spoon-business: The Late Late Late nweek 11 results

["David E. Smith" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for pointing out what happened to Rule 0. I'd love to know why the
db went so wonky... Everyone was actually supposed to be voting on 524/2,
not 524/1, but they were identical 'cept for the punctuation (such that
I'm gonna rewrite history again: there was no 524/2, as it's just a bunch
of rectifications to 524/1 anyway).

Next week I'm going back to the "blank piece of paper" method of counting
votes. I wrote a nifty little Web form that did everything, but instead of
just going down a column and marking "yes... no... yes..." I had to go
through the aforementioned Web form and "pick Yes from box... pick No from
box..." and it ended up taking roughly forever.


About that "48 hours to vote" thing: I was letting my personal life
interfere with my judgment. I just picked the first rule I saw that,
hopefully, would make me look like not-a-total-idiot. (Guess I blew that
one...)


"Stop the World! I Wanna Get Off!" is recognized (for nweek 12) (536/0).
"Bowling for Nomics!" is 537/0.
"The Goon Gremlin" is 538/0.
"And there was much rejoicing" is 539/0.
"See the world, they said" is 540/0.
"The man behind the curtain." is 541/0.
"Not a Toaster" is not recognized, as Wonko has now hit the Bandwidth
limit (assuming it still exists after I've counted votes).

Glotmorf gives the Scarf to Bean, and takes the Sushi from The Voice.

"Football Fixes (thylith thith time)" is 542/0.
"Mommy, I want off!" is 543/0.
"Sorry, no ERA this time." is 544/0.

The following things happen before nweek 11 ended:

The PIG eats p532. (Its effects are listed in the voting results below;
ignore them, as none of them actually take place.)

The following Grid actions take place:
Congenital Optimist moves to (6,11)
Baron von Skippy moves to (6,12)
The Voice runs to (14,10)
Bean runs to (12,12), then Flies to (6,6). This costs 12 points, and e
lands at (6,6) (will miracles never cease!)

Rocky throws a new Rock at a cost (to The Gremlin Fund) of 4 points. It
lands gracefully at (14,2). No Siren on this one.

The Yeti has no Ice Gnome to eat, and remains in Limbo.

(insert vote results here)

491/1:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Naath, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, The Voice, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR: 12.0
Measure fails (5-5-0)
Bean loses 4 points.


504/1:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob,
The Voice, Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG:
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (10-0-0)
The Scoring Gremlin scores 15 points.
The Administrator packs for a trip. (Thanks, guys'n'gals'n'drones.)


505/4:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob,
The Voice, Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG:
ABS:
APR: 10.000
Measure passes (10-0-0)
Ooh, very clever. Both a Haiku, and a story.
Wonko scores 7 (passage) + 10 (Prose) + 10 (Haiku) = 27 points.
Created 293/3.

506/1:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, The
Voice, Uncle Psychosis, Wonko
NEG: Naath
ABS: Wild Card
APR:
Measure passes (8-1-1)
Created 351/1.
Created 214/2.
Created 215/1 (repeal).
Created 216/1.
Created 260/2.
Created 300/2.
Created 301/4.
Created 401/1.
Rob scores 14 points.


507/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Naath, Rob, The Voice,
Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Glotmorf
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (9-1-0)
Created 261/3 (repeal).
Rob scores 9 + 10 (Haiku) = 19 points.

508/1:
AFF: Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob, The Voice, Wild
Card, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (8-2-0)
Dammit, I hate the Yeti.
Created 405/2.
Created 545/0.
Tossed the Yeti onto the Grid (e lands at 11,8).
Created The Weather (as an NPC, just so it's visible on the Roster page)
Rob scores 7 points.



509/0:
AFF: Rob
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, The Voice,
Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
ABS: Bean
APR:
Measure fails (1-8-1)
Rob loses 3 points.


510/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob,
The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (9-1-0)
Created 546/0.
Bean scores 12 points.


511/1:
AFF: Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Bean, The Voice, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (6-4-0)
Very little happens, since it's a no-op. :-)
Bean scores 12 points, which are transferred to The Gremlin Fund.
Bean earns, then loses, 1 Charm (but e did have that point, albeit
briefly, so it does add to eir Entropy).


512/0:
AFF: Bean, Congenital Optimist, Naath, The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf, Rob, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (6-4-0)
Bean scores, then sacrifices to The Gremlin Fund, 9 points. Bean gains,
then loses, 1 Charm (again, it does affect Entropy).
Bean scores 1 points.
Bean is Bitter. And Satiated. And Very Bitter. :)


513/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Rob, Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, The Voice
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (6-4-0)
Created 547/0.
Bean scores (and keeps!) 10 points.


514/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, The
Voice, Uncle Psychosis, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Naath
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (9-1-0)
Created 404/1.
Uncle Psychosis scores 18 points.


515/2:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Rob, The Voice, Wild
Card, Wonko
NEG: Naath, Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Glotmorf
APR: 9.166
Measure passes (7-2-1)
Created 494/1.
Congenital Optimist scores 12 points.


