Quote by Studley:
Finally, several people would be needed to set up the Support Team. They would gather contact names and numbers of FlyerTalkers around the world interested in being on the Support Team that would help the participants solve the logistical problems and game questions in the real-time game conditions.


According to the website and having spoken to the head of the event, its precisely this kind of networking that GreatEscape2002 wants to avoid. They will be restricting usage of cell phones, computers/emails; they really want the spirit of the competition to be self-sufficiency. While I'm not sure how they'd enforce this restriction (unless they have 25 supervisors following each team!), but they seem to be counting on people to follow the rules.

So, it would seem that resourcefulness, crisis management, quick adaptability and your rudimentary survival skills will likely have more benefit to a team, than how many warm bodies you know around the world.

With 10 countries in 23 days, I suspect other criteria should be physical durabilility, iron stomachs and relative lack of susceptability to illness.

Also. I'm just curious how prospective FT candidates would feel about being paired up with (and rooming with!) a member of the opposite sex?