Maximum Rounds Played at a regional event??

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by frasnow

I would recommend you try to design your software without limiting the number of matches. Why not make the number of matches a setting? Programmers are always making the mistake of saying "we'll never run-out of ______." You might be too young to remember Y2K, but I recommend reading about it.

This.

Write your code to be flexible to the number of matches. I've lost track of the number of times I programmed in a "magic number" hard limit to something and had that cause unpredictable results somewhere down the road because it was exceeded.

It's also exactly like creating CAD models; draw them robustly using reference planes, axis' and robust sketch relations and dimensions, and the CAD model is very resilient to iterative change. Try to cut corners by doing things "quicker", and you'll spend more time in the long run fixing sloppy work than just doing it right the first time.

[DELurker]

Originally Posted by Francis-134

Districts and regionals would certainly differ in the number of matches they run due to their fundamentally different nature.

True. However a truly robust piece of software should be able to account for all of the variations, including things like replays of matches (hopefully never again) due to "issues".

[mdituri]

Originally Posted by DELurker

Rutgers District Event last year had 13 matches per team during qualifications.

Yes, however, this year all MAR district events will have 12 matches each.

If you must limit the number, 20 per event is more than enough. We scout differently for the elimination rounds. We specifically look for weaknesses and strategies. Think about how the elimination round scouting would change.