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Sherry Berry wrote:My partner and I were sadly unprepared for Regionals AND State last year. We learned to use different materials the hard way.
This year, however, we're determined to dominate the competition like we did two years ago. And so we are practicing with any random stuff we can find (not that hard to do).

I hope you have a better season this year

Orchdork wrote:

Sherry Berry wrote:My partner and I were sadly unprepared for Regionals AND State last year. We learned to use different materials the hard way.
This year, however, we're determined to dominate the competition like we did two years ago. And so we are practicing with any random stuff we can find (not that hard to do).

I hope you have a better season this year

Thanks!

Orchdork wrote:but then we went to competition and we had to put together this abstract collage made of folded paper, paper cups, paper plates and thumb tacks.

Yep, I think I wrote about this on last year's topic after the fact, if it's IL State you're talking about. Expect anything. That means go to a messy counter, desktop, anything at home, tape a handful or more of random junk, throw it in a pile, and you have a model to do this event with. Almost.

Anyone know if Cartesian Coordinates are allowed to be used in the writing?

I would specify ahead of time to be on the safe side. It could be interpreted as a code if you don't.

So write like:
Put X object at 2,5 (coordinates) on object B

?

Or what you could do is define it at the top of your writing so you don't have to put (coordinates) after every time you use it. Something like "(number,number) will represent coordinates"

Saturiea wrote:So write like:
Put X object at 2,5 (coordinates) on object B

?

Yeah, what zyzzyva said, but make sure to confirm that it's okay with your regional/state proctor because there's no specific rule for this kind of situation in the manual.

Going back to building materials for practice:
I suggest having someone who isn't afraid to make it hard build it for you, instead of building it yourself. If you build it yourself, then no matter how much you deny it you're going to remember how you attached different things. My partner and I always ask our coach to make something, because she enjoys watching us trying to recreate her insanely difficult structures. It's kind of evil, actually.

Also, I just realized that all those times I wrote out the names of the different K'Next pieces, I could've just made a key at the beginning. Wow, no wonder it takes me so long to write instructions.

Apparently this year the event coordinators are going to be using common household items, like paper plates, paper, cups, tape, etc. (or, at least in NJ). Has anyone else heard this?