Answered: Autonomous Points for Alliance

[jgillespie]

The rules for how teams earn Autonomous Points is listed below.

All teams in each Qualifying Match will also receive Autonomous Points (AP).
o Teams who earn the autonomous bonus in a Qualifying Match receive four (4) AP
o Teams who do not earn the autonomous bonus in a Qualifying Match receive zero (0) AP

After using tournament manager, it was noted that both teams on the alliance earn the AP even if a team was a no show or DQed. Reading through the rules, those exceptions are not noted in the AP section. But looking at the WP and SP, those exceptions matter.

At the conclusion of each match, Win Points (WP) will be issued:
o Winning teams of a Qualifying Match receive two (2) WP
o Losing teams of a Qualifying Match receive zero (0) WP
o If a Qualifying Match ends in a tie, all four teams receive one (1) WP
o If a team is Disqualified they receive zero (0) WP

All teams in each Qualifying Match will also receive Strength of Schedule Points (SP).
o The number of SP assigned for each match, is that of the losing alliance’s score.
o In the event of a tie, both alliances will receive the same SP (equal to the tie score).
o If a team is disqualified they receive zero (0) SP
o If both teams on an alliance are Disqualified, the teams on the winning Alliance will be
awarded their own score as their SP for that match.

But then further in the rules it states that teams will recieve no APs for a no show, and its treated the same as a DQ.

For a Qualifying Match, if no member of a team is present in the driver station at the start of a
match, that team is declared a “no show” and will receive zero (0) WP, zero (0) AP, and zero
(0) SP. A “no show” is treated exactly the same as a Disqualification.

So APs are to be treated the same as WP, and SP, but using the latest version of tournament manager, APs were given to teams who were a no show or DQ. So is this a mistake in tournament manager?

[Karthik]

Let me do some investigating. The intent is for a no-shows and DQs not to earn any APs. The wording will be fixed in the August 17th version of the game manual, and in the mean time we’ll take a look to see what’s happening in TM.

[Karthik]

The manual has been updated to reflect this discussion.

@VEX Robotics Competition Starstruck Game Manual

All teams in each Qualifying Match will also receive Autonomous Points (AP).
o Teams who earn the autonomous bonus in a Qualifying Match receive four (4) AP
o Teams who do not earn the autonomous bonus in a Qualifying Match receive zero (0) AP
o If a team is disqualified they receive zero (0) AP

The next release of Tournament Manager will address this issue.