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Originally Posted by Kimmeh
What if instead of you directly helping your parners, you ask another team?
"Hey Awesome Team! I see that Struggling Team is having some problems with their random component. We play with them soon, and then you play with them later. Unfortunately, we're busy fixing our robot/another robot and don't have the manpower to fully help them. Do you have a few people who can join our person/people in helping them get going?
No one is necessarily asking you to do it all. However, by definition, veteran teams have more experience and connections than a rookie team. Not to mention it can be intimidating for a rookie to go up to a powerhouse team to ask for help. Or maybe they don't realize that there are other teams willing to help them. Serve as a middle-man and help them get help.
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I'm all for doing this, and I try to both on a team and as an inspector. But honestly, most of the in-match problems I see aren't from mechanisms (except drivetrains, which I know some people manage to overhaul at events, but I've never seen much success). They're from inexperienced drivers or inexperienced/unresponsive coaches. It's not that they're not trying, but I've had several teams this season (in our relatively lucky schedule) that just wouldn't get to their assist or avoid fouls, no matter the pre- and in-match guidance I could give. That's what AA has really made salient to me, and preparing some of the lost drive teams I've seen to take on hard matches isn't an challenge that's conquerable during an event. Best I start earlier next time!