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So apparently it hangs......
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I'm going to play devils advocate and say that I liked 2001 best. Now before you shout and say what is he a wacko look at the evidence. Now I was on Team 151 in 2000 and agree it was a thrilling year. Watching everyone try to hang was great, and there were some cool defensive strategies like 25, and 131. However most of the bots were very similar. They either had Roller systems or arms and that was pretty much the extent of the Creativity.

Now look at 2001, first I agree that the lack of an opponents made the game tuff to understand, and the fact that some teams never got to do what they wanted because of bad alliances. However look at the differences in bots that were created. Look at the differences in strategies. You had Low riding goal balancers 151, 266, You had high riding goal balancers 33, 95. You had low riding Big ball scorers 177, 125; Tall big ball scorers 131, 190. You had small ball scorers 124, 42. Then you had more creative people Ramp bots like 111,69 or people who tried balancing goals from off the bridge 166, 308, 71. Or teams like 97 that had a good idea of tipping the goal on top of them.

Now some people say the game wasn't exciting, At UTC when the 126,177,69,501,175 alliance got 510 the whole crowd went nuts.
At Nats the tents were so loud most people only stayed in there when their team was competing. The crowd went nuts when the alliance of 254,33,111 and the RoboHamas came really close to topping Beatty…the whole crowd moaned when the bridge didn’t’ balance. The crowd cheered as 71,365,125, Tech Fusion, Beach city Robitcs, won…..

But I think the best proof this years comp was exciting was RiverRage. There were only 15 teams there. Most hadn't won anything yet that year, yet the crowd treated the final matches like they were the nationals people who didn't know the game just fed off the excitement.

Sorry for the length of the post. Just look back at your 2001 experience I bet you had fun…and that’s what its all about. And I’ll bet you’ll have fun next year.

Chris
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