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(...) Hi folks, Now I'm looking for another part: (URL) need four of these in black. Anyone have any they'd like to sell? Thank you to DaveK and Oliver for finding the octagon for me! Calum (18 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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this is a quick mock up of a basketball/soccer ball game board for a ttt r22 game. (URL) taken with a 640x480 digital cam, and processed in a bath of developer fluid. Chris (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Does anyone have one of these they want to sell to me? (URL) need it in white...or dark grey new or old. Calum (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, good point. I forget that, as I was one of the few (was I the only?) person who built a robot that *did* care about the color of the blocks. In the original plan, we had two other rules or guidelines: (a) white goes first, and (b) (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, touch sensors can be used, in fact none of the 3T robots that I am aware of actually used light sensors to directly detect the color of the blocks for tic-tac-toe (some used light sensors indirectly). Of course, you don't actually have to (...) (18 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes but his design relied on speed as well. So what he really needed is a dual drive system that allowed a high torque motor to come into play when the high speed motor was stalled. I built one of these for my king of the hill robot which (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) k, this made me laugh out loud... the comma really did it for me--the pause before the storm, as it were... Dave K (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just so we all get it: This is a photo, of Calum staging a photo of Ka On, taking a photo. (URL) this is a good shot of my robot winning over a robot built by a rocket scientist. (URL) note the look of shock/horror/disbelief from Calum and (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's more photos-- (URL) they were taken with the mighty DC120... eh, whatever The good news is that Sandy took most of the pics! :) Dave K (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) There wer a couple of reason for wanting flat cubes, and the fact that many of us only had about a plate worth of clearence between the cube placing/sensing assembly and a filled cell below was one of these issues. As to sensing, we used (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) um, we talked about this a LOT for the C$ game. in theory, you DONT need to even use a light sensor. in fact. didnt your leader only use touch for his C$? Chris (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One problem (or at least challenge) with the soccer/baseketball idea. To a light sensor, they have the potential to look exactly the same (i.e. - tell the two of them apart with high accuracy is not an easy thing to do). (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Interesting idea. (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hummmmmm how about soccer balls? They have 2 colours?(1) Orange basket balls, and the white soccer ones.(2) Now i have to go and find my Project X if's code. geesh. Chris Project X 2nd PLACE winner 1. or we could reuse the black and white (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Can you do me a favour and not do this until the restaurant clears out towards the end of the night? :) Calum (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hummm, i dont think i follow this logic. I wanted the speed to try to get to the end of the table as fast a possiable. I had the torque, with the worm to 24, and it was driven with the slower port of the RC motor. OFF TOPIC!!! (calum dont read (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - stop the chris bashing
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(...) And, no one was surprised. Steve (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, enuff already... (URL) this: (URL) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) How about two different shapes. May I suggest Xs and Os. Derek (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Is there a reason to use square blocks? Just to make it a harder material handling problem? How about a shape more amenable to handling...say something with handles? -Rob A> (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Then you should have geared them down more. If it was possible to stall the motors, and the tires weren't slipping then your speed would have been reduced more, increasing your torque until you got to a point just before they would slip. -Rob (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Seriously, I think the tires were too sticky. When the bot met with something "immovable" (like an anchor bot) then the bot would STOP. I really dont recall, but I think, none of my loss's were do to actually being PULLED. (I expect to be (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ummm... NO (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) Aren't the stickiness that made your motor stall, or was it the RC motor turning itself off? So here are my pics: (URL) Highlights: Chris keep getting distracted by (URL) food> and (URL) talking>, and forgot to test his robot properly. Calum (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Does the local Toronto train group do the train show a few weeks after this? Nov 18 - 19, 2006 The Toronto Toy & Doll Collectors' Show & The Toronto Christmas Train Show We are debating which show to possibly open a sales booth at, "the hobby show" (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) We didn't do a "time penalty" for touching. That could make it so a very-fast, very-sloppy robot could win against a very-slow, very-accurate robot. If you have to help your robot play, you should lose to someone who doesn't have to help their (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) I'm liking this idea more and more. I like the time factor to help determine the winner and I like the time penalty for every 'touch'. It's just like Project X except one row and (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The easiest way is to cover the board with tiles. However, that's a bunch of tiles, and not everyone has that available (after they've made the cubes). On the other hand, leaving the board as-is will give better builders another challenge to (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) See that's the problem I have with 3T...it's bankrupt by default. Same with ProjectY...we're all making the assumption