Strongest Regionals/District 2016?

[BL0X3R]

For the PNW, Auburn Mountainview has been a competitive event in its existence, but Philomath this year seems to be the strongest for 2016.

Usual Contenders:
CV Robotics [955]
Wildcats [1510]
Spartan Robotics [997]
Hotwire [2990]
Skynet [2550]

Joining this year: (This is where it gets really scary)
Shockwave [4488]
Skunkworks [1983]
IRS [1318]
Bear Metal [2046]
Lion Robotics [2907]

And still only 28 spots filled

[feverittm]

I would agree regarding Philomath in the PNW. This is going to be interesting. I would expect a lot of people will be watching this event as a pre-cursor to District Championships

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by BL0X3R

For the PNW, Auburn Mountainview has been a competitive event in its existence, but Philomath this year seems to be the strongest for 2016.

Usual Contenders:
CV Robotics [955]
Wildcats [1510]
Spartan Robotics [997]
Hotwire [2990]
Skynet [2550]

Joining this year: (This is where it gets really scary)
Shockwave [4488]
Skunkworks [1983]
IRS [1318]
Bear Metal [2046]
Lion Robotics [2907]

And still only 28 spots filled

It is great to see that Philomath is going to have a deep set of teams to draw from.

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by BL0X3R

Joining this year: (This is where it gets really scary)
Shockwave [4488]
Skunkworks [1983]
IRS [1318]
Bear Metal [2046]
Lion Robotics [2907]

You're forgetting that the Skunks were there last year too. I think they won it or something...

[Bob Steele]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

You're forgetting that the Skunks were there last year too. I think they won it or something...

Actually.... we didn't win it... our ALLIANCE won it.
We could not have done it without 955 and 847. They were great partners and we look forward to working with them again this year!!!

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

Actually.... we didn't win it... our ALLIANCE won it.

Now there's a great example of the basic concept of FIRST right there!!

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by BL0X3R

For the PNW, Auburn Mountainview has been a competitive event in its existence, but Philomath this year seems to be the strongest for 2016.

Usual Contenders:
CV Robotics [955]
Wildcats [1510]
Spartan Robotics [997]
Hotwire [2990]
Skynet [2550]

Joining this year: (This is where it gets really scary)
Shockwave [4488]
Skunkworks [1983]
IRS [1318]
Bear Metal [2046]
Lion Robotics [2907]

And still only 28 spots filled

We briefly discussed traveling to Corvallis for this (it's the same distance as Las Vegas) as we're looking for a third regional, but the PNW Districts don't have a provision (yet) for outside teams.

[Bob Steele]

We would have loved to see you there!!! That would be loads of fun.
FIRST actually is the issue. You can only play in a District event if you come from a different District.

Last year 190 came all the way out from WPI and New Hampshire to compete at Philomath. They were from a District though...

Hope to see you guys in St. Louis!!
Same field again would be nice...... it seems to work out that way for some reason..... In the last 5 years we have been in the same division 4 out of 5 years.....last three in a row.... Only missed you guys in 2012 when we were on Newton and you were on Curie.

It is interesting that our two teams have been on either Curie or Newton for all of that time.

Now if we could just figure out how to be on the same Alliance for elims it would be even nicer