[Dr Theta]

I agree with the above post. Pit scouting is only useful if you ask the right questions. The questions proposed above have very valuable information in them.

Have you played in any practice matches? Did you participate in a preship scrimmage? How did you perform? What problems did you encounter and how did you solve them?

These all include information that is very valuable to you in gauging the general preparedness of a team which can play a huge factor in performance. If they encounter a problem that they haven't fixed, don't intend to fix, or don't know how to fix it tells you a lot about the preparedness of the robot. If they have played several practice matches, built a duplicate robot, or attended a preship scrimmage it tells you something about the preparedness of their drive-team.

You will get actual data on how they perform on the field by field scouting anyway which is undoubtedly more accurate than a guess from a team that has yet to play the game. I intend to implement these types of questions in our pit scouting this year, and this is the type of information that we attempt to be upfront about when others come to scout us.