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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.

...
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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  Re: rtlToronto, the Road Ahead/VM Questions
 
(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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