[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Xeroc

Who's Mark Mazzone?

Actually, he was the first real person to enter the race -- he contacted me by email before Asky started the ball rolling here.

Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm

Is there something to the parable of the river that I should be getting?

"Parable" is an apt description -- the whole thing is lifted from the Old Testament book of Judges. God sent Gideon to defeat the Midians, and to make sure everyone knew it was God's favour that granted them the victory, he instructed Gideon to winnow his forces to the bare minimum as described here. Gideon was one of the Judges of Israel, hence "J. Gideon." (Judges were what Israel had before they asked God to choose a king for them, on the grounds that all the other countries got to have kings. The first Judge is one you're more likely to have heard of -- Samson.)

Originally Posted by Sab

I do have a question... are we separate candidates or are you going to make us teams?

Oh, don't worry, your teams are intact -- I just didn't have my candidate file at school with me and was too busy to dig through the thread, so I listed you individually.

Originally Posted by Fuyu Ginga

This eTrektion thing just rules. I don't know if I've ever had so much fun reading TJI.

Delighted to hear it. I'm having a ball too... and believe me, the best is yet to come.