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Re: Strategy Sub-Team

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
I maintain that it does not matter. Very simply: If a team can use whatever drivetrain that they have in a manner that benefits the alliance the best, it does not matter how many motors they have, or what type of drivetrain. Plain and simple. I can't say it any simpler. If a 2WD, 2CIM drivetrain is functional and its robot does the job that my alliance needs it to do better than any other robot out there, then darned if I ain't gonna pick that team regardless of however many 6CIM 8WD robots that do that job there are out there.

You cannot change my mind on this.
In an ideal world, with perfect scouting, strategy and foresight, I'm sure this holds true. Makes sense you don't want to deviate from this theory.

However, I want to emphasize that, in practice, filtering pick lists based off of pit data can be very helpful. I call it "strategic generalization".

For 2010-2014 era games, 1678 found that making an initial filter based on drivetrain type improved the quality of our 2nd pick. I think this is what Gregor was talking about.

2015 was a real outlier in terms of 2nd picks. We used no match scouting data for all three of our regional 2nd picks, only cheesecake pit scouting data. We initially filtered teams based off of code type, weight, willingness to work with us, etc., all data collected in the pit.

Lesson learned from 2015, past generalizations will not always apply to future games. The key is not "will you generalize?" but "what will you generalize?"

I won't try to change your mind, but hopefully others find some value in the practice of strategic generalization.

You can hold on to your ideas and I'll hold on to my blue banners.

-Mike
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