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Re: Scouting only half the field

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Originally Posted by BotDesigner View Post
I am a member a relatively small team that has never made it into elims. This year we will attempt scouting for the first time (as far as I am aware). Since our team does not have a ton of people to spare I was wondering about the possibility of only scouting a single alliance of each qualification match. This would mean we would only need to have 3 scouts working in the stands at a time. Is this a terrible idea? And more importantly, if we only scout a single alliance color through the day, should it be blue or red?
It seems like it would work, in theory. You'd cover every team eventually, and color wouldn't matter. Keep in mind, though, that at an event with 10 qual matches per team, you'll probably only get 4-6 matches per team, which might not be enough to get an idea of how good any given team actually is. If you can, contact a local team that scouts and ask if you can scout with them. This will allow you to get a more complete set of data, and hopefully learn the ropes of scouting from an experienced team.
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