Codebusters(5) - While this event definitely did not go as well as my partners and I had hoped, I have to say it was run really well. We got 4:12 on the timed question (i think? dragonfruit35 correct me if i'm wrong) when we had been averaging probably between 1-2 minutes when previously. The test was 23 questions I believe, which is 100% preferable to a short test, even though we missed a ton of questions (oof

). The questions were difficult and varied, point values were mostly reasonable. Also, Mr. Toebes and Mr. Bard were proctoring which I thought was awesome. Mr. Toebes is so nice!! and also has a strange penchant for funky calculators. I will say that although i know it isn't always possible, not having those tiny swingy lecture hall desks would be ideal. 10/10 would code again
Fermi Questions (19) - I mean... there's not too many ways you can really screw up running fermi I guess. The test was pretty long (at least longer than most tests i've seen) which was nice. The questions were all good, no complaints here. Proctor was also very nice. I don't really feel like it was perfect but i also don't have any complaints or anything so 9.9999/10
Boomilever (25) - I didn't have too many issues with the testing room other than the fact that it was so far from my other events, so going in back to back events was not fun. Other than that, check in was standard, loader was fine, sand(? i'm not sure what to call it, it was black and shiny) was MUCH better than the metal beads the Cornell Invitational used. My biggest complaint is just that they had this weird intense movie battle scene type of music playing in the background the whole time, which was a bit unnerving and also annoying. What's with the weird, unnecessary music???? 9/10
Overall(12) - whoopwhoopwhoop yayyyy we wanted to place higher than last year (26) but definitely did not expect to do this well!! Overall, I liked Cornell's campus, and the food was r e a l l y good. Our dorms were a little sketchy (my room had a persistent smell) but I appreciated having a whole commons area just for the whole team. For me, the opening ceremony felt a bit unrehearsed (esp the beginning) and dragged on for waaayyy too long but it was OK. The closing ceremony also felt too long and I didn't like that we didn't get to have pictures on stage (would have looked better imo) and also the music was very unnecessary. However, not horrible. It's only my second nats, so I can only say I think I enjoyed Colorado more, but that's just me. 8.75/10
please excuse any incoherent rambling i'm not proofreading this