But most of the designs were pretty derivative besides a couple outliers. I, for one, hope this years game does not restrict the number of game pieces that can be handled at a time by robots, IMO, such games usually tend to be the most interesting. I personally liked the gameplay style Lunacy provided, it reminds me a lot of Aim High (my personal favorite game of all time) but with a few interesting twists. I always though Lunacy got a bad rap for a few reasons: the floor made for a rather annoying design challenge for many teams, but there were also problems with static electricity building up on the robots (due to plastic wheels on plastic floor) and shorting out electronics (It was also the first year using the cRio so everything was a bit buggy to begin with). Had more defense been allowed in 2011 it would have been more in-line with other FRC games involving tubes and would have allowed lower level teams more opportunities to contribute. As a lower level team, I highly value that a game has tasks accomplishable by both the top teams and the lower level teams. That means for lower level teams, they could only score a point or two. In 2011, from what I’ve heard and seen, the challenge was too hard. For Lunacy, though I wasn’t on the team at the time, I heard that it was an interesting design challenge. I didn’t mind that Recycle Rush had no defense it allowed for some very interesting designs. Several other games on that list also had fatal flaws (Breakaway, Rack 'N Roll, Triple Play), but none were quite the grind that this past season was. But much like Lunacy, there was at least some variety to those robots and a few roles to play. I wasn’t around for Diabolical Dynamics, but I can understand why the old-timers had such a strong dislike of it. That’s a highlight reel that can almost fit into a Vine. 842’s tape measure canburglar at Championship was fun too, as were the cheesecaked ones of 1923 and 900. This game? IRI eliminations were fun to watch, but only because the robots were capable of stacking so many more of the extra totes they set out that it became a legitimate challenge to fit them and get around them. Lunacy had its flaws, but it was also a lot of fun to design for and if you didn’t have a traffic jam the matches were rather fun to watch. Generally 2 types of people voted in this poll
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