Round 16 has ended. The Theme was Scrabble. Oerjan Johansen was the Judge. Garth Rose was the Wizard. Ronald Kunne is the Winner, and new Judge. Stein Kulseth is the new Wizard. Alyxx got 1 Style Point. David Nicol got -2 Style Points. Doug Chatham got -1 Style Points. Garth Rose got -1 Style Points. Ronald Kunne got 2 Style Point. Stein Kulseth got 4 Style Points. Times are Norwegian time (GMT +1). Fantasy Rules of Round 16: ==== Fantasy Rule 16:1 (Stein Kulseth, Sun 30 Jan 1994 18:18:05) (VALID) (0 Points) This round shall use a 4-dimensional 4x4x4x4 scrabble-board, and all Rules shall place an english word on this board. The word shall use at least one letter from the ones already put there, if any. The word shall run along one dimension only (i.e. non-diagonally). Later rules may impose other restrictions, f.i. on the placement of letters or which letters may be used. The first word is "cast" placed like this ('.' denotes empty): .C.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .S.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ==== Fantasy Rule 16:2 (Garth Rose, Sun Jan 30 19:34:38) (VALID) (-1 Points) All words placed on the board shall intersect with an existing word in one of its letters. (This fills a loophole in 16:1.) The second word is "ankh", placed like this: .C.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .S.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ==== Fantasy Rule 16:3 (Stein Kulseth, Sun 30 Jan 1994 20:19:53) (VALID) (1 POINT) Lines 'wrap around' from the end of one line to the start of another line that is running along the same dimension (to comply with 16:1). This allows words longer than 4 letters to be placed on the board. To find the correct line to wrap to add one (modulo 4) to the index of the three fixed dimensions when wrapping. The third word is 'piccolo' placed like this: ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .S.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:4 (Garth Rose, Sun Jan 30 22:02:03) (VALID) (0 Points) No word placed on the board shall contain the letters "E" or "R". The next word is "constitutional", placed like this: ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:5 (Stein Kulseth, Sun 30 Jan 1994 22:49:45) (VALID) (-2 Points) The Wizard shall be excused, for this very rule was not decreed until just now. However, from now on, the placing of letters on the board shall not be allowed to produce nonsensical words along any of the four dimensions. Furthermore as long as there are such nonsensical words left on the board, each rule must make at least one of them into a proper word, if at all possible. The word 'KI' is not in Webster's, therefore I make 'KI' into 'KISS', like this: ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:6 (David Nicol, Mon Jan 31 08:48:06) (INVALID) (-2 Points) Board squares may be referred to by their co-ordinates, expressed as an ordered pair of ordered pairs of numbers 1,2,3, or 4, where the first ordered pair indicates which square of dots the square is in, the first number indicating left-to-right and the second number indicating top-to-down, and the second ordered pair indicating the position of the square inside the square of dots in the same way. The addition to the board made in this ordinance is a "T" at (2,2)(2,3) to spell "NOT." ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .... .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== FANTASY RULE 16:7 (Ronald, Mon Jan 31 11:58:35) (INVALID) (0 Points) The next rule after this one, shall only be VALID if posted by somebody else than Stein or Garth. All rules shall indicate the total number of letters on the board. After P (4,4) (4,4) and I (1,1) (1,1) I add N (1,1) (1,2) and K (1,1) (1,3). to make PINK from PI, which makes 30 letters on the board. ICCO .... .... .... N... .... .... ..S. K..N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:8 (Stein Kulseth, Mon 31 Jan 1994 12:45:48) (INVALID) (1 Point) Life is tough, yet despair not, for good rules may live and prosper even if the curse of details have brought them down. This rule decrees that both David's coordinate scheme and Ronald's obligatory lettercount shall be official from now on. Also, the next rule after *this* one, shall only be VALID if posted by somebody else than Stein or Wizard Garth. Also all rules shall list