2008 Greater Toronto Regional!

[Graham Donaldson]

Team 1676 is making their first trip up to the Great White North (which happens to be my home country & country of citizenship) for GTR!*

*(or at least we're supposed to be- we still have to register)*


So, who's going? Who do we get to meet?

[T3_1565]

you get to meet us!!! 1565!! w0000 toronto regional is the best!!!!

[tseres]

you get to meet me!!! and the rest of team 1565

[tseres]

GAAAAA....he beat me to it.....

[Steve W]

Team 188 - The Force from the North - Blizzard

[Pat Fairbank]

Team 1503 from Niagara Falls will be there, of course. Should be fun; too bad it's not a Super Regional this year.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Team 1503 from Niagara Falls will be there, of course. Should be fun; too bad it's not a Super Regional this year.

I assume by Super Regional you mean 2-fielder? I thought it was always that way. Did they change the venue from years past?

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

I assume by Super Regional you mean 2-fielder? I thought it was always that way. Did they change the venue from years past?

The venue is, as ever, the Hershey Centre (a hockey arena). However, the size of the event varies from year to year, and the number of fields also varies accordingly. If there's sufficient demand for places (likely >60), FIRST and the regional committee might commit to the second field.

[Nica F.]

I'm currently in the process of raising funds to send myself up to volunteer... and also in the process of convincing my mom to let me fly alone

I'd love to go to GTR.

[Graham Donaldson]

It's confirmed! Team 1676 is coming to GTR (provided we pay, of course). The trip was approved by our superintendent sometime in the past few days, and we should be listed as registered for the competition, so we'll be there!

[scirobotics]

yeah you wanna gat those early because it can take quite awile.

[Gutgarts]

anybody know if there is going to be a social there?

[Vince lau]

According to the GTR agenda http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedfiles..._ON_Agenda.pdf
there is no social
some teams make their own socials by going to dinner with other teams or going to playdium (big arcade type place)

[Graham Donaldson]

1676 is going to the playdium on Thursday night.

Speaking of which, it may be a little late now, but I have a question for area residents/teams that have attended before: (at least this year) the Playdium offers two different packages. One's a two for one on credits (160 credits instead of 80 for the same price), and one is 80 credits and a meal voucher or something. Here's my question: for people with experience at the Playdium, which is the better idea? Will a person run through 160 credits easily, or is 80 enough? Should we get the 160 credits anyways, even if we won't finish them, because the meal prices are realistic and buying your own food isn't a big deal?

Looking for opinions/commentary on this...

[Vince lau]

the 2 hour unlimited is probably the best deal, but I guess it depends on what games you want to play since some games are exclude on the unlimited card.
I would go with the 160credit if you're not planning on getting the unlimited card, because the credit value varies depending the game you play. I'll call them later and ask what the credit for games range from.
i'm guessing you'll have more then 3 people go so the price for the 160credit is 22.50, so its a $0.50 difference between the unlimited and160 credit