universal goal designations : The poll

[Mr. A]

Originally Posted by Denman

This is a poll relating to http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?p=342637 , with all the suggestions i can see compiled here

Thanks for putting this together, Denman. I started the discussion, but with the build in progress, and being new at this, I just didn't have time to follow through and figure out how to set up a poll. There are a few comments and clarifications, however, that I would like to make about the options.

Originally Posted by Pakrat

Number 1
Far Left........Far Mid........Far Right
Mid Left........CENTER........Mid Right
Near Left......Near Mid.......Near Right

This seems to be very popular, but I like using the word home instead of near as in number 6. Something warm and fuzzy about bringing your robot home at the end of the match reinforces this. Maybe you change 6 to this since it has no votes yet.

Far Left........Far Mid........Far Right
Mid Left........CENTER........Mid Right
Home Left......Home Mid.......Home Right

Originally Posted by Mr.A

Number 2
Left 3 . . . . . Center 3 . . . . . Right 3
Left 2 . . . . . Center 2 . . . . . Right 2
Left 1 . . . . . Center 1 . . . . . Right 1

I also really liked the converse of this which was suggested by DougHogg where you call out row one right, row two left, three center, etc.

3 left . . . . . 3 center . . . . . 3 right
2 left . . . . . 2 center . . . . . 2 right
1 left . . . . . 1 center . . . . . 1 right

Maybe you could add this or replace number 7 which has no votes and I don't think would really work because it's not intuitive.

Originally Posted by Mr.A

Number 9
31.....32.....33
21.....22.....23
11.....12.....13

Finally, my intent when I wrote #9 was that it would be called out as goal one-one, goal two-three, etc. where the first digit is the row and the second the column. goal two - row three. This also might take too much thinking.

three-one.....three-two.....three-three
two-one.......two-two.......two-three
one-one.......one-two.......one-three

Numbered systems do lend themselves to hand signals between coaches, however you shouldn't stick your hands in front of your drivers!

Thanks again for setting this up. I hope you can make a few tweaks, and then we'll see where it goes from there!