skevinp

Why do I think you were there, laughing at the people who drowned...

What are you some kind of a square?

Words out of my mouth...on both counts.

If anyone needs me I'll be in the garage trying to find an Ethernet cable.

...signifying how 'normal' it is for them to win.

Sorry, just went with the prelims top 12 seeds to be fair, and to stay within the severely limited bounds of my own creativity.

I don't know how it will impact scores, but here's what I suspect will happen: Blue Stars Tensions will erupt when the brass judge is accidentally stuck by a pin meant for a voodoo doll. After some sort of spell is cast, he will recover and go on to judge brass for the rest of the night, much to the relief of Crown fans. Spirit of Atlanta Partway through the show, an actual raid will occur and the entire corps will be taken away except for one mellophone player who was the designated driver. He will give an intoxicating performance and save the day. Blue Knights As a last minute addition, BK will include the scene from European Vacation where Chevy Chase can’t get out of the traffic circle. They will be rewarded for linking their past English show to the endless circle theme. Boston Crusaders Boston will be heavily penalized by visual judges who don’t realize they are on the field until they reveal the red uniforms. They will get most of it back from GE judges who thought they were performing underground before rising. Madison Scouts The percussion judge will be injured by a stray bullet he had assumed was just a sound effect. Inspired by the show, he will ‘soldier’ on to judge drums the rest of the night, much to the disappointment of Crown fans. The Cavaliers The Cavies will shock the audience by breaking their secrecy to reveal the answer to one of the world’s most enduring questions, namely, what happens to all the odd socks that disappear in the dryer. Bluecoats In an attempt to bolster the parade theme, Bloo will add real horses to the field. This will not be appreciated by the corps yet to perform. Phantom Regiment In an impressive feat of fluid dynamics, an actual moat will be added to fully highlight the castle formation. Triumph will turn to tragedy when VK’s shark resurfaces to eat the heroine. Santa Clara Vanguard In an effort to enhance the Les Miserables experience, Vanguard will add a voice sample of Hugh Jackman singing. Disaster will ensue when they accidentally use Russell Crowe. The Cadets Looking to add a small ensemble feature, Hopkins will ask his staff to shop for a quartet by Barber. His instructions will be misunderstood, and the show will end up with a barber shop quartet. In a thematically appropriate reaction, George will be beside himself. Carolina Crown Not providing the answer that his lover hoped for, John will get slapped into the middle of next week, thus proving that time can be altered if sufficient energy is amassed. Blue Devils In an attempt to save the sacrificed maiden who dances herself to death, the Devils will reprise their 2005 show and have her dance backwards until she comes back to life in their newly titled show, “Yowsa, what a Riot!”

Well I think 1978 they were .35 apart so it would have to be at least as close as that.

. Waffle hater!

Thank you for your helpful input on this matter. I sincerely hope that you have just as good an experience with FN as I have. Whatever happens, I know you won't complain.

I'm not paying for the live cast because none of my other live cast experiences this summer have managed to be live. I have continually been dropped in the middle of shows and told it is unavailable, then spent forever trying to get back in. I am really tired of being told by those fortunate to have a good experience that it must be my fault. I am using the same equipment that worked OK last year. This year the service has been horrible. Besides, DCI doesn't sell it as something that, if you are an IT professional and do everything just right you might be lucky enough to see some of it live if it makes it from their end to yours. They make it sound like it is something easy and accessible to most anyone with a computer. It is hardly an entitlement mentality to expect to be able to consume a product that you paid for.

Can we go back in time and not pay for FN?

Yeah but this one counts way more than the others from what I understand.

That is one heck of a long day.

. It's amazing how efficiently this insults the Blue Devils, Phantom, Crown and DCI all in one sentence. We need to add a little yellow guy with a tinfoil hat to the emoticons.

. Man, those worms are smarter than I realized.

Yankee Bluedle?

They may be treated as such, but it seems to me the second night corps would have an advantage from one more day of practice.

People are so different in what they like and dislike I wouldn't give it a second thought. Personally, I liked the show from the beginning without knowing anything about Glass or the theme, it just reached me. But learning more about it has made it even more enjoyable.

. I was responding in the context of people saying, essentially, that Crown and Bluecoats have never won anything, and also the insistence that the word 'champion' has such a narrowly defined meaning that 'false advertising' can be claimed. From dictionary.com, definitions of 'champion' include 'a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition' and similar definitions for entities in general. I am not defending G7 at all, I just don't think it is necessary to slam individual corps by calling them 'wannabes' and who 'haven't won jack squat' to fight that battle, or that making silly pseudo-legal allegations about the title is the best way to get taken seriously.

. It is good to see a lighter topic on here for a change.

. Crown and Bluecoats have won lots of shows, including I believe shows where all the other top ranked corps were present. It is not called Tournament of DCI World Champions, just Tournament of Champions.

I think that is a bit much. The term 'champion' could mean a lot of things, including anyone who has ever one an individual show, or anyone an officially sanctioned entity recognizes as such.

. But his post was THIS Friday, after CC had already erased that deficit.

. How are the Hamburgers there?