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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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State Olympics Category: The Amazing Thing
Rules for the State Olympics:
1. There are 10 categories (positive: The Amazing Thing, The Natural Wonder, The Historic Event, The Hall of Fame, & The Extraordinary Element, and negative: The Pathetic Point, The Repulsive Place, The Notorious Incident, The Hall of Shame, & The Tossed Barb) and each will be posted as a separate thread. There will be overlap in terms of deadlines. Each category will have an entry deadline of exactly 48 hours from when the thread is posted. Any entry or edit to an entry that is submitted more than 47 hours, 59 minutes later is invalid. No exceptions! 2. Each state (Canada is considered a state for the purposes of the State Olympics) may submit three entries per category, but they must be posted by different people. 3. Each FOFC member is limited to one entry per category, regardless of state. 4. Entries in the “positive” categories (for gold/silver/bronze medals) must be positive (that is, you cannot post a crappy entry just to block a state’s participation). The same applies to the negatives (for turd/scab/fungus medals), in reverse. 5. IMPORTANT: Entries must be designated with the word ENTRY and name the target state, positive or negative. Failure to do so will result in an invalid entry. No exceptions. 6. Generic entries (that is, things that can apply to any state rather than just the specific target) are allowed but will not score as well. Repetition will be severely penalized by the judges. 7. Consider these State Olympics to be a PG-13 event in terms of content. 8. The State Olympics are intended purely as an entertaining contest and should be taken as such. Be prepared for your state to take some hits, but don’t take anything personally. Let’s keep it light. 9. There are three judges: TroyF (CO), mckerney (MN), and Franklinnoble (CA). After the deadline for each category, the judges will score each entry on a scale of 0.0 (awful) to 5.0 (perfect), based on the posted criteria, and then PM his scores to WSUCougar. A judge will not score an entry which targets his own state; WSUCougar will replace him as well as break any ties. The entries with the highest three combined point totals will earn medals for their target states. 10. Medals will be awarded for each category, positive (gold/silver/bronze) and negative (turd/scab/fungus). You do not want your state to get a negative medal! Total medals (with relative values of 3-2-1) at the end of the State Olympics will determine the overall best and worst states.
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10-01-2003, 10:06 AM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Judging Criteria:
Entries should focus on one (and only one) significant fact about the target state, and include a brief explanation why this is an Amazing Thing. Keep in mind the other categories to avoid repetition.
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10-01-2003, 03:09 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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ENTRY - Pennsylvania
One of only 2 rivers in the world to flow North is in Pennyslvania, the Monongahela. The other is the Nile. This is amazing because every other rivers flows to the south. Todd
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10-01-2003, 03:20 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Mind if I re-state the rules for entries, just to make sure I understand them correctly?
1) Each FOFC'er can make ONE nomination PER category, either all for one state or for any combination of states. This means a max of 10 "Entry" submissions for each person. 2) Each state may receive up to 30 entries, that's 3 per category. Since no person can enter more than one item in a category, the minimum number of people needed to fill a state's list would be 3 (3 ppl voting once in each category, all for the same state) And a question -- Could a poster label a single post as "ENTRY" and then list each category & nominee or do we need to put them in individual posts by category?
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10-01-2003, 03:21 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Never mind the last question, I just realized you were doing separate threads for each category.
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10-01-2003, 03:34 PM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Yes, these are correct re-wordings. And I won't even ding Georgia a Fungus Medal for it... 
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10-01-2003, 03:38 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Shoot, we oughta git a gowld jist fer understandin' dem dere rools.
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10-01-2003, 04:18 PM
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Hattrick Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Fort Worthless, Tx
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A minor rule correction:
2. Each state (Canada and Texas are considered states for the purposes of the State Olympics) may submit three entries per category, but they must be posted by different people |
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10-01-2003, 04:20 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Norman, OK
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ENTRY- Oklahoma
Oklahoma has more coastline on its lakes and waterways than the entire east coast and Gulf of Mexico combined. Last edited by sooner333 : 10-01-2003 at 04:21 PM. |
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10-01-2003, 04:24 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Awww, they're letting Texas count as a state now.  I can see Canada, but damn, why Texas. |
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10-01-2003, 04:27 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
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ENTRY - Indiana
In 1880, Wabash, Indiana became the first city in the United States to have electric streetlights. |
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10-01-2003, 04:58 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Michigan
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ENTRY-Michigan
The Great Lakes state is surrounded with the worlds largest freshwater source. |
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10-01-2003, 05:56 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Can we disprove other states facts if we think they are incorrect therefore disqalifying that point or even state?...i think one i see so far that is wrong...
