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Re: rtlToronto10 competition rules
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Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:16:01 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno writes:
> > How strictly do you guys enforce color rules such as "game board must be
> > grey, pieces must be white"? Will it be a big deal if my board is green and
> > pieces are yellow?
Hi Ivan,
As everyone else said, welcome! About your colour concerns, I completely agree.
I am going to use white 2x4 bricks for the walls on a grey baseplate, and
black for the blocks. This is all i have access to. I don't even have enough
pieces for 8 3x3 blocks. I don't see any way how different colours or wall
heights would give someone an advantage.
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> That being said. at the end of the day we really just want to see
> robots, and because there is no prize then the idea of "cheating" (sorry
> i could not think of a better word) just means that your robot wins
> under different conditions.
You know, it would be nice to have a small prize, just to drive the competition
level up a notch. I guess some people might not like this though. We have
discussed this before. A lot of my friends asked me how my last Lego
competition went, and then the first thing they say is what did you win? I
would be nice to have something to hang on the wall...
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> OK, back to the colours. the colours were decided upon so that IF
> someone was going to use a light sensor to detect blocks, the board
> should be standard.
Hmmm... Chris, are you using a touch sensor to see blocks? Not a bad idea.
Slow, but reliable.
> If your robot could (and the key word is COULD) work with a "standard"
> colour game board then i see no problem if you show up with fuchsia base
> and tartan blocks.
Personally I prefer mauve and chartreuse:)
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> As an example, I personally do not own enuff 3 long bricks to make all
> white blocks. SO i used multi coloured bricks to make my blocks. the
> point here is that for my robot it does not matter. and if i could get
> my hands on official blocks then my robot would work just as well.
Yes, you are defenitely using a touch sensor to 'see' blocks. As a said
earlier, I don't have enough 3 long bricks either. Dave? Calum? Ben? Anyone
else who has 50 gazillion part collections? Want to help out the less fortunate
among us? I would like 8 3x3 blocks in black please:)
Rob
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| (...) When I was home a few weeks ago, my mom gave me a bunch of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons she had left over from an event she was running. I'd be happy to offer these as prizes. They just say 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and have "Canada" printed on (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Put in your orders now for blocks--I'll bring 'em to dinner on Friday. As well, I *hope* to have a preliminary 'bot set up by then. I'll also have the train video up on my site by tonite (URL) safe. Dave (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) HI Ivan !!! Welcome to RTLToronto. As Ben said (Hi Ben) this is a "gentleman's" game. for the life of me I don't know why we call it that........ never mind. (smirk) OK, The reason We came up with the idea of a grey base and black border and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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