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(...) Sorry, not this time. My c4 bot is 194 km away from me, according to Mapquest, and Toronto is in the opposite direction. I might have it for sometime after Christmas. (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's true. Nothing can match the excitement of a competition that only two people enter. -Greg (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Allow me to be the FIRst to say this about this ... B O R I N G I can only hope trevyn gets his c$ robot working. (...) Two... DUH! (...) table DUH! (...) NO! (...) whatever. (...) YES!!!! Duh! (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) To be more specific, just go to the end and come back, so that the start and the end is the same line. Therefore, you can just go in reverse all the way back... but if you want to turn and do a u-turn (Young Drivers of Canada official three (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Two. Slow robot smashes into fast robot. "The contest is a huge success!" (...) Table (...) Yes. As long as it's completely over the line, and doesn't fall off, then it's okay. (...) U-Turn (...) No (...) You just have to buid you robot so you (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Two (...) Table (...) Over the edge,aslong as 'bot doesn't fall off (...) u-turn--start line is finish line (...) Don't care--adjustable 'turn around line' is fine (...) Dave K (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Two, but with individual timing as well like I suggested (URL) here>. (...) Table (but one track or two?) (...) Yes...but only at the far end...as I really don't see how this detracts from the game as faster speeds = more accelleration and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) The order is wrong. He has to do Manhattan first, then he can take berlin. Ralph (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Because I went to see the Zoologischer Garten (Zoo Station) train station here in Berlin, I was thinking about U2 (Don't tell Mario, he still thinks I hate U2) and have had the song "Stay" from Zooropa in my head all day. Anyways, in the song, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What about Manhattan? Derek (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) By U Turn I mean, go to one end and return, versus drag race, which would be straight along, stop before a line/wall etc. (...) I don't want to preclude any type of solution to the game by asking users to start with an IR command. So if (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Two bots (...) On a table (...) No (...) No U turn, but drag race should go from one end to other and back again (...) No (...) Preclude - I think you mean you don't want to condsider using the IR, right? Preclude means you might actually do (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Okay, If you're building a robot for this, followup a post with: a) One robot at a time, or races between two. (One/Two) b) On table or on floor. Understand that the floor is dirty and may not be of even colour, texture or level. (Table/Floor) c) (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto17 Drag Racing Tentative Ruleset
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Okay, whoah, flood of posts about the drag racing. My thoughts - - I thought we were going to have a finish line, a fixed, known distance, from a fowl line (in our case, the end of the table), with an unknown distance from the fowl line to the start (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The original game was described to me as: A line is placed a given distance from a wall. Two robots drag race towards the wall. The first robot to cross the line and not touch the wall wins. This is the basic contest our contest is based on. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> (...) Then the question gets asked--how does the 'bot know when it's near the side edge if no part of the 'bot is allowed to be over the edge of the table at any time? I like the idea of (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ...but the rules state "Over the course of the day, robots will be run on the track individually"... Which is it? -Rob A. (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The line across the table is what you use to detect that you need to stop. I'm only arguing my point from the perspective of the original game. We've already changed that by saying we have to return to the start line. If we wish to change the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's the thing-- We have two tables, end to end, with a starting and finish line at the same end--the 'bot must reach the other side and then come back. If someone can come up with a mechanical mechanism that can go to the other end of hte (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's pretty impressive! My Lugnet listing shows just short of 100K pieces. I suspect I may be closer to 120 or 150K pieces with all the stuff I have extra. Calum (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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