Zoltan 0 #1 May 15, 2003 Does anyone know why there is not random formation 'I'? H is BOW and J is DONUT. But where is the I. Did i miss something on english language lessons or what :) z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #2 May 15, 2003 Its in there keep looking"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoltan 0 #3 May 15, 2003 A-Unipod B-Stairstep diamond C-Murphy falke D-Yuan E-Meeker F-Open accordian G-Cataccord H-Bow J-Donut K-Hook L-Adder M-Bundy N-Crank O-Satelite P-Sidebody Q-Phalanx It is 16 randoms, as it is in th IPC dive pool in a 4x4 table. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #4 May 15, 2003 Made you look "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #5 May 15, 2003 QuoteDoes anyone know why there is not random formation 'I'? H is BOW and J is DONUT. But where is the I. Did i miss something on english language lessons or what :) z Often I is omitted to avoid confusion with 1, but in that case O is usually omitted too, to avoid confusion with 0. It came from a committee - it doesn't have to make sense.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #6 May 15, 2003 QuoteOften I is omitted to avoid confusion with 1, but in that case O is usually omitted too, to avoid confusion with 0. Yes John, But there is no Block "0", there is a "1". Ron"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoltan 0 #7 May 15, 2003 "Made you look" :) i did not look, unfortunetly i know the pool by heart...but i was just thinking about the logic. z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boogerhider3 0 #8 May 15, 2003 Ramdom "I" is the starflake....introduced by a chicago team at the usnats in Parris Big Eyes & Grins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curtismelaniej 0 #9 May 15, 2003 Random "I" could also be the Strata-Bow. This formation was stumbled upon by my team last year-- we were trying to build a Bow, but the tail was brainlocking his ass off and catting on one of the centers-- kind of like a Catacord, a bow, and/or a murphy flake, but not. This happened right before break off too, so we all gave him what-the-hell-are-you-doing looks as we turned to track, then rolled laughing when we got to the ground. Frickin' love 4-way..... __________________________________________________________ http://www.skydiveelsinore.com/teams/EXCEL/basic_camp.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #10 May 15, 2003 Just like there is no "I" in team, there is no "I" in 4-way. The reason is it avoids confusion with Block 1. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #11 May 15, 2003 QuoteQuoteOften I is omitted to avoid confusion with 1, but in that case O is usually omitted too, to avoid confusion with 0. Yes John, But there is no Block "0", there is a "1". Ron Yes - obviously not computer geeks who designed the dive pool. All geeks know that counting begins with zero.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #12 May 15, 2003 QuoteAll geeks know that counting begins with zero. Tell that to the Romans. Oh well, it's all Greek to me. Short history of Zero.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #13 May 15, 2003 QuoteYes - obviously not computer geeks who designed the dive pool. All geeks know that counting begins with zero. If TRUE computer geeks did the dive pool it would go: 0: Unipod 1: Stairstep 01:Murphy Flake 00:Yuan 10:Meker 001: Open accordian. Ect. Ron"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albatross 0 #14 May 15, 2003 I agree with Mel. Random I is any formaion that is not in the dive pool. Just like Block 0 is anything you want.Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #15 May 15, 2003 Quote . . . but the tail was brainlocking his ass off . . . Who was that again? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakydiver 0 #16 May 15, 2003 lolol They should rewrite the whole thing binarily or something.... -- (N.DG) "If all else fails – at least try and look under control." -- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albatross 0 #17 May 15, 2003 Quote Quote . . . but the tail was brainlocking his ass off . . . Who was that again? What I have never seen a Tail Brainlock. Certainly I never have. BTW remember which side your bread is buttered onChris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #18 May 15, 2003 Quote I agree with Mel. Random I is any formaion that is not in the dive pool. Just like Block 0 is anything you want. no way. EVERYONE, especially Miss Melanie, knows that Block 0 is the Spinning Bagel Cat. duh. first point is a meeker. grip switch as if you were transitioning to a cat, but make everyone have grips on the person in front. double grippered donut thing. it just spins and spins and spins. We had an OC who "didn't like" to drop grips, resulting in this. oy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #19 May 16, 2003 My team invented a new block 0 at our very first training weekend. We were launching an open accordian, and the centers lost their grips out the door. We executed a PERFECT "Open accordian - Open accordian" with the two pieces each turning 360 degrees. Not really intentional, but funny as hell on video.