Calvinball XXII + 1 -- By the books.

[LordZoma]

Zoma jets passed gamerz2000. "Oh, no you don't, Nice try though! You're in the mirrordrome zone! Any rules you make effect only you until you find the oyster of undoing! It's somewhere in the open seas!"

Zoma puts his boat into idle, and begins to back up.

"I'm in deep waters zone! Noone without a flotation device can reach me!!! Water baloons don't float, they're cannonballs, and anyone who is swimming with one gets sunk and has to sploosh themself..... or a girl!"

[videogamerz2000]

Unable to communicate with the others, TD breaks out into sign language. Most the time, seeing how he knows only one symbol, he gets a spanking from his mom, cause he was using the 'bad finger'. He hops into the ocean, on one leg and starts swimming....with one leg. He occasionally resurfaces for water (say what?!) and continues looking for an oyster. He finds a strange lump resembling that of a dead rock. Good enough he says to himself. He resurfaces and yells "ASKi EOsp Eik, doem eiksi peower!"

[LordZoma]

Zoma starts laughing hysterically at gamerz, and parks his jetboat at the tree. He climbs up into the treehouse, and peers down, overlooking the ocean.

"I declare this treehouse my fortress of solitude! I'm winning superman to pirates. All of you must wage war amongst yourselves on the open sea, until the bravest reaches my fortress in their sturdy warship! Whosoever arrives, will be subject to trials of climbing, and girl mockery! If you are worthy, you become my second in command, and get to hold my waterballoons!"

[Jadarendir]

OOC: Hey Zoma, you're breaking a few rules here.

Number one, and most important, you're Godmoding. You're posting what you do, then what happens afterwards without letting anyone get a word in edgewise. It's not very nice, and most people find it annoying.

Number two, you're breaking the rule on this thread, which is defying the laws of time and space. How is everyone just... swimming? And where is the jetboat coming from? There can't be water anywhere, we're in Calvin's front yard.

Sorry if I'm preaching too much. Carry on, with caution please.

[LordZoma]

I wholeheartedly disagree. I'm not godmodding, I sunk your ship, and got away. I'm playing COMPLETELY by the rules, you're just jealous I'm stole your thunder (not to mention your calvinball).

And I'm not breaking any rules at all. In fact, the purpose of calvinball is to MAKE RULES to suit your purposes in order to further the game. How is everyone swimming? Easy: You make swimming movement with your hands. Stop crying like a baby and play the game. You're the one who should be moving with caution. You're breaking the flow of the game by whining about nonsense.

EDIT: I'll just edit instead of responding to you jada. How about, I disagree, and think that swimming IS in the spirit of calvinball. Of course we're not REALLY swimming and are on the front lawn. Don't you know anything about pretending!?!?!?! And you know what, if you don't like it, you can just cry about it and stop playing. Congratulations, you started the thread, but that doesn't mean you can just perk up and start complaining just because it doesn't go the way you want it to. Stop carrying on like a baby, and play the damn game. I'll be my own judge about what's IN the spirit of the game, and what isn't, when I make NEW RULES, and declare ZONES. Sheesh, how childish and unimaginative can you be.

In any case: There I stand, atop the fortress of solitude.. tossing a water ballon at Jada. KAPOWEY! Water everywhere on top of her head.

"Take that you rogue!"

[Jadarendir]

I'm not trying to be rude, Zoma, which is more than can be said for you. I'm just saying, this whole "ship" and "swimming" thing isn't really in the "Calvinball" spirit. And I'm the one who brought Calvinball to this forum, so don't act like you know everything about it. I'm a seasoned veteran.

[The Argent Lord]

Ummmmmmm... Zoma? Jada's right. You can't screw with space-time.

[LordZoma]

Oh my god. How dumb are you people. I'm not changing physics or screwing around with space-time. I declared the freakin front-lawn an open sea zona, where you have to swim around, rather than walk. WTF is the problem you unimaginative children?

[Jadarendir]

Even if that's the case, you still are Godmoding by saying the result of everything that you do and then doing something else in the same post without letting anyone get a word in edgewise. You're telling a story instead of playing a game.

Calvinball isn't ABOUT winning. It's about making each other laugh. So I'm asking you politely to ease up on the attitude and let other people enjoy themselves. Please, think about something other than the competition.

BTW: I'm not being childish, I'm trying to make the game enjoyable for everybody. The immaturity you're displaying in your posts isn't exactly good for your image.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

Originally Posted by LordZoma

Oh my god. How dumb are you people. I'm not changing physics or screwing around with space-time. I declared the freakin front-lawn an open sea zona, where you have to swim around, rather than walk. WTF is the problem you unimaginative children?

Okay, now you've gone into flaming; which is against the rules of the Forum; and is a bannable offense.

Jada is right about the warping of space time; but I wouldn't call it Godmodding. You aren't killing anyone and leaving them no choice but to godmodd back; but you are defying the local rules of this particular thread.

In any of the other previous Calvinballs or the next Calvinball thread, you may get away with it and may be a relativelly good ending. But here it has been specified that the Calvinball takes place in one location: Calvin's Front Yard. There it be started; there it be stays.

So suck it up and play nice. Save it for the next thread; cause this one is very different from the others.

It would be a different story if you had jumped on a swing set or something and started pretending it was your fortress of solitude or something, but instant transportation is against this thread's policy.

For future referance, here's a little annecdote: If one person criticizes you; they may be bitter. If two people criticize you; their out to get you. If three or more people criticize you; maybe they're right.