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What's it like to lose all the time, Chris? You beat me? You beat a 'bot that was made basically the day of the competition?? Eh--here's the breakdown-- 13 competitors--78 match-ups... tied for first place--Edward and John G--they both won 11 of (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) I agree - it was a great turnout! We even had a couple of double entry people (myself and Ka-On) who agreed to only run one, otherwise there would have been 15 entries (an extra 29 matches) and we ended up running three tables, as it was... It (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) I guess we will have to wait for the score keeper. grin. AND i did learn that you CAN drive a RC motor with an RCX. I was looking into running parallel outputs to drive it, but decided to go with just the one. I guess I was just lucky. Chris (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) I have to agree. While posts leading up to rtl21 appeared to be pretty quiet until the last few days (it's obvious we're all procrastinators) I was thoroughly surprised to see 13 entrants. That makes my day. (...) I hope Sergio knows better: (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Dave's tears - R21 the results
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Well, After running the full game (156 ish games), all 13 contestants, I would have to say R21 was a HUGE success. I want to thank Dave, Derek, for some FANTASTIC personal WIN's over there bots. I want to Shout out to Glen, a NEW GUY who showed up (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: you losers are SO going to lose R21
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(...) (rimshot) Thanks Janey... (...) Whoever thought of this 1.5 pounds rule is an idiot. (it very well could have been me though) Damn you, weight rule, Calum (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) no, NOW i am just being a dink. ~When~ I win this, there will be NO STOPPING ME!!!! Chris Mooo hahahahhahahah (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And you arent already??? Yeah, right... Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think I've got something now that will, hopefully it will work. If not, oh well. Calum (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Rob Antonishen wrote: SNIP things I remember from university physics... (...) SNIP (...) University eh? and Calum didn't want me to be a judge why? Chris MAN, when I win this, I'm going to be insufferable (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - seceret weapon.
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(...) Brick, plate, plate, Brick. Ive dropped my bot off the table RCCX and all to test it. I managed to get everything nice and solid. Yep. this is going to be a good game.(1) Chris 1. mainly cause i am going to win. (2) 2. and that means I get to (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Set # 7475-1: Fire Hammer vs. Mutant Lizards $15 at Giant Tiger
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(...) Once, (years ago) I was in some small town working on a show. On my break, we decided to do what the locals do, and we "went slumming." I found that this town, had a Giant Tiger close to Ivor Wynn Stadium, and lo and behold... They had some (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: you losers are SO going to lose R21
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(...) The problem really is that the rope is slippery. This makes it very difficult to make a self locking mechanism to trap the rope. Derek (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Set # 7475-1: Fire Hammer vs. Mutant Lizards $15 at Giant Tiger
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The subject says it all. Set # 7475-1: Fire Hammer vs. Mutant Lizards is at my local Giant Tiger for $15. (Yes, Chris, you can get Lego at Giant Tiger....just very rarely) -Rob A> (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So....at 11:30 last night I was tweaking my program and accidentally ran my bot off the table. 1.5 pounds does not allow for my usual over-zealous reinforcement.... I finished a complete (and better IMHO) rebuild at 2:00am :) No late night (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) C'mon Calum - there are two things I remember from university physics... 1) force = mass x acceleration. 2) You can't push with a rope. -Rob A> (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - seceret weapon.
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(...) i WILL sleep TONIGHT DAVE. i have STOPPED working on bot #1. and am now re-building my fake-competitor bot #2. It will be entered as a second robot for team Magno. Abby built it. Chris Team Mango (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Stop putting all that extra sweet coffee on your tires and start drinking some of it--you're going to need to stay awake to come up with a better robot than mine! Muahahahahaaaa!!! Dave K (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | R21 - seceret weapon.
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So, cause I am SOOoooo confidant that I will win this, I will reveal some of my REJECTED ideas, that you lot are welcome to try. you need to make your tires more Sticky. Head over to lego land, and wait in line for a coffee. While there, ask for (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: you losers are SO going to lose R21
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(...) The rope isn't elastic because we don't want it to stretch while playing, right? Well, I was trying to build a thing to grip the rope....which involved squeezing the rope between two gear racks. Needless to say it didn't work. In my head I for (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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