19 Sep SCV Meeting Summary on Reddit

[IllianaLancerContra]

2 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

but the thing is every judge should just worry about their sheet, not the overall score. so even then, you never knew til you got the recap

But you could add or deduct few tenths if you want one Corps to beat another.  At top it is often enough.  

[Jurassic Lancer]

On 10/7/2023 at 2:18 PM, IllianaLancerContra said:

But you could add or deduct few tenths if you want one Corps to beat another.  At top it is often enough.  

Of course, at the top, a few tenths is pretty noticeable 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Jurassic Lancer

[Jeff Ream]

On 10/7/2023 at 2:18 PM, IllianaLancerContra said:

But you could add or deduct few tenths if you want one Corps to beat another.  At top it is often enough.  

with the averages in todays system, it takes a wild spread to make it happen

[Vuitton]

On 10/7/2023 at 5:05 AM, craiga said:

I'm so old that I remember that easel in the end zone in Allentown where there would post the scores on cardboard strips one at a time all day during prelims.  Guess those judges had to commit to their numbers.

And that was a lot more fun back then IMO. Loved it when they announced prelims scores between corps, too. It was so fun anticipating scores in between performances.

[Vuitton]

On 10/6/2023 at 8:52 AM, spacewill said:

For a corps that is used to going last or next to last and always being the darling of the show, going first is absolutely a huge impact for the first half of the season.  Maybe it doesn't impact the scores, but playing early for a half filled stadium, before intermission, and when the sun is out impacts the MMs. From someone who had a kid march with a Corp who started the season marching first and then transitioned to being after intermission with the big boys, it 100% impacts your motivation, confidence, and excitement.  Maybe the MMs see it as motivation or some say, no way they want to be part of the return journey, but it definitely isn't just an "Oh well, no impact" kind of thing.  

It's really stupid. DCI just baffles me. Corps are dwindling and in the not-to-distant future we not going to have enough corps to even have a top 12.

I'm fine with seeding going into regionals and worlds, but all world class corps should be in random order at any other show, with the home corps going on last. The way it's done today has never been fair. Going on first means less practice time for the majority of the season. Things like this reduce fairness in competition and favor the top corps who dont't care about the health of the activity as a whole but rather winning.

DCI needs to start doing things to create fairness in competition and implementing policies to help retain its corps and perhaps grow the activity, not shrink it.

[Vuitton]

On 10/6/2023 at 5:27 PM, Old Guy said:

No. You don’t leave much earlier because you have to wait for scores, critic, etc. Dinner is often after the performance as you play so early that you need to be on warm up close to 5pm and have to drive 1-2    hours prior to get to the show. 
 

schedule nighmare were your day is basically a strech, warm up, run through, load, drive to the show and compete. Real rehearsal time: 0. 

That's right. The reason the top corps stay the top corps (or part of the reason) is because they always have more rehearsal time due to performing later. Really unfair.

[lawdn]

On 10/13/2023 at 10:53 AM, Vuitton said:

It's really stupid. DCI just baffles me. Corps are dwindling and in the not-to-distant future we not going to have enough corps to even have a top 12.

I'm fine with seeding going into regionals and worlds, but all world class corps should be in random order at any other show, with the home corps going on last. The way it's done today has never been fair. Going on first means less practice time for the majority of the season. Things like this reduce fairness in competition and favor the top corps who dont't care about the health of the activity as a whole but rather winning.

DCI needs to start doing things to create fairness in competition and implementing policies to help retain its corps and perhaps grow the activity, not shrink it.

I have introduced friends to DCI at Stanford show the last 2 years and they have loved it. However as the show has been on Sundays, with them having to work next morning and facing a hefty drive home I haven't succeeded in convincing them to stay for the last shows. I feel like if they saw BD, Mandarins or SCV perform their appreciation would go up another level but given the scheduling and seeding that seems unlikely to happen.