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Re: Peoples Feelings on Atlanta's Nationals(like as many people to respond as possible)

I liked Atlanta a lot. A lot of people are complaining about the homeless, but they really didnt bother me. Living near San Francisco my whole life, I'm used to much more aggressive homeless people doing a lot of drugs.

Our hotel was really great. Kudos to FIRST for getting deals with all these nice hotels, at good distances from the venue.

The venue was good. The setup of the venue wasnt the greatest. Pit aisles could stand to be widened a few feet. It was darn near impossible to get through some of them throughout the day. I thought pit size was pretty good, but maybe a tad smaller than the standard 10 feet.

The walk from the pits to the field with the robot was good. The security people there were a little overzealous in their quest to turn back people without badges, but you can't really blame them.

The walk from the pits to the dome was WAY too long. There has to be a more direct route. I know there were stairs, but the escalators delayed everything. you would have to leave the dome almost 30-40 minutes before your match started if you were a member of the drive team.

Food in the dome, while overpriced was not that bad. Had you gone to an Atlanta Falcons game, the food would have costed much more than what we paid. Quality of the food was not top notch, but at least there was a fair selection. I see all these people complaining about food prices, but then at the competition I saw all these people trying to get rid of their extra meal coupons on Saturday, so I'm not really sure where the complaint is.

Was I the only one that discovered "Food World" on the lower level of the GWCC? Good, cheap food

The Einstein sound system "leaked" into the Galileo and Curie fields during FLL. Not the end of the world, but a little annoying. Kind of unavoidable.

The upper decks above Einstein should have been opened during the finals. I know the second one was, but during the awards/finals, people were stretched all the way from Curie to Galileo.

The Team party was awesome. I didn't do any of the games and stuff, but it sure looked like there was a lot of cool stuff to do, and I had a bunch of fun.

Overall, not much to complain about beyond the walk from the pits to the stands. I will look forward to an even better competition next year

Cory
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