SoCal 2005 (Whose Coming?)

[Naomix599]

Team 599 Robodox will be there! We'll also have our First Aid Station there, also. Definately looking forward to it. On a sidenote, are any formal gettogethers going to take place? Like going to Universal City Walk or anything? I think it would be a lot of fun we did =)

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Naomix599

Team 599 Robodox will be there! We'll also have our First Aid Station there, also. Definately looking forward to it. On a sidenote, are any formal gettogethers going to take place? Like going to Universal City Walk or anything? I think it would be a lot of fun we did =)

Plans are in work for an informal gathering at Universal on Saturday night. This may or may not include reduced price tickets for Universal Studios, that is still under negotiation. This event would be semi-official, organized and arranged by the Regional Committee but not funded by FIRST or sponsors like a team party. So people will have to pay their own way and there will be non-FIRST people as well.

Teams are welcome to arrange their own events on other nights. (Mini-Golf tournament on Wed night anyone?)

ChrisH

[cvhsrobotics]

Originally Posted by ali_rockon22

I'll confirm that. Yes, team 188, Woburn Robotics, is coming this year. We will be coming, of course.

I see you guys are comming there too this year , I liked your homer hat or was it a mask that you guy put on someones head and walked around .

[greenz_gurl15]

812 will be coming from San Diego.

[aziandorkess]

Ditto Hue.. I think one or two more teams from San Diego are coming... but some are going off to Vegas, which is the same weekend...
SoCal is going to be great though. :smiles:
I know this is wayy early to start talking about this- but Team San Diego's also hosting the post-season lock-in and scrimmage this year. Tons of fun! Great weather! So keep an eye out for info...

[Dested]

498 (From glendale AZ) , after being sad for not having anything to do for the rest of the year, has decided to come up to SoCal this year. :-D

[Donut]

Or so we hope. We're still working things out, a few unforseen problems...

[TheDonger]

Hey, you gotta have the spirit. Were going! A tleast we can be excited about it now, but if we end up not going then we can mope but then we have a week of spring break to recover!

[Cactus_Robotics]

Yea, well that Hue on 812 is a shady character I dont know if Ill be there... oh, wait as everyone on my team knows FIRST robotics is like my crack, heroin, whatever! So watch out 812! j/k

[Cactus_Robotics]

Hey where is everyone from out of town staying? After reviewing some of the hotels im kinda worried about putting our team is some of those hotels like for instance read this review...

Inglewood: Los Angeles Adventurer: "Bad neighborhood+crap mangement"
July 16, 2003: A TripAdvisor Member, Seoul,Korea Compare prices with:

We were robbed at gun point directly across the Hotel. This black man asked me and my wife if we wanted to buy crack! We said no thanks and then he pulled a gun and demanded our money. When we called the police they said this happens quite often in Inglewood. The hotel is in pretty bad shape. The neighborhood is very poor and gunfire can be heard at night. The manager said "Oh that's never happended before!" Frank Sharma then asked us when are you going to pay the rent! We had already paid for our rooms in advance. There was a big computer error...Don't stay here!

So any help i could get would be great THX.

[Daniel Brim]

I would say an airport hotel is close enough to the GWF. It's not walking distance; probably about a 5 minute drive without traffic. Inglewood is generally not a great neighborhood. There are also hotels literally lining the beach, but these tend to be a bit pricey.

[sanddrag]

I haven't heard specific instances about Inglewood and I'm not sure if I've ever really been there but I've heard that it generally is not a great place but I have heard that once you are inside the gates of the forum you are good. Supposedly the forum is a better place than the sports arena. And as for safety outside the gates, it really can't be any worse than the Phoenix regional can it? We encountered some pretty questionable fellows and businesses (along with all the grafitti and wanted posters) on our excursion to the Six Points Hardware last year. But, we came back okay.

Inglewood should be okay if you are careful and alert and don't act stupid. All you have to do is convert your pockets into the sharp tools toolbox. Seriously, I had my hand on my (knife open) leatherman in my pocket all the way to the hardware store at Phoenix last year. You know, just in case.

Also, please don't let Inglewood scare you away from the LA regional. We need more great teams to make this a great regional once again.

[Ali Ahmed]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I haven't heard specific instances about Inglewood and I'm not sure if I've ever really been there but I've heard that it generally is not a great place but I have heard that once you are inside the gates of the forum you are good. Supposedly the forum is a better place than the sports arena. And as for safety outside the gates, it really can't be any worse than the Phoenix regional can it? We encountered some pretty questionable fellows and businesses (along with all the grafitti and wanted posters) on our excursion to the Six Points Hardware last year. But, we came back okay.

Inglewood should be okay if you are careful and alert and don't act stupid. All you have to do is convert your pockets into the sharp tools toolbox. Seriously, I had my hand on my (knife open) leatherman in my pocket all the way to the hardware store at Phoenix last year. You know, just in case.

Also, please don't let Inglewood scare you away from the LA regional. We need more great teams to make this a great regional once again.

Exactly. Inglewood is not the best city in the world in terms of gangs and what not but when you are in the Forum you are fine. Again, like sanddrag said, don't do anything stupid and if you need some place to hang out after the regional at least come down to Universal City Walk, if thats happening again this year. I hope so.

But still there is nothing really to worry about.

[aziandorkess]

:nods: yes, there will be a citywalk social thing.. I believe it's Saturday evening..

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Cactus_Robotics

Hey where is everyone from out of town staying? After reviewing some of the hotels im kinda worried about putting our team is some of those hotels like for instance read this review...

[i]Inglewood: Los Angeles Adventurer: "Bad neighborhood+crap mangement"
July 16, 2003: A TripAdvisor Member, Seoul,Korea Compare prices with:

We were robbed at gun point directly across the Hotel.

Time to move the regional to the Anaheim Convention Center...