[lethc]

All we need to do is make it known to ALL scouters how important the data collected is to elimination matches. Even if you're not a top 8 seed, your information is still useful if you're a second pick, as you can confer with the drafter to select a robot with the best fit for your alliance. Also, if you're going to multiple competitions, the data will still hold some weight to the robots and will help you in qualification matches.

I personally scouted almost every qualification match at worlds for my team. I found it rewarding to help the team in finding good alliance partners. We have volunteers that organize scouting and hand out the sheets we used, and if I wanted to continue scouting after my shift was up, they were all for it. Maybe I'm just a weird one for enjoying scouting?