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(...) DUDE!!! eggs are bad 'cause of where they come from... think about it... THE BOTTOM OF CHICKENS!!! my god man. the BOTTOM!!! ughn Chris "It is a very clever strategy IMHO, and I applaud Chris for thinking of it." K.C. (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Dammit, because my next edition was going to be "egg sandwich". Basically you replace the fish and tartar sauce with an egg. Jessi came over and showed me how to do that a few weeks ago when we went skating. Eggs are borderline with me though (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I also hate fish! and eggs. Chris "It is a very clever strategy IMHO, and I applaud Chris for thinking of it." K.C. (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think you need to relax and have a fish sandwich. (URL) Iain (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ARGH!!!! does no one read my POSTS!!! pant, pant, pant, pant... oh, hello Mr. Wall, Mr Desk. How are you? I know its been some time since last we spoke, but I thought we could chat ONCE AGAIN about c$ and ties. you remember. when I spoke (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have more marbles than calum. and I think Bruce LOST his marbles. Chris gee that was fun. (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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WHAT!!! you cant POST THIS!!! this is a SECRET Steve H strategy!!!!!! EVERYONE STOP READING THIS!!!! (...) -- Chris "It is a very clever strategy IMHO, and I applaud Chris for thinking of it." K.C. (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Creak creak creak (add sound of cricket here)... Boy, C$ is sure getting a lot of debate... Is there not something we can debate about with Marble? Dave A (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Right, but I can't go and deliberately say, everyone should try and be fast and rule out other ways of playing the game. Hence, we recommend three minutes or less, not we recommend you hurry the crap up because we're getting bored. I would not (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Basically: - Use a move book for the first few plays of the game, so that these are instantaeous decisions. After all, if you're using Alpha-Beta, it's much less effective at pruning earlier in the game. - Try to keep time spent 'doing (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's recommended. We didn't want to put in a hardset rule that said "be under three minutes exactly" but we did want to discourage someone who would take 29 minutes or whatever to execute one move. Obviously you're going to have to use your (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Steve, as much as I hate this: the rule is the rule. I personally don't want any more rule changes now. so the rule pages says 3 min. each player has up to 3 min. to move per turn. !!!!~BUT~!!!!! if two players agree ahead of time, ~!!and have the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <rule quote> Timing ...The robot may use more or less time for any given move, however, it is recommended that the robot must complete a single move in a maximum of three minutes. </rule quote> Is there a three minute move time limit or is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) YES. you are the only one. even in the rules page it says that we all know ahead of time who is first or second, and, by extension, you (the human) have enough time to do what ever is needs to make your robot work. Chris (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's what I understood when I read your message at the root of this thread (repeated here for convenience): <paste> The robot will scan the board, see that there are no chips played, play its first move and pass turn. The second robot will (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry. I think I understand your confusion now. I suggested the board scan because it means you don't have to have two entry points into you program, and you don't have to explicitly tell your robot whether it's playing first or second. This (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What the **c* are you talking about. I've suggested no such thing! Whether you will play first is decided well before you load your robot with chips. That has nothing to do with it. I'm merely suggesting how the robots should be told to start (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Tonight, I got together with some LEGO friends, and found out a couple interesting things. 1) There will be FOUR robots making the ten hour trip from Indiana to play Connect-Four in rtl 15. 2) More than one robot at rtl15 will be XR7 class robots. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ok, please thin out my skull a bit more... The loonie says I go first and I stack my robot with red chips. So why can't I just select program #2 (the "I go first program" and then press the magic Run button? Why do I have to wait for the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) no you get it, mario is just a bit thick. mario, you listen, I'll talk: I take a canadian coin, (a loonie) (URL) it will be "tossed" someone will be declared first..... each player will be asked if they are ready. between the "call" and "yes (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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