From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #237 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 Tuesday, January 6 1998 Volume 02 : Number 237 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:28:08 -0500 From: "Vivian Norwood" Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses Move for Round 4: Infect R15 Balsamic Dragon - ---------- > From: Aaron V. Humphrey > To: acka-games > Subject: Acka: Viruses > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 10:19 PM > > > Okay, here are the moves for Round 3(let me know, anybody, if this > is in error): > > /dev/joe: Place L15 > The Gingham Wearer: Place Q10 > two-star: Place K22 > breadbox: Place K19 > Balsamic Dragon: Place S21 > rufus: Infect Q11 > else...if: None > Red Barn: None > Slakko: None > ThinMan: None > > > And here is the new grid: > > > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V > 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 > 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 > 23 . . . . . . * * * . . . . . . . . 23 > 22 . . . . . . * * * . . . . . . . . 22 > 21 . . ? ? @ . . . . . . S B . . . . 21 > 20 . . ? ? @ . . . . . S . @ B . . . 20 > 19 . . . . . . . . . S S . B B . . . 19 > 18 . . . . . . X . @ @ . . B . . . . 18 > 17 . . . . . . @ . @ R . . @ . . . . 17 > 16 . . . . . @ . @ . . . . @ . . . . 16 > 15 . . . . T . / . . . . . @ . . . . 15 > 14 . . . . @ @ . . . G G G @ . . . . 14 > 13 . . . . . . @ X . . @ . @ . . . . 13 > 12 . . . . ! @ . . . / @ . . S S . . 12 > 11 . . . . ! @ . . . . @ R . . . . . 11 > 10 . . . . . . T T . . @ G @ . . . . 10 > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 > 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V > > > No viruspoints were received this round. > > > Player Name Symbol Cells Points > Slakko S 6 1 > two-star * 6 0 > Balsamic Dragon B 5 0 > else...if ? 4 0 > The Gingham Wearer G 4 0 > ThinMan T 3 0 > rufus R 2 1 > /dev/joe / 2 0 > breadbox X 2 0 > Red Barn ! 2 0 > > > > -- > --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) > Current Album--Colin James Hay:Looking For Jack > Current Book--David Foster Wallace:Infinite Jest > "Commander, I would like to ask you about your sexual organs." > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:28:46 -0500 From: "Vivian Norwood" Subject: Oops! Please disregard that last post, heh heh! Balsamic Dragon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:13:41 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Acka: *ping* First off, I thank Slakko for the pedestal of *ping*. Secondly, I'll fill in the magic letter, "Y", as named by else...if: IF AND ONLY IF today ** *****y, *******y ** ********* *** ** *** ******* ****** ** ** THEN the Machine That Goes *ping* shall go *ping*. Thirdly: Today is Tuesday the sixth day of January and the Machine that goes *ping* has gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 9 times. The Gingham Wearer, Scholar of *ping*. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:54:04 -0000 From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: acka: Mediocrity Anyone want to play mediocrity? Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:03:11 -0600 From: AARON KEESLER Subject: RE: acka: Mediocrity Sure :) Hopefully, we'll have better luck this time. >-----Original Message----- >From: Gavin M. Doig [SMTP:gmd@earthling.net] >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 12:54 PM >To: acka games >Subject: acka: Mediocrity > >Anyone want to play mediocrity? > >Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:28:39 -0500 (EST) From: David Scheidt Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > Anyone want to play mediocrity? sure. rufus > > Rex Mundi. > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:35:16 +0000 () From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > Anyone want to play mediocrity? Count me in again. - -- Duncan "" Richer aka Duncan C. Richer - aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother - Now Really Lost! Queens' College -- PhD, Pure Maths, Graph Theory -- Cambridge University ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:40:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Duncan Richer wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > > Anyone want to play mediocrity? > > Count me in again. > > -- > Duncan "" Richer aka > Duncan C. Richer - aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother - Now Really Lost! > Queens' College -- PhD, Pure Maths, Graph Theory -- Cambridge University Did the last game ever actually end? If not, I am quiting it. :) - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:24:56 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity > Anyone want to play mediocrity? > > Rex Mundi. Yeah, why not!? The Gingham Wearer. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:09:37 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity > Anyone want to play mediocrity? Sure. I could even referee it if no one else was planning to... - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Carly Simon:Coming Around Again Current Book--David Foster Wallace:Infinite Jest I wish life had scroll back - with cut and paste. