MSC Team Ranking Changes pre to post MSC 2014

[Clinton Bolinger]

Marc,

I think most of the change in ranks came from the Alliance Selection Points.

There were teams that won events that didn't get selected or got picked up late in the draft. Most of this comes from Chris' statements about Alliance Needs.

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

5) Alliance needs. A great qualifying robot may not be what is needed by alliance captains causing them to slip down or out of the draft.

-Clinton-

[FoleyEngineer]

For 910, I think it was 3 factors...

1) Robot improvements - Our first two events showed weaknesses in our winch and gatherer, and we didn't play "smart." We were semi-finalists in those two, but by the time we went to Buckeye, we had those fixed and got wins there and at Troy. We always look at what we can improve on and work like crazy between events to make ourselves better. We test it on our practice bot and implement it at the next competition.

2) Driver practice - Every event they got better. They found just the right balance between offense and defense. They're never sitting still. They also got better at playing while being heavily defended and also at shutting down opponents. They also learned to "tuck" the ball while driving to eliminate "pop outs" from hard hits by our opponents.

3) Strategy / Teamwork - Watching our own "game films" along with hundreds of online ones from around the country helped us determine how to play better, and as a unified team. Having a plan ahead of time to switch plays on the fly based on if we have an opponent shutdown for example helped us keep scoring while preventing the opponents from doing so. Flexibility and teamwork often helped our alliance beat a stronger one that might not be playing as "one mind".

We're just hoping that we get the kind of awesome cooperation / teamwork at CMP that we have in Michigan!

Cheers!

[stuart2054]

Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer

For 910, I think it was 3 factors...

1) Robot improvements - Our first two events showed weaknesses in our winch and gatherer, and we didn't play "smart." We were semi-finalists in those two, but by the time we went to Buckeye, we had those fixed and got wins there and at Troy. We always look at what we can improve on and work like crazy between events to make ourselves better. We test it on our practice bot and implement it at the next competition.

2) Driver practice - Every event they got better. They found just the right balance between offense and defense. They're never sitting still. They also got better at playing while being heavily defended and also at shutting down opponents. They also learned to "tuck" the ball while driving to eliminate "pop outs" from hard hits by our opponents.

3) Strategy / Teamwork - Watching our own "game films" along with hundreds of online ones from around the country helped us determine how to play better, and as a unified team. Having a plan ahead of time to switch plays on the fly based on if we have an opponent shutdown for example helped us keep scoring while preventing the opponents from doing so. Flexibility and teamwork often helped our alliance beat a stronger one that might not be playing as "one mind".

We're just hoping that we get the kind of awesome cooperation / teamwork at CMP that we have in Michigan!

Cheers!

I thought you looked very good. Your dedication and hard work showed.
Congrats