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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:24 PM Dec 2014

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HEBOCON: The robot tournament where being crappy is a bonus.

The HEBOCON is a tournament where robots battle each other. The twist: High-tech robots get penalized. The crappier and the more primitive your robot is, the better.

(Yes, the one in this still-image is a paper-tissue-box, propelled by six vibrators.)

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HEBOCON: The robot tournament where being crappy is a bonus. (Original Post) DetlefK Dec 2014 OP

Well, I smiled all the way thru this... ret5hd Dec 2014 #1

"crappiness trumps strategy" phantom power Dec 2014 #2

Brilliant - right from the contestant who lost theirs, and had a beer instead! muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #3

ret5hd

(20,509 posts)

1. Well, I smiled all the way thru this...

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 10:38 PM

Dec 2014

It was fun -and- funny.

phantom power

(25,966 posts)

2. "crappiness trumps strategy"

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Fri Dec 5, 2014, 09:22 AM

Dec 2014

muriel_volestrangler

(101,347 posts)

3. Brilliant - right from the contestant who lost theirs, and had a beer instead!

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:21 AM

Dec 2014

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