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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@Emm 185249 wrote:
Oh no! Hobbes needs your help! He’s stuck under a piano looking thingy by a stinky water treatment plant. To rescue him and free the Calvinball, you must consume the beverage holding him hostage on site (a tool to do so is hidden within the package) and take a picture of said consumption that also shows you freed poor Hobbes.
I propose 3 bonus points for freeing Hobbes.
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Someone has the CalvinBall!
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My Calvinball reproduced overnight. Location details will be posted once these beauties are planted!
@SarahBee 185294 wrote:
My Calvinball reproduced overnight. Location details will be posted once these beauties are planted!
If you are doing an Arlington Loop, you’ll find a Calvinball at the westernmost stoop!
The second Calvinball has been spotted at BAFS happy hour. Go up to the registration table and tell the bee, “Team 17 is the bees knees!” And the Calvinball is yours!
@SarahBee 185307 wrote:
The second Calvinball has been spotted at BAFS happy hour. Go up to the registration table and tell the bee, “Team 17 is the bees knees!” And the Calvinball is yours!
Calvin ball obtained! Rules were checked with Josh, and since it’s a different Calvinball I didn’t violate the once every other turn rule (if I had Judd would have gotten it [emoji37]).
It’ll go back out tomorrow along with the Hobbes replacement.
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A CalvinBall has been placed back in the wild…or as wild as Shirlington can get! Be careful crossing the crosswalk of doom!
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Hobbes apologizes for running away yesterday. He swears he had urgent top secret government business to attend to.
He bought an apology present for whomever finds him. He went on a 4 mile run, just after hanging out in Shirlington. Look close since he’s covered in leaves so he doesn’t get stolen again.
2 bonus points should be given for finding Hobbes, snuggling him, and telling him he’s forgiven. Photographic proof must be provided.
(Side note–there’s some ice just west of Hobbes so be careful on the trail)
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2nd Calvinball placed with updated swag contained within.
Hint: Fridays at the Fountain, behind where the stage was. Walk across the moat, watch out for crocodiles.
I humbly request 2 bonus points for whomever finds this ball and consumes the beverage contained within on site (photographic evidence required).
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