July 26 2000 RussCon Report


Game Results
Evening's Soundtrack
Ratings
Links
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Russ Zone
Ko Fight Club
19 people played 19 games.

THERE WILL BE NO RUSSCON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9!

That's in 2 weeks. I'll be on my annual pilgrimage to the US Go Congress. Next week (August 2) there is RussCon As Usual.

The questionable food of the week were the "Waffle Snacks", strange miniature waffle sandwiches with a layer of cheddar cheese food product stuff. Many people opined that these smelled remarkably bad (and insisted I write about them in the Report). After trying one, I can state that they don't actually taste as bad as they smell. The back of the box enthuses that they are "perfect for eating by the handful!" It further advises:

Warning! Waffle Snacks are totally addictive!
It's good to eat about 8 Waffle Snacks.
It's better to eat about 15 Waffle Snacks.
It's best to eat an entire box of Waffle Snacks!
On the other hand, the Nutrition Facts section says the official Serving Size is 3 pieces. Go figure.

We kid because we love. Thanks to everyone who brings food and drink to RussCon, even the food and drink that sucks. Group hug!


Game Results

HoneyBears5RussD 4 Jerrie 2 Carly 0 JonathanC -2 Jeffles -4
Vampire5Clay 4 Dan 1 JP 1 RussW -2 Clayton -4
Prick4Allen 3 Steve 1 Tim -1 PJ -3
ZirkusFlohcati5JP 4 Clayton 2 Dan 0 RussW -2 Clay -4
GhostParty6Tim 5 PJ 2 Brady 2 Steve -1 Marty -3 Allen -5
Torres4William 3 Dan 1 Clay -1 ChrisH -3
Euphrates4Carly 3 Jeffles 1 Jerrie -1 JP -3
TrainsportAustria4RussD 3 Clayton 1 RussW -1 JonathanC -3
RicochetRobot6Jeffles 5 William 1 ChrisH 1 Dan 1 JP -3 PJ -5
OhneFurchtUndAdel5Marty 4 Brady 2 Steve 0 Allen -2 Tim -4
DurchDieWueste5RussW 4 RussD 2 Carly 0 JonathanC -2 Jerrie -4
Frank'sZoo6Steve 5 RussD 3 JonathanC 1 Jerrie -1 RussW -3 Carly -5
QuoVadis5WendyWhe 4 Tim 2 Brady 0 Marty -2 Allen -4
HedgehogsInAHurry6PJ 5 JP 0 Dan 0 Jeffles 0 ChrisH 0 William -5
ZirkusFlohcati4Marty 3 Allen 1 Brady -1 WendyWhe -3
Hare&Tortoise3Jeffles 2 William 0 PJ -2
Bluff6Jerrie 5 Steve 2 JonathanC 2 RussW -1 WendyWhe -3 Carly -5
Vampire5Steve 4 JonathanC 0 Jerrie 0 WendyWhe 0 RussW -4
Hearts4William 3 Jeffles 1 PJ -1 Carly -3

vampire Oh no, I've lost my Vampire mojo!

Fourth place in one game and last place in another. One might even say that I sucked...

Professor Van Helsing would be so disappointed in me.

Good old Zirkus Flohcati (Flea Circus) got played a couple times. It's been a while. Great fast little card game, and easy to learn.

Durch die Wueste was another old favorite that hadn't been played in a while. Since it was the only game I won all night, I'm glad we played it!

RussD totally dominated Trainsport Austria. When he hit $100 and won, I think the rest of us all had just $30 or $40 or so.


Evening's Soundtrack

Covered in Black: An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage AC/DC
Barry Adamson, As above So below
The Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen
Albinoni, Adagio in G minor for Strings and Organ
Alice in Chains, Dirt
An admittedly last-minute-decision theme; these are the first 5 CDs in my sorted collection. The upper-left chunk of my CD collection, if you will.

Ratings

Rank ratings:
 0.7500 RussD (4 games played)
 0.4231 Steve (6)
 0.2273 Jeffles (6)
 0.1875 Brady (4)
 0.1429 Dan (5)
 0.1250 Marty (4)
 0.1250 Tim (4)
 0.1111 William (5)
 0.0400 Jerrie (6)
-0.0476 JP (5)
-0.0909 Clay (3)
-0.0909 Clayton (3)
-0.1250 WendyWhe (4)
-0.1538 ChrisH (3)
-0.1600 JonathanC (6)
-0.1739 PJ (6)
-0.3103 RussW (7)
-0.3684 Allen (5)
-0.4167 Carly (6)

New Win ratings:
 0.3125 RussD (4)
 0.3125 Marty (4)
 0.1923 Steve (6)
 0.1818 Clay (3)
 0.1667 William (5)
 0.1364 Jeffles (6)
 0.1250 Tim (4)
 0.0625 WendyWhe (4)
 0.0000 Jerrie (6)
 0.0000 JP (5)
 0.0000 PJ (6)
-0.0526 Allen (5)
-0.0690 RussW (7)
-0.0833 Carly (6)
-0.2308 ChrisH (3)
-0.2381 Dan (5)
-0.2400 JonathanC (6)
-0.2500 Brady (4)
-0.2727 Clayton (3)

RussD is the Devil! Then Steve & Jeffles, then Marty. I win the Dedicated Award.

Links

Cosmic Encounter Online. William says it looks cool but no one's ever there.

Guide: Make Your Own Internet Comic. Here you go! Follow the advice here and you too can start your own webcomic, just like me and my Ko Fight Club!

Here's how to make your own LEGO Machine Gun!

Furniture Porn is funny, and has a great links section.

Read this Twisted Footnote to Wounded Knee, and you'll get cognitive dissonance. L. Frank Baum, author of the beloved Oz books, also wrote newspaper editorials in the early 1890s calling for the extermination of all American Indians. I only learned this recently due to Michael Ventura's July 21 column in the Austin Chronicle. I researched it a bit more on the web, and I'm left amazed.

New Vaccines May Drug-Proof Kids: Injecting Big Brother. Strange but true; a creepy article about another ridiculous strategy in the War on Drugs.

Corinthians.com bible-quoting owner loses to Brazil soccer team. Interesting article about how big money often wins legal battles unjustly; in this case an established religious website gets their domain grabbed by a soccer team taking them to court.


What if you were starving and all you had to eat was a big old hairy tarantula?

Maybe if I could shave it first...

Russ