Kick-off lock-in

[K.Shaw]

we have a lock-in every year except its usually the weekend before Christmas. which is about 3 weeks before kick off. this gives the team members and mentors a chance to get to know each other and play some team building exercises and do other things like play PS2 and X-Box and watch movies. its basically a big camp out..we usually have a good turn out and many alumni also come and join in the festivities. it hink every team should have one someitme before or during the build season.

[NoodleKnight]

Sorry to derail the thread but,
could someone explain what exactaly is a lock-in? Sounds interesting.

[Elgin Clock]

What's a lock in???

OK, well.. at one point or another none of us knew what a lock-in was either, so....

It's just what's it's called. It is a fun night of activities where you are locked-in a certain place and not able to leave. (see where that name comes from now?)
I did this a couple times in HS, and it was at the school's gym. We partied all night long *to the surprise of some of the teachers who had caught us dozing off in their classes that day(was on a Friday), and we didn't leave till that next morning.
Guys slept in the hallway, and the girls slept in the dance studio section.
(Well, that is if you actually did go to sleep.. lol)

Our team's lock-in is usually the same deal, but movies and games are played all night long. Last year we had a pool at our disposal to use, but I guess it is being renovated this year, so no pool for us.

It's a good team building exercise, or just a fun time.

[Bcahn836]

Great idea but i wouldn't want to be the first one to fall asleep.

We havn't done a lock in but i have stayed to finish the robot on the last day untill 4 am, and then went to school the next morning.

[Greg Needel]

team 73 is doing this as-well,

LOCK-IN = all nighter where you have to stay, where you do everything from design to play games


as mentors we have secured computers for late night CAD sessions, lots of pizza and soda, pink foam and a hot wire for prototyping, linkin-logs/kenex/Lego's/erector sets, for ideas, we are also doing a bunch of team building games.

the overall goal of our lock-in, is to have a basic idea of what the robot is going to do and a basic idea of how it is going to do it by Sunday morning...

ambitious ----yes
impossible ----no


edit: this is a manditory event for students