Calvinball Discussion Continued

[Toastburner B]

Well, seeming as the last Calvinball discussion topic has parted the first page, and was over the post-limit anyway, we seem to be in need of a new one.

I'll start with some words of wisdom from the first one:

Allow me to explain.

The original calvinballs were ended by a "Best Post wins" basis. The fight goes on as it usually does, but once the posts neared the 100 stage, someone would come up with an in-depth, relevent and occasionally funny ending. Whoever came up with the best one is the one we would go with, and the poster would be the winner.

God Moddy is when you basically can't be hurt and can demolish anything and everything by pointing your finger.

In calvinball you can be powerful, but I think the point is to be a little more silly than uber


The rules run the same as a normal RP, but zaininess is allowed, and encouraged. Random is your best friend. Just don't spam/ godmod.


Remember people, NO GODMODING!

I suspect that the main problem is that people are presuming the effects of their actions on others. Always let the other person respond, and if you're the person responding, play fair. It's never fun to fight an invincible foe - everyone here has a weakness, or should have. Respawn by all means, but take the hit.


It was originally a Godmode arena, but that led to problems (spam, noobs, etc.). Therefore, we made rules such as: A player may only say what they are doing, not what they accomplish. So, if you want to punch, say, Thaumaturge in the face, you say something along the lines of "Argent throws a punch in Thaumaturge's direction." Thaumaturge, or one of the other players, will decide what happens next. This rule, I've noticed, is slightly flexible, since if everyone decided their own fate, we wouldn't get anywhere.

I'm sure there are other rules, but I can't recall them. The basic object of the game is to get the Calvinball and, above all else, make it funny.


Well, now that we have the rules set forth, we shall now discuss.

The first thing is who is going to start the next game. I said I wanted to here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=186582#post186582), Argent Lord said he wanted to here ( http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=186548#post186548) and Arhra said he wanted to here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=186946#post186946), and Jadarendir here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=191395#post191395).

Who do you guys think should start the next game?

[LordZoma]

I highly reccommend starting on the grass in front of calvin's house, but if you want to, we can start down the road by mine.

[The Argent Lord]

you missed it, but on the same page as arhna, a little ways up, I requested to start too.

[Jadarendir]

I've got the best idea for a beginning for the new thread. Please, please, please, let me start. I'll PM you the beginning if you want.

[Sandworm508]

Um... newbie here. How does one play Calvinball? Is it anything like sport from the strip, like with the black masks and spontaneous outbreaks of song?

[Arhra]

Well, I'll pass on starting the thread this time. I'd like to start the next next one though.

[Jadarendir]

Um... newbie here. How does one play Calvinball? Is it anything like sport from the strip, like with the black masks and spontaneous outbreaks of song?

That's how it is in the particular thread we're on, but in the previous ones and the ones to follow, it's basically us tearing the living shit out of each other and trying to make it funny. The rules of gravity, time and space no longer apply, and anyone can pull any object out of any orifice.

Of course, there are a few rules. Read the first post on this thread, it should explain everything rather well.

Have we decided who's starting the new thread? I REALLY think we should use my idea, it took forever for me to write it. I guarantee you'll like it.

[Toastburner B]

I've got the best idea for a beginning for the new thread. Please, please, please, let me start. I'll PM you the beginning if you want.


Off-hand, and as if I have any say in the matter, I'd say go ahead. My idea would probably be better for a week before Halloween thing, anyway.

Besides...you started this whole thing, anyway, I'd say you'd get to choose when to go or not.

Or at least a bigger say than me.

[videogamerz2000]

If's Jada's gonna do it, it would be good right now. Especially how we just ended on that last post.
"Back to the Present!"
It has some zing....

[Jadarendir]

If's Jada's gonna do it, it would be good right now. Especially how we just ended on that last post.
"Back to the Present!"
It has some zing....
Ooh, I dunno. I had a really good ending post too... how about I just edit my last post and then start the new thread? Be warned, it's really very long.

I'm just gonna go ahead and start the new thread. Seeya there.

[The Argent Lord]

But... I had an ending idea. I was just waiting for 100 posts. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhh!

[Jadarendir]

I think you'll approve of what I've done.

[Dragonsbane]

*Lord of the Rings theme song begins playing*

yesss....

[CheshireThief]

*Lord of the Rings theme song begins playing*

yesss....

Seems like your alliance needs some comedy relief. I may have to bring CheshireThief out of Calvinball retirement... again!

[Terex4]

I know nothing of this BobII. In game I'm scrying for info on him so if someone could provide it either here or in game (just describe what I see in my mirror) that'd be great.

[Dragonsbane]

He's a Bob. An evil Bob. Think "Bob from Bob & George" level of evilness.

So...will there be Navy Blue Riders?

[Kazastankas]

You shall fear the rock. Or love the rock. Who knows? The rock is indecisive. However, the rock can rock j00. *ducks* Who shall take the burden that is the rock?

[Dragonsbane]

Lets make some midget carry it to a big volcano in the midst of an immense wasteland populated exclusively by orcs, so that it can be thrown it into the lava!

[Toastburner B]

What happened to Calvinball VII? I tried looking for it using search, but I couldn't find it. I assume that's where the navy blue riders came from...and I'm trying my best not to be totally clueless as try to figure out what happened about 20 threads ago...

[CheshireThief]

Nice use of quotation marks, fellas.

[Dragonsbane]

Nah...the Navy Blue Riders were my idea. They weren't in the original, which is why I asked about them.

[Toastburner B]

Hmmm....nice twist in the storyline, no?

Jada being the rider, I mean. Not my weak attempt at creating drama by blindly attacking the rider.

[Dragonsbane]

Oh, would it be anticlimactic of me to teleport you elsewhere so that I can find out what happened to Jadarendir?

[Toastburner B]

Actually...I was expecting someone to blast me or something so that I wouldn't kill him.

So, actually...that would be what I was expecting...except less violent.

[Jadarendir]

Well, however you decide to free me, that'll be fine. I may or may not die in the end.

[Arhra]

I've got it. We must use the power of the rock to separate the two! It all amkes sense now. Either that or we use the Plot Device to separate them and beat BobII to death with the rock...

[Jadarendir]

Hmmm... well, I would still die in the process. I might just free myself if you guys take too long. :D

[Toastburner B]

Just as a side note...exactly how towering is towering, here? If you let me do it my way, you're going to have a Godzilla spoof on your hands.

[Arhra]

Well, once again the Matrix has ended up associated with LotR. Its almost enough to make me wonder if the rumours of the two being connected are true.

