Thread: 2002 Zone Zeal
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Re: 2002 Zone Zeal

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
I don't know why people hated that game.

I thought it was fantastic. If you had me name my favorite robots ever, a large percentage of them would be from 2002. From a design standpoint there was so much cool stuff that year.
I don't think anyone would deny that zone zeal was a fantastic engineering challenge. The problem I see with it is that, in general, the best robots were some of the least interesting to watch. A top-notch goal control robot, like team 71, was a remarkable feat of engineering, but to an uninformed spectator, simply resisted attempts to push it.
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