Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00688
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Pete McCarthy" dilbertpete@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 05:30:28 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Beam Warbotics
Actually, I was thinking of a bunch of robots with estees rockets
strapped on them which makes "swiss cheese" out of the opponents. But
is this even legal in robot wars, and wouldn't more robots be destroyed
in crossfire then with the actual damage from the opponent? Also, this
wouldn't be considered safe, would it??
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>Greetings List,
>
>> any BEAM robot wars entry should be not just one robot, but a whole
swarm?
>> This
>> probably wouldn't be allowed, but a bunch of bots following
Richard's
>design
>> could
>> probably overwhealm their opponents, even if a few are lost in the
process.
>
>Actually, I'm pretty sure that this is allowed. However, if two thirds
(2/3)
>of the robots are destroyed, the opposing robot would be counted as the
>winner. About the overwhealming thing, I really don't think so. I'm far
from a
>BEAM expert but I do know a thing or two. Perhaps this is possible but
I've
>never seen a project as large as this being completed in BEAM. Yeah,
massive
>ideas for massive projects have been conceived, but how many have
become
>reality? I must say, I'm a skeptic of the idea that any BEAM bot (or
bot
>colony) could win at Robot Wars without become non-BEAM (I know, the
meaning
>is vague but you get the idea). I'll believe it when I see it, and when
I do
>I'd be very happy.
>
>Although I may not buy into the idea that BEAM bots are robust enough
to win
>at Robot Wars, I do think it a great idea that we make our own robot
wars.
>"BEAM Bot Bash" How's that sound, eh? The criteria for a bot to enter
this
>"war" would limit the designs to BEAM. What these set of rules would
be, I
>don't know. (oh,oh. It's started already. This idea is never getting
off the
>ground because it's already started. By "it", I mean someone has a
pretty good
>idea but doesn't want to do the "hard" part of figuring the details. So
the
>good idea that has been "thrown up" just stays at that status, while
others
>agree and wait for someone else to actually do something. Just a good
idea..
>oh well)
>
>PS: you know...there is a automatic bot entry class for Robot Wars, and
>usually very few enter it...hmm. Just something for those of you
"do-ers" out
>there to think about (or better yet, BUILD about)
>
>-TurtleTek
>"Yu, shall I tell you what knowledge is? When you know a thing,
>say that you know it. When you do not know a thing, admit you
>do not know it. This is knowledge."
> - K'ung-fu Tzu (Confucius)
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