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In lugnet.build.contests, Greg Majewski writes:
> Hi all, I've been thinking (with ideas from Mark Sandlin) about starting up a
> new contest centered solely around minifig scale racing vehicles. I know the
> Design a Civvie contest had a racing category, but I am talking about a
> contest with beefed up specifications, much like a real race circuit would
> have. I was thinking of doing the format like that of Psygnosis's Wipeout
> series. This is what I have so far as to the rules (just ideas, mind you):
> -Maximum size specifications. This would make the contest more interesting;
> who can put the coolest features into a package that is relatively the same
> size as everyone else's craft?
Good idea, maybe 2 or 3 different size categories.
> -Style. Is your craft a simple wedge or some completely new design concept?
Sounds good as is.
> -Difficulty. Is yours a SNOT rocket done with real bricks or a conventional
> computer generated craft that's just bricks on top of more bricks?
> -Color. The racers gotta be purty!
> -Extra credit. If you do something absolutely astounding, more power to ya!
Nice, a field usually not thought of.
> -General statistics (not scored). Maximum speed, team name (Auricom, Goteki
> 45, Feisar, etc), and to make it even cooler, you could design a logo for your
> team.
Some people are going to give practical speeds and some will give some
giant made up speed, like 178,874 lightyears per second, so some guidelines
are needed here.
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> Any and all feedback on this contest is appreciated. Also, would anyone care
> if there was no tangible prize? Sure, it's nice to win stuff, but I have an
> extremely tight budget and hopefully people will have enough incentive to just
> build something for the fun of it.
Nothing physical required for me, maybe just a nice logo to display next the
model on the creator's site.
Nathan Falslev
nfalslev@netscape.net
Exploria Main Interface
http://explorien.homestead.com/main.html
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