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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) Well hello Mr. Fancypants--like the banter about television is distracting from the "rtl"ness of the board! ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) W R O N G !!!! W R O N G !!!! W R O N G !!!! well, maybe the pipe racer game as dumbed down.... that's like sumo on a pipe. BUT calling the rice game a bastardized version of sumo is like saying that calum is not chinese the rice game is a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) There's a difference. The task of say getting black bricks out of a box of rice is not the same as "build rice sorting robots". One of them implies a way to do something up front. (...) There's rules which need to be there to keep things from (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ... This evokes a mental image that I ***really really*** wasn't looking for, especially given that I have to drive home (5.5 hours of driving) in less than an hour and may not be able to flush it out in time. If you hear of a horrific car (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ... (...) No, the task is to build a balancing robot that can push over another balancing robot. (...) hmm. You mean like every form of auto racing? Try build a car to go as fast as you can. But the car has to follow these rules. Or playing (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sure. I'll get right on that, right after the Castle balladeering, the Pirate adventure role playing game we're putting on November. :) (...) The problem with any way of "spicing up" sumo is that you rule out potential design approaches which (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think I could do that. Can we use custom sensors! :) It's Legway, the sumo... How about a contest where you have to balance. They bump into each other (like real sumo guys) and the match is over when one robot falls over. The robot must be (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Cool Liquid Sumo. Each player pukes a different colour into the ring and we see which one pushes further into the other ones space. Derek (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) In a watching drunken fratboys puking on the dorm room floor kind of way. There's a hole in that one in that I can build a robot with one motor and two power puller or 8466 wheels and call that my sumo robot. That gets boring. Sumo is a boring (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Dramatic or critical potential (which Firefly had lots of) has nothing to do with axeing the show or not. Science fiction is a dangerous gamble for any large network, especially in the last ten years. They primarily attract nerd/cult (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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