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theskyisred wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:25 am
Fallsbury wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:19 am
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I disagree, I think venting at this point is a valid response.
Agreed, combined with the anger of events apparently not rotating
Personally, I have no strong feelings towards not rotating events. But yes, some events should have their rules changed (WIDI at states, I heard it was only legos).
WIDI's rules almost never change, and it's an event every single year... I agree that they should add some restrictions to make sure there aren't any ridiculously easy WIDIs that only come down to time.
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king wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:32 pm The kids who took density on my team said that they only got 10 mins since the event supervisor came late.
Yes, but they were told about how much time they actually got...
When you are handed a test in any event, you assume that you get 50 mins. However, the event supervisor let us know that we had 30 secs left and didn't tell us that we only got 10 mins. And plus, the grover kids told me that they got 12 mins?
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Fallsbury wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:01 pm
king wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:32 pm The kids who took density on my team said that they only got 10 mins since the event supervisor came late.
Yes, but they were told about how much time they actually got...
When you are handed a test in any event, you assume that you get 50 mins. However, the event supervisor let us know that we had 30 secs left and didn't tell us that we only got 10 mins. And plus, the grover kids told me that they got 12 mins?
The responsibility lies on you and your partner to ask the supervisor how much time you have and how much time you have left. The difference between 10 and 12 minutes is minimal.
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Fallsbury wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:01 pm
king wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:32 pm The kids who took density on my team said that they only got 10 mins since the event supervisor came late.
Yes, but they were told about how much time they actually got...
When you are handed a test in any event, you assume that you get 50 mins. However, the event supervisor let us know that we had 30 secs left and didn't tell us that we only got 10 mins. And plus, the grover kids told me that they got 12 mins?
I agree with your point but if you were given 12 minutes to take a 50-minute test, you would be at a considerable disadvantage regardless of whether your event supervisor tells you how much time you'll receive.
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king wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:35 pm
Fallsbury wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:01 pm
king wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:32 pm The kids who took density on my team said that they only got 10 mins since the event supervisor came late.
Yes, but they were told about how much time they actually got...
When you are handed a test in any event, you assume that you get 50 mins. However, the event supervisor let us know that we had 30 secs left and didn't tell us that we only got 10 mins. And plus, the grover kids told me that they got 12 mins?
I agree with your point but if you were given 12 minutes to take a 50-minute test, you would be at a considerable disadvantage regardless of whether your event supervisor tells you how much time you'll receive.
However, afaik every team had the same 12 min time to take the test and the test was not a "50-minute test"(according to people that took the test)
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Re: New Jersey 2020

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hmmm wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:12 pm
king wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:35 pm
Fallsbury wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:01 pm

Yes, but they were told about how much time they actually got...
When you are handed a test in any event, you assume that you get 50 mins. However, the event supervisor let us know that we had 30 secs left and didn't tell us that we only got 10 mins. And plus, the grover kids told me that they got 12 mins?
I agree with your point but if you were given 12 minutes to take a 50-minute test, you would be at a considerable disadvantage regardless of whether your event supervisor tells you how much time you'll receive.
However, afaik every team had the same 12 min time to take the test and the test was not a "50-minute test"(according to people that took the test)
nj test quality always sucks anyway
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CookiePie1 wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:39 pm
hmmm wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:12 pm
king wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:35 pm

I agree with your point but if you were given 12 minutes to take a 50-minute test, you would be at a considerable disadvantage regardless of whether your event supervisor tells you how much time you'll receive.
However, afaik every team had the same 12 min time to take the test and the test was not a "50-minute test"(according to people that took the test)
nj test quality always sucks anyway
yea even if there was a 2 min difference that doesn't get you 14th or whatever place you got, considering its an nj states test lol
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bromothymol wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:51 pm are there any teams that don't intend on coming in light of covid-19??? namely bergen county academies and schools from affected NJ counties? situation doesn't seem too bad as of now but like you never know
edit - oops idk how that happened

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