Re: Match Scheduling
 

At Ventura this previous weekend, we had a team that was on the opposite alliance of us 3 times, 2 of which were in a row and were followed with a 4th match where they were on our alliance.

Re: Match Scheduling
 

Some teams get an "easy" match schedule...some teams get a "tough" match schedule. It's been like that for a long time. There really isn't any any way to "fix" this, and I don't see any reason to try. The teams that are really good will end up at the top of the rankings after enough matches have been played, likewise the teams that just aren't doing very well will end up lower.

As mentioned, if you are relying on your alliance partners during qualifying matches, you're probably not going to do very well. We learned a long time ago that we have to be able to hold our own in every qualifying match, if we expect to rank high and pick our own alliance.

Also this year the coopertition thing moves up some of the better (but not best) robots a bit higher than they might ought to be. So...if you want to move yourself up in the rankings, and your robot is decent but not the best, concentrate on getting the coop bonus as often as you can.

But don't be surprised if you drop out in the quarterfinals.

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As a whole, I really like the current scheduling. It seems pretty fair and easy to follow. My only gripe with the system is that we have been consistently against the same team at multiple events in the last two years.

In 2014, at Oregon City we were against 2471 3 times but never with them

In 2015, at Wilsonville we were against 2471 3 times and with them once.

At Philomath, we were against 1983 4 times but never with them.


Now I don't particularly mind that we get the schedule we do (especially this year), but it would be fun and beneficial to play with teams occasionally instead of always against them. This isn't to say the system is broken, it isn't, just that we haven't had the best luck with match scheduling.

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The biggest disappointment for me is arriving to competition. Seeing all the cool robots and planning out in my head "Oh man we will work so well with that team and that team and that team." Only to get the schedule and end up with no "fun" matches.
This isn't to say we didn't have matches with good teams, it just felt like we had matches with teams where roles overlapped so we didn't get to play to our full potential.

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At Purdue we went against 234 three times and were with them zero times. It was funny because the strategist for 234 kept coming to our pits to organize coop and he was over enough times for it to seem odd when he wasn't.

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Can't wait got SD past performances all scouted. Only have to find 9 more bots out of the large list of not scouted. Sure us and the Devil Duckies will be matched up on opposite sides if they base it off Ventura scores...or they could go easy on us as a second year team. Either way will be fun on our own turf.

In Ventura I noticed we were facing a lot of 1st or 2nd year teams..hope some San Diego County teams win this.

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However, as previous posters have pointed out, good scouting overcomes unfortunate match scheduling, seeing as both of you are now the proud owners of a blue banner that says 'Philomath Winner' on it.