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Akash Rastogi 31-01-2011 01:39

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Definitely San Diego. While Midwest is always strong, the San Diego teams try to one-up their level each year. Especially in the case of teams like 973, 1538, and 1717 who dramatically improve each year.

svenw 31-01-2011 01:39

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Hardest to Win: Waterloo
Toughest: Midwest or San Diego
Yes there is a difference between which are the hardest to win and which ones have the toughest competition :p

Justin Montois 31-01-2011 01:42

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Midwest.

Midwest Elims are a great look at what you should expect in St. Louis.

If 359 was going to San Diego that might have tipped it though.

Basel A 31-01-2011 02:16

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1012246)
The reason the MI State Championship doesn't count is because it's a championship, not a regional. If the MI teams are going to take MSC as a regional, then I'll go ahead and take the Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein--especially Einstein--"regionals" as toughest.

Only being absolutely technical is MSC a regional. It just has a much more difficult registration process. :P Divisions don't count because they're officially part of the CMP.

Anyway, if we're doing districts, then Kettering and Traverse City take the cake.

Kettering has two-time defending world champ 67 and divisional alliance captains 33. As for divisional first-round picks, we have 27, 51, 67, 70, and 2337. These are just those teams that excelled at the CMP. How about MSC Champs 2834, or alliance captains of their upset district 1243? Plenty of other teams deserving recognition, like 494, 70's twin, or 3450, the remake of 397.

11 of last year's 24 MSC elimination teams came from Kettering.
By BBQ, it was the toughest week 1 event by far.

This year, due to space restriction, a few strong out-of-area teams were forced to move elsewhere, making Traverse City another strong location.

MSC Champs as captains 1918, Archimedes 2nd overall pick 201, and Newton 3rd pick and Kettering Champs 910 headline this event, but there's several other strong contenders. 830 and 2009 CMP champs 247 seek to come back from uncharacteristic lows last year. Sophomores 3357 are coming off an Einstein appearance. Newton and MSC first-round picks, twice district finalists (as captains no less), 2619 is hungry after coming up short time and time again in 2010. 2771 broke out last season, alliance captain at MSC.

Note that these are the best of the Michigan teams. Many other teams would be major contenders at most out-of-state events, but the teams I've mentioned are the ones that make it in the toughest place to play: Michigan. Some of the other Michigan events are more than loaded compared to most regionals, but Traverse City and Kettering are the toughest of the 9.

EricH 31-01-2011 02:26

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Basel A (Post 1012266)
Only being absolutely technical is MSC a regional. It just has a much more difficult registration process. :P Divisions don't count because they're officially part of the CMP.

All right, I'll take the entire CMP. 340+ teams, 4 fields, option for open registration (and then qualifying anyway), definitely a tough regional.:p

Actually, on second thought, I'll take IRI...:p:D Only 80 picked teams compete there, what's not to like? Oh, wait, not an official event

I'd say that any "compete-to-qualify-to-enter" event should be excluded from consideration for toughest regional. If you're there, it's because you're good anyway. Those events get their own category: Toughest of the Tough Events. (Eligible: MSC, CMP, IRI, other qualification/selection-based entry events I'm not aware of.) Of those, it's a tossup between MSC and IRI, but I'll take IRI (more teams, larger area that they hail from, and the insane amount of elimination ties last year). MSC for official event, with Einstein Field at CMP being tougher but not quite large enough for its own event.

Basel A 31-01-2011 02:55

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1012268)
All right, I'll take the entire CMP. 340+ teams, 4 fields, option for open registration (and then qualifying anyway), definitely a tough regional.:p

Actually, on second thought, I'll take IRI...:p:D Only 80 picked teams compete there, what's not to like? Oh, wait, not an official event

I'd say that any "compete-to-qualify-to-enter" event should be excluded from consideration for toughest regional. If you're there, it's because you're good anyway. Those events get their own category: Toughest of the Tough Events. (Eligible: MSC, CMP, IRI, other qualification/selection-based entry events I'm not aware of.) Of those, it's a tossup between MSC and IRI, but I'll take IRI (more teams, larger area that they hail from, and the insane amount of elimination ties last year). MSC for official event, with Einstein Field at CMP being tougher but not quite large enough for its own event.

By technical, I wasn't creating a definition of regional, but rather using FIRST's working standard. By FRC, MSC is a regional. I tentatively assume their definition is something along the lines of "Event that directly qualifies teams for the Championship," but this doesn't consider that district results plays into who goes from MI.

Regardless, I would agree with you otherwise. I'd go with Einstein, then IRI, the MSC. Einstein is a bit easier because you only have to win 4 matches though :P

Koko Ed 31-01-2011 03:05

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
I go to alot of regionals every year and of the six events I am going to this year Midwest should be stronger than FLR by a slight margin.
I expect improvements from Midwest in quality of competition this year (there was a huge drop off in quality after the top level teams at the event last year) with no other Midwestern regionals to dilute the pool at the event like it did last year. If 1114 came back there would be no question which was the strongest regional.
FLR is good at attracting solid Canadian teams and is one of the few regionals that can still attract teams from the Michigan to come. Teams from the mid Atlantic and the midwest often come as well. It is stronger in the middle of the pack than the Midwest which makes it more competitive during qualification. Being a week 1 regional hurts FLR as it will most likely be plagued by bugs while Midwest should have no such problems by week 4 and many of their teams should be doing their second regional.

gorrilla 31-01-2011 06:53

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Florida is going to be really intense this year.

Chris is me 31-01-2011 09:49

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
MSC isn't a regional for this discussion because it doesn't have open registration. The event is aiming to be the strongest event of the year by design and thus restricts invitations to the best. All other events, including Championship to an extent, have open registration.

You know what's weird? One of the following teams won't win Midwest this year: 16, 111, 71, 1625. To win that event you'll have to pick one of those teams or get through an alliance of two of those. Not even factoring in the other teams, is that something you can accomplish?

Lil' Lavery 31-01-2011 10:27

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
The regional with the most elite teams is rarely the toughest to win.

Patrick Seeney 31-01-2011 11:09

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Any regional featuring 469 is going to be tough :P ...we got some tricks up our sleeves that will be revealed at our first district event!

nikeairmancurry 31-01-2011 11:24

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Seeney (Post 1012391)
Any regional featuring 469 is going to be tough :P ...we got some tricks up our sleeves that will be revealed at our first district event!

Whips sweat from forehead... Can't wait to see it at MSC...

Chris is me 31-01-2011 11:57

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Seeney (Post 1012391)
Any regional featuring 469 is going to be tough :P ...we got some tricks up our sleeves that will be revealed at our first district event!

What year does this comment not apply to?

thefro526 31-01-2011 12:29

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1012364)
The regional with the most elite teams is rarely the toughest to win.

There is wisdom in this post.

In a field with a lot of depth like many that are being listed; San Diego, Midwest, Florida, MSC give you a better opportunity of being with strong alliance members, if you're a strong team yourself.

Personally, I find it hardest to do well when you're a strong team in a field of weaker teams, since it's harder to get with another strong team, and usually if two strong teams get together they walk right through the eliminations unopposed.

EricH 31-01-2011 13:49

Re: toughest regional in 2011?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526 (Post 1012438)
Personally, I find it hardest to do well when you're a strong team in a field of weaker teams, since it's harder to get with another strong team, and usually if two strong teams get together they walk right through the eliminations unopposed.

True that. L.A. 2008, 330 and 1717 made everyone else play for second place right from the get-go. L.A. 2010, the same two teams had to fight a lot harder, against the eventual World Champion team 294.


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