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If you want to help a needie to make a robot (he needs info/pics - for
robot wars)
or wants to join a new, great robot wars mailing list ......

Thank you,
mark.

Edwin!
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Mad Scientist
 ...current Mad Project at http://www.simreal.com/Boris

: So why would I want to subscribe to *another* robot wars mailing
: list?  What's wrong with the one we have, except for the low traffic?
: Come on!  Use existing resources, or we will end up with a new
: duplicate list everytime some enthusiast gets an itch.  It's bad
: enough that the splinter group BotZ decided to build their own
: list...

It appears that no one wants to use alt.robotwars either... I think that
using newsgroups is the best idea, as the messages are threaded, and they
don't get sent to your mailbox.  I don't get why people don't consolidate
all these useless lists to alt.robotwars

wait a minute.... i just checked Deja News..  they have hundreds of
postings... I must contact my sys admin about this...

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Derek Young
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visit MR SMASHY's homepage - updated april 28th
http://www.sfu.ca/~dbyoung/robotwars
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BTW, the results of the survey I posted a while ago got a massive
response for creating the new group, so I belive that there's
a good chance that the CFV stage will be reached and that the
creation will succed.

I'm really busy now, but in a few weeks, I'll have enough free time
to start working on the RFD.

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: wait a minute.... i just checked Deja News..  they have hundreds of
: postings... I must contact my sys admin about this...

I am NOT going to bother talking to the sys admin here about this..
alt.robotwars is a sham.  It is just a bunch of people talking about the
UK television series.  It's not worth reading. No technical information or
anything really remotely interesting.

Why didn't they make a newsgroup:

        comp.robotics.robotwars

Which would ensure that *some* technical aspects would be left.
I am dissolusioned with USENET.

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Derek Young
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visit MR SMASHY's homepage - updated april 28th
http://www.sfu.ca/~dbyoung/robotwars
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<<<<SNIP>>>>>

As for the robotwars newsgroup, my ISP says they hooked it up, but no
sign yet.  If it is just Mentorn chatter, probably just as well.  

I *know* there are plenty of US players... heck, ours came first  ;-}
But they've been terribly quiet lately.  Of course, I haven't had much
to say myself, so I'm just as guilty as the rest!

Edwin!

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Mad Scientist
 ...current Mad Project at http://www.veryComputer.com/

Quote:>It may well be because the response from Mentorn is not very encouraging to
>say the least.
>...laid back attitude of C21 AKA Mentorn apparent to those of use who sent
off
>for details by phone or post and recieved not a*y bird in return !  I
>really want to enter but so far things are not looking good....... no entry
>forms !

Robert Barltrop

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OK - so alt.robotwars has got off to a slow start - only 1.5 wks online so
far ... and, the postings about the TV series are not as interesting as they
might be - however, if it is going to become more interesting - we need
intelligent posts from people wishing to discuss the more technical side of
RW - not that we can't indulge in lighter discussion as well.  If we all
persist, then we can make alt.robotwars work.

David Hall

BTW.  A newsgroup is only as good as the people that post to it - but
alt.robotwars can hardly be called a 'sham'