Also, how will distance be verified and/or counted? Should we put up some sort of indication as to how far we are throwing?
Saturday Night Contest - On Target!
- Thread starter CaseyRudd
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THIS WAS NOT EASY I REPEAT IT WAS NOT!!!!! EASY. Took 3 hours of practice to produce this result. Used a small card box as a side lid for the cap neary 12 feet i think. Good luck to all
Playing cards are playing cards. If it's a playing card, use it! We can tell the distance you are throwing from in the video; there isn't any super specific formula for this contest. Just throw as many cards one at a time into a target in 60 seconds!
Here is my entry. I used the Martin Lewis Spinner 8 feet away and got 1 card in!
Lesson learned I'll have to start practicing my accuracy with throwing cards.
Lesson learned I'll have to start practicing my accuracy with throwing cards.
This was tough!!
12ft, no backboard, and 9 CARDS!
MANY CARDS BOUNCED OUT OF THE BIN, IT IS VISIBLE WHICH ONES BOUNCED OFF....THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY COUNTED!!
12ft, no backboard, and 9 CARDS!
MANY CARDS BOUNCED OUT OF THE BIN, IT IS VISIBLE WHICH ONES BOUNCED OFF....THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY COUNTED!!
Sorry i picked the last card thinking it bounced off sorry! its 8 cards not nine!
Well ,so far we all used different methods , baskets, and produced different numerical results. What we can all agree on that is not different is that this was one tough challenge. Good Luck guys.
I hate you for showing me how bad I am at card throwing, my best was around 5 cards and I didn’t even start recording because it’s way not enough. And my wife hate you for the mess I made, there are cards everywhere on the floor and bins in every corner. We hate you.
All this is a joke of course but that’s one hell of a difficult contest, I can’t compete.
All this is a joke of course but that’s one hell of a difficult contest, I can’t compete.
Oh my word. I was like "how hard can it be?" So I did from 12 feet and the most I got was 4 - after probably close to 2000 throws. It was maddening. Most of the time I got nothing in. Oy vey.
Okay here's what I got. I moved up to the 8 feet mark with the Tupperware container facing upwards.
I only counted six for you... I could be wrong but I'm not sure "in and out" counts.
card throwing is hard true but the skill level of ppl entering SNCs has dropped. I mean look at the previous card throwing SNC contests like this one 6 years ago https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/saturday-night-contest-card-throwing.34831/
the no. for the card throws on target are touching beyond the 20 limit and even 30s
the no. for the card throws on target are touching beyond the 20 limit and even 30s
hopefully those yet to enter this one can use some inspiration and help from this past SNC to raise the bar again. Good Luck (I won't be entering this one tho lol)
I think G-forces and other variables have changed since 2013...(That's my argument and I'm sticking to it)
Ok, this was by far one of the hardest SNC's i've entered but here's mine: 6 cards at just over 15ft! took about 2 hours to get this result! Cards were thrown into a small wastepaper bin. Plz ignore the background noise/voices, there was a party going on upstairs.
Many lessons learnt from this one.
1. Card throwing is hard!
2. My guestimation of 'around 8"' is totally off.
So I didn't measure my distance before recording since I knew I was at least 8 feet away - in my mind probably around 10...then I read that everyone was posting their exact distance, so I just measured it, and I was at 15.5 feet away...I made this so much harder for myself *facepalm*
I count I think 15 in a literal bin from 15 feet away.
1. Card throwing is hard!
2. My guestimation of 'around 8"' is totally off.
So I didn't measure my distance before recording since I knew I was at least 8 feet away - in my mind probably around 10...then I read that everyone was posting their exact distance, so I just measured it, and I was at 15.5 feet away...I made this so much harder for myself *facepalm*
I count I think 15 in a literal bin from 15 feet away.
I think we’re all seeing an area we could improve in. My issue is so much centered in long term accuracy. The first 6 feet are easy. Then the cards start arcing up or down on me . I may just try this at the bare minimum 8 feet and try to reduce the power I put into the card instead of sitting at 12 feet to accommodate the power.
. I may just try this at the bare minimum 8 feet and try to reduce the power I put into the card instead of sitting at 12 feet to accommodate the power.