Things to do on the way down to Atlanta?

[Zach O]

I was just curious as to what some teams do on the way down to Atlanta. I know 2337 is planning on having a mini LAN party on their ~15 hour bus on the way down, along with much sleeping and listening to iPod. So, what do other teams do to pass the time?

[Alex Dinsmoor]

We have a lot of DS parties on the bus, and also watch tons of movies.

Along with that we play numerous card games, tons of verbal puzzles, and of course I will be playing with my iPad

[jblay]

We watch movies and when our teacher picks a bad movie we mock it.

Also pictionary in the middle of the bus on a massive white board that is meant for putting up our schedule in the pits.

And my least favorite one is draw, with a sharpie, on the face of someone who has fallen asleep. I'm usually on the receiving end of this.

[Clinton Bolinger]

Pictionary on the Bus sounds pretty sweet.

Zach add it to the list.

-Clinton-

[AnibaS]

An insane amount of sugar!
A LOT of movies, gossip, card games, with few strategy discussions here and there!

[AcesJames]

Our team takes a 3ish hour bus ride from the school to NYC, and then a flight to ATL, so we don't usually get to bored, doing all the shifting around while we travel on Wednesday. However, our team usually has some LANs going, as well as some strategy and scouting sessions to get us pumped up for the competition. Maybe a sing-along here and there as well We don't usually play movies, because everyone is either doing their own thing, or is doing something in a small group, and we don't bring a huge group of people to Atlanta anyway. Plus, our total travel time is only about 6 or 7 hours, and a good portion of that is the time after the bus arrives and before the plane leaves, sitting in the terminal.

[ErikEdhlund]

The obvious answer is to find a way to stop any alliance with 469.

[Chickenonastick]

Team 3256 will be on a flight to Atlanta, so we are hoping for those in-flight entertainment systems on the backs of the seats. Sadly, I recall my last flight to Atlanta had none.

...and we're flying the same airline.

[Jason Law]

For those who enjoy watching movies on the way to Atlanta (or for anyone really)... Do you have any good movie suggestions?

[AnibaS]

Originally Posted by Jason Law

For those who enjoy watching movies on the way to Atlanta (or for anyone really)... Do you have any good movie suggestions?

Our list so far:

Up
Wall-E
Artificial Intelligence
Blade Runner
Harry Potter (entire series, unfortunately= 18 hrs)

[BigJ]

Short Circuit is a classic roboflick

[kjolana1124]

Indiana Jones is always up there.

I also try and sleep because I know it's the last time I will for the next three days. xD

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Short Circuit is a classic roboflick

NO di-sass-sem-bull! No dis-as-sem-bull!

[Ahnxlazyman]

The most imporant thing to do on the way down to Atlanta: bathroom breaks!!!!

I'm all for bus rides to Atlanta, in fact, that's one of my favorite things about Competitions..

The Ride Down.
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I'm one for entertaining during bus rides, in fact I tend to play a few "pysch" tests with some of my kids to see what kind of person they are, anyways.

If you like pictionary, my advice is to look into Electronic Catch Phrase, it's like Taboo and Pictionary where you try to describe the word, a bit easier than Taboo, but still very fun.

I enjoy making fun, or Dubbing movies on the way down, that's always fun.
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Story: my first year on the team (Junior year '05-'06) our bus broke down in north Carolina on the way down to the Peachtree regional. some sensor had gone haywire and would think the bus is overheating and shut off the bus every 30 minutes or so, so we'd have to go 35mph for the last leg of the trip.

believe me it got on everyone's nerves, though we managed to not be at each others necks. Things we did included: making fun of "The Day After Tommorow." telling stories, and sleeping.

[JHay]

Definitely going to start off with some sleep. Then, as the day wears on, we're going to be watching some movies I hope. Then at night or should i say probably after 7 pm we will kick off a massive rave party in the bus, much to the displeasure of our fellow teammates who are sleeping or doing other things .