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View Poll Results: Best Midwest Regional
St. Louis Regional 5 6.94%
Great Lakes Regional 28 38.89%
Wisconsin Regional 8 11.11%
Boilermaker Regional 5 6.94%
Detroit Regional 1 1.39%
Greater Kansas City Regional 2 2.78%
Midwest Regional 5 6.94%
Buckeye Regional 5 6.94%
West Michigan Regional 13 18.06%
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The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

I want too know what people think is going to be the best regional held in the mid west?

Will it be Great Lakes, Midwest, West Michigan or another one. Right now it looks like a tough one to choose one, and I'm going to save my vote until after Kickoff.

But for my biased opinion right not it looks like West Michigan is one of the top 2, easily. With Wildstang - 111, Robo Dawgs - 288, Chief Delphi - 47, and all the Holland area teams, teams 74, 107, and 141 (I can't remember exact team names right now) signed up right now, and teams 27, 33, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 85, 322, and 494 (to many teams for names) waiting to get in, it will be a tough one.

I only named the teams that stood out too me from last year. Because there are teams going that might not have stood out too me but are good teams.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

Great Lakes
65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 201, 254, 322, 451, 494, 503, 1114, 1213
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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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?

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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.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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

I voted Boilermaker... I'm kinda biased though.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

The most competition will be at GLR, in my opinion. The sleeper will be St. Louis, look for some big plays out there.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

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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?
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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?

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.
I think that answers your question. Which regional did the top teams enter, and with which one are they sitting on the fence? The event in S.E. Michigan is naturally "better" than any in the rest of the mid-west/nation/world because more great teams come from here than any other place - by a bunch, not even close. I.E. count the number of Champions over the last five years that come from S.E. Michigan.

In fact, if Detroit would move from WSU to MCCC, then West Michigan would become the third "best" mid-west regional.
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I think that answers your question. Which regional did the top teams enter, and with which one are they sitting on the fence? The event in S.E. Michigan is naturally "better" than any in the rest of the mid-west/nation/world because more great teams come from here than any other place - by a bunch, not even close. I.E. count the number of Champions over the last five years that come from S.E. Michigan.
WMR is approaching an IRI level of competion even. I feel for any rookies going there but I'm also jealous of the show they'll see in those elims. Some one please webcast this for those of us that will be elsewhere!
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

Hey, easy on the rookies! We won WMR- and Lead the Alliance- in 2004!! NEVER underestimate ANY team. "Power house" reputations are nice and all but you never really know what will happen until the teams hit the field.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

I will definitely will have to go with West Michigan, my eyes just got bigger as I went down the list. I had to look twice to belive the team list and pending list. I was thinking to myself "IRI". looking forward to this regional and it will be a blast there are many teams that are so awesome attending this event.
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Re: The best Regional in the Midwest 2007

I think Western Michigan is now the best but mostly due to scheduling. When we had a Motorola Midwest regional on a stand alone weekend, that was about as good as it could get. Very few regionals have the teeth that one had at one time.
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