Most Exciting Regional.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Rich Ross

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

Define "THE TOP"

-John

[dtengineering]

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.

Jason

[Tom Bottiglieri]

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.

[Alpha 997]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

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.

Jason

Yep. We were highly impressed. There we were, waiting there with our ramps down and 1087 tipped. We tough we lost the match for sure. But then it pushed itself up with its arm! 1087 was a great robot and a wonderful team mate.

[Otaku]

Davis.

5 Quarterfinal matches between the #1 and #8 alliances. Two bots tipped over in the first match. One attempted to be tipped over in every match after that. Ringers on flags being taken off by teammates, and some really cool lifts by 997.

'Nuff said.

[Stephen Kowski]

out of the ones in the southeast UCF, Peachtree, and Palmetto I attended all three

palmetto was by far the most exciting, though on the webcast it seems as if those guys from jersey have a great time....

[nutron5skills]

Because I only went to one regional which was Boston, i have to say the last match of Boston was amazing. One reason could be that my team was in it, another reason was in the last seconds team 69 has their ramps down and then team 125 got up with 0 time on the clock. I know that this might not have been the most exciting regional but it was the third match in the final and came down to the wire.

[Robo_Cat_379]

Out of all the regionals i went to and all the regionals i viewed online.. i have to say Buckeye was the most intense and the most energetic regional..

[Dan 1038]

Originally Posted by Robo_Cat_379

Out of all the regionals i went to and all the regionals i viewed online.. i have to say Buckeye was the most intense and the most energetic regional..

I have to agree, Buckeye was VERY intense - especially the eliminations!

[Tazlikesrobots]

Lone Star regional takes my vote. Some matches were decided by a penalty and the final elimination match only had 2 points difference between 1st and 2nd place.

[sporno]

guys ... yall forgot VCU

[Woody1458]

I would deffinatly go for Davis. I attended SVR and eventhough there was an upset or two, no super thrilling matches. At Davis its shinning moment was the first QF that everyone is talking about. Match number one was the best Ringer bot, the best lift bot, and a great Ringer bot, against a ramp bot, a rookie ringere bot, and a ringer bot that mostly stuck to defence. Ofcourse we (Team #1) went into thinking it would be an easy win. Not a chance: here are my 2 favorite.

Match #1 about 20 seconds in 997 get tipped, you blink and oyu missed it. Then everyone is thinking stratagy: How many ringers do we need to make up for lack of lift?, should we try to box out thier bots from reaching home zone? and before you even knew what happened, team 100 gets a tube on their flag! this means out lift bot is out, and our score bot cant touch a ringer! We had to decide the best action, and went with removing the ringer from 100. This wasn't easy do to defence and correct positioning. with about 30 seconds left in the match we remove the ringer. Now we had to score like crazy and home that their ramp fails. Before 100 scores once, they flip. This was detramental. Our morale was shot, and we felt like we didn't have a chance. We go into the second match with a revised stratagy on avoiding flips, and are holding onto to the last bit of destroyed confidence we had.

Match 3 starts just as the first, great defence by #8 with the rookie team doing what they can to score. Thing were going fine, 3 ringers on each side and both teams trying to get the all important 5er. As team 100 approches the Rack to score a 4th the defender that knoked both over last time start blocking 100. They move tward the Rack and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tipping!!!.................... feew, back down, they approach again and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tipping!!!................ feew, back down. This repeats then finnally the defender focuses on us and 100 can score. it is now a line of 4 for us against a line of 4+a line of 2 for them. both teams go back to their zones for the lift. We skid over to 997, who hit the lift button withh maybe 2 seconds to go, and their pneumatic system is able to finish the lift after the bell. While thier team's electric system falls at they bell and one bot rolls off.

Im youtubing the quater finals as we speak, ill post a link

match 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CWHYF1BwSo
match 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ci0QMpVgQQ

[martschr]

I was impressed with Kansas City, because I thought it was well run for a rookie regional. That being said I liked the competition at Houston the best out of the two we attended.

[yodameister]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

Match 3 starts just as the first, great defence by #8 with the rookie team doing what they can to score.

Not that it is a big deal, but there were no rookie teams on this alliance...a 2nd year team, yes...a 3rd year team, yes...but no rookies

[Alpha 997]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

I would deffinatly go for Davis. I attended SVR and eventhough there was an upset or two, no super thrilling matches. At Davis its shinning moment was the first QF that everyone is talking about. Match number one was the best Ringer bot, the best lift bot, and a great Ringer bot, against a ramp bot, a rookie ringere bot, and a ringer bot that mostly stuck to defence. Ofcourse we (Team #1) went into thinking it would be an easy win. Not a chance: here are my 2 favorite.

Match #1 about 20 seconds in 997 get tipped, you blink and oyu missed it. Then everyone is thinking stratagy: How many ringers do we need to make up for lack of lift?, should we try to box out thier bots from reaching home zone? and before you even knew what happened, team 100 gets a tube on their flag! this means out lift bot is out, and our score bot cant touch a ringer! We had to decide the best action, and went with removing the ringer from 100. This wasn't easy do to defence and correct positioning. with about 30 seconds left in the match we remove the ringer. Now we had to score like crazy and home that their ramp fails. Before 100 scores once, they flip. This was detramental. Our morale was shot, and we felt like we didn't have a chance. We go into the second match with a revised stratagy on avoiding flips, and are holding onto to the last bit of destroyed confidence we had.

Match 3 starts just as the first, great defence by #8 with the rookie team doing what they can to score. Thing were going fine, 3 ringers on each side and both teams trying to get the all important 5er. As team 100 approches the Rack to score a 4th the defender that knoked both over last time start blocking 100. They move tward the Rack and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tipping!!!.................... feew, back down, they approach again and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tipping!!!................ feew, back down. This repeats then finnally the defender focuses on us and 100 can score. it is now a line of 4 for us against a line of 4+a line of 2 for them. both teams go back to their zones for the lift. We skid over to 997, who hit the lift button withh maybe 2 seconds to go, and their pneumatic system is able to finish the lift after the bell. While thier team's electric system falls at they bell and one bot rolls off.

Im youtubing the quater finals as we speak, ill post a link

match 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CWHYF1BwSo
match 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ci0QMpVgQQ

My heart almost did not make it through those matches.