We Win It!
      NIT game, New York City, 6/19/99
  After months of anticipation, the date of the game had drawn near.  We'd scoured the NIT website, participated in a number of early cadet-training activities, and were gearing up for the bit event.

Equipment preparation

So, you think you're gonna compete with Team Quiksilver, eh?  Here's what you're up against...


It all starts weeks before... at Microsoft, we check out our power options.


And what good is the van if you don't have a slick, group-oriented clue-solving environment!?
Kevin and Scott heroically made sure we'd be VERY well prepared.

 

New York -- Arrival and Preparation


With no shortage of tools and despite the logistical challenge of travel to New York,
we had practically rebuilt the van before midnight on Thursday before...


Unusual even for the colorful streets of SOHO...


Lonny, our hired-help (heh heh), preps the power equipment with Scott.


And Kevin fine-tunes the navigation station.

Prep Day 2 -- Friday


Want to win a modern game?  Got to road test the vehicle...




and we certainly wouldn't do without TEAM BRANDING on the outside of the van!
(if you don't get the "hazardous materials" double-reference, click here.)

 

GAME ON! -- Saturday

At the Horace Mann school, we gathered our packets and entered the auditorium after registering.  Here's a look at some of the competition...


Team Purple


Yellow Team


Gang Green


White Team -- they came in second... whew!


Orange Marmalade (I made up the marmalade part.  that's what they make me think of.)

 

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