Scouting Tools

[Jessica Boucher]

Well....

First of all, not in the pit. The pit isn't the place for scouting (unless youre actually looking at the robots), the stands are. You're going to have too many people running around to have room for a kiosk.

Secondly, I'll be honest, in strategy I always prefer my own opinion of teams over other team's opinions. That's not to say that your opinion isn't good, its saying that your opinion of things and my opinion of things may differ. What you think is fast I may think is slower than molasses. Why? Because we're both working for two completely different teams, and when your team is looking at robots you'll be looking at them in how they relate to your team, not anyone elses. And that's not a bad thing either! It's just not something that I would personally use....and I think your resources could be better used elsewhere.

I also think the open strategy database thing has been done to death. If you're doing it for the judges, the judges have already seen it before. Though I do like the idea of having printing facilities available....maybe you could work that into something that FIRST hasn't seen before. Think outside the box a little, and if you need to bounce ideas off of me, just let me know, I love to hear them

Good luck!

[KevinB]

Yea we've done the collaborative scouting thing in the past, and I've found that I just don't trust anything that I don't see with my own eyes.

[gl75]

I'm developing a Team Scouting/Information database application for Team 75 based on Apple WebObjects and SQL Server 2000.

We have 6 Dell Latitudes with Wifi, and will keep the central server in our pit area. We'll be at the NJ and Philly regional, so be sure to stop by to check it out if you're interested!

Btw - I'm surprised WebObjects isn't bundled with the software FIRST sends out. It's just an unbelievable J2EE RAD environment and application server that uses Enterprise Objects rather than SQL. (And it was only $99 edu )


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Greg Liebowitz
Team 75 - RoboRaiders
Webmaster/Programmer
www.roboraiders.com

[Ashley Weed]

From my experiences, I think it would be very worthwhile if you implimented the idea. I know that it was very chaotic as a driver and keeping on top of all of my scouting/strategy tasks even with all of my support. Yes, it is true that you may be biased of your own opinion, however, there are many late Friday nights when I would sit down and start to debate selections for alliance partners for Finals, that I would of been thrilled to have opinions from another team. I think you have an exclellent idea, and I hope people will utilize it!