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Re: Is Sumo in or out? Please make it "in"!
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Tue, 7 Nov 2000 03:28:25 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno writes:
> > If the competitions we do in Toronto ever went that public, I think that I'd
> > politely decline attending future events... :-/
> > (*far* too much pressure in an atmosphere like that - sucks the fun right
> > out of it)
> WOW, this is something i never thought about. how many other would not
> want to participate in a more public event??
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> what is our focus? (no really) :) are we aiming for a HUGE pay per
> view "battle bots" type show, or will we remain a small gathering of
> friend who come together to share ideas?
You know, I'd rather it stay reasonably small at around 100 people or less.
The largest we've had is 70+ and that's already a litle large. I like it
when people can go up to Jin or Rob and ask them how their robot works, and
that those folks can answer and chat without feeling a pressure to be "on"
and live in a competition.
But that said, I also liked being at Guelph where we must have seen 500-700
people in the course of a few hours. It was a more mainstream, fun event,
but with much less technical challenge involved. I like talking to audience
about our robot, I like
You know, if I didn't have to run it, I'd be all for corporate sponsorship
(imagine giant Nortel Networks logo on side of kbot 9042 :) and the
competitive nature of it.
But if it ever scaled that large, there would require a lot of PR, project
management and organization I don't think we're capable of. But if we let
it go to a host organization, you'd never know what motives they'd put
behind it or what messages they'd use in promoting it and selling it.
That's why I've never been a fan of turning it into something more than what
it is now: Like a parent, you tend to get scared as to what will corrupt
your offspring.
Calum
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| (...) WOW, this is something i never thought about. how many other would not want to participate in a more public event?? what is our focus? (no really) :) are we aiming for a HUGE pay per view "battle bots" type show, or will we remain a small (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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