[Toastburner B]

Welcome to Jeopardy(sp)

Today's Final Jeopardy subject is: Calvinball.

And the answer is:

This post was chosen to be used as the ending for Calvinball XXIII.

Submit your questions...now.

For those of you who didn't catch the hint...it's time to start submitting endings, I'd say...the post limit is 120, right? Or is it higher?

[Arhra]

So, no one minds if I start the next one? I've got a plan which I think should be very interesting. I can start it within the next day or two.

[CheshireThief]

I vote Toastburner's ending and I don't care who starts the next one... CT is back!

[Thaumaturge]

I certainly like Toastburner's ending, so it gets my vote

[Toastburner B]

So, no one minds if I start the next one? I've got a plan which I think should be very interesting. I can start it within the next day or two.


I'd say (again...as if I really have any say in the matter) to go ahead.

But let it be known here and now that I call the next one.

So let it be written! So let it be done!

Man...I am so lame...

Editied

Hmm...it appears that TD got a little trigger happy starting the new thread.

Sorry, Arhra, you can start the next one.

[Arhra]

Oh, that's okay. I've happily turned this one around to my intended story line. Calvinball smashing, I'm a genius! Of course, the big question is why would I do it?

Oh, and a cookie to the first person who says a line like, "You maniac! You blew it up! God damn you all!"

[Toastburner B]

For some reason, I just find it hilarious that everyone is running in 'mechs or frames.

[Thaumaturge]

Well, it is tons of fun! :D

In any case, if most of the others are in 'mechs, it's just not as fun to not be in one too!

[Dragonsbane]

I'm so confused...

There seems to be a lot more godmoding in this one, as well.

[Jadarendir]

Do you think I'm Godmoding? Cuz I don't think I am.

[Toastburner B]

I think it's the general atmosphere of this one. Everyone has a mech, there are like 20,000,000,000 calvinballs flying around...

Yes, I am very confused myself, and no, I don't think DB meant you , Jada.

[Dragonsbane]

Well...Arha is claiming omnipotence, and Jada can supposedly spawn clones that are far more powerful than us, but under his control. Much as we ignored that, and slaughtered them anyway, it still has a stink of godmoddery about it.

[Thaumaturge]

*snigger* I liked punning mine to death... All right, they weren't my best, but they weren't too bad, either...

[Toastburner B]

Hmmm...perhaps we need a "reset" event, ya know? This is starting to get out of hand.

Then again, maybe we can steer things back on course.

Even though I'm not exactly sure how GIR changed the CEO into a pig.....???

[Arhra]

Oh, I'm not necessarily claiming omnipotence. If I was I'd be able to be destroyed due to the paradoxial nature of the place. Think on the implications of the Calvinball being destroyed in a place that is inherently a paradox.

If all else fails you can try to somehow reform the Calvinball. I admit I might have been a little heavy handed in my last post.

As for how I pulled out the Calvinball from nowhere. It was by sheer act of Plot Device.

[WanderingActor]

As confusing as it is, I'm having fun teaming up with my clone to take over the arena. But maybe a reset would be nice. Considering this is my first game, I'm not too experienced with the game.

[Toastburner B]

Don't worry...Dragonsbane has been doing this for an awfully long time, and if he's confused, then some strange stuff is going on.


Edit: Whoever comes up with a good ending for this mess will be my hero.

[Arhra]

Yes, it always gets confusing when paradoxes are involved. As the ability to destroy the Calvinabll is inherently paradoxical, so too is its destruction. To put it basically it both has been destroyed and hasn't.

I think I may be able to construct an ending. Heroism beckons!

[Rhana]

Can I jump in sometime? Or is this an established group?


Edit: yeah. I remember what somebody said in the guidelines: The point is to be more silly than uber.

[CheshireThief]

It's Calvinball. Anyone can jump in any time. Just don't be too godmoddy.

[Arhra]

Confused now? I unashamedly admit to stealing this idea from a book. It also allows us to build to a climax for the alarmingly close ending.

[videogamerz2000]

Is the latest thread officially closed, or something? I went to post, but it was all like, "Can't post, foo'!"
Anybody?

[Arhra]

Yep, its closed. That's unfortunate. We could try posting the endings in here maybe?

[Bailey]

what ending? logically, if the calvinball was destroyed, it was immediately reformed on a different node of the probability matrix, thus, it is Elsewhere.
Fortunately, I have hunted it down, see calvinball xxv


Ok, I can tell that everyone else is reluctant to show off their newbieness, so I'm just gonna say that the calvinball I'm hunting is just a fragment of the real calvinball, and that we need all the pieces put back together to form a full calvinball. So, pretty much everyone in the first ten or so replies can say that they have a fragment too, and say where it was as far as literary materials go, ie what book or movie or game you are in when you get the fragment. Everyone will then have to hunt down the other calvinballers to take their fragments and once they have them all, they can put em back together and start a new calvinball game; whoever gets it back together wins.
Also, the entrance rules for the standard methods of entering the disc, just in case someone wants to try getting to this one first.
1)wandering into the nearest library and using L-Space (knowledge=power=energy=matter=mass and mass distorts space)
2)the traveling shops
3)being summoned by hapless fools
4)breaking in through the dungeon dimensions
5)landing on it while hurtling through space
if you want to try another way, fine, but these make the most sense to the setting of the discworld, also, demons, dragons, weird creatures, etc. are most likely to either be summoned by a hapless fool, or break in through the dungeon dimensions. Someone might steal DEATH's horse, but then they're gonna have someone who TALKS LIKE THIS and has a scythe that can cut up anything coming after them
i just changed this cuz i noticed no one was taking to my idea.

[Arhra]

This is Calvinball, logic has no place here!

Seriously though, another thing we could do is start a second thread to finish off the old thread. I'm a fiend for closure you see.

[Bailey]

its calvinball style logic, it goes sideways sometimes, also, i edited my last post by adding on a large chunk at the same time you posted your statement

[Arhra]

Hmm, seeing how we're seguing into established worlds a lot lately, I did have an idea for a Calvinball game that could be very fun. Allow me to sum it up in one word: Metroid. Just think about some of the implications.

[Bailey]

ooh, sounds fun, ok, next person to get it, since you should be dimension hopping with it anyway, just bring it there.

[Toastburner B]

Actually...I think we need to stray from the "established worlds" for a little while and do something horribly and completely random.

I have an idea for such a thing if y'all will let me do it the next game.

