2011-2012 Events

[zyzzyva980]

Oh, I don't know where I got the one inch thing from then. It's been quite awhile since I've had to look at the Optics rules.

[geminicross]

Optics allows any resource so long as it is secured in a one inch, three ring binder

yeah, cause there was a debate becuase some teams were using three inch and the coordinator let it slide. then when some teams debated they were DQed. Some teams tried to repeal but by the time they could results were already starting. I don't think it made a difference though cause the top teams won the events anyway

The exact line (in last year's rules) reads "b. All reference materials to be used during the competition must be secured in a 3-ring binder, must be 3-hole punched and inserted in the binder so that regardless of orientation nothing can fall out."
There is no restriction on size of the 3-ring binder, and there has not been for several years. This is due to how notoriously difficult it is to measure...do you go off of the label or are you forcing every event supervisor to physically measure the binders? See the Physical Science Lab Image gallery for the largest binder I have ever heard of being legally brought into a competition. However, this of course doesn't mean a regional supervisor won't interpret the rules differently or publish their own clarifications.

makes since.. I'm just the messenger. but regionals always have their flaws

[rfscoach]

makes since.. I'm just the messenger. but regionals always have their flaws

What Georgia Regional did you go to last year?

[geminicross]

makes since.. I'm just the messenger. but regionals always have their flaws

What Georgia Regional did you go to last year?

I think I was just listening too much into it, fossils wasn't my event, and the guy on my team that did it was umm... "hotheaded" anyway.
The crime busters event was extremely hard, which they also said. But most of the events were ran perfectly

[harryk]

See the Physical Science Lab Image gallery for the largest binder I have ever heard of being legally brought into a competition. However, this of course doesn't mean a regional supervisor won't interpret the rules differently or publish their own clarifications.

aw, I remember Its About Time, don't miss it at all

[fanjiatian]

http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/20 ... 3-11v3.pdf

Tentative chart of events!

Anyone have a clue about what the possible changes might be for some of the events?

[Kokonilly]

http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/20 ... 3-11v3.pdf

Tentative chart of events!

Anyone have a clue about what the possible changes might be for some of the events?

That's kind of what this entire thread is about... please, read the thread before posting! It should answer your question.

[technerd]

Hey, so they have 2012 events up! what is the possoblity/chance that the events would change??

[technerd]

Can some1 explain mousetrap vehicle and keep the heat???? i haven't heard of these events b4!!

[Kokonilly]

Hey, so they have 2012 events up! what is the possoblity/chance that the events would change??

That's kind of what this entire thread is about... please, read the thread before posting! It should answer your question.

Can some1 explain mousetrap vehicle and keep the heat???? i haven't heard of these events b4!!

There is a Mousetrap Vehicle thread on the site and Keep the Heat has been explained earlier in this thread and on the wiki. Also, no double posting please! The edit button is there for a reason.

/grumpy oldness