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I thought lunacy was a great game for this year. with the new control system, I thought is was really important to have a game that a decent driving bot could be effective.

Human players were the main scorers for most teams (yes there are tons of examples where this is not true, but sifting through the data HP players accounted for more than 50% of the scoring) which made it more about the team experience.

This year the big programming and chassis stuff was very much controls related. Traction control systems of different levels of complexity yielded distinct advantages.
Creavitity of the fan drive system helped those that had the weight and did their homework. While not necessary to win, the properly implemented system were beneficial.

As far as watching it from the stands, Lunacy had the same problem as Soccer, Hockey, or Demolition Derbies. If you don't understand what is going on it is hard to recognize a great tactic from wreckless hitting.

That being said the rules are much more simple than say Football or "Zone Zeal" where you needed to read a manual before you had any clue what was going on.

Some like people like hockey/soccer, some like football, others like baseball/cricket.

Thank you game design commitee for another wonderful game. In general I like all of the games (but there are usually a few rules that I don't like).