[VOTE] Greatest Mountain Teams this Year
 

Hello, all. One last thing. I thought it would be better to make it another post for this.

I would like to ask the assistance of Chief Delphi in helping me determine the ten greatest mountain teams this year. I know I could make my own list, but I want to know what you all think!

Please go to the link below to vote for your favorite teams from the mountain region this year. I define the mountain region as Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana, as well as Alberta. You all have until next Friday at 11:59 PM to submit your vote.

The website will have you vote for your top 10 teams. Please follow the instructions there.

The link is here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oFk...EjDBM/viewform

Your input is important! Please let me know what your favorite teams were! Thanks!

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Taters, 10 times

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Wait what about Appalachian teams? (Eastern USA)

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What, no Wyoming??

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Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.

-- John Denver

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Darn, I knew I forgot one. Wyoming teams are included!

As for everyone else, it pertains to only Rocky Mountain teams.

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#WyomingCoastBestCoast

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Better toss the entire PNW district in this discussion. The Cascades, Olympics and Alaskan ranges are real mountains by any definition. Unless you want to discount our volcanos Mt Rainer, Mt St Helens, Mt Hood, and Mt Adams as being undeserving of Mountain status.

Alaska has your Colorado range trumped several times over.

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I was actually thinking about including PNW in my area of discussion. The only reason I didn't was because I was pretty sure you guys had your own analysis already. Is that not the case? If PNW doesn't have a writeup of its own, I'd be more than happy to include you guys this offseason/next year! (I might also annex California if that WestCoastBestCoast guy isn't doing analyses anymore. That would bring all the western states into my domain, and all their mountains.)

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the appalacians are only short because they are hundreds of millions of years older than the rockies.

erosion's one heck of a drug

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Six days left, everyone!

Also, I have made a decision. Come this offseason/next year, I will be including the PNW District in my weekly writeup! Feel free to nominate PNW teams for the top 10!

Go vote!

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Four days left, all!

27 people have voted thus far, much more than I thought. Let's see if we can get more votes!

Also, please don't forget that California and Texas teams will not be considered. PNW teams will, though!

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WCBC would say that CA and Texas aren't eligible because they would fill up the entire top 10.

Also, 987 is an honorary CA team.

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987 is also an honorary AZ team though! :ahh:
#SouthWestDesertAlliance
#39-842-987-1726<3
#OnlyLastedAYearButStill

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Also, please don't forget that California and Texas teams will not be considered. PNW teams will, though![/quote]

We will?

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Yes. I have determined that since you all in the PNW District System do not have an analysis of your own that I will take you under my wing. Your mountains are certainly mountainous enough.

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Everyone wants to adopt 987!

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Haha, this kind of excitement about the tators would have probably helped a couple of weeks ago.

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This year I attended my first Mountain regional at Denver and I think that allows me the right to enter some favorites.

First off, I think your week four assessment missed some amazing teams that aren't talked about much instead you focused on some old-standbys that were chosen for finals, but in truth didn't perform that well and ended ranked low in the pack. I think a mention of some of the less famous high-ranked teams is in order.

I'm of course biased because we partnered with them in elims, but team 4593 "Rapid Acceleration" from Rapid City SD finished 15th and really looked good. In my list, I'll give them 4th.

1157 The Land Sharks from Boulder was a great group of people and performed exceptionally (that picked us), ending ranked 6th. Also only robot I saw with a human femur. Not a material I teach about in our classes. Hope that guy's not missing it. Very creative. My ranking, 3rd.

We (1108) pitted next to the very-orange Crush team 1011 and for a low-goal only robot, I had no idea that that many goals could be made. Also really great group and not used to being in the spotlight, so I've heard. They were Sooo happy. My 2nd.

Finally, in the first match I watched them, I told the person sitting next to me that I wouldn't be surprised to see them winning the regional. They abandoned track-drive the first year that half the rest of the world tried them, but they made such a great high-goal shooter. Of course I'm talking about 1619, Up a Creek, from Longmont. These guys come to KC for off-season CTTD every year and they're a welcome site. My first pick for a mountain team.

So that's what it looks like from the flat ground just east of your mountains.

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One day till Friday, everyone! That means you have less than 48 hours to submit your vote!

And my, oh my, I didn't expect everyone wanted 987 to be a part of their state. I mean, they're cool and all, but they're wanted by me, California, and Arizona? That's crazy.

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And they adopted us for a little while :)
Thanks! We had a blast in St Louis.

AZ West Winner 987-2468-3853

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Crush did have a surprisingly good robot this year.

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Alright all, home stretch! Remember the polls close at 11:59 PM mountain time tonight! If you like to vote at the last minute, now's your chance! It's been a surprisingly high number of responses, let's see it grow even more!