Yes, I'd love to know what their criterion for an audition city is, there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason for it (although having one or two within a fair distance for most people would seem to be the most logical, but this time, Upper Midwesters like me (well, not really, but you know what I mean) and Pacific Northwesters like MaureenK are out of luck. (My sister reminded me today that if I got an audition I'd also have to be able to afford to go to Toronto, something that would be less of a problem (although affordability is still a factor, albeit a lesser one) if something like Minneapolis was an audition city.)MaureenK wrote:Nothing even remotely close to the Pacific Northwest this time! Gaaah!
Vijay's comments (and others' who have been in the TOC and made similar comments) do give me hope, but my problem is that this won't be my fourth audition, this will be my fourth time taking the test, I have yet to be called for an audition.nlw44 wrote:I keep the words of Vijay Balse in my mind, after he won his tournament of champions I think, when he commented on how many times he had auditioned before finally getting on the show.
I'm a bit worried about that too. As someone who (reluctantly) chose Toronto, I'm worried that if more people choose Buffalo, they might just give most Toronto-choosers the heave ho, so as to not make Buffalo overloaded. (I'm thinking, though, maybe they have plans at this stage to do both, and they are different times of the year.)MexiKen wrote:Interesting that they included both Toronto, ON and Buffalo, NY as potential cities. Neither were available last year. I have to think that they will choose one or the other depending on responses, not both.
I don't think that means what you think it means.bpmod wrote:I was especially (pleasantly) surprised by that, considering both are within walking distance of my house.
(Yeah, I know, per Steven Wright, "everywhere is walking distance if you have the time", but I can't picture walking that much, walking 30 minutes to work for my last job (and hopefully to my next job, as a place I interviewed for last week that I'd really like to work at is a 30 minute walk in the other direction from my house) is about it for me.)
Hope to see you there!bpmod wrote:I spent a lot of time trying to decide which of the two I should choose, but Toronto won out 'cause there's a train. (Time will probably be of the essence.)