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Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto21 page update
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Wed, 31 May 2006 14:53:26 GMT
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Chris Magno wrote:
but to compare this to a REAL game of tug of war......


your saying that we either HAVE to pull the bot off the table, OR, keep
the marker closer to your side for the full 3 minutes?

No it only has to be on your side at the end of 3 minutes.

What about 2 equal bots? are we supposed to just sit and watch the
stalemate for 3 minuites?

If they are equal as you say, you'll be watching them for 3 minutes
regardless of this rule.

as to playing out the rope, it is still valid, you just cant play out
more than 18", otherwise you lose.

Right, but before you could play out around 8 feet before it was a
problem.  This makes it interesting to do.

maybe we need consensus from the rest of the players?

Sure, I have no problem with that.

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/~ku00329/Handbook%20-%20Rules.pdf
http://www.tugofwar-twif.org/get.asp?table=Rules&veldnaam=PDF&id=25

Most of the real tug-of-war rules are meant to stop people from getting
hurt.  We're not worried about that here.

In fact isn't destruction one of our secret goals. :-)

Derek



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(...) While you have valid ideas, Im not sure what your "motive" is behind this rule addition. I dont see any advantage to forcing us to watch the game for the full 3 min, if one robot is clearly winning. What other strategys exist that would offer (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) but to compare this to a REAL game of tug of war...... your saying that we either HAVE to pull the bot off the table, OR, keep the marker closer to your side for the full 3 minutes? What about 2 equal bots? are we supposed to just sit and (...) (18 years ago, 31-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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