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Re: Scouting on Thursday?

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
You bring up a good point. ALWAYS scout yourself. This can help you figure out if your scouting program is accurate.
And, in the case of match scouting, help you make an accurate strategy choice. Realistically, every team thinks their robot performed better than it did. It's not like there is anything particularly wrong with that (as long as it is not an exaggerated effect), but it makes for a tough time planning strategy. If you have numbers/info on everyone in a match, including yourself, you can make very good strategy decisions. If you only have info on 83% of the teams in your match, then you are unnecessarily handicapping yourself. The only team you play with every match is your own* - it's best to know what you really can do, not what you think you can do.


*unless you are stuck in 2007 with that awful match randomizing algorithm.
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