, lightweight markup languages (many variations exist), QBBot, LaTeX | ||
| + | *Packet formatting rules: [http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/documents/formatting.php ACF], NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc. | ||
==Tournaments== | ==Tournaments== | ||
| − | ===Tournament writing/ | + | ===Tournament writing=== |
| + | ;Jerome (ca. 2004) | ||
| + | :<del>[http://jerome.caltech.edu/ Home page]</del> | ||
| + | :[http://web.archive.org/web/20041205211442/http://quizbowl.caltech.edu/T9.html Technophobia 9] | ||
| + | :Aug 09, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1956&p=24809&hilit=jerome#p24809 Jerome information] | ||
| + | :May 16, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5560&p=81698#p81688 LaTeX and packets] | ||
;QED (Question Editing Database) | ;QED (Question Editing Database) | ||
| − | :http://www.aegisquestions.com/qed/ | + | :[http://www.aegisquestions.com/qed/ Home page] |
| + | :Jul 4, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2942 Question Editing Database 1.00] | ||
;Tournament Question Database | ;Tournament Question Database | ||
:http://www.scobo.net/qdb.aspx | :http://www.scobo.net/qdb.aspx | ||
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| + | ===Tournament management=== | ||
| + | :''See Taft, BEeS above'' | ||
===Tournament databases=== | ===Tournament databases=== | ||
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:http://code.google.com/p/quizzy/ | :http://code.google.com/p/quizzy/ | ||
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8871 | :http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8871 | ||
| − | + | ===Misc=== | |
| − | + | ;Audio Match Hosting Software | |
| + | :Aug 12, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1970 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software] | ||
;"Evan Silberman's technological wankery" | ;"Evan Silberman's technological wankery" | ||
:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/ | :http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/ | ||
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*http://acequizbowlcamp.com/free-stuff/ | *http://acequizbowlcamp.com/free-stuff/ | ||
| − | ===Organizations=== | + | ===Organizations with ultra-creative acronyms=== |
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;[[ACF]] | ;[[ACF]] | ||
:http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/ | :http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/ | ||
| + | ;[[HSAPQ]] | ||
| + | :http://www.hsapq.com/ | ||
;[[NAQT]] | ;[[NAQT]] | ||
:http://www.naqt.com/ | :http://www.naqt.com/ | ||
| + | ;[[PACE]] | ||
| + | :http://www.pace-nsc.org/ | ||
Revision as of 03:27, 28 December 2010
Basically, lots of links to computery quizbowly stuff. Feel free to edit or help out in any way.
Question/packet databases
Search engines
- ACFDB
- Home page
- Jun 05, 2008 ACFDB - a new tossup database
- Gyaankosh
- Home page
- Sep 21, 2008 Some new question database
- Feb 25, 2009 Gyaankosh?
- QBDB
- Home page
- May 18, 2006 Quizbowl tournament database, alpha version
- Jan 13, 2008 return (sorta) of the question database
- May 03, 2008 QBDB thread
Comparison of search engines
| Name | Creator | Released | Updated | Questions | Tournaments | Tagging? | Rating? | Types of questions | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACFDB (visit) | Carlo Angiuli | June 2008 | 13339 [1] | Yes | No | ACF Question Archive only | PHP and MySQL | ||
| Gyaankosh (visit) | Arnav Moudgil | September 2008 | Late 2010 | 50898 [2] | 99 [3] | Yes | No | Both collegiate and high school | Django (Python and MySQL) |
| QBDB (visit) | Jerry Vinokurov | May 2006 | Early 2010 | 37 | Yes | Yes | Collegiate only | PHP and MySQL |
Archives
- HS QB Packet Archive
- http://quizbowlpackets.com/
- Collegiate Packet Archive
- http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/
- Stanford Packet Archive
- http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/
- ACF Question Archive
- http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/archive.php
- Wastebin
- http://www.doc-ent.com/trash/
- http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9100
Stats
Stats programs
- SQBS
- Home page – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament"
- QBSQL
- Google Code page – "online stats program for running quizbowl tournaments"
- New web-based quizbowl stats software project
- Round Report on Stats
- Taft
- Home page – discontinued; archived version – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament"
- Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software
- Taft: Launching soon
- Taft launching soon...
