As was I. I will be the first to admit that there are a few threads that were created that I am none too proud of... like a few of the later ones... the ones that died cause they sucked... Wal-mart vs K-mart... "We're on perade!"

*Shutters*

Well, ok then. I was hoping to use its invulnerability to get an asswhipping, though.

Ok i kinda get the gist now, gues si'll join in on the next one.

I have returned.

as of this moment, I am back in Calvinball....and let the Multiverse beware! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!


...well, it needed an evil laugh!:p

As evil as Mac & FLAMING DEATH CHEESE!

Well, this looks like a lot of fun. After reading through some threads, I think I get how to play this.
Guess I'll try and join the next round and see what happens. :)

Wow.......looks like we're gonna be making calvinball games left and right. Perhaps we should petition for a sticky......

don't bother the mods with sticky requests, they hate to be pestered about Calvinball.

Speaking of making Calvinball games left and right when does the next Calvinball game get its ass started?

Whenever someone gets off their lazy ass to do it. I don't want to have to think of a scenario right now.

I believe SAAM wanted us to wait for him to start it this weekend.

Yes Oster, there is a Discussion thread.

Yeah, I kind of couldn't miss it anymore...So whats it gonna be about the times? Atleast a 5minute brake if not more. Or, we could do it so that we wait until someone responses somehow...Or not...

I call dibs on posting Calvinball XXI

I think Thaum called dibs on that one through the PM system. you'll have to duke it out with him.

I call dibs on XXII then.

It would be nice if it did slow down a little. I posted less than a day ago and the thread has grown several extra pages. I mean gah!

Yeah, I called in PM and in the Calvinball Moments Thread. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about this one, so I didn't put it in here as well.

List:

1) Slow down. Check.
2)Wait for Thaumaturge to make a new Calvinball. Check.
3)Be happy that the new thread is more suitable for your timezone (wich you didn't remember your self). Check.

Well, I've just posted my ending for the current Calvinball, since little else was happening, and it's getting late over here. If this one ends tonight, I will start the next tomorrow (my time - GMT+2).

4) Remember to be online tomorrow. Check.
5)Try to remember your own timezone. Check.

Well...
 

Yeeeeeees?

Hmm... Nothing's happened in Calvinball since last night... Is that round officially over?

Apparently yes. Unfortunately I won't be able to join in this new Calvinball thread seeing how I'm going away on holiday tomorrow. And I missed out the chance to reply to "So you like chaos?" with "I am Chaos." Oh well, the new thread looks a bit slower, I might be able to join in towards the end.

I included what is possibly the best picture ever drawn of my character in my latest Calvinball post. It is proof of QQ's greatness, since she drew it.

look upon it, and worship

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Bcolorcopy.jpg

Sorry for the double post, but is there gonna be a new Calvinball Discussion thread soon? This one is over post limit.

DB, here's a hint. Instead of double posting to get the thread back to the top (AKA, bumping), just copy your old post, then delete it, and repost the old message, along with the new one in it.

Edit - It's still bumping, but at least you aren't double posting as well.

Also, the post limit for off topic is 120 post.

so, XXI is over, right? If so, I'll post XXII tomorrow.

I'd just like to say that Invader Zim fuggin' rules.

TB's ending is the official one, then?

Sorry guys. I kind of dropped out cause I couldn't think of anything...

Just out of curiousity, has anyone called the opening of the next one?

If not, I have an idea that I'm brewing up that could be used.

Just let me know.

Still can't think of anything...I will propably join at the weekend though.

Dante's pet chibis frighten me. I'm gonna go curl up into the fetal position now...

TB's ending was the best, so yes. His was official.

Is it just me, or is the current game getting a little god-moddy?

Yes, and did you make that pun on purpose?

Remember people, NO GODMODING!

You're one to talk, DB.

I suspect that the main problem is that people are presuming the effects of their actions on others. Always let the other person respond, and if you're the person responding, play fair. It's never fun to fight an invincible foe - everyone here has a weakness, or should have. Respawn by all means, but take the hit.

