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    Dave's tears - R21 the results —Chris Magno
   Well, After running the full game (156 ish games), all 13 contestants, I would have to say R21 was a HUGE success. I want to thank Dave, Derek, for some FANTASTIC personal WIN's over there bots. I want to Shout out to Glen, a NEW GUY who showed up (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)  
   
        Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Calum Tsang
     (...) I have to agree. While posts leading up to rtl21 appeared to be pretty quiet until the last few days (it's obvious we're all procrastinators) I was thoroughly surprised to see 13 entrants. That makes my day. (...) I hope Sergio knows better: (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Chris Magno
      (...) I guess we will have to wait for the score keeper. grin. AND i did learn that you CAN drive a RC motor with an RCX. I was looking into running parallel outputs to drive it, but decided to go with just the one. I guess I was just lucky. Chris (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Iain Hendry
     (...) We don't even have scales at work that go in p-p-p-p-uuunds!! What were we suposed to do. Honestly. Stupid non-metric rtlToronto. Hate. Iain (grumble @ non metric engineers) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Derek Raycraft
     (...) My guess is, yes they do. It's probably a little switch on the bottom. Barring that: (URL) Stupid non-metric rtlToronto. Hate. (...) Welcome to the world of Engineering. Actually welcome to the world in general. Nothings ever done quite the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Rob Antonishen
     (...) I agree - it was a great turnout! We even had a couple of double entry people (myself and Ka-On) who agreed to only run one, otherwise there would have been 15 entries (an extra 29 matches) and we ended up running three tables, as it was... It (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Sergio Salvi
     (...) Hi there! Thanks! Even though I did not participate, it was really fun to watch. Now that I know Chris is just all about marketing, I'm much less afraid to participate in the next competition. Chris: who are you trying to fool? :-) Do you guys (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Calum Tsang
     (...) Alright, it's good he didn't scare you away. (...) On average it's about three or four months between events. Here's what's coming up: August 25th Brickfest DC November 3-5 Hobby Show (not really an rtlToronto thing, but) November 18-19 (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Greg Hyland
     (...) He scared me away. I thought about entering a robot in this competition, and even started one, but rtlToronto has crushed all my enthusiasm for Mindstorms robots. -Greg (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Steve Hassenplug
     (...) Same here. Steve (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Calum Tsang
     (...) "Steve Hassenplug must not sleep very much. The Lafayette, Ind., software engineer is a member of the Lego Mindstorms NXT developer program, and even among the hard-core Lego fanatics on that team, Hassenplug is known for never letting time (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results —Ka-On Lee
   (...) Aren't the stickiness that made your motor stall, or was it the RC motor turning itself off? So here are my pics: (URL) Highlights: Chris keep getting distracted by (URL) food> and (URL) talking>, and forgot to test his robot properly. Calum (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
 

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