What to Expect In Atlanta

[Robyn Needel]

First of all, I want to re-emphasize what everyone else has said, Atlanta is like no other FIRST event, it is amazing!

To answer your questions: the four divisions are Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, and Newton - sense a theme going on?

About teams in your hotel - it's very likely that there will be lots of other teams staying where you are. There's actually a thread here on CD where you can check that out and post your location.

For pre-scouting, you should probably look at all the teams. Once all the regionals are done, the divisions are set up within a couple of days and will be posted on the Championship website. For competition, you will be scouting your own division...unless your team gets to the finals, and you'll have to get info on the other Einstein teams.

The passage from the pits to the floor of the Georgia Dome is indoors through a series of roped off walkways and loading docks so you don't have to worry about inclement weather. Just hope that it's nice for Saturday night, because the party's held in Centennial Park - where you and 20,000 of your closest friends will have a blast together!

Limiting cheering? Not that I've heard about - it gets pretty noisy in the Georgia Dome!

I hope we get to meet up. I'm a mentor for 768 from Baltimore. We are staying at the Days Inn downtown, along with our rookie team 2866, some extra friends from 2199, a team from Tennessee, 2775, and a couple of other teams that I read about on CD.

Robyn

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

WOW! I wasn't expecting so much advice! Thanks alot. I still have a few questions...

1. What are the names of the four devisions?

2. Is it very likely that there will be several teams in our hotel?

3. As a member of scouting should I worry about scouting teams not in my division or focus just on those teams?

4. Will there be an indoor passage from the pits to the field in case of inclimate weather?


Once again thank you so much on your help. Can't wait to see you all there.

Oh, and I heard something about limiting the amount of cheering. Can someone give some specifics on this? Thanks.