Scouting and Strategy
By Josie Schmitt and Maddy Burke
Strategy
Strategy
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Read the Game Manual
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Figure out what parts of the game you want to complete
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Ex: Gears, Fuel, or Defense
Have a clear aim
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Be aware of the cool factor
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Easy but big point task
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Prioritize
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Functionality
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Desired qualities
Strategy
● Keep in mind your team’s limits and
build within them
● Analyze the game
○ How you can get the most rank points
● Keep in mind
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You have partners but you can’t rely on
them for your own points (carry your own
weight)
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What kind of alliance you could be on, or
facing (possible picks)
Strategy
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At competition figuring out
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How to get the most points
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How you can rank the highest
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What combo of teams could win
Scouting
Scouting is the collection of data to predict the future. It is very important!
• Crucial
• Predict match strategy of opponents
Scouting
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Predict the future
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Essential for alliance selection
• Pit scouting
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Take pictures
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Type of drivetrain
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Look at subsystems
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Functionalities
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Quality of construction
• Information management
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Pen and Paper requires organization by
teams
Scouting
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Things to keep track of:
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Match score
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Points scored by each team
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Scoring attempts and failures
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Penalties
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Autonomous modes, starting
position
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General strategy and
tendencies
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Drivers and human players
Scouting
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Data for all teams every match
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Requires Lots of people
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Make it FUN!!
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Alliance Selection
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Fill in gaps
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Preliminary list on Friday Night
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Tweak list through Saturday
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Be aware of a single metric
OPR
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About how many points each team should be able to score
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Weighted Average
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Accuracy is game dependent
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Most quoted statistic
Strategy
Strategy
vs. Scouting
• What your team does
• Specific objectives for each match
• Finding a main point of interest for your robot
• Expressing to the alliance how you think the team can
earn the most points
• Maximizing points for the alliances
Scouting
• Predicting the future
• What other teams can do
• What your robot can’t do
• Using the most important factors to find robots that fill
in the gaps.
Any Questions?
Fun Activity - Mock Draft