[Thaumaturge]

I'm all for it, Toastburner. It would be nice to have a nice random game for a change. Well, more random than at current, in any case.

[Dragonsbane]

I still find the stuff about Arha in a dress to be most hilarious! :D

[Thaumaturge]

Heh, indeed it is :D

Even so, I think that a truly random game would be nice...

[Dragonsbane]

Arha, the crossdressing chaos entity!!! *singing and strumming a lute*

[Thaumaturge]

*winces* Leave the music to Cheshire, DB...

[darkt0aster]

mass confusion.

so did you all go through the portal as thaum said or are you still standing around waiting to do so bothering with somehow signing a now nonexistant contract that could have possibly come to mind from my similar observation a few posts ago? :cool: :confused:

[Bailey]

um, we went through and then I signed it, I think. Ahhhhh! the ballot is too confusing! Ask jada!

[darkt0aster]

No worries, I just took advantage of it. Mayhaps you all will refresh and take a peek to see if anyone did anything that would mess up your post next time :p

[Bailey]

Arhra? We're in my pocket dimension, you can't get in. Or near.

[Thaumaturge]

Heh, my apologies for my part of the confusion. I wanted to open the Gateway and pass through once everyone who was going to pass through had, but I was logging off, so I just indicated that people had gone though...

[darkt0aster]

Arhra? We're in my pocket dimension, you can't get in. Or near.
How so? An unvisitable dimension could just be used to hold the ball indefinitely without opposition. And we can't have that happening.
I'm going there anyways :p

[Thaumaturge]

I'm going there anyways

Well, it would explain how I managed to Gust of Wind you from inside it... :D

[darkt0aster]

Well, it would explain how I managed to Gust of Wind you from inside it... :D

i was wondering if that was an acknolegement of me being in there. yay :D

then what happend to Arhra? If I made it in, surely he could too.

[Thaumaturge]

I have no idea... Either he's in and we haven't noticed him (which would be a neat trick in so small a volume) or he isn't in there...

[Bailey]

keeping it there would be cheap, which is why we're bringing it to somewhere else.

[Thaumaturge]

Well, I've posted my ending. (edited onto the end of my last post)

[Bailey]

I vote for Thaum!

[darkt0aster]

Good enoughiffyending for me. :cool:

And I shall ask again: Should we go for the calvinball comic next? I've gotten a good enough feel for what people are after to form a set of rules. There'd need to be a signup, of course (so everyone can post their character representations).

[Toastburner B]

Bah...I'm not a big fan of the comic idea. Probably because the only time I get to be online is at school, and I wouldn't have time to create comics in the meanwhile.

But...whatever the court decides, I will go with.

[Bailey]

I don't like the comic because it further detracts from the random funnies

Random funnies only seem to happen when everyone is all posting really quickly

[Dragonsbane]

Also, I have no sprites of most of you, and complete spritesheets for NONE of you!

[Arhra]

Hmm, not enough time for the overly complex plan I made. Oh well, I'll just have to recycle it for next time. Bwah ha hah.

I'm constructing a few sprites myself.

[Dragonsbane]

I was gonna take some sprites a Slightly Out of Order member made, recolor them and make a new weapon, then use them to represent you, Arha.

I thought dark-shaded armor, a small-horned helmet, and a cool weapon would work well...

[Toastburner B]

I'll start the next game tomorrow morning

[Arhra]

Its more of a dark bronze colour, but yes, sounds good.

[Bailey]

overly complex plans are much harder with comics

[Thaumaturge]

As to sprites, Chicago posted a zip file containing sprite sheets for:

Me
Cheshire
Meister
Oster
RaiRai
and Shiney

here (http://forums.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=184623&postcount=339)

I believe that they're incomplete, but what's there is very good.

I decided to try my own hand at a bit of spriting. I used Chicago's sprites as references, primarily for scaling matters, but also to a certain degree for other things. Here's what I came up with:

[Bailey]

so, it is ending time once again

the two ending are really similar, but the methods are different.
personally, I'm not sure which one I prefer

New post:

could someone post exactly what is and isn't godmodding?

[Thaumaturge]

could someone post exactly what is and isn't godmodding?

As I understand it, godmoding is the practice of making it impossible to be harmed, or of making one's own attacks automatically perfect.

Simply put, it's like using the "godmode" cheat in a game, or determining the outcomes of your actions without letting others have a say. The latter is the worse of the two, in my own opinion.

[CHICAGO¤lollie]

As to sprites, Chicago posted a zip file... ...here (http://forums.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=184623&postcount=339)

I believe that they're incomplete, but what's there is very good.
Very incomplete. Infact, the color design for the CT sprite is slightly incorrect. The pack attached to that post is really just some sort of alpha release.

I have plans to rectify that problem though, as I intend to do some spriting* tomorrow. NPF members, as well as original stuff.

Funny that the first Calvinball Discussion post I read happens to be about NPFM Sprites. :rolleyes:


* I use "spriting" as a generalized term. In a more technical sense, I refer to "modding"

[Toastburner B]

I raise this from the dead so that the new people can see the rules of the game.

[Bailey]

so, who had the best ending?

i liked tb's

handy chart is here!

whose ending: | who won:

Newb | oster

TB | TB

Lycanthrope | ???? lycan, maybe?

Dynamite | ???? dynamite, maybe?

[The Argent Lord]

Can I point out that noone even paid attention to my "Mordenkainen's Castrating Scalpel" spell?

[Bailey]

isn't that a summon item spell? so you are weilding a scalpel now, how do we visibly pay attention to that?

saying things like *eyes scalpel warily* could work, but still, we don't need to do that for you to use it

[The Argent Lord]

Well, if you play D&D, the Mordenkainen's weapon spells summoned a floating weapon that attacked enemies. I forgot that I'm an Ubernerd, and normal people wouldn't know this. Sorry.

[Jadarendir]

Normal people suck.

[Mad Jack the Pirate]

I call the next available game.

[The Argent Lord]

What the heck, I'll call the game after that.

[Toastburner B]

Bump it up, so the new people can see the rules.

[Dragonsbane]

Normal people do suck.

Naturally, given my own ubernerdy nature, I knew what you meant with the Mordenkainen spell...I invented a rather unusual variant of the common Mordenkainen's Sword that i plan on using in this game.

*EVIL grin*

[The Argent Lord]

So what number is the game that I called? I have some good ideas that I got from transplanting the game to another forum.

[Toastburner B]

You can have the next one. Newb just started this one because no one else was. Just make sure to be on the ball and start the next game a little bit after this one ends.

