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sean9keenan wrote:

bugsrcool wrote:I don't think you need to worry about the MI and PA schools getting ready for nationals. They got ready for nationals while preparing for states. Harriton's and Penncrest's junkyard and EV were national ready by states. Harriton is a beast this year and the last time a PA team won states with a score that low, they won nationals (Harriton in 2005). Good luck to all of you from the team you gave a good ole' fashion butt whooping to. Can't wait to see how they finish. We hope you take it all.

Err... about EV and Junkyard.... Well... they aren't/weren't exactly ready for nationals, especially not at states..... The tasks change, and I know from first hand experience, the goal the week before states isn't to get something ready for nationals, it's to get it ready for states! Frankly, it's hard to tell from states, or even one competition; a low score in one competition could be result of a good day, and getting first at nationals requires being flawless... no DQ's, which are all too easy to get. Also looking at Penncrest's scores, and being at the competition, I know that they frankly had a bad day, a lot of their build events fell apart, build events that got a lot worse from regionals to states, build events that can easily be repaired. I'll repeat, it's to hard to tell from one competition what the outcomes for nationals would be, because one competition is so random...

sigh, I should be doing a lab report

/end of rant

oceangirl.007 wrote:Solon got 73 pts. which is good because it's under 100..so I'm pretty sure there are going to be in the top 10. But, the year CMS won nationals they got 36 pts in New Jersey, which is complete domination (almost all first places). This year isn't the same level...but why does everyone think Solon is so great, didn't they only win nationals once?...I'm kinda out of tune with this stuff.

EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:

croman74 wrote:Oh, wow. Under 100 in a state like PA is really impressive. I think that Solon will be 1st with Sewickly a close 2nd. Lakeshore will probably be 3rd.

Well, last year Sewickley got like 76, and I don't think they made the top 5.

prehistoricman5 wrote:Actually, the reason that Troy got 16th was that the builder had forgotten to double check the height of his bridge and it was less than a mm too high.

Disclaimer: This person is a member of Troy's Scioly team and has a strong bias.

boomtech wrote:

prehistoricman5 wrote:Actually, the reason that Troy got 16th was that the builder had forgotten to double check the height of his bridge and it was less than a mm too high.

Disclaimer: This person is a member of Troy's Scioly team and has a strong bias.

Actually, I think that their bridge just sucked.
I was there. it was pretty bulky
hehe reminded me of a plank

HCFA wrote: Disclaimer: sciencegeek100, boomtech, and prehistoricman5 all attend troy...