Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #23
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acka-games-digest      Monday, February 23 1998      Volume 03 : Number 023

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:24:48 -0500 (EST)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

Bluffers, here are the definitions for Round 10, there were no correct
submissions:

1. A vanity.

2. A patch of very muddy terrain.

3. A notion of little value or worth.

4. A predatory fish that travels in schools and attacks live prey.

5. A fish capable of breathing in air.

6. An ant, or emmet.

7. A region wetter than a swamp, but not a true body of water. 

Respond publically with your votes.

                              - Brainiac Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:37:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

I vote for this one:

> 3. A notion of little value or worth.

/dev/joe

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:57:59 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

2. A patch of very muddy terrain.

I'll bite

not three but 2.

- -Hoover 2300
_________________________________________________________________________
{Still} "their is urine in my chemically made up water substance."

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:15:25 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

> 6. An ant, or emmet.

I'll go for this one.

- --
- --Veal Fan(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Soul Asylum:Without A Trace
Current Book--Katie Waitman:The Merro Tree
Strive to achieve Pareto-superiority.

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 03:55:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Joshua Herreshoff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades Duel R1T9

> Well, since all of us have been following along (ahem) we know that
> Goldie's ten was the second lowest Trump left.  (Unless, of course,
> *I've* been counting wrong.)
>
> So it wasn't such a loss.  Especially since it happened to you guys.  :-)

No real excuse for this, I was just spacing out.  Actually, ummm, let's see,
I'm sure I can blame this on something, let's see.  Okay, midterms are coming
up, and I'm stressed out.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  Anyway.

I lead the King of Hearts

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:58:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Rico <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades Duel R1T9

On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote:

> I lead the King of Hearts

I follow with the Seven of Clubs, and beat you over the head with them.

- -rico

Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's Disease. How could you not see that 
coming? -Dennis Leary 

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:52:18 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: GAD Round 5

Sorry about the delay in reporting the results... the Wrangler is
somewhat busy... Anyway, we had a pretty quiet round, but I know you're
all *dying* to know what happened, so here goes:

/dev/joe and Illusion both tried to grab else..if's donkey, and both
failed  (especially since else..if covered his donkey).  Unfortunately
for Illusion, Calvin N Hobbes grabbed his donkey, secure in his new
Senate seat.

Rex Mundi attempted to grab Goldenmean's donkey, but Goldenmean had it
covered.  Also, Bill the pirate king tried to grab Slakko's donkey, but
Slakko made sure his donkey was under wraps.

breadbox, Alfvaen, Guy Fawkes, The Gingham Wearer, and K 2 covered their
donkeys.  breadbox's donkey is starting to wonder if anything exists
outside of the Great Blanket, and is considering founding a new
religion.

Finally, Slagothor and rufus realized that their donkeys were the
pinnacle of donkey evolution, and admired their elegance.

Current Scores:
The Gingham Wearer - 2
Calvin N Hobbes - 2
Rex Mundi - 1
else..if - 1
Bill the pirate king - 1
Goldenmean - 1
Slagothor - 1
/dev/joe - 1
Everyone else - 0

The still-not-much-different GAL:
Alfvaen
Bill the pirate king
breadbox
Calvin N Hobbes
/dev/joe
else..if
The Gingham Wearer
Guy Fawkes
K 2
Rex Mundi
rufus
Slagothor
Slakko

Reply to this message with your schemes.  And remember, the beauty of a
donkey is significantly lessened when it is in your opponent's hands.
However, the beauty of your opponent's donkey is increased fourfold when
it is in your hands :)

Note:  I'll report the results for this round Wednesday, if everyone
gives me moves by then.  Otherwise, I'll report them next Monday at the
latest.

- ------------------
Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
- ------------------

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:42:59 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Spades Duel R1T10

> > I lead the King of Hearts

> I follow with the Seven of Clubs, and beat you over the head with them.

I play the 10 of Hearts.

- --
- --Veal Fan(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Mick Jagger:Let's Work
Current Book--Katie Waitman:The Merro Tree
A cat's worst enemy is a closed door.

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:47:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades Duel R1T10

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> > > I lead the King of Hearts
> 
> > I follow with the Seven of Clubs, and beat you over the head with them.
> 
> I play the 10 of Hearts.

