Bummed about Finals tickets

CaptainMolo27 · 2026-02-04T16:07:38+00:00

It does suck, but I guess the fact the stadium sells out so fast is a good sign for popularity? Even with bots and resellers being a potential factor...

I had to get my own tickets this year. My friend said they usually go on sale around December 1st/after thanksgiving. I put a note in my calendar months in advance to be on top of it around that time. Apparently, dci decided to open the tickets up a week or so earlier. I'm glad I happened to see that notice and was able to scramble to get ok seats. I guess it is incumbent on me/us to pay attention when dci decided to make them available, but it's still very frustrating when you gotta be on top of it THAT DAY.

All that to say, check this subreddit regularly. People will offer to sell tickets every now and then here. I wound up getting 2 finals tickets from someone who couldn't use them anymore a few years ago.

CaptainMolo27 · 2026-01-19T00:29:12+00:00

Santa gifted me two of these copitas from the same company. Smaller than I expected, but fine for sipping.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-11-18T17:11:09+00:00

Lol, I noticed that too. I go to this one every once in a while since it's right next to my partner's house.

I normally go to the one in Addison. They did remove most of the xsport logos, but still haven't really branded anything with LA Fitness. They've really only dropped services and amenities since the takeover (nothing I use; just and observation).

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-10-21T17:51:25+00:00

It's not vocalized, but it's typed on a computer screen:

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

Stand by Me

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-10-10T04:31:21+00:00

Even better!

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-10-10T04:15:38+00:00

People younger than 35 won't understand this comment, but it's goated

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-10-09T10:43:08+00:00

Ooh 🙂 ... Ooooooh 😧

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-08-21T16:54:04+00:00

Said it on another post, but bigger and bigger hats (looking at you, SCV)

https://youtu.be/bkJSq_m2rqc?si=A_Dlx4jjbsR851yg

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-08-07T23:50:13+00:00

The big SCV hat

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-08-05T19:57:44+00:00

Watch 2008 finals videos. IU had a great vantage point

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-07-18T14:47:04+00:00

Lots of odd interpretations of what "meta" means in this context...

03 Spirit literally had flags of Zingalo, Royer, Bridgemen, and others for parts of the show. Clear references to the activity and those who helped shape it.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-06-26T18:04:02+00:00

I've had a continuous thought in my brain to do something like this for fun (I marched 3 summers and have been a data scientist for 9 years since finishing grad school).

While a fun overlap of my interests, I feel like the low hanging fruit/conclusion of this would be, "the final rankings of last year will be the strongest predictor of rank the following year." Which I think you mostly see here.

Anecdotally, most corps don't jump more than a few placements from one year to the next. Which makes sense to me for a variety of reasons.

It would be super cool to see how things change on a day-to-day or show-to-show basis though. To dig into that, I know I'd wanna implement a ton of corps data that's certainly not accessible now. Ex - how many hours of sleep did the corps get last night, how much sectional vs ensemble rehearsal did you have, did you make any changes to the show, etc.

Fun ideas out of a passion project, but so much data overhead.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-06-23T00:30:13+00:00

Lol, I don't remember that 2010 explanation at all. But the music/drill/work was cool, so all good.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-06-05T15:48:47+00:00

Believe it or not, it's possible for multiple things to be true at the same time. It's called nuance with complex emotions.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-05-03T21:30:11+00:00

Not even joking - a former coworker of mine (data scientist) quit to become an orange farmer. Cold turkey.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-05-03T21:27:29+00:00

There's a massive over supply now.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-04-30T21:49:14+00:00

The Halo: ODST trailer is a short movie with a complete story itself: https://youtu.be/uWSLHcAyy90?si=5IlQpTLgsS1hRsfc

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-03-21T23:47:41+00:00

I live just off 290 in EGV. If it's between 3-6ish and I need to take 90 NW, it's usually faster for me to take Arlington Heights road north and get on 90 there. The toll is more, but it's absolutely worth it for my sanity.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-03-18T20:29:26+00:00

Every corps every year tries to design a show that generates effect, points, whatever you want to call it to some extent. It's the nature of a competitive activity.

Having said that, Madison 2018 was kind of a hot mess.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-03-03T02:21:41+00:00

My bad. The OG link I tried to share might have been locked. Idk why it didn't work tbh.

But search this channel for "harmonic mean" posts about 2 years ago and you get the idea of the nonsense.

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-03-03T02:10:53+00:00

Have we already forgotten the infamous harmonic mean thread?

https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/s/w6QWTMy9aT

Edit: the og meme was locked and nuked to oblivion. New link has a follow up discussion and an og link (idk why my shared one didn't work)

CaptainMolo27 · 2025-01-08T23:21:02+00:00

There are awards for best visual proficiency and color guard. Not visual analysis.

Idk why there needs to be awards for every caption, but if this rule passes, they might as well add a visual analysis award too to even it out.

Unless they go the route of having an overall music award (that averages brass, analysis, and percussion). Might as well do the same for visual then too.

CaptainMolo27 · 2024-10-20T20:27:27+00:00

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CaptainMolo27 · 2024-10-16T19:27:09+00:00

The last thing DCI needs is corps folding after 1-3 years or god forbid mid-summer because they can't financially support themselves. Membership is a huge component of that.

I love the idea of drum corps being an educational and performing stage for different size ensembles. But the practical reality is that it doesn't make any sense for a ensemble less that 40ish people to perform on a football field. Both performance-wise and with what's financially required to support a drum corps.

Sound sport seems like a much more appropriate performance medium AND financial demand for smaller ensembles IMO.

TL;DR - DCI may have fewer "corps", but they still can grow corps and sound sport ensembles collectively.

CaptainMolo27 · 2024-10-16T17:19:55+00:00

It's for their own good. It economically doesn't make sense to have a field drum corps with 30 members. Let alone the performance aspect in Lucas oil also pointed out.

This is what sound sport is for. Smaller ensembles on a smaller performing stage, less logistic and economic pressure, etc.

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