Bonus
Though he later used the word “deceptive,” user experience expert Harry Brignull coined a term starting with this adjective to condemn design techniques such as “confirmshaming.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this adjective that describes “patterns” that trick users of digital systems into taking unintended actions. It also partly titles a book by journalist Jane Mayer about the Koch (“coke”) donor network.
ANSWER: dark [accept dark patterns; accept Dark Money]
[10e] Dark patterns often alter this exchange between a user and a digital system, which often occurs at an interface. The initialism “HCI” stands for the “human-computer” type of it.
ANSWER: interaction [or interactive; or interactivity; accept human-computer interaction]
[10h] Brignull’s e-book Deceptive Patterns cites this 2014 work by Natasha Dow Schüll, which describes many “ambience management” techniques that casinos use to keep gamblers’ minds in the “machine zone.”
ANSWER: Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Cornell A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia State | LSE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Johns Hopkins | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| MIT | Texas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Minnesota | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYU | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| North Carolina A | Northwestern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ottawa | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stanford | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto A | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Yale | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vanderbilt | UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virginia | Maryland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| WUSTL B | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterloo A | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Waterloo B | Florida | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 20 | 13.00 | 75% | 55% | 0% |