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Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 25th, 2009, 8:24 pm
by Pleiades
wow those look pretty difficult with all the angles you could put them at!! I'll see if I can find them anywhere.
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 26th, 2009, 3:57 pm
by inycepoo
eak227 wrote:If you want the most difficult commercial building set to write with, I highly recommend going out to buy a small box of Zoobs. If you and your partner can get a structure of about 20 of those built perfectly within the time limit, you should be ready for national competition.
well, sure. zoobs look like good practice if yur sure that yur competition's gonna be toy sets.
but i know for a fact that in NY they use anyting and everything. (they did pipe cleaners for ny city metro regionals)
oh but i heard that at ny states they tend to use commercial toy sets, e.g. legos, k-nex, etc. truth or rumor?
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 26th, 2009, 5:30 pm
by Flavorflav
Two years ago at NY States it was all black pieces of wood that the guy made himself. You never know what you are going to get.
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 26th, 2009, 5:54 pm
by jazzy009
at an invite we got a knex model, and at regionals we got a weird piece of wood with holes in it that had various junk pieces in it (broken straw, rubber bands, screws, washers, etc). its definitely random in this event.
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 26th, 2009, 7:43 pm
by elphaba the renthead
If you want to talk creative...
At Aviation last year we got a WIDI that was made of Swedish fish of differing sizes and colors and toothpicks.
It was challenging. my partner wrote things like "stick the toothpick straight out of its butt" and we ended up getting 1st!
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 27th, 2009, 12:15 pm
by bob3443
elphaba the renthead wrote:If you want to talk creative...
At Aviation last year we got a WIDI that was made of Swedish fish of differing sizes and colors and toothpicks.
It was challenging. my partner wrote things like "stick the toothpick straight out of its butt" and we ended up getting 1st!
wow thats crazy...
is NJ the only state that actually tells you what they're going to use at competation?
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 27th, 2009, 2:22 pm
by inycepoo
bob3443 wrote:elphaba the renthead wrote:If you want to talk creative...
At Aviation last year we got a WIDI that was made of Swedish fish of differing sizes and colors and toothpicks.
It was challenging. my partner wrote things like "stick the toothpick straight out of its butt" and we ended up getting 1st!
wow thats crazy...
is NJ the only state that actually tells you what they're going to use at competation?
yes...it probably is...lucky pigeon.
and i think that's unfair if NJ does that... -.-
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 27th, 2009, 2:26 pm
by jazzy009
what's unfair about it? everyone who takes that test will know about it so no one has an advantage. now, if they told NJ people what was going to be at nats and no one else, i'd say thatd be unfair.
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 27th, 2009, 2:31 pm
by inycepoo
jazzy009 wrote:what's unfair about it? everyone who takes that test will know about it so no one has an advantage. now, if they told NJ people what was going to be at nats and no one else, i'd say thatd be unfair.
but still, if they know about it, then it would be easier for them to make it to nats, while all the other states have to work a lot harder to try and guess to make it.
Re: Write it Do it
Posted: February 27th, 2009, 2:43 pm
by bob3443
inycepoo wrote:jazzy009 wrote:what's unfair about it? everyone who takes that test will know about it so no one has an advantage. now, if they told NJ people what was going to be at nats and no one else, i'd say thatd be unfair.
but still, if they know about it, then it would be easier for them to make it to nats, while all the other states have to work a lot harder to try and guess to make it.
i don't see how its easier to make it to nationals because all the teams in NJ get the info, and we don't get it for nationals...