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Here is the BBQ numbers.

I just nailed down the expression to calculate the numbers based on Finalist and Champion awards for JVN. I think I am going to wait until tomorrow to run it though. I have a hunch FIRST might be starting to get irritated at me for hitting their servers so much.

If anyone is interested in seeing the scripts feel free to PM me for details.

EDIT: I don't know if that file has the line breaks set up properly, basically if there dont appear to be line breaks tell me and I will see what I can do (Im on a Unix machine) or better yet, format the line breaks for windows. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Here it is formatted for Windows

As an aside, I highly recommend NotePad++
It is a powerful Notepad replacement that allowed me to perform this conversion in seconds.

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Thanks, Andrew. The file opens with line breaks in Wordpad, but not in Notepad.

Right now, it looks like Las Vegas has the best BBQ, followed closely by two MI district events (Kettering and Cass Tech). Of course, the Midwest and Rochester Regionals are high on the list as well. It's gonna be a great season!

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Thanks, thats how I formatted the other one, but I am not at work anymore and I don't want to install ANOTHER text editor on my machine.

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Vegas has 3 teams with double-digit banner counts; I don't think many others have more than one. That can't hurt...

(Vegas also has all but one of the dominant West Coast teams.)

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So come again? We saw 1 for ours. :confused:

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They are post 2005 banners

wait nvm, i see what you're saying.

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Yes, the first data set is cut off before 2005. Most of your awards were won prior to that cutoff. See Billfred's post for a description of the method.

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wow We have 2 banners:confused: sweet i dint know that seening we dont have any:o ...( bum bum bum) :eek:

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According to FIRST, you were Finalists at the 2006 Ohio Regional and won the team spirit award in 2008; Banners are not actually given for either awards.

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Nice Catch, if anyone else catches flaws PLEASE tell me, I have fixed this one but simply cannot check every bit of data for every team.

I will re-run this tonight and supply more correct data. Sorry.

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I was actually just thinking a bit; a lot of the teams that are attending the Vegas regional do have a lot of banners, and yes they are very good; but a lot of these banners were won at west coast regionals, which in my opinion aren't as competitive as some of the east coast ones.

I'm not saying any of these powerhouse teams are bad, just that a lot of powerhouse east coast teams that are equally good will have less regional wins in comparison.

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So, what is the one for us? Finalists count too?

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Man... all this talk about barbecue sauce is making me hungry...

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I respectfully disagree. Generalizing that East Coast regionals are more competitive is arguable. I think we can honestly say we've experienced both and to me, they are more or less equally tough give or take the specific ones mentioned by others in this thread. :D