[familyguyfreak]

This being my first year as a mentor and for my team, I think it was the best game for rookies. The game was really simple, easy to understand and explain and it was easy to watch and learn from. My team was able to understand the concepts quickly and only had to read the Game Manual for fouls and rules. My first year in FRC was 2009 and I personally loved Lunacy, but after looking back at the games through the years, Rebound Rumble is definitely one of the best games ever created. Breakaway was the first game in my opinion that people outside of FIRST could watch and get some understanding of. Rebound Rumble built off of that idea and made it better. When I was at Lone Star and one of the sponsors for our team came and asked us what this years game was all about, all I had to say was, "We have to play 3-on-3 basketball and try to balance on the bridge at the end for bonus points," and they instantly could catch on to the game. It did have it's downsides though. Like Allen said above, I do think the fouls and penalties could have lessened a bit but they didn't alter the game drastically.

The best part about this game was you never knew what the next week was going to be like. Every week was better and better and Championships (aside from Einstein) was like the icing on the cake as far as quality of matches go.