My plan was simple. I would create a sock puppet and use that sock puppet to leave clues, via praxis, pointing to the fact that this was a sock puppet, it was controlled by me, and had been created for the purpose of leaving clues, via praxis, that pointed to the fact that this was a....etc. The first person to follow the clues and figure out that this sock puppet, or clue puppet as I like to call him, was actually me would win prizes clearly stated in the profile of the puppet. Many of the clues would be geared toward my fellow teammates who knew me in real life, though there would be plenty of clues for people who only knew me through SF0.
Clue Set One- Creation of clue puppet. May 20th 2008.

1. The name Sidecar Idol is an anagram for DisCordelia, a name I go by often in the real world.
2. The profile pic is of a snake, something I am deathly afraid of and also my Chinese zodiac symbol.
3. The prizes for figuring things out are the first things written on the profile page, therefor making it clear that this puppet is involved in, or perhaps is, a game.
The winner gets:
1 Cookie
1 Massage/ Message
1 Basket of toys



Clue Set Two-Graph of Desire-May 27th, 2008

1. I wanted the clue puppet to state his intentions from the onset, thus he created his graph of desire. There are only two desires on the graph, as there were only two purposes for my clue puppet, being enigmatic and being understood. Being enigmatic slightly outweighed being understood, at least at that point in the game.
2. The puppet used ribbons in his graph that I had used to make my gifts for our teams recent Potlatch.
3. He obviously messed with the photo. This was to hide details that would give away the scene of my bedroom to those who had been in it, but also a clue that my clue puppet had something to hide.

Notes- For his first set of clues/ praxis, my clue puppet got a surprising number of votes and encouraging comments.


Clue Set Three- Wrong Direction- June 4th, 2008


1. The phrase "turning left can solve anything", the stated reason for my puppet walking in a pointless counter clockwise circle for this task, is a phrase often used by roller derby girls, something I was at the time of this task. Not only do derby girls use this phrase, they spend a lot of time going around and around in counter clockwise circles.
2. The telephone pole he photographed each of the 29 times he passed it was located in an alleyway right by my apartment, within a block of 3 and a half other FOEcakes members.

Notes- An unintended clue posted as a comment to this task gave me my first thrill that maybe someone was paying attention.
"(no subject) -1 [-] [+]
posted by Sock Puppets on June 4th, 2008 9:39 PM
Sock Puppets often waste time doing ridiculous things."

Clue Set Four - Things We Bury For Our Friends July 21st, 2010

1. Though this wasn't a clue laid out in the body of the praxis, the fact that my clue puppet had taken a two year hiatus from SF0 and then returned at the same time that I had was probably the most prominent clue from this task.
2. The golf ball clearly displayed in the bag of "treasure" the puppet buried for smegma, who I truly did choose at random and send a message, was the same golf ball I had gathered in my recently done task The Treasure Hunters. In that task I noted I did not know why I had brought the golf ball home, and here my clue puppet was now burying it for someone else.
Notes- Not long after this, a group of us decided to build a mini golf course, so I had to sneakily dig up the treasure and grab the golf ball when I went out to pick up snacks for the group. We ended up building a giant snow cone instead and I re-buried the golf ball in case Smegma ever signs back into SF0, actually lives on this continent, deciphers the clues, and digs up the treasure.

Clue Set Five-The Taking Tree-July 23rd, 2010



1. The antibacterial soap means nothing. But starting with the 4th picture, there is a letter written in dirt, sticks, rocks, or leaves at the bottom of each photo. These letters spell out DEJAVOO.

Clue Set Six-A Donation By Any Other Means-July 24th, 2010

1. As obvious as I thought my name spelled out in the photos from the last praxis would be, it appeared to have not been obvious enough. I wanted something that might get people's attention, even if it was negative attention, so that they might start scrutinizing my clue puppet and his clues. I decided my clue puppet would plagiarize me. I have the high score from this task, and I know a lot of people really enjoyed the way I did the task so I figured it might be memorable to a few players out there. I cut parts of the write up from my original praxis and pasted them into my clue puppet's praxis. Then he went out and did the exact same task.