[The Argent Lord]

Alright, cool. *evil plots, evil plots, evil plots*

[StabbityMage]

Hi! I've been a member of the Cball community since the episode with the table of foodstuffs. Most of you remember my entrance where I stabbed the butterscotch pudding and that one long absence after the episode "Enter the mainframe". I have an idea...
Let's make a new villian!
1. He would have a lame sidekick.
2. He would be hidden in the shadows most of the time.
3. He would pose as a player until he decided to reveal himself.
4. His plans would include domination of Calvinball, the kidnapping of Calvin himself and editing the rules to allow him to godmod.
5. He would weild a strange weapon of indescribable power.
6. His sidekick would later join our side.

Any ideas for a name?

[Bailey]

how about "arhra"?

j/k

no, but i'm bad at creativity when it comes to names

[StabbityMage]

We need something that proves that he's evil or has an evil streak in him. Something like...

XAKRO!

Ok, mabye that sucked... :o

But maybe it could be one of us! Let's choose the most evil person here and he would be the villian until we can cure him/her in about 10-15 games. Personally, I consider that Thaumaturge is a wannabe, Argent Lord just pretends and Toastburner is just psyco. That really narrows it down to, um, well, uh, everyone else that is at least somewhat evil.

[Bailey]

well, we seem to already all be ganging up on arhra in most of these games, and he's been holding his own fairly well, so maybe my idea was a bit more than a joke

[StabbityMage]

Yah! That's perfect!
*dances victory dance while shooting machine guns at random people and setting off fireworks*
Now...all we need is a sidekick. I think these are the best choices:
1. StabbityMage
2. Thaumaturge
3. Argent Lord
4. Janredir

What about you?

[Toastburner B]

::Looks at suggestion.::

::Looks are calvinballers::

We kind of need heros before we need a villian. Dragonsbane is admittedly evil. Jada is the ruler of Hades, Arhra is the embodiment of Chaos...

"Villians" are just there every so often, like BobII or the Smilies. It depends on the game. I don't think we really need a "defined" villian.

But that's just my opinion.

[Bailey]

well, who defines their alignment as either good or lawful nuetral?

I know there's me, at lawful neutral.
GrrBear is a carebear, so, of course, good, if not lawful good.

other than that I don't know for sure.

[The Argent Lord]

Wow, I actually got mentioned by someone in a context not directly related to a post I previously made. *Yay* Anyways, I resent the comment about me "pretending to be a villan." I'm more true neutral. I have minions because I am the ruler of a plane.

[bombsquad2020]

you know were all villans in our own special way
besides i can summon carps with santa hats now thats got to be evil

[Toastburner B]

I have minions because I am the ruler of a plane.

Sometimes I feel left out because I don't have minions. :(
Just kidding, of course. I figured it would be somewhat amusing. =P

[bombsquad2020]

would my never ending hoard of timmys be considderd minons? they only go around mindlessly doing whatever i tell them to damnit they have the intelligence of fighter
and have the structural integrity of a weakly resurected zomby

[Bailey]

just so that you folks with 1337 creatures don't complain that you don't speak 1337 fluently enough to keep said creatures under the current rules, here is a handy conversion chart

A=/-\
B=|3
C=(
D=[)
E=3
F=|^
G=6
H=)-(
I=1
J=_)
K=|<
L=|_
M=(V)
N=/\/
O=0
P=|>
Q=0_
R=|2
S=5
T=7
U=(_)
V=\/
W=\/\/
X=><
Y=\i/
Z=7 (underlined 7)

[StabbityMage]

Thanks for the |_337 chart. I'll need it. Anyways, we seriously need a villian. Not one for a single game but for an entire 5-8 games.

[bombsquad2020]

some one who is completly evile and knows 1337 by heart

[Dragonsbane]

Argent, since when have you been the ruler of a plane? :p

Wait...is it called "Argentum" or "Mirrodin"? Does your real name happen to be "Memnarch"?

well, we seem to already all be ganging up on arhra in most of these games, and he's been holding his own fairly well, so maybe my idea was a bit more than a joke

He only manages to hold his own because we never try to out-and-out destroy him. Instead, we usually inflict humiliating defeats on him, while he godmodes extensively.

you know were all villans in our own special way
besides i can summon carps with santa hats now thats got to be evil

No, it isn't.

[edit] Actually, I am a villain by definition, speak l337 fluently, and make Thaumaturge look like a kind-hearted paladin by comparison.

We did have a villain at one point, called Bob, but I think he was just a creation of Jadarendir.

[bombsquad2020]

wait i must have missed something who is calvin and why does he have a sphere named after him

[Dragonsbane]

Calvin is the protagonist of the popular comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes", a young human boy.

Calvinball is a game he plays with Hobbes, in which the only rule is that there ARE no rules. Essentially, the Calvinball here is a ball that duplicates that effect, having an infinite power to shape and mold the universe.

[GrrBear]

Calvin and Hobbs was a daily cartoon posted in newspapers. Calvin is a young boy who likes to play with his stuffed tiger named Hobbs. Hobbs comes to life in calvins imagination and they play together. their favorite game is calvinball which is a game with olny one rule, the rules always change.

[Dragonsbane]

Yup, that explains it pretty well...but I always thought Hobbes really came to life? I mean, in some episodes he does some pretty inexplicable things for a stuffed toy.

[StabbityMage]

Yeah, Dragonsbane, you are a good villian. But you need a sidekick...how 'bout me?

[Thaumaturge]

We kind of need heros before we need a villian. Dragonsbane is admittedly evil. Jada is the ruler of Hades, Arhra is the embodiment of Chaos...

Heh, good point - we are, for the most part, a pretty evil bunch, aren't we... Thinking of which, why not create a hero for all of us to fight, instead of a villain?

Personally, I consider that Thaumaturge is a wannabe

Oh yes? Would you like to prove that assertion in a one-on-one duel, hmmm...? *evil grin*

Actually, I am a villain by definition, speak l337 fluently, and make Thaumaturge look like a kind-hearted paladin by comparison.

Heh, I'd say that you're just more blast-happy than me, that's all :P

As to minions, I have my spiders, with their itch-inducing bite (created for comic effect, although I've decided to keep the hiccoughing spider created by a gas attack as a sort of pet :)), and my golems, used when real armies are needed.

I'd say that I'm a pretty decent villain, all in all. :) As to sidekicks, I am certainly not a sidekick, I am a free agent. I will, on occasion, make alliances, but only if I feel like it.

