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Re: Lego Design Contest?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:37:36 GMT
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Robert M. Dye wrote:
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> David Lukens wrote:
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> > I got thinking earlier about the feasability of a lego design contest...
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> > Would anyone be interested in participating is such an endevour? The time
> > period between a topic being released and voting would probably be a month.
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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.
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> One way around this would be to have a limited subset of bricks for the
> contest. For example, you could define the contest as being "What can be
> built out of set #xxxx?" Maybe you could start with one of the $9-10
> silver Freestyle buckets, or the small Freestyle set that goes for about
> $6.00 US. In some cases, people would have to buy something to
> participate, but if the prize is a set worth as much or more, I doubt if
> anyone would sqawk. I know I'd take a turn providing the prize (if we
> are talking a monthly thing), and I would bet there are othes who post
> here who would do the same.
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> Rob
Yes, I would. Especially if it would encourage newer people to participate.
--
See you over the event horizon,
James
P.S. Beware of naked singularities.
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