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Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 05:51:29 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
> 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/
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> Yay cool. I just wish the San Jose thing where a bit earlier, 'cause I'm
> going to be there for LinuxWorld Conf/Expo.
>
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> 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....
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 like in games. The Robot Arena thing is highly robotics-
oriented, though. (Too bad newsgroups can't be categorized fuzzily. :-)
BTW, are there lots of "gaming"-type things? At one time, there was going
to be a .games group or hierarchy here, for discussing things like the
official LEGO games (N64 racing game, LEGO Chess, etc.), unofficial RPGs,
and other game-style group activities.
I guess one thing to consider might be lugnet.gaming.robot-arena .
"Gaming" is an neat word in that it implies fun, competition, and sport.
Nate & David, what do you think about Robot Arena existing inside a gaming
hierarchy? How important is robotics in relation to the gaming/competition
aspects? Do you expect the Robot Arena discussions to revolve around
robotics technologies more than working out the rules and events organizing?
Or would the more robotics-oriented portions of the discussions stay on the
.robotics group/list?
Another possibility is putting it inside of an .events hierarchy, which was
once-upon-a-time under consideration for things like organizing LEGO fests
and huge get-togethers like the opening of LEGOLAND California in Carlsbad.
> > 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).
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> 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?
Well, the more general non-combat newsgroup was actually an after-thought --
Robot Arena being the thing in need of a focused home for discussions. I
guess it depends on how focused Nate and David want the area to be --
whether they want to hear about other competitions in the same ng, or
whether it would be noise.
--Todd
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