From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V2 #255 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 Sunday, January 25 1998 Volume 02 : Number 255 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:25:37 -0000 From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: acka: FairPlay award I am awarding a FairPlay award to /dev/joe, to make up for my excessive promptness earlier. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:01:50 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) Both players attempted to spread out across the board, but /dev/joe managed to counter many of Slakko's gains, while getting plenty of his own. Slakko placed and K18 and M19, and infected O14. /dev/joe placed at L12, G11, and P15 /dev/joe got a point Here's the board, respond to play: F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . / . @ . . . . . . . . . . 11 . / . . . . @ / . . . . . . 12 . @ . . . . / / . . . . . . 13 . . S @ . . / @ @ . S . . . 14 . . @ @ . . / / @ . . @ . . 15 . . @ @ . . . . @ @ / . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . @ @ . . . . 18 . . . . @ S . . @ . . . . . 19 . . . . @ S . . S . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Player Cells Points /dev/joe 9 1 Slakko 5 0 - -- -- - -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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:08:40 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) /dev/joe placed M17, while Slakko placed P14. F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . / . . . . . . . . . . . 11 / / / . . . @ / . . . . . . 12 . @ . . . / . . . . . . . . 13 . . . @ . / . . . . S . . . 14 . S . . @ . / . . . . @ . . 15 . . @ @ . . . . . . / . . . 16 . . . . . . . / . . / . . . 17 . . . . . . . / @ @ . . . . 18 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /dev/joe got a virus point Player Cells Points /dev/joe 12 2 Slakko 4 0 - -- - -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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:13:35 +0000 () From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Towsner wrote: > /dev/joe placed M17, while Slakko placed P14. This is not a correct board. Before generation I had P13 and P14. Therefore, Q13 should have been created (it has 3 neighbours). Please go over this again. > > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S > 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 10 . . / . . . . . . . . . . . > 11 / / / . . . @ / . . . . . . > 12 . @ . . . / . . . . . . . . > 13 . . . @ . / . . . . S . . . > 14 . S . . @ . / . . . . @ . . > 15 . . @ @ . . . . . . / . . . > 16 . . . . . . . / . . / . . . > 17 . . . . . . . / @ @ . . . . > 18 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . > 19 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . > 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko the Really Lost Warner Brother - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ Queens' College -- PhD, Pure Maths, Graph Theory -- Cambridge University Ackanomic - RuneMaker - Chess-Umpire - Map-Harfer - Senator - Swinger ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:24:21 +0000 () From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Towsner wrote: > Both players attempted to spread out across the board, but /dev/joe managed > to counter many of Slakko's gains, while getting plenty of his own. > > Slakko placed and K18 and M19, and infected O14. > > /dev/joe placed at L12, G11, and P15 > > /dev/joe got a point Here is my version of how the board should have looked after the second round, assuming that the first round was handled correctly: /dev/joe placed M17, I placed P14. The board after placements. > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S > 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 10 . / . @ . . . . . . . . . . > 11 . / . . . . @ / . . . . . . > 12 . @ . . . . / / . . . . . . > 13 . . S @ . . / @ @ . S . . . > 14 . . @ @ . . / / @ . S @ . . > 15 . . @ @ . . . . @ @ / . . . > 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 17 . . . . . . . / @ @ . . . . > 18 . . . . @ S . . @ . . . . . > 19 . . . . @ S . . S . . . . . > 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The board after the generation moves. > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S > 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 10 . . / . . . . . . . . . . . > 11 / / . . . . @ / . . . . . . > 12 . @ . . . / . . . . . . . . > 13 . S . @ . / . . . . S S . . > 14 . S . . @ . / . . . S @ . . > 15 . . @ @ . . . . @ . / @ . . > 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 17 . . . . . . . / @ @ . . . . > 18 . . . . @ S @ . @ . . . . . > 19 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . > 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tally of cells by my count: /dev/joe 9 Slakko 7 This differs significantly from else...if's figures. - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko the Really Lost Warner Brother - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ Queens' College -- PhD, Pure Maths, Graph Theory -- Cambridge University Ackanomic - RuneMaker - Chess-Umpire - Map-Harfer - Senator - Swinger ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:36:58 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) Sigh. Yeah, I misplaced one of Slakko's cells. Slakko's version wasn't quite right either. Here's what the map looks like: F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . / . . . . . . . . . . . 11 / / . . . . @ / . . . . . . 12 . @ . . . / . . . . . . . . 13 . S . @ . / . . . . S S . . 14 . S . . @ . / . . . S @ . . 15 . . @ @ . . . . @ . / @ . . 16 . . . . . . . / . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . / @ @ . . . . 18 . . . . @ S @ . . . . . . . 19 . . . . @ S . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /dev/joe got a virus point Player Cells Points /dev/joe 10 2 Slakko 7 0 - -- - -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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:47:00 -0500 From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) Slakko pointed out that I forgot to extend the map left of F. I'm not going to repost it, just use D and E, and I'll fix it for next time. - -- - -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: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:30:18 -0000 From: "The Gingham Wearer" Subject: Re: Acka: Duel(Slakko, /dev/joe) > Here's the board, respond to play: > F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S > 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 10 . / . @ . . . . . . . . . . > 11 . / . . . . @ / . . . . . . > 12 . @ . . . . / / . . . . . . > 13 . . S @ . . / @ @ . S . . . > 14 . . @ @ . . / / @ . . @ . . > 15 . . @ @ . . . . @ @ / . . . > 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 17 . . . . . . . . @ @ . . . . > 18 . . . . @ S . . @ . . . . . > 19 . . . . @ S . . S . . . . . > 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I thought the board was meant to expand when you got near the edges. The Gingham Wearer. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 16:28:50 -0700 (MST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Fictionary Round 4 At least, I think this is Round 4... As Brainiac for this round, I would like to announce that the Ing Word for this round is "bigha". Bluffers may reply to this message to send me their definitions. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Arlo Guthrie:Alice's Restaurant Current Book--Tanith Lee:Dark Dance I think I'll join a cult, and worship Linda Blair ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V2 #255 ********************************