The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

[Lil' Lavery]

Great Lakes
65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 201, 254, 322, 451, 494, 503, 1114, 1213

[Bill_Hancoc]

im gonna say great lakes...there is ALWAYS a powerhouse of teams there and its always one of the toughest regionals. I(the team) have been there the last 2 years and its always a very hard regional...very competitive and well planned.

on a side note i really like Eastern Mi Univ. They have a very good setup for a robotics competition. Nice pit areas and easy to navigate.

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

Hands Down, Great Lakes! Flat out tough! I've never been there myself, but the competition is always very entertaining.

St. Louis gets a close second with the TechnoKats and ThunderChickens always a threat.

[Jherbie53]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Great Lakes
65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 201, 254, 322, 451, 494, 503, 1114, 1213

Besides 254, 503, 1114, and 1213 all of the others are waiting to get in West Michigan. If they get in, and you add 27, 33, 71, and 111 to the mix, wouldn't that be better than Great Lakes?

Originally Posted by Bill_Hancoc

on a side note i really like Eastern Mi Univ. They have a very good setup for a robotics competition. Nice pit areas and easy to navigate.

This is true. I wish there was more room at West Michigan. This last year was a lot better with two pit areas, but a down side is congestion at queuing.

[Dan Petrovic]

There isn't much of a contest there....

I voted Boilermaker... I'm kinda biased though.

[JackN]

I'm going with Western Michigan. It has a tougher field than GLR (if most of those waiting list teams get in) and the atmosphere is more competitive. They both are nice venues for a regional. I'm just slightly bias towards WMR because it is my favorite regional.

[Richard Wallace]

I'll concede that the strongest Midwestern field will be at one of the three Michigan events. Michigan leads the nation in total FRC teams and is second only to New Hampshire in teams per capita.

But the BEST regional of 2007 will be in St. Louis. And Boilermaker will be a great event, too.

[Kyle Love]

The most competition will be at GLR, in my opinion. The sleeper will be St. Louis, look for some big plays out there.

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

Originally Posted by 1derboy

I'm going with Western Michigan. It has a tougher field than GLR (if most of those waiting list teams get in) and the atmosphere is more competitive. They both are nice venues for a regional. I'm just slightly bias towards WMR because it is my favorite regional.

Note: A non-Midwest rep-digit team won this regional in its rookie year (2002) and [hoped to come] back to WMR for a third time.

[Joel J]

(Not having seen the pending list,) its either West Michigan or GLR. Hard decision. I'll have to give it to West Michigan, though, as it has a higher concentration of stellar *past* performance.

[GMKlenklen]

Yah, totally St. Louis, just because it's the one I"m going to, and it's not during my midterms! (otherwise I'd drive up there) p:

[HUNT397]

I have gone to both many years. I feel that both are great regionals BUT West MI is a better/harder regional. Here are my top 5 reasons.
1. West MI is the last weekend of regional’s (teams know what they are doing)
2. The BEAST is back!! (enough said)
3. Det took away more distinguished teams from GLR fast because it is toooo small and fills up fast!!!
4. The First 25 teams give me butterflies just knowing we have to go against them one time or another.
5. the cheesy poofs could not make it to GLR (maybe next year)

[ALIBI]

Can't say that there is a bad regional out there. Each has there own good and bad points. I would have to say that the GLR is a great place to see what is to come. There are alway a couple teams that are ready, willing and able to show us just how great a game FIRST has come up with. It is early in the season and kind of lights the fire. The WMR is the culmination of four weeks worth of regional action and fine tuning of the machines, drive teams, scouts, stategists etc. etc. etc. As Mr. Verbruggie says, pound per pound the WMR is one of the toughes out there. Especially this year with both The Beast and Wildstang coming. I sure hope that 111 is able to webcast the WMR. My vote has to go to WMR.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Jherbie53

Besides 254, 503, 1114, and 1213 all of the others are waiting to get in West Michigan. If they get in, and you add 27, 33, 71, and 111 to the mix, wouldn't that be better than Great Lakes?

With 254, 503, 1114, and 1213 you have 3 trips to Einstein in the past 2 years (including one finalist and one championship), 6 regional championships in 2006, one FIRST Hall of Fame team, and a 2006 Chairman's Honorable Mention at Championship. Plus, do we know who is on the GLR wait list?

[Jherbie53]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

With 254, 503, 1114, and 1213 you have 3 trips to Einstein in the past 2 years (including one finalist and one championship), 6 regional championships in 2006, one FIRST Hall of Fame team, and a 2006 Chairman's Honorable Mention at Championship.

I wasn't saying that these teams aren't good. I was saying that 9 of the 13 teams you mentioned; as being a reason why you like GLR, are on the waiting list for WMR; and then adding the other teams I metioned, this might make WMR a little better.

Another reason I tend to think WMR might be a little bit better; is that its on the last weekend of regionals, where GLR is on the second weekend. Which means that most teams have competed in at least one other regional, before WMR, and have a good idea what they want to do at WMR.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Plus, do we know who is on the GLR wait list?

Last thing, we don't know from the First website who's on the wait list for GLR, because right now its full. But you probably already checked yourself.