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This is an informal call for discussion regarding the creation of a focused
newsgroup/mailing-list for _Robot_Arena_ combat events. The LEGO Mindstorms
Robot Arena homepage (not sponsored by The LEGO Group) is located at:
http://www.azimuthmedia.com/RobotArena/
and takes place in San Jose in March. Spin-off competitions are being
organized in places such as Los Angeles, Austin, Sarasota FL, and the UK.
Nate Burgess, Robot Arena creator and organizer of the San Jose event, and
David Chen, organizer of the Los Angeles event, are excited about having a
dedicated newsgroup for this; so this is not a CFD on whether to create a
new newsgroup, but on what to call it.
However, it is also a CFD on whether to create a more general sibling-group
for "milder" (i.e., non-combat) competitions in addition to a Robot
Arena-specific newsgroup. For example, a robotics league in Sarasota,
Florida holds a LEGO Mindstorms "Rug Runners" Competition...
http://www.pompano.net/~stjohn/contents/GCRL.html
...with other school-sponsored competitions in other cities becoming
increasingly likely.
Some possibilities for names are:
lugnet.robotics.arena
lugnet.robotics.robot-arena
lugnet.robotics.combat
lugnet.robotics.combat.arena
lugnet.robotics.compete
lugnet.robotics.compete.arena
lugnet.robotics.compete.combat
lugnet.robotics.compete.general
lugnet.robotics.competition
lugnet.robotics.competitions
And some possible charters:
if Robot Arena-specific:
The Robot Arena Tournament (a fan-created combat event based on the
LEGO MINDSTORMS™ RIS): Discussions, planning, collaboration,
advocacy, etc.
if combat-specific:
Combatant (destructive, gory) events using the LEGO robotics
components (for example the LEGO MINDSTORMS™ RIS): Discussions,
planning, collaboration, advocacy, etc.
if generic "PG" events:
General non-combatant competitive events using the LEGO robotics
components (for example the LEGO MINDSTORMS™ RIS): Discussions,
planning, collaboration, advocacy, etc.
Nate Burgess suggests lugnet.robotics.robot-arena for all combat-related
LEGO, and lugnet.robotics.competitions for non-combatant tourneys
(especially K-12 school-sponsored).
David Chen concurs but suggests lugnet.robotics.competition (singular rather
than plural) for the less-gory affairs.
--Todd
p.s. This message is crossposted to lugnet.admin.general & lugnet.robotics,
with followups set to lugnet.admin.general. After the group (or groups) are
created, a note will be posted to lugnet.announce and lugnet.robotics and
will include information on how to receive the newsgroup(s) by e-mail. If
you do not regularly read lugnet.* newsgroups but want to follow the
discussion on naming, you can view (and optionally participate) using the
web interface: <http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general>
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| If the new ng is specific to Robot Arena (which sounds like a cool idea), it could be named: lugnet.robot-arena lugnet.loc.robot-arena lugnet.events.robot-arena lugnet.gaming.robot-arena[1] or even: lugnet.robotics.robot-arena This is a hard call. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
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| Would it be possible for whoever is running the lego-robotics <-> lugnet gateway to fix the "From" headers so that they show the user's e-mail address instead of lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com to the mailing list? This is a pain in the butt when the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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