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(...) I think this sounds like a fun idea, but it would be difficult to have a level playing field. We would have newbies with maybe $50.00 worth of bricks going up against folks with who knows how many. It doesn't seem fair. One way around this (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That probably leaves out a lot of the kids...no? I know it leaves me out, pretty much. True, I can get LDRAW to run on my Mac, in emulation of a PC, but it is slow as cold molasses. Really, I think keeping it as low-tech as possible would be (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) S'cuze me, but try reading what I really said, rather than what you have read into it. I did NOT say that a good model has to have a lot of bricks; in fact, my favorite self-designed model is a spiral staircase, consisting of 2x6 plates, 1x2 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I got thinking earlier about the feasability of a lego design contest... The internet ratracing organization has a contest where every few weeks a topic is issued and then later submissions are collected and posted. People then vote upon the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Robert M. Dye wrote in message <3664B9E7.6C9C@writeme.com>... (...) time (...) month. (...) This sounds like a good idea - I only have around 10000-15000 bricks about half technic. So I am interested in the idea of only using a specific set of (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or you could make it all virtual - use LDraw or BlockCAD or Leocad. (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, I've been mulling this over for the last 24hrs. since I posted, and how does this sound. Photos of physical creations are definitely allowed as are cad drawings and hand drawings. The topics for the competition would be diverse. We'd have (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Robert M. Dye skrev i meddelandet <3664B9E7.6C9C@writeme.com>... (...) <plug> Or maybe "What can be built with BlockCAD?" :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Blowing my own horn here... BlockCAD is sooo easy to use, that even MY kids can build with it :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) M. Dye skrev i meddelandet <3664C248.5AA7@writeme.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What are some construction ideas that people have that we could use for the contest. I have a couple of good ones, but I don't want to make them public until the competition starts. Anyone? Bueler? Bueler? Bueler? Scooter DML6@po.cwru.edu (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wrong! Most of my best Technic creations were built when I had only the red motor, blue pneumatic and yellow flex sets! Now that I have 20 times that many bricks and pieces, it is soooo much harder for me to build anything decent! Too many (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd be happy to come up with a theme/prompt and offer a prize at some point. Sounds like a cool thing to get lots of people into, both as builders and judges, etc. (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Great to hear it. (...) And that is precisely the idea I'm looking for. I have already been warned of burning out the participants if competition rounds are too frequent. While I would like to have a number of rounds, burnout is a problem. To (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That sounds great. I wouldn't be worried about burnout as much as I would just not giving people enough time to work up and complete a design. But I think this works for that. (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) smallest (...) I agree. In fact, when I first started playing with Lego's again I was trying hard to think of small things to build, figuring that I'd learn more in a quick time building lots of small projects (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) amorphous (...) another (...) topic (...) submission, (...) hmmm, I have seen some other contests ran where while contest one is occuring the topics for contest two are allready available. This gives twice (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ratracing? Wouldn't this raise the ire of animal activists? :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My sincerest, humblest apologies....... I usually read NG's quite late into the night, so 'tis easy for me to misinterpret statements. (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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"Robert M. Dye" wrote: Speaking as someone who could dominate an "unlimited" category from sheer volume, if only I had time and creativity, (1) I think Robert's spot on. Categories could include all the following: - no more than X instances, no (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I would. Especially if it would encourage newer people to participate. (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just my US$.02, obviously, but I think that's still a bit short time. I normally have a build, photograph, process, scan, post on the web turnaround at two to three months. Of course, if I was planning on joining a contest, I would probably (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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