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

[rcannon100]

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.

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“

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* 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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[Birru]

So, funny story… I picked up my bike from Bikenetic and started looking for possible Phoenixball hiding spots and possible Cap City alternatives. Only to realize said Phoenixball was still at Bikenetic. The ball is still in Falls Church. -873 points for Birru. Sorry. Anyhoo…

Mike has moved away
Have cookies for breakfast now
From the Phoenixball

[josh]

Not been a good Calvinball day for me, failed three times today.

[PeteD]

Phoenixball acquired.
Things consumed.
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Button acquired and replaced.
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Puzzle box opened and treasure added.
Oh an someone drew something.

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Proposed rule: The curse of Mr. Creosote: If someone finds or is in possession of more than one ball in the same day or at the same time, all points gained from all finds associated are applied negatively.

[rcannon100]

While Tim ventured far from domicile in order to slay the evils of the swamp
Beasts invaded his castle and took possession of Kidv2’s room
What manner of evil this is Tim can not be certain
But the spell they cast cannot be resisted by any mere mortal human

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[Vicegrip]

@rcannon100 175712 wrote:

While Tim ventured far from domicile in order to slay the evils of the swamp
Beasts invaded his castle and took possession of Kidv2’s room
What manner of evil this is Tim can not be certain
But the spell they cast cannot be resisted by any mere mortal human

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Puppies! He gots Puppies! All hail Puppies-

Little known secret. Puppies are baby Dogs.

Dogs are good. They don’t deserve our mistreatment.

[Birru]

@PeteD 175704 wrote:

Phoenixball acquired.
Oh an someone drew something.

We need to put the drawing up on the BAFS virtual fridge. “It’s a lovely, er, giraffe Pete!”

[Steve O]

The multiple fireballs hath been magically transformeth into a single, incomparable fireball
[video=youtube_share;f1tsy6DLTyc]https://youtu.be/f1tsy6DLTyc[/video]

Proposed ordinance: Ack! We got too many ordinances already.

[streetsmarts]

Magic Mallet of Mystery – ha!!

[PeteD]

@Birru 175729 wrote:

We need to put the drawing up on the BAFS virtual fridge. “It’s a lovely, er, giraffe Pete!”

I added it to my ride, but it doesn’t seem to have shown up on the feed.

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[bentbike33]

Calvin’s Dad rode a mountain bike.

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[Steve O]

@Steve O 175741 wrote:

The multiple fireballs hath been magically transformeth into a single, incomparable fireball

The transformed fireball hath been hidden:

The Fireball, yes, you can find
If clues you most carefully mind
Seven roads, say?
A nearby Tarjhay
Not out front, but rather behind.
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(Note: the bicycle is in the same location in all three photos)

[rcannon100]

Vicegrip is “the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.”

Well played good sir.

I have failed in the quest.

[PeteD]

Nivlac Llab acquired. I just didn’t look hard enough the first or second or third time.

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Swag consumed on site and shared with a friend.

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Some swag removed, claimed, eaten, bagged back up…

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Some swag added and some left in for others.

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And as to the quest, Bravely Bold Sir Robin failed the quest.

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(And it wasn’t for lack of trying… holy crap that quest is difficult).
I intend to hide the Nivlac Llab near the Gate of the Ire of Phoenix, as to facilitate the ease of attempting the quest. I think your award of 50 points is to low!

New Proposed Rule: The Hobbes Prize is to be awarded to the person whom played but scored the least amount of points.

[streetsmarts]

@PeteD 175774 wrote:

Nivlac Llab acquired. I just didn’t look hard enough the first or second or third time.

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Swag consumed on site and shared with a friend.

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Some swag removed, claimed, eaten, bagged back up…

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Some swag added and some left in for others.

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And as to the quest, Bravely Bold Sir Robin failed the quest.

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(And it wasn’t for lack of trying… holy crap that quest is difficult).
I intend to hide the Nivlac Llab near the Gate of the Ire of Phoenix, as to facilitate the ease of attempting the quest. I think your award of 50 points is to low!

New Proposed Rule: The Hobbes Prize is to be awarded to the person whom played but scored the least amount of points.

Love the pic of the cats sniffing the box

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[Vicegrip]

@rcannon100 175773 wrote:

Vicegrip is “the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.”

Well played good sir.

I have failed in the quest.

The question is “Did you have fun?”

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