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Unread 10-03-2007, 22:45
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Re: Your Scouting System

See, all you people are trying to come up with some sort of mathematical formula for which team is best. Have a group of dedicated people sit in the stands and watch every match, and then discuss between matches (who did something cool, who was dependable, who scored the most, who would be best as our partner)

Then have them make a list of the top 20 robot picks. They'll remember the good ones, and the less impressive teams won't show up on the list. Because your scouters are focusing on the actual robot and gameplay, rather than what the team says they can do, or statistics of wins/losses, you'll get much better results.

Have one of these people be your team representative. Have him/her take the list if you get picked or get to choose.
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Last edited by meatmanek : 10-03-2007 at 22:58. Reason: whoops, 'get picked or get to help choose'... those two things are the same.