rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

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rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Gameman » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:03 am

Arm your cannons!
And be ready to fire them! This contest is all about cannons, rube goldberg style cannons. There are no size restrictions for your cannon, and no distance limitations either.

Rules:
The cannon projectile must go towards the right.
The cannon projectile must be a sphere.
The cannon projectile must have default friction.
You may not use glitches.
You may not use attraction.
You may not attach any springs, fixates, or hinges to the projectile.
You may not use thyme's, or scripting.
You may not set extreme slider values (Values over a sliders limit)
You may not turn off the gravity
You may not turn off the air friction
You may not use lasers
You may not use stacked objects
Water power is not allowed
Zero friction is not allowed. The minimum Friction is 0.100

Rules are subject to change. Scenes will be protected from disqualification if changes occur, but will encounter a small score penalty (maximum 50 points) .

Judging :
Points are awarded for the following:
Complexity (100 points total): The more parts the better
Distance (10 points total): The cannon should actually fire
Color scheme (20 points total): The colors should have a pattern
Minimum number of boxes reached (15 points total): Are there more than 5 boxes?
Minimum number of spheres reached (15 points total):Are there more than 5 spheres?
Creativity (30 points total):How clever the scene is.

Points are removed for the following
Number of restarts (25 points total): The number of times (averaged) for scene restarts for proper cannon firing.
redundancy (25 points total): If the scene is all dominoes, points are subtracted.

Due date:
The Contest will end
[11/10/2010]
Judging for the contest ends on:
[11/20/2010]

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby ducky21 » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:00 pm

wait, the cannon needs to be set of by a rub goldburg reaction?
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Gameman » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:26 am

yes. Sorry, maybe i wasn't too clear.
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Imaginer1 » Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:06 pm

I am going to make a scene for this, expect my entry soon.
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Blackonyx2234 » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:25 am

considering this was over a year ago makes me want to put in my entry... any one disapprove of this?
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Chronos » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:18 am

Everyone disapproves of that. Go die in a fire. :D
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby Someone Else » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:20 pm

Chronos wrote:Everyone disapproves of that. Go die in a fire. :D


I do not disagree, but this is probably going to be my last post here. I do not want Chronos to get mad at me again.
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Re: rube goldberg cannon contest [9/19/2010]

Postby ducky21 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:56 pm

Blackonyx2234 wrote:considering this was over a year ago makes me want to put in my entry... any one disapprove of this?

Actually, 2 months ago.
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