Calvinball: The Good Ol' Days

[videogamerz2000]

Right. First off, if the mods want to shut this down right away, they have every right to and I won't be surprised if they ban me or something.
The purpose of this thread is to talk, not play. And I'm only going to say this once and I agree with RaiRai from last time. NO SPAM! It got out of control last time. And we got burned down due to it becuase of some individuals.
I'm not naming names. But, as a rule for this one, your typing must be more than a few words and etc. For more details, check the rules (I would put in the link, but I'm too lazy)
Also, I have deepest symapthies (sp?) for SAAM right now for never being able to start Calvinball XX. He was looking to it for such a long time. But I want to thank god that we'll never make it to Calvinball 30. You guys know the roman letters for numbers. Do the math.
Okay, time for a reason for this thread. Just as the name entitles, reviewing the good ol' days. MAYBE, if were lucky, we may get to start another one. But only if we improve our foruming skills as a whole. A lot of good things have come from the threads, but so has a lot of bad. Let's try to eliminate the bad. Plus, those who come here, not to talk about the good o' days, and just call us stupid and stuff, please leave. Unless your a mod. You guys have very right.
One last thing. I'm not sucking up to the mods, nor offending them. Just tyring to get on their good side, like everyone else wants to be. I'm pretty sure no one wants to be exiled from the forums.
That's all!

[Funka Genocide]

I wasn't there when Calvinball started, but I would like to say my thoughts on it. I don't know what happened while I was absent but it seems that Calvin ball was banned or something. If that is the case I could see a few reasons why, many replies on the thread were very spammy and there was no real redeeming value to it. Or was there? I remember the day I stumbled upon this weird forum stuff, after reading the latest isue of 8-bit theater, I decided to look through the links on the page. I must admit that I am computer illiterate, I don't know half as much as your average second grader these days. All I knew was that this was an interesting way to chat with people who I would otherwise never have a chance to. Given this history I would like to say that I think Calvin Ball is very fun, mindless juvenile fun. It affords people the opportunity to duke it out with complete strangers using fictional alter egos. Who doesn't want to do that every now and again? I believe its a great creative outlet, that with a few guidelines and cooperation could continue to be a fun way for people to interact. I can't say that I didn't see the eventual ban coming, just that it saddens me a little. That's all I have to say on the subject, sorry if I got the wrong idea.

[videogamerz2000]

Zoam, you got it all right. And I agree with you on several points. I, as well, didn't come in till the seventh or eighth, but the idea, and how it was set up (at the time) was a fun, and resonable way to make jokes and kick back. But lately, the spamming kinda ruined it. And I'm on the same level as you for the whole reading thing. But I'm not gonna get into it. I beleive the real players, who actually put thought into this (including myself), are all sadened this day.

[Royalspork]

its odd that the only people who reported calvin ball never played calvin ball. From my understanding of the rules, God Modding (the main reason we always get reported) is bad because it ruins a otherwise god mod free rp. but Calvin ball pretty much comes with the god mod stamp. In other words you know what you are getting into when you try to play it. I also have a feeling that some people hate it so much that the report every post in ccalvin ball.
but if this is the end Requiescat in pace calvin ball we ye well.

[Funka Genocide]

is that why they stopped it? That seems rather rediculous to me. Perhaps a way around the problem would be to have a sign up, so that there was a ground rule known to everyone that god moding is allowed. Then only those who signed up would be allowed to complain. Of course people could still jump in whenever they wanted to, they just wouldn't be able to complain. I guess that is the way other rp's work on this forum. I read a lot of columns that say "sign up for such and such" and "sign ups only" it only stands to reason that if Calvin ball were governed by those who truly don't care about god moding that god moding would be allowed. It seems very childish to me that it would be shut down just because people who couldn't get their minds around the concept of a mindless free for all (I make little sense sometimes huh?) were able to complain about unfairness. I could just as easily complain it is unfair that I can not join sign up only rp's. I would never do such a thing because that would be just plain bullying. I don't push people around and I respect there rules. I understand the beef with all the spam, that is expressly prohibited in the rules of this forum. However someone claiming that its not fair to god mod when everyone is allowed to strikes me as a cop out. What that says to me is "I don't have the imagination to participate" I fear this post is the most controversial thing I've ever posted on this forum, and I have no intentions of upsetting anyone, especially not the mods. However I must say that we are all human, and if there is a reason I am not aware of to ban this thing, so be it. But if someone perhaps didn't look at it hard enough the first time, I would encourage them to take a second look. I don't mean to get in a fight with any of the mods, a pointless exercise considering they are in complete control of this environment. I am simply stating the way I view this situation. I actually like some of the mods, judging by their posts they are great people. I think Rai Rai is a gifted poet, and her five minute poetry column is one of the joys in my life that keeps me going sometimes. I have never seen an outright abuse of authority or power trip, and I appreciate that. I just really like Calvin Ball! There is a lot of emotion in this passage, and I'm not quite sure where it came from, I just want to say "please don't ban me! I love this forum"