- Taft now supports playoff brackets
- Shutting down Taft
- BEeS
- Home page – "integrate an entire quizbowl tournament into one seamless electronic experience"
- Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program
- BEeS, Part 2
- QBStatGen
- Home page – "designed to create a more versatile statistics report from SQBS files"
- Tournament Central
- Home page
- QBTPS
Home page- I needed a database project
- Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)
- Tournament Director
Home page- SourceForge page
- GitHub page
- Livestat
- Home page
- JAGUARS
- SourceForge page
- Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
- Home page
- https://github.com/cdcarter
- Excel score sheets
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6742
- Excel Scoresheets on Hunter
Comparison of stats programs
| Name | Creator | Released | Updated | Version | Price | Output formats | Documentation | Platforms | Technology | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQBS (visit) | Chris Sewell | 2004 or earlier? | February 2010 | 4.0 | Free | SQBS, HTML | [4] [5] [6] | Windows only | ||
| QBSQL (visit) | Avram Lyon | October 2008 | February 2010 | 0.7.1 | Free | SQBS, HTML | [7] | All; web server required | PHP and MySQL | GNU GPLv2 |
| Taft (visit) | Evan Silberman | January 2007 | February 2010 | Discontinued | $25 per event | SQBS, HTML | All | Ruby on Rails | ||
| BEeS (visit) | Sean Skaar, Andrew Hart | Not yet | TBA |
- Statistics formats: SQBS; HTML, XML, Excel, etc.
- Feb 17, 2007 computer-assisted quiz bowl
- May 16, 2008 LaTex and packets
- Jun 09, 2009 Better Stats
- Feb 14, 2010 Stats programs and you
- Oct 05, 2010 statkeeping and online scoresheets (split from ACF Fall 2010)
Rankings
- NAQT Statistics Database
- Home page – "collects results and statistics from past tournaments that used NAQT questions; tracks record-setting performances and provides some quantitative rankings for every team in the nation"
- Aug 21, 2008 NAQT Statistics Database
- Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients
- Home page – "A rating system for high school quiz bowl"
Packet formats and parsing
- ItALX
- Home page – "ItALX is designed to allow easy LaTeX typesetting for quiz bowl competition packets"
- Oct 10, 2006 SURVEY & RESULTS: NAQT JIAT 2006 (10/7/06) @ TJHSST (NoV
- QB Toolbox
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/
- QBML
- Jul 09, 2007 QBML: wouldn't it be nice?
- Aug 18, 2007 Packet archive project...what you can do to help
- May 16, 2008 LaTeX and packets
- Alejandro's Packet Parser
- Dec 26, 2010 Packet Parser
- Packet file formats: Word, ODF, RTF, PDF, HTML, QBML (unstandardized; many variations exist), plain text, lightweight markup languages (many variations exist), QBBot, LaTeX
- Packet formatting rules: ACF, NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc.
Tournaments
Tournament writing
- Jerome (ca. 2004)
Home page- Technophobia 9
- Aug 09, 2005 Jerome information
- May 16, 2008 LaTeX and packets
- QED (Question Editing Database)
- Home page
- Jul 4, 2006 Question Editing Database 1.00
- Tournament Question Database
- http://www.scobo.net/qdb.aspx
Tournament management
- See Taft, BEeS above
Tournament databases
- 2005 tournament database
- Aug 22, 2005 Tournament database feedback
- HSQB Tournament Database
- hsquizbowl tournament database
- Aug 29, 2008 New tournament database for all quizbowl events
Other
IRC and stuff
- TriviaBot
- http://www.aegisquestions.com/triviabot/
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8147
- http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~alopezlago/qbbot/
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2981
- http://code.google.com/p/qbbot/
- Quizzy
- http://code.google.com/p/quizzy/
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8871
Misc
- Audio Match Hosting Software
- Aug 12, 2005 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software
- "Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7364
Study guides
- http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/
- http://www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow/
- http://acequizbowlcamp.com/free-stuff/