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| | | Lets hearken back to the 'good ol' days' when we did a competition a few times in a row, such as, say, marble sorting and brick stacking. What would happen was that a person showed up for said event, attempt it, and, during the course of the event, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: , "Hey, my 'bot could do better if I changed this or (...) Yeah, then that would be like sumo-it'd get boring. (...) I think you'll hear a resounding "But really? No!" if you suggest we redo Rice, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Wayne Young
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| | | | | | | (...) Actually, I wouldn't mind redoing rice, I have been thinking of ways to improve my 'bot. Perhaps there were problems with attending the November Hobby Show, rather than the type of contest. For example, I am planning a kitchen reno around (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Rice —Bruce Sheridan
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| | | | | | | | (...) Initially I said I'd never do the Rice game again...I've changed my mind...I'd like to give it another try (not November). Bruce (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Rice —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | (...) what do you mean "another try" you never managed to get one for THIS game! Chris "... I'd love ... your rtl 13 robot..." S.H. (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Rice —Bruce Sheridan
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| | | | | | | | (...) How could you miss it...It was sitting right next to you for hours and it only got 1 less block than yours. I just didn't need to transport my robot to the playfield for each competition! (...) I'm getting tired of seeing the word 'love' in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Rice —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | (...) how about this: Chris My real sig file violates the TOS of Lugnet. (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) Sure it would--after 3-4 times--but we're not running these events twice in a row right now. I'd like to see us run some of these events twice--the rice game would be ideal for that. (...) We need something reasonably exciting for the November (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | | | (...) I think this game is a bit different from most, in that quite often the tweaking and tuning will consist of actually playing a game against an opponent. Usually human. With that in mind, I'm sure when they're not playing against another robot, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | | (...) This sounds good in principle, but I think it really depends on the competition. I, for one saw lots of room for improvement on my projectX robot. I wanted to get my anti-X time down to the single digits :) As it turned out, nobody wanted to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) I'd be into doing project X again, but it would reach the point where we are looking for milli second improvements in time, rather then seconds. I didn't do rice this time, but after watching it I'd be interested in giving it a try. (...) Take (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Greg Hyland
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| | | | (...) I've been thinking sort of the same thing. I walk away from every event thinking "I have a new idea or solution for this. I wish I could ahve another chance." The rice game is definatly something I could do again, and better (and sadly, i (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) I asked about that, but no one ever responded to me. I even asked people to write me privately should they feel embarassed about it. But no one spoke up, so I have to figure those interested in a more entry level competition aren't there. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | (...) I've consistently said that I'd love to do a marble based competition again. Iain (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) If only we had won that bucket of soccer balls at Brickfest. :-( hmm, I wonder who got stuck with those. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) If you seriously wanted to borrow (some of?) them for a while, I'm sure a temporary loan could be arranged... drop me a line and I'll forward your mail to Nik for you if you weren't just kidding around. (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | | | (...) Y’know, that's very nice of you. I don't have anything to do with the rtl robotic games, but i still wanted to comment on how nice that gesture is! (Nik was very lucky to win…although I'm sure he’s inundated with them.) ;-P -R (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) Wow, that was a quick reply Larry. At this point it's just a jest. From a contest point of view the best way to use the soccer balls would be to distribute them to the contestants to work with as they built there robots. And this just doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Mr Nibbles! was Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) I think I have enough balls already. Each soccer bus (eight copies), grandstand (like...14 copies), playfield (1 copy) came with a pile of them. I can lend them out to those who don't have the balls to do it themselves. I'm sure you have a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mr Nibbles! was Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | (...) I fail to see why we need soccer balls... not marbles? (Soccer Balls are both black and white, adding unnecissary complexity to a marble harvesting robot, and omiting any rules or additional challenges you might be able to add based on ball (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Mr Nibbles! was Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Because they are, get this, Lego! And are therefor standard and uniform and everybody would have the same thing to work with. (...) Agreed, but I'm sure soccer balls and basket balls would show up different. This just means you have to spin (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Mr Nibbles! was Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) I ahve a 4 foot x4 foot arena. We could potentially run two different types of matches at the next rtl event. Marble sorting in a small playfield, so that we would have to scale our 'bots accordingly--say your 'bot can't be bigger than 8 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mr Nibbles! was Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <SNIP> (...) do you REALLY want to go there??? really? talk it over with steve H. HE thought about going there... then stopped. Chris. I fixed my laptop, and my admin assistant is in the other room (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | | (...) How about creating a division/class for the upcoming event (does it have a funky name, yet?) which would allow people to control their 'robot' manually? They would be allowed to send signals to the device in whatever way they want (wires or (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Jeff Van Winden
