Overheard from the 3/13, 3/14, and 3/15 MATHCOUNTS Chapter Invitational Livestreams
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Part 1 (Sprint 1 through 19)
"i am a big fan of professor and will sure get admission in CMU ONEDAY" --- G. K.
"uranus was discovered today 240 years ago" --- T. M.
"This is called “blob math”. It’s when you are too lazy to write out all the numbers.” --- Prof. Loh
"this kinda crazy im seeing 2 of my idols at the same time" --- W. (In response to seeing both blackpenredpen and Omicrongaming's official accounts in the chat)
"that highlighter is cool :0" --- A. C.
"blackpenredpen is here?!" --- V.
"LOL. 5 for Q5" --- Blackpenredpen
"BPRP in da house!" --- A. M.
"…. And a = b! Then why is there a b (in the equation)? Get rid of it, get rid of it, get rid of it!" --- Prof. Loh
"Writing the letter b in my scratch work is horrible. What might happen? B is a very dangerous number, so I’m very scared of writing the letter B." --- Prof. Loh (talking about how the letter B looks like an 8 )
"happy Pi day everyone" --- B. M.
"pieeeeeee" ----
"now I crave pie" --- H. W.
"ooooh those emojis lol" --- A. C.
"2 negitivds does not = a positve in real life" --- E. Z.
"Oh no, is that not a strawberry? That’s a ladybug!" --- Prof. Loh
"It is a dogcreambug" --- S. A.
"I thought that was a strawberry too" --- Blackpenredpen
"Actually, that’s really cute. 2310! Who would have thought that 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 had all different digits, all of the smallest digits smashed together? That’s just cool. This deserves to be put on many more competitions. 2310!” --- Prof. Loh, after realizing that \( 2 \times 3 \times 5 \times 7 \times 11 = 2310.\)
"I was so disappointed to have to turn it in and get a new number" --- Prof. Loh, remarking on how his now-expired passport number had one of each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Digression about how Prof. Loh once was stuck sleeping in an airport on two chairs which combined were not long enough for his body, and how he made it work!
See the original photo of Prof. Loh sleeping on two airport chairs!
"if prof loh writes any hard questions im guessing 2310 now" --- B. Z.
"GASP another verified person" --- H.W.
"Now there’s a gaming channel and a math channel" --- S. Z.
"Gaming channels can like math too" --- Omicron Gaming
"imagine 3b1b just pops in right now" --- I. T. P.
"“Oh come on. Minus one? No, plus one!”" --- Prof. Loh
"factoring is SO satisfying" --- H. W.
"why does this guy sound like my friend c:" --- T.
"Po-Shen Loh reminds me of Eddie Woo" --- A. X.
"It’s not about the solution, it’s about the journey you take to solve the problem" --- Omicron Gaming
"i think kody is in a coma" --- I. A. C. (referring to the MATHCOUNTS problem about the boy who oversleeps despite multiple alarms as well as his dad calling him)
"Just tell his dad to call when the alarm rings" --- A. D.
"my dad would probably yank off my blankets and throw open my curtains lol" --- S.
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@debbie I.A.C has 1000 iq
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"Lol a quarter of my day is dedicated to Po-Shen Loh" ---- T. 1
"I DID A PROBLEM RIGHT WHEN LOH DID IT WRONG IM SO PROUD" --- R. C.
"we do be havin a party in tha chat" --- F. C. T.
"this outstanding modern problem requires an illegal move beyond science" --- S. X.
"still remember the paper boy imposter thingy" --- S. J.
"LOL YES THE PAPER BOY IMPOSTOR SITUATION" --- P14
"Daily Challenge with Po-lynomial" --- J. Z.
"///(;;;-;;;)\\ its a spiderr" ---- S. Q.
"po do you wear the same shirt for every livestream" --- J. Z.
"all his shirts are hte same color so he desnt need to use brain cells to pick" --- S. Q.
"hey sup I'm back i was thinking it's 3:15am in India whether to sleep or be alive lol" --- P. S.
“Oh this runs into my head, almost. It’s good I just got a haircut.” --- Prof. Loh
"haircut=no more numbers running in to your head" --- F. C. T.
"poshenloh's 101 looks like a lol" ---- A. C.
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