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Unread 07-04-2014, 14:25
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Re: Why does everyone hate this game so much?

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
After our 2nd event where we were easily one of the top 5 offensive-style robots, I'm mixed about this game. If your partners are bad - literally won't push the ball right in front of their robot - your match is toast. The main offensive robot will get double-teamed by defenders, effectively making the match won or lost by autonomous & defense.

It's also quite the p.i.t.a. when teams who are pretty good have different philosophies on how the game is "supposed" to be played (triple-assist vs double-assist+defender) when either is a viable option against the right opponents.

All in all ref'ing was much better in Week 6.
Wouldn't it be more advantageous for teams to be able to implement different playing philosophies?

The floor of robot ability for this game is a contributing factor to the drop in quality in my opinion, for situations that you described.
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