Calvinball 2020 Official Thread

[josh]

Sorry for the delay in getting this up, but starting on the first of January isn’t that bad. Also, I’m proud to present to you a pointless prize that doesn’t just involve eating/drinking and tagging rides. Without any further ado, here we go:
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Bruce the Sleepy/josh is returning as Tim the Enchanter for a new game of Calvinball. I am the sole keeper of the scores and arbiter of the rules, although I’ll strive to be less capricious than rcannon100. 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.

Created Ordinances

Scores
Spreadsheet

Prizes
TBD

Notes
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”
Don’t be too incestuous with your hiding and finding please, I don’t want to drop the hammer on anyone

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Topic

[mrhappy_onabike]

Ye Calvinball shall be hidden on the morrow.

Whilst anxious players await, I hereby propose this ordinance – for which I humbly request “likes.”

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Tho Calvinball be not like hockee, notwithstanding occasional ice, mine proposed ordinance doth borrow from that fine amusement.

Whence one finds the Calvinball, one may bestow an “assist” pointe upon any other player–or two–who hath assisted thee in said finding. Or none, if thy find be accomplished “unassisted.”

My humble request, too, is that if mine ordinance ist found to be fitting, that an assist pointe be granted to reji retroactively, without whose kind assistance this find would not have occurred with such alacrity.

Respectfully submitted,
Mr. H

[mrhappy_onabike]

Ye who seeketh the Calvinball, follow mine instructions scrupulously:

Ventureth – with trepidation – thru the Tunnel to Nowhere
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Proceedeth beyond the Gate of Abandoned Contraptions
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Advanceth southward under the Overpass of Oppression
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Spyeth thee twin Jerseye barriers
Peereth behind and thee shall find thy reward

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[SarahBee]

@mrhappy_onabike 195703 wrote:

Ye who seeketh the Calvinball, follow mine instructions scrupulously:

Ventureth – with trepidation – thru the Tunnel to Nowhere
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Proceedeth beyond the Gate of Abandoned Contraptions
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Advanceth southward under the Overpass of Oppression
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Spyeth thee twin Jerseye barriers
Peereth behind and thee shall find thy reward

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Mr. Happy,

In the spirit of Reji, I am asking for a Eric Carlsson level assist. What bike infrastructure would a Hobbes take to find said tunnel to nowhere? Please and thank you.

Humbly yours,

Sarah Bee

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[josh]

@SarahBee 195741 wrote:

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I suggest the MVT or Crystal Drive to get to the approximate area. See what3words and “jukebox.aspect.pouch” from the above post’s edit message for details.

[CBGanimal]

Calvinball acquired and feeling like a criminal here in no mans land!
Now for coffee!

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[reji]

@CBGanimal 195750 wrote:

Calvinball acquired and feeling like a criminal here in no mans land!
Now for coffee!

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ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! I was just about to leave my house to get it!

[CBGanimal]

@reji 195751 wrote:

ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! I was just about to leave my house to get it!

You could get it by COB…

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[SarahBee]

@CBGanimal 195750 wrote:

Calvinball acquired and feeling like a criminal here in no mans land!
Now for coffee!

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Nicely acquired!

[CBGanimal]

Since I now hold the CalvinBall…I’d like to propose a new ordinance and I would like to get 3 likes to this new ordinance…that being Soon after acquiring the CalvinBall you must seek out a person and take a selfie with the person holding the CalvinBall and post it before you return the CalvinBall to the wild.

I will be returning the Calviball to the wild within the next two hours with a prize in it to play other Freezing Saddles Games ,!

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[kwarkentien]

@CBGanimal 195750 wrote:

Calvinball acquired and feeling like a criminal here in no mans land!
Now for coffee!

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Would that I had perused ye olde forum earlier this morn and the Calvinball would’ve be mine instead of thine. Curses!!!!

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[CBGanimal]

The Calvinball is now hidden…have pie at one of my favorite places! Say hi to some of my favorite people! Buy some of my favorite bikey stuff! And don’t forget the selfie!

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[SarahBee]

Calvinball acquired with Reji hot on my heels. Bikenetic was very busy with customers (yay!), so selfie was taken with current holder of said Calvinball. New contents and new ordinance pending!

[reji]

Stung by a bee!!!

[SarahBee]

@reji 195784 wrote:

Stung by a bee!!!

Elite!

[rcannon100]

All Hail Bruce the Sleepy

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