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Re: Scouting sheet input requested

Here's some things I noticed:

-The "did the minibots finish?" and "was deployment successful?" can be eliminated. I say this because since you have "did they attempt to deploy the minibot," and the placement, you can probably deduct whether or not it was a success by whether or not they mark a placement for the minibot.

-Something our team is considering is using a grid of the pegs to show both in an auto section and a tele-op section. If the ubertube was scored on a peg, the scout would mark in whichever box of the 3x6 grid where the ubertube was placed. Additionally, the same can be done for tele-op; you can even have the scout mark the shape so you can determine if they made a logo. This kind of system could replace a lot of the questions you have and save you some space. If you want a visual, I can make one for you.

- The "Lane entry" section could probably be made into a question. For example, "where did they enter the lane," under that, "entrance," under that, two check boxes, one saying "big" the other saying "small." could save you some space.

-You might consider having comments sections for all three phases of the game. While quantitative data is usually the most useful, sometimes, if the scout isn't vague, you can make some decisions based on what they remarked.

-For the Pizza orders, I recommend putting it on a different sheet instead of your scouting sheet. Like, create an excel sheet, have your team member's names run down it, and a column where they make their decision. The options can also be on the sheet somewhere. This would save you that little bit of space.

-For better quantitative data, I recommend not using the total score of the match, and instead using the total score of the robot itself.

-For reference, I recommend adding a match number. Quite often, robots will have difficulties early on but will refine the problems as they progress further into the game, making data without a match number sketchy sometimes.

In summary, experiment a little. Try to edit it and find what makes it better, and have fun with it! To me, making the scouting sheet is one of the funnest jobs on the team
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