December 8 1999 RussCon Report

14 folks, including newcomer Cecelia and the return of the infamous Black Baron.

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Game Results:

Bluff 3 KevinH 2 RussW 0 Bob -2
Sokrates 4 Tim 3 William 1 Jerrie -1 Marty -3
Guillotine 5 Bob 3 Cecelia 3 RussW 0 KevinH -3 Clayton -3
FlinkePinke 5 Tim 4 JP 2 William 0 James -2 Jerrie -4
Guillotine 3 RussW 2 Fred 0 Clayton -2
Guillotine 3 Bob 2 JP 0 Cecelia -2
AufHellerUndPfennig 3 Bob 2 Marty 0 Cecelia -2
Streetcar 3 RussW 2 Fred 0 Clayton -2
Shanghai 5 KevinH 4 Jerrie 2 Tim 0 William -2 James -4
DevilBunny 3 Clayton 2 RussW 0 Fred -2
Ra 4 RussW 3 Clayton 1 Allen -1 William -3
Montgolfiere 4 RussW 3 Allen 0 William 0 Clayton -3
Montgolfiere 5 Clayton 4 William 1 Baron 1 Allen -3 RussW -3
McMulti 4 KevinH 3 Marty 1 Jerrie -1 James -3

There was also a misrecorded game of Durch die Wueste (Marty listed as both 1st place and 3rd place). Such is life.

Lots of new games (Sokrates, Flinke Pinke, Shanghai) and old neglected ones (Devil Bunny Needs a Ham, Montgolfiere).

The Black Baron (that sophisticated Montgolfiere AI player) beat me and Allen in Montgolfiere.

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Evening's Soundtrack:

Type O Negative, Slow, Deep and Hard
Type O Negative, The Origin of the Feces
Type O Negative, Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative, October Rust
Type O Negative, World Coming Down

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Rank ratings:
 0.6364 Tim (3 games played)
 0.5000 Bob (4)
 0.4615 KevinH (4)
 0.3333 JP (2)
 0.3182 RussW (8)
 0.2500 Baron (1)
-0.1250 Cecelia (3)
-0.1429 William (6)
-0.1500 Clayton (7)
-0.2500 Marty (3)
-0.2857 Jerrie (4)
-0.3333 Fred (3)
-0.4000 Allen (3)
-0.8182 James (3)

New Win ratings:
 0.6000 Bob (4)
 0.5455 Tim (3)
 0.5385 KevinH (4)
 0.2273 RussW (8)
 0.1250 Cecelia (3)
 0.0000 Clayton (7)
-0.2500 Baron (1)
-0.2727 James (3)
-0.2857 William (6)
-0.2857 Jerrie (4)
-0.3000 Allen (3)
-0.3333 JP (2)
-0.3750 Marty (3)
-0.5000 Fred (3)

Tim & Bob are Co-Devils! Next is Kevin, then Russ & JP.

The wily Black Baron came out ahead of William, Marty, Jerrie, Fred, Allen, and James in the ratings.

I inexplicably win the Dedicated Award despite quitting early for the evening.

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Links:

Doris & Frank's (Mu, Ursuppe, and other German games) home page:
http://www.am.uni-erlangen.de/~nestel/index.html

Wedding Cam. Watch people get married in Las Vegas, live:
http://www.discovery.com/cams/cams.html

Sort of like the Onion, but themed specifically as a religious right spoof:
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

People who feel strongly that the Washington Monument looks cooler with scaffolding:
http://www.keepitcovered.org/why.html

See the Spud o' Christ (TM) (click on the vintage photo to get to main page):
http://www.glenlachart.co.uk/FTindex.htm

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I know that my world is coming down
I know I'm the one who brought it down
Bring it on down

Russ