[StabbityMage]

You may be right...but your Nilk campaign is a total flop. Seriously! It tastes horrible and makes you go crazy. Make a good-tasting non-insanity-inducing Nilk and the masses will worship you!

ALL HAIL THE MASSES!

Still wanna be a sidekick...

[Thaumaturge]

It may not be working very well, but the Nilk thing is an awful lot of fun! :D

[StabbityMage]

That's true. What you need is a new Thing, a new toxin to poison the masses.

SCREW THE MASSES!

[GrrBear]

Yup, that explains it pretty well...but I always thought Hobbes really came to life? I mean, in some episodes he does some pretty inexplicable things for a stuffed toy.
I read one of the autors books and he brought up that very issue, the answer he left for the reader to decide, it does not realy make a difference and much like the "noodle Incedent" and "Hampster huey and the goey kabloie" the explanation we make up is often more satisfying than reality. I'm too cute and cuddly to be a bad guy, though I have heard that the care bears are facists.

[Toastburner B]

These rules apply to old players as well as new! Even if you are "experienced", double check to make sure you aren't god-modding!


1: You can only declare the attack, to the effect.

Good example: Toastburner throws a punch at Dragonsbane.

Bad Example: Toastburner throws a punch at Dragonsbane, which tears off his head and flings it into Jada.


2: No god-modding. God-modding is when deus ex machina stuff happens in your favor...often.

Example of Ball God-moddery: Toastburner suddenly has the calvinball, without rhyme or reason and despite whoever had it before. He rasperberries the other players, and flees.

God-moddery also reaches into the realm of being nigh-invincible. Part of the game is to decide what happens to you after you get attacked. It's not fun when nothing you do works because the guy you are attacking is to concerned with being uber to play nice.

Example of Battle God Moddery:

Dragonsbane throws a fireball at Toastburner
Toastburner walks through the flame, uneffected.
Jada swings the masamuse at Toastburner
Toastburner catches masamuse with his teeth, and eats it
Newb casts hadoken on Toastburner
Toastburner laughs as the entire universe is destroyed, but he lives.


3: Finally, to keep the mods happy, and to make the game easiler to follow, please make sure to properly format your text, and to make sure your post helps to move the game along. While silliness is the name of the game, there is a line. Again, make sure your posts are readible, and that your posts moves the game along in some way.

[The Argent Lord]

Argent, since when have you been the ruler of a plane? :p
Wow, I guess I've never mentioned it. I thought I had. The next game is in the Plane of Silver, I guess. (Note to the dense: The Plane of Silver is my plane.) And just to make it even more interesting, I'm bringing in another artifact...

[Bailey]

In order to avoid conflicts, perhaps there should be a sign-up list to keep track of who is starting which game; if you have an amazing idea, place your name, number of game, and one or two word summary e.g. "silver plane" or "giant table" on the list.

also, because someone pointed out that the current configuration might result in undesirable elements joining, perhaps we should use the arabic numbering system until we get to the 60's, at which point we should change back to roman numerals.

[Toastburner B]

Perhaps we should worry more about making sure that calvinball lasts long enough to get to the 60s.

I've had this on the back burner for awhile, but perhaps we should have some sort of ref or something. Someone to enforce the rules, decide if that move was god-moddy enough to get punished, that sort of thing.

What do you guys think?

[GrrBear]

Toys are not men't to be destroyed, but teddybears heads can be torn by bad children. ToastbunerB is wize (he reminds me of this every day). Remember that the game was orriginaly made up by calvin (realy Bill Watterson) who was just a boy too young to have further interest in girls than as targets for water balloons and snowballs. Ref might take identity of Hobbs.

[Sithdarth]

Hmmm, perhasp I'll make a reapperance to the game. I more a neutral then good or evil, however, compared to the majority I seem rather good. I may once again alter my persona which is something I commonly due.

[StabbityMage]

I've never submitted an Idea for a new game before...what does it take?

[The Argent Lord]

Well, as far as I can tell, you just say "I call next game." I'm not really sure though.

[Bailey]

Didn't there used to be a cheshire referee or something?

the major problem with a ref is that they don't get to play.

the solution to that, though, could be whoever started the game is the ref, and they can control traps and pitfalls and automatic defenses and other things along those lines, like a DM

Here's the list, if you want on, repost it with your name added as 33

31: Argent Lord: Silver Realm
32: Newb: ADF's Midworld
33: ______: _____ _____

[StabbityMage]

Good idea, Newb. I second that!

[Bailey]

If anyone makes a game in which all characters must speak in haiku or terrible things will befall them, I will hunt them down...

...to shake their hand.

in any case, bombsquad, you can't be part of the spell, it already happened. I cast a spell that made doors near him become demon doors (like from fable) that have whatever requirement he tells them to have. Unforunately demon doors are not very bright, and could probably be blown open besides, but in a game involving hallways and various rooms, this ability could sufficiently slow down opposition to result in a win.

at least until someone nullifies it

[StabbityMage]

Well, what about the others that want to help?

[Bailey]

did anyone sign up to be the other person in the four person spell yet?

[The Argent Lord]

What would the fourth space be?

[Bailey]

the fourth space would be the second word in the title.

[StabbityMage]

I think I signed up...go check.

[Bailey]

i mean... it depends on whether stabbity is good or evil; the space is for whichever he is not

[StabbityMage]

I consider myself evil with a streak of good. Does that count?

[Bailey]

for the purposes of the spell you are totally one or the other.

[StabbityMage]

I see, and is there a spot open?

[Dragonsbane]

I'm evil, but the idea of teaming up to fight Arhra seems like agreeing that he is stronger than the rest of us, and we can't hope to beat him one-on-one.

Besides, I could just Disintegrate the ring, and the mace, while leaving the Calvinball unharmed. For the sole reason that Arhra is a poor villain, and what he does with powerful items tends to be more annoying than challenging.

[Bailey]

I just implied that the chaos ring was so powerful that it was generating an improbability field by making a bunch of things happen and then turning it into a snake.
neatly solves all problems

[Dragonsbane]

Ooh, nicely done.

Or it could be that the Ring of Chaos was so powerful that it sensed a magical attack, and temporarily warped magic in the area, duplicating the effects of a Wild Magic zone. This didn't stop the spell from hitting it, but randomly altered the spell's effect...turning it into a snake instead of a pile of dust.

By the way...I'll join the spell, if you still need someone evil.

[GrrBear]

Check what I did. the only alliance at the beggining of the ring's creation was mine and BomsSquad's and I did have the burner. Unless they rule that I lost it when I got my head ripped off.

