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Re: So which one is more exciting? Regionals or the Championship?
I've been to three championships: Hexagon Havoc 1996 at Epcot (with one of two St. Louis teams started that year; both have since disbanded), then Stack Attack 2003 in Houston, and Triple Play 2005 in Atlanta. Also seven regionals: Toroid Terror 1997 at Midwest (rookie year for that regional, I think), Zone Zeal 2002 at St. Louis (rookie year for that regional and for my current team 931), Stack Attack 2003 at St. Louis, First Frenzy: Raising the Bar 2004 at St. Louis and at Midwest, and Triple Play 2005 at St. Louis and at Buckeye. Starting in 2003 I have also volunteered at every FIRST event I've attended.
Regionals are more enjoyable for me. About 50 teams and the volunteer staff needed to accommodate them makes for an event size where I can comfortably try to meet and interact with most of the participants. Given the choice, I'd rather go to my home regional (St. Louis) and one or two others, and skip the championship.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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