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Re: Key Scouting Points?

We are trying a lot of new and ambitious things with scouting this year, moving from a paper/digital hybrid to fully digital is going to enable us to pull some of our match scouting data for qualification strategy discussions.

The biggest data points we are looking for are pretty much the same for our partners and our opponents.

Where do robots prefer to shoot fuel from? Does that encroach upon our firing position? Is the firing position of an opponent robot predictable and susceptible to defense?

How many gears can our entire alliance place on average and/or max? How many gears can our opponents place on average and/or max? This info might tell us which number rotor to shoot for. There is no sense in going for the 4th rotor unless the data says the alliance can do it. Similarly, we can make a prediction of how far the opposing alliance might try to go, and make the decision if its worth playing defense or not on gear placement.

From past experience as drive coach and strategist, unless you have hard data to backup an alliance strategy, the chance that the match is going to go the way you planned it is very low.
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