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Updated rules for the MOCC
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:04:12 GMT
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Hello all,
In view of the request that the size and height limits for the MOCC be relaxed
somewhat, I have decided to change the rules to make for a more flexible
building challenge.
First though, Craig, that pic you had a link to basically looked like a large
tower/keep to me. Maybe the tower/keep is called a “castle”, and maybe it was
part of a castle at one point, but it would seem to me that it wasn’t an actual
free standing catsle all by itself. If you were planning on building a single
building like that you’ll have to take a closer look at what I said about
avoiding individual towers/keeps/gatehouses. A tall ruined castle is fine, it
would be great for a fairy tale style castle, but give it some walls, an
entrance etc.
Having said that, I am changing the rules to become more flexible in regards to
height.
Initially the rules stated that a castle could be no larger in area than 2304
pegs (which is equivalent to the area taken up by a 48 by 32 peg baseplate), and
that furthermore the castle not be any taller than it was long. This height
limit was to prevent people from entering a 6 foot tower on a 32 by 48
baseplate, vastly larger than any conventional looking castle.
I’m going to allow for more flexibility so that if you want to build in height
you can do this, at the expense of overall footprint. The idea being that you
can build a taller castle as long as it is correspondingly narrower. I’m not
entirely sure how to word this, but basically, if you want to build taller than
the castle is long, you have to take away area from it’s footprint. If you are
building castle 32 by 48 pegs, following the original rules, you may build it as
tall as 48 pegs, whatever this is in brick. And this has not changed. However,
if you built it on a 32 by 24 peg area, you would only be utilizing half of the
maximum space in footprint, and with these new rules could accordingly build it
twice as high, giving you a castle which was effectively four times as high as
it was long.
If you choose to build it even higher than that, and can take away from the
footprint, give it your best shot. But remember we’re looking for castles here,
not towers.
I didn’t make the decision to change the rules hastily. I’m aware that people
may have started to build castles, (I hope some of you have started:) ), and I
realize that there maybe someone out there who would have liked to build
something tall and narrow, but has started on building a more “grounded design”
and might be annoyed that I’m changing the rules now. Having said that, there is
nothing stopping you from starting all over again (or building more than one
entry for that matter), and nobody is getting a head start over anyone else at
building a tall castle. The rules have become more flexible and open to various
sorts of designs, rather than more limiting. If anyone has any isue with the
rules changing, feel free to email me personally or post here.
I hope the new rules for height are clear. If you have any questions, fire away.
The best way to figure out whether your proposed castle would be cool, would
simply be to email me or post online with the approximate dimensions.
Before anyone asks if they can increase the footprint by making a castle which
isn’t all that high (sacrificing height for footprint), I’ll just say right now
that you can’t. This is mainly because I don’t want the rules to become so
complex that even I don’t understand then:) The maximum footprint stays the same
- 2304 pegs.
thanks
Magnus
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Announcing the MOCC
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| Craig, (...) Thanks for showing interest in the competition! You mean like say building a castle which is 24 by 32 pegs, but twice as high as it is long? So 64 pegs in height, whatever that translates to in brick? I'm definitely open to the idea, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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