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Originally posted by Rich Kressly
In all instances what a team can do on "game day" is the only truly important information. Things change when the lights go on, uniforms are worn and crowds cheer.
5. Thus, in my humble opinion, utilizing your resources to prepare for on site competition scouting during practice and regular rounds would be more valuable then collecting a HUGE amount of information that may or may not be accurate even if the team is truly trying to disclose a plethera of accurate information.
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Statements like this make me realize how poor of a job I did last year telling people about Wildstang's database. Ever since our rookie year in 96 we scouted teams by watching them during matches and recording the data with pen & paper. Last year, we had extra software guys sitting idle (me) so we created a better way to gather, store, & retrieve data. We had 4 scouts watching each match (1 per robot) who entered data into Palms/Visors. We then uploaded the palm data into our central WASH database and distributed it to all the teams that helped us scout. It worked out pretty well. Plus it gave the software guys something to do while waiting for the behind schedule robot.
If you want to help us out this year (any & all help is appreciated), send me an email.
Mike