Notes- Apparently after reading this task my fellow teammate Julian Muffinbot became quite peeved with my clue puppet and intended to tell me about it and perhaps flag it once she had a moment of free time, but seeing as her schedule is insane she never got around to it. As far as I know, no one else noticed the blatant copying.

Clue Set Seven-Ethereal CartographyJuly 26th, 2010, 6:33AM

1. Just in case I had not made it clear enough that my clue puppet was not real, he posted a map of his existence as proof for a task that requires you to "INSTRUCTIONS: Make a map of something that does not exist physically."
2. Just in case anyone did not read the instructions for the task, he made sure the map of his existence only had on it tasks that he had completed, because outside of those tasks he does not even exist ethereally.

Clue Set Eight-The Highest Place- July 26th, 2010, 10:09AM

1. I decided this would be my final set of clues. And I intended for them to lead to my clue puppets discovery as a non-existent puppet controlled by me and created for the purpose of delivering clues about it being a puppet controlled by me and....etc. Thus, I chose this task as my clue puppet had reached the climactic point of his existence, the point when he would spill all and likely be discovered. The 11 pictures he posted were all taken from praxis I had submitted, clearly linking the clue puppet and me.
2. Jefftown posted a comment asking me to expound and my clue puppet responded with a comment that I knew would grab his attention and make him scrutinize the puppet.
3. Later that day, when it was obvious many members of F0Ecakes were catching on that there was something going on with this Sidecar Idol, I added him to F0Ecakes long enough for him to link this task to the team and then booted him from the group.

Notes- My favorite comment from a F0Ecake was a private message sent to me from Minimal Monk letting me know that it appeared I had a "fan boy."

A general note- I live with two other F0Ecakes members and it was not always easy to to task as my clue puppet, or write up my praxis, in a sneaky way. I built a suggestion box (that will be used for a future task as well, but not the task "Suggestion Box") and displayed it in my apartment.

Whenever I went out tasking as Sidecar Idol I would take the suggestion box with me, then hide it in the basement of our building. I would task unencumbered by the box and then pick it up from the basement on my way home so it appeared I had been out gathering suggestions. This seemed sufficient enough to keep my roommates from wondering what I was up to.


Jefftown, with the help of Amby, were the ones who figured it out. Below is Jefftown's discovery process in his own writing.
"Jefftown™: I encountered Sidecar Idol’s The Highest Place praxis yesterday while perusing the
newest completions on which to vote. The lack of text was confusing, but some of the photos
were familiar. Immediately I recognized Myrna Minx in the background of the CG0 Potlatch
photo from last era, as well as the plant pots photo which I had just seen in Dela’s Potted Plant
Distribution praxis that same morning. I also noticed other bits of Chicago in a couple of the
other photos. I first assumed this was a fellow Chicagoan player who was claiming SF0 tasking
as the highest place in his/her life, but the player had been too lazy to actually explain any of
this in text. I offered the praxis a single point vote and a comment to increase this point value if
s/he expounded on this idea.
A few hours later I discovered a response to my comment which mentioned my upcoming trip
to San Francisco. This immediately set off alarm bells. Only a select few SF0 players knew of
my impending trip as this had potential to infiltrate SF0 itself. That’s right San Fran! A
FOEcake is coming to your territory and no CAKE shall survive! Ahem, where was I?
Oh yes, only a few knew of this impending trip, most obviously my roommates, Amby D and the
FOEcakes leader herself. As Amby D was already there with me at the time of this discovery,
I requested her assistance hoping to either elicit a confession or confirmation that Dela was
the culprit. We ran through all possible suspects including Amby’s own plea of innocence.
Then Amby D examined the dates of Sidecar’s other postings as they related to other player
activity. She also dug through several of Dela’s praxes and located the other photos from The
Highest Place. We had out culprit! I responded to Sidecar’s comment letting her know she’d
been identified, but without publicizing this identity out of respect for my roommate and leader.
Sidecar sent me a final personal message asking, “why are you calling me a sneak?” Not
realizing she wanted me to expose her, I chose to wait until I saw Dela again in person to further
the conversation. Well played Miss Voo. Well played."


They will, of course, get their prizes:
1 Cookie
1 Massage/ Message
1 Basket of toys