most entries won't work properly, so don't worry that the outcome is deterministic is a non issue. It seems to me kind of (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes. It should make it a very simple game. No fancy strategies. It does take a bit of fun out of it for some of us, but hopefully it will give some new people a chance to play. (...) The center line. Steve (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK, I understand Steve. Makes more sense than infinite do-overs or whatever. At first I didn't see the big deal with "non-flat" cubes - but then the light bulb went off, and I realized that if they're not flat, they can't be scanned by the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) My guess is, yes they do. It's probably a little switch on the bottom. Barring that: (URL) Stupid non-metric rtlToronto. Hate. (...) Welcome to the world of Engineering. Actually welcome to the world in general. Nothings ever done quite the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) thinking as possible. I was thinking maybe I could finish off one of the bots I didn't get finished for rtl21, but none of them would be legal. Additionally which line is the line you have to pull the other robot across to win the match? The (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hobby Show November 3-5, 2006
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(...) Will reintroduce myself at Swiss Chalet, Toronto Aug.11th. John. (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) I know. Those look like they'd work much better than anything else I've seen. There must have been some other design flaw that caused you to lose so bad. Steve (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If I know Dave, he will start now, and build a 14lb bot, then have to spend the entire brickfest re-making it. Besides, Steve, now that everyone will be using the inside out tyre(Tm)(Pat Pending) (C) (1) idea that I came up with, how much fun (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Dave, Here's your chance to take another shot at the Tug-o-War. The rules are not exactly the same, but you should be able to take some of the things you learned, and apply them at BrickFest. (URL) rtl robot was built the day of the event, (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Count me in for all three days. (...) Done. It's easily worth a few bucks to be able to enjoy a LEGO weekend like that. (...) Sounds good! :) Allan (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto21 Pictures, August Dinner
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Hey folks, Monthly Dinner: Friday, August 11th, 2006. 7PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Join us next Friday (don't be afraid of Chris...you can be disgusted with him, or me, just not afraid of him) for the August rtlToronto (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) One of these days we got to get us one of them there "competent" organizers. THEN, i could sit back and build, and not worry. some day.(1) Chris How far away is indiana? (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Melting (re: rtl21)
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(...) PICTURES!!!!!! Chris (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've also seen graph's correlating Global warming being directly related to the decrease of Pirates. Chris R21 champion (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ow. :) Iain (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) We don't even have scales at work that go in p-p-p-p-uuunds!! What were we suposed to do. Honestly. Stupid non-metric rtlToronto. Hate. Iain (grumble @ non metric engineers) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Right. In a true competition, helping the robot should not be allowed. However adding this rule did not penalize a "good" robot in our event. It just prevented us from stopping games mid-way and saying "that cube is not flat. You lose. Game (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm beginning to like this idea too.. but maybe not have the "touching" rule? Eventhough there is a simple solution in programming to guarantee a tie, that assumes perfectly functioning mechanicals... which is rarely the case. Either way, I'm (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can play five moves in 5.2 seconds... (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Good day! Turns out that there is an interest of Ontario LEGO builders in attending this year's Hobby Show at the International Centre in Toronto, Ontario. So here's a few prelims-- Those of you who were there last year may remember the soap opera (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) I'm liking this idea--it combines the wonderfulness of 'anti-x' banter and the connect 4 logic. I'm in Dave K (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It was actually very successful, and fun. The thing we did to avoid ties was to have the time-to-play be the tiebreaker. (each pair played two games, and each robot went first, once) At the last minute, we decided to allow people to touch (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's already been done by another group: (URL) not sure how successful it was...Steve? Calum (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The problem with tic-tac-toe is we'll have a day full of ties. Now I'd love to build a tic-talc-toe playing robot. I was thinking of doing this with an NXT and design it so kids could play against it. But as a contest I can't see it working. (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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How about autonomous tic-tac-toe, since this competition is scheduled to be a little more complex, maybe we could run a tic-tac-toe game. It should be easier then connect four, so more people should be able to build for it. Vitali (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Melting (re: rtl21)
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(...) I think that may have been John's match against my robot.... oops.... It was one of the last matches... If I recall, it was a real tug-of-war, with about equal traction. Your bot was geared pretty fast, mine used one R/C motor, and 1:15 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtl21, some post game analysis
