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Originally Posted by AndyB
Yeah, scouting definitly gives you some ideas in in the long run, makes you MUCH smarter. You learn how everything works, and the idle way to make it work. We had a mentor spend an hour at nationals on his hands and knees looking over Beatty's bot.
God bless scouting.
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Hahah, well put. That's absolutely true. Scouting is quintessential to doing well at a FIRST competition. And not only does it help you do well, but it also increases the number of jobs you have, so kids aren't left with nothing to do!
But back to the point. For those of you that saw Team 25's scouting 'pit' at NJ/Vegas this year, be prepared for the beast to be unleashed next year. As I said before, we designed our own program from Java this year, but next year's program is being written in conjunction with some higher level programmers...hope it turns out well!
*note to newer FIRST teams*
always keep a paper copy. always, always, always, always! it's a fact of life, when you need the data the most, your computer will probably crash. The way we do it is to have the data recorded on paper scouting sheets and then entered into the server/computers for statistical analysis and sorting purposes. It works out very well in cases where we have anomalies in data, or ...well our computers crash!