From: Joshua (j3b4_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jun 23 2002 - 06:34:03 PDT
Jesse Welton is the winner of Round 186 and the judge of round 187.
Ed Murphy is the Wizard!
Team Aqua and Team Teal have finished the game with a draw. (Ed murphy
absorbed the penalty for Aqua himself in the first rule and Jesse
distributed the points evenly between the two teams in his next two
rules). Thanks to the tie the fans are deleriously happy since, being
unable to tell the difference between teal and aqua to begin with, they
were not sure who they were supporting. My judgement is that all
players recieve an extra style point if they were known to be on a
winning team.
Aqua: Jesse Welton (Captain), Alan Riddell
Teal: Ed Murphy
Everyone else? Well I don't have any reason to assume there were only
two teams on the feild. I can only assume the other committee members
were on the other teams.
Standings
Name Style Eligible Until
Jesse Welton +4.0 2002-06-26 23:31:29 GMT
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Ed Murphy +2.0 2002-06-21 05:38:06 GMT
Everyone else 2002-06-21 01:19:48 GMT
Alan Riddell +1.0 (never posted)
James Wilson +0.5 2002-06-20 01:19:48 GMT
Round Summary:
Who Rule Post Date Game
Everyone Round Started 2002-06-14 01:19:48 GMT
Ed Murphy 186:1 VALID +1.0 2002-06-14 05:38:06 GMT -2 Ed Murphy
Jesse Welton 186:2 VALID +2.0 2002-06-14 19:05:14 GMT +1 Aqua
Jesse Welton 186:3 VALID +1.0 2002-06-19 23:31:29 GMT +1 Teal
James Willson 186:4 INVALID + 0.5 2002-06-20 02:52:09 GMT
Details:
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:19:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joshua" <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> | Block Address | Add to Address Book
Subject: Round 186 begins.
To: "The Fantasy Rules Committee" <frc_at_trolltech.com>
In the case that E. Murphy has not posted by the time this message is
posted, Round 186 begins now.
The suggested theme is The World Cup. I would like to at least begin
the round before a similarly named event purported to be taking place
in the "real world" reaches its conclusion.
Phhhweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!
(That's the whistle.)
Everyone is elegible to play until seven days after the date of this
posting. Ed Murphy is still the Wizard.
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Rule Date: 2002-06-14 01:19:48 GMT
"The Fantasy Rules Committee" <frc_at_trolltech.com>
Er, let me finish this adjudication properly now. (See below for
commentary)
--- Joshua <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Ed Murphy <emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com> wrote:
> > We're off to a controversial start, folks - less than one day into
> > the
> > Calvinball World Cup finals, and there's already a flag on the pay.
>
> > I'm
> > checking with the referees now.
> >
> > Yes, it appears that Teal's wizard of a rookie kicker, Ed Murphy,
> has
> > been penalized two points for Delay of Game. That goes down to one
> > point
> > if e sings the Very Sorry Song - but e would then be penalized
> three
> > points
> > for More Delay of Game, and having tripped over that one in the
> > semis, e
> > certainly won't fall for it today.
> >
> > Here's the opening kick.
> >
> > And the ball just absolutely goes /flying/ past Aqua captain Jesse
> > Welton,
> > then bounces under Alan Riddell's leg as he misses with a
> deflecting
> > kick.
> >
> > A beeline for the goal. Of course, each round of the finals has a
> > set of
> > eleventeen unique restrictions, which are hidden from both teams at
> > the
> > start of the round. We now take you to our man on the field, who
> I'm
> > told
> > will be revealing the first of these restrictions.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ed Murphy <emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com> "I'm not sure I can go
> > through
> > http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I
> > mean."
> >
> > --
> > Rule Date: 2002-06-14 05:38:06 GMT
>
>
>
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> Rule Date: 2002-06-14 10:43:48 GMT
Style Commentary:
I love opening rules which immediately give us a setting or context.
Writing stylish and entertaining rules after that is always easier. A
point for a good sense of place and story. Another two points for
actually having a kickoff and for hinting to other players how best to
play along, (the eleventeen restrictions).
This is looking good for Ed, until I remembered that he must lose 2
points for delay of game... which brings him to 1 point again. Better
luck next time.
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Rule Date: 2002-06-14 11:09:08 GMT
--- Jesse Welton <jwelton_at_pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> 186:2
> -----
>
> Team Aqua's goalie leaps for the ball to block... A clean miss! It
> looks like Teal has scored already with the very first kick. Wait!
> There's another flag on the field. What's this? The referees are
> saying the goal is void! Apparently, Teal has run up against unique
> restriction number one, that no proper goal may be scored until at
> least two different players have actively handled the ball since the
> last goal, foul, or other interruption of the game. ("Actively"
> means
> it takes place in a rule authored by the player handling the ball.