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10-01-2003, 05:58 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Rivers in the U.S. alone that flow north: WILLAMETTE -- pronounced "wi LAM et", it flows inttto the Columbia River. It is not nearly as straight as the Monongahela (not that the Mon is all that straight). ST. JOHNS (FL) -- Webster's describes its flow as "N & NE"; in fact, near its mouth its flow is more directly east than north. NEW RIVER -- north and northwest from North Carolina through Virginia and southern West Virginia, where it meets with the Gauley to form the Kanawha. (Geologists say the New is, ironically, one of the oldest rivers in North America, and that before the Ice Age it used to flow south.) Several tributaries of the Tennessee also begin nearby, but flow in a westerly direction, although they eventually end up together in the Ohio River. This is not to be confused with another, shorter New River in North Carolina, which flows into the Atlantic near Camp Lejeune. New River Gorge, West Virginia YOUGHIOGHENY -- and you thought "Monongahela" was haaard to spell! The "Yough" (pronounced "yok" or "yok oh GAY nee") flows north and northwest from the border of West Virginia and Maryland to McKeesport, Pa., where it flows into the Mon only a few miles from where I grew up. CHEAT -- flows north from the middle of West VVirginia to Point Marion, Pa., just below (i.e. north of) Morgantown, W. Va., where it flows into the Mon. There are no dams on the Cheat -- it's free-flowing, is full of rapids and thus is a favorite with whitewater rafting enthusiasts. SHENANDOAH -- famous in song and story, it flows north by northeast through central Virginia north through West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and meets the Potomac at Harpers Ferry. The quote at the beginning of this page comes from a National Geographic article on this scenic and very historic north-flowing river. YELLOWSTONE -- flows north and northeast from the RRRocky Mountains in Wyoming and Montana into the Missouri River. Don't feed the bears! (The Missouri itself flows north during part of its path through Montana, starting at Helena.) TENNESSEE -- the largest tributary of the Ohio, it starts out with a very winding course through Alabama and (where else?) Tennessee, mostly west, but takes a turn due north for the last part of its flow through western Tennessee and Kentucky to the Ohio. Home of the historic Tennessee Valley Authority, which has been bringing electricity to many rural areas since the Depression. Smaller, but other river still that flow north in U.S. Big Horn (WY and MT), near which General Custer met his doom Big Sandy (KY and WV) Carson (NV) Cuyahoga (OH) -- starts flowing SW but makes a U-turn to flow north into Lake Erie at Cleveland; its source is farther north than its mouth! Deschutes (OR) -- just west of and straighter than the Willamette Gallatin (WY) Genessee (PA and NY) -- Its headwaters in northcentral Pennsylvania are just a few miles from those of the Allegheny, northeast of Coudersport, Pa. Pine Creek, a major tributary of the Susquehanna River, also starts nearby. (One of my sisters lives in that area, which is how I knew about this.) The Genessee flows north to Lake Ontario; the Allegheny soon detours north briefly into New York State, then flows primarily south and southwest to Pittsburgh, where it merges with the Monongahela to form the Ohio; but Pine Creek flows south and southeast toward Chesapeake Bay. John Day (OR) Jordan (UT) -- flows N from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake (its namesake in the Holy Land, however, flows south) Licking (KY) Madison (WY) Medicine Bow (WY) Onionagon (WI) Oswego (NY) Owyhee (ID and OR) -- winds around a lot but the general direction is more N than anything else; named for 3 Hawaiians who wanted to see more of the world only to be killed by Indians while part of an expedition to explore the Snake River in 1819. Powder (WY and MT) -- begins flowing E but then goes N or NNE to the Yellowstone. Sandusky (OH) Smoky Hill (KS) Snake (ID, OR and WA) Vermilion (OH) Walker (NV) White River of South Dakota Withlacoochee River (FL) Other rivers that flow northerly but not necessarily due north (this is a judgment call in some cases, I'll admit): Maumee (IN, OH) Cheyenne (SD) Clark Fork (MT and ID) Fox (WI) -- flows into Lake Michigan at Green Bay Guyandotte (WV) Kanawha (WV) Kentucky (guess) San Joaquin (CA) St. Marys (FL/GA border) Lamar (MT) Salinas (CA) Saranac (NY) Rivers partly in Canada that flow north: Niagara (New York State and Ontario), including, of course, Niagara Falls Red River of the North (Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba) Yukon (British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Alaska) St. Lawrence (New York State, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick) -- mostly flows northeast connecting the Great Lakes to the ocean
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Underachievement The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. Despair It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. Demotivation Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html Last edited by Blade6119 : 10-01-2003 at 05:59 PM. |
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10-01-2003, 06:03 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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ENTRY-Arizona
The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies
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Underachievement The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. Despair It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. Demotivation Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html |
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10-01-2003, 06:20 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Fort Lackland, Texas (San Antonio)
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ENTRY-West Virginia
Known for its mountainous terrain, West Virginia's total land area, if flattened, would be larger than the continental U.S. itself.