[Bailey]

if you have the burner, then you had the calvinball, which means i was able to take it, so it is currently in the bathroom next to the plunger.

which raises an interesting question: what the heck was arhra talking about, and what is floating in the middle of this sphere?

also, where did the extra power necessary to make all spells inside the sphere go awry come from?

[GrrBear]

No I specificaly stole just the burner so that I could torch StabbityMage out of vengance. The calvinball was not connected. but if this does not work then I could be the fourth pillar, the good one.

[Jadarendir]

Didn't there used to be a cheshire referee or something?

the major problem with a ref is that they don't get to play.

the solution to that, though, could be whoever started the game is the ref, and they can control traps and pitfalls and automatic defenses and other things along those lines, like a DM

Here's the list, if you want on, repost it with your name added as 33

31: Argent Lord: Silver Realm
32: Newb: ADF's Midworld
33: ______: _____ _____

I control Hell. Sign me up!

31: Argent Lord: Silver Realm
32: Newb: ADF's Midworld
33: Jadarendir: Hell

[Dragonsbane]

I should do one in the Forgotten Realms, but I don't want my favorite campaign setting burned to the ground by our insanity.

[Toastburner B]

the major problem with a ref is that they don't get to play.

the solution to that, though, could be whoever started the game is the ref, and they can control traps and pitfalls and automatic defenses and other things along those lines, like a DM

I'm not sure that would work, Newb. The point of a ref would be to be seperate from the players, and handing down judgments basised on god-moddiness and the like. If they are playing the game at all, even if it is just traps and such, they lose part of the impartialness.

Yes, I know impartialness is not a real word, but you know what I mean.

[Dragonsbane]

I'd be willing to ref...some of the last Calvinball games haven't been too interesting for me, and it would be more fulfilling to referree if we don't swiftly return to the random-yet-fun nature of previous Calvinball games.

To the newcomers, don't make RaiRai angry. Spam and Godmoding make her enraged, and she won't let us bring Calvinball back again if she bans it this time.

If you care about the game, try to follow the rules. If not, get out, and don't ruin it for the rest of us.

[Toastburner B]

Well...since it seems like the ref idea has been generally accepted, now we have to decide what the ref can do.

For example, should we have levels of penalities? You know, "Minor God-Modding", "Major-God-Modding," and "Uber-god-modding" and the like? And what should the penalities be?

Any suggestions?

[Bailey]

I think that for minor godmodding the first time, i.e. declaring an effect for a relatively simple attack, you should be warned, but after that you should get yellow cards and red cards for cheating.

you can't post within three posts of the one in which you were given a yellow card, you are banned for two pages worth for the second yellow card, and the third turns into an automatic red which bans you for the game. Part of the next too if it was late in the game that it happened.

[StabbityMage]

The ref should be able to godmod to an extent. He can make things appear or disappear without explanation, but can't get the calvinball or be biased or favor someone else. He can take people out of the game if they do something that violates the rules, too.

[GrrBear]

Plus no attacking the ref, I know that is a normal thing but the game is not exactly normal now is it. maybe it should be like freeze tag, if they try to god mod thaen the ref can freeze them until another player or the ref has decided that they can play nice again.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Aw, the game's getting actual rules now? You're no fun. :(

[GrrBear]

Even the orriginal calvinball as played by Calvin and Hobbs had rules. The fact that those changed constantly made no difference. Even our version of calvinball Has rules and guidlines if you look hard enough.

[Dragonsbane]

Aw, the game's getting actual rules now? You're no fun. :(

People were abusing the lack of rules, and it was ruining the game.

[bombsquad2020]

one thing that i can not 100% absolutly stand is the controlling of other players. that has to stop. it should be one of the most severly punishable acts

[Toastburner B]

Okay...I like Newb's idea. It's very Final Fantasy Tactics: Advanced with the yellow and red cards and everything.

So, generally, it would look like this.

1. 1st Minor infraction/innocent mistake: Warning, and tips given on how to avoid this in the future.

2: 2nd minor infraction and/or 1st Major infraction: Yellow card, resulting ban of X number of posts. If in possession of calvinball, the ball will respawn at a different location, according to the will of the ref.

3: 3rd minor / 2nd Major: Second Yellow card. This will result in a ban of X number of pages, and will result in the calvinball being respawned if in possession of offending player. This ban will carry over into the next game if need be.

4: 4th minor / 3rd Major / Uber-Infraction: Red card. Banned for remainder of game, and also may be banned from next game if infraction happens at end of current game. Player suffers humliating death at the hands of refs, and cannot respawn until ban is over.


Minor infractions would include the like of declaring the effect of the attack, not just the attack, spamming, and the like.

Major infractions would include deus ex machina claiming of the ball, prolonged god-moddiness, prolonged spamming, and god-modding to "kill other players"

Uber-Infractions include malicious god-modding to kill all other players (this has happened before), willfully posting before any prior bans are over, and extreme cases of spamming.


Also, we need to settle a few other things. Such as, how many refs? I would say at least two per game, so that there can be no claim of favoring or anything like that. Also, one ref can pick up what the other one misses.

So far, DB has offered to be a ref. I'll volunteer to be a ref as well, since it was my idea, and I like the idea of riding around on a armored chocobo like the judges do in FFT:A :p.

Does that sound good to everyone else? Any suggestions? Feel free to comment, this is a community after all, and we need everyone's input to make this go smoothly.

[bombsquad2020]

would controlling other players be god-modding cause i hope tha it is so know one does it if it isn't it should be a major infraction

[Bob The Mercenary]

I would also recommend an "elastic rule" that lets you create new rules on the fly in case something weird happens like if two people break the rules at once.

[The Argent Lord]

Ack! Glad I checked now. The next thread will start soon.

[Toastburner B]

Ack! Glad I checked now. The next thread will start soon.

You might want to wait until we get this ironed out a little more, Argent. That way we won't be throwing in refs halfway into the game.

[The Argent Lord]

Oops. It's already up. I did comply with your non-XXX rule, though.

[StabbityMage]

What? What's already up? C'mon, tell me!

[Bailey]

these rules all sound good, but if someone allows you to control them for one post, you shouldn't be punished for it.
in order to prevent abuse of this, however, the person giving permission must post that they are doing so before the permission is used.

But I still think that having the "DM" of the current game being a temporary ref would work well.

