"seeing the constraints are artificial" does not mean "cheating" or using things outside of the constraints. I don't think the winning teams used more than $5 a

"seeing the constraints are artificial" does not mean "cheating" or using things outside of the constraints. I don't think the winning teams used more than $5 and 2 hours. It doesn't take much to see that 2 team-hours is a much bigger asset than the $5, so you're better searching for the best way to use 2 hours, and maybe even ignoring the money. It took a bit more insight to realize that hard to tap advertising space(and other opportuities) in a university town is a much bigger asset than the team-hours and the money.