Most Stacked Regionals ever

[Mitchell1714]

I was looking at regional team lists to see which events I should watch on the stream. This year the Robowranglers are going to Waterloo which puts several "powerhouses";1114, 2056, 148 and 610 along with other high quality teams such as 865, 1241, 1285 and 4039. This raised the question, what is the most stacked regional ever? Im not going to count district championships or off-season events because MSC and IRI would be on the list every year.

My first guess would be Midwest 2008 (16,33,48,71,111,503,1024,1114,1625).

Are there any regionals that have been more stacked?

[Cory]

Great Lakes was pretty high up there in like...2006 maybe? Somewhere between 2005 and 2007.

[Knufire]

SVR 2013 was pretty stacked. 118, 148, and 233 went up there to join the slew of regulars (254, 971, 973, 1868, etc.).

[MaGiC_PiKaChU]

this year's waterloo is something

148, 610, 1114, 1241, 1285, 2056...

[Thad House]

SVR 2015 was pretty stacked. 254 was doing 4 stacks all by themselves.


I'll leave now....

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Thad House

SVR 2015 was pretty stacked. 254 was doing 4 stacks all by themselves.


I'll leave now....

and Co-Op some matches!

[BigJ]

I'd definitely go with Midwest 2008 and 2009 were up there for most stacked (of that era, anyway). 2009 was weird though.

[RyanCahoon]

Originally Posted by Thad House

SVR 2015 was pretty stacked. 254 was doing 4 stacks all by themselves.


I'll leave now....

True. I would say most regionals from 2003, 2005, and 2015 were more stacked than competitions from other years. The robots were pretty well stacked in 2007 as well.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

True. I would say most regionals from 2003, 2005, and 2015 were more stacked than competitions from other years. The robots were pretty well stacked in 2007 as well.

I'd have to say that '99 takes the cake for most diverse stacking, though. For all the young'uns out there: First, you stack doughnut-shaped, foam-peanut-filled game pieces known as "floppies" in and on your robot. Then you stack your robot on this large mobile platform called the "puck" (and hope that the "puck" is in the right place to give you a 2x multiplier). Then you put the "floppies" in your robot as high up as you can put them (or rather, taller than the head ref's measuring pole)--and keep them there until after the refs figure out the score. tl;dr: stack your robot on the puck, stack game pieces on top of your very tall robot.

And you thought noodling cans was exciting.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by EricH

And you thought noodling cans was exciting.

No we didn't.

[mipo0707]

waterloo every year!!! livonia 2015 dallas 2015 sacramento 2015 finger lakes/new york city 2011-2015

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by BigJ

I'd definitely go with Midwest 2008 and 2009 were up there for most stacked (of that era, anyway). 2009 was weird though.

This would have to be my vote as well.

Originally Posted by MaGiC_PiKaChU

this year's waterloo is something

148, 610, 1114, 1241, 1285, 2056...

2016 Waterloo isn't all that different from 2014 Waterloo. Waterloo regardless of year is always top 5 regional quality. If not #1 often. Midwest used to be super stacked every year, ans SVR has been great for ages too. There was a CD paper awhile ago comparing regional strength by average OPR or something. (I know right? OPR bandwagon) But it's a decent general trend indicator.

Anyways Stacked Divisions are the most interesting to me. Far higher quality of play.

EDIT: Also you are missing like half the fabulous teams at Waterloo. Missing 3683 and 4039 should practically be a crime

865 has been putting out better robots sequentially, and I expect them to have their best season yet in 2016. 1360 is 1334 breakoff. (I think?) 4678 and 5406 also tend to put out crazy awesome robots. Not to mention some of the wildcards like 3161 or 4917.

EDIT2: Also any texas regional with the usual 118/624/148/1477 etc etc

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by BrennanB

1360 is 1334 breakoff. (I think?)

Your correct, 1360 has basically the same setup as 1334 had in 2013 during the teacher strike (we work out of a college tool and die shop) except that the majority of students are rookies. We should be at least as good as 865 .

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by mipo0707

new york city 2011-2015

Have to definitely disagree on the NYC one.

The NYC regional is an awesome experience in a huge facility with a large international presence. It is not however, "Stacked".

The highest OPR was 49.24 from team 3419
second was 694 with 47.41
and third was 3171 with 35.69

If you compare that to Waterloo you see the dramatic difference.

The highest OPR was 118.76 from team 1114
second was 2056 with 112.52
and third was 5406 with 77.26

6th seed at Waterloo would have been 1st seed at NYC and 9th seed at Waterloo could
have been 3rd seed at NYC

The 2014 NYC regional was a slightly better with 4039 in the mix. 4039 was 1st seed at NYC and third at Waterloo. Although it still does not compare to the powerhouse regionals.

Pre 2014 I didn't do FRC so I cant really say whether the NYC regional could be considered stacked.

I did however compete in the 2014 NYC regional and spectated the 2015 NYC regional and I can tell you they were not stacked.

We will be competing in the 2016 NYC regional and some pre scouting shows that it will most likely be the least stacked in the last 3 years. There is a crazy amount of rookie international teams so its hard to say for sure. Also 4481 is making a visit which should be fun.

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Also 4481 is making a visit which should be fun.

Replace "should" with "definitely"