[Soldier3001]

Would ripping off GrrBear's head and throwing it at Newb be considered God-moding? Because that, in my opinion, was hilarious, and GrrBear is a good sport about it. (Kudos and a +1 helmet of antidecapitation go to GrrBear for being such a great sport)

[StabbityMage]

It wouldn't have been, because I gave both of them chances. I didn't say Newb was hit, and if there was no way GrrBear could get his head back. Therefore, I rest um...your case. As for GrrBear, sorry, man. You were closest and easiest to rip the head off. But kudos, anyways and 500 Gil.

[Toastburner B]

Hmm...I'd say it was borderline god-moddy. Since GrrBear went along with it, it was okay. Still, next time just say "I try to rip off GrrBear's head." Remember that part of the game is to take damage yourself. It makes it more fun on all sides.

[StabbityMage]

Thank you, o Burner of Toast! I shall never be led to the path of God-modding again!

Seriously, though, thanks.

[GrrBear]

It wouldn't have been, because I gave both of them chances. I didn't say Newb was hit, and if there was no way GrrBear could get his head back. Therefore, I rest um...your case. As for GrrBear, sorry, man. You were closest and easiest to rip the head off. But kudos, anyways and 500 Gil.
That is what the Bear is for, Though be warned kill him too many times and he will turn you pastel (a fate wose than death).

[bombsquad2020]

too many pastel colors for my eyes to comprehend, oh and can that door be opend from the inside

[Bailey]

since we have ffta style judges, we should have the laws work similarly, with occasional random prohibition of something

it will read as follows
prohibited/suggested

it is normally just
godmodding/peonmodding

peonmodding is when you do dues ex machina stuff to kill yourself in a sufficiently amusing way.

[Soldier3001]

Main Entry: de·us ex ma·chi·na
Pronunciation: 'dA-&s-"eks-'mä-ki-n&, -'ma-, -"nä; -m&-'shE-n&
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, a god from a machine, translation of Greek theos ek mEchanEs
Date: 1697
1 : a god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome
2 : a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty

I'm still having difficulty understanding this term

[Dragonsbane]

I appear out of nowhere, and save the day. That's an example.

Or something random happening, that causes a solution

[Bailey]

it's basically just having random things happen in someones favor with no hints leading up to it, due to the fact that many greek plays had endings featuring dues ex machina stuff

[StabbityMage]

since we have ffta style judges, we should have the laws work similarly, with occasional random prohibition of something

it will read as follows
prohibited/suggested

it is normally just
godmodding/peonmodding

peonmodding is when you do dues ex machina stuff to kill yourself in a sufficiently amusing way.
Doing so will let you get away with anything! That's more evil than me! DON'T DO IT!

[Soldier3001]

"I appear out of nowhere, and save the day. That's an example.

Or something random happening, that causes a solution"
it's basically just having random things happen in someones favor with no hints leading up to it, due to the fact that many greek plays had endings featuring dues ex machina stuff

Awesome explanations guys, thanks a lot.

[Sithdarth]

To clear things up that device has a grand total of 4 uses, per game, and is basically a dodge. It requires a fairly complex set of buttons and thus requires I have extened fore knowledge of the event to happen. It won't save me from a sword slash, or other close range attack, but an annouced sniping is pretty easy to prepare for.

[Toastburner B]

Let me see if I can give an example of Deus ex machina.

Have you ever seen the Hudsucker Proxy?

HUDSUCKER PROXY SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Towards the end, when the guy falls out of the window...and the janitor stops time by shoving a broom into the clock gears, and Mr. Hudsucker comes down, explains everything, and tells how to make everything alright...that's deus ex machina.

Of course...if you have never seen it, that doesn't really help, but it's the only thing I could think of.

[The Argent Lord]

I don't see the barrier weakening anywhere, what is Soldier3001 referring to?

[Dragonsbane]

BS has been banned, and for some reason I can't get that Blockbuster commercial out of my head, the one where they announce the end of late fees.

Happy crowd singing: "It's ooooverrr!"

[Bailey]

this is kinda off topic, but who gave me neutral(sp?) rep with no comment for post #182?

it's usually considered polite to put a reason in, if not your name

[Dragonsbane]

Wasn't me. If it was, it would have been either positive or negative rep, not neutral.

[Toastburner B]

BS has been banned, and for some reason I can't get that Blockbuster commercial out of my head, the one where they announce the end of late fees.

Happy crowd singing: "It's ooooverrr!"

Don't get too excited there, DB. IIRC, it was only a five day ban.


EDIT: BTW...where is everyone? It died over the weekend.

[Bailey]

mostly because the forum was all glitchy and no one wanted to deal with it.

i'm just waiting for the perfect opportunity for my plan

[GrrBear]

As long as your plans include being either pastel green or yellow I don't mind. Is it ok that I turned part of the wall of the tower into gingerbread? I know Argent lord won't like it but is it within the scope of reality?

[Toastburner B]

I'd say the gingerbread thing is alright. Like you said, Argent won't be happy...but that's what he gets for having the game in his dimension.

The repair bills are going to be huge.

[Dragonsbane]

True, hence my earlier remark, "remind me never to never let them play this in my realm."

So, I'm just waiting for someone to break the rules, thus empowering me to inflict painful justice on them.

[edit] which page are the rules posted on? I lost my link! :(

[Toastburner B]

Page 17, there, DB.

::reads other thread::

Are you sure that was god-modding? I read it eariler today and I didn't see anything wrong with it.

[Dragonsbane]

"forcing" Stabbity to move. While he did support it with the fact that the shards around him are very, very sharp, the decision of whether or not to move belongs to Stabbity.

He could, for instance, cast a spell that makes his skin even harder than Arhra's shards, so that they bounce right off (assuming he casts spells). It was a relatively minor offense, so Arhra got off with a light warning. Personally, I think it was just an oversight on his part, and would be more than happy to remove the warning if he edited his post.

[edit] No, those seem to be the generalized variations of godmoding for use by the Refs. I mean the official rules, which either you or Newb posted.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Does anyone mind if I give an attempt at this? And does an Inbred Chocobo that gets lucky way to f***ing much sound like god modding? Or should I try something different? Or does it even matter?

[GrrBear]

Sometimes you have to go with what you have, look at what I have got, A stuffed bear That at best can annoy the other characters (and be used as amunition posthumously)

[Dragonsbane]

And a good job you did of it too, GrrBear. My own experiences with this game have taught me that even if you screw up and manage to look like a moron in the first game, there are still plenty of others you can do better in if you learn from your mistakes.

Besides, we're all in this to have fun, right?

[GrrBear]

Right and ToastburnerB told me that you have more fun beeing (how do you spell that?) small than uber. Plus the immage of stuffed bear parts littering the feild would has been a funny sight to imagine.

