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[dragonfruit35]

Has anyone done Picture This at Regionals already? If so, what was the format? Whiteboards? Paper? Assuming papers, but how did it work? How did the judge give you the words, etc.
Also, could you give examples of words, unless it's not allowed?
Thanks!

[Verdigris]

Has anyone done Picture This at Regionals already? If so, what was the format? Whiteboards? Paper? Assuming papers, but how did it work? How did the judge give you the words, etc.
Also, could you give examples of words, unless it's not allowed?
Thanks!

Hello. Sorry for the late answer.

The format used at Central Florida Regionals used whiteboards, and we would erase after the word was either correctly guessed or passed. We took turns drawing and guessing. The judge gave us words by showing the drawer the word on a flash card.

The words covered all manner of topics, but they were fairly common words. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to give specifics.

[Skink]

Of course, it's allowed to discuss the terms you were given after the event is over! You're just discouraged from talking about it immediately after being done because you might give a hint to another team .

The terms can be anything within reason, though better are ones that can reasonably be drawn (i.e. some adjectives don't lend themselves well to pictures). A well-built list will have some terms that everyone can do (say, cell or igneous rock), many that are fair to everyone, and some that are difficult (say, spectrometer or commensalism).

[dragonfruit35]

Thanks for the help, Verdigris and Skink!

[GoldenKnight1]

Of course, it's allowed to discuss the terms you were given after the event is over! You're just discouraged from talking about it immediately after being done because you might give a hint to another team .

Though you might want to limit talking about those terms until all regionals are over in your state as many regionals from the same state use some of the same tests.

And speaking of not talking about the words afterward, I just finished running this event this week and warned the teams not to talk about the term when they left. I did this both before and after their 4 minutes yet over 25% of the teams made it two steps out the door before saying the terms out loud.

[Verdigris]

Thanks for the help, Verdigris and Skink!

No problem. ^^

And speaking of not talking about the words afterward, I just finished running this event this week and warned the teams not to talk about the term when they left. I did this both before and after their 4 minutes yet over 25% of the teams made it two steps out the door before saying the terms out load.

I can't say I'm surprised. It happens with WIDI too, from what I've heard.

[hscmom]

Thanks for the help, Verdigris and Skink!

No problem. ^^

And speaking of not talking about the words afterward, I just finished running this event this week and warned the teams not to talk about the term when they left. I did this both before and after their 4 minutes yet over 25% of the teams made it two steps out the door before saying the terms out load.

I can't say I'm surprised. It happens with WIDI too, from what I've heard.

It's human nature to talk about what you just did We start drilling into our teams about a month before tournament to just zip the lip as you exit a room - you never know who is outside the door. For younger, more excitable kids (more likely to not remember to be quiet) we try to station parents or coaches there outside the room to greet them so that they do not talk about the event that they just finished - we ask, "OK, so that's done, what do you have next?"

All three PT kids on our team made a silly goof during practice in the last few months. I think each did it once or twice and it was always good for a laugh. The sketcher would say the word out loud as s/he read it or started to draw - often the sketcher didn't even know s/he said it. Ooops. The night before Regionals, two of the PT kids were checking that the robot survived the drive and I was in the lobby with the other PT kid and we had a box of words and a whiteboard so we decided to practice a little. He drew a word from the box and said under his breath, "nuclear fusion." Ugh. At least none of our kids did that in competition.

[Verdigris]

It's human nature to talk about what you just did We start drilling into our teams about a month before tournament to just zip the lip as you exit a room - you never know who is outside the door. For younger, more excitable kids (more likely to not remember to be quiet) we try to station parents or coaches there outside the room to greet them so that they do not talk about the event that they just finished - we ask, "OK, so that's done, what do you have next?"

All three PT kids on our team made a silly goof during practice in the last few months. I think each did it once or twice and it was always good for a laugh. The sketcher would say the word out loud as s/he read it or started to draw - often the sketcher didn't even know s/he said it. Ooops. The night before Regionals, two of the PT kids were checking that the robot survived the drive and I was in the lobby with the other PT kid and we had a box of words and a whiteboard so we decided to practice a little. He drew a word from the box and said under his breath, "nuclear fusion." Ugh. At least none of our kids did that in competition.

I definitely know what you're saying. I often talk to myself, so I can understand why some would have trouble with that. Thankfully not in competition, though. ^^

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Remember, passing terms is an art.

[party_poison]

Hi! I'm new to this event and I was wondering if we could use letters and numbers to show compounds such as H2O, CO2, or NaCl. Or is that illegal in this event?