[techedguy]

I'm a 5th year coach -- but of a rookie team at a new school. We're a technical school, so having some kids who know how to run equipment is great - but we're working pretty heavily with the KOP materials, some AndyMark products, and thankful a partner organization offered us access to a press brake to fold sheet aluminum in fun and interesting ways.

Our shooter is prototyped and now in CAD. Chassis is 70% prototyped and is in CAD. Climbing mechanism is a 'maybe if it fits' item that we're not viewing as essential.

I saw this game as throwing those 'swiss-army knife' teams a serious problem. Those who pull it off will of course be impressive, but many of us will focus on one aspect of the game and hope to build alliances that are multi-task capable instead of trying to do it all ourselves.

Best to everyone.