from the WSC wobsite:

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

DDD (SCD?) Mentioned it at Nationals and I knew we had a winnah there.

the general consensus on the question seems to be that it is awesome. now the question is: who will come in second at the 2011 collegiate world finals?

because first is already taken.


it is already taken by me.

dibs on second.

no dibs. you have to study for it.

and i will.
still got dibs.

You need a team-mate, young scholar.

apparently you didn't hear me earlier: NO DIBS.

now you're making me repeat myself. i do not like to repeat myself.




ok secretly i love it. but a man's got to keep up appearances, you understand.

I would do it, but I'm not sure if I'll have time with my senior recital and thesis to worry about.

So, they are not having the college kids compete against the high school kids?

my guess would be no, but i'm not sure.

also: who t crap put no?

I would assume not.

hey guys how bout let the other countries win this year. by like a lot. and also do that in '10. that way it will be an awesome underdog story when i win in '11.

man years are gonna be awkward to refer to for a while.

BRENDAN, HARI, AND I.

TEAM ASU, ASSEMBLE!!!

Dude. Most epic team EVER. Varsity, Scholastic, and Honors unite :D WE ARE THE PERFECT TEAM.

Crap. I can't come close finding people like you guys at my school. Yay spoiled rich kids.

Since when is Arizona State a school for spoiled rich kids?

I'm not going to ASU. That's why I said my school would not be as good as them.
I plan to go to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus.

do they have to be from the same college, do you think?

Perhaps we can have a draft.

The only other 4 year school in my area is famous for being one of the most hippy schools in the country. Either way I'm stuck.

i'm sure you could find dudes on here to do it with

let me rephrase that...

DUKE DECATHLETES, ASSEMBLE

And/or epic win ADT/DDT team.

Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that RM and Widget were going to a school for spoiled rich kids.

An epic win ADT team sounds great to me.

How about a message board division? The competitors there are just guys from this board that want to compete against each other and then take on the best teams at competitions, a la the Harlem Globetrotters.

^ That might just be awesome. Discuss.

MERGE TO FORM

MECHA-BEARDTRON

Kevin is going to Duke, and he's a damn good honors. I bet he'd be interested in something like this :] !

FOR GREAT SUCCESS!

Also, I have a song that goes along with this news. It's slightly NSFW, though...

I can only imagine what "Team ASU Assemble" would conjure up in a NSFW fashion, some form of pong, I imagine.

Hmm, the response here is making me think we might want to bump these plans up a year...

That would be a genius idea.

^that.

Definitely leaning that way!

Thoughts on whether teams should be permitted to combine students from different colleges? My inclination is yes, as we do this in the other divisions... but interested in hearing your thoughts.

Judging by the support our assorted mock court/ model un teams get here, I think TCU might be somewhat receptive to fielding a team.

That aside, we could probably get a texas-college all-star team together...

Stanley? You in?

I think it would be a good idea; there are colleges out there that are smaller than many high schools, so it could be a legitimate challenge to assemble an interested group there (although it's not highly likely). Also, I could see it being a fun way to reunite a group of friends who have parted ways after high school. I'd guess most people would just put together a team from their college anyway, but having the option is always nice.

I think it's probably best to allow it, but perhaps people should be encouraged to work with people around them as it would encourage people to prepare more. Maybe the Duke kids might team up with UNC kids, or ASU kids with U of A kids, or TCU and UT, but I think some kind of teaming up like that would be good for creating a team environment.

I agree. My school is smaller than my high school, and a lot of the people there are clueless flight students or engineering students on cloud 9. It would be very hard to get a team together.

And would only traditional students be allowed?

Teams consisting of different colleges would be nice.

I tend to think that the old model - in which we were defined by our colleges, or even our high schools - is giving way to a world in which people have much more fluid, and far-ranging, networks and associations. Which is a long-winded way of saying that I'm not sure it makes sense to limit people arbitrarily to teammates who happen to be in the same neighborhood.

Then again, practicing for the team events, the debate and the Bowl, would be difficult at a distance -- so spread-out teams might be at a disadvantage.

i like being able to have teams transcend school: it lets you focus on the individuals rather than the institution.

I'm not so sure distance would be a problem for practicing. There are some pretty near telepresence tools that are free or almost free (skype, aim, I think apple iChat has a screen share function) Might be worthy of a FAQ section...

Short version is: We of DDT would LOVE to be able to make our own teams for SCup, those over 22 years of age included.