[EricH]

Originally Posted by Ken Loyd

...Put big, readable numbers on your robot. Scouts usually get pushed to the sides or way up in the stands by the teams who want to stand when their robot is on the field (of course then no one else can see their robot.) ...
Be friendly. The team you are rude to today may ot pick you tomorrow.

Readable is the key. Black on robot insides is NOT visible from the stands. Even sticking paper behind the numbers would help. Better yet, follow the rules on size, stroke, and contrast. Trust me, if I can't see your numbers, I can't identify you easily, and that means I have to use elimination to figure out who you are. Having two robots with this problem on the same alliance means that somebody has wrong data or doesn't get scouted at all.

Definitely be friendly. Ignoring the top 8, even if you are in the top 8, can be fatal.