Coopertition points for borrowing minibot

[Dr Theta]

Agreed, shortly after posting I realized the same possibility, though I do believe scoring in such a manner will be rare.

[Brandon_L]

One last question:
what do the coopertition points do? I'm pretty sure last year they somehow affected your rankings. This year I can't find any info on it and it seems the only benefit of sharing a minibot is for the coopertition award?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Only if the other teams choose to use it, and it scores.

I don't think teams will benefit from loaning out their robot like they think they will.
Lots of teams struggle simply using their own robot. I can't see teams who use another teams robot scoring with them because they haven't had enough time to learn how to use it properly.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I don't think teams will benefit from loaning out their robot like they think they will.
Lots of teams struggle simply using their own robot. I can't see teams who use another teams robot scoring with them because they haven't had enough time to learn how to use it properly.

Unless its planned ahead.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Unless its planned ahead.

I agree. I think the only way teams will get a lot of Coopertition points this year, besides blind luck, is if they design with each other and plan it...

Doesn't that defeat the point of coopertition then?

[keericks]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

One last question:
what do the coopertition points do? I'm pretty sure last year they somehow affected your rankings. This year I can't find any info on it and it seems the only benefit of sharing a minibot is for the coopertition award?

I had the same question as I poured over the rules for the rankings and searched the Tournament document for the word Coopertition - nothing. Then as I looked at the Awards document I noticed there is a single Coopertition award given to the team with most cooperition points at the end of the event. That seems to be the only result for gaining CP's - other than being a cool team that's helping out of course!

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by keericks

I had the same question as a poured over the rules for the rankings and searched the Tournament document for the word Coopertition - nothing. Then as I looked at the Awards document I noticed there is a single Coopertition award given to the team with most cooperition points at the end of the event. That seems to be the only result for gaining CP's - other than being a cool team that's helping out of course!

So that's it?

It would be something cool to do but I really thought it helped somehow..

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Unless its planned ahead.

You mean like weeks ahead?
A few runs on the practice field before the match probably won't help all that much.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

You mean like weeks ahead?
A few runs on the practice field before the match probably won't help all that much.

Think even earlier.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Think even earlier.

Kickoff is weeks earlier.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Kickoff is weeks earlier.

After that xD

We might have a total of 3 teams working together to make the same exact minibot

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

After that xD

We might have a total of 3 teams working together to make the same exact minibot

That sounds more like a collaborative effort than making a robot to loan out to other teams to use in other matches.
What I'm thinking of is the team that you don't know who does not have a minibot. those teams cannot be relied on for points because they are not going to know what to do most likely.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

That sounds more like a collaborative effort than making a robot to loan out to other teams to use in other matches.
What I'm thinking of is the team that you don't know who does not have a minibot. those teams cannot be relied on for points because they are not going to know what to do most likely.

Thats how it started out, but now we might each make one, exactly the same, and rotate them. Team A gets team C's bot, B gets C's, C gets A's for the entire event.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

Thats how it started out, but now we might each make one, exactly the same, and rotate them. Team A gets team C's bot, B gets C's, C gets A's for the entire event.

But how would they be able to tell whos robot is whos?
I don't think when they came up with the Coopertition points they had in mind teams doing that.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

But how would they be able to tell whos robot is whos?
I don't think when they came up with the Coopertition points they had in mind teams doing that.

I saw a problem with that from the beginning. Even if another team is just using it for a match, on your alliance, how do they know?? Should I/someone Q&A this?