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(...) It isn't bad, and it is a far cry from Rob's idea of zero points for an unsuccessfull design... :-/ (...) Good luck on putting out a design... and have fun south o' the border... :) Ben pretend Iain is going to work on his tan in Florida!! :) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3C56BD23.6EF3CC...res.com... (...) This is the best idea I've seen yet. I wanted to suggest scoring via time, but because I hate math :) I couldn't bother trying to come up with something. I (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) At the risk of being wishy-washy..... I like this. It makes sense, and it address rob's concern. (right?) example: Time = time in seconds + 1 sec for not perfect block + 3 sec for "wrong" blocks. (these penalty times are based on what i figure (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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For those of us who didn't get to COSTCO in time... Sears clearance site has the off-road for 107.99 (URL) just ordered one to catch up with the rest of you... and so it begins, my first LEGO expense of 2002 I was in TRU on the weekend and they had (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK folks, since I don't have a robot competing, perhaps I'll throw out some suggestions: Some scoring rules I've heard bandied around are: First to finish: +20 or +50... Block wrong: -10 or disqualified Block mispositioned: -5 I'd observe that in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Very nice Ben, now how about a bathroom and a video system :) Mark Lugnet member 485 (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.sports)
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(...) example (...) I was thinking about this. And I was having a hard time finding a number that would balance out a robot that only moves 1 or 2 blocks then claims to be done. Sure, We never really have people who show up to be goof's on purpose, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Of course you can!!! the only person not allowed to do this is Iain, he has to run all his pneumatics from a empty tank so as to give everyone else a fair advantage. ;) Chris Pretend this says something funny (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Possibly. It would probably be better to drive something else off the main board (an opto-coupler or something) & run all the leds off that via a separate supply. Also, IIRC, the tower actually has 2 LEDs - something to do with reducing the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why wouldn't you be able to pressurize your air system before the event? I see nothing wrong with that. If you have a motorized pump for keeping the system pressurized, just leave it on before the start. I know that in my last 2 'bot (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just had a thought about the rules for rtl10 and pneumatics. Are you allowed to pre-charge your pneumatics before the start of a match? I would say yes you can manually, or mechanically, charge your pneumatics before the match. One could argue for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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There should be a main picture page on Calum Tsang's Peachy Server (w/ RTL Events photos) regarding Train 3. (I don't think it is quite ready yet.) It will link all the photos that everybody took. I am quite sure that there were several with photos, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the pics! Are there any more pics of the sculpted areas of the layout. Can you give a description of the infrastructure you use to achieve the different levels. Also, I would like to see better pics of that bi-level blue and gray commuter (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can we bump this up to 50? I want more priority on speed! As Daves example shows, this scoring scheme seems to favour accuracy more than speed. Also, if you have a misplaced block, you should get a score of 0. The whole point of the game is to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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hi, just posting to say that I've uploaded the pics I took at Train 3 (in Toronto, Canada). Here is my lugnet lego page w/ descriptions: (URL) is the actual brickshelf page: (URL) and enjoy!! Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Done first as in the RCX thinks it's done--misplaced blocks are subtracted from your total. This way, if your 'bot finishes first but gets no blocks right, you end up with a super-low score anyway. (...) Per game-add up all the blocks Example (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So each robot will have a match against everyone else like in r9? That can take a while but we can run two or three matches at the same time since we don't need a play field. (...) OK that should be fine. (...) I guess it means done first (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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After a few days of discussion, this is a set of simple rules to calculate a score for 2 robots going head to head for the upcoming project X games. Way more info here: (URL) like to suggest a 2 minute time limit. Done first +20 Perfect block +10 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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As I posted in a posting earlier, I bought and combined a complete bus and a partial one to make a deluxe sized one (and added a bunch of other elements, well some white and blue bricks, and white plates, and 2 2X2 blue transparent "wall" pieces. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.sports)
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Hey folks, This morning I woke up late and had to rush in to the office for a conference call, but I forgot to charge the battery on my MD player. So I was rummaging around for an AA, of which I found in a package of several AA's from Walmart. I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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