May 5 1999 RussCon Report

12 of us. Attendance wanes as the weather becomes gorgeous. We've also lost some casualties to Everquest.

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Game Results:

Bluff 5 KevinH 4 Marty 2 Jay 0 RussW -2 Alfred -4
LastChance 3 Jeffles 2 JonathanC 0 RussW -2
StarbaseJeff 4 Jeffles 3 RussW 1 JP -1 JonathanC -3
Fight 4 JP 3 JonathanC 1 RussW -1 Jeffles -3
Outpost 4 KevinH 3 Jay 1 Marty -1 Clayton -3
Guillotine 4 JonathanC 3 JP 1 Jeffles -1 RussW -3
Bluff 3 JonathanC 2 KevinH 0 JP -2
Samarkand 3 JonathanC 2 JP 0 KevinH -2
Settlers 4 Jeffles 3 RussW 1 Marty -1 Jay -3
Raj 4 Marty 3 RussW 1 Brady -1 Jeffles -3
Successors 3 James 2 Alfred 0 Doug -2
Palmyra 3 KevinH 2 JP 0 JonathanC -2
Ra 3 Alfred 2 Brady 0 RussW -2
Acquire 4 Jeffles 3 Marty 1 Doug -1 James -3
Raj 4 JP 3 Alfred 1 RussW -1 Brady -3
Ra 5 JP 4 Brady 2 Doug -1 Marty -1 Alfred -4

James was Devil and selected Successors for the dining table.

I finally got to play Starbase Jeff. Cute little game. It may suffer from a problem of everything depending on the chaotic tactical maneuvering of who gets to end the game and get the pot.

Kevin made an impressive victory in Bluff, finishing with all 5 of his dice.

I believe Raj and Ra are BOTH outrageous bidding games.

I distinguished myself with a score of 0 in Guillotine (despite having collected quite a few nobles).

Marty fulfilled his dream of playing 4 player Acquire.

Jeffles has a definite knack for Settlers. Jay only wins it during a tournament.

Jeffles played an unrecorded game of solitaire Fight. He cleverly managed his coins optimally and was the last player eliminated -- what a god! He quixotically tried to last as long as possible, but was the first player eliminated -- what a loser!

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Evening's McSoundtrack:

Pat MacDonald, Sleeps with his Guitar
Susan McDonald, tico tico
Loreena McKennitt, The Book of Secrets
Loreena McKennitt, The Visit
Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

The theme was as subtle as a Mack truck.

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Rank ratings:
 0.5385 KevinH (5)
 0.3636 JP (8)
 0.2000 Jeffles (7)
 0.1765 JonathanC (7)
 0.1500 Marty (6)
-0.1667 Brady (4)
-0.2000 James (2)
-0.2000 Jay (3)
-0.3077 RussW (9)
-0.3333 Alfred (5)
-0.4444 Doug (3)
-1.0000 Clayton (1)

New Win ratings:
 0.5385 KevinH (5)
 0.4000 Jeffles (7)
 0.2273 JP (8)
 0.2000 James (2)
 0.1765 JonathanC (7)
-0.1000 Marty (6)
-0.1333 Alfred (5)
-0.3000 Jay (3)
-0.3333 Brady (4)
-0.3333 Doug (3)
-0.3333 Clayton (1)
-0.3462 RussW (9)

Kevin is the Devil! Jeffles and JP tie for Vice-Devil. I win the Dedicated Award. Clayton pulled off the rare and dangerous Reverse Brady Maneuver.

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Miscellaneous links:

Some guys in Germany who repeatedly trespassed in airport security areas with ease:
http://www.dataprotect.com/airport/airporteng.html

Hash House Harriers (remember Jeffles talking about butt chugging?):
http://www.cyberramp.com/~hash/layhash.htm

Some of you are fans of Amy Atchley, a local singer/guitarist:
http://www.austinoxygen.com

Confirmation of conspiracy theory: ECHELON, the US National Security Agency's secret global surveillance network, which intercepts many of the world's telephone calls, faxes and emails, making them available for keyword searching by agencies of the five member UKUSA intelligence alliance:
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/echelon.htm

Magician Penn Jillette sees through the censors' tricks:
http://www.reason.com/Penn.html

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The game ends as soon as someone closes off the Station.

Russ