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Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:02:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:

I think, it was either Iain or John, who said if we put the broomstick thingy in
the base, it would make everyone need to use it and would basically force a
given strategy.  I guess it is overwhelmingly attractive as a strategy to grab
the broomstick.


By process of elimination, I guess it was me then who mentioned it :)

Grabbing the broomstick, which is like a few feet (maybe even a meter) below the
beam, would be quite hard I think.  However, if it could be done, it would
almost guarantee a win for that robot everytime, right?  I dunno. Still don't
like it.

Another post got me thinking:  what about going back to "old-shool" for this
contest ????  Like the early rtl events ?  ONE RIS set.  Period.
That would certainly solve the maximum weight debate?  It would also make for
very funky robots with translucent orange wings (for max weight).

Anyone? Anyone?  Bueller?

John



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  Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
 
(...) Well, the early rtlToronto games were limited to one RCX--but not one RIS set. The idea was that everyone had lots of Lego, but not lot of Mindstorms sets. To keep it even, we said one RCX only, so that "anyone" with a basic set could (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
 
(...) You know, I didn't realize that it doesn't make any sense at all :) (or was I trying to make it look like an Escher drawing? you decide!) I guess it would be immediately below the beam itself. I think, it was either Iain or John, who said if (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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