From: Tieka (cmhuston_at_mts.net)
Date: Sat Nov 09 2002 - 18:30:05 PST
My apologies to everyone. In my excitement to participate in FRC, I have made a mess of it. Between failure to notify the FRC list, and failure to completly judge a rule, I have probaly confused everyone. So, to straighten things out, I am posting a summary at this time. Tieka -------------------------- 196:1 Rule Date: 2002-11-08 07:49:24 GMT There were rounds when, three or four rules in, I didn't have a clue what was going on any more. Those were the good times. Then there was the Bribery round when, seven or eight rules in, hardly anybody had a clue what was going on any more. That was sort of a bad time, except for the Judge and eir crony. Each future eulogy (er, rule) shall suggest a new way to save FRC from assuming room temperature. (Turn it into a Points Contest in Agora Nomic?) 196:1 VALID +2.5 Well done, a quick response so perhaps FRC is still twitching. Starting with a nice little tear-jerk paragraph followed by... ummm. Since Ed started off by reminding us that the best rounds are when someone doesn't know what is going on, this round is off to a great start. The judge doesn't know what is happening, as I don't play Agora. Besides that, the restrictions on future rules actually leaves a lot of room. It will be interesting to see how it develops. First rule submitted, short and easy to read, simple but intriguing restriction and my benolovence give it a +3. But the Judge doesn't like to be reminded that I don't know everything, so -0.5 for the Agora reference. Total is + 2.5 Btw, I wonder if anyone will catch my little play on words in the round announcement? Tieka, Judge, Wizard, and Mortician. -------------------------- 196:2 Rule Date: 2002-11-08 15:34:39 GMT Three score and thrice three rounds ago, Nostradamus predicted the end times of the FRC. Just because he was correct in forseeing that each eulogist in this round would remind us of a round from happier times, though, must we docilely don our shrouds and lay ourselves, still living, in the ground? I have roused myself from my torpor to say you nay, and remain convinced that if we can but decipher the F'rcyeh Tablets, we can save ourselves with the secrets contained therein. Christian R. Leonhard This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. 196:2 VALID 1.5 I like the use of language. It is colorful, and enhances the feeling this rounds theme. I am also very impressed with the final two paragraphs. It seems to remind us that the FRC is a secret committee and our actions must be help in the strictest confidence. This fits in nicely with the decryptiuon of the sacred F'rcyeh tablets. It's too bad that neither the location nor any of the inscriptions on the Tablets themselves are mentioned. Moreever, Christian may be convinced that the F'rcyeh tablets are the the solution, but his words are not as forceful as I would prefer. The Tablets remain a possibility, but not a requirenment. +1 language, +1 final paragraphs, -0.5 weak restriction Tieka, Wizard, Judge, Mortician, Free Mason -------------------------- 196:3 Rule Date: 2002-11-08 16:02:41 GMT (Johnathn Amery) Being a numerologist this round has a very pleasing number, being the square of 14. 14 is, itself, the product of the numbers of the first two remaining archived rounds (at ftp.nvg.ntnu.no). So, I recommend that we should eschew he sillyness of limerics, as 2 is a strange prime, but instead follow round 7's lead and make all eulogies shorter than those before them, and hope to extend the FRC by minimising the space it takes up. 196:3 VALID +0 First Nostradum and now numerology. What's next, astrology? Actually this does seem to fit in with the hard-to-understand sub-theme. Fortunetly Jonathan spells it out for us. Unfortunetly, he uses nice little words like 'eschew' then mispells even simplier words like 'the'. The suggestion for saving FRC could be interesting. I can see at least two ways to interpet this restriction. It will be interesting to see how this works out. This is another weak restriction, but does not violate any prior rule(suggestion). Actually, 196:1 required suggestions, so this suggestion has no less value that prior suggestions. +1 for remberance, -1 for silly spelling mistakes (no penalties for mispelling harder words) Tieka, Wizard, Judge, Mortician, Free Mason, bean counter -- Rule Date: 2002-11-10 03:31:23 GMT
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