If at the first meeting someone is dressed as a chicken, don't go back.
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Think of... daisies! A field of daisies! With vampiric squirrels rampaging everywhere!
From people I know who've been in the ctf in the past, they basically are either on the floor or thinking about/developing solutions every waking minute of their day. So no real time to hang out with someone else.