a group of devotees (see links) of the s.i. meets periodically in the washington, d.c. area, and hosts an annual "flushies" awards dinner that has attracted gameplayers from as far away as ireland and california. the contest also gets entries from england, scotland, australia and new zealand. further indicative of interest in the s.i. was a (now-defunct) rotisserie league, in which players championed and won points for the successes of their favorite entrants. there has also been a contest newsletter, "depravda", begun by elden carnahan of laurel, md, and subsequently foisted off on another unsuspecting loser. once a proud monthly periodical, "depravda" now appears only when editorial inertia can be overcome.