Yeah… plus the #1 seed alliance (1000, 648, 447) played a total of 12 elimination matches. Three quarterfinal matches, four semifinal matches, and five final matches. Definitely the most exciting regional I went to… heh.
My personal favorite was Boilermaker, what with all the great teams like techno-kats and 1501 being upset in the first round and many matches coming down to whether or not a robot will be lifted or get up a ramp. The final match (with it tied 1-1) came down to whether or not (sorry if i missed the team #'s) 1023 could get up 461’s ramp, while no ringers were scored and 1555 lifted 234 and 1730 up for 2 15 point bonuses.
Though I know for a fact that I have a biased opinion 
by the end of the summer, IRI 
I’ve only attended 3…but NJ was personally my favorite.
We had a Hawaiian team and Canadian Team, and awesome MC…AND a conga line that wrapped around the field not once, but twice! We danced, the hula, did the hokey pokey, and the teams were amazing! Not to mention our mascot pit.
yea I thought Vegas was very exciting as well.
West Michigan, of all the ones I went to this year. Plus, we won, so I’m kinda biased.
It was truly an amazing regional. The eliminations were intense; I felt that any of the alliances could have been the one to win. Even 494 was around for the 2nd round of picking. That should tell you something about the caliber of the robots at that regional.
I would have to say Davis in the first round of quarter finals the #1 vs #8 went to FIVE ROUNDS. in match 1 two of the bots team 100 and 997 tipped over the crowed went balistic. second round 100 997 and 1458 pull off the win. round three intense match ends in a tie. round 4 they messure #8 alliances ramps first and one robot is short and gets 15 points. you think its all over then all of a sudden #1 allaince is short TOO! the crowd goes insane. round 5 #8 alliance ramp bot’s ramps fall down and it goes south from there but I think if that didnt happen it could have easily gone to 6 matches at the least. It would have made for a very intense final.
then a semi final round went to the third round. one alliance got both bots on the ramps last second to squeak out a win the crowd jumps in the stands. match ends and the ramps fall down and the other alliance wins and the whole arena becomes practicaly defining from the roars.
by far the best regional I have ever been too.
Davis,
the quarter finals… 5 matches for one round… 2 ties 
Midwest all the way. 4 match quarterfinal, our 4 match semi, and our 5 match final. We played 7 back to back matches and by the end, even the coach was feeling it. Sometimes there wasn’t enough time for the controller to shut off in between the battery changes. Then the controller never got reset, and all our autonomous did was raise the ringer in the air… but im not getting into that now. Even from the very beginning, Midwest was the most exciting.
Malhon
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.
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.
I thought we tied the following two matches then won two times. Or maybe I was just too shocked to remember.
Yeah, imaging being on the alliance team of the number 1 seed and having your ramp robot, that has never been tipped before, on its side seconds into the competition. Then having a ring stuck to the flag pole of your best scorer. After spending half a minute to take off the ring of the best scorer, the best scorer gets tipped over too!!! One minute into the match, you are completely shocked. The 8th seed had just punched you in the face and you are dumbfounded. You then try to fight your way back. But then the other team fight you back just as hard, keep matching your score. It was insanely intense for us the drive team if not for the crowd.
Oh man. 997 and 100 got knocked over, and I swear, everybody in the crowd lost their freaking mind (including all of 675). It was less a “punch” and more a “wrecking ball”.
You guys did great, though.
Amazing regional.
And those two quarterfinal Davis ties were high scoring, too. First 63-63, and then 91-91.
I believe the order was:
8th alliance win
Tie 63 - 63
1st alliance win
Tie 92 - 92
1st alliance win
And we (team 100) managed to hang a keeper in that final round!
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…
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.
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!
That keeper was great! It gave us a head start and much-needed confidence. We did pull through on the last match with a score of 128 to 64.
At Palmetto the #1 alliance outscored the #8 in the first elimnation round 240-0 including 8 ringers on the second spider leg in the first 90 seconds. That alliance (without a ramp-bot) made it all the way to the finals, but lost in the 3rd final round.
All the bots at Palmetto were competitive. Weonly had 3 no-shows through 75 matches. Everyone won somematches and only two teams had only 2 wins.
But I would have to agree that going 5 rounds in the finals woudl be the most exciting ending. Whatever regional that was must have been awesome.