paper: Team 33 Scouting Sheet

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Originally Posted by J_Miles

Another comment, I would like to agree that scouting EVERY match by a team is a much more reliable system. This system would help to make averages more accurate, and would give you less flawed data. Take for instance the possibility that a team has comms issues at the beginning of the competition (I know this happened to us, 2337, at Kettering), and then after their fourth match the team begins playing EXTRAORDINARILY well. You've then forfeited accurate data for their last six matches, which may show that they are a team whose scoring averages (or other relevant data) would have otherwise put them at the top of your list.

As part of the scouting team I can assure you that every robot is well looked at. Although by the end of Friday or early Saturday we have 6 matches on every robot, we are watching every match and will extra scout teams who we're not completely certain about. If some team is not well represented on our scouting sheet, but they play a good match later, we take that into consideration. In addition we also pit scout every team. By the draft we have a complete list of teams we want to pick in order. Then the Captain can just cross them off as their picked and pick the next one that isn't when our turn comes around.

Edit-IKE beat me to it.