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(URL) I decided yesterday to do some analysis on the number of "insufferable" throwdown posts versus actual performance. As you can see, the ratio of trashtalk to wins is about 1:1 for DaveK, and 2:1 for Chris. Winners like JohnG, Edward and Vitali (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) Except in your run down of all the competitors, I didn't get disqualified and I beat you... Don't make me pull out some charts and graphs.... (...) Oh...now you've done it. (...) Part of the idea with not rerunning contests (at least simple (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) I PROTEST EVEN MORE!!!!! If this was a real game run by competent people, then the following would have happened: Chris - Disqualified for an over weight robot cause he used an inaccurate scale to weight his bot, and used that as an excuse to (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) I see where this logic goes wrong... I assume you're suggesting Calum should do more of the work. (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) I PROTEST!!!!! if this was a real game organized by competent people, then the following would have happened. John G - Disqualified for re-building his bot once he saw that other bots had a strategy to defeat his bot. Ed- Disqualified for (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Melting (re: rtl21)
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Hmm, I didn't know you could melt a polarity switch. Hmm. Iain (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) That would be a really neat competition...especially the upturned car wrecks and all :) (...) Alas, I get you guys confused again. John's big on another RC racing, even if we keep the same "rules". Which we'll probably do. At dinner we talked (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) "Steve Hassenplug must not sleep very much. The Lafayette, Ind., software engineer is a member of the Lego Mindstorms NXT developer program, and even among the hard-core Lego fanatics on that team, Hassenplug is known for never letting time (...) (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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(...) Same here. Steve (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) He scared me away. I thought about entering a robot in this competition, and even started one, but rtlToronto has crushed all my enthusiasm for Mindstorms robots. -Greg (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) So, if an outsider can ask a question-- have you guys ever done anything that's quasi "team" oriented? Like, with soccer, for instance, let's say that everyone builds player bots. Not necessarily limited to a position like "goalie" or (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) I was actually thinking of a Trucktrial competition ((URL)) you can search for some more on brickshelf there are more pictures. The only difference is that we can use the RC setup, instead of the wired setup they have. (...) He is not my (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) Alright, it's good he didn't scare you away. (...) On average it's about three or four months between events. Here's what's coming up: August 25th Brickfest DC November 3-5 Hobby Show (not really an rtlToronto thing, but) November 18-19 (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) If one was to nit-pick, one could argue the placings where: First John G and Edward Third Vitali Fourth Ka-On Fifth Rob A Sixth Calum Seventh Trevyn and Chris Ninth Derek and Dave K Eleventh John/Ian Twelfth Tomer and Glen But this means I (...) (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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(...) Hi there! Thanks! Even though I did not participate, it was really fun to watch. Now that I know Chris is just all about marketing, I'm much less afraid to participate in the next competition. Chris: who are you trying to fool? :-) Do you guys (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wanted to toss out one more though. One of the more common restrictions for most RTL events is starting size for a robot. In some cases the challenges have been specifically designed to work against this (bridge building, rope climbing, even (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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(...) While agree the re-running some competitions is a great idea (I know there are a few I'd like to try that I didn't the first time :) I predict rerunning this tug-of war event would end up as follows: All robots would: 1) be exactly 1.5 lbs. 2) (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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So...rtl21 was pretty good. As traditional, onwards to the next game...even number rtlToronto games tend to be "harder" (eg rtl10: Project X, rtl14: Rice, rtl16: Ropeclimbers etc) so this one should be a difficult one. What should it be? Vitali (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Official scores from rtl21--Chris didn't win... again!!!!
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) (URL) thik i can speak for many when i say this. WHAT!? Chris (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why in the love of all things rtl is the rope not compressible? (Actually I know why, but it's a pain!) Calum (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) MacNQC is pretty nifty. I finally took the USB tower I've had in the box for the last four years and actually put it to use. No more 9V batteries! Calum (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> ' (...) Well, I was going to stay up all night just watching pay per view in the hotel room... But now I guess I'll stay up all night watching pay per view and tweak my 'bot. Actually, don't (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I cant help but NOT hear from Dave. hummm the silence must mean he is in the fetal position hiding under his bed, hoping the room staff wont see the tear stains on the pillow. FEAR ME DAVE (et al) Chris the humble (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: ...snipped it, I couldnt bare to read it again... Ego check, isle three! Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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MAN, Im just doing some tweaking; and i got to say, YOU ARE ALL going to lose. heck, id feel confidant right now in saying that this ONE bot i will bring would be better than anything IAIN, or ROB S, could put together. bah! this bot would even (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) i think you need to be worring about how your going to deply your seceret wepon with just a puny micro motor from jason. and your more than welcome to show up late to r21. i know how long a drive it can be from the boreing capital... i mean (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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