A New Way to Scout

[EricH]

Originally Posted by xXTHEGUARDIANxX

two people(we sent our driver and co-driver) would look at our next match and go scout the 5 teams (the opponents first) and on a sheet of paper ask them the statistics on their robot)

Some folks call that pit scouting; others call it useless.

You're actually better off having someone in the stands look at how those teams do in the last match before the one in which they play you, and getting the stats data down to the drivers as soon as it's collected, than asking them their stats, because their stats will almost invariably be without defense and/or estimates--and therefore higher than actual.

The other question would be, why are you having the drivers scout? I can understand if you're short on people, but IMO, drivers should not be scouting. They should be working with data they've been handed to develop a strategy.