[RoboTigers1796]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Complaints about Steele

I don't mean to provide evidence that its a "cop out". I was just suggesting that when you are a company aggregating hotel or airline data in this "modern" day of internet vetting, you are a business trying to make a profit out of the ether. Not an easy job, and there will be people who are unsatisfied with the process.

Supply and demand. Hope you don't qualify in week 7.

Fortunately, your team won the New York City competition last week, so you know that you're eligible.
Now the mentors have to find the time off from work, and you have to:
Find a decent airfare or commission a bus;
Raise additional funds from your generous sponsors;
Deal with a diminishing supply of accommodations with the increased scale of the CMP. oh my!

Not an easy task, but something the RoboTigers have pulled off 2 out of the last 3 years.

Maybe the GDC could use this as the basis for next years game.
And you thought a warehouse was boring.

Oh I agree completely, Steele almost didn't allow us to go to champs in 2012 and then AGAIN in 2013 because they refused to accept our only form of payment that we are allowed to issue for weeks (purchase order). Neither company are perfect so maybe its just frustrating we went from something bad to seemingly worse.

And yes, i most definitely feel bad for teams qualifying week 7. I wouldn't want to be in this situation then. It's sad to think some students may not be able to experience championships after their hard work of qualifying for silly things like this.
By the way, best of luck at your event this coming weekend!