Okay, we’re starting a SDMB calvinball game!
Alright, this is how it’ll work, this thread is all about choosing teams. (They’ll probably get really reworked over time, and probably even during the game. It’s just the way calvinball is.) If you remember from Calvin And Hobbes, this was the game that lacked rules, and it was made up as it went along. That’s what we’ll do too.
What we’ll do, is we’ll give you a scenario, location, and what you do is try and either do something specific, or just wreak havoc. We’ll have a “Ref” and he’ll award points based on things teams are doing to themselves and others.
This thread is for teams: Calvin Vs. Hobbes.
People can post if they want to be on Calvin’s team, or if they want to be on Hobbes’ team. We’ll work out the exact team standings (we’ll at least TRY to be even) and once that’s figured, we’ll go to the ABILITIES thread. People who want to be the Ref can post here also.
Abilities:
Everyone gets one special ability. Choose wisely, and Abilities can be rejected by the “Ref” if they seem to be a little unfair (“I can’t lose!” is not acceptable). Ref MUST give a reason for rejecting an ability, and “because I don’t like them” is not a reason. Examples for a Ability: Bag Of Many Things (reach into a bag, pull out what you want), Exploding body, invisibility, hear anything, smell anything, etc. Abilities may be used at any time, but if that’s all you do, you will be ostracized by your loved ones and tossed into a lake of fire. And it makes the game boring, so don’t just do that.
Teams: Teams of Inestimable Size will occur, I assume, so try and remember who is on your team and not. It doesn’t really matter if you remember anyway, people are often working toward their own goals (enacting revenge on whoever hit you over the head with that mallet three posts ago will be a common goal.)
Posts: You are only one person, there’s only so much you can do in a certain length of time, so don’t go around doing 50 actions in a post please. Players who do this will also be ostracized and tossed into a lake of fire, but this time once they get out, they will be pushed in again.
Refs: The ref decides points, and throws in certain things to screw up the mix. Refs, remember this: When things go wrong, cheat. If something is going on that you don’t like because it seems unfair in any way, you can send a player to the moon in the blink of an eye. You have that power, use it wisely. If a ref abuses that power (Does whatever the hell he pleases, without regard to the game), a player can put it up in a thread, and if we deem fit, we’ll appoint a new Ref.
I know this sounds like a far fetched idea, but I think that we’re all smart people that like to do dumb things, and this is just that.
The first game will be a capture-the-flag type game, but whoever said the game will end once the flag is caught…
