While d'Penguineers may not exist as a practicing team, their influence lives on. Both our founder (
Gixxy) and our head coach (
Hobson) were strongly influenced by
The New Cool. I did not read TNC untill late 2014, well after I was drinking the FRC kool-aid. I intentionally did not do pre-research. Well into the book, I yelled out something like "Oh, my sweet Lord, it's Lunacy!" To think that the seminal work on the FRC experience is about the least favorite game of all time, being played by a team that no longer exists, is either the height of insanity or a master stroke of inspiration. I'm praying for #2.