[logank013]

Good teams make the best of scouting. Take 1741 from Indiana as an example. Their robot wasn't really that good of a robot. They could consistently make 1 stack of 5 per match. To say the least, they weren't that good with totes. One strategy they used was a really good strategy and that's why they ended up being one of the best team in Indiana. They had this giant claw that was super fast at capping stacks, and it was a very stable and robust design. They would do very "odd" things during alliance selection. They would pick people down in the 20 range as their first pick sometimes. They would take "bad" teams for their alliance. These bad teams weren't really all that bad. During quals, they could make 1-5 stack with a can. Then in elims, 1741 would say "I got the cans. Stack some totes." Those bad teams could put up 2-5 stack when they didn't need to worry about cans. So 1741 would draft really fast stackers and they'd focus on totes, and 1741 would focus on cans. It almost worked really well in week 1, and I was really surprised that they didn't go farther than they did at District Championships. So like many "Elite" teams say, Focus on making a few things really good. A few good things is better than doing everything just ok.