From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #154 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Thursday, September 4 1997 Volume 02 : Number 154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 21:04:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Acka: Ghost > So, is anyone going to referee the Ghost duel between me and > ThinMan? The duties are pretty minimal... For goodness' sake! Is that still pending? Hell, I'll do it. The order of play is ... (flipflipflipflipflip) ... 1. ThinMan 2. Alfvaen ThinMan begins. No peeking at dictionaries or other reference material. Go to it, folks. breadbox Referee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 21:52:10 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Viruses Not allowing for Guy Fawkes' move, with the moves Balsamic Dragon posted I get two minor differences in the grid I calculate: One of /dev/joe's cells should be at K16 instead of K15, and there should not be a cell of ThinMan's at O7(I have it with four neighbours after all moves). I shall have it up that way on the Web page unless someone points out an error on my part. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In The Other Room--Cyndi Lauper:I Drove All Night Current Book--John D. Fitzgerald:Me And My Little Brain Throw another leg on the fire. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 21:41:22 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Round 10 > Whoops, sorry, I HAD forgotten that one. See, the date came up as before I > posted the results to Round 9, so I didn't check it when I gathered up the > moves. As far as I can tell, the only net game change would be to move > your cell from G5 to F5, and remove two star's cell from H5. I am > forwarding this message to the game board and will post a new grid if > necessary to avoid confusion. This will not eliminate two star's > viruspoint, as he had a healthy lead this round. So...what was Guy Fawkes' move, for the Web page? And so I can check your results? :-) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Richard Thompson:Rumour And Sigh Current Book--John D. Fitzgerald:Me And My Little Brain Helium, molybdenum, zinc, iodine--braving the elements, the reptiles and I ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 08:33:43 -0500 From: "Bollinger, John C." Subject: RE: Acka: Ghost Breadbox wrote: > ThinMan begins. No peeking at dictionaries or other reference > material. Go to it, folks. > h ThinMan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:56:21 -0400 From: "Vivian Norwood" Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses > Not allowing for Guy Fawkes' move, with the moves Balsamic Dragon posted I > get two minor differences in the grid I calculate: One of /dev/joe's > cells should be at K16 instead of K15, and there should not be a cell of > ThinMan's at O7(I have it with four neighbours after all moves). I shall > have it up that way on the Web page unless someone points out an error on > my part. > I don't have /dev/joe at either K16 or K15, however what I assume you mean is that he should be at K16 instead of J16. You are correct, that was a type on my part. You are also correct that there should not be a cell at O7. Sorry, guys, I was really tired when I did this. Here is the corrected grid, including Guy Fawkes' move: Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 18 . . . . . . . . ! ! ! @ @ / . . . . . . . .18 17 . . . . . . . . ! . . . / / . . . . . . . .17 16 . . . . . . . @ . . . . / . . . . . . . . .16 15 . . . . . . A A . . . / . . . . . . . . . .15 14 . . . . . A . . . . . @ @ W . . . . . . . .14 13 . . . . . @ . . . . . @ W @ W . W . . . . .13 12 . . . . . . . . . @ . @ T . . . @ @ . . . .12 11 . . . G . G @ A . . . @ W . @ . @ X . . . .11 10 . . G . . . . * @ @ T . . . . * . . X X . .10 9 . . . @ . . * . . @ . . . . . . . . . X . . 9 8 . . . . @ * . G . . . . . . . . . T . @ . . 8 7 . . . . . . . G G . * * . T @ * . T . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . * * . . . . . T T . . . 6 5 . . . . . . . G . . . . . A @ @ T . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . @ . . . . A . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . @ . * . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S If anyone finds any more problems, please let me know. Balsamic Dragon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:19:33 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost > > ThinMan begins. No peeking at dictionaries or other reference > > material. Go to it, folks. sh - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Paul Young:I Was In Chains Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Emperor of Everything I never buy books on impulse. Only on warp. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:31:47 -0500 From: "Bollinger, John C." Subject: RE: Acka: Ghost sho ThinMan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:33:51 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses > I don't have /dev/joe at either K16 or K15, however what I assume you mean > is that he should be at K16 instead of J16. Ummm...yeah. Something like that. :-) > You are correct, that was a > type on my part. You are also correct that there should not be a cell at > O7. > Sorry, guys, I was really tired when I did this. > Here is the corrected grid, including Guy Fawkes' move: I'll put this up on the Web page...I'd still like to know what GF's move was. Or did he post it publicly? :-) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Ann Mortifee:Journey To Kairos Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Emperor of Everything It might, it might rain money. It might, it might rain love. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:36:23 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost shoc - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Ann Mortifee:Journey To Kairos Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Emperor of Everything I'm having a hard time swallowing this--gimma a dogma bag. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:41:16 -0500 From: "Bollinger, John C." Subject: RE: Acka: Ghost > shoc > rshoc ThinMan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:01:40 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost > rshoc rshock - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Iron Maiden:Seventh Son of A Seventh Son Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Emperor of Everything On the other hand, you have different fingers. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 11:09:00 -0500 From: "Bollinger, John C." Subject: RE: Acka: Ghost > rshock > ershock ThinMan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:09:04 -0600 (MDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost > ershock ershocks - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Iron Maiden:Seventh Son of A Seventh Son Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Emperor of Everything If you understood everything I said, you'd be me. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 23:42:13 +0100 From: "Gavin Doig" Subject: Re: acka: *ping* > I name, as the magic letter, the letter: s > You have to wait until the Machine goes *ping* another 6 times :-(. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #154 ********************************