Buyers' remorse / Pig in a poke

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

When I play soccer, I don't show up on Saturday and take the pitch with 10 random other people. Tell me one, since you claim "most," legitimate sport in which you have random teammates.

This is not a 'Pig in a poke'. When you signed up for FIRST, you knew you'd have random teammates. That is 'part of the challenge'. This is not a new rule from FIRST.

On the first day of competition you received your match schedule. If you did not go to each and every alliance partner (at a minimum) and MAKE SURE they could drive (drive train worked) and move during autonomous (just a few lines of code) and pin the ball for an assist, then you did yourself (and your alliance partners) a disservice. Helping to fix alliance partners BEFORE your match really helps this year.

Again, this game is won (more than most FIRST games) at the strategy sessions BEFORE any match, and is won by maximizing EACH robots capabilities, not just having 1 robot carry the alliance.

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

I didn't see any alliance last year that didn't have some depth of strategy in the eliminations of CMP. I never saw a one robot carries all. Whether it was blocking a full court shooter, preventing a 50 point climb, or coordinating cycles and rotating defensive play, everyone had some sort of strategy. And I think you're making a blanket statement by accusing all the teams that haven't had the best schedules of "not playing well with others" or "not strategizing before a match."

Last years strategies are not this years strategies. Last year was one of the worst in terms of teamwork between alliance members because 1 'uber' robot could carry an alliance. Again, this year teamwork starts before the match. Those that fail to plan are planning to fail.