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In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> Hi Folks,
>
> First of all, I'm gonna come right out and embarrass myself, 'cause
> that's what I'm good at. Can anybody fill me in on what the MIT LEGO
> Mindfest event is? I was under the assumption that it was all
> robotics/RCX, but now I'm not so sure ... I feel like a fool for asking
> this, since I'm a grad. student here at MIT and pretty coherent in the
> Lugnet community. Ah well, anyone care to explain to the slow kid?
You are correct in the the MIT Mindfest is primarily for RCX/Mindstorms but in
talking with Suzanne at the last NELUG meeting she mentioned that we could do
almost anything LEGO related we wanted. Some main reason for this, as I
understand it, is to...
1. To showcase the talent of adult LEGO enthusiasts.
2. To have a visible presance for the General adult LEGO community that may or
may not be into Mindstorms.
3. Give visibility to the fact that these organizations are poping up all over
the place and that the adult LEGO community is a viable market for TLG to
pursue.
Plus about 100 other reasons. We also want to do it as a kind of
organizational building/recruting event. (I also think we should contact the
other "LUG" + "LTC" groups to see if they would like us to "advertise" their
groups as well seeing people from all over the contry will be there).
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> As for the Group Projects ...
>
> Here's an idea: Could we come up with a simple hands-on game of some
> sort, like a video game in 3D made out of LEGO? I don't know, maybe
> something where two people each use a LEGO joystick
> (http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/insights/index.htm)
> to manipulate a ... hand/claw/projectile launcher? to
> manipulate/move/shoot/score? and earn points in a given time frame? The
> high scores could be kept track of during the day. It could be
> something like using the joystick to aim a cyber-slam type extender to
> hit a moving target, or some sort of lever to launch small balls towards
> a hoop. Just a thought :)
>
> Another idea is to have an informal "contest" of sorts among the NELUG
> community, and then present the entries. Give everybody the same broad
> theme ... something suitably inspirational, and providing for
> interpretation, yet detailed enough to produce a consistent theme among
> entries. For example, "Breakfast" ... One person might make LEGO eggs
> (sunny side up) and bacon in a frying pan - all life size. Another
> might make a minfig scene, and yet another might make a technic-sized
> neanderthal spearing a mammoth as the sun came up. (where'd that come
> from???) Without intercommunication, the variety of ideas could be
> really impressive. Maybe specify that it has to be under a given size
> (12"x12"x12" ?) Each person comes up with an entry, and people can view
> different styles, different thoughts on the topic, different color
> schemes.
>
> Mmmmmm, Star Wars :) AT-ATs, AT-STs. Well, I'll admit, these have
> been on my mind a lot lately, so they sound great to me. I like the
> ideas I've heard tossed about here.
I love all your ideas. I want to be careful calling something a contest
however just because I don't want NELUG members thinking "These guys are
competative and will be saying my models are crap and theirs are better". I
would rather call something a challenge then a contest. Of course I could be
completely wrong here and maybe a contest is good?
That being said, when do we start work on the Death Star (with fully detailed
interior of course)!!! :)
> As an aside, has anybody else here bought the DK Ultimate LEGO book from
> S@H? I just got mine yesterday, and I was really really impressed -
> it's a beautiful, colorful, fascinating book. Why haven't I heard
> anybody else talking about it?
I was actually going to ask about this but know that I have heard what you
thought I think I will be ordering one.
Eric
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The New England LEGO Users Group.
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) I actually had the same thought about 90 seconds following my post. The only means in which I'd call it a "contest" is that there would be "entries" from different people, to allow for individuality. That being said, I agree that referring to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| Hi Folks, First of all, I'm gonna come right out and embarrass myself, 'cause that's what I'm good at. Can anybody fill me in on what the MIT LEGO Mindfest event is? I was under the assumption that it was all robotics/RCX, but now I'm not so sure (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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