From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #247 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 Saturday, January 17 1998 Volume 02 : Number 247 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:06:39 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary > The following are the definitions of the word quirpele: Just to be different, I'm going to vote for: > 2. A species of deciduous tree native to South America. I mean, with so much South America _one_ of them has to be right... - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations The reader of this tagline only exists while reading me. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:08:34 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen > I'm not sure about this but I believe that the challenged second is the > default referee if there are no volunteers after a week. That's the way I amended it, yes. I might have confused two-star with some of my comments in private email... > Anyhow, I play v. I play va. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations Gods chase, round vase. What say? What play? Don't know. Nice, though. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:28:25 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Vynd vs. else...if On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Towsner wrote: > > bbot > bbots > > I challenge this as not being a part of any word in the dictionary. - Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:31:24 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Viruses Here are the moves for Round 6 of Viruses: two-star: Place U14 breadbox: Place K16 Slakko: Place U11 Balsamic Dragon: Place T19 ThinMan: Place L9 else...if: Infect K13 The Gingham Wearer: Step Q9-P10 /dev/joe: None rufus: None Red Barn: None Here is the new grid: F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 24 . . . . . . * * . . . . . . . . . . . 24 23 . . . . . . * * * . . . . . . . . . . 23 22 . . . . . . @ . . * @ @ @ . . . . . . 22 21 . . ? ? . . . . @ * @ S B B . . . . . 21 20 . . ? ? . . . . . . @ @ @ B . . . . . 20 19 . . . . . . . X S . S S B B B . . . . 19 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . B B . . . . 18 17 . . . . . . . . . . . B . B B . . . . 17 16 . . . @ . X @ @ R . . @ . B . . . . . 16 15 . . . X . . . . . . G . . @ . * . . . 15 14 . . . @ . . . . . . G G . @ . * . . . 14 13 . . . . . ? . . . . @ . . . . S @ . . 13 12 . . . . . @ . @ . . . . . . S S S . . 12 11 . . . @ . . . . . / . . G G . S . . . 11 10 . . . @ . . . . . . . . @ G @ . . . . 10 9 . . . . T T T . . . . . G . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . . . . G G G . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . @ . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Balsamic Dragon got a Viruspoint this round! Player Name Symbol Cells Points Balsamic Dragon B 12 1 The Gingham Wearer G 10 1 Slakko S 9 2 two-star * 9 0 else...if ? 5 0 ThinMan T 3 0 breadbox X 3 0 rufus R 1 1 /dev/joe / 1 0 Red Barn ! 0 0 You can reply to this message to submit your move for Round 7... - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Bjork:Debut Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations They may eat lamb or stroke each other. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 23:31:01 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary I vote for definition #1. > 1. A South American flowering plant with trifoliate leaves. breadbox Bluffer ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:22:27 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Re: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen > > Anyhow, I play v. > I play va. I play iva The Gingham Wearer. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:04:07 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Vynd vs. else...if >> bbots >> >> > >I challenge this as not being a part of any word in the dictionary. abbots - -- - -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. -Isaac Babel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 19:12:32 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* > I would like to select "t" as the Magic Letter. IF AND ONLY IF today is *****y, T******y ** *****t*** *** ** t** ******* ****** *t t* THEN the Machine That Goes *ping* shall go *ping*. The Gingham Wearer, Scholar of *ping*. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 15:03:03 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen > > > Anyhow, I play v. > > I play va. > I play iva I play riva. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Flash & The Pan:Early Morning Wake-Up Call Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations [The road]twisted like a snake that had swallowed a Slinky... --Joel Rosenberg ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 15:06:27 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Vynd vs. else...if > >> bbots > >I challenge this as not being a part of any word in the dictionary. > abbots The word "abbots" is indeed in the Official Dictionary. (As is "abbotship", "grabbots", and "subabbots". So obviously the only possible move for Vynd would have been "bbotsh".) else...if has won the Duel. And I lose three points. :-( - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Flash & The Pan:Early Morning Wake-Up Call Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations Sentimental gentlemen are not afraid to show you when ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 19:32:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Re: Acka: Vynd vs. else...if On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > > >> bbots > > > >I challenge this as not being a part of any word in the dictionary. > > > abbots > > The word "abbots" is indeed in the Official Dictionary. > > (As is "abbotship", "grabbots", and "subabbots". So obviously the only > possible move for Vynd would have been "bbotsh".) > > else...if has won the Duel. And I lose three points. :-( > > Sorry Alfvaen. I was thinking abbot myself once else...if played the o. I knew that was probably what he had in mind but I couldn't think of an alternative in time. And it looked like I would win, but I somehow forgot about that pesky plural... - Vynd, going back to Double Crash I think jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:46:52 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Re: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen > > > > Anyhow, I play v. > > > I play va. > > I play iva > I play riva. I play triva. The Gingham Wearer. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 19:03:19 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen > > > > > Anyhow, I play v. > > > > I play va. > > > I play iva > > I play riva. > I play triva. I may regret this, but... I protest that "triva" is not found within a word in the Official Dictionary. (And hopefully I won't feel as foolish as Vynd did with "bbots"...) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Absolute Beginners Soundtrack Current Book--Charles Dickens:Great Expectations I was on a roll, until I slipped on the butter. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:17:32 -0600 (CST) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary I choose definition 2: > 2. A species of deciduous tree native to South America. /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:55:48 -1000 From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: The Gingham Wearer vs. Alfvaen contrivance contrivances outrival outrivaled outrivaling outrivalled outrivalling outrivals trivalent trivalve trivalves > I may regret this, but... I protest that "triva" is not found > within a word in the Official Dictionary. (And hopefully I won't > feel as foolish as Vynd did with "bbots"...) The entity page already says you are silly, now you can feel foolish as well.... ;) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:02:44 -1000 From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* > IF AND ONLY IF today is *****y, T******y ** *****t*** *** ** t** > ******* ****** *t t* THEN the Machine That Goes *ping* shall go *ping*. Wait a second.... The original post said: The truth is," she continued, "IF AND ONLY IF today ** ******, ******** ** ********* *** ** *** ******* ****** ** ** THEN the Machine is it just me or has "**" become "is" illegally? ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #247 ********************************