[Soldier3001]

look at what I have got, A stuffed bear That at best can annoy the other characters (and be used as amunition posthumously)

Grrbear you are absolutely hilarious! 500 kudos for being the funniest guy in town.

But on to my question. How do you decide who gets to make the next game?

Edit: And for you who are confused this is a haiku is a unrhymed poem with:

5 sylables
7 sylables
5 sylables

Don't get zapped by Interphase's weird spell by messing that up!

[Dragonsbane]

...Now I'm picturing a horde of stuffed carebears. Agent Smith style.

My imagination is weird, and it's weirder that this image makes me laugh.

[GrrBear]

The orriginal idea was a grizzly with protesters and lawyers to defend him but the carebear just seemed funnier. yes if we ever get back to an army field, that might just happen. Plus we discussed ealier in this thread on page 14 who will be the next hosts to this madness.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Alright then, I guess I'll just be a Inbred Chocobo, more I think about it, the more super luck seems stupid anyway. Though I am going to say that changing the color of the Chocobo will make an attitude change.

[Toastburner B]

::Comes back from the "What is Calvinball?" thread::

Er...the mods are being to make it quite clear that they would like calvinball to go elsewhere. The idea has been suggested before...and the mods seem to like.

As such, I'd like to gauge interest on this. Would you guys be willing to sign-up on a new message board just to play calvinball, so should we just let it have it's last huzzah and make the mods happy by letting it die a quite death?

As for boards we could use...I made myself one a long time ago...but I've forgotten where it is. GrrBear, do you still have the address for that, or are we sunk in that department?

[Soldier3001]

Why do our good mods not like Calvinball, praytell?

[The Argent Lord]

I have actually brought Calvinball to the VgMusic forums, if anyone wants to go there. I really only have one fan there, though, and I have to keep reminding people that anyone can join.

[Thaumaturge]

I know that I haven't been playing much of late, but since I fully intend to get back into it, should it survive, I wouldn't mind signing up on another forum to continue playing Calvinball, as long as it is free.

As for boards we could use...I made myself one a long time ago...but I've forgotten where it is. GrrBear, do you still have the address for that, or are we sunk in that department?

An otherwise emtpy forum sounds like the best thing, rather than invading some other forum, so if you can find this forum of yours, that sounds ideal...

[Toastburner B]

Why do our good mods not like Calvinball, praytell?

It's an (apparently) long and sad story that predates my time. You'd have to ask Dragonsbane or Jada.

[Dragonsbane]

Because it degenerated into spam, that's why.

[GrrBear]

Bad news, I cannot find the e-mail from toastburner. I hope that he can find his website or that we don't get kicked off this one.

[Toastburner B]

Because it degenerated into spam, that's why.

Which is what we were trying to prevent by adding in refs.

Bad news, I cannot find the e-mail from toastburner. I hope that he can find his website or that we don't get kicked off this one.

Dang...I'll have to see if I can find that message board website again.

[Sithdarth]

I have an easy board thats about as populated as burning coal mine. Aside from that I'm working on learning enough about PhP to set up my own board should I find a good host for it.

[Soldier3001]

Godspeed with that Sithdarth, I don't want the Mods to have a harder job than need be. I kinda like the idea of Calvinballing in an environment where stupid people feel pain for there stupidity. I think we should all give our mods a big hug.

[Elecwaves]

me being a n00b, as my old comp was fucked up, i wanna know what calvinball is, and where i can fiind the rules if ur too lazy to write it out

[StabbityMage]

Calvinball is a sport that involves a ball, a playing feild that's different every time and a shitload of shenanigans. You must keep the ball until the thread is closed or until everyone gets bored and we submit ideas for endings. But the most important rule is this:

NEVER GODMOD!

Godmodding is a very complicated topic that should be limited to veterans of this sport, such as Toastburner.

That's your cue!

[GrrBear]

I hope that My chaos containment feild is not Godmody. I only get to use it once and it is only impenitrable from the inside. To all those who want to break it remember there are ways around it and it is keeping quite a few people prisoner (not just me). it is just there to contain chaos.

[Soldier3001]

Jeez Grrbear, I wish I had thought of that before I threw a perfectly good nightstand at Ahrha. I think it may have been Ahmish.

[GrrBear]

I don't think throwing a night stand at it would count as breaking the seal (it might crack it or make it mad, thus weakening it) but I will let somebody else decede if they want to unleash the terror that I am containing upon the world. Leaving the seal contains us indefinatly, but breaking it...?

[Soldier3001]

I know, but it still stinks that I uselessly broke such high quality furniture

[GrrBear]

True, true and not even for a good cause, but the bright side is that it is not yours. I am just wondering what argent lord will do, he finaly gets up to the ball and finds a large purple sphere sitting in the middle of the room (don't forget the wall that I ate and that the sphere is purring). along with his furniture being wrecked.

[Soldier3001]

It's a crying shame.

[The Argent Lord]

I could make a ProBoard for Calvinball in about 5 minutes, if you want.

[Soldier3001]

I could make a ProBoard for Calvinball in about 5 minutes, if you want.

What's a ProBoard?

[Bailey]

sounds good to me.

i'm not sure which is easier though, proboard or 1-2-free

[GrrBear]

Just say where, and I'll be there (I couldn't help it , I had to make it ryme). Yess I will just go with whatever ending I feel is the best, (not that it makes much difference).

[Dragonsbane]

We could ask Qeeko if she would let us play it on Slightly Out of Order, but she's been grumpy lately. Asking a grumpy Qeeko to bring a game of pure madness into her forum may not be wise, but if anyone wants to...go ahead.

[Arhra]

Well, I had fun writing my ending.

Anyway, do we really need to move forums? I think that the refs should be enough to keep things under control (my supporting argument being the current Calvinball thread).

On another note, who's being the refs for the next game. I wouldn't mind trying it out (all players must backwards speaking begin!, etc...). Mmmmm, the power of restrictions. Of course, the trick is to do it in such a way to make it funny and not annoying.

[Toastburner B]

Anyway, do we really need to move forums? I think that the refs should be enough to keep things under control (my supporting argument being the current Calvinball thread).

Well in the "What is Calvinball?" thread, some mods began dropping hints that they would like to see Calvinball move. (http://forums.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=242383#post242383) And since the mods are well...mods, we figured it would be a good idea.

[Bailey]

and because of that, I made a forum in about two minutes on which to play this game

http://www.1-2-free-forums.com/mf/calvinball.html