Con report (or: My groove, it has returned)

[vvvexation]

Awesomest Baycon I've had in years. Possibly, awesomest Baycon ever.

Highlights included winning this year's Zendo tournament, after half a decade of consistently making it to the finals and then being trounced; helping one of the guests of honor playtest and revamp the hell out of a new game; and kicking ass at Just a Minute (and as far as I can tell, entertaining people in the process). I also got in some dancing, some karaoke, some very nice hangout time with folks I don't see enough of, and some very nice...other kinds of hangout time as well.

And I did not get nearly enough sleep last night to make up for the weekend's sleep debt. But I'm not complaining. I think this evening will be spent organizing my con schwag and emailing new acquaintances.

*prrrrr*

Comments

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Are there special rules for tournament Zendo, or is any rule allowable? I'm thinking of rules like "A koan has the buddha nature if it has a prime number of points on the table" or "… if it has a unique highest point."

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Can you clarify what you mean by "points on the table"?

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I played with zyxwvut a few times at our house or elsewhere, then walked away with my brain ossifying, and haven't been back to Zendo. I think my brain has not the buddha nature."

(By "points" in the above, I was assuming corners of the pyramid .... ish.)

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Ooh. That's a concept that doesn't get used in tournament rules -- in fact I've never seen it used at all, but it might be interesting to try it.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

To actually answer your question, tournaments pretty much use a certain subset of all possible rules, and a certain difficulty level depending on which round of the tournament you're in. Rules that pertain to parts of pieces, or to things like height that would have to be measured, aren't in that subset.

Now that I think about it, tournament Zendo is a little like tournament Magic in that regard.