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Tonight reminds me of 2015, but put bloo in crown’s place posted from the DrumScorps app

It really feels like BD owned that one. Nothing against the other corps but BD at their best leads to BD with medals on their necks. posted from the DrumScorps app

Is the flag on the 4 yard line vanguards? Or did bd leave it? posted from the DrumScorps app

Very true.

I like that idea, but the issue is it may be distracting to those watching from the top.

What do you mean?

This is really bad from a competitive point of view, but I think that also gives tremendous opportunity from a membership perspective. If people want to guarantee a ring they can go to bd for a couple of years. But if a ring is not their focus they can go to another corps they really love unworried about who's "going to win" knowing that it probably won't happen unless they're in bd allowing them to focus on the art not the score. Tell me if I'm totally off bass but it seems each of the top corps has a brand of what they do the best Crown - Join if you want to be in the best brassline Cavies - Join if you you want to do cool visual things and have "swagger" Bluecoats - Join if you want to be super cool and out of the box BD - Join if you want a ring, and want to be "the top of the activity" SCV - Not really sure, I'd say for a more traditional corps experience, but last years show doesn't back that up

Yeah, it all comes back to amplification, part of the issue is the way show design is now days mm's are either marching or playing there is not nearly enough credit given for doing both, so the brass plays, and then stops playing and starts running and the pit takes over (flight of the bumblebee section of BD's show last year is a great example of what this is like)

At times, but I feel like to just say less pit isn't exactly what anyone wants, to be honest it seems most of us (myself included) wants more brass.

A lot of people on here are really hating on the pit, and I don't get it, I understand the distaste for synth but I think the pit in general has added some awesome musical opportunities.

From what I understand staying with a one corps is very common, but so is jumping to a higher placement corps.

Favorite 2009, 2014 2017 Least favorite 2015

-Tight Competition (At least 3 corps that could win it coming into finals week, and like 6 corps that could medal) -Loud Brass (not synth) -Fast Drill -Bluecoats give that 2010/2011 vibe with the 2016 power. -Blue Devils not changing a thing

The predictions thread kinda died in December, but now that the rumor mill is alive and well with some corps already announcing their shows, I thought it'd be fun to say what we want to see happen in DCI this year. It could be a full on finals predictions or just some more subjective matter (ex G bugles make a comeback, or that all horns are replaced with synths ) For me, I want to see competitive drum corps again, Blue Devils were awesome this year, and things got close, but an undefeated season isn't exactly exciting.

Most of them to be honest. But most often Blue Devils (so clean) and Cadets (something about it that I can't put my finger on)

Totally random but I took a look at flo mo's "rankings" and it predicts BD's score as being over 100 by the end of the season. posted from the DrumScorps app

I guess that's the story of the night considering that none of the other corps placements relative to each other will probably be a surprise.

This is a good way to use post 100, Let's go Mandarins! Really got impressed by y'all at DCI West and hope y'all can make a finals run, this show is awesome and two new finalists in two years would be cool too!

Well with that question you get dangerously close to the question of how much synth is too much?

It's not fighting it's an aggressive disagreement

Can I just say I feel vocals are like electronics or even playing really loud, now hear me out all of these things old or new can be really good if used well but for any of them if they are used in the wrong places (less so for playing loud) or too much they lose their effect, but used wisely each can add some great to a corps' performance.

Yeah, at finals everyone below 5th besides PR went down.

More scores = better numbers = better comparability, I'm out east but still excited to see how it goes.

They missed finals but BAC's finals score was lower than their semis score which also happened to be lower than the scout's semi score so in the ranking of points from the last competition scouts is 12th and BAC is 13th

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