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(...) wow, all this time we have been using it incorrectly. :) Chris (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I totally agree on both points. My understanding of the previous years was that the display booths were there to draw in the crowds and the vendors then paid to have their booths and sell to the people attending. The deal was (and we stuck to (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) I've done lots of conventions and having to pay for electricity isn't that uncommon, but having to pay for tables and chairs is unheard of! That sucks. I was going to suggest the train tables, but Derek beat me to it. Convention centres (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> (...) I hear thru the grapevine that many exhibitors aren't happy.. I have train modules that I can bring. If anyone has access to folding tables, I think that'd be better. I'll look into the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) My first impulse is we're out. I don't think we should have to pay money to put on a show for them. On second though I don't want to miss out on seeing everyones work. So I guess the big question is, how much? For tables, I can bring my train (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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So I just received a phone call from Christine--she's helping organize the clubs who are attending the hobby show. so bottom line--we have to bring our own tables and chairs (or rent them) AND if we want electicity, we have to rent that from the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) Oh my god! I had a good idea? Wow. I think if a hopper design was posted that had to be made exactly the same, and there were some minor requirements for where you can attach it, and you just say "you intentially can't knock recived blocks (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's a good idea for a competition. I'm sure we'd have to define the rules a bit to state that the hopper can't be covered, and once a block is in the hopper, no mechanism can knock it out of the hopper... Here's the thing about the other (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes. Turns out, that was when it was announced. (...) It's a phrase that means "to win" (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK. (shrug) I guess 20 (...) maybe. I still feel a bit bad, that you dont like this game. (just a bit) I do understand that your enjoyment of this dropped when it became a game of "luck" in your opinion. sorry man. (...) ....and people asked (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I think I'm going to start a pool, where people can bet on the number of blocks that get delivered at rtl 20. I'm going to guess four. But, that's only because after several zero-block rounds, two people will realize they can score one point each by (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) and Greg said: > Has it occurred to anyone that this event is going on in a public library? A lot > of parents and kids show up. This isn't dropping bricks into a box (like I kind > of thought originally), but inserting some sort of brick (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, please... We all know that the intent is to be sugestive, and so will everyone there. Comparing it to the spacecraft is naive. Why not this: blocks are to be dropped into a basket. However, you don't want blocks to be droped into your (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I had an eBay auction that I just lost on... it was for LEGO Racer track with the battery car windup thingies... So if anyone has a spare Racer winder track thingie (two would be better even!), I'd be more than appy to buy it off you. I have an idea (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) I always like it when Calum speaks, but I'll respectfully disagree-- Over the past few days, I've been forming a design in my head about the 'bot I want to build for rtl20 to encompass all (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree that a well made 'bot can potentially eliminate the luck factor, but... Has it occured to anyone that this event is going on in a public library? A lot of parents and kids show up. This isn't dropping bricks into a box (like I kind of (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Wait a minute! Yes, I agree, this game makes for some great juvenile jokes. Yes, I agree, in every game there is a bit of "dumb luck"... and truly, often it may be hard to see just what divine intervention will provide it. BUT I disagree that (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Once again, Calum sums up exactly what I've been thinking in all the rtl20 stuff. I've been reading the posts and thinking "this is juvinile," and "boy, Calum sure has been quiet about this stuff." I didn't want to post this, because all I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) There have been times when Calum and I didn't see eye to eye. This time, we do. Steve (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm sitting here in a laundromat in Kyoto and I've been reading your posts about rtl20. To put in bluntly, this is really going to for a lot of work to make a stupid joke. You'd be better off putting your energy into building hygiene product shaped (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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