[MrJohnston]

My team's pit was directly next to 900's and across the aisle from 1114, so we watched this process the entire weekend. First, simple observations - I'll attempt to avoid opinions:

* It was clear that 1114 had designed the harpoons before arriving. They had a crew that began working on them almost immediately (Wed.?) in St. Louis. It's hard for me to know the precise start time as they spent time working on both their robot and the (at the time) unidentifiable cheesecake.

* It was also clear that the harpoons, by design, were more than a little cheesecake. They would have to replace most, if not all of a robot.

* Team 900 did start formally working with 1114 Friday afternoon/evening.

* Though, until Friday, it was clearly the work of 1114, once the Zebracorns were involved, their students were actively involved in the construction process - there were typically more of them around the bot working than 1114.

* Before eliminations started, team 900's entire bot (sans electronics?) were put into their crate. They did, in fact, build an entirely new robot.

* The new robot was clearly very small and only meant to make it legally defined as a robot. It was not going to be picking up and moving the harpoons anywhere. It also had no other ability than to perform the autonomous routine.

* The students on 900 seemed fine with the arrangement.