ARF Contest A #8 (2006-09-03 to 2006-09-06 19:00 GMT)

[fruityth1ng]

Frankly, I have a hard time believing anyone could make this with 4750 left, while keeping to the light side.

I love to be proven wrong though!

[Malco]

believe me fruityth1ng you will be, I dont know how they do it but they do it every time and then make it look easy. I dont think even 4750 will be safe on this level though.

[rixtim]

i wonder how many people have goe over the wall rather than under the wall for some reason i think under might be a majority of the solutions

oh and ive passed the $4500 mark light

[PeterT]

OK, perhaps 4750 was a bit high - I hadn't even looked at the level at that point

[?rjan Flatseth]

OK, I say that 4800+ gives the unofficial Lord-status this contest! (Invented to make people say their score) How is my new avatar?

[Casius]

OK, I say that 4800+ gives the unofficial Lord-status this contest! (Invented to make people say their score) How is my new avatar?

I like your new avatar, but i think you should turn the dillo,
so he is not looking in to the chair but out.

[?rjan Flatseth]

true, bu who says the dillo is a he?

[dudiobugtron]

It would be nice to see a level which isn't won by a 'GPE' launcher or a metal bar pulley system

I think we may have met our match!

OK, I say that 4800+ gives the unofficial Lord-status this contest! (Invented to make people say their score) How is my new avatar?

I like your new avatar, but i think you should turn the dillo,
so he is not looking in to the chair but out.

It is an excellent avatar, but definitely turn the dillo (if possible - might require turning the chair instead!)

[rixtim]

What is a GPE launcher?

*Rixtim now feels stupid

[?rjan Flatseth]

I searched the Forum and found that GPE is for Gravitational Potential Energy. I dont know what people means by it but I guess it include all kinds of stuff taking advanage of gravity to make stash move.

Thanks for coments on my avatar - and yes I had to turn the chair to make the dillo show his/her pritty face . Ive made some more dillo avatars http://home.broadpark.no/~ofl/

[dudiobugtron]

What is a GPE launcher?

*Rixtim now feels stupid

It's a technical term for a pretty simple concept, pioneered by our very own three-letter-acronym, BFC. ?rjan is right, It's where you use weight to stretch a rope, then remove the weight to make the rope 'spring back' to lift up the armadillo. There are examples of it throughout the previous contests, eg:

http://home.broadpark.no/~ofl/ARCXLightWinner.bmp

The metal plate falling down lands on the armadillo trapese with some force, pushing it down. then when it falls off, the rope springs back, launching the armadillo onto the other trapese.

BFC called it a 'GPE' launcher, I assume, because the original 'power source' for the launch is in the Gravitational potential energy of the weight. However it is really the tension in the rope which causes the armadillo to fly upwards.

[?rjan Flatseth]

sorry dudiobugtron - the picture is .bmp on my website

[dudiobugtron]

:) sorry dudiobugtron - the picture is .bmp on my website

Yeah, I just saw it now when after checking out your avatars! I wish I had looked at your avatars before searching through the forums for that pic

[dudiobugtron]

OOooooops! I posted my GPE comment in the 'A' contest, but I meant to post it in the 'B' contest. I think anyone who does the 'B' contest with a metal pulley system or GPE launcher deserves a 'Lord' title!!!

My apologies!

[?rjan Flatseth]

Hehe - Its OK. Just take your punnishment and we will forget about all this
*whipping dudiobugtron with a forcepaddle*