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Subject:	Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:30:40 GMT
Reply-To:	mattdm@mattdm[saynotospam].org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > This is an informal call for discussion regarding the creation of a focused > newsgroup/mailing-list for _Robot_Arena_ combat events. The LEGO Mindstorms > Robot Arena homepage (not sponsored by The LEGO Group) is located at: > http://www.azimuthmedia.com/RobotArena/ Yay cool. I just wish the San Jose thing where a bit earlier, 'cause I'm going to be there for LinuxWorld Conf/Expo. One thought -- might this fit with a more general "lego gaming" theme? LegoWars springs immediately to mind, and that thing Steve Jackson was (is?) doin' with pirate boats. That's just a random thought.... > Nate Burgess suggests lugnet.robotics.robot-arena for all combat-related > LEGO, and lugnet.robotics.competitions for non-combatant tourneys > (especially K-12 school-sponsored). I'm not quite sure there's justification for separating these two. I sincerely hope that _any_ lego competition will be fairly un-gory, even if it is very combat-oriented -- I certainly don't want MY lego broken. Is any of this more violent than, say, football or wrestling? -- Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/

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		Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
(...) I don't think it fits in with gaming per se (as in, all mixed in together in a single newsgroup), but perhaps it fits into a gaming sub-hierarchy off the main root in some way...after all, in competitions there are winners and losers, just (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
This is an informal call for discussion regarding the creation of a focused newsgroup/mailing-list for _Robot_Arena_ combat events. The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Arena homepage (not sponsored by The LEGO Group) is located at: (URL) takes place in San (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics)

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