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Re: 3T board & rules
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lugnet.org.us.laflrc
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Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:31:50 GMT
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On Tue, December 27, 2005 1:53 pm, Brian Davis wrote:
> > I assume that the game only ends when (a) the winning cube is in the
> > proper cell, or (b) the ninth and final cube is in it's proper cell.
> > So assume both robots are started at the same moment (by pressing
> > the "run" button), can we assume the game is over (from the standpoint
> > of measuring elapsed time) when that final cube is placed, or does the
> > final moving robot have to press the handover button to end its run?
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> Huh. After playing for a while, I'm noticing a lot of interesting odd ways of
> minimizing time. My 'bot's not fast enough I fear, but this ends up being and
> interesting problem.
Not many comments. Sorry. The game should end after the last robot gives a signal
(handoff). That way it can be timed by an external source (not just someone
watching the game)
> > Finally, with regards to clearing the board... I'm assuming this is
> > a manually-triggered behavior? Otherwise we need another handoff
> > procedure.
We haven't much discussed clearing the board.
We are planning on gathering at my place on Monday (Jan 2) to test out the games.
It will be rough.
Steve
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| (...) Huh. After playing for a while, I'm noticing a lot of interesting odd ways of minimizing time. My 'bot's not fast enough I fear, but this ends up being and interesting problem. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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