DKs Intensities in Ten Cities! [Winner=TX AG 90]

[Dukasaur]

Okay, while we wait to for new games tomorrow, here is the Colour and Flavour task for Chicago.

There were two great fairs referred to as the Chicago World's Fair. The first was the World's Columbian Exposition and the second was the Century of Progress. Both were landmark events in American history.

The 1893 Expo was a triumph of American industry, introducing new inventions as diverse as the Ferris Wheel and Shredded Wheat. Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse introduced America to alternating current and the flourescent light. The White City built for the Expo featured buildings from all the greatest architects of the time, and led to a neoclassical revival across America.

The 1934 Expo was slightly less revolutionary but still spectacular. It featured buildings in the "Style Moderne" as well as the Homes of Tomorrow pavilion showcasing all the latest advances in home design. Other notable firsts included the first Major-League All-Star baseball game and the first streamlined express train.

So, here is your Colour and Flavour task:
Complete the sentence, "I wish I could have gone to the ______ World's Fair in Chicago and seen....."

You can choose either the 1893 or the 1934 Expo to fill in the blank, and you can add anything else you want at the end of the sentence. You can add more sentences, but do not need to. You can use graphics if you want, but do not need to. Use whatever means you wish to convey to us the idea of what you would have liked to see at the Fair.

[DoomYoshi]

I wish I could have gone to the __1933____ World's Fair in Chicago and seen.....
the end of prohibition.

[GregDavidson]

I would still prefer new games...sorry!

[Dukasaur]

show: Phase Nine, Chicago

Each player will participate in:
One Manual Escalating Adjacent Foggy Trips game,
One Automatic Escalating Adjacent Sunny Trips game,
One Automatic No Spoils Unlimited Foggy Trips game,
All three Trips games score 4 points to each member of the winning team.
One Automatic Nuclear Chained Sunny Dubs game, scoring 6 points to each member of the winning team.
One Automatic Escalating Chained Foggy Standard game, scoring 5 points to the winner, 4 points to the 2nd place finisher, and so on.
5 points awarded for the "colour and flavour" bonus.
Maximum possible: 28 points

*****
New, corrected list of Chicago games:

show: game 1

show: game 2

show: game 3

show: game 4

show: game 5

[Dukasaur]

I think I figured out what happened. Ironically, it was because I was trying to be extra helpful and put the settings in the game title. After I put all the settings in the game title, some circuit in my elderly brain told my I was done, and I didn't actually select the buttons corresponding to those settings.

[GregDavidson]

Thanks for all of the hard work you've put into putting this tournament together for all of us to enjoy. GregD

[GregDavidson]

I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and seen the world's first Ferris Wheel.

[arno30]

I wish I could have gone to the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago and bring Al capone some oranges in prison.

[GregDavidson]

I think he was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay.

[macbone]

I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and seen Nikola Tesla conducting mad experiments.

[arno30]

I think he was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay.

you're right. atlanta then alcatraz when it opened. but ho well, in the 30's, travelling from europe to the US by boat just for the world fair ? and my grand grand father loved sicilian oranges, the best ones according to him.
:p

[GregDavidson]

I apologize for correcting your posting....no one asked for a school teacher in the room! GregD

[TX AG 90]

"I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and seen one of Scott Joplin's informal ragtime jam sessions"

In 1893 Joplin was in Chicago for the World's Fair. While in Chicago, he formed his first band playing cornet and began arranging music for the group to perform. Although the World's Fair minimized the involvement of African-Americans, black performers still came to the saloons, cafés and brothels that lined the fair. The exposition was attended by 27 million Americans and had a profound effect on many areas of American cultural life, including ragtime. Although specific information is sparse, numerous sources have credited the Chicago World Fair with spreading the popularity of ragtime. Joplin found that his music, as well as that of other black performers, was popular with visitors. By 1897 ragtime had become a national craze in American cities, and was described by the St. Louis Dispatch as "a veritable call of the wild, which mightily stirred the pulses of city bred people."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin

[DoomYoshi]

"I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and seen one of Scott Joplin's informal ragtime jam sessions"

In 1893 Joplin was in Chicago for the World's Fair. While in Chicago, he formed his first band playing cornet and began arranging music for the group to perform. Although the World's Fair minimized the involvement of African-Americans, black performers still came to the saloons, cafés and brothels that lined the fair. The exposition was attended by 27 million Americans and had a profound effect on many areas of American cultural life, including ragtime. Although specific information is sparse, numerous sources have credited the Chicago World Fair with spreading the popularity of ragtime. Joplin found that his music, as well as that of other black performers, was popular with visitors. By 1897 ragtime had become a national craze in American cities, and was described by the St. Louis Dispatch as "a veritable call of the wild, which mightily stirred the pulses of city bred people."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin

That was definitely one of my possible entries. Great Job!

[WorldCup4James]

"I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago to eat Quaker Oat Squares and chew Juicy Fruit gum."

Then I'd go on the Ferris wheel and barf it all out again



And I would have taken some to Germany and sedated that madman Wilhelm II so he wouldn't provoke a world war.

[geko]

I wish I could have gone to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and seen a map of the United States made entirely of pickles.

[arno30]

I apologize for correcting your posting....no one asked for a school teacher in the room! GregD

no need to apologize. you're a school teacher ?

[GregDavidson]

no....just playing one on CC I suppose..!

[perchorin]

"I wish I could have gone to the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago and seen John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd all before they were gunned down later that year. I would have turned them from a life of crime to a life of song and dance, and we would have become the first boy band in history--the New Kids on the Cell Block"

[Dukasaur]

I apologize for correcting your posting....no one asked for a school teacher in the room! GregD

No need to apologise. I was hoping C&F would lead to more interpersonal contact for the players, and it looks like it's finally working. You guys are actually having conversations now ...

[Dukasaur]

90 minutes until the C&F deadline for Chicago.

[arno30]

"I wish I could have gone to the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago and seen John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd all before they were gunned down later that year. I would have turned them from a life of crime to a life of song and dance, and we would have become the first boy band in history--the New Kids on the Cell Block"

i don't know what's worst, a boys band or a gang...

[Dukasaur]

I know you guys are waiting for an update, but I have other tournaments that have been waiting longer. I will try to get to it tonight or tomorrow, but it is also possible that I won't get around to doing a full update here until Sunday.

[Dukasaur]

Okay, after the usual struggle to browbeat the judges into responding to my messages, I have a C&F score for you:

4 points -- TX AG 90 and macbone
2 points -- WorldCup4James
1 point -- DoomYoshi, GregDavidson, geko, arno30, and perchorin

[Dukasaur]

show: first eight rounds

show: phase 9

show: compiled scores after 9 phases

Macbone can no longer be caught. (The C&F point cap for New York is only 3 instead of 5.)

I therefore proclaim macbone to be
THE MOST EXPRESSIVE EXCURSIONIST!



Congrats, mac!

Congrats also to DoomYoshi, GregDavidson, and Perchorin, who did damn well and gave mac a real run for his money. Many thanks to everyone who participated!

(There will still be a C&F for New York. However, since nobody can pass macbone, it will be of concern only for those who are playing the New York games.)