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Most Exciting Regional.

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.*

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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

ConnVex. Definitely!
(But I'm a bit biased.)
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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ConnVex. Definitely!
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Only because it had such a great MC. Right, Kathie?
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

Tossup: Lone Star for defense (though I only watched the eliminations), San Diego for everything.
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

Im quite partial to West Michigan, as it is year in and year out one of THE TOP regionals. I liked Midwest for suspense though (5 finals matches) and Waterloo for domination
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

GLR was off the hook, alot of good robot. From an exciting and yellow card competition, to 1114 & 67 being beaten in the semi-finals, all the way to the victory of Teams 573, 503 & 1015 it was just a phenominal competition, but I too am biased .
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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Im quite partial to West Michigan, as it is year in and year out one of THE TOP regionals. I liked Midwest for suspense though (5 finals matches) and Waterloo for domination
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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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?
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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.
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

I can't say that I've watched all the regionals on video... that would take a while, and... really... as much as the camera crews try, a single video feed doesn't allow you to catch all the action.... and hardly any of the excitement.

So I'll make some observations about the two regionals I experienced first hand.

Toronto, as you might expect with it being a fifth weekend regional, was much more impressive than Portland, and matches throughout the qualifiers were much more exciting to watch.

The final match of the elimination rounds at Portland, however, where one robot tipped, then righted itself with just seconds remaining as it climbed a ramp will go down as a classic. The video shows some of it happening, but misses the crowd response as one alliance went from losing it all to winning it all in a few short seconds.

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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

I watched almost every web cast, and I must say that no regionals stuck out this year as super exciting. Last year GTR was the regional to rule them all, but I could not place my thumb on a similar event this year. WMR came close, but no cigar. It must be something about either...

A) The spread of teams at events
B) The style of the game
C) The new match algorithm/serpentine draft

.. that made for a bunch of generic elimination matches.

That being said, my vote is for Newton in 2006.

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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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.
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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.
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

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.
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Re: Most Exciting Regional.

waterloo and then Midwest
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