FRC rules around seating need to change.

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by evanperryg

Why? Seems frivolous outside of a strategist making observations.

Data can help make strategic decisions during Einstein. Not the same type of scouting that you would do during qualifications where you're trying to gain an overall understanding of a robot's performance, but recording specific numbers or trends that are important to your strategy. For example, when I was sitting with 469 as an alumnus during Einstein 2014, there were students measuring average cycle time during all the Einstein matches and relaying those numbers down to the strategy team on the field.

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by Knufire

Data can help make strategic decisions during Einstein. Not the same type of scouting that you would do during qualifications where you're trying to gain an overall understanding of a robot's performance, but recording specific numbers or trends that are important to your strategy. For example, when I was sitting with 469 as an alumnus during Einstein 2014, there were students measuring average cycle time during all the Einstein matches and relaying those numbers down to the strategy team on the field.

Alright, now that two people have said this... I guess I wasn't very clear on what I meant. In elims, you aren't really taking numerical data. It's more about a couple of lead scouts taking notes and building strategies out of the strengths and weaknesses of opposing alliances. It's not as intensive.

I'll reiterate my main point: just be nice to people, and they'll be nice to you. Be understanding of others' situation, and they will be understanding of yours. This entire discussion has become uncharacteristically heated, not just for CD, but for FRC in general. It's interesting, absolutely, but let's try not to leverage age, reputation, or rhetoric to prove each other wrong. Discussion, not fighting.