An interesting factoid: This is the first time that a year’s worth of caption contests has ended in the state of South Carolina. (And, to that end, not in the state of Maine.)
Here are the scores:
Travis Hoffman 139
EddieMcD 138
JaneYoung 132
GaryVoshol 129
boiler 122
Wayne Doenges 121
KathieK 114
kramarczyk 103
Don Rotolo 96
EricH 93
Al Skierkiewicz 85
EricS-Team180 83
Rich Wong 71
skimoose 54
rocketperson44 33
BlondeNerd 33
lukevanoort 30
Greg Needel 30
Barry Bonzack 28
Rick TYler 25
dlavery 22
raymaniac 21
Andy Baker 20
joshsmithers 19
InfernoX14 18
Alan8or 16
cooker52 15
Diriye 14
Jay H 237 14
Rich Kressly 14
Tottanka 12
Lil' Lavery 11
Schnabel 11
Libby K 10
MissInformation 10
3dude_2231 10
Pavan 10
Cynette 9
KarenH 8
Hiteak 8
Alex Cormier 8
Nuttyman54 8
Danielle H 8
Richard 7
Koko Ed 7
wpdrummer 7
Alexa Stott 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
Michelle Celio 6
basicxman 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
Jeff Rodriguez 5
taylort 5
Karibou 5
Dave Scheck 4
Joe Matt 4
"Big Mike" 4
Bcahn836 4
lilstogi11 4
SSMike 4
Derek Smith 3
Otaku 3
Protronie 3
Ken Patton 3
artdutra04 3
BandChick 3
Bharat Nain 3
Dorienne 3
Elgin Clock 3
robotcanuck1676 3
Zyik 3
Water Bandit23 3
11Mort11 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
iCurtis 2
KTorak 2
Peter Matteson 2
ShaneP 2
sishu7 2
Spiffizzle 2
Tetraman 2
vhcook 2
1902_Battery_SGT 2
acdcfan259 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
jmb226 2
lingomaniac88 2
Matt Attallah 2
114ManualLabor 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
bduddy 1
blakcheez 1
blaxbb 1
Carol 1
cobrawanabe1699 1
Conor Ryan 1
crafty 1
Goober!!! 1
Herodotus 1
Jack K. 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
Kyle Love 1
Littleswimmer14 1
SlimBoJones 1
Steve W 1
tim_reiher 1
whlspacedude 1
And, in keeping with end-of-the-year tradition, here’s the video:
In anticipation of next year’s rule <G982>, but Billfred demonstrates the proper technique for tossing a volunteer who uses a clipboard contrary to rule <G981>.
Excited by the successful creation of The Genia Toss game,
Biilfred, Arefin, and Genia quickly began to make a list of other game possibilities for the lunch break:
Belch and Barter – whoever belched the loudest could barter for Billfred’s ref shirt.
That drew a red flag and was nixed.
Pun-ishment – whoever could make the worst series of puns in 3 minutes, won.
This drew boos from the crowd gathered and a wee curly-haired woman appeared with a clipboard. The game was nixed but not until a not-so wee curly-haired ref was clobbered by said clipboard.
They considered 3 Dorks In A Fountain but couldn’t decide who would go first. It became a discussion rather like Who’s On First, which created enough confusion that the clipboard made a 2nd appearance in the span of 10 minutes. The game was nixed due to a watered fowl… erm, foul made by said clipboard, called by the ref.
Wisely, after tossing so many ideas and Genia around in that short span of a lunch hour, the trio made a promise to meet again next year, returned to the competitions safely (including Billfred the Clobbered](http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img/5de/5dedc9650a4f1d56a0d1cb3b2a96c9b0_l.jpg)), and lived happily ever after.
Of note:
Billfred continues to turn a funny shade of pale whenever the words, clipboard or Jessica, are mentioned - and - he tends to disappear, always re-appearing in a timely fashion for: trumpets blareCD’s Unofficial Caption Contesttrumpets, please don’t blare anymore.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t count as a hurdle OR a herd due to being too low for the former and you have to let go completely for the latter. Now, if Billfred and Arefin weren’t on the same alliance, that would be another story.
Refs, of all people, should know that contact outside the bumper zone is prohibited.
Oops.
<npoe>There I was, looking through my copy of the rules, trying to find something about passing the ball between robots…then I realized that that was something our team was discussing during kickoff, not something in the rules :ahh: </npoe>
Here we find two of the World’s Strongest Man hopefuls in an impromptu workout session. While it is unknown what their chances of winning the title are in December, it is reasonably assured that they will be named the World’s Strongest Smelling Men by their co-workers later this afternoon.
