[MasterChief 573]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

You get all of the power when you're discussing a strategy with your alliance as well. Every alliance should be listening to the team that has the facts on how a team performed on the field. A team can say whatever they want in the pits (we're guilty of giving false information), but it will most likely differ from how they perform on the field.

Students on 166 feel the same way about not wanting to scout. I try and tell them over and over that scouting is infinitely important.

Here's some ways we get them to do it:
We assign shifts so they aren't constantly scouting
We have a pair of leads and a mentor to make sure they are doing it
It's very organized. We have the shifts, the sheet is easy to work with, it's easy to do

Boilermaker was the best scouting we've ever done. We just need a bigger binder so all of the teams are in the same binder...

I agree with your outlook and your system mirrors ours in a few ways. I also agree with your idea of talking to future alliance partners before a match to dicuss strategy ahead of time. In fact at GLR I would go before a match to talk to our alliance partners in the pits holding little meetings to discuss strategy. I found it very affect and I think that it contributed to our success, it was very affective.