Ecoo 2009

whlue · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 4:28 pm

A.J @ Sun May 03, 2009 4:13 pm wrote:

whlue wrote:

Apparently we're the first independent school team to make it to the finals according to my CS teacher.

'Independant school team'? could you explain that please (to me at least)?

By that I mean private school board. The ECOO website calls it the independent school board.

saltpro15 · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 6:49 pm

just wondering, how are you guys getting ready for finals?

zero-impact · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 4:23 pm

Well that was fun Very Happy

How did you all do?

saltpro15 · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 4:24 pm

gah we failed Sad

happy just to be there though, anyone here get Q1?

DanielG · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 5:13 pm

I got Q1

corriep · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 5:37 pm

DanielG @ Sat May 09, 2009 5:13 pm wrote:

I got Q1

A.J · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 6:41 pm

We failed .... A LOT worse than I expected...

at least reach for the top is going well (well, it is VERY unexpected....we made the TV round...i.e. top 10 in the province)

DanielG · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 7:45 pm

AJ, we didn't do that much worse than the expected, if it wasn't for that weird bug we had on problem 3, we would have gotten our expected score.
Anyway, congrats on reach.

saltpro15 · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 8:03 pm

We failed horribly and it's my fault Sad

I absolutely should have gotten 3 and 4, or at least one of them. Instead I failed Q3 and didn't even start coding Q4 Sad

congrats to the rest of my team though, you guys did great!

Analysis Mode · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 8:16 pm

I wish you luck tomorrow A.J.

(btw, I won't be on the TV rounds, as the other sub has a category which I suck at down pat: sports)

zero-impact · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 8:17 pm

It's not your fault. We took way to long on the tree one. And then I wasted the rest of the time on far far far to slow Question(the one with the numbers and the words).

Would anyone be willing to give me a peek at there answers?

By the way. A.J. What is reach for the top?

Analysis Mode · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 8:22 pm

oh w/e, i'll answer, since i happen to be online:

Reach for the Top is a national trivia organization in Canada. Teams of 4 players (excluding substitutes) are pitted against each other and a quizmaster reads questions to which teams try to buzz in and answer them. You may buzz before a question is finished, but the reader immediately stops reading as soon as you do that. There are also a variety of different styles of questions. The top team from each region was invited to participate in the Provincial championships.

The top 10 teams from here advance onto the TV rounds on TVO, to be held 5/11 and 5/12 (tomorrow and the day after tomorrow).

A.J.'s team, Waterloo CI, placed 8th in the province. Our team, Woburn, placed 3rd. As a result, we're playing each other tomorrow. Other teams that made it are UTS, Lisgar CI, Merivale HS, Centennial CVI, etc.

A.J · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 8:24 pm

May the best team win, Analysis Mode

zero-impact · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 7:12 pm

Oh cool. When is it televised?

A.J · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 8:13 pm

We lost

.... oh well, well played to you guys, Analysis Mode! I hope you guys win the whole thing Very Happy

@zero-impact: it is aired at the beginning of September (I know, a long wait!). Since we are the 3rd game, it is probably the third week of September. You can also check out www.tvo.org/reach to catch all the episodes at the beginning of September to see us playing.

btw, DanielG, I mentioned you on tv for teaching me how to play the 'handflute' thing (can't think of what else I would call it). I played the theme from MathCircus on tv Laughing

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