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Originally Posted by dellagd

It seems you guys continue to talk about how well your robot preforms to other teams in order to have a better chance of being picked. How would we go about doing this in a way that doesnt sound like "PICK ME PICK ME" or isnt awkward or anything?

It seems like "You should pick us because ~~~~" Would be a little bit of a bad thing to just put out there. Any help?

I've never liked the idea of "cold calling" teams in their pit so to speak, since to me it always comes across exactly as you stated. I think the better option is to have that kind of information available in your pit if a team stops by and asks about how your robot is performing (and if they're coming by they probably have some interest in picking you). Also team members making friends with other teams helps since there is sometimes informal discussion of "how are you guys doing so far?", and the person you talk to may mention some of those comments to the scouting group later. Last year we had one team we elevated on our pick list after a student mentioned that team xxxx had fixed their arm issues and put up a full row of middle tubes on Saturday (this was despite a 2-8 record or so). Checking the scouting data again confirmed they were performing much better, and the only reason we didn't pick them was that we ended up getting selected by a team above us and there was another team high on our list that they also wanted to select.