 | | IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Calum Tsang
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| | | Hi folks, Well, we've heard a lot of great ideas, but it's really going to have to come down to a single contest for the June rtlToronto8 unless someone steps up to run an entire contest by themselves (ie, they do the scheduling, organization, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | (...) Here's an event... Keep your blocks out of my back yard!! (this has been suggested by someone else but I kinda like it) Have 2 different coloured blocks, black and white, distributed randomly in the playing field. The idea is to have your bot (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | (...) Again, suggested earlier: RCX goes to the Dragstrip!!! Have a 4 - 6 foot track on the floor. Competing 'bots start from the start line and go as fast as they can. Once they cross the finish line, they must stop within an allotted space. Setup: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | (...) Either day is fine for me (as I can see now) That's it! No more writing today. Dave (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | | | I like both of Daves ideas, especially the dragracing. Iain mentioned this earlier, and we talked about it at one of the dinners. It would be relatively simple to build, and a no brainer for programming. Pushing blocks out of your area would be cool (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) If Rob is doing this, i'll volunteer to help and enter 'bots into both competitions. I would like to see my stack'bot work for a change. If there are two competitions and one arena, could be a slight difficulty. Ahhh, Chris doesn't mind (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | | | | | (...) Looks like we have isolated the die hard stackers (Rob and Dave)... I guess to make the next event worth it, we will have to convince others to bring stackers as well. Anyway, thanks for the support Dave. I would do the same. Bring a stacker (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | "Rob Stehlik" <Robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G946z5.EBu@lugnet.com... (...) entering Yay! Dragster sounds like so much FUN! It has so much potential for CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, "The Best Kind!" * I was thinking more about the concept of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) oh my goodness... visual image!!! yikes!!!! i couldn't stop laughing. workers pulling that prairie dog in cubicleville, with heads poking up over the cubilce walls, seeing what i'm laughing at. oh please put the foul line against a wall! (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:G9637q.DG6@lugnet.com... (...) CALUM!!!!!!! (...) CHILDREN!!!!!!! (...) cubicleville, (...) That's always fun! Espically when you say something inadvertantly crude, like: "I'm like the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Oh my... what did your robot do to my wall? —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) so let me get this straight: the game is this.... 1 flat floor 1 wall 2 robots. first robot to stop closest to the wall wins??? with the understanding that if your robot screws up then it HITS the wall. this is like the game as kids when you (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Oh my... what did your robot do to my wall? —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A95A5B6.34D9EC...ome.com... (...) Well... I was thinking you have a ~5 metre runway (light-colour) to gain speed. Then the track changes to a dark colour (blackish) for a short time (half a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | (...) Okay folks...nothing to see here! Keep it moving :) You know, whenever we have this period, I know exactly how it feels to be the producers of Scrapheap Challenge...trying to find a good game... Calum (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | OK, looks like we are coming down with more details. lots of stuff for me to type so here goes: Rob: Its real easy to run an event, heck Calum and i do it often enuff. the hard part is in the details. like (for stacking) you'd need to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Sounds good, though i was just thinking, if both 'bots go aftre the same colour block , could be even more fum... think about it, you're pushing the white blocks out of your back yard and hooarding hte black blocks, while the other bot is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) why not??? I'm sure we all have 2 light sensors? and if you don't then that means you have to solve for more creative ways to be able to see the board & the blocks. or we could make the rules bot on white half only likes white blocks. and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Was this in reference to that pretty neat voyager episode last night or was this an obscure reference to the old series ep. "let this be your last battlefield" with those two guys with the white half/black half makeup 'but can't you see? he's (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) snip (...) the short answer is YES, i wanted to stop typing so i could watch voyager. it was cool, and i was sad that i have to wait 6 more days to find out how it is solved. Chris Lego Walker now @ www.members.home.net.../index.htm (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) and it's the last season... waah!! loved voyager from the get-go. much better than ds9 (this from dave who used to schedule life around the next gen.) and voyager just keeps on getting better. dave (who still says william shatner, a.k.a. kirk (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | kenny in an x-wing —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | This should be posted in lugnet.starwars.... but i don't read it so: i just got a 7140 (the x-wing) fighter @ toys r us for $5.00 Canadian Ok, it was opened, and damages and on the clearance table, BUT all of the parts were there except: 1x4 red (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: IMPORTANT: June Event Proposals —Jeff Elliott
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| | | | Bah, trying to decide the next contest while I'm away on vacation? Shame on you! :D Well, I'm just gonna break the rules and add my comments even tho the deadline's passed... Jeff (...) <snip> (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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