> As
> usual, every rule must include such a play. Note that all eligible
> players, and only they, are Calvinball players. All future
> references
> to players whose team is not previously known must specify that
> team.)
>
> To penalize Teal's foul, team Aqua scores a Bonus Point, and the ball
> is awarded to the Aqua captain, who passes it to teammate Alan
> Riddell.
>
> -----
>
> -Jesse
>
> --
> Rule Date: 2002-06-14 19:05:14 GMT
Jesse Welton displays excellent technique on the field, taking his cue
from his opponent he deftly writes a rule which is thoroughly
consistent with the opener but immediately raises the stakes and throws
down a challenge to the rest of the committee. As required it contains
the first unknown Calvinball restriction, but clearly the Aqua team
captain is playing for more than just the Calvinball World Cup. The
additional and devious restrictions in his rule clearly indicate this
player wants to bring home the Cup AND become the judge of round 187!
Style: 2.0 For good story continuation and excellent restrictions.
* Starting now, I will not award Calvinball points as style points to
the rule authors, (as I did with Ed Murphy when he penalized himself in
a rule), but to their team. Members of the winning team may receive a
style bonus at the end of the round.
So at this time, by my count, the score stands thus:
Teal: 0
Aqua: 1
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Rule Date: 2002-06-16 16:37:55 GMT
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 06:10:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joshua" <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> | Block Address | Add to Address Book
Subject: Re: 186:3
To: "Fantasy Rules Committee" <frc_at_trolltech.com>
Sorry Jesse, you'll recieve this twice due to my mistake with the reply
button.
--- Jesse Welton <jwelton_at_pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> 186:3
> -----
>
> Alan Riddell kicks to Teal's defensive midfield, with Jesse Welton in
> hot persuit but unlikely to reach the ball before one of Teal's
> defensive players. But wait! The entire Teal team seems to be
> having
> difficulty concentrating on the game. They appear to be doing little
> more than milling aimlessly around the field. Jesse Welton retrieves
> the ball and dribbles it down the field. He fakes out Teal's
> offensive tackle Aron Wall (who is hopelessly out of position) and
> drives past Ed Murphy. This is TOO easy! He heads for the goal, but
> pauses, mindful not to foul under unique restriction number one.
>
> BZZT! There's another flag on the field. Aqua has fouled under
> unique restriction number two: It is a foul for a player on the team
> with the greatest total of game points and players' style points to
> actively handle the ball without making a shot on goal in that rule.
> Teal is awarded 1 point.
>
> -----
>
> -Jesse
>
> --
> Rule Date: 2002-06-19 23:31:29 GMT
VALID +1.0
Nice rule, I appreciate the goad to other players to particpate. While
it includes an interesting Calvinball Restriction it does little to
affect the writing of future rules in round 186. Commiting fouls in
Calvinball does not yet seem to have any bearing on the validity of
rules.
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Rule Date: 2002-06-21 10:11:01 GMT
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:03:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joshua" <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> | Block Address | Add to Address Book
Subject: Re: 186:4 (revised ruling) INVALID + 0.5
To: "frc" <frc_at_trolltech.com>
I'm afraid Jesse is right. Unless Ed Murphy and James Willson are the
same person this rule fails to meet the requirement of rule 186:2 that
every rule must contain a play in which the author of the rule is
described as handling the ball in some way.
As painful as it is I'm going to have to admit I made an error and
reverse my judgement. Rule 186:4 is INVALID.
--- Joshua <j3b4_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- James Willson <jkvw3_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 186:4
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > "In a last ditch effort, Ed Murphy grabs the ball and passes,
> > but it finishes melting before it can be received!
> > The game is over!"
> >
> > "With a score of 6-3, all penalty points, Team Aqua takes the win."
> >
> > "That's right; it seems Aqua's strategy of never attempting
> > a goal shot worked out for them."
> >
> > "And without the three points Ed Murphy earned for Aqua fouling his
> > goal shots,
> > we'd have a tie now."
> >
> > "Having given away five of the opposition's six points,
> > he's surely going to be named Least Valuable Player."
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
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> >
> > --
> > Rule Date: 2002-06-20 02:52:09 GMT
>
> VALID +0.5
>
> At first I thought this was invalid until I realized that 186:1 does
> not specify that ALL future rules will reveal a Calvinball
> restriction
> but only the "next" one.
>
> Style wise this rule is short, that's good. I like the writing and
> comentary but I am getting impatient with rules that don't
> aggressively
> limit the freedoms of future rule writers. This rule does little to
> the round except attempt to remove the catalyst which I was liking so
> much. Until the round itself is over I will not make a final
> decision
> about who the "winning" team is and what bonus it's members will
> recieve. Few committee members have even been assigned to teams at
> this point.
>
>
>
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> Rule Date: 2002-06-21 10:18:03 GMT
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Rule Date: 2002-06-23 13:34:15 GMT
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