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Re: Onwards to rtlToronto18...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:38:48 GMT
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Calum Tsang wrote:
> > I'd also be concerned that scoring this way would open the door to to
> > "loophole bots" like Rob's (?) at RTL15
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ffaat/RTL15/100_0457.jpg> which,
> > while I thought it exploited a clever loophole in the scoring, did
> > somewhat disadvantage other bots that more closely followed the spirit
> > of the rules....
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> I used to be kind of against this, because I'm sick of loophole pokers (Steve,
> JeffE, I'm looking in your direction...) but the thing is, we have better
> things to do than to try and outrule everyone. That and Steve never does it
> anyways. He's just being a smart-aleck and always backs that up with good
> building instead. :)
Ok, I can't remember, what did this robot do that was considered a loop
hole in the rules?
> Well, I'm going to put up a set of proposed rules. I think what Derek is
> suggesting is giving points for collecting home coloured blocks without stacking
> them. I'm not sure I'd want to do that, because that's the same as
> MarbleSorting2 we did with Dave last January.
True it does allow for a pure sorting robot. Maybe we don't want to
allow that. I thought it allowed for a good entry level robot. But it
could also allow for expert builders to build stinker robots, rather
then tower builders.
Derek
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| (...) I didn't get to see it either. I think we were too busy running our C$ robots in the final... But, I believe it moved all the marbles onto the opponent's square, because the penalty for "wrong" marbles was bigger than the points for "right" (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I used to be kind of against this, because I'm sick of loophole pokers (Steve, JeffE, I'm looking in your direction...) but the thing is, we have better things to do than to try and outrule everyone. That and Steve never does it anyways. He's (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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