 | | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto 2004 Demo Reel
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So, I once offered to videotape a friend's wedding. By the time I got around to editing it, they had announced they were getting a divorce. Sigh. So what did I learn out of that? Don't edit anything. Here's the long delayed rtlToronto2004 Demo Reel. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl 19 'Sumo on a stick' pictures
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(...) Oog! I'm not saying that we should do a tougher competition, either (I thought we had some good ideas at dinner that night), but rather maybe competitions with a few more rules or requirements. Although I didn't enter (so who am I to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BoP rtl19 - best 8 seconds of my life.
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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: (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BoP - OMG the carnige.
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BoP rtl19 - best 8 seconds of my life.
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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" (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BoP rtl19 - best 8 seconds of my life.
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl 19 'Sumo on a stick' pictures
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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, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | BoP rtl19 - best 8 seconds of my life.
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl 19 'Sumo on a stick' pictures
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl 19 'Sumo on a stick' pictures
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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, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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