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WOW, Calum-land must be a VERY messed up place. this is how it went DOWN. (...) BULL!!! the VERY first game of the day was YOU and ME. and it looked like the video I posted. once when your robot (...) Calum, the prelude to this video was this: (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ymmm, now that i THINK about it. when Rob took that BEAM to his noggin, i had to RE-DO my match with second place winner Jen A and her gravity robot. but if not for robs head, i WOULD have won that! AND there was that other time i was asked (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, hey hey! Don't blame me, Dave started the "do over" crap when he was sure he could be beat me (which he couldn't - giggle) Oh sorry Dave, I guess nice guys do finish last. Wink. Janey "Flogging the horse, Red Brick" (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You missed the part where you had to rig this crash twice, once when your robot failed (this is where Chris says "Do over! Do over!" and I curse at him), the second time when my robot was actually strong enough to fend it off: (URL) there was (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I get ya. Well, if we did it, I want to do it as a sub contest, eg, on the side the way we did marbles last time with DaveK. I think that went really well and Chris kept the parts to the BoP balance. If we are aiming for a "tougher" (eg, PX, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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- Trip to Home Depot to get parts to make Game Board $15 -ISP connection fee, so i can listen to dave tell me how my robot sucks. $50 -Fee to rent library to hold rtl19 BoP game $70 waiting 8 YEARS to see this: (URL) (4) PRICELESS!!! 4. Short 800K (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So, yeah... we did it without too many restrictions and we had some interesting things. I wasn't smart enough to come up with a simple non-powered ring mechanism that latches on to the middle bolt and mucks things up for big strong bots, so (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, there's a balance here. If we say, you have to use a motor, it rules out a number of interesting little "shrapnel-bots" which use a strategy that is simply to obstruct. If you say, have a certain size, then you rule out other methods, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And the broken RCX's .... And the snapped technic beams.... And the chipped battery boxes.... (oh the destruction, oh the laughter).... Hmmm and maybe one of Rob's head when he took the beam to the head. Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You also need to post a picture of that yellow 1x2... that also summarized the day in one picture! -Greg (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sure, I agree that everything there was a valid entry (maybe not a valid "robot" by my definition of "robot," but we can argue that endlessly), but are the competitions about building an interesting and clever robot, or scanning the rules for (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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What a FANTASTIC day I've had a LOT of great time at all of past rtl Games. but this one was "fun" i cant say i have ever seen such carnage. it was GREAT!!! if i had to do it all over again, i wouldn't change a thing. A big ol' congrats go out to (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya know.... a SIZE limit would have stopped the 5' tower bots. ~BUT~ it was MR. NO SHOW Iain, who asked for this. For what its worth.... all the types of robots were valid entries under the current rules. that means.. the GRAVITY bots, the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Or how about: 1. No part of your robot may touch the floor at the BEGINING of the contest. 2. At least one powered motor must be used. Both these rules would prevent my dad from building me a big solid tower that just hold my end up. -Greg (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Forgot to say, if anyone wants the full sized originals for any of these just drop me a line. -Rob A> (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Post mod brickshelf folder: (URL) a few deep link teasers: Calum's flexible nature: (URL) Crash: (URL) Crash: (URL) Out for flying Bricks: (URL) A> (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) I have an idea... We should do this one again! Looking at the pics has inspired me to make a better 'bot! And this time Steve H can come up and enter whatever he wants as well. One modification to the rules--your 'bot cannot touch the ground (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl 19 Official Score (in which Dave didn't win but still kicked Chris's heinie)
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I'm just filling out the album right now but I realized I didn't bother getting a shot of my robot...anyone got one? Calum (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You are correct. Nothing is blurry in the picture. At all. I see no blur. I am mistaken. Move along. (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So, let me get this straight. Janey beat both Chris and Dave with a robot that didn't even have a motor? And, she finished one point out of second? You guys are slipping... Steve (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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