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Re: Needed: A Game for rtlToronto12 and 13 ASAP
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Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:19:08 GMT
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I go for dem killa bots.
Der... I mean bricks.
Yeah. killa bricks. That's what I meant to say. :-)
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At 04:26 PM 9/11/2002 +0000, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
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> Kids like action and fast moving vehicles (and we like 'Hey Mister...')--
> We could either do something we've done before (a la block (marble)
> gathering/stacking/whatever) which has been quite entertaining in the past
> with lots of vehicles 'n such, like Chris 'n Steve's factory, which shot
> blocks at a high velocity--kids'll love that one...)
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> Or a sumo/battlebot hybrid a la WWF, which again could use fast robots that
> try to push one another off the table--the last sumo match at Guelph when we
> had all 'bots on the table was quite entertaining...
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> And the vending systems will be there as well.
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> Specifically for me, if I were running a competition directed at kids, I'd
> say the following--
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> 'Bot must fit in a 8" cube, must *not* be geared down so it goes at a snails
> pace (keep the action up)--and can have some sort of 'weapon', like a
> 'blade' (40 tooth gear) that could come in contact with another 'bot... and
> we could take a vote (raise of hands) at the end of 3 min to see which 'bot
> won according to the kids. If a 'bot gets pushed off the table (or falls
> off the table) it automatically loses the 'bout
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> Whether these 'bots would be autonomous (my vote) or driven via 8475 remote
> (a la Battle'bot) is up to the masses.
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> My 2 cents.
>
> Dave K
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| Hi folks, I'm told my Chris that we need to get our acts together for rtlToronto12 and 13, which are November/December 2002 and March 2003 respectively. This is because 13 will be actively sponsored by the Toronto Public Library-advertised in their (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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