I actually enjoy watching Breakaway

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

You hit the elims and the game is more intense, smart, and strategic than Lunacy ever could be. I love it.

I'm just wondering how many different strategies people can come up with.

[Matt Howard]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I'm just wondering how many different strategies people can come up with.

The same thing occurred to me. Lunacy was a completely different type of game than Breakaway. Breakaway makes drivers compete against the field, and the obstacles placed out on it. Lunacy was completely different. It made drivers compete against drivers. Far more applications for strategy existed in 2009 in my opinion.

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by Matt Howard

The same thing occurred to me. Lunacy was a completely different type of game than Breakaway. Breakaway makes drivers compete against the field, and the obstacles placed out on it. Lunacy was completely different. It made drivers compete against drivers. Far more applications for strategy existed in 2009 in my opinion.

I agree with you, but also disagree. I happen to believe that once you get past the qualification matches, there's just as much strategy in the elimination matches as there has been in any other game. Last years game involved pinning...pinning...and more pinning? I would hardly consider that strategy. In this years game, you have to try and defend people in all the different zones, and try to account for your opponent being able to hang and receive almost guarenteed bonus points at the end of the match. Lets not forget the penalties either...often being the deciding factor in many matches. Once you get past the ranking system, the game becomes very strategic and fun.

[thefro526]

Breakaway got exciting during the Elimination rounds. It seems to be one of those games where a match is either really boring or really exciting and there's not too much in between.

(This is coming from one of the 5 or 6 people in the country that actually enjoyed watching Lunacy though.)

[Matt Howard]

Originally Posted by Johnny

Last years game involved pinning...pinning...and more pinning? I would hardly consider that strategy.

You missed our strategy binder then.

We had 6 pages for just different autonomous plays alone. There were 10 offensive plays if I recall correctly, 3 end game plays, as well as alliance plays.

The outlined above bought us a Regional win. 2009 was PACKED with strategy.

[Ryan Simpson]

I love how this year (except for penalties), you know the score as you are watching. A few times this year, with the game tied, one team would score a last-second goal. The crowd went crazy, because they knew that it was the deciding score. Last year, it was tough to tell who was winning, so while there was more anticipation in seeing the official score, there wasn't the same in-game drama as there is in Breakaway.

[carbuff2228]

Originally Posted by Matt Howard

You missed our strategy binder then.

We had 6 pages for just different autonomous plays alone. There were 10 offensive plays if I recall correctly, 3 end game plays, as well as alliance plays.

The outlined above bought us a Regional win. 2009 was PACKED with strategy.

I totally agree there is not near as much strategy this year it is to stop the endgame and to try and stop them from scoring the ball are the two big ones in my opinion