http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog Thu, 28 May 2009 22:53:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aegis was a good time, and I am glad to have gotten to work with all of the people who were involved, especially Nick and Carlo. In a way I feel like Aegis was ahead of its time. We were a group of current and very recently graduated players who felt ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=25 I've been writing Illinois Scholastic Bowl questions since my junior year of high school, when Nick and I wrote the first New Trier Varsity tournament. Matt started Aegis with us the next year, and we've been writing tons of questions ever since. It's sad to see the end of this era, ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=18 As some of you may have already heard, Aegis will not be continuing operations as of the end of the 2008-09 season. Our base of writers has grown substantially smaller due to the difficulty of writing Illinois format bonuses, which leaves the directors with a lot of work to do. ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=19 So, over the summers, I work for an overnight camp up in Michigan. It just so happens that the Camp Director at this camp is none other than Rob Grierson. This connection is, of course, how I got involved here at Echo. It's a traditional summer camp, with fishing and ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=12 This year's IHSSBCA Kickoffs are using ACF formatted bonuses with bouncebacks, much like PACE NSC does. This is a change that will likely create some interesting comments from some parts of the state which are unfamiliar with the format. Some of you might ask, "Well Matt, what's the deal with these ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=11 If you've graduated high school, we hope you'll apply to be a writer for Aegis next season. The application is up, and even our handbook is available online. This will be our pay scale for next year: $0.75 per tossup or bonus that we use (as before) $5 bonus for writing 25+ ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=10 Aegis is now making its Writers' Handbook available to the public. You can find our new one here. This is exactly what we send all our writers at the start of the season. If you've ever wondered about the inner workings of our company, or just needed some tips on writing ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=9 Aegis recently wrapped up its second season in existence, and I thought I would put some information about it up here for anyone who's interested. We sent out 14 invoices this season, writing the Masonic State Series, IHSSBCA Kickoffs, and New Trier Varsity, in addition to numerous conferences. We used a ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=7 Welcome to Much Ado About Quizbowl, a new quizbowl blog written by Carlo Angiuli, Mathew Laird, and Nick Matchen, the directors of Aegis Questions, Inc. Aegis Questions is a question writing company devoted to promoting a higher brand of questions for high school quizbowl, particularly in Illinois. Besides compiling 40 high ... http://www.aegisquestions.com/blog/?p=6