From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #280 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 Monday, November 23 1998 Volume 03 : Number 280 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 03:14:58 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (callithump) On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > I apologize for the delay, and hope that it was not terminal. The ing > word for this round will hopefully be "callithump". You may reply to > this message to send me your definitions, if you are a Bluffer in this > game, of course. Unfortunately, this was submitted about 20 hours too late. Anyone remember the definition of "ing"? - -- Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/ Ackanomic | U. of Cambridge Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator | 2nd Year PhD(PMa) ------------------------------ From: alfvaen@connect.ab.ca (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Fictionary Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:16:35 -0500 (EST) Thank you, Slakko, for pointing out what we all realized to be true and not letting pragmatism just take its course if we all just let it quietly go by. Frankly, I'm tired of this game of Fictionary, where no deadline seems able to be kept. I'm willing to abandon it if everyone else is, and either start another one or fix the deadlines to make them either longer or more flexible. Because this really and truly is ridiculous. -- --Alfvaen(Web page:http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/) Song In My Head--Weird Al Yankovic:Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies Current Book--Poul Anderson:The High Crusade Is that a helpful waffle, or what? ------------------------------ From: "Duncan C. \"Slakko\" Richer" Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:21:16 -0500 (EST) On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > > Thank you, Slakko, for pointing out what we all realized to be true and > not letting pragmatism just take its course if we all just let it quietly > go by. I missed the deadline for my turn by about 2 hours. I pointed it out immediately. I think the problem with this game of Fictionary is just that too many other things have been going on in Acka for us to concentrate on playing it. Which is to an extent a good thing. I'd be happy to see this Fictionary declared moribund. -- Duncan C. "Slakko" Richer - http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/ Queens' College Cambridge, 2nd Year Ph.D. (Pure Maths) - Graph Theory Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Clerk of the Court ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:44:34 -0500 (EST) On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: >Thank you, Slakko, for pointing out what we all realized to be true and >not letting pragmatism just take its course if we all just let it quietly >go by. > >Frankly, I'm tired of this game of Fictionary, where no deadline seems >able to be kept. I'm willing to abandon it if everyone else is, and either >start another one or fix the deadlines to make them either longer or more >flexible. Because this really and truly is ridiculous. I am willing to go either way. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Gabe Drummond-Cole Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:53:26 -0500 (EST) At 09:21 AM 11/23/98 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote: > >> >> Thank you, Slakko, for pointing out what we all realized to be true and >> not letting pragmatism just take its course if we all just let it quietly >> go by. > >I missed the deadline for my turn by about 2 hours. I pointed it out >immediately. I think the problem with this game of Fictionary is just >that too many other things have been going on in Acka for us to >concentrate on playing it. > >Which is to an extent a good thing. > >I'd be happy to see this Fictionary declared moribund. > As would I --Pol Pot Possible Butthead -- Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master -- Really Weird -- Rule-Harfer -- Religious Caste -- Trying hard not to be annoying ------------------------------ From: Tom Walmsley Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:05:36 -0500 (EST) > >I'd be happy to see this Fictionary declared moribund. > > > > As would I Ditto. In fact I'd leave it right now were it not fir the fact that I'd have to change the address in the "to" field since thgis isn't a public forum. Gromit. -- Tom Walmsley t.walmsley@lineone.net http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739 Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Defictionary From: alfvaen@connect.ab.ca (Aaron V. Humphrey) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:21:17 -0500 (EST) It seems that games without Referees cannot be declared moribund. Perhaps one of our elected officials could declare it an Exhibition, and then we can all leave, or something? (What happens to a game which has fewer than the minimum number of participants? I don't see that actually mentioned anywhere...) -- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Iron Maiden:Powerslave Current Book--Poul Anderson:The High Crusade WARNING: This product not intended for use by stupid people. ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #280 ********************************