[EricH]

Watch kickoff at a remote location with other teams. (We usually host.) Sit down with anyone else who wants to and do a little "what stands out to you" session. Break for lunch. Spend the rest of the day playing the game with humans as robots (full scale, if possible) and strategizing, after a full reading of the rules. Repeat the next day, and try to narrow down how to win. Ideally, we figure out how to win in the first couple of days. Oh yeah, and inventory the kit somewhere along the line.