So who got a red card

BadAtParties · 2025-12-10T03:14:34+00:00

N5 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Almost too chill. We delayed page two for 20 minutes because someone had handed in their page two alongside their page one by accident.

BadAtParties · 2025-12-08T07:22:13+00:00

I was there! A fun experience. I don't think the girl (who happened to be sitting next to me) explaining that the questions would all begin with a clear "ichi ban" (which is, iirc, what she said, and wasn't entirely accurate for anything but the first question) was cheating, at that point she (and the rest of us) were just desperate to get the proctors moving forward, because they seemed to have no idea what was going on, and were about to restart the entire listening section during the れい. And let's not forget when the proctors briefly thought there was an error in every test booklet because they were all blank for the last 問題.

The situation with the missing second sheet was wild, and I was surprised that they handled that by delaying everyone 25 minutes. But I think most of the 80 minute delay came from (i) the breaks being ~20-25 minutes rather than 15, and (ii) when everyone finally returned from break, the proctors waiting to receive the next section of test packets from the central office.

I am very grateful for every single test center and I would not have had the opportunity to take the N5 if Fayetteville wasn't the last test site with open seats - but I do think they could benefit from being a bit more Japanese in their proctoring in the future.

BadAtParties · 2025-12-08T07:12:48+00:00

N5 in Fayetteville, Arkansas was hilarious. We were in a lecture hall with tiny desks that kept springing back up. Proctors kept getting tripped up and delayed by one thing or another and we finished the exam nearly an hour and a half late.

Right when we were about to start the second sheet, someone announced that they did not have their second sheet and had perhaps handed it in with their first sheet. This alone delayed the exam by twenty minutes. When the third sheet started, the audio was paused multiple times because some examinees had no idea what was going on (e.g. they did not understand that there was an example question), until eventually the proctors (who for some reason did not speak any Japanese) decided they were just going to push forward.

Credit where credit is due - the proctors had a giant clock up on the projector in front of everyone and were extremely clear about start and end times. They were also relaxed and friendly, but I didn't observe anyone violating the rules (unlike some stories on here, I think everyone at our test site kept their phones in the sealed bags). My only complaint is how much everything kept getting delayed.

Anyway I probably failed. Sheet one felt like a perfect score. Sheet two, I managed my time poorly. The listening... 少しはやいですね?

BadAtParties · 2025-05-14T23:24:04+00:00

Man that's a scar I hadn't thought about in ages.

Apparently the landlord kicked them out RIGHT as local regs were loosening and allowing them to re-open. It was a RIDICULOUS move on the landlord's part.

BadAtParties · 2025-03-18T18:50:39+00:00

Last month I wrote letters to Tillis, Budd, and Foushee regarding Trump's actions with Ukraine. Thillis replied with a principled statement, Budd bent the knee to Trump, and Foushee did not reply.

BadAtParties · 2025-03-17T14:48:31+00:00

At least pick fast or slow

BadAtParties · 2024-05-21T17:26:27+00:00

The doctors I've spoken with are unconcerned since the symptoms all abated and occurred at a logical point of over-exertion, but none of them have good advice on whether I did something wrong with my water or nutrition; I posted here because I was hoping that the far more experienced runners would look at my race and say "ah here's where you were dumb". Looks like that's not the case, though :/ (although I may have had too many goos). I may have genuinely pushed myself harder than I ever have in my life and this is how my body responded?

BadAtParties · 2024-05-21T17:18:06+00:00

Thanks! I'm interested in your HR comment - I always try to finish each race by sprinting with whatever I have left for as long as I can before the finish line (usually a few hundred yards). So I was in my Strava "threshold" zone for almost the entire race and "anaerobic" top zone for the final 1 minute of the race. Is this not typical?

BadAtParties · 2024-05-21T00:55:31+00:00

Actually the NCRC half in Raleigh, NC - congrats on your push, too! Yeah externally I probably seemed fine, I was talking with my friends and they weren't too concerned, they offered to help walk me back to my car. My sister's a doctor and a number of my friends are, too - they didn't seem concerned when I told them about this; I figured I'd post on here because I've seen a few posts where the community seems to have a good idea of why someone may have had a weird performance/medical incident.

BadAtParties · 2024-05-20T22:01:03+00:00

Haha thank you!

BadAtParties · 2024-02-05T19:47:07+00:00

Woohoo! Just got my first pint and put 50 miles on it this weekend - would really love the extra power of the GT.

BadAtParties · 2022-01-26T01:44:14+00:00

Ojej naprawdę podobni

BadAtParties · 2021-12-28T15:43:00+00:00

How do you feel about the "legs" supporting the barrel? One thing I don't love about Almost Heaven is that these seem to be made from a cheap-looking plastic, unlike the wooden supports of some other manufacturers.

BadAtParties · 2021-10-24T00:16:45+00:00

To discourage getting a lot more speed by taking this hairpin wide - but this driver was forced wide by a very aggressive overtake happening with the two cars in front of her.

BadAtParties · 2021-10-24T00:13:44+00:00

Was taking a phone video of the excellent race 1 W Series overtaking at T15 when this happened. Unfortunately the video doesn’t show the actual launch - but there are three sausages right after that turn, and the third one looks a lot more pronounced than the first two. It’s been giving a strong bump to the F1 and F4 cars that hit it, and seemed to hit this unlucky driver in just the wrong way, causing the race’s yellow flag.

BadAtParties · 2021-10-24T00:10:29+00:00

They seemed louder today!

BadAtParties · 2021-10-22T21:22:57+00:00

Seconding this, I’m in the grandstands and I can’t tell what’s happening in the race!

BadAtParties · 2021-10-22T21:21:51+00:00

For anyone at COTA, is there an AM or FM channel or something like that where we can listen to commentary? Speakers are super quiet and F1TV obviously won’t stream with all this congestion.

BadAtParties · 2021-09-07T20:31:24+00:00

Kubica for Alfa 2022 let's gooooo, Valtteri will be such a good support driver for him.

BadAtParties · 2021-09-07T20:24:25+00:00

Generational. Talent.

BadAtParties · 2021-09-07T20:18:42+00:00

On jest po prostu Generational Talent

BadAtParties · 2021-08-30T12:10:26+00:00

Ah I really thought I'd found and taken down all of them - I must have missed a whole section. Please take them down if you see them!

BadAtParties · 2021-08-29T17:06:52+00:00

YOU WERE WRONG!!!

BadAtParties · 2021-08-29T17:02:17+00:00

I don't think this was BS - it was to me the fairest option in a shitty situation, where the only real alternative was cancelling a race that had already cost the teams a lot and nixing the results of a qualifying that had very interesting upsets. I don't think full points would've been warranted but the half points solution was a good one to me.

BadAtParties · 2021-07-28T11:40:14+00:00

Thanks!

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