IYO, whats most important

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

I see where your going with that, but I still feel like if you put a list down of +/-'s (much like you would do in an alliance captain role) it will be hard to see the value of a robot such as boxbot.

Alliance +/- will reflect this if we assume even alliance distribution. However, me and you both know this often isn't the case, and teams +/-'s may be skewed depending on whether they consistently are with or against good robots.

I see where we're getting the disconect. The point of the +/- isn't to be a finished ranking calculation, but rather as data.
It's something you'd review friday night (maybe saturday for procrastinators) to compile your pick lists, not the pick list in itself.

I see as much value in the outliers as I do in the averages. As you review the data, if you notice that time after time scoring teams have good matches when paired with Boxbot A, you might want to pick Boxbot A.

+/- serves as a statistic that will enable quick evaluation of the total data. It will enable you to see how consistent robot's are, as well as quickly identify outlier matches so you can determine what caused them (whether it be a mechanical failure, match-up against strong opponents, or a good partner).