Texas 2013

[iwonder]

The two Texas teams that are highly competitive at nats(LASA and Seven Lakes) choose not to do any trial events typically and focus on national events at state. For the rest of us we use trial events as a way to place high and maybe make it to nats

[strawberrygirl]

My team didn't do any trial events last year, and I'm pretty sure we're not doing any this year either

[Barker]

The two Texas teams that are highly competitive at nats(LASA and Seven Lakes) choose not to do any trial events typically and focus on national events at state. For the rest of us we use trial events as a way to place high and maybe make it to nats

This is actually the first year that Seven Lakes will not be competing in Texas events. LASA has never competed in Texas events, at least not for several years at it was actually off of one of the LASA mentor's recommendation that SL do entirely national events this year to increase their competitiveness at the national tournament.

[Toms_42]

The two Texas teams that are highly competitive at nats(LASA and Seven Lakes) choose not to do any trial events typically and focus on national events at state. For the rest of us we use trial events as a way to place high and maybe make it to nats

That's what I thought, but doesn't that give them a disadvantage at states because they were thinking about nats?

[iwonder]

Nope. The events are the same(because they ignored the Texas events), so they're studying for the same events, it doesn't put them at a disadvantage. the teams that don't do that have the ability to compete in trial events if they're better at certain trials than at national events, so I guess those teams don't get that luxury, but it's not really a huge loss.

[jacobxc]

It puts them at a disadvantage for Foresrty

[Barker]

It puts them at a disadvantage for Foresrty

#true facts. I should probably start learning those soon

[sofan]

Never been to state. need to know where we stay during the day when waiting for event.

[ptkid]

Never been to state. need to know where we stay during the day when waiting for event.

There is a homeroom in the Blocker building for each team.

5 days left! Good luck to everyone at states!

[silverheart7]

Wait, what's the disadvantage in Forestry?