User:Ch4zm/July 2025/Albuquerque Lore Jam

Albuquerque-Jersey

This is a curious connection:

• The two have always been in the opposite league
• Hellmouth, Toroidal. Rainbow. Klein, H2, H3, H4, H5.
• Didn't meet OSHA until H3, met them twice, 7 games, won both
• H4, once, won
• H5, three times, won/lost/?

Jersey OSHA Violations would deploy chaotic, aggressive rule sets that prioritize rapid expansion and maximum entropy. Their signature automata would be based on modified Life variants that ignore standard neighbor limits - think "High Life" rules where cells survive with way too many neighbors, creating sprawling, unstable masses that consume everything in their path. Their fans would cheer for "safety violations" - moments when the cellular grid becomes so overcrowded it starts glitching. The team mascot would be a hard-hat wearing cell that somehow survives in impossible conditions.

Albuquerque Solarpunks would counter with elegant, sustainable automata focused on creating beautiful, stable patterns that generate energy rather than consume it. They'd use rules inspired by crystal growth and photosynthesis - maybe variants where cells can only reproduce when they form aesthetically pleasing geometric patterns, or where successful colonies generate "solar" power that feeds back into the system. Their strategies would emphasize long-term thinking and cooperative cellular behavior.

The rivalry would be intense because their automata would interact in fascinating ways - the Violations' chaotic sprawl would constantly threaten to overwhelm the Solarpunks' carefully cultivated gardens, while the Solarpunks' efficient, interconnected networks would slowly strangle the Violations' wasteful expansion. Fans would argue endlessly about whether true victory comes from dominating the entire grid quickly (Jersey style) or from creating the most elegant, self-sustaining civilization (Albuquerque style). The trash talk would involve mathematical proofs about computational complexity and sustainability metrics.

The contrast is perfect - the Violations fans celebrating computational disasters and rule-breaking while the Solarpunks chant about harmony, growth, and long-term thinking. You can practically hear the stadium split between industrial chaos and organic optimism.

OSHA:

• "Safety Third!"
• "Overload the grid, make their pixels hurt!"
• "What do we want? GRID COLLAPSE! When do we want it? NOW!"

ABQ:

• "Grow it green, grow it clean"
• "Symbiosis, not necrosis"
• "SOLAR POWER"

Poster: SOLAR FIRST / SAFETY THIRD

Crown Name: Camden Crystal Vortex Crown

Marriage: New Mexico-New Jersey Pact