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(...) Watch?! Watching someone play a role playing game is like watching someone eat ice cream--it won't be long before you want some too. (21 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Microscale EDD Starfighter from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
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The primary fighter craft of the Earth Defense Directorate, as seen in (URL) 1979-1981 Glen A. Larson TV series>. (The two-hour pilot was briefly released in 1978 as a theatrical feature.) Used to defend Earth and attached to the exploratory vessel (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | Re: T3 Board
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(...) I rendered it in LPub, and it came out the same (yellow). I changed the color from "Light-Green" to "Green" and it looks right. And, you may want to look into "multipart" models. It would let you draw ONE cube, and place it in the model ten (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | No TexLUG Austin meeting this Sunday 11/13
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Folks, Due to an event conflict at the Little Walnut Creek library, there will be no TexLUG Austin meeting this coming Sunday. Our next scheduled time is Sunday, December 11. -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: T3 Board
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(...) It is my understanding that the idea is to allow a builder to use as much area beyond the 32x32 baseplate as they want on 2 sides (I don't think we ever determined which side(s), similar to the rules for rtlToronto's C$ competition. During (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: T3 Board
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(...) It looks good - actually, I like the yellow. (...) How much outside? For instance, does that mean when building your robot you can *only* assume you can use the grid and surrounding two-stud area, and nothing outside of that? Is there a a (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: T3 Board
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(...) I suspect you just put in a baseplate, and didn't specify the color... (21 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | T3 Board
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A little while ago Steve asked me to put together a T3 board in LDraw. After some work and some discussions with Steve & Kerby, here is what I've come up with. (URL) don't know why LPub rendered the green baseplate I built the board on in yellow, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Micro lighthuggers from _Revelation Space_
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From the SF books written by British author Alastair Reynolds: Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, and Absolution Gap... (URL) ...With only 13 pieces (plus two for the exhaust beams) it's exceedingly micro, since the original is some four kilometers (...) (21 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | "Optimus Prime" with Vahki parts
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Everyone's favorite mid-'80s Autobot leader, rendered with Bionicle Vahki parts... (URL) ...courtesy of the $20 Bionicle Bucket found at TRU. It contained enough parts for all six Vahki, plus numerous Rahkshi feet and hunchbacks. Thank you, TLC. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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(...) Just a little under two weeks to try to cross the largest gap you can with a robot. If some of you haven't attempted a mini-challenge before, the main objective is to learn. Tackle as much of the task as you feel you are able to; you don't (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November Meeting
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Mind if I come and watch? (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: November Meeting
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(...) I'm actually modifying the rules quite heavily, so only use the originals as guidelines. I'll try to post to the private group when I get more of it together. As of now, there will be four races and eleven classes to choose from, so keep that (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | November Meeting
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Greetings all, The November IndyLUG meeting will be on Sunday, November 13 and will start about 2:00. The location is Jeramy's house. We will be playing a full scale BrickQuest game, so brush up on (URL) the rules>, and don't forget to bring/build (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Microscale replica "Liberator" (in progress)
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In microscale: a replica of the hero ship Liberator from the 1978-81 BBC SF drama (URL) "Blake's 7"> (sometimes spelled "Blakes7"). (URL) The BrickShelf gallery includes reference pics and numerous prototypes. The final version must wait until I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | Re: tic-tac-toe - Clearing the board
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For now, I think I'm falling onto the side of "no bonus". Mostly, I want this to be a tic-tac-toe challenge. I'm assuming that if we get a dozen entries for example, then there will be a broad enough range of skill levels that the bonus won't really (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: tic-tac-toe - Clearing the board
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(...) This is kind of tough. My initial thought was to "tip the scale" towards a robot that can not only play, but also clear the board. However, I doubt anyone will be able to build a robot, then go back and add-on the "Clear-the-board" feature. It (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: tic-tac-toe - Clearing the board
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(...) I'm really on the fence. I just think it may limit either the number of entrants, or the number of competitive entrants. On competition day I'd like to see many (a dozen?) competitive robots, not 3 or 4 that are head and shoulders above the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: tic-tac-toe - Clearing the board
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(...) Ok, I'll assume I didn't say this in the message you replied to: On Fri, November 4, 2005 9:45 am, Steve Hassenplug wrote: (...) Here's my suggestion for scoring: 1) The event winner will be the robot that wins the most matches. 2) Each match (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Microscale Zen monastery
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A generic Tibetan Zen monastery/abbey, hidden deep in the Himalayas: (URL) I built this for an entry in the short-animation contest at the (URL) Katsucon> anime convention -- it would provide the establishing shots, and I'd then cut to a room with (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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