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Re: Connect 4 Boards
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Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:11:15 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> Well I discovered over the weekend that there are two different types of
> connect 4 pieces. My parents happened to have two boards, each with a
> different style of chip.
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> Fortunately both chip styles are the same basic size, shape and colour.
> One type, the type we looked at at dinner has an eagle on one side and
> a star on the other. The other type has the MB logo on one side and a
> Connect 4 logo on the other.
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> The significant difference however is the ones with the MB logo don't
> lock together when stacked like the eagle and star ones do.
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> How can you tell which ones you're going to get. Well you can't. Both
> boxes I saw had the eagle and star printed on the box, however one had
> the MB and connect 4 logo pieces inside.
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> Personally I'm not concerned about the difference. If we all build our
> robots to use one type of piece, we can use that type in our robots when
> playing games. This just means you have to bring the pieces you want to
> play with.
Sounds good. The board we've been playing with has the chips that lock
together.
> PS. We should set a rule as to which colour goes first. Since it's
> traditionally white in chess I say red goes first because it's not black.
Huh. I was always taught in a red vs black game, that "Smoke goes before fire".
But you're the 2nd person to say that red goes first, maybe Mom was wrong?!
Man, she's not gonna like that.
Jennifer
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| (...) Actually, that brings up a question I meant to ask. Does the bot need to know what color it's playing, or can I tell it (via download/IR) what color we're playing in this match? (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Well I have no knowledge of what the tradition for red vs. black is, so my suggestion is just arbitrary. Now that I think about it, maybe the Connect 4 rules say which colour goes first. If they do, that's the colour we should go by. Derek (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Well I discovered over the weekend that there are two different types of connect 4 pieces. My parents happened to have two boards, each with a different style of chip. Fortunately both chip styles are the same basic size, shape and colour. One type, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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