From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #194 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 Wednesday, November 19 1997 Volume 02 : Number 194 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 07:46:35 -0600 From: AARON KEESLER Subject: RE: Acka: Album letter guess. Well, then just send me a list of all the ones you've figured out, and I won't guess those letters anymore :) >---------- >From: Joseph W. DeVincentis[SMTP:devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 10:41 PM >To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com >Subject: Re: Acka: Album letter guess. > >Aaron Keesler wrote: >> I guess the letter 's'. > >Bad, bad student. You only managed to get one letter in all the ones I >haven't figured out yet! > >/dev/joe > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 07:14:04 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: New game salvo 1 > Vynd's second salvo: parka - 0 heder - 1 mourn - 1 punky - 1 color - 1 Figured it out yet? - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--REM:Bittersweet Me Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:07:53 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Acka: New game 3rd salvo Vynd's 3rd salvo: tempt glued money jokey - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:07:43 -0500 (EST) From: "A.K.A. TheWiz" Subject: Med: Balsamic Dragon I'm missing Balsamic Dragon's number for Mediocrity. Perhaps it was sent over the weekend, and bounced (my mail was down)? ___Dan_Knapp____The_Mauve_Baron______________________Beep Blip Bonk_______ http://users.bergen.org/~dankna Change Nomic! http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~chatham/nomicfaq.html ... OK. So, if I can get in at all, it's via some sort of entrance... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:20:18 -0500 From: "Vivian Norwood" Subject: Re: Balsamic Dragon > I'm missing Balsamic Dragon's number for Mediocrity. Perhaps it was sent > over the weekend, and bounced (my mail was down)? > Apologies for not doing this officially: I am withdrawing from the mediocrity game. On the plus side, the viruses round will be up by the end of the afternoon! Balsamic Dragon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:02:15 -0500 From: "Vivian Norwood" Subject: Acka: Viruses, the Return! ROUND 15 Moves: /Dev/Joe (/) - Place B16 Alfvaen (A) - Step J11 to I10 two-star (*) - Step M15 to M16 New Grid: X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 25 . . . . . . . . . . . / / . / / . . . . . . . . 25 24 . . . . . . . . . . / . . . . / . . . . . . . . 24 23 . . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . / . . . . . . . 23 22 . . . . . . . . . . / / / . / / . . . . . . . . 22 21 . . . . . . . . . @ . . / . . . . . . . . . . . 21 20 . . . . G @ . . A A . / / . . . . . . . . . . . 20 19 . . . . G G . . A . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 . . . G G . . . . A @ . @ . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 . . . G . . . . . . T T . . . @ . . . . . . . . 17 16 . . G G / . G G . . . . . . W * X . . . . . . . 16 15 . . G G . . @ @ . . . . . W @ . . . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . @ @ * * * . . . . W @ . * * . . . . . . . 14 13 . . . . * . . @ . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 . . . . . * @ G @ ! ! . A A . . . . . T T . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . G @ ! ! . . . A . . . . . . T . . 11 10 . . . . . . . . . . . A A A . A . T . T T . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . . . @ . A A @ @ . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . G G . . . . A . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . G @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U Points: No received a virus point this turn. Cells Points /dev/joe (/) 17 2 Guy Fawkes (G) 17 5 Alfvaen (A) 15 0 Thin Man (T) 8 1 Two Star (*) 8 3 Red Barn (!) 4 0 Rex Mundi (W) 3 0 Whiz (X) 1 0 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:16:43 -0600 (CST) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses, the Return! > ROUND 15 > New Grid: > X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U > 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 > 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 > 25 . . . . . . . . . . . / / . / / . . . . . . . . 25 > 24 . . . . . . . . . . / . . . . / . . . . . . . . 24 > 23 . . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . / . . . . . . . 23 > 22 . . . . . . . . . . / / / . / / . . . . . . . . 22 > 21 . . . . . . . . . @ . . / . . . . . . . . . . . 21 > 20 . . . . G @ . . A A . / / . . . . . . . . . . . 20 > 19 . . . . G G . . A . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . . 19 [...] > Cells Points > > /dev/joe (/) 17 2 > Guy Fawkes (G) 17 5 The grid Balsamic Dragon posted is almost right, except that Guy Fawkes left Ackanomic during round 14, and nobody replaced him (did we ever figure out if anybody could?), so at the end of round 15, just before the moves are evaluated, all those G cells become uninfected. (from section 10, paragraph 2, of the Virus rules: If a player retires from the game or leaves Ackanomic and nobody takes over his virus by the end of the turn after the one during which he retired, all cells infected by his virus are uninfected just before the moves are evaluated.) /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:30:53 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: New game 3rd salvo I think Vynd's disease is working both ways, because I never saw your reply to my second salvo...:-) I will delay responding to this one until then. > Vynd's 3rd salvo: > tempt > glued > money > jokey - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Boston:Greatest Hits Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite If you catch an exploding manhole cover, you can keep it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:33:41 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses, the Return! > The grid Balsamic Dragon posted is almost right, except that Guy Fawkes > left Ackanomic during round 14, and nobody replaced him (did we ever > figure out if anybody could?), so at the end of round 15, just before > the moves are evaluated, all those G cells become uninfected. I don't think we ever did figure out if it was possible or not. Maybe someone should submit a CFJ. Oh, and Whiz's virus(if any)disappears after next round. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Boston:Greatest Hits Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite WARNING: This product not intended for use by stupid people. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:41:15 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses, the Return! > > Cells Points > > > > /dev/joe (/) 17 2 > > Guy Fawkes (G) 17 5 > The grid Balsamic Dragon posted is almost right, except that Guy Fawkes > left Ackanomic during round 14, and nobody replaced him (did we ever > figure out if anybody could?), so at the end of round 15, just before > the moves are evaluated, all those G cells become uninfected. So /dev/joe does get a Viruspoint, then... - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Boston:Greatest Hits Current Book--Dave Duncan:Future Indefinite Verily the dark ex-Jew quit Zionism, preferring the cabala. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:47:29 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Double Crash Salvo 2 On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: What can I say, I'm having a VERY rough week. Response to Alfvaen's second salvo: > > arbor 0 > ebony 0 > fishy 1 > miter 2 > naifs 0 > > Here is my third salvo, anything else that looked like my third salvo before was obviously a forgery: tempt glued money jokey - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #194 ********************************