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Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 02:57:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> 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, realize that, "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.


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
don't know if I can make it to the Hobby Show competition, as I'm a guest at a
funny book show that same weekend. Crap.)

I've been thinking, as a sort of new member, that I'd like to play some of the
games that I missed... even though it's all block sorting or stacking or
whatever. These events are more at my level of ability. I was sort of happy to
hear the pipe-racer idea was out, as I thought it was beyond my skills (even
after seeing what people did at BrickFest), however the Connect 4 idea is also
something beyond my abilities, which is dissapointing for me because I'll be
there, but I won't have anything to enter.

There was talk on the BrickFest trip about having "junior" level events, or
fiding a way to make the event easier in some ways (like just being able to pick
up a brick in the rice, and not worry about sorting, which is what I ended up
doing). I don't know what became of this... and I know it would be pretty hard
to run two events at once. So I don't know what the solution is.

Maybe I'll just have to get more in to trains.

-Greg H



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  Re: What is shaping up to be the most posted-on rtl event in the history of rtl events....
 
(...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 18-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, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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