all words produced by the adding of letters, to ensure that no nonsensical words are added. Note also that 'word' means letter sequences of two or more letters along one dimension as specified in earlier rules. Furthermore to remove all arguments about which existing words are nonsensical this rule says that all two-letter words in the diagram at the present time, with the below exceptions, are to be treated as nonsensical unless a rule gives a specific dictionary reference. Exceptions: PI (4,4)(4,4) - (1,1)(1,1) NO (2,2)(2,1) - (2,2)(2,2) ON (4,4)(3,2) - (1,1)(4,3) I add 'IL' (3,1)(2,3) - (3,1)(3,3) and 'ESS' (4,2)(2,4) - (4,2)(4,4) to make 'ILLNESS' from the nonsensical 'LN'. No other words made. Now 33 letters on board. ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N ...A .ILL .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... NESS .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:9 (Stein, Mon 31 Jan 1994 13:02:02) (INVALID) (0 Points) Life is tough - yes sir, yet despair not, for good rules may live and prosper even if the curse of details have brought them down, while rules with stupid mistakes die without honor. This rule decrees that both David's coordinate scheme and Ronald's obligatory lettercount shall be official from now on. Also, the next rule after **this** one, shall only be VALID if posted by somebody else than Stein or Wizard Garth. Also all rules shall list all words produced by the adding of letters, to ensure that no nonsensical words are added. Note also that 'word' means letter sequences of two or more letters along one dimension as specified in earlier rules. Furthermore to remove all arguments about which existing words are nonsensical this rule says that all two-letter words in the diagram at the present time, with the below exceptions, are to be treated as nonsensical unless a rule gives a specific dictionary reference. Exceptions: PI (4,4)(4,4) - (1,1)(1,1) NO (2,2)(2,1) - (2,2)(2,2) ON (4,4)(3,2) - (1,1)(4,3) I add 'I' (1,1)(3,3) and 'A' (2,2)(2,4) to make INCA. No other words added. Now 30 letters on board. ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ..IN ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... CA.. O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:10 (Alyxx, Mon Jan 31 13:05:49) (INVALID) (1 Point) Rule: Words may be written backwards (as well as forwards), if and only if they contain the letter Q, X, or K. (and the K has been used....but can be crossed in any number of ways.....) My word is "Toot," which also makes "ta" and "lot." ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N ..TA ...L .... .... ..O. .... .... .A.. .NO. .K.. .H.. .... LOT. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:11 (David Nicol, Tue Feb 1 09:05:32) (INVALID) (0 Points) LOGICAL TOKEN RING RULE: Rules which do not add letters to the board are allowed. Rules which do not add letters to the board need not make a "Ronald's obligatory lettercount." Players shall from now on take turns adding letters to the board. Players' turns occur in the order in which the players made their first valid rules this round. When it is a player's turn, that player must, within 24 hours of the begining of the turn, post a note to frc@nvg.unit.no which states that the turn passes to the next player in the turn order. It is in the note declaring the owner of the next turn and that note only that modifications to the board may be made. The declaration of transfer of turn need not carry a rule in it. Failure to post a declaration of transfer of turn when it is one's turn is grounds for ineligibility. At the end of the turn order the turn wraps around to the first player to post a valid rule this round. No letters are added in this rule: The list of new words is { }. The player whose turn it is is to be determined by the judge. ==== Fantasy Rule 16:12 (Ronald, Tue 1 Feb 94 17:27:33) (INVALID) (0 Points) For the purpose of curing impossible words *only* (Rule 16:5), it is allowed that a word is formed, which has only meaning when it is read backwards (in the sense of Dave N. coordinates). Having said this I place the word YANK on the board. This gives the new words: *YANK running (41)(21) (41)(22) (41)(23) (41)(24) *AS running (41)(22) (41)(32) which is in anybody's dictionary Furthermore I cure the nonsense word HT (42)(21) (43)(21), which now becomes THY running (43)(21) (42)(21) (41)(21), which is of course YHT running backwards! There are now 32 letters on the board. ICCO .... .... .Y.. .... .... .... .AS. ...N ...A ...L .N.. .... .... .... .K.. .