I round out with the 4 of Hearts.  Goldie's Lead.

- -- 
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" RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:21:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

> 3. A notion of little value or worth.

I vote for definition #3.

breadbox
Bluffer

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 12:52:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

> 3. A notion of little value or worth.

I'm going for this one.

TGW.

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:10:42 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Ah-HA!

A reading from the Book of GAD:

"Every so often there comes a Wrangler, one wise in many respects, and
quite swift with the round results, but perhaps a bit *too* swift.  He
will, once every four rounds or so, err drastically and completely
against his will."

I appear to be such a Wrangler.  I pick up my Bottle of Wishes and thwap
myself upside the head, but miss completely due to the odd properties of
the bottle.

In the real world, what happened was this:

/dev/joe and Illusion both tried to grab else..if's donkey, and both
failed (especially since else..if covered his donkey).  Unfortunately
for Illusion, Calvin N Hobbes tried to grab his donkey, secure in his
new Senate seat.  Unfortunately for Calvin N Hobbes, Illusion had the
Little Lamb, and CnH got that instead.

New Current Scores:
The Gingham Wearer - 2
Rex Mundi - 1
Calvin N Hobbes -1 
else..if - 1
Bill the pirate king - 1
Goldenmean - 1
Slagothor - 1
/dev/joe - 1
Everyone else - 1

The completely-the-same-as-Round-4 GAL:
Alfvaen
Bill the pirate king
breadbox
Calvin N Hobbes
/dev/joe
else..if
The Gingham Wearer
Guy Fawkes
Illusion
K 2
Rex Mundi
rufus
Slagothor
Slakko

Reply to this message or to the previous with your moves.  I believe
that anyone who wants to change your moves may do so.

- ------------------
Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
- ------------------

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:27:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "Gavin M. Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Mediocrity round 14 results, round 15 start

/dev/joe led off with 7, followed by Fortunato, with another 7. The Gingham
Wearer played 10, and Veal Fan played 14. Next was Goldenmean, with 10, and
finally else...if, with 4.
Slakko randomly played 6, and rufus randomly played 9.

So 9 was the most mediocre number, and rufus gains 1 Gamepoint. Finally!

The scores are: Goldenmean 1, The Gingham Wearer 1, Fortunato 1, else...if
2, Alfvaen 2, /dev/joe 3, Slakko 3, rufus 1.

Round 15 starts now; reply to play.

Rex Mundi.

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:34:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

>5. A fish capable of breathing in air.
	I'll pick this one.

- --
- -Henry Towsner, AKA else...if, The Fearless Alibi Posesser, Laefu, and Yilran

	<[email-masked]>

	Success is the child of audacity.
		-Benjamin Disraeli

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:51:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 10

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

> 3. A notion of little value or worth.

Well, if Alfie's sheeping he's home, but if not it could be fun.

I vote for 3.

- -- 
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" RuneMaker ChessUmpire Map-Harfer

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:15:04 -0500 (EST)
From: David Scheidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: Mediocrity round 14 results, round 15 start

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote:
> So 9 was the most mediocre number, and rufus gains 1 Gamepoint. Finally!

Yahoo!  Of course, it only happened at random, which tells me I must be
the worst possible Mediocrity player...

rufus

> 
> The scores are: Goldenmean 1, The Gingham Wearer 1, Fortunato 1, else...if
> 2, Alfvaen 2, /dev/joe 3, Slakko 3, rufus 1.
> 
> Round 15 starts now; reply to play.
> 
> Rex Mundi.
> 

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:52:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: YORL

> i attempt to interupt all of sam's unanswered , wonderings with , "riddle"
> 
> - Karma

After some thought, I accept the Gingham Wearer's play of "rocket to the
moon"; it is burned.  We've seen more about the ring now, but I think it's
still an important element in the story; the loose end stays.

I accept Karma's interrupt with "riddle".  This entire story has been
a riddle so far, as Sam was pondering in this segment.  The Gingham Wearer
receives a card.  It is Karma's turn.

At this rate, I'm going to need to add cards to the deck soon.

/dev/joe

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