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Re: Atlanta: The Wrap Up and Grading
I never went to Disney, as this is only my second year in FIRST, but I do think Atlanta was better than Houston. The Georgia Dome is in a much nicer area in Atlanta than the Astro Dome is in Houston (maybe that was Atlanta sucking up to the Olympics), the team social was great because you actually felt like you were at a big party, not just some random theme park (plus I'm not a big fan of roller coasters), and I thought the convention center was a much nicer place for the pits than the Astrodome.
The food was better this year, but they still have room for improvement. I've never liked the assumption that high school students only eat junk food, and I'd prefer some healthier options because I found myself eating my own food and wasting lots of dining dollars, which kind of defeats the purpose. The healthy stuff they did have, tended to be in the wilted lettuce salad or mealy apple category.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn and I really liked how close it was to the Georgia Dome, but I think it was the closest one. The shuttle system last year was really nice, but I'm not sure it was necessary this year, so whatever. I wish they still gave us t-shirts and I didn't really like what they had to offer in the store. I was looking for something a little more, shall we say, cheap (and by cheap I mean free). The security was weird because we couldn't use certain entrances/exits, and I didn't really understand why in some cases. And I agree that it was annoying how we couldn’t bring food bought in one building to the other.
I also liked that the drive teamd didn't have to pull their robots up millions of ramps in Atlanta. That was nice. Overall, the move to Atlanta was a good one.
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Anne Byrne
Alpine Robotics
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