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kate! wrote:Trying to fill out the event and placing predictions for nationals has made me realize how much I don't actually know about any teams that aren't Gelinas and any events from other schools that aren't done by the people I know.
I found Div B rather hard this year. Div C was a lot easier for me than in the past though.

Building Event Predictions were extremely difficult though.
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Unome wrote:
kate! wrote:Trying to fill out the event and placing predictions for nationals has made me realize how much I don't actually know about any teams that aren't Gelinas and any events from other schools that aren't done by the people I know.
I found Div B rather hard this year. Div C was a lot easier for me than in the past though.

Building Event Predictions were extremely difficult though.
Build Event Predictions honestly felt like guessing and slapping in teams who I knew where good.
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antoine_ego wrote: Build Event Predictions honestly felt like guessing and slapping in teams who I knew where good.
Isn't that usually how normal predictions are made?
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whythelongface wrote:
antoine_ego wrote: Build Event Predictions honestly felt like guessing and slapping in teams who I knew where good.
Isn't that usually how normal predictions are made?
...no
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Unome wrote:
whythelongface wrote:
antoine_ego wrote: Build Event Predictions honestly felt like guessing and slapping in teams who I knew where good.
Isn't that usually how normal predictions are made?
...no
It's probably because I don't know the individual strengths of a school well enough...
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My build event predictions was literally just randomly picking top 10 teams...
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whythelongface wrote:
Unome wrote:
whythelongface wrote: Isn't that usually how normal predictions are made?
...no
It's probably because I don't know the individual strengths of a school well enough...
The best way is typically to narrow it down by picking non-top tier teams that are really good at some events (e.g. Fulton Science Academy in WIDI) and saving teams like Troy or such for when you can't think of anyone else.
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Unome wrote:
whythelongface wrote:
Unome wrote: ...no
It's probably because I don't know the individual strengths of a school well enough...
The best way is typically to narrow it down by picking non-top tier teams that are really good at some events (e.g. Fulton Science Academy in WIDI) and saving teams like Troy or such for when you can't think of anyone else.

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Surprisingly little action (at least it seems to me) here on the forums directly before and after nationals, at least in how I remember the past two/three years. Maybe it's still about to come? idk
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When Pembroke places 8th in an event you got 1st at at state and they got 3rd at...salt ;(
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