From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #27 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 Friday, February 27 1998 Volume 03 : Number 027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:14:47 -0500 (EST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Fictionary Round 11 Sorry for the delay in starting this round; I've been busy. (Mostly having job interviews, though, which is a Good Thing.) The Ing word for this round is harmost. Bluffers, reply to this message to send me your definitions. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Soundgarden:My Wave Current Book--Katie Waitman:The Merro Tree Do not throw cigarettes into the urinal, for they are subtle and quick to anger. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:49:22 -0500 (EST) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Duel: Spades: R1 T11,T12 > > > King of Spades. > > Jack of Spades > Nine of Clubs. Four of Diamonds. (Again, sorry for the holdup.) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Kate Bush:Lionheart Current Book--Katie Waitman:The Merro Tree Stupid == nothing to say, and a worldwide network to say it on. --billbill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:53:42 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Duel: Spades: R1 T13 I won the last trick with the King of Spades. Now, for the lead of the final trick: Five of Clubs. - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Yr PhD(PMa) - .Nomic Elector, Frgn Minister, HP(Morpork) Acka - President "Gumball" Web-Harfer RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 13:03:35 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Acka: Go: Round 1 Game 1 completed The results are in for Round 1 of Single Capture Go. Moves: V: Alfvaen: b4 G: The Gingham Wearer: b3 W: Wild Card: c3 Board: 1 2 3 4 5 6 a . . . . . . b . . G V . . c . . W . . . d . . . . . . e . . . . . . f . . . . . . Please reply with your moves for round 2 (privately of course). Yours, Slakko - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Yr PhD(PMa) - .Nomic Elector, Frgn Minister, HP(Morpork) Acka - President "Gumball" Web-Harfer RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:12:49 -0500 (EST) From: Hubert Subject: Re: Acka: Duel: Spades: R1 T13 On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Duncan Richer wrote: > I won the last trick with the King of Spades. > > Now, for the lead of the final trick: > > Five of Clubs. I can't play out of turn, nor can I reveal my cards, but I can state that this last trick must be mine. If the Referee wants to verify this, we won't need to wait for Goldenmean, who probably won't be on for another eight or nine hours, if then. - -Hubert If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:14:09 -0500 (EST) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) I am announcing the start of a game of word un-association. The players are /dev/joe, Slakko and Hubert (oh, sod the treasure, I know I'll say it by accident eventually). I am assigning them the following integers: Slakko 1 /dev/joe 2 Hubert 3 That means that Slakko is the first Linker and /dev/joe and Hubert are both Confused. The initial word is piano. Slakko must provide an uh? word sharing a link word with piano. TGW Referee. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:25:57 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote: > That means that Slakko is the first Linker. > The initial word is piano. Slakko must provide an uh? word > sharing a link word with piano. The uh? word for this round is man. Slakko Linker - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Yr PhD(PMa) - .Nomic Elector, Frgn Minister, HP(Morpork) Acka - President "Gumball" Web-Harfer RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:33:01 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Duncan Richer wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote: > > > That means that Slakko is the first Linker. > > The initial word is piano. Slakko must provide an uh? word > > sharing a link word with piano. > > The uh? word for this round is man. > Slakko > Linker The above is not a valid uh? word, especially if you like Billy Joel. Therefore the above message was not actually the message announcing the uh? word. The uh? word for this round is walk. Yours, Slakko - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Yr PhD(PMa) - .Nomic Elector, Frgn Minister, HP(Morpork) Acka - President "Gumball" Web-Harfer RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:14:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) Slakko wrote: > The uh? word for this round is walk. I'm trying to figure out these crazy rules. It seems to me that Confused players should be sending their words privately to somebody (probably the referee) but the rules don't say that, and in fact imply that the Confused are supposed to post their word publicly, which would be the default way to do anything anyway. I suggest that the CSRR (do we have one now?) fix the game rule before we get too far along. In any case, I note the easy link from piano to walk with "man". /dev/joe Really Confused ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:51:04 -0500 (EST) From: Hubert Subject: Re: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: > Slakko wrote: > > The uh? word for this round is walk. > > I'm trying to figure out these crazy rules. It seems to me that Confused > players should be sending their words privately to somebody (probably the > referee) but the rules don't say that, and in fact imply that the Confused > are supposed to post their word publicly, which would be the default way > to do anything anyway. I noticed the exact same thing, and in fact my fingers were hovering over the Ctrl-X buttons to send my message (which contained the same Link Word as /dev/joe's, that Slakko thoughtfully provided us in his first message) which pointed out that I think public submission makes the game a bit unsporting when I received this one. > I suggest that the CSRR (do we have one now?) fix the game rule before we > get too far along. I agree. Private submission to the Referee or even the Linker makes much more sense than public posting, IMHO. > In any case, I note the easy link from piano to walk with "man". Also, what exactly defines association? Being used in phrases or titles together ("Piano Man" --> "walkman"; "bluebottle" --> "wine bottle")? Or simple association ("pupil" in school --> "pupil" in eye; "piano pedal" - --> "pedal", meaning relating to feet)? Or a combination of the two (a "cakewalk" is a song played on the piano)? I suppose this is, in a way, like /dev/joe's "degrees of relation" argument regarding YORL interrupts, and the Referee has a job very similar to the Barkeep's, and also very subjective into the bargain. In any case, I, too, give the link word "man" as a safe, albeit uninteresting, alternative to the above. - -Hubert Everyone has a photographic memory. Not everyone has film. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:57:57 -0500 (EST) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Game: Word un-association (Start) From: Joseph W. DeVincentis > Slakko wrote: > > The uh? word for this round is walk. You think you're confused? You ain't got nothing on me. The message I just got from Slakko read as follows: "The uh? word for this round is man." Just what is the uh? word? > I'm trying to figure out these crazy rules. It seems to me that Confused > players should be sending their words privately to somebody (probably the > referee) but the rules don't say that, and in fact imply that the Confused > are supposed to post their word publicly, which would be the default way > to do anything anyway. Good grief, you don't expect me to create a rule that actually *works* do you?! Just look at the debacle over the radishes, and the cheeses weren't bug free either. > I suggest that the CSRR (do we have one now?) fix the game rule before we > get too far along. We do indeed. 'Tis Vynd. > In any case, I note the easy link from piano to walk with "man". Piano man? Now when I got the message I thought I got from Slakko I didn't see any link from piano to man but now you've said this I'm not sure. Is there a link? Or is there a link from piano to walk? > /dev/joe > Really Confused TGW, thinking his terms for this game were particularly appropriate. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:29:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Acka: Game: Word Un-association I think I've finally managed to figure out what's going on in word un-association (having Slakko submit an invalid word and having my emails not working right and me receiving them in the wrong order didn't help) but if you disagree then just say. I started it off. Slakko unsuccessfully attempted to announce "man" as the uh? word. Slakko then announced "walk" as the uh? word. Hubert and /dev/joe both named "man" as their link word. The round now ends with Hubert and /dev/joe both gaining one game point. It is now /dev/joe's turn as linker (although I think e's still confused) and the word e has to link from is walk. /dev/joe, over to you. TGW. ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #27 *******************************