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by magicalforest
December 1st, 2016, 8:51 am
Forum: 2017 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: New Jersey 2017
Replies: 110
Views: 34485

Re: New Jersey 2017

Hey NJ teams! Just a reminder that today is the last day to register for the Princeton University invitational tournament. Our tournament will be run exclusively by former Science Olympiad competitors and Princeton students, meaning that they know exactly what it was like to compete in these tournam...
by magicalforest
December 1st, 2016, 8:46 am
Forum: 2017 Competition Advertising
Topic: 2017 Princeton University Invitational
Replies: 9
Views: 6160

Re: 2017 Princeton University Invitational

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that today is the last day to register for the Princeton University invitational tournament. Our tournament will be run exclusively by former Science Olympiad competitors and Princeton students. They know exactly what it was like to compete in these tournaments and even...
by magicalforest
April 11th, 2015, 6:31 pm
Forum: 2015 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: Ohio 2015
Replies: 109
Views: 46314

Re: Ohio 2015

The We the People competition has an interesting system for qualifying for nationals. Their format is very similar to Science Olympiad- the national competition hosts 60 teams, and the State tournaments are spread out over several months leading up to nationals. Each of the 50 states is represented ...
by magicalforest
March 16th, 2015, 2:59 pm
Forum: 2015 Nationals
Topic: 2015 National Tournament: University of Nebraska
Replies: 275
Views: 81116

Re: 2015 National Tournament: University of Nebraska

Hey just a quick question about the schedule: http://www.scienceolympiad2015.com/schedule_master.html. Based on past national tournaments the tentative schedule was indeed the final schedule, but we were wondering if any changes were planning to be made to this schedule? When we were assigning event...
by magicalforest
January 8th, 2015, 2:36 am
Forum: 2015 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: New Jersey 2015
Replies: 81
Views: 32129

Re: New Jersey 2015

Just a heads up that the released PDF results did not agree with some of WWP North's award ceremony placings. Either awards or the PDF swapped our Team 1 and Team 2 placings for a couple events (Ex. Cell Bio) Just have your teams double check your placings to see if there are any further discrepancies
by magicalforest
October 1st, 2014, 10:13 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Scrambler C
Replies: 271
Views: 73047

Re: Scrambler C

iwonder, how come you can get a higher velocity using a spring? Aren't you still working with the same amount of potential energy? Or is it because with the falling mass launcher, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy for both masses (falling and vehicle)? And how can you calculate t...
by magicalforest
August 16th, 2014, 10:51 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions
Replies: 35
Views: 11677

Re: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions

Not sure if possible, but maybe you guys could try implementing a private chatting system similar to Gmail chat (only between certain people.) For example when I get to know someone on the forums, the PM exchanges are rather slow and some people lose interest quickly. Chatting would be more instanta...
by magicalforest
June 18th, 2014, 9:26 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions
Replies: 35
Views: 11677

Re: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions

OH I see it on the Wiki page.

I don't usually check the Wiki page :P I usually go on the forums and test exchange.
by magicalforest
June 18th, 2014, 6:54 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions
Replies: 35
Views: 11677

Re: Season 2015 - Site Suggestions

I posted this in the "Best of Nationals 2014" thread, but I guess that wasn't the right place to post. :P Just a suggestion- maybe you guys could increase the visibility of the page by linking "Category: Best of Nationals" somewhere on the front page, Test Exchange, and/or Image ...
by magicalforest
June 18th, 2014, 6:38 pm
Forum: 2014 Nationals
Topic: Best of Nationals 2014
Replies: 22
Views: 20063

Re: Best of Nationals 2014

Hey just a suggestion- maybe you guys could increase the visibility of the page by linking "Category: Best of Nationals" somewhere on the front page, Test Exchange, and/or Image Gallery. I only stumbled upon the page after randomly wandering scioly.org. I know the page exists, but I can't ...

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