Posted by Tom Vanderslice, Student on team #275, ORHS/AST/Hitachi, from Academy of Science and Technology and Hitachi.
Posted on 5/5/99 10:10 PM MST
In Reply to: Yes, use the regional results... posted by Joe Johnson on 5/5/99 8:02 PM MST:
: I disagree that the round robin of smaller groups lessens the luck of the draw, but I think that the idea of using the regional results is a great idea.
: I propose that the averages carry over from the regionals. This would help to give us more rounds without adding to the time at the national. The scores from each regional may have to be normalized so that all regionals have the same average QM points in order to account for regional differences in offensive/defensive strategies.
: I could go for it. It is not as desireable as having more QM's but it is perhaps a good compromise between an invitation only Nationals and what we currently have now.
: What do others think?
: Joe J.
Don't really see this working for a couple reasons...
1) Some teams don't/can't (although i don't know why you wouldn't unless
you couldn't) go to regionals...you can say oh well...they just get
6 QM's...well that leads right into #2... (convienently
2) You'd have a lot of teams w/ a lot of different numbers fo QM's
and the proverbial 'lucky/unlucky round' gets magnified or shrunk (sorry
i couldn't think of a smart sounding -ed word to mean shrunk...sue me...)
depending on your QM's...at least in this year's system everyones
lucky/unlucky rounds counted equally...but you could have one team use
their skill and score 3 perfect rounds at various regionals...but the
effect is shrunken down so much by the fact that they had 33 QM's...but
the team that gets 'lucky' with one perfect score at nationals and those
are their only 6 QM's is virtually guaranteed a spot in the finals...
and you think people complain about it (oh sorry...discuss it) now...
Tom
Team 275
p.s. ifyou can't tell i'm slightly cynical about the whole 'lucky/unlucky'
round thing...before nationals (my team didn't get to go to a regional..
we're poor and in houston) i was thinking...wow just gotta get lucky once
and we're in...after the competition i now know that it takes a lot more
than just getting 'lucky' to get a really good score....unlucky rounds are
a little more likely...but still...'lucky' perfect scores aren't gonna come
up too often...and any team who has the ability to get a perfect score
whether they are paired with a box w/ wheels or the #1 seed deserves a spot
in the finals...b/c your robot has to be able to do something special to
get a perfect score...
sorry..i didn't mean to write all that...i just needed to say it...
