[TC23] Great Ball Contraption Contest - Results Topic

[Jim]

GREAT BALL CONTRAPTION CONTEST - RESULTS TOPIC

Here are the results of the contest.

WINNERS

Ferris Wheel GBC by Berthil

 
Serpentine by Akassin

GBC Factory by Philtech

CONTEST RESULTS

1. Ferris Wheel GBC by Berthil - 298 Points (39 votes, entry 1)
2. Serpentine by Akassin - 267 Points (39 votes, entry 3)
3. GBC Factory by Philtech - 144 Points (39 votes, entry 5)
4. Wave motion GBC by howitzer - 118 Points (39 votes, entry 6)
5. GBC Train Vertical Ball lift Loader with EV3 Mindstorms Control by doug72 - 107 Points (39 votes, entry 4)
6. Wheels by higgins91 - 80 Points (39 votes, entry 2)

PS I noticed that there is some sort of bug in my software, because all the entries seem to have 39 votes, which isn't the case.

Since I didn't run this contest, I am not sure whether someone managed to arrange some prizes?!

I will assign the medals though. And it would be cool to make a GBC tag. I might give that one a try and assign it to all participants.

[Berthil]

Thank you Jim for organizing and thank you to everybody who voted and of course also thank you and congratulations to the other contestants with their amazing machines which, no doubt, took al lot of engineering and time to create. No prize is not a problem for me, I'm very happy with the honour on itself, a big motiviation to be more active in future competitions.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Berthil
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[Jim]

Just now, Berthil said:

Thank you Jim for organizing...

Well, technically I didn't run it 

1 minute ago, Berthil said:

I'm very happy with the honour on itself, a big motiviation to be more active in future competitions.

That is the spirit we are looking for!!

[Jurss]

Congratulations to all participiants, especially to the winner!

[higgins91]

Congratulations to the winner and to all the participants, I was able to exhibit my module today during a forum of hobbies, pastimes, passions... I hope that visitors will in turn have the desire to do some GBC :)

mini expo by alex peraux, sur Flickr

 

[Akassin]

Thank you very much for organizing the competition, without which I would not have met the world of GBC.
Thanks to all participants and congratulations to Berthil and Philtech !
Being an absolute beginner in the GBC, I am very glad that you liked my work

[Heppu]

Huge congrats to everyone who participated and especially the winners.

Inventing new mechanics to move balls is a hard task, kudos to those who could.

[howitzer]

Thanks for the contest and thanks to all the voters and participants, it was fun even if I wasn't able to participate fully. I think this will give me motivation to attempt to make some new GBC modules in the future!

[Jim]

As expected there weren't many contestants, but I am glad we did it. And kudos to the ones who joined the contest.

[doug72]

Results

Congratulations to the three  winners.

I was pleased with the number of votes . I got - my highest ever.

Now dismantling the contest build as its taking up a lot of space.

I have now built a similar module but only driven by  a standard GBC Train car, Also takes up less space.

More info & video to come.

Seasons greeting to all GBC contestants.

Doug72

Edited December 19, 2022 by doug72

[Philtech]

Thank you for organizing it and thanks to all of my supporters. I wouldn't have expected this result.

Also congrulations to all other participants and especially to Akassin and Berthil. It was a lot of fun to take part.

Edited December 18, 2022 by Philtech

[Thirdwigg]

Well done to everyone! This was hard contest, and you should each be proud of your designs.

Congratulations to @Berthil @Akassinand @Philtech on your placings! 

[9v system]

congrats @Berthil on the win, this was a very interesting contest, i enjoyed it

[A_Dilophosaurus]

Good job Philtech!

[Seasider]

@Jim sorry to dig up an old topic but I’m just updating the master tracker. You haven’t got a bug in your software. 39 people voted, they used the old F1 scoring which means they ranked 6 people and there were only 6 entrants so each entrant was scored by each voter.

[Jim]

14 minutes ago, Seasider said:

 there were only 6 entrants so each entrant was scored by each voter.

Ahh yes.

Of course, I didn't have a bug. I don't do bugs