Favorite FRC Game?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Bongle

2006. This year has a chance to unseat it.

My order:
1) 2006
2) 2010
3) 2008
4) 2011
5) 2003
6) 2007
7) getting my fingernails removed by a belt sander
8) Putting a drill press through my eye
9) 2009

Did you forget 2004, or do you really think it's that bad?

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

I will wait for more than week 1 comps to finish to rank where 2012 will be placed.

1. 2004
2. 2005
3. 2002
4. 2009
5. 2008
6. 2010
7. 2011
8. 2007
9. 2006
10. 2003

I feel like you have 2006 and 2009 reversed. Why did you dislike 2006 and why did you love 2009?

My opinion is that 2006 is one of the 3 best games ever (2004, 2006, 2000 being the candidates) and 2009 is in a dogfight for worst game ever with 2001 (from a spectator standpoint) and 2003.

[Dancin103]

My top 3 favorites are 2003, 2008, and 2011.

[Nate Laverdure]

I'm also a big 2003 fan. One completely new game piece, and TWO completely new playing surfaces. Can't ask for much more than that.

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by Cory

Did you forget 2004, or do you really think it's that bad?



I feel like you have 2006 and 2009 reversed. Why did you dislike 2006 and why did you love 2009?

My opinion is that 2006 is one of the 3 best games ever (2004, 2006, 2000 being the candidates) and 2009 is in a dogfight for worst game ever with 2001 (from a spectator standpoint) and 2003.

To be honest my ranks of 4-8 are all really close and could be put anywhere in those 4 slots.

I don't like 2006 because I thought it was boring to watch. I know I am in the extreme minority here, but I don't think seeing 6 robots shoot balls into a giant vertical hoop is exciting, or that challenging, unlike this year which I think is very challenging.

I think everyone likes 2006 so much because it was the 1st year that teams were allowed to shoot something and I mean really shoot(2004 you could "shoot" something over the 10ft bar but no one really did that) something.

[TeamSpyder1622]

[quote=Squeakypig;1139356]I have never met anyone who has agreed with me, but my favorite game was 2009 Lunacy. I loved the supercell end game, watching the different strategies of defending verses outscoring verses a combination of the 2. Mind you, this was my rookie year, the first year our team was established, I was a driver, and I got to watch HOT and the Thunderchickens at all of our tournaments.


I agree. I really enjoyed 2009 Lunacy. I enjoyed the high scoring and lack of control. I also really liked how important the human player was that year. This opinion might be influenced a little though because this was by far our best robot

[StevenB]

1996: Hexagon Havoc.

To be honest, I really don't remember that much of it. But it provided my six-year-old mind with countless hours of inspiration. I drew robots in school, and planned strategies, and dreamed of the day I could compete in FRC. And although I've enjoyed most of the games since, Hexagon Havoc will always be special.

[littlejimmy1058]

Definitively 2003 Stack Attack. It took forever to setup, but was awesome to watch.

[thefro526]

My Top 5:

-2006
-2009
-2000
-2004
-2003

[Walter Deitzler]

I was first introduced to FRC during 2009 when my cousin's team went to world championship and I watched them through a live webcast. At that time I didn't understand the game much, but I really got involved when breakaway rolled around. Even though I was only 13, I went to my sister's team (rookies) meetings to see what they were doing, what they were building. I enjoyed the game, and next year, I was in. Logomotion (being my rookie year) was a daze, but I enjoyed the game, my only frustration being the minibot, which plagued my team throughout the season. Now, 2012 is my favorite game that I have participated in. This year we have built our most mechanically complex robot and I have enjoyed every moment of it. After watching webcasts, I have found this game the most fun to watch also.

So, in a nutshell:
#1: 2012
#2: 2010
#3: 2011
#4: 2009

[dodar]

The years Ive been a part of FIRST:

1. 2007
2. 2010
3. 2011
4. 2012
5. 2008
6. 2009

Im not gonna place 2012 until my team actually competes.

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by StevenB

1996: Hexagon Havoc.

To be honest, I really don't remember that much of it. But it provided my six-year-old mind with countless hours of inspiration. I drew robots in school, and planned strategies, and dreamed of the day I could compete in FRC. And although I've enjoyed most of the games since, Hexagon Havoc will always be special.

I think we have to have different classes of favorites. '96 was my favorite for the 1v1v1 era, while '99 was my favorite for the 2v2 era (Floppies!, and climbing onto a moving platform).

The 3v3 era has quite a few good choices. I enjoyed Lunacy ('09), but it should have had a better end-game (7th trailer with no robot that you have to put in a starting square or something). If I had to pic a favorite for the 3v3 era, it would probably be Rebound Rumble. I felt that Rack and Roll was a bit flat, as was Breakaway.

[Jared Russell]

Top 5:

2012? - It has the potential to be a great one
2006 - Can you tell I like games that involve shooting balls into goals?
2010 - I loved the number and diversity of technical challenges in this game
2004 - The last game that actually required really tough tradeoffs
2003 - Sentimental pick; the first time we had auto mode!

Bottom 3:

2009 - Horrible to watch
2001 - I hope we never go back to 4 vs. 0 (or 6 vs. 0)
2002 - Push, push, push, match over

I was not around for 2000, but from what I have heard and seen in videos, I think I would have liked it very much.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Top 5:

2012? - It has the potential to be a great one
2006 - Can you tell I like games that involve shooting balls into goals?
2010 - I loved the number and diversity of technical challenges in this game
2004 - The last game that actually required really tough tradeoffs
2003 - Sentimental pick; the first time we had auto mode!

Bottom 3:

2009 - Horrible to watch
2001 - I hope we never go back to 4 vs. 0 (or 6 vs. 0)
2002 - Push, push, push, match over

I was not around for 2000, but from what I have heard and seen in videos, I think I would have liked it very much.

What happened to 2007 and 2008?

[remulasce]

Of my years:
#1 2010
#2 2011
#2 2008
#3 2009

2012 looks to be taking the new #2.

Of past years, I'm partial to 2001. I watched the 71 highscore match on Youtube, one of the few I could find, and was mindblown at the sheer amount of coordination required. For reference, it was the only 4v0 game, all robots worked together and shared the total team score.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGPS...eature=related

Of course I might be a little biased in all this. See team number.

2004 of course was good, along with 2006. 2003 is pretty entertaining for about 2 seconds within the first 10 seconds and then is pretty meh.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by dodar

What happened to 2007 and 2008?

Middle of the pack, along with 2011 and 2005.