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Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:19:05 GMT
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On 11/22/05, Calum Tsang  wrote:
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rob Antonishen <rob.antonishen@gmail.com> wrote:
Questioning one of the "standard" rules....
"not firing bricks violently,"

What is violently?

Violently enough to hit a child in the eye standing at the edge of the table,
causing a trigger happy American parent to sue a nonexistent entity.

I know where you're going, I'm glad you're going there and all I'm going to
say
is that text was in there since rtlToronto3.

Calum



Hey - I took a 2x4 to the head due to my own stupidity in Balance of
Power and while painful, do not consider such an incident as violent
(so my judgement of violent may be a bit skewed).  That is why I
wanted to get a ruling on the definition of violently.

I choose to define violently as "in an uncontrolled fashion"...

-Rob A>



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  Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
 
(...) Yes Rob building a "gun" to shoot blocks across the play area is a valid way to TRY to get blocks into another robot. In this case I think "violent" could be defined as having potential to harm a human. MORE specifialy. it could be a safe (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
 
(...) Violently enough to hit a child in the eye standing at the edge of the table, causing a trigger happy American parent to sue a nonexistent entity. I know where you're going, I'm glad you're going there and all I'm going to say is that text was (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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