Most Exciting Regional.

[Pavan Dave]

Now that all the videos have carefully examined and Championships is almost underway, what did you think was the most exciting regional? Which regional would you want to see all over again? *Also there isn't a single FIRSTer who attended every single regional who can tell us facts about why that one regional was the most exciting one. In this case we can only make prediction. When you post, please discuss why the regional was the most exciting one.*

Pavan

*This segment of my post was written by Arefin Bari.*

[KathieK]

ConnVex. Definitely!
(But I'm a bit biased.)

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by KathieK

ConnVex. Definitely!
(But I'm a bit biased.)

Only because it had such a great MC. Right, Kathie?

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Only because it had such a great MC. Right, Kathie?

AWESOME MC, great volunteers, my favorite music, super teams attending... when can we do it all over again?

[BHS_STopping]

Hmm, Midwest had 5 final rounds? Davis, Sacramento, had 5 quarter final rounds in one match. Alliance 1 vs Alliance 8. That was pretty intense, but I'm not really partial to any regional as of now.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by BHS_STopping

Hmm, Midwest had 5 final rounds? Davis, Sacramento, had 5 quarter final rounds in one match. Alliance 1 vs Alliance 8. That was pretty intense, but I'm not really partial to any regional as of now.

Yeah... plus the #1 seed alliance (1000, 648, 447) played a total of 12 elimination matches. Three quarterfinal matches, four semifinal matches, and five final matches. Definitely the most exciting regional I went to... heh.

[DBiehl]

My personal favorite was Boilermaker, what with all the great teams like techno-kats and 1501 being upset in the first round and many matches coming down to whether or not a robot will be lifted or get up a ramp. The final match (with it tied 1-1) came down to whether or not (sorry if i missed the team #'s) 1023 could get up 461's ramp, while no ringers were scored and 1555 lifted 234 and 1730 up for 2 15 point bonuses.

Though I know for a fact that I have a biased opinion

[efoote868]

by the end of the summer, IRI

[George A.]

I've only attended 3...but NJ was personally my favorite.

We had a Hawaiian team and Canadian Team, and awesome MC...AND a conga line that wrapped around the field not once, but twice! We danced, the hula, did the hokey pokey, and the teams were amazing! Not to mention our mascot pit.

[Quijas]

yea I thought Vegas was very exciting as well.

[shamuwong]

West Michigan, of all the ones I went to this year. Plus, we won, so I'm kinda biased.

It was truly an amazing regional. The eliminations were intense; I felt that any of the alliances could have been the one to win. Even 494 was around for the 2nd round of picking. That should tell you something about the caliber of the robots at that regional.

[SgtMillhouse648]

Originally Posted by Budda648

Yeah... plus the #1 seed alliance (1000, 648, 447) played a total of 12 elimination matches. Three quarterfinal matches, four semifinal matches, and five final matches. Definitely the most exciting regional I went to... heh.

Midwest all the way. 4 match quarterfinal, our 4 match semi, and our 5 match final. We played 7 back to back matches and by the end, even the coach was feeling it. Sometimes there wasn't enough time for the controller to shut off in between the battery changes. Then the controller never got reset, and all our autonomous did was raise the ringer in the air... but im not getting into that now. Even from the very beginning, Midwest was the most exciting.

Malhon

[Arefin Bari]

Pavan, good topic. But I would like to point out few things.

If I were to really comment on which regional was the most exciting one, I may be bias or only talk about the ones I attended. There isn't a single FIRSTer who attended every single regional who can tell us facts about why that one regional was the most exciting one. In this case we can only make prediction. When you post, please discuss why the regional was the most exciting one.

I watched quite a few webcasts and attended Florida Regional. Out of all, I believe the Waterloo Regional and Las Vegas was the most exciting ones. First reasion being the emcees and the game announcers, they made the arena rock. Mark Leon is always jumping up and down, and Karthik always tells stories; on the other hand copioli makes the match sound very intense at all point of time. The DJ kept the crowd dancing all day long and music that he played during the match was exciting. Also, the volunteers worked all day long to keep the regional going smooth and on time. If I had a chance, I would definitely like to attend Waterloo and Las Vegas Regional.

[Koko Ed]

For sheer energy of the whole event:FLR.
For the best elims of the four events I attended (FLR, BAE, GTR and Buckeye) the nod goes to Buckeye.

[dbell]

I have not watched all of them but I liked florida, and Davis sacramento the best.
They had a lot of good teams, and were exciting.