DawsonBurnes Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Has a corps ever won three captions and finished third? Tells you how overwhelming the Bluecoats creative concept and execution was. Well, BD's Visual and Guard score in finals was higher. But during the three days in Indy, Crown's average scores in Guard, Brass, and Visual were higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjf20 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Was half expecting to see a 2017 prediction thread already. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PamahoNow Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Was half expecting to see a 2017 prediction thread already. Lol I think you missed it. It is already out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneveld Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Was half expecting to see a 2017 prediction thread already. Lol You mean like this? ........... http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php/topic/164999-2017-predictions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 They have to "average" scores because Brining It All on finals night is so....Blue Devils! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Adding up the technichal captions from last night: 1. Crown 59.238 2. Blue Devils 58.375 3. Bluecoats 58.225 Just an observation - this suggests that we are no longer an activity that awards the kids strictly on the merit of their shows, rather, the creative teams on the merit of their design. Of course it takes a great group of kids to execute the design. Question becomes, should we be putting so much emphasis on GE (40% of the overall score) or should we be giving more emphasis to execution? I don't have an agenda, just thought it would be an interesting discussion. If you took the time to learn the sheets, all are performer driven. You don't get love for the book if you don't perform it Edited August 14, 2016 by Jeff Ream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I see where you're coming from .... sometimes I miss the ole tick system that went away after ... I think 1983? My point is that all sub-captions measure based on design. So the compositions/arrangements are judged in brass, MA and percussion. Drill in VA and VP, etc. not just a GE caption thing. Tics were more subjective than today's system because there was no uniform standard of what a tic was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 ...CANNOT WAIT TO WRITE MY WAY TOO POSITIVE REVIEW OF THE YEAR TOMORROW! lol this ain't gonna happen today, too much to say. Sometime this week maybe...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it should be only open to corps that have won the world class championship. Bloo now included and Madison should be in there as well.So up to this point Blooooooo wouldn't have been in it? And if they didn't win this year, losing say by .0005, they'd not be in it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 As a Madison Alum, it is disappointing to see my younger brothers sit out of Finals. But looking at the big picture, this happened in a year where everyone stepped up their game so much. There were so many great moments and surprises...Academy getting into Finals for the first time, and doing it convincingly! Boston struggling and breaking through to hold on to Finals....Crossmen getting back in with such a great show! Blue Stars, SCV and Cavies moving up...Bluecoats hanging on to win the title.....Overall, I feel like this has been one of the most exciting and unpredictable seasons of Drum Corps. And seeing the competitiveness at this level...this is good for the activity! It keeps things exciting. And I'm confident my guys will re-evaluate, re-tool and come back stronger next season (HOPEFULLY, without the early season overhype!). :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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