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Re: Best FIRST game...

My favorite games (that I attended an event for) are listed below. I personally like games where all the robots can contribute equally (or close to it) to the completion of the strategy.

2014: I loved the roles that each robot took in an alliance took to make it score, and the strategy was open enough that a non high-scoring alliance partner could still contribute to the game.
2010: Similarly, at least in what I can remember from this game, match strategy was how all the seemingly similar robots could differentiate themselves.
2013: Again, all the robots on an alliance could do different things, and could still pull off a win, but the minimum you needed to do this year to be competitive was higher that the last two years.
2011: This game was alright, but for the most part, the third robot (even on Einstein alliances) would almost exclusively play defense, and maybe would have one of the minibots.
2012: I never liked this game, as soon as I saw the kickoff, I knew the game sucked. The coopertition bridge can go rot in some unpleasant place. I don't even remember what a third robot could do other than drive on the wide configuration so the triple balance was easier. Even Einstein was a disappointment.

Based on this, I think this year could be a good game, but will probably depend on how deep the field is.
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