Please excuse the slightly ranting tone, but it can get annoying. And yes, I know that I'm not perfect, but I do try.

I have not godmoded. NPCs aren't people, and therefore I can blast them all I want.

Are you saying Village People are immune to Hadoken?

Technically, Dante, I wasn't the one whose summon (if chibis can be summons) was able to score automatic hits with her hammer, while flaming another forum member.

I was just trying to get the ball to the Covenant base.

that's alright, Argent, the only thing you did wrong was making your molten-silver attack automatically hit Jadarendir.

You were pretty damn borderline all the way. When were you last hit by anything? Thaum's died a few times already, the others are at least willing to get slightly hurt, but you still seem to cling tightly to the idea of your precious, untouched body.

Also, your posts implied that whatever QQ to get the Calvinball did was meaningless, because you'd simply make a fake and replace the original with it even if she got it, much like you did with her other acquisitions. Godmoddy? No man, that's just plain ruining the thing for someone else.

1) If you call that flaming, you're going to be in for a nasty shock when I (or someone else) really decides to cut loose.

2) Since by your logic, NPCs aren't considered people, then an attack (which was more of a fire for effect, anyway) which produces no impediment is not an attack either, even if it is an autohit.

That said, I apologize. Most of what I did was fueled by an intense dislike for your attitude. The post I made was not entirely warranted, because you weren't godmoding all the time, just beating your chest. And believe me, after seeing what Mad Jack did with his Village people, full-power hadokens are certainly warranted.

If you want me to remove it, fine, no problem. If you want it to stay to maintain continuity, no problems there either. But I'd thank you for not stroking your ego whenever you RP. It gets old. And annoying.

Dante, the chibi was both funny and utterly appropriate. Yes, I fell back on an old, bad habit of trying to be impossibly badass and uber-powerful when I RP. Thank you, my friend, for reminding me of this.

Give my thanks to the angry little chibi, too.

The joke about QQ and the Calvinball was just that, a joke. Mostly inspired by her claim that she already possessed virtually every artifact of power in the universe...what I was really implying was that they were fakes, and not the real items. A poor joke, now that I reflect on it.

About not getting hit yet....Thaum has been under attack every time he runs into another Calvinballer, or getting between two dueling forces and suffering from stray blasts.

I was attacked by another Calvinballer only once so far, when TB shot some missiles at me. Since then, most of my activities have been nonconfrontational in nature, such as quietly following someone else. When you consider that, and the fact that I keep trying to talk with whoever is currently threatening me, it becomes a lot more understandable that I haven't been severely hurt yet.

[edit] if someone DOES want to hurt me, try attacking me because you think I still have the Calvinball.

Hope y'all (yes, y'all) don't mind me asking, but why the heck is the Calvinball so darn important?

It's basically an infinite source of MP/Mana/Magical energy.

Think of it as a big, magical, battery. Also, whoever possesses it has their powers expanded greatly...to the point where they can do just about anything they think up.

It can destroy worlds, and create them. No, wait, not just worlds....entire universes can be created, changed, or unmade with the power of the Calvinball, provided you have sufficient will to wield it.

So....how did it come to be in the hands of the NPFers?

Hmm, since i've been out of the calvinball loop for about 20 games, would someone tell me if anything's changed much since the beginning (ie rules, how winners are determined, etc)?

Most of the time, through violence. ::rimshot::

"My mommy gave it to me for my birthday...and these bad people have been trying to steal it ever since!"

it didn't, hence why people keep setting off the apocalypse by accident in these games to get their hands on it.

How exactly does the game work? I'm just playing along. Also, I"m trying to introduce it to another forum.

It's pretty much a do-whatever-you-want arena. When played in real life, the game has one rule: anything you make up.

On the forum, however, there are problems with that rule. We are no longer governed by the laws of time and space, therefore new rules must be applied.

It was originally a Godmode arena, but that led to problems (spam, noobs, etc.). Therefore, we made rules such as: A player may only say what they are doing, not what they accomplish. So, if you want to punch, say, Thaumaturge in the face, you say something along the lines of "Argent throws a punch in Thaumaturge's direction." Thaumaturge, or one of the other players, will decide what happens next. This rule, I've noticed, is slightly flexible, since if everyone decided their own fate, we wouldn't get anywhere.

