Obstacle course

[dougfarre]

Longhorn Lockpicking/ LI will be hosting the first ever Lockpicking Obstacle course!!
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[streaker69]

Wouldn't Deviant's Gringo Warrior from Shmoocon this year count as an Obstacle Course?

[valanx]

Wouldn't Deviant's Gringo Warrior from Shmoocon this year count as an Obstacle Course?

I would say it was a pretty good course and fairly open to modification. We added levels of difficulty at notacon (marshall transport sleeves, blindfolds, etc) Perhaps some of the LI/Longhorn course could be integrated with Gringo Warrior?

[streaker69]

I would say it was a pretty good course and fairly open to modification. We added levels of difficulty at notacon (marshall transport sleeves, blindfolds, etc) Perhaps some of the LI/Longhorn course could be integrated with Gringo Warrior?

I'm sure it Gringo Warrior could be improved, it was great at Shmoo. I was just making a statement in regards to the OP's statement of the 'first ever' obstacle course.

Of course, it could be the first ever at Defcon, we'll assume that's what he meant. ;)

[Deviant Ollam]

Wouldn't Deviant's Gringo Warrior from Shmoocon this year count as an Obstacle Course?we've actually tended to prefer calling Gringo Warrior more of a "scenario-based escape game" or some such silly title. however, there certainly has been an Obstacle Course at DefCon before... KaiGoth and the DC719 crew who built much of the "original" public lockpick displays (back before I even started the LP VIllage) had an Obstacle Course as one of their events. It was rolled back to some degree due to lack of participation, etc. We shall see how it fares as an event this year.

As it stands now... the following events are officially in the works...

1. Lock Field Stripping - run by schuyler, happening in village skybox at a specific time
2. Speed Picking - overseen by multiple members of TOOOL and LI, happening in skybox at a specific time
3. Obstacle Course - run by Doug and LI / LLC, happening in skybox at a specific time
4. Points Competition - overseen by all staff, happening in skybox all weekend
5. Gringo Warrior - run by me, happening down on contest floor on Saturday from about noon to five. (possible migration of the gear up to the "stage" for the last half hour while the top half-dozen contenders or so get to re-run for the best time possible.)

there's always room for more fun up in the skybox so if folk wanna show up with more gear and let people have at it, i say by all means. :biggrin: (just didn't want the 719-ers being lost to history as far as the "first" obstacle course is concerned)

[DJ Jackalope]

Longhorn Lockpicking/ LI will be hosting the first ever Lockpicking Obstacle course!!
!

Is this Longhorn? http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/llpc/

"Longhorn Lockpicking and Locksport International will be helping organize the lockpicking village at the conference this year."

Do explain...

[valanx]

Is there going to be room for everyone in the skybox?

[Grifter]

Everyone chill. It seems like people are starting to take the tone like "who is this guy trying to edge in on the LP village?", that's not the case at all. As a matter of fact if you go look at the details for this section of the forum it specifically states that LSI, now just LI, has and does help with the LP Village.

dougfarre is one of the most visible and respected people in the locksport community and helps run Locksport International, they have Locksport meetings worldwide. If you've ever been on lockpicking101.com and asked a question there's a good chance doug or another LI member has answered your question.

To summarize...relax, we know this guy.

[valanx]

Sorry if anything I said led to that. I was checking on space because of items I was planning to bring (discussed in a different thread). I'm excited to see so many events planned for this year and definitely don't want to get in the way of any of them.

[streaker69]

Everyone chill. It seems like people are starting to take the tone like "who is this guy trying to edge in on the LP village?", that's not the case at all. As a matter of fact if you go look at the details for this section of the forum it specifically states that LSI, now just LI, has and does help with the LP Village.

dougfarre is one of the most visible and respected people in the locksport community and helps run Locksport International, they have Locksport meetings worldwide. If you've ever been on lockpicking101.com and asked a question there's a good chance doug or another LI member has answered your question.

To summarize...relax, we know this guy.

I didn't mean anything by it either, more or less just amused by the statement of 'the first'. I wish I could make it to Defcon, but my horse won't cross the Mississippi.

[barry99705]

I didn't mean anything by it either, more or less just amused by the statement of 'the first'. I wish I could make it to Defcon, but my horse won't cross the Mississippi.

Swimming lessons still going badly?

[valanx]

Any word on the obstacle course?

[Deviant Ollam]

Any word on the obstacle course?doug and his crew may be in hardcore pre-HOPE mode. we'll all see them there so i'm certain more news will arise before DefCon.