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Re: Key Scouting Points?

I think an important question is, what do you need to know about your partners to formulate a good strategy? This largely depends on your robot. Here are a couple examples:
  • If you are a shooter, data on where other teams shoot is particularly important for writing a picklist or planning a match. You usually want to pick a shooter who shoots somewhere else, if possible.
  • If you have a gear auto that only works for one of the pegs, you want to keep an eye on what pegs other teams use. You don't want to pick a team that needs that same peg as you to pull off their auto. If which peg you use doesn't matter to you, this becomes a much less useful data point.
  • If you don't have a floor pickup for fuel, watch out for teams who have floor pickups. If you don't have one and don't pick a team who does, guess what defenders are going to do in playoffs.
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