FRC "Survival Scenario" Exercise

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Dragonking

You need to view this from a logical point of view. The first 11 are guaranteed. You get a laser cutter and sell it. Mentors/teachers can't be bought. Their worth is limitless. An area to work is also tough to find. Depending on what you roll, you may have to sell the CNC as well. With all that money you now have, you can buy pretty much everything else on the list. And if you have a lucky roll, you will have plenty of money to spare. Just like that you have everything on the list except for a laser cutter. With all that equipment and some smart decisions, you will have a very successful year, get a good sponsor who will buy you a laser cutter and anything else you need.

See, I viewed this from the viewpoint of "What could my team not live without".
I also figured that this mythical sponsor would be allowing you to use their waterjet/laser cutter, not just granting you a waterjet/laser cutter machine.
CNC could also be construed the same way, but maybe not. I don't know of any teams that own a waterjet or laser cutter. The teams I know of that use these have sponsors that allow them to use this equipment (i.e. we can use RPI's waterjet machine if we need to).

I feel like there should be a better way to word the scenario so there is no corner-cutting in making your list. Or maybe the list should be altered so that it says "Waterjet/Laser Cutting Services" or something.