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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
Every team gets bad alliance partners.
Every team has a bit more practice.
Every team has SOME technical difficulty.
Every team gets hit by a bad call.
This happens at every regional, every championship event, and every offseason.
We use statistics to try and factor these things out. I dont want to look at 85 paragraphs for each team in the division when I'm down in the pits trying to run strategies. I want to look at a concise page with the vital information I need to assemble a winning strategy. This is what seperates good teams from great teams. For example, look at the triplets. All of the teams have the exact same robot, but 1114 has gone above and beyond in their scouting, strategizing, and utlization of driver practice time. All of these efforts are more than apparent on the field.
So, I must agree to disagree on your point. With the short nature of these events, I am willing to take any steps I can to alleviate the stress and pressure of preparing for matches. The easiest and most effective way to do this for the Championship event is pre-competition scouting, with statistics.
Nothing beats it. Hands down. Period. The End. Nothing's better.
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I shall respond to this two fold.
First, a post earlier in this thread.
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Originally Posted by OZ_341
I know that this thread is meant to be for fun and is an interesting mental exercise but make sure that you keep an open mind when scouting. There is a danger in having too many preconceived notions about the teams in your division.
In 2003 we had an excellent scouting crew. We seeded 4th and picked the 17th and 65th seeded teams based on their capabilities, track record, and complementary machine features. Everyone laughed at our picks and We ended up winning Galileo.
Sure we had a great machine, but we had even better scouting!!
Have fun with this thread, but choose carefully in Atlanta!!
Good luck to everyone next week!!
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Yes, I realise that EVERY team gets hurt and helped at some point during the Championship event, but it isn't entirely equal. Last year 233 was near the top of virtually everyone's pre-Championship lists, topped out multiple power ranking, statistical charts, etc. Where did they finish? Semi-finals on Archimedes, and they were ranked somewhere in the 40s or 50s after qualification. These are a HUGE benefit no doubt, but it is highly unlikely that any of our predictions and scouting rankings will be very accurate at all when all is said and done.