acka-duels Digest Friday, November 27 1998 Volume 03 : Issue 281 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Riposte (sIRE) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:17:41 -0500 (EST) On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: >No fermentation of chaos, no ominous prophecies of doom and despair, >but instead the sounds of whimpering and crying from eir bunk below. > >Turn back now from this course of foolishness, young sIRE. Your impudence >will be forgiven, for you know not on what hallowed ground you tread. > >> sIRE awaits your response, if you dare to give one. There'll be no >> escape for the mountain this time. > >This I have to say to sIRE: Do not meddle in the affairs of mountains, for >they are subtle, quick to anger, and a hell of a lot bigger than you. > >Against my own bloodthirsty advice, K 2, in Eir magnanimity, has seen fit >to give this young upstart a chance to repent and back out with eir Honor, >such as it is, intact. Quit now, Randomly Capitalized One, or be shown >the folly of your ways. > >If, however, our Scaremongrel wishes to persist in eir Foolishness, my >First will be more than happy to drub em soundly in the venerated contest >of Double Crash. As herald I announce the start of this duel. This duel requires no referee, so have at it gentlebeings, but please do so on the acka-duels list :) --JT, Herald [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Duel Response (Hubert) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:31:36 -0500 (EST) On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: >Oh Ye of the most Foul and Unmentionable Name, prepare to be vanquished >utterly by the honorable Celia, possessor of more former names than any >other Ackanomian! As second to the mighty former Tambourine Man, I >wish to inform you that s/he/it (that's a multiple pronoun, not a sed >command) accepts your pitiful Conditions and hopes you look forward to >being known as Turtle Excrement, Scumchop, JT, or some other equally >egregious pseudonym for the next two weeks. > >I, Hubert, summon you, Hubert, forth to the field of Limericks, where >Celia shall grind you beneath eir gingham boots like the insignificant >worm you are. Acka will little note, nor long remember what is said here, >but the vanquishing of MTM and Mr. Tambourine Man by Jenny and >867-5309 shall be commemorated in the ignominy of the loser for all time. > >Let the ambiguity begin! As Herald, I announce the start of this duel. --JT, Herald [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Virus Duel (Wild Card v /dev/joe) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:00:07 -0500 (EST) Turn 08: Wild Card (W): P 18, 52 /dev/joe (D): P 13, 53 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 60 . . . . . . . . . @ D . . . 60 59 . . . . . . . . . @ . D . . 59 58 . . . . . . . . . . D . . . 58 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 55 . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . 55 54 . . W . . . . . . D . . . . 54 53 . . W . . @ . . D . D . . . 53 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 51 . . . W W . . . . D @ . . . 51 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 W: Wild Card : 4 viruses: 1 gamepoints D: /dev/joe : 7 viruses: 4 gamepoints /dev/joe gains a gamepoint this round. Players have 3 days to submit their next move. [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Eric Plumb Subject: Acka: Limerix Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 20:23:46 -0500 (EST) From "The Gingham Wearer" to "Gromit," My foe names emself sans aplomb. It Bothers the Harfers, Bores us out of our furs; It simply makes me want to vomit. -Hubert "Will you surrender?" "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!" "Yeah, we noticed, that's why we asked." ------------------------------ End of acka-duels Digest V3 #281 ********************************