What personal items to take to St. Louis?

[jwallace15]

I haven't been to worlds, but I assume one would want to bring a bag for buttons

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by jwallace15

I haven't been to worlds, but I assume one would want to bring a bag for buttons

Wear comfortable shoes. The pits are massive (the champs are like MSC but 10 time bigger). Also try to be patient when walking around. Security is very tight and will not allow you to walk into certain places whatsoever (there is no access to the arena floor at all if you are not part of a drive team like at the events) so have a good idea how to get from the pits to the stands.

[CENTURION]

Don't forget to bring your Gracious Professionalism!

[/Dorky mentor]

[Taylor]

Pre-load your phone with the necessary apps & services:
FRC-Spyder
Q&A
Manual
FRC-Megaphone
Also bring a charger to use in your hotel room AND the pits. Batteries usually last about 80% as long as you need them, and that last 20% is CRITICAL.

[Carolyn_Grace]

Items on my "essential" list for competitions, besides the ones already mentioned:

1. Clipboard! ...preferably one bought brand new at the beginning of the season, or one that has been "refurbished" with colorful duct tape and stickers. My own scouting notes are quite interesting (less robot-esque and more people-watching...), and a clipboard is completely necessary for this.

2. Purple pens ...my team is Purple Precision. If you're Marjie Jenkins, your pens will all be pink. Basically, a pen with your meaningful color of choice.

3. Permanent marker ...for those random sightings of awesome people. Awesome people can be defined any way that you like it. I've outgrown my "OMG it's DEAN!" phase, but I still adore talking to Mr. Flowers given the opportunity. He is such a gentle person. I also like to have a marker on hand for when I run into friends that I haven't seen in a while.


And, it's been discussed already, but DEODORANT!
I can NOT emphasize this enough. Please, please, please reapply every two hours, or more as needed. I know of a friend who carries Febreze to competitions with her, just in case she needs to freshen her team up. Bringing deodorant can greatly reduce your chances of random sprayings of Febreze.*

...*I do NOT condone the random spraying of strangers. It was just a funny scenario. I mean, imagine someone walking through the pits just randomly spraying some of the unfortunate people who forgot their deodorant. The safety advisers would have a field day, poor Green Shirts.

[Alexa Stott]

In addition to deodorant, I'm a big fan of face wipes and dry shampoo. Not 100% necessary, but I like it because I just start to feel really gross by 3 or 4 in the afternoon.