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Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:05:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > > Just creating a level playing field, I would have thought
> > Interstate rivalry at it's finest! ;-)
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> Well, handicapping in sport is the great Australian tradition, isn't it?
> Look at the Melbourne Cup ...
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> I must say that while handicapping makes sense in social competitions, I
> can't understand it in professional sport. Image applying it in Olympic
> competition. I have visions of Ian Thorpe swimming with his legs tied
> together (actually, that's butterfly, isn't it?).
Thorpie was a swimmer? Yes, I seem to remember hearing he used to do a bit of
swimming.
Actually, I'd like to see runners in the Stawell Gift handicapped with hobbles
of various lengths depending on their record, rather than just giving the slow
guys a head start.
> Maybe we should apply it to Lego competitions. Introduce a rule that
> previous winners are handicapped by not being allowed to use black bricks,
> or must work entirely with slopes, or something like that.
That would be an excellent rule... people could boycott their pet peeves - bley,
very slightly mismatched colours, bricks that they believe don't have the clutch
power they should, anything that must not be built on carpet, etc etc.
> I can see a few new rules coming in our next speed build contest ... good,
> as I am always the slowest :-)
All the speed builds to date have been sprint events - maybe a marathon build
would be better? Or a relay, with one person doing the even numbered steps and
another the odd...
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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