Easiest ways to succeed at competition

[GreyingJay]

Have fun.

"Succeed" means different things. It doesn't just mean a blue banner.

At our last regional we witnessed an awkward moment when the students from another team were being chewed out by a mentor in their pit. There was a lot of yelling and angry words. I don't know the context, or whether something had happened to justify it, but it reminds me that at the end of the day I would want my team members to be positive, pleasant, and well behaved at all times, no matter how well or poorly we were doing on the field.