[videogamerz2000]

HoP: When writing on paper, do you use caps? At all?

Anyways, the people who ruin our fun, are usually backed up by the mods, because they convince them that 'Oh, Calvinball is bad. It's like Satan's new game.' Phhht. It seems every person here like that, has a huge grudge against me. And they also act like god themselves. Sure they may have high stature in the fourms, but as soon as they waltz on by, they're all like 'The power of real RPing compels you!' I'm now going to quote:

Originally Posted by BMHadoken

Okay, This is the LAST Calvinball thread.

When he first quoted this, he appeared out of nowhere and whined about OUR business. If he does so again, I'm going to scream.
I also agree with Zoam on the whole mod thing (In the end, we're all suck ups) and also with regualr RP set up. Calvinball is an escape from rules. It helps relax. If you look at the comics, where this whole idea came from (god bless Bill Waterson ), Calvin explains that Calvinball is for anyone, of any skill, anytime, anyplace. The basic rule of Calvinball is simply: No rules (but no cheating either , quoted from Hobbes). If other people intervein (sp?) and make rules, the whole thread loses it's purpose (now I sound like Agent Smith). Basically, we're different people, from all over the world, interacting with each other, on acceptable terms and we never hurt anyone (other than each other , us players).

Wow...you people just don't get it...

Now, while the general IQ around here seems to have raised about 20, you still don't get the point...Calvinball now has no point. It was originally started to be just harmless fun. It was supposed to be like the real Calvinball, in a woody place, with a ball, and all the 'rule' breaking came from saying things.

In about 20 threads you took that to mean that you could spam about anything. And you did just that. Thread after thread of nothing but spam. And don't you say that you're above that. You're only saying that now because you got caught, and now its all our fault.

What YOU have become is akin to hardcore alcoholics. You think that you're not doing anything wrong. "Hey, we're not hurting anyone" you say as you drink (spam) yourselves to death (thread after thread of spam). But you're annoying the hell out of everyone.

In closing, no one wants to make rules for Calvinball, we want it to stop.

[IHateMakingNames]

Yeah, even at the beginning, this was never even Calvinball. People started talking about having their giant penises do super attacks to kill the other guy while some one else is using magic to blow up something with his god slaying weapon of doom. If you don't label these Calvinball and just switch it to "Random spammy god modding", then at least you're getting rid of the fake Calvinball stuff.

[videogamerz2000]

What did I tell you. I bet IHMN will come along soon shorlty. Idiots always come in pairs. Now, as for the whole 'Stopping thing'. Not everyone knows the whole background. They could care less about it. But it's people like you who want to stop it. What if I were to raise up and stop something you found fun and interging (sp?). It seems that only you and IHMN are the only whiners. 2 to alot. I don't see fair odds in that. Now, RaiRai did find alot of rule breaking no-no's, but those can be fixed. You may call it idiocy for...whatever type of people, but don't those people deserve to belong in the forums as well? Can't we have a little club?

[Edit] It looks funny cause IHMN intervened (sp?) before I could post. And if he has beef with SAAM....I would watch my back, if I were you.

[Edit,Edit] 10 bucks says this will be another 'Me vs. IHMN and BMH.

[IHateMakingNames]

I just don't want you calling this Calvinball... It's like some one making a Halo RP then throwing in magic and little underpants gnomes.

Edit - Also, you just flamed you know, which is against the rules.