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Unread 19-12-2005, 10:36
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Mentor and Programming Unit Eng.
AKA: Nathan Cook
#1641 (Mojave Robotics)
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Rookie Year: 2005
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Re: TOO much scouting info???

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Originally Posted by cbolin
1. We were to play in a specific (?) manner.
2. We were to reduce all scouting data to just two (?) variables.

The change in our game play was incredible. Finally, after two years, we were doing things right.

NOTE: We'll share the (?) as soon as Radioshack unlocks their vexrobotics.com website. ;-) (something like 8 d, 7 h, 34m, 29 s)
Are you still sharing?

Last year at Vegas, we got 4th seed as rookies with NO scouting data and NO idea about who to pick. We made it to semis, but could have gone farther, with better info!

In fact, I'd like to see posts or links of ALL teams scouting plans and tools.

2 best pieces of advice I've seen so far are:
1. Collect PERFORMANCE data, because that's all that matters, in the end (Ask the drive team what info they think is most important on the field)
2. Assign (if possible) a scout per team in the stands to get match data that can show improvement or decline over time