Quote:
Originally Posted by Zflash
However I think the determining factor in deciding if the regional is the hardest is the sheer number of teams in attendance. Scouting comes more into play and your odds of winning get less. Sure every regional has it's own powerhouse teams but every once in a while a rookie team or a team that is finally coming into thier own can surprise you. The only way to identify them is scouting efforts.
|
The number of teams attending is definetely a factor, because like Zflash mentioned chancesof winning are reduced. However, there are definetely those teams that have consistently brought good robots.
the one example I can refer to, would be the New Jersey regional, where over the last 3 years (or 4) 25, and 103 have been allied and have won the regional. To their credit they have amazing mentors and great students who come up with innovative robots every year and that definetely counts towards making a team much harder to defeat, hence making a regional that these types of teams attend harder.
I'm sure if we were to play with numbers and determine the statistics, that these veteran "powerhouse/dominating" teams holds the majority of alliance spots at regionals.
Although, the great thing about FIRST is the exchange of information, which makes it possible for those few rookies that become top 10 at the first regional they attend.