I remember Nationals at Disney... (yes, i was there!) i was in 7th or 8th grade, and i went to the last National Championship held at Epcot with a friend of mine to go see my brother's team compete... that experience is what really hooked me on to FIRST. the cheering, the suspense, the robots of course, and all of the swag... (i still have the buttons i collected way back then!) everything was just an incredible experience. sure, the Pits were really hot and didnt really have sufficient air conditioning, but please, we're talking about
Florida. Whats a trip to Florida without experiencing the humidity?
Everyone has made good points... I wasnt at the Houston Championship (a year before my time) but i've heard that in comparision, Atlanta is better. I can't really say i prefer Atlanta to Disney because i never really experienced the whole Disney experience as part of a team, i was just moral support.
But for now, i believe Atlanta is where its going to stay.
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Originally Posted by Vin211
... I foresee in the future there is going to be Two National Events. FIRST is getting way to big for just one. I imagine someday there will be one held in the south (i.e Houston, Atlanta) and another held in the north (i.e Toronto, New Hampshire). Either of those cities will do. ...
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I'm tempted to tease about the Confederate mentality...
(just kidding), i dont like the thought of two
separate International Championships. (remember, FIRST is not just for we spoiled United States-ians... its for all of the teams across the globe!) the thought just makes me really uneasy. sure, in regards to funding and geographical location it seems more logical, but theres also a lot you have to take into consideration... for the Championships,
every team should have to face the same circumstances for competition... the same arena, the same altitude, the same everything... if not, thats not really fair, is it? You're all talking about how FIRST is outgrowing everything... thats not a bad thing! and there are ways to get around it. for example, instead of just three competition days, there might be four or five! (could you imagine
week-long competitions??) Also, instead of just breaking everyone going to the Championship into four groups (einstein, curie, newton, archemedes), you could break it into five or six, so that you could have the same amount of matches with more robots in the same time period. there are ways around growth "issues"... one just has to be creative! =) i know that at Atlanta, theres
plenty of room for at least one more field... and if we somehow outgrew Atlanta, i'm sure FIRST is resourceful enough to find somewhere new to host it. who knows... maybe one day, FIRST will have its
very own Robotics Stadium! thats a couple of years off... but you can't reject the idea. it could happen. =) anything can happen with a little perservierence and hard work. isnt that what FIRST teaches?
fret not fellow FIRSTers... if you fear you'll be bored at the Championship Event (i'm not quite sure how thats possible... but regardless),
make your own fun! invite other teams over for a game of Twister or DDR... stop complaining, and be creative!
