"Random" match Schedules

[Covey41]

This was a issue at the Winter WarZone scrimmage in Suffield, Ct 2 weeks ago.

I guess the software people did not think it was a problem! I know they were told it would be.

Another year with scoring system problems...who figures!!

[Danny McC]

Yeah. I was wondering this myself. Because all of our matches today we went against team 716.

[Guy Davidson]

Yeah. Watching the webcast of VCU (we don't compete until week 3 *tear*) I kept noticing pairings of teams competing againsty each other.

[Karthik]

This is not a pretty situation. From my initial analysis, the algorithm seems to be grouping teams based on their team number, and cycling through these groups. As a result pairs of teams are seeing each other repeatedly. This is not fun for a team who has to play the same powerhouse repeatedly. Also, it gets very stale, very quickly. Hopefully the software is modular enough to handle a new algorithm, that can be implemented for the rest of the season.

[AcesPease]

Originally Posted by Covey41

This was a issue at the Winter WarZone scrimmage in Suffield, Ct 2 weeks ago.

I guess the software people did not think it was a problem! I know they were told it would be.

Another year with scoring system problems...who figures!!

This was definitely pointed out at the Winter Warzone scrimmage, and I was led to believe that it would be addressed before the regionals.

Our experience was to play all 3 rounds with the same 5 other robots. Robots that could only play defense so the scores were 0-0, 2-0, 0-0, no working ramps to try out between the six bots. This was Not the varied cross section you want when tuning up your robot at a scrimmage. And this could not lead to a fair shake for a good robot that ends up opposite the same power robots round after round.

[Ian Curtis]

At BAE, team 238 will play team 1153 8 times. Teams receive 8 matches.

At first, I thought our situation was bad (we played Buzz 3 times). I later found out that there are several instances of teams playing other teams (4+ times). We play either 1277 or 1247 in every single qualifier.

I never thought I would say this, but I want Hatch's schedule algorithm back (and theres wasn't particularly good).

On a positive note, the new field control can stay, although a timer would be more useful than a bar on the big screen.

[Luckyfish05]

PantherTech (292) is playing ThunderChickens (217) 5 times over the course of this weekend. Not to say that we don't like playing you guys, but we'd just rather have you on the same side of the field. Yep, I don't think this algorithm is up to pair and needs to be fixed. Hopefully people are playing attention and something can be quickly worked out.

[Dan Petrovic]

Yeah. We are against 151 for 4 matches. Against 172 for 3 (which was quite scary considering their great ramp!)

There were many instances when we were with someone of match, and against them the next.

I wasn't exactly happy.

At least we aren't up against 126 or 175 ever... right?

[galewind]

Also, it's peculiar that all of our round numbers are the same:
9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79