[FRC Blog] 2015 Events are Being Posted!

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by pastelpony

This year will be different for my team...we've never done a week 1 event or even anything before week 5 before. We're definitely not going to miss a district event in our own city. We usually go to Pine Tree for week 6 (which this year is a week 3 event to my surprise.) We're going to have to much, much better with time this year.

I guess the lack of a week 6 event is better for planning for the NECMP (my team didn't know we made it to the NECMP until only days before it because of Pine Tree and as a result we had only days to prepare.)

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the NECMP in Boston; I hoped it would have stayed there.

Yes the new schedule will be interesting. Glad to see more Saturday/Sunday alternatives for teams to compete at to avoid days out of school. I am also really excited to see the UNH event moving to the Whittemore Arena instead of the field house that wasn't the most ideal location.

I'll agree with you on the DCMP. Of all the regionals in New England the Boston Regional was one of the best run events I have been to. Being in Boston really made it feel like the hub for the NEFIRST district and it had a lot of great food choices in the venue and surrounding. It wasn't the easiest commute and doesn't have a the biggest selection of local hotels but it wasn't impossible. We commuted each day without a problem. I personally have reservations about WPI being able to adequately host such a big event considering the size of their facilities. They have hosted Battlecry for years which has had a higher number of teams in attendence in an overly crowded and chaotic pit area however Battlecry doesn't draw the same volume of attendees from the public and teams. I foresee a very crowded pit area which I'm not looking forward too. There is also no cell service in the pits which is a massive downside.