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

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 31, 2004, at 9:01 PM, Zarpint Jeremy Cook wrote:

> I can't believe I haven't proposed this yet!

I can't believe that nobody else did either...

> I propose:
> {__Calvinball__

For the sake of clarity, that probably should have been a doubled {.

> 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.]]
>
> }}

One thought: Mailing list. The reason Calvinball was on the LOGAS was 
because a couple people played it for a long time, after it ceased to 
amuse everybody else, and we were all irritated that it filled up the 
mailing lists.

--
Wonko

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