!! C a l v i n b a l l !!

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  • #919989
    rcannon100
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    Calvinball, the only true Freezing Saddles game, where the rules are constantly made up and the points don’t matter.

    I am Tim the Enchanter, keeper of the score, final arbiter of the rules.

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    Your quest is to seek thee the gameball, hidden secretly amongst the cycling trails inside the beltway (but not to be found in any federal park).

    Seek the game ball. Maketh up a new ordinance for the game. Hide the sacred ball. Post your new ordinance along with guidance on how those who follow can seek the gameball. Thou shall find, hide and post within the same hours 24.

    For finding the gameball, ye shall be awarded 5 points, less a point for each day that passeth before the gameball is once again uncovered.

    Ye may find the gameball but once during each orbit of the sun.* Ye may possess the gameball but once every other turn.

    If your new ordinance nets three likes, ye shall likewise be award points equaling five and your ordinance shall be implemented as law of the game, which all who play must loyally adhere.

    This be not organized competition. This be Calvinball. New rules are obliged to follow the spirit of Saint Calvin and Saint Hobbes. New ordinances shall not thee be bills of attainder but must generally apply to all fools of venture into our midst. New ordinances cannot benefit the ordinance’s scribe uniquely. New ordinances should make the court jester smile upon thee, and shall not place any in existential peril.

    If a new ordinance shall contravene an old ordinance, the ordinance with highest net likes shall be declared the law.

    Those who play shall seek their reward as follows:
    • Rosalyn Award :: The player with the ordinance that has acquired the most net likes at the time of the next find
    • Miss Wormwood Award :: The player with the most implemented ordinances
    • Spaceman Spiff Award :: Best Calvinball
    • Calvin Award :: Tim’s Award of Mystery (oooooooooohhh)
    • Hobbes Award :: The Hobbes Prize is to be awarded to the person whom played but scored the least amount of points.
    • Susie Award :: Most swag points
    Lost Dog Rescue Award :: Best picture of your dog

    ** Consider Thee Calvinball a Hot-potatoe game – not a hide-and-seek game. This be not geocaching. More, we wish the Calvinball attain perpetual motion, constantly moving, from pilgrim to pilgrim. (Translation: dont make your hides hard or your rules constraining. The more silliness the better)
    ** NOTE This is not a winner take all game. “The points dont matter

    [IMG]https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/87978-calvinball.jpg?w=306&h=313[/IMG]

    * The Sun orbits around the earth. Only heretics would suggest otherwise. We burn heretics. Well, only if they weigh the same as a duck.

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  • #1084269
    Steve O
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    @Stryke 174853 wrote:

    Today the Fireball was both retrieved and hidden again.

    Georgetown aqueduct
    Rowing shells in the darkness
    Hidden behind rock

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    It must be really well hidden, if it’s behind one of those rocks in the photo. I looked all around about 5pm yesterday and found nothing.

    #1084274
    rcannon100
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    @Steve O 174917 wrote:

    It must be really well hidden, if it’s behind one of those rocks in the photo. I looked all around about 5pm yesterday and found nothing.

    Josh – your strava indicates that you could not find it too??

    #1084281
    Emm
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    @rcannon100 174922 wrote:

    Josh – your strava indicates that you could not find it too??

    I was there with Steve O and also searched. No luck at all…

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    josh
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    @rcannon100 174922 wrote:

    Josh – your strava indicates that you could not find it too??

    Yeah, was there around 10:30pm last night and poked around for a bit, no dice. Got a little startled when I realized there was someone sleeping 10 feet away though and I left soon after.

    #1084285
    Stryke
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    @Steve O 174917 wrote:

    It must be really well hidden, if it’s behind one of those rocks in the photo. I looked all around about 5pm yesterday and found nothing.

    It was behind the rock in the picture closest to the pillar, it would have been easy to spot from the back side.

    #1084296
    Steve O
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    @Stryke 174936 wrote:

    It was behind the rock in the picture closest to the pillar, it would have been easy to spot from the back side.

    Then either captured by someone who has not yet posted, or it was stolen.

    #1084312
    rcannon100
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    So is anyone intending on seeking the Calvinball in Fort Totten or Sligo. i fear that once again Calvinballs hidden in the Northern Realm have been excommunicated.

    #1084316
    Mtansill
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    @rcannon100 174965 wrote:

    So is anyone intending on seeking the Calvinball in Fort Totten or Sligo. i fear that once again Calvinballs hidden in the Northern Realm have been excommunicated.

    Sligo was Fireball – found by Stryke, hidden near the Georgetown Aqueduct and apparently lost.
    Phoenix Ball – around Fort Totten (DC). Not found I don’t think. Wish I knew that area better.
    Calvinball – near some steps (DC), I don’t recognize them.

    None currently exist in the northern realm that I’m aware of. I will try to find the Fort Totten example, though.

    #1084317
    rcannon100
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    Thanks!!!

    Maybe Josh could cast a Revealing Charm and give us hints???!!! I thought the stairs were in Malcolm X park, but staring at the picture I am less than sure. Isnt the Fort Totten hide at the end of the MBT (not that I know where that is)?

    If I dont hear from Stryke by noon, I will cast the Necromancy spell.

    #1084320
    LhasaCM
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    @Mtansill 174973 wrote:

    Phoenix Ball – around Fort Totten (DC). Not found I don’t think. Wish I knew that area better.

    It looks like it would’ve been a reasonable target post-Judd’s President’s Day ride. The hill up Bates from John McCormack Drive (if you come from that direction) is quite the climb.

    #1084321
    josh
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    @rcannon100 174974 wrote:

    Thanks!!!

    Maybe Josh could cast a Revealing Charm and give us a hint for the calvinball hidden in the park??? I thought it was Malcolm X park, but staring at the picture I am less than sure.

    If I dont hear from Stryke by noon, I will cast the Necromancy spell.

    Spanish Steps in Kalorama — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Steps_(Washington_D.C.)

    #1084323
    Stryke
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    @rcannon100 174974 wrote:

    Thanks!!!

    Maybe Josh could cast a Revealing Charm and give us hints???!!! I thought the stairs were in Malcolm X park, but staring at the picture I am less than sure. Isnt the Fort Totten hide at the end of the MBT (not that I know where that is)?

    If I dont hear from Stryke by noon, I will cast the Necromancy spell.

    I’m not going to have a chance to check the location for a few days, but at this point I think it is a pretty safe bet that someone has absconded with the Fireball. Go ahead and perform the necromancy!

    #1084328
    Mtansill
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    I present my own victory song and “white person” dance!
    [video]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-CZqDFuDlNl5fSNK6HveNPiyaWtEAqZi/view?usp=sharing[/video]

    #1084330
    rcannon100
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    Inside on Zombie (no not Pete, the othe lifeless dummy) (Bikenetic water bottle; Fireball)

    #1084333
    streetsmarts
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    @rcannon100 174987 wrote:

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    Inside on Zombie (no not Pete, the othe lifeless dummy) (Bikenetic water bottle; Fireball)

    Found. Do I have to dance or sing? Argh. Rules schmules.61ffcaba0180b0d486bc41bc8ad23695.jpgdc95cae9f24343695b3b4df7e041e8fd.jpg

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