Working on a March 28th date, but not confirmed yet. It will likely be 1-2 months before a date and location is set (UF or UCF). March 28 would be fantastic :) How about regional? I hope the regional dates will be closer this year, so we can have more meaningful invitationals for everyone. I pledge...

A lot of people are saying it felt like an invitational - anything more specific about why? I didn't notice anything particularly different in that sense. Perhaps it is due to the large number of college based invites, which are designed to feel like Nationals? So these students' perspectives are f...

krasabnk wrote:Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences: 25th
Piedmont IB Middle School: 26th

WAAS BEAT PIEDMONT AT NATIONALS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.

I am so happy for WAAS! I love that team!

sciolyperson1 wrote:Will there be a banquet this year? If so, when and where is it?

The banquet is dinner in your assigned dinning hall

And we are off to Ithaca! We are 1 hour into our 16 hour bus ride. See y'all tomorrow! We got an email from the Cornell Directors - they told us our dorm building, but not any of the rooms. Anyone else in the same situation? (We also don't know how large the rooms are - apparently its likely single...

And we are off to Ithaca! We are 1 hour into our 16 hour bus ride. See y'all tomorrow!

CookiePie1 wrote:

zsg11 wrote:Slightly off topic, but still in the realm of this thread, but when does the national schedule typically come out?

For next year, the national schedule comes out with the rules manual in early december.

early September....

The Awards Ceremony is scheduled from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Who is taking odds on the ability to stick to that schedule? I do not think I have been at a Combined Div B/ Div C National Awards Ceremony that has taken less that 3.5 hours.... Last year, awards’ scheduled start time was 7:30, and awards c...

The Awards Ceremony is scheduled from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Who is taking odds on the ability to stick to that schedule? I do not think I have been at a Combined Div B/ Div C National Awards Ceremony that has taken less that 3.5 hours....

bernard wrote:Shirts were shipped to users on Thursday and tracking shows most are expected to be delivered to users on Monday, May 20, 2019.

My Shirt has arrived right on time! The Scioly key fob is a nice bonus.

I don't know if this has been said already or not, but is the room for codebusters a lecture hall or a standard classroom? I personally really don't like working in lecture halls because of the way our team works together. Any info from either the people running the tournament or have been to the c...

I don't know if this has been said already or not, but is the room for codebusters a lecture hall or a standard classroom? I personally really don't like working in lecture halls because of the way our team works together. Any info from either the people running the tournament or have been to the c...

We have Megalodon Tooth Fossils to trade courtesy of our Fossils coach. I do not know how many of our team members will choose to trade them....

That really sucks for anybody who's not in eastern or central time. oof I can't even wake up at 6 am ever and I'm in eastern time. I would hope they would consider a Friday test session that would not be such a zoo and hardship, then offer a Saturday early session to schools that did not check in a...

kaurs wrote:Elastic launched glider would probably be replaced by Aerial Scramber?
EDIT: Aerial Scramble was a trial event at states.

ELG has another year left before it rotates out.