Georgia Dome

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Billfred

2009: Finally competing with a team! Also, getting screwed on Curie. (11th seed, and we both missed playoffs and Highest Rookie Seed? C'mon, son!)

1676 had a similar experience in Atlanta: 11th seed and never picked. sigh.

Originally Posted by IndySam

Oh and peeing next to the Woz.

You didn't turn to say hello, did you?

Green man group out in the courtyard. The l o n g walk, up and down and over and in and out...then ending up in that magnificent indoor space! The booth full of money. Andymark's booth for the first time! CD Meet & greet & T-shirts. That long escalator when coming from centennial park. Walking all the way from the Marriott as a group voicing the Super Mario Bros music. Watching others get wet in the fountain. And marveling at the efficiency of feeding a HUGE crowd with those long tables at the after-parties.

That being said: the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be awesome. A friend is a steelworker and his stories of putting the roof (and now the petals) in place are, er, interesting. Don't look down!

[Eugene Fang]

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=85417

[Nica F.]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=85417

Understood that what you've linked to is a distinct memory, but quite a negative one to have as your "best" memory without much of a sentence to support it. I for one am glad there were no fatalities during the incident you have reminded us all of.

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On a more cheerful note - I will miss all the Chief Delphi Web Hugs that were had at this venue! Safe to say that the ATL year Web Hugs were the first time I met many people I've grown quite close to (and am still close to today!). Just did a quick image tag search and found all of the old photos uploaded from the years 2005-2009 and they brought back quite the memories! First time I truly felt that the FIRST community was a big welcoming family. Hoping this is a tradition to bring back in the venues to come.

Also - wondering if anyone remembers the name of the place I'm talking about downtown, but I also had my first bison burger in Atlanta and it's left quite the memory as well!

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Nica F.

Understood that what you've linked to is a distinct memory, but quite a negative one to have as your "best" memory without much of a sentence to support it. I for one am glad there were no fatalities during the incident you have reminded us all of.

Yeah I guess by the time I finished reading all of the posts prior, I thought about distinct memories rather than necessarily good ones.

I'll never forget being so excited when, in 2010, 254 drove into the tunnel in auton in attempt to block 469's robot from getting into scoring position on Einstein. Too bad it didn't work. The volunteers were nice enough to allow some of us who had gotten eliminated earlier spectate from the floor on Einstein, and let us move closer to the field every time a match started. Best seats in the house!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

I'll never forget being so excited when, in 2010, 254 drove into the tunnel in auton in attempt to block 469's robot from getting into scoring position on Einstein. Too bad it didn't work. The volunteers were nice enough to allow some of us who had gotten eliminated earlier spectate from the floor on Einstein, and let us move closer to the field every time a match started. Best seats in the house!

It helps to leave the position controller on after you get where you are going.

[rspurlin]

Originally Posted by Nica F.

Also - wondering if anyone remembers the name of the place I'm talking about downtown, but I also had my first bison burger in Atlanta and it's left quite the memory as well!

probably Ted's Montana Grill - it is a chain so there might be one near you.

A venture partly owned by Ted Turner of CNN fame. He owns over a billion acres and ranches bison.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by rspurlin

probably Ted's Montana Grill - it is a chain so there might be one near you.

OMG yes, that place was so good! Mary Mac's was very good too.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

You didn't turn to say hello, did you?

Why yes I did and he was very nice.

The next year we were in the elevator up to the VIP suite with him and Janet and had a nice chat. He invited us to the Segway Polo Nationals in Indy that year.

He is seriously the most down to earth billionaire you will ever meet.

[DRow]

I miss Sir Charles.

Seriously, does anyone remember the name of the 2010 game?
https://youtu.be/54KG94wJvmc?t=1m21s

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by DRow

I miss Sir Charles.

Seriously, does anyone remember the name of the 2010 game?
https://youtu.be/54KG94wJvmc?t=1m21s

"You better ask somebody."

[Cory]

Originally Posted by DRow

I miss Sir Charles.

Seriously, does anyone remember the name of the 2010 game?
https://youtu.be/54KG94wJvmc?t=1m21s

OG Sir Charles in 2004 was the funniest.

GOING FOR THE HOOKUP, BABY!
WELCOME TO THE GEORGIA DOME, BABY!
5 POINT POSSIBILITIES...ALL OVER THE FIELD!
IT'S NOT OVER TIL IT'S OVER, BABY!
WELCOME TO THE ATL!

Classic.

[Peter Matteson]

2010:
Friday afternoon our robot fell from the bar in the second to last match of the day due to a bad cable crimp. One of our articulating drive pods was wrecked and we had just over an hour to our final match of the day.

We knew if we didn't get the robot back on the field and perform we wouldn't get picked because everyone would write us off.

Fortunately we had the parts ready and practiced this fix once we realized it was a possibility. The kids on our pit crew were prepping and had everything ready for when the robot got back and started working before the cart stopped in the pit. They rebuilt the drive and we had the robot re-inspected got out to the field for one of the final matches of the day and were able to show HOT that everything was working and we were good to go.

Saturday morning when the alliance selection is going on we are available for the #1 alliance of 67 and 294 to take as the final pick.

This went on to be our 5th consecutive trip to Einstein, and 2nd Championship.

All this happened because our pit crew was ready to go when they needed to be under real pressure and they didn't want to let the team down.

This was my best Georgia Dome moment and my best mentor moment at the same time.