Re: Poorly Run Event Stories
Posted: May 6th, 2018, 8:07 pm
Hovercraft at NJ States.
When we got into the room, we were already 20-25 minutes late. They ran the event where the exams were first, then everyone tested the hovercraft one at a time. This led to both my partner and I being late to our events. Impound was obviously first thing in the morning, but they did not check for any dimensions. They just told us to leave it in the room and leave. At the actual competition, they did not measure specifications, and I probably could have gotten away with EVERY SINGLE RULE on the rules manual - I doubt a 50x50x50 cm hovercraft, without a dowel, no shielding, with 12 volt lipos would have been penalized. I even saw many teams without shielding, which should have been a immediate tier - they still let them run (Only reason I'm pretty paranoid about shielding is because I got a pretty nasty cut on my finger last year -_-). The track was on the floor with 2 long pieces of warped wood attached to the ground with painter's tape. It was 40 cm too short, so everyone was unable to start the hovercraft on a rail. It was very annoying for us because we designed our hovercraft to rail ride, and we obviously couldn't with the missing track. They also had only 15 penny rolls.
On the test portion, we finished within about 10 minutes, no binder needed. They were questions even a non-studier could easily do and finish. The test was also the same as last year, and still had the history portion of the test on it.
Overall, 2/10. At least the event was run.
When we got into the room, we were already 20-25 minutes late. They ran the event where the exams were first, then everyone tested the hovercraft one at a time. This led to both my partner and I being late to our events. Impound was obviously first thing in the morning, but they did not check for any dimensions. They just told us to leave it in the room and leave. At the actual competition, they did not measure specifications, and I probably could have gotten away with EVERY SINGLE RULE on the rules manual - I doubt a 50x50x50 cm hovercraft, without a dowel, no shielding, with 12 volt lipos would have been penalized. I even saw many teams without shielding, which should have been a immediate tier - they still let them run (Only reason I'm pretty paranoid about shielding is because I got a pretty nasty cut on my finger last year -_-). The track was on the floor with 2 long pieces of warped wood attached to the ground with painter's tape. It was 40 cm too short, so everyone was unable to start the hovercraft on a rail. It was very annoying for us because we designed our hovercraft to rail ride, and we obviously couldn't with the missing track. They also had only 15 penny rolls.
On the test portion, we finished within about 10 minutes, no binder needed. They were questions even a non-studier could easily do and finish. The test was also the same as last year, and still had the history portion of the test on it.
Overall, 2/10. At least the event was run.
