Thread: 2015 - How to scout totes
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Re: 2015 - How to scout totes
I'd add a "crash" button to the GUI. Have it ask how many totes were toppled, defaulting to the most recent stack made.

Now that you've got my mind on the subject...

Does your scouting app actually record when the tote stack is scored within the match? Speed to stack is probably going to be more important than how high your stack is, and an RC atop a stack is worth (at least) twice as much as the totes under it.

When it comes to RC scoring, you will also need some way to properly track "partial stackers" - teams that (for example) stack 3, score them, then stack 3 more with an RC, and place them atop the original stack of 3 for a total of 6x2 + 6x4 = 36 points (plus maybe another six for litter).

BTW, we haven't really started on our scouting procedures for 'Rush yet - thanks for the reminder!