2006 Most Competitive Regional

[Dan Richardson]

So this year with so many regionals out there splitting up the FIRST talent pool, what do you think is the most competitive regional to this point? Do you think we've seen some of the better competition out of the regionals already or is the best yet to come?


( I wanted to do a poll for all the regionals but you can only 25 options :-D )

[Joe J.]

Great Lakes gets my vote, there were so many good teams there.

[Alex Cormier]

GTR and then a close second of FLR.

a little biased, of course not.

[Dan Richardson]

Heh I may be a little biased but the competition at florida was pretty stiff, midwest looked pretty amasing to.

But can't discount the 73 teams at the Greater Toronto Regional that has yet to come.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan

Heh I may be a little biased but the competition at florida was pretty stiff, midwest looked pretty amasing to.

But count discount the 73 teams at the Greater Toronto Regional that has yet to come.

it's 74 now. i think 4 was added to the list just recently.

[Nuttyman54]

definitely not SVR this year. Defense was sorely lacking until the eliminations.

EDIT: Before anyone gets on my case about this, i do not mean to knock SVR in any way, shape or form. I personally love the regional, but (after comparing it to video of other regionals) I think that the teams this year could have used their time better. Obviously, there were some very notable teams out there, but I think the majority had a very hard time with in-game strategizing this year.

[omutton]

I am really excited for the Greater Toronto Regional. I think it will be one of (if not) the most competetive regional out there. It would be interesting to see how many 2006 Regional Champions will be attending GTR this year.

[Richard Wallace]

Week 5 will have the second highest average number of teams per event, the most 'experienced' teams (with one or more previous Aim High events behind them) and the largest single event (GTR). So the best is yet to come.

[Freddy Schurr]

Everyone is wrong so far! The most competitive regional is going to be the Philadelphia Regional in the last week of March. There are a lot of competitive robots competing at the event and it going to be a hard competition. It is going to be eventful.

Any Midwest Regional. Great Lakes and Midwest i would have to say.

[Aaron D.]

I must agree with freddy, philly will wthout a shadow of a doubt be the best regional, yes this is a totally biased opinion. But the atmosphere at drexel is AMAZING such a small space with such great teams there like, 365,56,173,56,433, 84,103..and the list goes on, basically this is the powerhouse of east coast robotics

[pakrat]

I think GLR was a little lackluster this year. I'd like to say Midwest was pretty much the best, but i think some fierce competition is still on its way.

[dangerousdave]

The Peachtree Regional was very competitive. Almost every quarter final, semi final and finals went to 3 matches. The scores for the entire regional were relatively low because everyone was heavy on the defense. We never got all 6 robots on the ramps even with Dave Lavery offering 2 dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts to each of the 6 teams.

[JackN]

I am going to go with Buckeye. I know it may be biased but competion was very deep. The number 1 (135) and 2 (1024) seeds at Boilermaker were both there. Midwest runner up 141 was there. The number three seed in Detroit was there (703). Strong teams like 123, 494, 48, 461 were also there. It may not have had many teams but all the teams were strong.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by 1derboy

I am going to go with Buckeye. I know it may be biased but competion was very deep. The number 1 (135) and 2 (1024) seeds at Boilermaker were both there. Midwest runner up 141 was there. The number three seed in Detroit was there (703). Strong teams like 123, 494, 48, 461 were also there. It may not have had many teams but all the teams were strong.

I'll agree...Buckeye's seeding matches were very tough. Finals were very close and very exciteing, but the seeding matches were difficult to get though.