“This Genia Toss game has no regard for human safety! I mean, Billfred could’ve easily torn his rotator cuff, forcing him to sit out for 6-8 Caption Contests!”
Although in hindsight the solution seems obvious, the early development of “Bean Bag Toss” was anything but easy. Like Edison’s efforts to invent the lightbulb, literally thousands of trial-and-error iterations were required to find just the right game element to toss. This video documents an early attempt at refining the “Throwing Something That Squirms And Wiggles” Toss. Other notable but rejected efforts include the Brimming Pot O’ Burning Oil Toss, the “Ew, Look What I Had For Lunch” Toss, the Sack Full Of Sharp Pointy Objects Toss, the Here Is A Handful Of Water Toss, and the far from spectacular “Heaving A Small Car Until You Get A Hernia” Toss.
Travis Hoffman 140
EddieMcD 140
JaneYoung 134
GaryVoshol 129
boiler 123
Wayne Doenges 123
KathieK 114
kramarczyk 105
Don Rotolo 98
EricH 94
EricS-Team180 88
Al Skierkiewicz 86
Rich Wong 71
skimoose 54
rocketperson44 33
BlondeNerd 33
dlavery 32
lukevanoort 30
Greg Needel 30
Barry Bonzack 28
Rick TYler 25
InfernoX14 21
raymaniac 21
Andy Baker 20
joshsmithers 19
Alan8or 16
cooker52 15
Diriye 14
Jay H 237 14
Rich Kressly 14
Tottanka 12
Lil' Lavery 11
Schnabel 11
Libby K 10
MissInformation 10
3dude_2231 10
Pavan 10
Cynette 9
KarenH 8
Hiteak 8
Alex Cormier 8
Nuttyman54 8
Danielle H 8
Richard 7
Koko Ed 7
wpdrummer 7
Alexa Stott 6
Kristian Calhoun 6
Rosiebotboss 6
Michelle Celio 6
basicxman 6
Karibou 6
zinefer 6
Tim Delles 5
Jeff Rodriguez 5
taylort 5
Dave Scheck 4
Joe Matt 4
"Big Mike" 4
Bcahn836 4
lilstogi11 4
SSMike 4
Derek Smith 3
Ken Patton 3
Otaku 3
Protronie 3
artdutra04 3
BandChick 3
Bharat Nain 3
Dorienne 3
Elgin Clock 3
robotcanuck1676 3
Zyik 3
Water Bandit23 3
11Mort11 2
Beth Sweet 2
ChrisH 2
dhoizner 2
iCurtis 2
KTorak 2
Peter Matteson 2
ShaneP 2
sishu7 2
Spiffizzle 2
Tetraman 2
vhcook 2
1902_Battery_SGT 2
acdcfan259 2
Jeremiah Johnson 2
jmb226 2
lingomaniac88 2
Matt Attallah 2
114ManualLabor 1
65_Xero_Huskie 1
andrew348 1
bduddy 1
blakcheez 1
blaxbb 1
Carol 1
cobrawanabe1699 1
Conor Ryan 1
crafty 1
Goober!!! 1
Herodotus 1
Jack K. 1
JBotAlan 1
Jessica Boucher 1
KelliV 1
Kyle Love 1
Littleswimmer14 1
SlimBoJones 1
Steve W 1
tim_reiher 1
whlspacedude 1
Now, you’re probably looking at the scores and wondering whose captioning reigns supreme. Traditionally, the first tie-breaker is average score. EddieMcD’s average score is 2.69 points per entry, while Travis’ average score is 2.80. Therefore, in the tradition of end-of-the-year-awards:
**Champion: **Travis Hoffman
**Runner-up: **EddieMcD Highest Average Score: dlavery (5.33 points in six entries) Highest Average Score With More Than Ten Entries: KathieK (3.00 points in 38 entries)
**Most Wins: **Wayne Doenges and KathieK (5 each)
**Most Burns: **EddieMcD (Nine!)
**Perfect Entry Streak: **EddieMcD and Wayne Doenges, with 52 entries this year. Also-notable streaks include JaneYoung, GaryVoshol, and boiler with 51 entries and Travis Hoffman with 50. The Always-the-Bridesmaid Award: Don Rotolo (98 points without a single win this year.) Funniest Team: Believe it or not, Travis Hoffman acted as a one-man wrecking crew for Delphi E.L.I.T.E., with his 140 points outscoring every other team’s combined efforts. The runner-up (and the first team with multiple people entering) is 1501, with 138 combined points.
Don
