Best 4 Year Game Career?

[dodar]

Say a student was on a team for a full 4 years, which 4 year span do you think would be the greatest to have been on a team?

I think the 2 time spans that have a claim are: 2004-2007 and 2012-2015.

[asid61]

Probably something like 2010-2013, but I think it depends on the team. I would want a more recent year due to number of teams ad an overall better experience. Outreach is highly team-dependent, so in terms of competitiveness I would say 2013 or 2015 senior year is good for a high resource team, and 2014 for a lower resource team. The reason being that 2013/2015 had a number of elements, and for high-performing teams the chances of winning were higher due to the skill gap. 2014 was much simpler from a design/strategy perspective in that it was possible to be a 1st or 2nd pick by an alliance captain and win using their strategy. Plus. intake + shooter was as far as the design went (plus sweetspot, strategy stuff, etc. but for inbounders and trussers drive practice for defense was more important IMO).
I've only witnessed a few games, so I can't call it for sure.

[EDesbiens]

This year will be my fourth year and I'm happy of the last three... Even if recycle rush was not as exiting as Ultimate ascend or Rebound rumble... I think all the games were fun at some point and you could build an interesting robot every year...

[jwfoss]

Without question in my mind, they would have to be:
2004-2007
2011-2014

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by jwfoss

Without question in my mind, they would have to be:
2004-2007
2011-2014

You could also make an argument for 2010-2013, depending on which game you liked better, Breakaway or Aerial Assist. I was a 2011-2014 student, and other than Logomotion, that series of games was incredible.

[Gregor]

Team 71 students from 2001-2004.

[Koko Ed]

My team's best years were 2005 - 2008.
My favorite years were 2010-2013 (mostly for the last two years).

[Basel A]

2011-2014 or 2010-2013 are the clear winning answers. I go with the former because I liked Aerial Assist. The latter is for those who didn't.

Originally Posted by Gregor

Team 71 students from 2001-2004.

Winning more recently is much bigger than it was then. I'd argue 67 from 2007-2010 (Finalists 2008, Winners 2009 & 2010).

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Basel A

2011-2014 or 2010-2013 are the clear winning answers. I go with the former because I liked Aerial Assist. The latter is for those who didn't.




Winning more recently is much bigger than it was then. I'd argue 67 from 2007-2010 (Finalists 2008, Winners 2009 & 2010).

I liked Breakaway better than I liked Aerial Assualt.

[ratdude747]

Some teams allow 8th grade students to play, so they get 5 year (student) careers. I guess they don't have the debate, it's 2010-2014.

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An alternate 4 year IMHO that wasn't bad: 2005-2008

[EDesbiens]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

Some teams allow 8th grade students to play, so they get 5 year (student) careers. I guess they don't have the debate, it's 2010-2014.

I'll do get that I have 2013-2017...

[Jay O'Donnell]

The only thing this thread is showing is the dislike of 2003, 2009, and 2015 (and a lack of knowledge or support for pre-2003).

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by EDesbiens

I'll do get that I have 2013-2017...

2013-2017 represent. I would have to say that any student that has both 2013 and 2014 have had two of what I would say is the best games in FRC.

[bigbeezy]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

An alternate 4 year IMHO that wasn't bad: 2005-2008

I'd have to agree as those were my years. Really though, even though I didn't pay attention to 2011 & 2012, I'd say 2011-2014 has been the best group. Now I'm sure there are some 90's games that were really good that I just don't know much about.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

Some teams allow 8th grade students to play, so they get 5 year (student) careers. I guess they don't have the debate, it's 2010-2014.

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An alternate 4 year IMHO that wasn't bad: 2005-2008

I'll take '03-'07-- oh, wait, that's my years. I actually think '08 was better than '03, so '04-'08. ('03 brings back memories of the STACKS of boxes waiting to get their lids pop-riveted on and stickers applied....)