The Superregional format was pretty cool. Here's exactly how it was set up.
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Originally Posted by 1075guy
Am I the only one that would like to see the return of the Super Regional format?
This format was used in 2004, and IIRC 2005 at the then Canadian Regional (now Greater Toronto Regional).
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It was used in 2004 and 2006, for FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar and Aim High.
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It was a Regional with 2 fields. There were ~85ish teams there, IIRC. Matches would run on Field 1, and then after the match, while Field 1 is resetting, a match would run on Field 2.
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In 2004 there were 75 teams and in 2006 there were 74.
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16 Elimination Alliances were run on an extended bracket.
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2004 there were 16 alliances (without serpentine), and in 2006 (with serpentine) it was brought down to 12 alliances. Many teams were not fans of the 16-team elimination bracket as it created weaker alliances all around, leading to the compromise in 2006.
Also, for many awards there were doubles given out. Team Spirit, General Motors Industrial Design, Motorola Quality, Imagery, and the big one, Rookie All Star Award.
I was at the event in 2006. I did enjoy the double event - it was very spectator-friendly, and having some of the teams who came up from the US for it (217, 65, 45, 229, 703) in 2006 there was really very cool and inspiring. I've said this before on these boards, but being on an alliance with Ken Patton as a coach for one of the other teams was one of the neatest moments in my FIRST career. The number of matches we were able to get in, even with the huge amount of teams, was great.
I wasn't a fan of the expanded elimination rounds, even with the 12 - in my opinion the combination of that and the serpentine draft, even with the level of awesome teams at the top, really lowered the quality of some of the quarterfinal matches. That was the only real issue I had with it.
The return of the superregional would be neat to see, but whether or not it does, GTR will always be a great event!