From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #73 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 Thursday, April 16 1998 Volume 03 : Number 073 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:33:43 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R4 T5 > 4 of clubs. Take it away, Slakko the Orchestra Leader! I'm tempted to create a trinket called "Slakko the Half-A-Bee", but I'll restrain myself. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Rock Springfield's Greatest Hits Current Book--Philip Jose Farmer:The Cache There's too many clues in this room. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:47:44 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Spades: R4 T7 > > > I lead the 4 of Spades to this trick. > > 5 of spades. > Six of Spades. Well, I guess I crash this high-Spades party with my Eight of Spades. Funny, I wasn't expecting to take this trick...:-) Just to see if I can pull this off again, I lead the Eight of Diamonds. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Rick Springfield's Greatest Hits Current Book--Philip Jose Farmer:The Cache Let he who has taken the plunge remember to return it by Tuesday. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 01:22:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Acka: Viruses Duel Round 1 Plays for round 1: else...if played: Infect 69,28 Place 64,29 Place 71,29 Joe Java played: Place 69,24 Infect 70,25 Infect 68,27 Board state after generation 1: 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 30 . . @ @ . . . . . . . @ ? . . 30 29 . . @ @ @ ? . . . ? . ? ? . . 29 28 . . . . ? ? @ . J @ ? ? . . . 28 27 . . . . . . . . J J @ . . . . 27 26 . . . . . . . . . . J . . . . 26 25 . . . . . . . . . . J J . . . 25 24 . . . . . . . . . J J J . . . 24 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 We avoid a repeat of the last Viruses duel which ended 10-0 in 10 rounds by having a tie in the first round. Player Symbol Viruses Points else...if ? 9 0 Joe Java J 9 0 No viruspoint was scored this round. Send me your moves for round 2 (just one move per turn from here on out). /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:05:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - TGW's play > Correct Plays | Incorrect plays > - -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------ > K S (starter) | > Q S (/dev/joe) | > 6 S (TGW) | > 3 S (else...if) | > 4 C (/dev/joe) | I shall try the 4 of Diamonds. TGW. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:47:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Spades: R4 T7 On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > Just to see if I can pull this off again, I lead the Eight of Diamonds. Queen of Diamonds. - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc Acka - ex-President/still Web-Harfer RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:19:00 -0400 (EDT) From: jobollin@iumsc4.chem.indiana.edu (John Bollinger) Subject: Re: Acka: ThinMan vs JT >I play 'icapsu' I protest the ghost word on the grounds that it is not contained within any word in the official dictionary. ThinMan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:28:22 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Traub Subject: Re: Acka: ThinMan vs JT >>I play 'icapsu' > >I protest the ghost word on the grounds that it is not contained within >any word in the official dictionary. I claim the word is 'tricapsular' - --JT ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:52:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary defs >> >7. An uninteresting person; a bore >> I'll take this one (Thank you rufus for pointing out that I missent it.) - -- - -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:08:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: ThinMan vs JT > >I protest the ghost word on the grounds that it is not contained within > >any word in the official dictionary. > > > I claim the word is 'tricapsular' Having finally got round to looking this up (that dictionary's even bigger than the Acka ruleset!) I can confirm that this is indeed a valid word. And in an odd quirk of fate, I was just downloading the dictionary when JT mailed me to remind me about it. TGW. ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #73 *******************************