Scouting —researching other teams to be knowledgeable and make informed decisions during alliance selection— has been an integral part of vex for quite some time now, but have we reached a point when scouting is no longer necessary? Tower takeover was the second year using our beloved new bo1 2-tea…

If you don’t have to scout, there probably isn’t that many good teams you face. Scouting is NECESSARY because there are so many small nuances that will affect how your alliance partner will work with you. For example, during Tower Takeover, we had to calculate scores of teams we knew we could beat…

[image] Xenon27: scouting for an alliance partner is pretty unnecessary, by the end of quals you know who your optimal partner is. This isn’t always true. When was the last time you saw a quals ranking that aligned with your predictions before the comp and when was the last time you saw an a…

[image] Team4863: If you don’t have to scout, there probably isn’t that many good teams you face. not necessarily. scouting is helpful, but at one point it becomes a waste of time if you go around asking every team everything about their robot. I only scout those who I have qual matches with…

In the past, I think data based on statistics has been far more valuable than data collected in person. Most claims have a tendency to be amplified, and it’s been better to let the numbers do the talking. How many times has an alliance claimed their auton is flawless only to have it fail all of elim…

For my team, it was really helpful this season. Mainly at state. If you look online at their stats it can be a bit helpful to see how consistent they are. But if you at least scout the teams you are going against and teaming with for qualifications at the actual tournament this is extremely helpful.…

I bet there were some top teams here [#wishing] happy they scouted further down the chain: [image] NC VRC States - 1st seed team gets denied 8 times during alliance selection VRC > Tower Takeover (19/20) [(VR 360) NC Vex VRC States - 1st Seed team gets denied 8 times…

It looks like scouting means different things to different teams. For instance, scouting for our team is basically paying attention to the teams that have a chance of winning the tournament. On this premise, we go over what their autonomous does, what their strategy is, and main strengths and weak…

[image] ThirdDegree: as a senior with spreadsheets from previous seasons calculating stats like OPR DPR CCWM and TRSP etc, we noticed these values were no longer necessary. Did you consider why that might be? One major difference between Tower Takeover and previous games is the point-multipl…

For scouting I use a google sheet. I love finding out about teams and make sure we are choosing alliances good. I take my up to the line. It works great. I don’t think that scouting is dead. It think more people should scout. It’s a good idea. Keep things contained. Paper scouting might be a bad id…

So, my team and I are planning on having scouting be an integral part of our strategy next year. We plan to ‘Moneyball it’, and find some obscure statistic that no one will look at, and exploit that to the best of our ability. I always enjoy scouting, and I feel like this will make it feel new and i…

Is scouting dead?

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I bet there were some top teams here [#wishing] happy they scouted further down the chain: