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Originally Posted by jspatz1
Veteran teams learn that the claims about robot capabilities made by team members anxious to be considered may or may not be true.
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On Thursday, our "pit scouting" is limited to what kind of drive train teams have -- we don't ask questions about functionality, because teams will inevitably tell you what their robot was designed to do, and not what it actually can do. For all other information we rely on field data.
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Originally Posted by jspatz1
If you have an attribute that you think a highly ranked team should want, concentrate on displaying that attribute rather than just winning matches.
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Ideally, concentrating on what you're trying to show off should help you win matches. It doesn't always work (three non-scoring robots vs. 1507, 340, and an immobile box), but it's at least putting up the best fight you can put up. If the relevant feature isn't helping your alliance, it probably won't help a tournament alliance either.
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Originally Posted by jspatz1
If you get the opportunity to play a qual match with a team you hope to join in elims, concentrate on fulfilling your role, and show them you can be a smart, cooperative partner.
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In years past we have eliminated potential picks from our list because they wouldn't stick to a plan agreed to in a qualifying match. I'll bet other teams make the same decision for the same reason.
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Originally Posted by jspatz1
If you have a capability that you want us to know about, ask one of our members to get word to our scouters to watch for you and your capability before you play, then go out there and execute it.
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Yup. That's a big deal! When asked if we could feed balls at Buckeye, we switched our autonomous mode and fed balls the next match, and told those who had asked to watch.
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Originally Posted by EricH
If I'm a Boxbot and I'm paired with two robots of the caliber of 1114 and 254 every single match, I'm going to...
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Be ranked 3rd!
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Originally Posted by ToddF
Our actual team policy is to do little to no self promotion at all.
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Ours, too. We don't make flyers and try to be painfully honest when discussing capabilities in Qualifying Match strategy meetings.
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Originally Posted by ToddF
Or is it a case of newcomers seeing people doing something that seems like a good idea, and copying them, even though it's not? (Like shouting "Robot!")
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...or putting up "safety fliers" that tell us things like the bathroom floors may be wet?
