(read to the last paragraph) Wow... was that ever an amazing meet! And not only stats-wise... It was just overall fun and exciting! Our teams... us NEXTicans... we spent a lot of time together, talked about completely unrelated topics, I actually wasn't too uptight (not that I would notice usually) and everybody was WAY positive. We had ups and downs... quizzes ranging from 270 points to 60... and lot of errors, challenges, and quiz-outs... but that just makes quizzing even more exciting!
For this meet our rivals were Southgate 1 and 2... had two quizzes with both of them and a third quiz with team 2... and by the third quiz (the semi-semi finals) we had calmed down and started doing really well... so that quiz was a nail-biter for all 3 teams. One of the fun things is after our first quiz with both Southgate teams, team 2's coach talked to me and Jon and told us that we'd be more competitive if we stopped psyching ourselves out... and we were thinking of that every quiz after that... thus we did well... so if anybody has contact with him... tell him thanks again from NEXT 1!!!
Speaking of thanks... thanks to all the WCD'ers out there who gave us a great meet! There is no way we would've had so much fun without some stiff competition!
As for personal scores... we at NEXT are creeping our way up the stats... I came in 10th and Jon came in 15th... and I bet the rest of us did well, too... and even if we didn't... we had fun!
One more thing... I wish somebody had videotaped this... there was one question in a certain quiz that I jumped on... What importance? and I thought it was what important s... so once I realised that I didn't even bother standing up... I just sat there hanging my head... until I finally got it... It wasn't even a quick 'oh!'... it was a 'what-is-Maegan-thinking' moment... I leaped (leapt?) Out of my seat... quickly DANCED over to the microphone, threw my hands up and practically yelled 'FIRST IMPORTANCE!!!!'... That quizmaster will NEVER forget me!
For this meet our rivals were Southgate 1 and 2... had two quizzes with both of them and a third quiz with team 2... and by the third quiz (the semi-semi finals) we had calmed down and started doing really well... so that quiz was a nail-biter for all 3 teams. One of the fun things is after our first quiz with both Southgate teams, team 2's coach talked to me and Jon and told us that we'd be more competitive if we stopped psyching ourselves out... and we were thinking of that every quiz after that... thus we did well... so if anybody has contact with him... tell him thanks again from NEXT 1!!!
Speaking of thanks... thanks to all the WCD'ers out there who gave us a great meet! There is no way we would've had so much fun without some stiff competition!
As for personal scores... we at NEXT are creeping our way up the stats... I came in 10th and Jon came in 15th... and I bet the rest of us did well, too... and even if we didn't... we had fun!
One more thing... I wish somebody had videotaped this... there was one question in a certain quiz that I jumped on... What importance? and I thought it was what important s... so once I realised that I didn't even bother standing up... I just sat there hanging my head... until I finally got it... It wasn't even a quick 'oh!'... it was a 'what-is-Maegan-thinking' moment... I leaped (leapt?) Out of my seat... quickly DANCED over to the microphone, threw my hands up and practically yelled 'FIRST IMPORTANCE!!!!'... That quizmaster will NEVER forget me!
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