It's not obvious if your comment is serious or tongue in cheek. Prior to the competition, teams can prepare as much as they like, with pretty much the only pro

It's not obvious if your comment is serious or tongue in cheek. Prior to the competition, teams can prepare as much as they like, with pretty much the only proviso being no creation of any digital artifacts. This means no code and no digital artwork can be created before the 48hrs starts, but teams are allowed to do as much non-digital (ie. pencil and paper) prep as they deem necessary. Sure, there's room for people to cheat if they wish, but I think it's disingenuous to throw out a "i bet a lot of people cheated" comment instead of perhaps crediting them with good planning, hard work and skill.