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Re: Poor team scouting methods?

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Originally Posted by David View Post
My team has found that trying to get a computer to tell you who to pick is nearly impossible (and often wrong). In the past we have tried to quatify a robots qualities, but found that having a person who watches all the matches and takes basic notes is highly effective.
It's typically a bad idea to rely only on statistics for your scouting data. Situational circumstances matter a lot, especially with the random matches. Other often less considered information such as how well a team works with an alliance and how well they respond to changes in game situations is very hard, if not impossible, to quantify, but can often make or break an eliminations alliance. I've seen many teams fall prey to this because a team that looked great on paper didn't come through in the pinch.

That one person sitting there can make all the difference...
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