Where is Looking Forward?

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Here I was all ready to get my kids all fired up when we get blown off by you guys again and we can use self righteous indignant rage to drive us to victory but noooooooooooooooo you had to go and leave us to our own devices.
Great .
Now we got to use actually skill and strategy to win.
Thanks a bunch!

Oh Ed, it'll be ok. I'm sure there is another way to get your kids all fired up. If you need suggestions, I'll tell you what works with my kids. lol BTW good luck at FLR this weekend! As well I am disappointed there will not be a looking forward. I do understand how hard it is to compile all the tips and inquisitions for each team of each regional. I cannot wait for the CMP post however. Good luck to all teams this week.

Cass

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Dancin103

Oh Ed, it'll be ok. I'm sure there is another way to get your kids all fired up. If you need suggestions, I'll tell you what works with my kids. lol BTW good luck at FLR this weekend! As well I am disappointed there will not be a looking forward. I do understand how hard it is to compile all the tips and inquisitions for each team of each regional. I cannot wait for the CMP post however. Good luck to all teams this week.

Cass

Your twin says hi!

[jblay]

Is Looking Forward returning this year?

I have been waiting and hoping for his return but its looking more and more like we wont have those wonderful predictions for a second straight year.

[Chris is me]

I certainly hope so. If not, I hope the "prediction torch" could be passed onto another group of motivated peoples.

[Norman J]

I hope we at least get Championship predictions again.

Looking Forward, we value all your past insights, respect the amount of work you put into your posts and hope to see more in the future.

[Wayne TenBrink]

I will miss "Looking Forward" too, but I respect their reasons for stepping back.

Perhaps we could come up with a standardized set of statistics to give a timely "look back" at the events and their participants.

Event stats could include average or median winning and losing scores for qualification & eliminations, average number of tubes hung in autonomous, average rack scores, average number of minibots per match - things that describe the general level of competition and track improvements as the season progresses.

Individual team stats could be tracked in a way similar to to the FiM model which is based on qual match results, qual. match rank, order of selection for elimination rounds, elimination results, and judged awards. Some sort of Offensive Power Ranking or Defensive Power Ranking component in the team score would also be valuable. Many teams already have their own versions of this that they use for scouting (such as 1114's great sytem).

Individual team ranking scores would have limitations for teams that only attend one event, but it is an objective way to track teams' performance. It would be fun to keep track of, and would be a good scouting too.

Event stats give us a chance to see if our pre-season predictions were correct...

Any suggestions for a consistent scoring method?

[Looking Forward]

Many alternatives and methods were investigated to reduce the workload involved in Looking Forward. Unfortunately, the time investment needed was still too dramatic and some of the resources and connections used to create the predictions had eroded or disappeared entirely. The plan is still for Championship predictions to occur.

If another group of motivated people is interested, the possibility to "pass the torch" (so to speak) could be arranged, but it wouldn't be as simple as the first person who volunteered. I simply wouldn't feel comfortable with someone else taking over if I do not feel they can maintain the same standard of quality.