SpiritofAtlanta99
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No, from what I'm told they had a good show tonight. They beat the Troopers Visually tonight which they haven't been doing. They got killed in Music, a caption they have done well in. GE they have been beating Troopers consistantly and today they loose to them. They didn't deserve to drop a point in a half tonight from the last time out. I hate to say this but it seems as they are not being scored based on their performance when the Troopers are at the same show and it's a shame too.
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on another note Spirit got last in visual performance....I don't agree with that but I can't say it aint so. I'm sure if these corps had an off night they'll pull it together when the time is right =)
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CROSSMEN
here they come...
is quiet possible but what would that have to do with their relative competition tonight?
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Sure they did... if they were better than the corps that went on before them.
Most times going on later is better, but sometimes it can mean a score drop too if a corps that is better goes on early.
Right! I agree. I thought you were saying that the reason Madison's score dropped was because the judges were being conservative with Colts score and so they had to do the same with the Scouts in order to save room. My question is who were they saving room for?
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They went on after corps that have been beating them that's how.
Troopers and Colts went on before them and the judges scored them conservatively because they did want to "run out of room" later in the event. Madison's score drop is a product of that. Troop went on really early tonight (3rd or 4th I think) and there is no way they were going to pop them a big number with so many corps left to compete. Also, I am willing to bet that there were a lot of first read judges here for a lot of these corps and that usually results in conservative scoring too.
I think Madison had the advantage by going on after the break. The Troopers may have had the conservative score tonight because they went first out of the grouping. The Colts couldn't have been scored too conservatively because Spirit went on right before them and the judges gave them an okay number.
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SPIRIT is working on a 79 or 80 tonight!!!!! I am putting a scoring freeze on all others until further notice. ROCK the MURFS SPIRIT!!!!
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Spirit should be ready for a BIG ol' eratic jump "forward"
I am asking for a 79 (don't *you* dare argue with me 
) I would like the rest of the competition to stall for a little bit So Blue Knights you can have an 82
and Colts 80ish
and Spirit a 79
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I think they'll be competiton for academy, crossmen, and spirit. There show design has great potential.
Well, I haven't even seen their show and I will put them in the competition with Spirit. I mean there isn't many placements left but "whateva man" and welcome to D1 Surf!
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My favorites:
1983- Cadets, end of "Rocky Point Holiday" opener. Amazing!
1983- Spirit, end of "We Are the Reason" closer. Sends shivers....
1987- Vanguard, end of both "Russian Christmas Music" opener and "Great Gate of Kiev" closer. Wow!
Check all these out on the Fan Network!
wow...I just had the thought of 1983 Spirit "We Are the Reason" and then I saw your post! If I had to send a segment of a show to battle with the best of other corps, I think it would be "We Are the Reason"!
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I can't wait to see the results of today!
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Troopers
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there is a HUGE difference between using clarinet in an encore and using a guitar in competition
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I love Scott's stuff. Easy to sound good when the page looks like this
FFF ....(rest)..... F....(rest)......FF ..........MF.........FFF (rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(rest)(r
est)(rest)(rest)FFF ....(rest)..... FFFFFF end
Not his fault. It's the music they chose, but that is how he writes :D
go ahead and lower the bar for Madison why dontcha....that's the only reason you're being hateful.
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I did that exact same thing just now. No offence but the bass guitar is a huge turnoff.
but you have no problems with Blue Stars using a clarinet during encores?
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Hope Spirit's one right before or after intermission in Atlanta so there's plenty of time to hit the concessions or by a tshirt.
Come buy a sense of humor from me while your out there and i'll give you a souvie for free
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ummm, NO visual!
Haters!!!!(at the beginning of the season it was all visual and yall wanted more music ) Good job SPIRIT!!! -
Let's Go SPIRIT!!! ROCK THE DOME
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Okay Pioneer and the end....cool effect. Wassup!
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nice cg moment pioneer!
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for full screen view if you don't see the usual icon on your screen: righ click in the middle of the screen and choose zoom>full screen
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Spirit(still hoping)
Troopers(can live with them in 12th also)
Colts
Academy
Madison
Crossmen
Pacific Crest
Mandarins
Pioneer
Seattle Cascades
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That would suggest some sort of predisposition or bias on the part of judges, which I was told emphatically by all who responded in that thread that I was dead wrong and that no judging bias exists in DCI. Just ask Lance. He'll tell you that's absolutely crazy!
I don't think that all the judges collectively have a desire to place corps A over corps B, but its the individual judging (like a 2pts swing in a caption for B compared to a 2pts swing in the opposite direction for A which would allow corps A to beat corps B). After that judge has consistently given out that lowered caption score for corps B, then it because the norm that justifies every other judge to also score that caption lower.
How can GE scores change drastically from night to night, if the judges are judging by the requirements of the back of the sheets (rather trying to redesign shows to their personal taste) then even though there is a different judge judging a subcation there would not be those types of inconsistencies. To the judges credit though, corps that don't leave room for doubt will do better--so, again its up to the corps members and STAFF .
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I thought "MagicBob" settled that "easy" nonsense the other day. Please go back and read his comments and you'll understand that just because a corps makes very difficult things look easy, doesn't mean they are! BD is ahead not because they're clean, but because they are performing a great show at another level altogether. When you see them "live" you'll get it!
I wish the lower tiered corps could pass off easy as "we're just that good, that's why it looks easy"! I'm not saying BD's show is easy either, but I am a little envious. BD has earned the benefit of the doubt.
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I'm surprised, so far more people have Spirit in 12th than Academy and Scouts.
That's making me feel better for now
I know i'll probably be sad again after scores tonight, but oh well--ROCK the ####### DOME SPIRIT -
Which ones?
And where do you get that impression from?
That is true. What is debatable, however, is whether there is still adequate fan support in the face of the attendance U-turn of the past five years....or what effect electronics will have on that.
It seems that you want the anti-electronic's crowd concensus to be taken at face value, but you want him to prove which corps had higher numbers of auditionees? Where is your proof that there wasn't higher turn out at some corps?
His claim that regionals and finals are doing better(whether due to electronics or not) attendance wise equals an impression to you? Again, where is your proof that what he stated is otherwise? If you know differently please speak up.
If I understand you correctly, you're claiming(or assuming) that dci is losing more fans than they are gaining because of the electronics? IF that is the case, all the campaigning against dci for using electronics must be a huge factor. So, at the end of the day, it wasn't the electronics that drove fans away from dci--it was yall.
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Posted · Edited by SpiritofAtlanta99
I promise you when I marched, we expected the score to drop when we had our "best" runs--yet when we thought it was "bad" our score jumped. After being sadden by Spirit's placement and score at San Antonio i've refocused my observations and am hoping that these corps are having a great time touring. Trying to figure out scores can really get you down, so don't dwell on it too much.