<p>Hey, so I was planning to attend National Science Bowl, but I was recently informed that my team for Moody's Mega Math Challenge was invited to Manhattan to present our work. Unfortunately, these two conflict, and the people at Science Bowl are being very difficult about letting us leave early, even though we'd only miss the final match, which we are frankly unlikely to participate in. I was wondering if anyone could offer advice on the relative prestigiousness of M3 and NSB, as well as on how flexible NSB is about accommodating conflicts. Thanks! </p>