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| | | | | | (...) Mmmmm.... This sounds familiar... Oh yeah thats right, Chris was playing in this Class (sending a message 1 to his bot AFTER the competition started!) Hi Chris :) Jeff VW (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Mario DeFacendis
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| | | | | (...) No guesses at the reference yet! How long do I have to wait before I jump in with the winning answer? (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) Everybody knows, it's just no-one wants to get stuck with another damn octopus. Derek ps. Are dots for the eyes included? (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) I even put in extra references this morning on other posts! Sure, I'll give you two trans orange 1x1 round dots for the eyes to make a super evil octopus. Calum (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) K, I'll tolerate hundreds of lurkers... I'll willing to put up with more than one Boger... I'll even go so far as to live with guys who put ++'s before their names... But I draw the line at having .space heads delurk and post in this (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) Clearly we have other people that need assistance in adding to posts to make them easier to read for us normal people. So to help out poor misguided Bram, I'll fill in all the words that he wanted to say but neglected. ---...---real bram (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for once again offering your services as an interpreter. I don't personaly think that Space is off topic for rtlT. As a matter o' fact, I don't know what could be construed as (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | (...) Nice try, Chris. However, the true subleties of my message revovled more around Calum's stab at trainheads. The only rule in .space is that a Galaxy Enforcer must have wings. That's it. No prototypes, no eight-wide vs. six-wide, no track (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) OK, I'll try again. :) Bram, you seem like a nice guy... so I'll re-use my post in offtopic.test.foo on you. I was saving this for Steve H.. but he has not said anything TOO inflammatory lately so I'll smack ya down with this: (URL) However, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Greg Hyland
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| | | | (...) And look how many people entered the pedistal game. Was it 17 or 19? Anywayze, I think obviously, a certain degree of simplicity attracts more people. -Greg (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) Well, we have a few options: a) Deliberately make simpler games. Probably not a viable option considering the general direction of the core group. b) Deliberately make simpler games as a side event. Possible, but requires someone to organize (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Greg Hyland
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| | | | (...) And the general direction of the core group being what? Not showing up? Not bringing a robot? (...) I know this is a lot of work, but this is a good solution. I like watching the events that are too tough for me, but I also like entering (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | (...) I was just about to say. If the general direction of the "core group" is to this ultra hard stuff (Connect 4 programming), it scares me. Because when I'm building I get discouraged, and stop, because it's just too hard. IE, the rice game, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) Don't ever foget your yellow blockstacking 'bot. It was by far the smallest, best design, and funnest 'bot I've ever watched driving around the field. Your Tijs was beautiful as well, but you already knew that. (...) Thank goodness I had the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | | | (...) I don't understand why I keep hearing about Project X being hard. It's not "easy", but it's one of the easiest game I have participated. I think prj. X and bridge crossing had the highest number of contestant, and most of them were successful. (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | (...) The programming was far beyond my capability. That's why I said it was hard. How it *wasn't* impossible for anyone else is beyond me. I simply do not understand that kind of logic in programming, at all! Where do you even start? Iain (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | (...) OR he could have done what I told him From DAY ONE!!! pre scan the board, and use my (TM) Kevin C. approved code. Chris (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) This just shows how spiffily different we all are... The programming used in X seems fairly straighforward (conceptually) to me... just scan the board to see what's there and put things from where they ain't supposed to be to where they is. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) exactly at what post did Monique become AA??? she HATES lego. NO, I'm sorry. I built my Project X, I programmed my Project X bot. I almost lost my marriage to that game. Chris While x = 1{ if nest > 1 {if homex = 1 {next = next + 1}} } code (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Tony DeBat
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| | | | | | | This sounds good - I'll enter a bot for the marble sorting. Here's an additional rule suggestion to keep the game accessible to newcomers: limit the number of rcx bricks to one. Tony (...) [snip] (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) What Chris really meant to say was... Thanks Chris for that informed and wonderfully written point! Dave K (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | (...) Now I guess I HAVE to do this one! (colon and bracket to make a sideways smiley face here) -Greg (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events.... —Calum Tsang
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