Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] calvinball!

[Zarpint Jeremy Cook <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, we don't need to define it, and we can't, either. That's why everything's
uinspecified. The idea is just to get people to play it, and to provide a way
of distinguishing B Nomic Actions from Calvinball ones, in the unlikely event
that they would get confused.

I really just had fun writing it.

Zarpint

[:calvin]
I run to the goal post of the Arena carrying three balls, trip on a wicket,
and declare Tripping Worthy of Scoring % points. I now have %.
[:endcalvin]



On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, bd wrote:

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> On Saturday 31 January 2004 09:01 pm, Zarpint Jeremy Cook wrote:
> > I can't believe I haven't proposed this yet!
> >
> > I propose:
> > {__Calvinball__
> >
> > Create the following Rule:
> >
> > {{
> >
> > A. There exists a Calvinball Arena, also known as the Arena. Any player may
> > enter or leave the Arena at any time. When a player is in the arena, e may
> > perform Actions preceded by [:calvin] and followed by [:endcalvin]. These
> > actions have unspecified effects, but may not affect anything in the game
> > not specifically inside the Arena. When a player leaves the Arena, nothing
> > that happened inside affects em while e is outside the Arena.
> >
> > B. A player may not leave the game while inside the Arena. This section
> > takes precedence over Rule 14.
> >
> > C. No rules besides this one apply to the Arena. The previous sentence is a
> > Specific Restriction.
> >
> > }}
> >
> > Create twenty of each of following items in the Arena: bats, croquet
> > mallets, wickets, assorted balls, nuclear weapons, flame throwers, plastic
> > flamingoes, unidentified magic rings, trees, and tigers. [[These aren't
> > Eclairs, by C. That will probably be enough stuff to get us started.]]
> >
> > }}
>
> Do we really need to define Calvinball? Heck, is it *possible* to define
> calvinball?
>
> - --
> bd
> Q:	How do you save a drowning lawyer?
> A:	Throw him a rock.
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Jeremy Cook         there is no truth saving in thine own heart."
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