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Re: rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:57:26 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug writes:
> > My first question: Do you want this to be a typical rtlToronto event, or
> > should it be made 'easier' for Brickfest?
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> Well, in terms of rtlToronto, this will be a hard event.
Yes, it should be.
> I don't think it needs to be easier for BrickFest. I bet there are piles of
> good robot builders out there who will be at or will make the trip to
> BrickFest and rise to the challenge, just like up here in the Great White
> North. Plus, there will be other contests at BrickFest which may be more to
> someone's liking if they don't like Pipe Racers.
Well, last year, there were only 3 robots in the "hard" Creavasse Crossing
event. (1 from Toronto)
Do you expect more if the event is even harder?
> Yup. That's what had envisioned too. So now you're pulling probably four
> motors, two RCXes, etc. And it has to agile enough to work in 1 foot
> segments of pipe.
So, it would be limited to ONLY people with more than one RCX. :(
> > Given that the whole Toronto group will not be attending Brickfest, my
> > suggestion would be to tone it down, and then run the full "Y" version at rtl15.
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> Okay, so, what you're proposing is we do Pipe Racers v1 with say, only 45
> and 90's at BrickFest, and Pipe Racers v2 with Y's in Toronto?
Yes, I'd say, given that the Toronto event will take place after Brickfest,
make it harder by adding "y"s (or make Brickfest easier)
For Brickfest, I'd suggest making the rules so anyone can enter, but really
only the best can win. For rtlToronto, only the best can even enter...
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| (...) Well, in terms of rtlToronto, this will be a hard event. After Show Me the Monkey and ProjectX, we've been doing a lot of "easy" events, we reran Blockstacking, we tried bridgecrossing+CTF, we did the Last Bot Standing game etc. This one aims (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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