[stevek]

All I can say is, every year we are in stunned silence after the game description ends. We wait impatiently as Dave, Woody, and Dean play a mock game show- only to finally get the unlock code to see what it is all about. Yes the initial game seemed Simple, 40inch balls dont sound all that hard, till you pick them up!!! Knocking it off the tack- no problem (what a height restiction?)- (hair falls to the floor) [ok they deleted that one- thank goodness] Then our wheels start turning as we read through all the Game and Robot Rules and solidify the size and scale of the field apperatus, and then it hits us... there are true problems to solve, there are enginering feats to accomplish and in 10 minutes the pizza is arriving!

I think this is the other side of complexity and if we simply build a miniture nascar racebot, we may miss some pretty improtant mind streching lessons.

Once again, good luck to you all.