516/0:
AFF: Bean, Congenital Optimist, Naath, Rob, The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (7-3-0)
Created 495/1.
Created 356/1.
Congenital Optimist scores 8 points.


517/2:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congential Optimist, Rob, The Voice, Wild
Card, Wonko
NEG: Glotmorf, Naath, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (7-3-0)
Created 548/0.
Wonko scores 12 points.


518/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, The Voice, Wonko
NEG: Naath, Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Glotmorf, Rob, Wild Card
APR:
Measure passes (5-2-3)
Created 549/0.
Created 550/0.
Wonko scores 10 points.

519/0:
AFF: Bean, Uncle Psychosis
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob, The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
ABS: Congenital Optimist
APR:
Measure fails (2-7-1)
Uncle Psychosis loses 1 points.

520/1:
AFF: Bean, Naath, Rob, Uncle Psychosis
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf
ABS: Congenital Optimist, The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
APR:
Measure passes (4-2-4)
Since it creates a rule that immediately repeals itself, I'm not even
gonna bother typing everything into the database.
CFJ 447 is heretofore considered "Undecided".
Uncle Psychosis scores 16 points.


521/0:
AFF: Naath, Uncle Psychosis
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, Wild Card,
Wonko
ABS: Bean, The Voice
APR:
Measure fails (2-6-2)
Uncle Psychosis loses 4 points.

522/0:
AFF: Naath, Rob, Uncle Psychosis, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Wild Card
ABS: The Voice
APR:
Measure fails (4-5-1)
Uncle Psychosis loses 3 points.
The Administrator breathes a sigh of relief.


523/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Naath, The Voice, Wild
Card, Wonko
NEG: Glotmorf, Rob, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (7-3-0)
Created Robin (The Bandit Gremlin).
Created 551/0.
Created 293/4.
The Voice scores 9 points.


524/1:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Glotmorf, Naath, The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Congenital Optimist, Rob
APR: 9.166
Measure passes (7-1-2)
Created 293/5.
As of now, there is still a rule entitled "The Police Gremlin," so the
other portion of this measure has no effect.
Baron von Skippy scores 11 points.


525/2:
AFF: Bean, Congenital Optimist, Rob, Uncle Psychosis, Wonko
NEG: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf, Naath, The Voice, Wild Card
ABS:
APR:
Measure fails (5-5-0)
Wonko loses 3 points.

527/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Glotmorf, Wild Card
NEG: Bean, Congenital Optimist, Rob, The Voice, Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Naath, Wonko
APR:
Measure fails (3-5-2)
Wild Card loses 2 points.


528/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, Wild Card,
Wonko
NEG: Bean, Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Naath, The Voice
APR: 10.200
Measure passes (6-2-2)
Created 493/1.
Glotmorf scores 13 + 10 (Prose) = 23 points.

529/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, The
Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Naath, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (8-2-0)
Created 396/1.
Glotmorf scores 13 points.

530/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob,
The Voice, Wonko
NEG: Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Wild Card
APR:
Measure passes (8-1-1)
Created 394/7.
Glotmorf scores 6 points.

531/2:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Naath, Rob,
The Voice, Wild Card, Wonko
NEG: Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR:
Measure passes (9-1-0)
Enrique becomes Active.
Created 296/4.
Wonko scores 13 points (10 for emself, 3 are given to Glotmorf).


532/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, The
Voice, Wonko
NEG: Uncle Psychosis
ABS: Wild Card
APR:
Measure passes (7-1-1)
Created 394/8.
Bean scores 7 points.
(eaten by The PIG, before e winks out of existence)

535/0:
AFF: Baron von Skippy, Bean, Congenital Optimist, Glotmorf, Rob, Wild
Card, Wonko
NEG: The Voice, Uncle Psychosis
ABS:
APR: 8.166
Measure passes (7-2-0)
Created 436/1.
Wild Card scores 14 + 8 (Prose) = 22 points.


Thus ends nweek 11.


Thus begins nweek 12 (finally):

The new Gremlin Number is 89.
The Immunity Idol is awarded to Wonko.
The Bandwidth Gremlin is Hiding, and so does not award the Token of
Proposals.
Sheep Gnomes land at (16,10) and (1,9).
Curt and Rod move (it's on the Web page).
A Ball of Wax lands at (7,2)
The Weather is updated, under the new system: The 15th Gremlin Number is
12, increasing the Temperature to -8. (Damn damn damn. I *hate* the Yeti.)

The Yeti is thrown, Elbonia style, at (10,10). E "lands" at (10,10), which
is already occupied by a Big Rock. Since the rules don't allow those two
to overlap, I rule that e bounces back to Limbo.

(I swear on the thousand names of the Goddess herself that I generated
both of this week's Elbonian Throw results randomly.)

Iain is placed on Forced Leave.

Universal Entropy is up to 179.5. Wheee!

This week's Color Commentator is Uncle Psychosis.

That seems to be it, finally.

(If I've overlooked anything, lemme know.)

...dave


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