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Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:33:59 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> Sorry, I hate to keep beating this horse, but...

No, we need to beat the horse.  Beating the horse is part of the process, the
discourse is required.  Your comments are appreciated.

> having a -1 for wrong blocks and +1 for right blocks should (in average) result
> in a value of zero for people who don't sort.  So, there is no color bonus for
> blocks AT HOME, unless they are sorted.

So, scenarios with the posted ruleset for home are:

Pile of unstacked bricks in home:  No points.
Tower of multicolour bricks at home:  +1 for every brick (location), +1 for
every brick of correct colour.

> > I should clarify that no points are given for a single block of correct colour
> > in the starting square.
> 
> So, people are required to stack?

> The scoring does put emphasis on stacking.  But, if you just want to sort them,
> and push them to your home square (unstacked) you get more points for sorting
> better.  (that's a good entry level challenge)

Yeah, that's the consensus I read from Dave and Derek.  The question is stacking
so hard that pushing bricks needs to be there at the entry level?  My fear isn't
competitiveness of an entry to a advanced player, but the jump in the building
challenge.

Greg, do you think you can build a block stacker?

> Also, is 30 blocks enough?  Is that 15 black & 15 white?

The rulepage says 30 of each, right?  Total 60.

Calum



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  Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
 
(...) Maybe one should start by asking all the people who have entered past block-stacking events... Then, ask Dave if grabbing a 2x2x2 cube is harder than a 4x4x4 cube (used in past events) From my experience, I'd say block stacking is NOT an easy (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
 
Sorry, I hate to keep beating this horse, but... (...) having a -1 for wrong blocks and +1 for right blocks should (in average) result in a value of zero for people who don't sort. So, there is no color bonus for blocks AT HOME, unless they are (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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