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Re: Minibot Scouting

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
If a match has the 4 slowest minibots in the tournament, someone will still come in first.
But is it safe to say that even if a team does have a slow minibot, over the course of the 7-8 matches a team will be a part of, that that one first place finish they have will be countered by the other, lower finishes?

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
And only recording the finish time ignores the fact that in some matches, it is sufficient to finish after the clock runs out.
I hadn't thought about that...but that is definitely a problem. And without running a stopwatch up in the stands running along with the clock, it's hard to remedy this problem.
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