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Oakland Raiders: HFL's 1970 AC West Champs |
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10-01-2003, 06:36 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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ENTRY - New Jersey
Atlantic City's Convention Hall pipe organ is the largest organ ever built. It has 33,000 pipes and 1,225 speaking stops. |
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10-01-2003, 06:39 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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ENTRY - Illinois
Both presidents associated with Illinois, (Lincoln - Land of Lincoln, Reagan - Place of Birth) were shot whilst in office. Get elected from Illinois, get shot! |
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10-01-2003, 09:43 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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ENTRY - New Hampshire
The highest wind speed ever recorded was measured on the summit of our Mount Washington in 1934 - 231 MPH.
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10-01-2003, 10:24 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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ENTRY -- West Virginia
The first brick street in the world was laid in Charleston, West Virginia, on October 23, 1870. _____ Of all the great nations and civilizations throughout the world, the first brick street was laid in West Virginia. |
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10-01-2003, 10:39 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
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There you go again. |
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10-01-2003, 11:47 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Wasn't me this time. |
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10-02-2003, 06:13 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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bump
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10-02-2003, 06:45 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: NH/Boston University
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Entry:
New Hampshire is home to the Longest Covered Bridge in the world, Cornish, NH.
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10-03-2003, 06:21 AM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Bump. This category closes in a few hours.
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10-03-2003, 06:24 AM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Nova Scotia
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Sublime:
How long is that covered bridge? I've always been told that Hartland, NB had the longest one at 1282 feet.
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It seems more like today than it did all day yesterday. Last edited by Kevin : 10-03-2003 at 06:26 AM. |
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10-03-2003, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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ENTRY-- Arizona
The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City. |
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10-03-2003, 09:24 AM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Actually, its the longest in the US and the longest two span covered bridge bridge in the world (2 spans of 203 ft). http://www.longestcoveredbridge.com/pages/history.htm Last edited by Fido : 10-03-2003 at 09:26 AM. |
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10-03-2003, 09:34 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Raleigh, NC
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ENTRY: NORTH CAROLINA
One of the last and most reluctant states to join the South in the Civil War ended up producing the most soldiers and the most casualties of any state on the Southern side in the war, giving as much as it could for a cause most of its citizens had no benefit from and was brought on them by fire-eaters from other states and a negative reaction to a call-up for troops by Abraham Lincoln. Last edited by Wolfpack : 10-03-2003 at 11:24 AM. |
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10-03-2003, 09:40 AM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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ENTRY: New Hampshire
Home to Solecismic Software. |
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10-03-2003, 09:45 AM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cinn City
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Entry Ohio
First operabe aeroplane was built in Dayton Oh by the Wright Brothers. |
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10-03-2003, 10:47 AM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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This category is closed. Judges, do your thing and PM me your scores as soon as you can. Thanks!
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10-03-2003, 11:06 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Placerville, CA
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Re: State Olympics Category: The Amazing Thing
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Do I give you a score for each entry, or each state? |
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10-03-2003, 11:11 AM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Re: Re: State Olympics Category: The Amazing Thing
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Each entry.
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10-03-2003, 12:20 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Norman, OK
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Not an entry, of course, since I already submitted one and the time is up, but the highest wind speed ever recorded was eclipsed on May 3, 1999 at Bridge Creek, Oklahoma during the May 3rd tornado outbreak most famous for ripping through Moore and Oklahoma City at F5 levels. |
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10-03-2003, 02:57 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Placerville, CA
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Re: Re: Re: State Olympics Category: The Amazing Thing
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Is that fair? Some states have multiple entries, others don't. Just wondering... |
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10-03-2003, 03:02 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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blatant ass-kisser. I mean...go NH!
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10-03-2003, 03:03 PM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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The top three entries will win the medals, so theoretically a state could sweep a category, but it's quality that'll win, not quantity.
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10-03-2003, 03:13 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Placerville, CA
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Got it. My bad. |
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10-06-2003, 02:29 PM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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The Medal Winners:
GOLD: Arizona SILVER: West Virginia BRONZE: New Jersey The Judges' Scoring AZ (Achilles) 11.7 WV (Swaggs) 9.8 NJ (sabotai) 9.7 OH (scooper) 9.6 IN (Nyarlahotep) 9.0 MI (JeffNights) 9.0 WV (the_herd) 8.4 OK (sooner333) 8.2 NH (Fido) 8.0 NH (Sublime) 7.9 NC (Wolfpack) 7.8 IL (Coffee Warlord) 7.4 AZ (Blade6119) 6.8 NH (Draft Dodger) 5.9 PA (henry296) 2.0
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