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Re: Lunacy Review
Ok, I'll bite.
Pluses
+Different drive surface, showed students that some challenges are radically different
+ Trailers, robot to robot interaction is something we all wanted, here it was
+ Lots of game pieces, one of my complaints about 2008 was the lack of game pieces for teams to use
+ Uniquely shaped game piece, for all its flaws the balls were pretty unique and it made people think of new ways of handling them
+Scoring/reffing was easy, a ball that had orange on it was worth 2 points regardless of whether it was scored while the planets were in alignment or if it was a full moon and penalties were pretty clear cut.
Deltas
^ Bumpers, I strongly disagree with bumpers, build a robot capable of withstanding a beating or expect it to be broken
^ Game pieces, flimsy and hard to find, plus some of us struggled to tell moon rocks and empty cells apart
^ Flooring, yeah it was cool, it was fun, lets not do it again. It was messy, it was expensive, and it was just generally a pain. Also, I cant imagine staring at it all day was very much fun
^ Single supplier for wheels, I love AndyMark to death but I cannot STAND to have to buy parts from one supplier, just a pet peeve of mine.
^ Inspections, not sure if this was a Michigan only problem or not but I know that a team could pass inspection at an event and then, without changes, not pass inspection at the next.
^ Player Stations, do I need to explain this? They shorted, they fried, they were just generally not fun. New technology, surely this will get fixed
^ Pile Ups, I didnt like it last year and I still dont like it, I cant understand why people like watching robots get piled up. More times than I can count I saw some team get pinned then the pinning team get pinned. Sooner or later 5 robots were pinned in a corner none of them getting out. I dont like this.
^ G14, Im not explaining this, find some of my other posts on this topic or PM me if you really dont understand why I disagree with it.
Overall I was a pleased with the game, Im not generally a fan of refrigerator games (2006/2009 etc) but this one managed to ALMOST hold my attention. Notice the almost, I hated watching this game. Building for it was fun though.
Ranking the games I have competed in (2004-Present)
1. 2004 - Hanging was fun
2. 2008 - Fast paced
3. 2006 - My first game for shooting things
4. 2007 - Ramps were fun but it was way too heavy defense
5. 2009 - See above
6. 2005 - Just didn't like the game
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