[Edxu]

Originally Posted by Sunnykx

Edxu - I agree. Scouting will be awesome this year. I'm the scouting mentor from Team 3663. We got to the Finals in Curie at Worlds with a very carefully thought out alliance selection. Scouting is always a big deal but this year more than ever. My team and I are ecstatic about match strategy this year. Your team, 610, was awesome by the way.

One thing I'm curious about with your playbook - do you find that it really corresponds to the matches you encounter? I can see it working when applied with broad strokes (example: high goal scorer, breaching defense robot that uses an arm to manipulate Portcullis, Sally Port, Cheval de Frise, and Drawbridge, etc), but I find that each robot has such unique characteristics that our scouters need to treat them as individuals. What are your thoughts?

It's true that most robots are unique enough that we can't simulate their full capabilities, but it's excellent practice for everyone involved with match planning, and in good years, we may be able to predict the "concept" of 3-4 robots at the event, meaning 3-4 less teams that are unknown variables. The Playbook isn't used for scouting, but instead used by the Strategy division in order to be able to evaluate a robot's main role by glance, so that match planning is made more efficient.