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:52:08 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V >21 . . ? ? @ . . . . . . S B . . . . 21 >20 . . ? ? @ . . . . . S . @ B . . . 20 Where did J20 and J21 come from? - -- Omnium pro iure, ius pro omnio - -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran "For there never was yey philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently" -William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, scene 1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:29:11 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses > > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V > >21 . . ? ? @ . . . . . . S B . . . . 21 > >20 . . ? ? @ . . . . . S . @ B . . . 20 > Where did J20 and J21 come from? two-star had a cell at K22, and breadbox at K19. So J20 and J21 had three neighbours each, but two different viruses, so new uninfected cells were created there. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Savage Garden:I Want You Current Book--David Foster Wallace:Infinite Jest In the beginning there was nothing...which exploded. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:54:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity > > Anyone want to play mediocrity? > > Sure. I could even referee it if no one else was planning to... Oh, did we get that fixed so it has a referee? In that case I'll play. /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 20:10:34 -0500 From: Malenkai Subject: Re: Acka: Ye Olde Rusty Lantern, one more time. > The new royal couple was married in the grand hall of Brusari's building, > which had been the royal palace before the split between Solgrai and Rishent, > and they remained there to rule over the reunited kingdom. I'll accept this (barely) :-), The game is over. /dev/joe has won, and wins the kitty. He has also found T101, but that doesn't happen until I make the announcement on the main list, as far as I remember the postal code. Vynd's interrupt then is accepted, but the game was over. I will propose a fix to this. Anyone else feel like harfing another round? Malenkai ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:13:33 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Re: Acka: Ye Olde Rusty Lantern, one more time. Congratulations, /dev/joe. > I'll accept this (barely) :-), The game is over. /dev/joe has won, > and wins the kitty. He has also found T101, but that doesn't happen > until I make the announcement on the main list, as far as I remember > the postal code. T101? Oh my. For the record: an announcement on acka-games would be legal, as far as the Postal Code is concerned. (An announcement on acka-finance would be legal, for that matter - anywhere except acka-research.) breadbox ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 02:43:54 -0000 From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity > From: Aaron V. Humphrey > Date: 06 January 1998 20:09 > > > > Anyone want to play mediocrity? > > Sure. I could even referee it if no one else was planning to... > I was planning to when I suggested it. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 23:57:37 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Ye Olde Rusty Lantern, one more time. On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Malenkai wrote: > > The new royal couple was married in the grand hall of Brusari's building, > > which had been the royal palace before the split between Solgrai and Rishent, > > and they remained there to rule over the reunited kingdom. > > I'll accept this (barely) :-), The game is over. /dev/joe has > won, and wins the kitty. He has also found T101, but that doesn't > happen until I make the announcement on the main list, as far as I > remember the postal code. > > Vynd's interrupt then is accepted, but the game was over. I will > propose a fix to this. > > Anyone else feel like harfing another round? > > Malenkai > Aagh, NO! No more! I've read enough books like this in my free time, now I know how they're written. Seriously though, that was kind of fun. I want to know who wrote the card "three-headed?" "infinite" was a pain too. I also want to know if anyone recieved my two favorites out of the cards I wrote, "Ackanomic" and "/dev/joe." All in all, I thought that was a pretty good game, even if the story got a little strange at times (I know, I was no help there). There was drama at the begining, when I almost managed to use up my cards, and struggle towards the end to wrest control away from Alfvaen and from /dev/joe (struggle to figure out how to interrupt any of these plays with cards like "statue" and "machine gun," that is). My apologies to Alfvaen for making fun of his traditional fantasy plot line, but I had a lot of cards I couldn't see some sort of Grey Mouser wannabe using. I still think my planned ending, where Stutim is indeed crowned King but then killed and eaten by the Three-headed thing (also featuring machine guns), would have been more satisfying. I must say his introduction of the "dream travel" business was a stroke of genius (if a bit of a cop out :). - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #237 ********************************