The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon

[Helix_Nebula_Freak]

true, true...
it's really not the event's fault...
basically wat i'm saying is tat the event is so varible and unpredictable... the catigories of wat u hafta study are so general...it's sorta like Science Word (which I hated with a passion... )

[gneissisnice]

Pentathalon, while I have never done it, sounds like a terrible event.
But, its just one of those events added to level the playing field. Its the event that great teams can do terribly on, and that mediocre teams can happen to excel at, depending on what kind of challenges.
I also heard that at Nats, individuals didnt get to choose their academic portion, so someone got stuck with constellations while our astronomy kid had to do a different task. That's just not well thought out.

[Helix_Nebula_Freak]

yeah...

it was kinda funny.... I'm not in the event, but I do Stars...

I got a call from my teammate while I was bringing stuff to the bus

Teammate: "Bring your Stars sheet!"

Me: "Why?"

Teammate: "It's one of the Pentathlon questions! We saw the ppl ahead of us doing it. We're going to try and learn them really fast! Hurry up!"

So I sprinted the Stars stuff to Pentatholn, which, of coarse, was on the opposite side of the campus...

[fmtiger124]

Pentathalon, while I have never done it, sounds like a terrible event.
But, its just one of those events added to level the playing field. Its the event that great teams can do terribly on, and that mediocre teams can happen to excel at, depending on what kind of challenges.
I also heard that at Nats, individuals didnt get to choose their academic portion, so someone got stuck with constellations while our astronomy kid had to do a different task. That's just not well thought out.

its almost like Write it do it it seems that the teams that finish badly overall do well in WIDI

[computernerd4826]

Rejoice! Rejoice!
According to the tentative event list, pentathlon may be replaced by egg drop!
YAY!!!!
http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/up ... rt4-14.pdf

Since the event was running late at nats, we had to switch out 2 of the team members so that they could get to their next event, while the open slots on our pentathlon team were filled by whoever we could get a hold of.. we got around 55th..

[gneissisnice]

Rejoice! Rejoice!
According to the tentative event list, pentathlon may be replaced by egg drop!
YAY!!!!
http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/up ... rt4-14.pdf

Since the event was running late at nats, we had to switch out 2 of the team members so that they could get to their next event, while the open slots on our pentathlon team were filled by whoever we could get a hold of.. we got around 55th..

I wouldnt rejoice if I was you. If its naked egg drop, it could end up being even worse.
For naked egg drop, you have to build a device and drop your egg in it. But if miss your device, then youre ranked behind those who hit their target. And it was very difficult to even hit your target.

[Helix_Nebula_Freak]

but a draft of the rules was released and Pentatholon was there and Egg drop wasent...

[eyeball138]

Where are the draft rules?

[robotman]

yea where are the draft rules???

[computernerd4826]

Rejoice! Rejoice!
According to the tentative event list, pentathlon may be replaced by egg drop!
YAY!!!!
http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/up ... rt4-14.pdf

Since the event was running late at nats, we had to switch out 2 of the team members so that they could get to their next event, while the open slots on our pentathlon team were filled by whoever we could get a hold of.. we got around 55th..

I wouldnt rejoice if I was you. If its naked egg drop, it could end up being even worse.
For naked egg drop, you have to build a device and drop your egg in it. But if miss your device, then youre ranked behind those who hit their target. And it was very difficult to even hit your target.

hmmm...
well, fortunately i have graduated from div b, so it wont affect me!