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Re: Opinions of Q&A
I'm in agreement with the other responders. If you have resources for only one, do the scouting from the stands. If you have resources for both, do both. A majority of pit scouting data is inaccurate if you're looking for any degree of precision, and even if it's just a yes/no question, expect about 1/3 of the answers to be wrong. In most cases, teams' expectations do not match their performance. In a few other cases, the question or answer is misunderstood or mis-recorded. Some teams (or at least some members of the teams) intentionally troll the pit scouts, giving answers that are intentionally wrong or capriciously made up on the spot; several individuals have admitted it on CD in pit scouting threads in previous years.
If you do pit scouting, remember that it is just a reference point to begin the real scouting. For example, if you have built a fast boulder cycling machine that can only cross the low bar, you'll want to scout sapper robots heavily, and vice-versa. Pit scouting can help identify the robots to watch more closely.
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