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1 minute ago, jasgre2000 said:

I never have (and probably never will) understand what GE is, but one would think that having an effective closer would have a big impact on that. I'm probably wrong though.

Can’t judge or evaluate something that’s not in the performance. 

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General Effect is

Creativity and Imagination

Coordination and Staging of Elements

Use of Time and Pacing of Effects

Appropriate Range of Expressions

Continuity and Flow 

Contribution/Enrichment/Enhancement of All Elements

Communication 

Emotion

Professionalism

Artistry

 Involvement

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47 minutes ago, BlueStainGlass said:

###### scv. Didn't you get the news that this is a 2 horse race between BD and Bloo?? 

That would be the 2 horse race for the silver.  

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2 minutes ago, ThatGuy2900 said:

General Effect is

Creativity and Imagination

Coordination and Staging of Elements

Use of Time and Pacing of Effects

Appropriate Range of Expressions

Continuity and Flow 

Contribution/Enrichment/Enhancement of All Elements

Communication 

Emotion

Professionalism

Artistry

 Involvement

All of those contribute to the most subjective part of the scores.  It's why so many people see the GE scores and just shake their heads in disbelief.  How do you judge emotion, creativity and imagination between things that are so different from each other?  

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Sat at the top on the 50, some general observations from the night.

It is so much better to watch shows in person than on Flo.  Obviously Flo is better than nothing, but I will take being crammed next to thousands of people in 100 degree heat with no breeze to see shows live.  Incredibly enjoyable night!

PC - Love the Depeche Mode ballad and it looks much better now that they have some of their holes filled in.  I just wish they did something with the props.

BK - I seem to have enjoyed this more than those watching on Flo, but clearly seems like a step back for the corps compared to some of their recent years.  I did really like their color palate and feels like there is room to grow.

BD - Was super amazing to watch live and felt like a July version of a championship caliber show.  Still work to do but it oozed quality.  The two guard members without equipment were super distracting.  Does anyone know what happened there or is it actually designed that way and I just missed it last weekend?

SCV - Did not like the show last weekend on Flo, but really enjoyed it tonight.  Both the corps and guard uniforms worked better live, but still not as good as it probably should be.  Could feel the let down in the audience when the show just ended.

Academy - Probably tougher on them due to being an alum, but that was a rough run in both music and visual.  Felt worse than the shows on Flo last weekend. That said, this is the first year since 2017 where I felt they have a shot a finals with the show design.  Like the new outfit for Willy Wonka.

The placements and gaps between corps seemed generally spot on for the performances tonight.

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59 minutes ago, BlueStainGlass said:

https://www.drumrank.com/home/dci-2022/overal-corps

If mandarins and phantom competed we would have the top 10 roughly around 5-6 points from each other before fall off. You can say spreads and whatnot but across the country the spots are close

this doesn't reflect the open class scores from quincy, ma -- would put Spartans on top in open

https://www.dci.org/scores/recap/2022-east-coast-classic

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57 minutes ago, ThatGuy2900 said:

Can’t judge or evaluate something that’s not in the performance. 

You can judge the absence of something though.

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7 hours ago, Whiskey said:

More like a less than stellar run by Crown and an absolutely on point performance by BD.  

Yep, Crown's members #### the bed on finals night and BD's didn't. That's what the difference was that led to BD winning that night 

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