pic: Archimedes Scouting: OPR vs. Robot Performance (Scatter Plot)

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

I'm not sure why you chose to ignore co-op points.

Just so you don't think I'm stupid - yes I realize that co-op is not allowed in elims, etc. etc. But...

Unless you have a 3-yellow tote stack autonomous, the time it takes to complete a co-op is about the same time it takes a decent HP stacker to complete a stack. Many robots sacrifice one HP stack in order to do the co-op, so I would argue that keeping the co-op score is a more accurate reflection of the team's ability.

For low tier robots coop was often their only method of scoring points, which is useless come eliminations.

Higher tier robots often gave up a stack to complete coop, my team included.

Our general match strategy was 2 stacks from the landfill, or one stack and coop.
We only would do coop if there were not 2 containers available for us to use (I.e. Capable alliance partners using them).

Seeing stronger robots doing coop is a strategy decision, and neglecting coop devalues good strategy.