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Re: Scouting as an Aliiance Captain

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Originally Posted by anushad View Post

For example, this past year we were alliance captains at our qualifying events. As a low goal/breacher/ferry robot, it was important for us to have at least one high goal shooter on the alliance-so we had a list of all of the teams with high goals shooters, ranked.
As another alliance captain low-goal-only robot, we had a similar list for each event we went to. I think the key is to understand your priorities; therefore you can understand what you want in potential alliance partners, no matter if you are picked, or are doing the picking.

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Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb) View Post

Definitely scout as if you were going to be an alliance captain and make a pick list no matter what. Even if you don't end up being one, a pick list can be critical if you were picked by a team that doesn't have a pick list themselves.
Couldn't have said it any better. Honestly, as long as you have good data, as well as any supplementary info you may want (pit scouting, qual scouting, etc.) and are prepared for any scenario, that's all you need.
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