Here's a fun challenge to work on before or after the AVA competition.
This dance segment in Madagascar is pretty hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp05mOGij5E
What if we create an animation of robots, team mascots, or any other characters in our AVA entries - all dancing to "I like to move it, move it"?
Each team or individual could create one character, rig it, key frame the dance moves, then send the .MAX file to a central "director" who will merge all the files together.
The details will have to be worked out, but I guarantee FIRST will play it at the Nationals and the audience will go nuts!
What do you guys (and gals) think?