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View Poll Results: What is your favorite FRC game to date?
1992- Maize Craze 1 0.47%
1993- Rug Rage 0 0%
1994- Tower Power 0 0%
1995- Ramp 'n Roll 0 0%
1996- Hexagon Havoc 1 0.47%
1997- Toroid Terror 1 0.47%
1998- Ladder Logic 1 0.47%
1999- Double Trouble 4 1.88%
2000- Co-Opertition FIRST 10 4.69%
2001- Diabolical Dynamics 6 2.82%
2002- Zone Zeal 4 1.88%
2003- Stack Attack 8 3.76%
2004- FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar 42 19.72%
2005- Triple Play 19 8.92%
2006- Aim High 37 17.37%
2007- Rack 'n Roll 44 20.66%
2008- FIRST Overdrive 17 7.98%
2009- Lunacy 18 8.45%
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I noticed a heavier weighting on the latest games. The old timers are outnumbered.
I too was noticing that pattern, it could be interesting to weight each persons vote by their years in FIRST, this would mean people like Andy Baker would count for a lot more than a rookie who has very little basis for comparison. Obviously this would break down for some people who have relatives in FIRST and have seen every game but not participated in them.
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I too was noticing that pattern, it could be interesting to weight each persons vote by their years in FIRST, this would mean people like Andy Baker would count for a lot more than a rookie who has very little basis for comparison. Obviously this would break down for some people who have relatives in FIRST and have seen every game but not participated in them.
It would be even more interesting (in my humble opinion) to compare the player's views to the audience view. Some games may be more interesting to the audience than the team members.
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Re: What is your favorite FRC game to date?

Even though 2007 was my first year, I think Rack 'n Roll is the only game I've seen that relies heavily on good strategy. On the newer games (2008, 2009) the alliances can play the match very easily, and good strategy (and also a real time change of strategy in the game) was not very relevant to the success of the alliance. Lunacy seemed like it would be very boring to watch at kickoff, but it wasn't that bad once competitions started. I also think that big game elements contribute a lot to the excitement of the game. I mean, the Rack just kills the Overpass or the trailers from '09.
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Even though 2007 was my first year, I think Rack 'n Roll is the only game I've seen that relies heavily on good strategy. On the newer games (2008, 2009) the alliances can play the match very easily, and good strategy (and also a real time change of strategy in the game) was not very relevant to the success of the alliance. Lunacy seemed like it would be very boring to watch at kickoff, but it wasn't that bad once competitions started. I also think that big game elements contribute a lot to the excitement of the game. I mean, the Rack just kills the Overpass or the trailers from '09.
I agree that 08 didn't require quite as much stratgy as past years, but I would argue that strategy played a large role in the 2009 game, my team found that the matches we were best prepared for with scouting info and a good strategy were the ones we did best in. I still liked 2007's game more than 2009, but 2009 certainly required a lot of strategy. Don't get me wrong though, I still think 2007 required a lot of strategy, possibly more than 2009, but I can't agree that 2009 required little strategy.
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I agree that 08 didn't require quite as much stratgy as past years, but I would argue that strategy played a large role in the 2009 game, my team found that the matches we were best prepared for with scouting info and a good strategy were the ones we did best in. I still liked 2007's game more than 2009, but 2009 certainly required a lot of strategy. Don't get me wrong though, I still think 2007 required a lot of strategy, possibly more than 2009, but I can't agree that 2009 required little strategy.
I think that what made Lunacy interesting was the new flooring, so the game itself was a little harder to play/drive. Some strategy went into that, too.
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I agree that 08 didn't require quite as much stratgy as past years, but I would argue that strategy played a large role in the 2009 game, my team found that the matches we were best prepared for with scouting info and a good strategy were the ones we did best in. I still liked 2007's game more than 2009, but 2009 certainly required a lot of strategy. Don't get me wrong though, I still think 2007 required a lot of strategy, possibly more than 2009, but I can't agree that 2009 required little strategy.
agreed

I was on the 971 drive team, and in the time beofore the matches on Einstein, we would discuss stradegy for sometimes a half an hour before a match.
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Re: What is your favorite FRC game to date?

I loved watching stack attack,
That first wall with all those crates coming down was awesome.

I did enjoy this year's game though with the new surface and having to chase down other robots.
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I think Lunacy 2v2 should be included.

It's almost a completely different game!
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I think Lunacy 2v2 should be included.

It's almost a completely different game!
I REALLY want to see Lunacy as 2v2. If anyone has any video, could you please uploaded it to youtube and post a link?
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Re: What is your favorite FRC game to date?

I think this proves that every top game as chosen by the CD community are ones that the field is a pain in the butt to build!

I remember a reports of a quote from a night before kickoff in 2007 (which is currently in the lead) that a satellite kickoff field builder crew stated "this thing is the most complicated field to build to date" without going into any more detail.

GDC, if you want a good game... make the field complicated to build!

Whether that is the true link, or it's somthing else, you can't deny the proof from the current poll results.
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I think this proves that every top game as chosen by the CD community are ones that the field is a pain in the butt to build!

I remember a reports of a quote from a night before kickoff in 2007 (which is currently in the lead) that a satellite kickoff field builder crew stated "this thing is the most complicated field to build to date" without going into any more detail.

GDC, if you want a good game... make the field complicated to build!

Whether that is the true link, or it's something else, you can't deny the proof from the current poll results.
Ugh, 2007's field was horrible. I mean honestly, there seemed to be more steps to build the field than some teams took to build their whole robot! (I exaggerate of course but it really was a pain to build)
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Ugh, 2007's field was horrible. I mean honestly, there seemed to be more steps to build the field than some teams took to build their whole robot! (I exaggerate of course but it really was a pain to build)
I'd have to agree on it being tough to build. Not the field border, mind you, the rack. Not only do you have to put it up (and it's got some heavy pieces), but then you have to go inside and put in the spider legs, and somewhere along the line you have to take the box for all the lights (or the battery cord) up to the top and plug in the lights. And hope that the A/V guys gave you enough cord for decent rack movement...

But it was a very strategic game, tough to win, and strategy was a killer if you did it wrong.
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Triple Play with out a doubt.
1) Crazy Strategy: So many idea's and way things could change on the fly
2) Tic Tack Toe Insanity: Simple, Elegent, easy to Follow and so much fun!
3) "King of the Hill" aspect for teams to fight over which really hasn't been present since.

Second surprisingly would be Overdrive, which was not what I would have expected when I first saw the game.
Low Marks on Lunacy because it was slow, crowded field, too much scoring to keep track of it all and just really dull to watch.
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There are a few very good ones it is a tough decision
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