Easiest ways to succeed at competition

[mentos54]

Another tip I've found top be important is knowing who designed what. If a system isn't working, make sure you talk to the person or group who designed it. Sometimes an obvious solution doesn't work because of a hidden issue (known only to a select few people).

[Sperkowsky]

Tip is to never ever be rude to alliance partners. We had an alliance partner (the adult coach) say to us in queue "your scouting results look unfavorable" when I gave him a surprised look because earlier in the day i heard the exact opposite he said "I'm just being real" ironically enough in the end we were the 8th alliances first pick and the team whom found our scouting results unfavorable did not even get into elims.

That team will never be on a picklist of ours so GG.

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

That team will never be on a picklist of ours so GG.

We had a little pep talk with our drive team during one of our recent practice sessions (oh yes - add have practice sessions to the list). We talked about how teams have "do not pick" lists and that the kinds of things that get you put on that list often do not have anything to do with the performance of the actual robot. We wouldn't ever want to land on someone else's DNP list. Instead, we want to be the team that everyone enjoys working with - the team that is known to be friendly, communicates well, follows through with their promises, is honest about their ability or inability, doesn't put other teams down, etc. In other words, be GP.