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Re: Thoughts on Overdrive

I personally thought that the game was going to be extremely boring at kickoff. I still think it is boring... but not so much. The elims did bring some fun into the game, but to watch the quals wasn't very exciting. I did like how teams were able to score with just a working drive train so rookies and other weaker teams could spend their time working on a solid drive system instead of trying to do that and a manipulator, thus spreading their resources thin. The Hybrid scoring was nice, however i felt that the bonus points wern't very appealing to teams. Basically if you didnt get the cap, many times we would just be like "oh-well we still got 8 pts for it." There really wasn't any incentive to cap at the end, and i've found crowds really love those last second dashes to get bonus pts (like ramps).

I honestly like 2005 the best (granted i haven't seen any before then) and i'm probabily biased but I loved the tetras. There was also a sence of anticipation after each match because the score couldn't be scored during the match very well. so there was some excitement once the scores came out. With the real-time scoring, save penalties, everyone already knows who won.

Ranking since my first year 2005 i'd have to say:
1. Triple Play
2. Rack & Roll
3. Aim High
4. Overdrive

from what i've heard 2004 was a sweet game and i would love to see that game come back.
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