[r2davis2]

I hate to be a party-pooper, but couldn't it just be a hint at the name, probably locomotion. Didn't Bill mention something in a recent blog about finally figuring out a name for the game, and wasnt there a hint only for the name in the past(don't know the year but remember someone mentioning it)

Aside from that I can't see us having to build stairs because the first image that comes to mind is a robot on collapsing stairs landing on another robot.

With the chained-together idea, what if it means working together and its another 4v0 type game, or a single alliance