I'm sure there are other rules, but I can't recall them. The basic object of the game is to get the Calvinball and, above all else, make it funny. Quoting popular T.V. shows, movies, and flash animations is a good way to be funny. Victory for ZIIIIM!!!

Ahem. Sorry.

Question: Where exactly is DB's char? His other-dimensional fortress is gone, but he says he's in his room (which I believe he mentioned to be in his other-dimensional fortress shortly after it's creation).

*shrug*

Ok, I think it'll be a little more serious on hte other forum, though, mainly because I'm good at that.

The one exception to this rule is if you are Ending or setting up the Ending to a Calvinball thread. (meaning it only happens within the last 100 posts.)

My fortress is gone? Where is it gone? WHO TOOK MY FORTRESS!!!???

No, you hit a button you thought was auto-self-destruct. Self-destruct mechanisms that other people can activate are for inferior villains! In reality, you just did something pointless and random due to your own silliness! ALL YOUR FORTRESS ARE BELONG TO ME!!!

Sorry for my lack of action that last few pages. I don't have many chances to check outside of school.

Uh...just a suggestion...perhaps someone should explain the rules to Mad Jack. He doesn't seem to grasp the entire "just post the action" instead of "post the action and the effect".

Sorry, Jack, but 'tis true.

Again, I ask if anyone has called the next game. If not, I have an idea of what to do. Just let me know either way.

Ehh... whatever. Think what you will. I just needed an interesting excuse to get my player back to the real world. And seeing how I have yet to obtain a fortress, i have no problem with this.

Just asking as I'm new to calvinball but how do you decide who writes the ending?

Traditionally, everyone writes an ending, and the best one is used. Every now and then people don't realize how close to the closing point we are, and as such, only one ending gets submitted.

Well, I submitted my ending.

Anyone mind if I start the next one? I have a good idea, and although it starts with me having the ball, I"ll give it up as a side effect of the first person attacking me.

I'm still trying to figure that out. Last time, Mad Jack tried to call it, but Thaumaturge already had via PM. I'm afraid that I am out of the "who called it" loop.

Besides, if not, I beat you to it. Please note my post on page 12 and on this page.

Sorry.

Seriously, though, unless someone states otherwise, I'll start the next game either Tuesday or Wednesday, around 9am US Mountain time.

If someone already has the next game, please let us know.

Thanks.

No one minds if I call dibs on Calvinball XXIV do they? I had an idea which could be very fun.

Glad to see there's one by the original rules going on, but I think i'll pass, seeing how a kitchen appliance wouldn't fare too well in that degree of reality :p

I've got no qualms about who starts the next regular God-Mod one, it matters little. The chaos that ensues afterwards is the essence of that which is known as forum calvinball.

I'm out for similar reasons. Unfathomable many-aspected entities that feed off chaos don't really fit in. Of course, appearing and then basically going "My magic doesn't work here? Crap!" could be fun.

Hmm... I think that I'll give this one a miss too.

Same, what good is badassitude and charisma without the Black Magic to back it up?

you guys are just no fun, you know that.


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Yes, I know I haven't joined in yet, but I'm working on it. Oddly enough, I'm not sure how to play "unmodified" calvinball, and as such I have no idea what the "wickets" are and what the bags have to do with anything.

If you've ever played or seen croquet, you know what wickets are.

They're little half rectangles that you put in the ground to hit a ball through. The only set rules in calvinball are that you have to wear a mask (think Zorro) and anything goes.

This was played by a six year old and his imaginarly friend so you can imagine they didn't have much to work with. The calvinball itself is just a volleyball. Read what's been posted so far and you should pick it up pretty quick.

I'm passing. No offense and all, but I don't RP to play a six year old.

For those of you who don't know how to play THE ORIGINAL calvinball...

read on!

I sitll might join in. By the way Lycanthrope, considering your character's ultimate goal involving the Calvinball, you might enjoy the idea I've had for the next one.