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Re: To Shoot or Not to Shoot

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Originally Posted by dellagd View Post
While smart teams will notice a niche robot, with the heavy reliance on partners for matches, I foresee the ranking system not being as... accurate (I say that lightly) as it has been in the past. You may have teams out there picking that didn't even scout (or scout effectively). Maybe I'm just too cautious, but something like that is just too risky, at least for us.
I wonder if it's a good strategy to build a robot that doesn't look like anything unless you're really paying attention. This might reduce the odds that you'll be chosen by a team with a lucky schedule. There are a couple assumptions that I'm making here: 1) on-field performance and scouting quality are correlated, and 2) your goal is to maximize your odds to win the event rather than your odds of being picked.
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