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Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 6th, 2019, 8:11 am
by CPScienceDude
*pikachu enters chat*

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 6th, 2019, 10:42 am
by knightmoves
axolotl wrote:We get the test folder back and there's no test and we got DQed along with like 10 other teams just in herp. Seems they just lost a good stack of tests and pretended they didn't.
Good practice for ES: have a box for completed tests. Put the tests straight in the box, never carry them around without the box. Put nothing else in the box. Reduces the chance of "misfiling" someone's test.

Actually, perhaps you need more than one box if you're carrying tests from the first session away to be graded, and there's another session still to come,

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 6th, 2019, 7:19 pm
by Things2do
Unome wrote:
jaggie34 wrote:Is thermo at every single competition except nationals and maybe Penn and MIT a viable option for a poorly run event story?
Georgia B Thermo is pretty good :P
I think UGA went well... Although all I remember is Mousetrap, not much of Thermo, the awards, our team being under the stairs, and messing around outside, especially where one guy feel asleep on a wall... I've been working on it, but I don't remember what Unome looks like...

This year's Chattanooga State regional wasn't bad, and State was good. They even let us start a little early for the water so that I could make it to Mousetrap on time. {Thank you, if you're reading this.}

I also think that Hot! Hot! Hot! (Thermo's equivalent) was well ran at Division A's Chattanooga State regional last year, but I might be a little biased, since my team filled all of the ES roles. I poured the water...

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 9th, 2019, 8:55 pm
by SciolyMaster
jaggie34 wrote: Is thermo at every single competition except nationals and maybe Penn and MIT a viable option for a poorly run event story?
MadCow2357 wrote: Just a few errors made by more well-prepared participants could mean the difference between medaling and bombing.
Our Thermo performance at MO State in a nutshell :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 31st, 2019, 5:07 pm
by NSCDS3RdCaptain
I have had many horror stories with Thermo B:
1. Marie Murphy 2017-They did not test all devices for the same time. Ours was tested for 35 min, while others were tested for 30.
2. South 2018-Same test as Marie Murphy
3. Grayslake 2018-Put our device next to a window when there was a snowstorm outside.
4. Neuqua Valley Regional 2018-Tested boxes for 20 minutes instead of 30.
5. IL State 2018-Supervisor took binders away and tried to justify using the rules.
6. Marie Murphy 2019-Supervisor reused old test.
7. Neuqua Valley Regional 2019-Supervisor reused old test.
8. IL State 2019-Supervisor wrote a super easy test (I wouldn't give at an easy invite) with no calculation questions while recycling material from prewritten tests.

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: May 31st, 2019, 8:27 pm
by NSCDS3RdCaptain
Also, at regionals, the fans were on for some teams during ELG, but not all teams, so our glider was wrecked.

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: July 2nd, 2019, 4:31 pm
by primitivepolonium
My friend was volunteering at Fossils for States, and noticed that the administered exam lifted questions from an exam she wrote for an invite a month prior.

When the proctor/supervisor was asked about it, their response was that yes, they had seen her exam before and were "inspired" by it.

Edit: for clarity.

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: July 2nd, 2019, 5:31 pm
by builderguy135
primitive_polonium wrote:My friend was volunteering at Fossils for States, and noticed that the administered exam lifted questions from an exam she wrote for an invite a month prior.

When the proctor/supervisor was asked about it, their response was that they were "inspired".
someone on our team wrote a test for ssss, then found the same questions on an invy test the year after -_- (wasn't an invy we went to though, just a test set we traded)

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: July 6th, 2019, 7:27 pm
by Blank25
builderguy135 wrote:
primitive_polonium wrote:My friend was volunteering at Fossils for States, and noticed that the administered exam lifted questions from an exam she wrote for an invite a month prior.

When the proctor/supervisor was asked about it, their response was that they were "inspired".
someone on our team wrote a test for ssss, then found the same questions on an invy test the year after -_- (wasn't an invy we went to though, just a test set we traded)
I guess my team isn't alone in this experience.

Re: Poorly Run Event Stories

Posted: July 7th, 2019, 2:23 pm
by primitivepolonium
blank25 wrote: I guess my team isn't alone in this experience.
It's a sadly common experience.

Dynamic Planet at Socal States 2015 used the same exact exam as Orange Country Regionals that year, which was especially problematic since OC sent 6 teams to States.