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Re: Lunacy = Greatest Game Ever

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 View Post
It's unfortunate your rookie year wasn't a year sooner, otherwise you'd probably have a much different opinion of this year's game.

FIRST Frenzy was probably among the best FRC games of all time. Light years ahead of Lunacy. And while I wasn't around in 2000, some of the older veterans around here will praise that game as the best game of all time. Ever since 2005, all of the FRC games have been very "one-dimensional", and lack the excitement of truly amazing games like 2004 or 2000.
I definitely agree that 2004 was a great game. This years game had basically one thing to do (scoring wise). Where as in 04 you could use the hp to score (same as this year), use the robot to double the score with the doubler ball and hang a robot from the middle bar. I know that year my team was lucky enough to win a regional with specialists in each area. One robot focuses solely on hanging, we focused on hp scoring and dealing with the doubler ball and the 3rd partner played amazing defense and also hung. This year, if you could rack up points in the opponents goal, it was MUCH harder for you to be successful on the field.

Also, being a drive trains guy, I didn't like the lack of impressive drive systems. Sure, people still did swerve/crab systems, but I love to see team with similar system being able to push others clear across the field. Also, the absence of mecanum drives and omni wheels made me sad, I love seeing the insane maneuverablity of robots in the past.

This is all just my $0.02.
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Teams I've been on:
Team 45 - The TechnoKats - Student/Leader/Driver 2004-2007
Team 1646 - Boiler Precision Guessworks - Mentor 2007-2011
Team 3301 - Jay County Robotics - Teacher 2011-Present

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