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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
I think you missed his point. I can see what John is talking about.
If I'm about to select a third robot for my alliance, and I see two teams with similar scouting data, and I know nothing more about them, I too would be inclined to pick the robot that looks more professional. It hints at the possibility of a more professional team overall. This leads to the possibility of a better pit crew and overall competition team. More professional looking doesn't have to mean painted, just neater and more organized/polished team.
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While I agree that with 2 even teams (through scouting) the better painted
might be the better choice.
That said, however, My point is that XaulZan11 talked about teams with painted robots being smarter ...
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If a team took the time and effort to find someone to powder coat and scheduled it, the team is probably more likely to be smart, to read the rules, and think about strategy than an equally good robot but looks messy and sloppely put together
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... when it may have been smarter
not to spend the time powdercoating and instead had more driver practice / robot tweaking.
It appeared to me that XaulZan11 assumes that looks = quality, when that may not be the case.