Sacramento: To go or not to go?

[rmyounis]

I did qualify for Div1A and Div2 in Sacramento, but California is an awfully long way from Kentucky...oh, oh, what to do? Two days of fencing new people vs. rent money for the fall?

[Zelda]

If I can fencing a competition in Singapore, get on a plane and fence 2 days later in adelaide, you can fence Nationals!

[Peach]

I'm going, and I have less reason than you do! (and I'm coming from Pennsylvania) But then I'm nuts.

[Maeve_Mari]

Sacramento is good - even if coming from Kentucky. Go for it.

[oiuyt]

I'm going from PA. Fencing 2 days and reffing 8.

If it means that you're living in a box on the side of the road in September then don't go.

The decision is different for everyone. For about 5000 people the answer is to go. For the other 15,000 USFA members it's don't go. We can't tell you what the "right" answer for you is.

-B :)

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

If you think it would enrich you, and make you a better fencer, then do it. I only qualified for y-14, so I'm not going. I'd go if I were you, it might be your last div 2 event.

[demon_fencer]

I'm going. Its going to take me about 15 minutes to drive from my house to the venue.

I feel the same way you do when they stick the Summer Nationals way out on the east coast. I skipped the 2002 Summer Nationals partly because of the distance (partly because I hadn't qualified for Div 1A and was sulking).

If it helps any, Jet Blue & Southwest both fly into Sacramento, and it doesn't take any time at all to drive in from SF or Oakland. Most of the local tournaments have me hiking it down to Stanford for a tournament that lasts for a couple of hours.

[glowstix]

The decision is different for everyone. For about 5000 people the answer is to go. For the other 15,000 USFA members it's don't go. We can't tell you what the "right" answer for you is.

and for some of us, the choice is not ours..

[KShan5[PrFC]]

I'm coming all the way from Massachusetts so.....I don't really want to hear about anyone complaining about distance. It doesn't get all that much further than Logan. If I get hired I'll hopefully be able to make up some money...but I'll be there for about ten days, fencing three events probably.

If you're going to have to change your address because you went to Nationals I probably wouldn't recommend it. But then again, it really just depends on how much you want to put into fencing.

[Araznal]

The rule for me is two events is enough to go anywhere in the country. It is really fun to travel a long way and fence in a high level competition at least it is when I do (which is not often). I told myself that if I qualified for two events this year, I would definitely go, but after the longest weekend of my life and a big problem, I only qualified for one competition. If you can go, just do it and forget the consequences. Besides, it's California .

[counter riposte]

Difficult Decision.

Why don't you become a referee? If you work the remaining 8 days of Summer Nats, they pay for part of your airfair and hotel.

Just an idea.

[fixxmyweapon]

i'm in the same glitch. except i dont have rent to pay, i would just be uber poor forever. i'm already taking two weeks off from work to go to russia, i dont think my boss would be to thrilled for me to hop out to cali for a week, seeing as i just got the job. but then again, it is nats...damn flights to cali for being so expensive.
i would go for paying your rent, and rocking out nationals next summer. and to make up for it, hit up a few NAC's before nats and rock some peoples faces off.