Calvinball 2019 Official Thread
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Welcome to Calvinball, where the rules are constantly made up and the points don’t matter!
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I am the new Tim the Enchanter, also known as Bruce the Sleepy — keeper of the scores and arbiter of the rules. I will begin the game by hiding the Calvinball and posting here.
Initial 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 rotation of the Earth. 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.
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Ordinances that matter:
- 3 points for pic of Calvinball balanced on head
- 2 points for on-site consumption
- 10 points for wearing the friendship bracelet to the closing happy hour (hunt me down to show me)
Ephemeral Ordinances and ones that don’t matter:
- Staying in DC
- Bringing it back to VA
- Freeing Hobbes
- Friendshipball is called the friendshipball
- Nepotismball’s band should be worn
Scores:
SpreadsheetPrizes:
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 dogNotes:
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: don’t make your hides hard or your rules constraining. The more silliness the better)
This is not a winner take all game — “The points don’t matter”Thanks to rcannon100 for moderating last year’s Calvinball game and providing a template for this thread.
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@Steve O 187401 wrote:
I found the Hobbes ball at the UDC campus after circling around for a while. No one seemed to recognize that plaque; I had to find it on my own.
I balanced it on my head.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]19415[/ATTACH]Siber Hobbes and Whatzis Face would not stop whining about wanting to watch teevee. They’ve become completely spoiled. So I let them watch Triplets of Belleville, which they found disturbingly dark.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]19417[/ATTACH]Good job, Steve!! That plaque was a purposeful red herring. It had very little to do with actually finding them other than an orientation check. It makes very little sense and I figured it would be more likely to throw people off
Congratulations!@Steve O 187439 wrote:
Hobbes and Hoozit are enjoying a delicious espresso behind the counter as per
Head balancing.
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Replanted. Sorry, the Jagermeister light was working when I left, but now it’s more intermittent. May need new batteries or fooling with. I’m still gonna eat the truffles!
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BTW, loved the hint as to which compass!
@sszibler 187478 wrote:
Such a beautiful day! No Calvin and Hobbes rescued?
found it!!!
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Loved the socks in the CalvinBall! So I kept them!
And restocked it with a cute little we will call Giraffey!
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Giraffey is hidden at the very end of Eads road where it meets 4MR
Don’t go down the stairs unless you want to pick up some trash for KOM/QOM points!
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@CBGanimal 187505 wrote:
Loved the socks in the CalvinBall! So I kept them!
And restocked it with a cute little we will call Giraffey!
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Glad you liked the socks! Cute giraffe!
Giraffey-ball has been rescued from the smelly water treatment plant. Now we’re off on a fun adventure…
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@Emm 187551 wrote:
Giraffey-ball has been rescued from the smelly water treatment plant. Now we’re off on a fun adventure…
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Awww he looks very cute on your bike!!
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