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feelopen 0 #20 May 16, 2003 According to http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php, this is it: 010000010010110101010101011011100110100101 110000011011110110010000100000000011010000 101001000010001011010101001101110100011000 010110100101110010011100110111010001100101 011100000010000001100100011010010110000101 101101011011110110111001100100001000000000 110100001010010000110010110101001101011101 010111001001110000011010000111100100100000 011001100110000101101100011010110110010100 100000000011010000101001000100001011010101 100101110101011000010110111000100000000011 010000101001000101001011010100110101100101 011001010110101101100101011100100010000000 001101000010100100011000101101010011110111 000001100101011011100010000001100001011000 110110001101101111011100100110010001101001 011000010110111000100000000011010000101001 000111001011010100001101100001011101000110 000101100011011000110110111101110010011001 000010000000001101000010100100100000101101 010000100110111101110111001000000000110100 001010010010100010110101000100011011110110 111001110101011101000010000000001101000010 100100101100101101010010000110111101101111 011010110010000000001101000010100100110000 101101010000010110010001100100011001010111 001000100000000011010000101001001101001011 010100001001110101011011100110010001111001 001000000000110100001010010011100010110101 000011011100100110000101101110011010110010 000000001101000010100100111100101101010100 110110000101110100011001010110110001101001 011101000110010100100000000011010000101001 010000001011010101001101101001011001000110 010101100010011011110110010001111001001000 000000110100001010010100010010110101010000 011010000110000101101100011000010110111001 11100000100000 sorta not so useful... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoltan 0 #21 May 16, 2003 "Ramdom "I" is the starflake" Now i got it :) so it is the Proton.. introduced by our 4way team last year... like the Yuan, but the compr.acc pair's guy instead of facing off the formation he took a sidebody grip... :) z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base570 1 #22 May 16, 2003 Quote Ramdom "I" is the starflake....introduced by a chicago team at the usnats in Parris Big Eyes & Grins The "Starflake" being flown over Perris Vally US Nationals in 2000. I still don't understand why the judges didn't see the pure genius of this formation. Sorry BB had to do it!!!! So who the hell was coaching you??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmpwme 0 #23 May 19, 2003 I would have to agree that random "I" is the now very infamous STARFLAKE. Of course, another team, with two members of the infamous starflake built the nearly as infamous "Marundy" or "Bunquis" whichever you prefer. Given that it occurred in a practice round, it simply can't be given a position in the dive pool. The STARFLAKE will live forever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base570 1 #24 May 19, 2003 Quote I would have to agree that random is the now very infamous STARFLAKE. Of course, another team, with two members of the infamous starflake built the nearly as infamous "Marundy" or "Bunquis" whichever you prefer. Given that it occurred in a practice round, it simply can't be given a position in the dive pool. The STARFLAKE will live forever. Ah yes, and of course who could forget the elusive "armpolion" formation which is rarely caught on film. The "bunquis" sounds familiar, could you elaborate? 570 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmpwme 0 #25 May 19, 2003 the Bun-quis or "Marundy" as it is also known typically occurs when an unnamed tail flyer decides to geek the cam under the formation and steals a key, whereby the Point is so utterly confused that he picks up a sideboy grip on the outside center. The center flyers, being center flyers, are not confused and hold the intended point (the Bundy) - resulting in even greater confusion. It is actually a Bundy cleverly disquised as a Marquis. Given that the Marquis does not appear as a random formation and that a 21 was not on the skydive - it is worthy of mention - better yet, it included two participants and the videographer from the STARFLAKE. No stills were captured, but video evidence does prove its existence Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
