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Originally Posted by mtaman02
As I said before there should be a SET amount of matches to be played for each regional based on the amount of teams - like 10 matches for 30 teams so on and so forth that way those volunteers who are at the scoring table don't have to use their best judgement in how many matches to run.
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I dont think that there should be a SET number, but a rough guideline. I know that at VCU, one of the biggest reasons we try to get as many matches in as possible is to give each team all the play time that they can possibly have. I think that those regionals with lower team attendance shouldn't necessarily take more time inbetween matches. I agree that there should be sufficient time inbetween a teams matches, since i was a driver for my team, but also try to maximize the number of matches that a team can play. Doing this first basically gives the teams what they pay for, but it also helps teams to be able to help out their rank, esp those teams that are able to improve their robot greatly if they came in not up to par shape.
Also just to sum up how the match pairing is generated:
Hatch Technology developed the scoring program that they use at the competitions. The part of the scoring program has the algorithm that generates the matches. The inputs that the competition puts in before it generates the matches are:
-Time inbetween matches for teams
-Ideal number of matches for each team to play
-and, Start and End time for the competition day
I think that is about it, not to sure, can't really remember that well. After these inputs are put in, the program takes them and the list of the teams that is stored in the program for that event and generates the match schedule.
just my .02
Mike O'Brien