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Re: rtlToronto, the Road Ahead/VM Questions
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Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:30:10 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug writes:
> Breaking the spirit of the rule should engender admiration for
> the person who broke it because they found a fun and clever loophole and it
> was neat to see them exploit it (1) and they should be promptly praised and
> then shouted down... breaking rules should not engender resentment for that
> person because they unfairly exploited an inadvertant mistake by the organizers.
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> 1 - e.g. the "long long stick" method of scree crossing was clearly done for
> humor and style points as a lark, not to actually seriously win... another
It was? Oh, I mean... it was!
> entry by the same contestant was serious and was a very strong contender
> (duh, it actually won!) and honored the rules including honoring them in spirit.
"X-bot" just happened to be lighter and faster than Doug C's 18 track, 6
motor, 2 battery-box monster "Too Much".
But it was a challenge to (1) win by using the loophole in the rules and (2)
win by staying withing the spirit of the rules.
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| (...) You and me both! I wish you'd fix your posting mechanism though, if you could, because it's breaking threads. This is none of my business as I have little standing, but here's my 1.285 cents (2 cents canadian) anyway... The ideal set of rules (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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