[17:48] maresofdiomedes: and everything except olympiad math sucks
[17:48] iamthebobster: lol
[17:48] maresofdiomedes: the boards i mean
[17:48] iamthebobster: sure
[17:48] maresofdiomedes: too many idiots
[17:48] iamthebobster: hsb and below are definitely junk
[17:48] maresofdiomedes: and foreign people who can't type in latex
[17:48] iamthebobster: arent olympiad boards just loaded with foreign people
[17:48] maresofdiomedes: and the problems suck or all are too easy/hard
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: yeah
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: like
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: some stupid puzzles out of SciAm in HSB
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: or something
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: not like ARML fun stuff
[17:49] maresofdiomedes: so the problems posted are crap
[17:49] iamthebobster: v ery crap
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: and like 5 people do everything
[17:50] iamthebobster: armls also crap
[17:50] iamthebobster: sfba hella got owned this year
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: ???
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: oh
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: see
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: whatever
[17:50] iamthebobster: right
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: at least the problems don't suck
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: and then in the AMC forum
[17:50] maresofdiomedes: every thread is either
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: "what is the floor"
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: "how do i study for the AMC"
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: how do i study for the USMO
[17:51] iamthebobster: haha yea
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: etc etc
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: carp
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: and like Richard and Mr. Patrick are cool
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: kinda
[17:51] iamthebobster: kinda
[17:51] maresofdiomedes: but they don't do anything except write books
[17:52] maresofdiomedes: and they haven't written books recently
[17:52] iamthebobster: arent they working on them
[17:52] iamthebobster: the interm books
[17:52] maresofdiomedes: so i'm like put away the chips and the strippers and write my books
[17:52] iamthebobster: LOL
[17:52] maresofdiomedes: yeah
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: they are so totally slacking off
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: Richard is like blogging for other people now
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: and not writing my books
[17:53] iamthebobster: true
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: there probably won't be olympiad stuff
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: until i graduate highschool
[17:53] iamthebobster: they even got rid of those olymp classes
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: yeah
[17:53] iamthebobster: damn w00t sucks helal
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: WTF with that
[17:53] iamthebobster: compared to olymp classes
[17:53] maresofdiomedes: WOOT is such a bloated overpriced thingy
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: i mean the classes are fine
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: but the books are better
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: and the books don't cost $500
[17:54] iamthebobster: havent looked at the nwer books
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: so WRITE MY BOOKS
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: they are more refined
[17:54] iamthebobster: yea
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: more focused
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: generally better product
[17:54] maresofdiomedes: i like them
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: but still
[17:55] iamthebobster: i own like 2 of them
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: they are for mathcounts/AMC people
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: which is probably the biggest market, true
[17:55] iamthebobster: but my sisters using them
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: they are good books, i can't diss them
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: yeha
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: good for new people
[17:55] iamthebobster: my sister's hella bad at math
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: not scary and fast the AopS1
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: *like
[17:55] maresofdiomedes: whatever
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: i'm hella bad at math
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: ok
[17:56] iamthebobster: dude i should hella review like
[17:56] iamthebobster: the sops books
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: and so
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: we have all these people getting big heads
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: and being like
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: yeah
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: i rock
[17:56] iamthebobster: you rock
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: when really
[17:56] maresofdiomedes: anything over AIME doesn't matter
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: it's all a scam
[17:57] iamthebobster: dude
[17:57] iamthebobster: life's a scam
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: pay for the contests so we can tell you what you already know and give you an ego boost
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: pay for our books so you get a better ego books
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: *boost
[17:57] iamthebobster: yea....
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: but dude
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: this is of epic proportions
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: like 5 people control everything
[17:57] maresofdiomedes: titu, richard, whatever
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: they write the contests
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: they write the books
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: they run the camps and classes
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: buy my books so you can do good on my contest!
[17:58] iamthebobster: lmao
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: and they spin it so it is
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: "problem solving"
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: but they are basically saying
[17:58] maresofdiomedes: problem solving is basically a codeward for intelligence
[17:59] maresofdiomedes: and all these asians want to be smart
[17:59] maresofdiomedes: so they see math as a way to be a genius
[17:59] iamthebobster: and run into a white genius dude like odorneyh
[18:00] maresofdiomedes: and then you get like 1000 people who score 4 on the AIME and are twelve and start growing 1 hair on their balls and think they rule the world and are a genius
[18:00] maresofdiomedes: case in point
[18:00] iamthebobster: uh
[18:00] iamthebobster: lmao
[18:00] maresofdiomedes: MATHCOUNTS
[18:00] iamthebobster: haha
[18:00] maresofdiomedes: so many people
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: being tricked into thinking
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: they are smart and will contribute to society if they can shave .01 seconds off their Countdown time
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: think about it
[18:01] iamthebobster: dude that is so true
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: you know I'm right
[18:01] iamthebobster: do you know him li
[18:01] iamthebobster: jim li
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: it's a completely artificial market
[18:01] maresofdiomedes: li?
[18:01] iamthebobster: he got to mc nats
[18:01] iamthebobster: he has like the
[18:02] iamthebobster: biggest ego ever
[18:02] iamthebobster: and always being a whore
[18:02] iamthebobster: i ask him
[18:02] iamthebobster: why do you do math
[18:02] iamthebobster: he says
[18:02] maresofdiomedes: AoPS/Titu is like the McDonalds of mathematics
[18:02] iamthebobster: for glory?
[18:02] iamthebobster: im laughing my ass off
[18:02] maresofdiomedes: he does math because he is an attention whore
[18:02] iamthebobster: YES
[18:02] maresofdiomedes: half of the people on the boards are
[18:02] iamthebobster: definitly
[18:03] maresofdiomedes: and like treething
[18:03] maresofdiomedes: he thinks he is cool
[18:03] maresofdiomedes: he is a poser
[18:03] iamthebobster: lmao
[18:03] maresofdiomedes: and I am a poser, this is true
[18:03] maresofdiomedes: but I don't say i have skills
[18:04] maresofdiomedes: and treething tries to be like arnav and fails badly
[18:04] iamthebobster: lmao
[18:04] maresofdiomedes: but he is worshipped by some people
[18:04] maresofdiomedes: and dude
[18:04] maresofdiomedes: if you posted this on your blog
[18:04] maresofdiomedes: so many people would comment and be like
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: "no competitive math is cool dude"
[18:05] iamthebobster: [18:04] maresofdiomedes: if you posted this on your blog
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: yeah sure it is fun
[18:05] iamthebobster: hmm should i
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: but there are better things in life than math
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: namely:
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: sex
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: drugs
[18:05] maresofdiomedes: money
[18:06] maresofdiomedes: and I don't mean to discount math as a fun thing to do
[18:06] iamthebobster: lmao
[18:06] maresofdiomedes: but balance it out
[18:06] maresofdiomedes: get some strippers and some weed
[18:06] iamthebobster: haha lmao
[18:06] maresofdiomedes: i know richard does
[18:06] maresofdiomedes: how else do the books take so long?
[18:06] iamthebobster: lolll
[18:07] maresofdiomedes: so that's my random thought for the day
[18:07] iamthebobster: dude wtf
[18:07] iamthebobster: random?
[18:07] iamthebobster: did yo come up with this on the sopt
[18:07] maresofdiomedes: yeah