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:13 (Garth Rose, Wed Feb 2 07:54:01) (INVALID) (0 Points) A 'word' is hereby defined as a sequence of letters on the board which appears in the output of the computer program distributed over the list by Stein. No word placed on the board may create new nonsense words. A word is nonsensical if it is unknown to the Judge, is not readily found in eis reference works and is unaccompanied by a dictionary reference. Further, all words added from this point onward shall add at least three new letters to the board. I add a 'U' at (1 2)(3 2), an 'S' at (1 3)(3 2), an 'L' at (2 2)(4 3), an 'L' at (2 3)(4 3), and a 'Y' at (2 4)(4 3) to make USUALLY. The 'S' also adds to the preexisting word ANKH starting at (1 2)(2 1) to make the new word ANKHS. Both of these words should be in an dictionary worthy of the name. :) There are now 33 letters on the board, which looks like this: ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. ..U. LO.L .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. ..S. .... .... .... .... ...L .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... ...Y .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:14 (Stein Kulseth, Wed 2 Feb 09:16:47) (VALID) (1 Point) A 'word' is a string of adjacent letters (adjacent along one dimension) terminated on both sides by empties ('.'). Nonsensical words on the board presently are, by definition: NT, HT, NC, AO, LN, CI, OT, NS, UA, TL. No words put on the board in INVALID rules may be duplicated in VALID rules. I put an 'H' on the board to make the 'OT' into a proper word. ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N ...A ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... H... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:15 (Ronald, Wed 02 Feb 10:15:57) (VALID) (1 Point) The members of the committee shall take turns in the following sense: any member X who has send a VALID Rule shall not be allowed to submit another Rule at a certain time T, if there are at T eligible Members, who have not submitted a VALID Rule, since X sent his last VALID Rule. The word I make is CHAOTIC, turning the nonsense word AO into something useful. For some reason this word seems very appropriate.... No other new words are created and there are now 34 letters on the board. ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N .CHA ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... H... .... .... C... OTIC N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:16 (Doug Chatham, Wed Feb 2 17:56:26) (INVALID) (-1 Points) Future rules shall propose an amendment to an already existing set of rules. This rule proposes the following amendment to the United States Constitution: Section 1. The twenty-second article of amendment to this Constitution is hereby repealed. This rule adds the words "tight" and "sit" to the board, thusly: ICCO .... .... .G.. .... .... .... ..S. ...N ...A ...L .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... C... O... N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .I.. ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:17 (Stein Kulseth, Tue Feb 8 10:00:48) (VALID) (1 Point) >From now on each rule must either: (1) produce a word that is longer than the longest word produced by the preceding VALID rule or (2) assert that the poster will not post further rules this round If a member chooses option (2) then the other eligible member must in his next rule produce a word that is longer than the longest word he himself produced in his latest rule (ie. he must himself be able to produce a word that his opponent couldn't - or wouldn't - make). 'CHAOTIC' was 7 letters long - I make 'CINNAMON' which is 8 letters long. Also made is the word 'TA', which is in my online Webster's: ta \`t{a.}\ n [baby talk] [italic dial Brit] : [mini THANKS] The nonsensical 'CI' is cured. ICCO .... .... .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N .CHA ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... H... .... .... C... OTIC N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .... .... .N.. .... .... .... .N.. .... .... .... .A.. .... .T.. .... .S.. ..M. ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... .... .... ..N. .... .... .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:18 (Ronald, Tue Feb 8 18:53:28) (VALID) (1 Point) Starting with this Rule, no Rule may impose new restrictions which do not apply as well to itself and to the VALID Rule just before it. Other new restriction: the number of new words appearing on the board shall be at least as large as the number of new words appearing in the previous VALID Rule. I produce three new words by placing on the board the word INSTITUTION (like in "The FR committee has become quite an INSTITUTION") This word has 11 letters and cures NS. The other new words are HIT (like in "This Rule HIT Stein like a brick") and ON (like in "ON seeing this Rule, the Judge decided to give three Style Points") There are now 47 letters on the board, which is just 18% of all squares available at the start. ICCO .... ...N .... .... .... .... ..S. ...N .CHA ...L .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .N.. .K.. .H.. .... LO.. .... .... .... .... H... I... .... C... OTIC N... .S.. .T.. .I.. .T.. .T.. .... .N.. .... .I.. .... .N.. .... .T.. .... .A.. .... .T.. ..U. .S.. ..M. ..U. ..T. ..I. ..O. .... ..I. .... ..N. .... ..O. .... ...P ==== Fantasy Rule 16:19 (Stein Kulseth, Mon 14 Feb 1994 09:46:03) (INVALID) (2 Points) All letter removal - if any - must take place before the adding of new letters. Letter removal may create new words. Letter removal must not create nonsensical words, but may cure nonsensical words by removing them. No rule may remove all the letters placed in the previous rule. This rule removes many letters, but leaves on the board the words 'CAST', 'CHAOTIC', 'IS' (mid part of 'KISS'), 'ON' (the 'ON' made in 16:18), 'ON' (last part of 'CINNAMON'), 'ION' (last part of ('INSTITUTION'), 'IT' (mid part of 'INSTITUTION') and 'IT' (last part of 'HIT'). There are now no nonsensical words on the board. The new word placed is 'INCONSPICUOUS' which is 13 letters long. Also made is 'IN', thrice. NCON .... ...N .... .... .... .... .... .... .CHA .... .... .... .... .... .... .A.. .... .... .... .... SPIC .... .... .... .... .... I... .... .... OTIC .... .S.. .... .I.. .... .... .... .... .... .I.. .... UOUS .... .T.. .... .... .... .T.. .... .S.. .... .... .... .... ..O. .... ..I. .... ..N. .... ..O. .... ...I ==== After Round End: (Ronald) Nonsensical words are words that can not be found in an English or French dictionary. If letters are removed, the number of letters left on the board shall be less or equal than the number left in the previous Rule where letters were removed. I remove all letters from the board, except two: IN (4,4)(4,4) (1,1)(1,1) leaving less than Stein's 21 in 16:19. I add the English word MINIMALIZATION (14 letters long), which makes also MA (thrice) I change all three words IN into the French word SINON (SINON: otherwise, or else). I add ten times the French word NAIN (dwarf). In total there are now 17 new words on the board. NIMA O... NAIN .... O... .... A..A .... N... A... I..I N... .... .... NAIN .... O... .... .... .... .... LIZA .... .... A... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... NAIN .... .... .... A..A .... .... .... I..I .... TION .... NAIN .... .... ...S .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... N... .... .... ...S .... .... ...S ..MI ==== After Round End: (Stein) This rule shall be the last rule posted by its author this round! This rule removes from the board all letters except the 'MA' in 'MINIMALIZATION', leaving two letters on the board which is the maximum allowed by 16:20. Furthermore I place 106 occurrences of the word 'HA' on the board, each of which intersects with 'MA' or an already placed 'HA'. Here's what Webster's say about 'HA': ha \'h{a:}\ ij [ME] : -- used to express surprise, joy, or grief or sometimes doubt or hesitation Thus, this rule will express my emotions when (or if) I see Ronald's next rule. The board now looks like this: ..MA .H.. HA.. A... .... H... A... ...H .... A... .... .... .... ...H .... .H.. .H.. HA.. A... ...H H... .... ...H ..HA A... .... ..HA .HA. ...H ...A .HA. HA.. HA.. A... ...H .... A... ...H ..HA .HA. .... ..HA .HA. .A.. .... .HA. HA.. ...H A... ...H .... .... ...H ..HA .HA. .A.. .... .HA. .A.. ...H .H.. HA.. ...H ..HA ====