Hardest Regionals?

[Revolverx7]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Past success does not guarantee future results....

But it is a very good indicator.

[pyroslev]

First week regionals, overall, tend to be the ones that set the pace. Therefore, any first week regional is, in theory, quite difficult. What you see at any of those regionals is likely to be seen over and over again before the season is over with.

[theory6]

Just to answer your question, in my opinion the hardest regional out of the two we've been to is probably the Canadian Regional. Why? Well it's got a lot of participants and I'd say that EVERY team is highly competitive hence making the regional itself very "interesting".

But like mentioned above it all depends on certain teams, or nationals. I'd rather not predict the future of something that has a high rate of uncertainty (ex: rookie's and innovative methods).

[Eagle X]

Originally Posted by Squeje250

What do you think is the hardest regionals and why????

I think that tre hardest regional is the Great Lakes Regional, in Ypsilanti, MI i will name somes power house teams 66,67,279,503

[slickguy2007]

I have been to a lot of the regional competitions and I have to say the Buckeye regional and the Midwest regional definitely stick out in my mind. They are just plain rough.... we'll see you there.


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[Daniel Brim]

Personally, I don't think that it's fair to judge a regional as the "hardest" before it happens. You never know what might happen, who might jump out from nowhere, or who could pull a huge upset. Teams come in and out of regionals, and who knows what some of the more advanced teams could be saving for the championships?

Also, what would be the criteria for a "hard" regional? Would it be the one with the highest scoring average? The closest difference between last and first? The most teams? How can this be assured before it actually happens?

My 2 cents (plus one dollar for the egg-cracking bet ),
Daniel

[Quatitos]

Originally Posted by Eagle X

I think that tre hardest regional is the Great Lakes Regional, in Ypsilanti, MI i will name somes power house teams 66,67,279,503

I think that Dave voiced his opinion on what regional was the hardest with his "data" about half the teams that were division finalist last year attended GLR.

[George A.]

What about NJ? No one has given that any credit? You have 237, 56, 25, 11, 303, 103, 102, 222, 175, 365...just to name a few. Granted 222 175 and 365 didn't attend this year but they have, NJ is by far the most intense regional i've attended.


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[Dorienne]

Picking a hard regional is out of mere opinion. If a team has an unstable robot or whatnot, they will consider the regional hard. Or if they go against tough alliances, they will consider the regional difficult. It's not really accurate or whatnot to ask people what the hardest regional is. It all depends.

[Bcahn836]

A regional is no walk in the park none of them are "easy" and no one regional is harder than another, IMHO, each competition is meant to push your robot and your team to its limits. Yes, you may have teams with 10-13 years experience but the game and the rules are new to everybody. And the way some of these rookies teams have been coming up experience really doesn't have much to do with it. And teams that go to multiple regionals may have an advantage it doesn't eliminate the chance of any other team winning that event.

[sdexp]

The only hard regionals would be those which have teams who participated in more than one regional previously. This of course would mean most likely all the regionals, but some regionals such as the Midwest and Chesapeake, tend to have these teams. Example teams are 111, 45, and 16.

[josh sjoerdsma]

I have been to the Midwest, Great Lakes, Buckeye, and West Michigan and I must say Great Lakes has been the hardest with West Michigan being second. The competition is great all over.