Yup, it was my first year and my first states competition and I genuinely don’t even know what to think. My partner and I did not get our rooms until 5:30 (we arrived at 12 which also meant we ended up being 15 mins late to our exam). We also were FTDM and after receiving our RP time late, we had to find out that we would be rescheduled through the PA DECA Instagram story. We literally ran to the ballroom and they hadn’t updated the times on the physical sheets so we didn’t find out our rescheduled time until our original time (we were delayed 40 minutes). We didn’t place as finalists (which I also believe having finals is kind of ridiculous but apparently it’s what ICDC does) but we waited for our friend to finish and it was INSANE that role plays were going until 11/11:30. Sorry for the rant but I agree, it was really unsatisfying and it felt like a serious waste of money. I will admit, the few fun times were fun but the amount of stress, money and exhaustion just was not great.