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Subject:	Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:31:42 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: , "Hey, my 'bot could do better if I changed this or > that" and the competitor would go home and change this or that and come back to > the next competition to see how the improvements functioned. As well, other > people who didn't enter a 'bot in the first competition could see how it may > have been attempted and then go home and build an entry for the next > competition. Yeah, then that would be like sumo-it'd get boring. > That said, the 'rice game' could be an event that could be redone, and there may > be more entries the next time it's attempted (seeing as how I ahve no weddings > on the 31st of January). I think you'll hear a resounding "But really? No!" if you suggest we redo Rice, because that's the answer I got when I asked people to redo rice for the November Hobby Show. > Where Connect 4 is concerned, I think it'd be an interesting game, but like > Bruce, I have doubts about the 'entertainment' value (not that everything I recognize the game will be long. In Bruce's opinion, he figures anything from 15-35 minutes a match IIRC. Where I think entertainment value might come in is being able to play the robots. One idea I had was to have at least one fully working robot on one end of the room for kids to play, while having two "live competition" matches playing on the other end. The problem with this is there's usually no one always ready for playing--everyone's always tweaking something. So as a result, we need someone with an always working bot who doesn't want to be supercompetitive. Plus someone who's public-friendly who wouldn't mind showing library patrons how the robot works and keeping them from breaking it. Calum

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		Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
(...) 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)

		Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
(...) 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)

		Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
(...) 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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		What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
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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