Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #82
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acka-games-digest       Saturday, April 25 1998       Volume 03 : Number 082

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:26:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Viruses End

Here are the moves for Round 39:

/dev/joe: Destroy J15
Slakko: Place Y19
breadbox: Place @19
The Gingham Wearer: Place K14
else...if: Place T8
two-star: None

New Grid:

   : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ 
28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . . . . * * . . . . . . . 26
25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . @ ? . . . . * * . . . . . . . 25
24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . @ ? . . . . . . . . / . . . . 24
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X @ . ? ? . . . . . . . / . / . . . 23
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / . . / / . . 22
21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / / / . . . . 21
20 . . . . . @ . @ . . . . . . . . X @ . . . . . . . . . / / . . . @ . . 20
19 . . . . X . . . . . . ? . ? . X . . . . ? ? . . . . . / / . @ S . . . 19
18 . . . . X X X . . . . ? . ? . . . . X @ ? ? . . . . . . . . / / / . . 18
17 . . X X . . . . . . . . ? ? . . . . @ . @ . @ X . . . . . . . / . . . 17
16 . . X X . . . . . . . . . . / / / . / / . . X X @ ? ? . . . . . . . . 16
15 . . X X X . . . . . . . . . . / . . / . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / . . @ @ ? ? ? . . . . . . . . 14
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / . . . . / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 . . . . . . . . . . . G @ . . . @ . / . / . . @ @ . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 . . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . / . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . G G @ . . . . . . . . G G . . . . . . . . . . 10
 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . G G G . . . . . G G . G G . . . . . . . . . .  9
 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G @ . G . @ ? @ . . . . . . .  8
 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . @ . @ . * * * . . . . . . .  7
 6 . . . . . . . . . S S . S S . . . . . . . * * * * * * . G . . . . . .  6
 5 . . . . . . . . . S S . . S . * . . . . . * . . . . @ . G . . . . . .  5
 4 . . . . . . . . . . . S S . @ * * . . . . . * * * * @ G . . . . . . .  4
 3 . . . . . . . . . . S S . . . * . . * . . . * * . * @ . . . . . . . .  3
 2 . . . . . . . . . . S . S . . . * . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
 1 . . . . . . . . . S . . S . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
 0 . . . . . . . . . . S . S . . S . . @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  0
- -1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1
- -2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2
- -3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3
   : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ 

/dev/joe receives a Viruspoint this round, and thus obtains eir 10th
Viruspoint and wins the game.

Player Name      Symbol    Cells     Points
/dev/joe           /        30         10
two-star           *        29          5
breadbox           X        24          3
Slakko             S        20          2
else...if          ?        20          3
The Gingham Wearer G        19          8

I should note here that were it not for else...if's last-minute play
of T8, two-star would also have infected 30 cells and the game would
have continued.  (And if two-star had played, that might have worked
too.)  So /dev/joe should count emself lucky.  :-)

Round 40 does not begin now.  It is all a hallucination.  Go to your
homes, and remain calm.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Rick Springfield:Jessie's Girl
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
Drink and cook the prodigal son, fondue forks for everybody!

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 03:09:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, JT Traub wrote:

> 
> Everyone has voted so..... Here are the results.
> 
> else...if failed to submit a definition, so loses 1 point
> 
> The correct definition of 'dagoba' was:
>     A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or Buddhist saint
> 
> No one voted for this answer, so JT gains 2 points.

Perhaps the fact that JT (1) omitted the last full stop, and (2) did not
type the definition exactly as in the dictionaries (it actually read "some
Buddhist saint.", not "Buddhist saint", which appears ungrammatical) had
something to do with this?

Please, people, copy the definitions correctly.
- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 03:09:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R5 bid

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> I bid 2.

I bid 6.
- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:35:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

>On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, JT Traub wrote:
>
>> 
>> Everyone has voted so..... Here are the results.
>> 
>> else...if failed to submit a definition, so loses 1 point
>> 
>> The correct definition of 'dagoba' was:
>>     A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or Buddhist saint
>> 
>> No one voted for this answer, so JT gains 2 points.
>
>Perhaps the fact that JT (1) omitted the last full stop, and (2) did not
>type the definition exactly as in the dictionaries (it actually read "some
>Buddhist saint.", not "Buddhist saint", which appears ungrammatical) had
>something to do with this?

Ack.. I'm sorry, and will gladly fine myself the 2 points I just gained
if I can do so.. The definition I had copied was
    A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or Buddhist saints.
Somehow I omitted the 's.' when I mailed it out for which I really am sorry.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:41:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, JT Traub wrote:

> Ack.. I'm sorry, and will gladly fine myself the 2 points I just gained
> if I can do so.. The definition I had copied was
>     A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or Buddhist saints.
> Somehow I omitted the 's.' when I mailed it out for which I really am sorry.

I checked all the Official Fictionary Dictionaries.  This is what I got:

Merriam-Webster: no definition

Hypertext Webster Gateway (Dictionary 1): 
Dagoba \Da*go"ba\, n. [Singhalese d[=a]goba.] A dome-shaped structure
built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 

ARTFL Project (Dictionary 2):
Dagoba (Page: 364)

Da*go"ba (?), n. [Singhalese d&amacr;goba.] A dome-shaped structure built
over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 

So wherever you got your "saints" definition from, it wasn't an Official
Lookup Dictionary.

- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:45:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

>I checked all the Official Fictionary Dictionaries.  This is what I got:
>
>Merriam-Webster: no definition
>
>Hypertext Webster Gateway (Dictionary 1): 
>Dagoba \Da*go"ba\, n. [Singhalese d[=a]goba.] A dome-shaped structure
>built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 
>
>ARTFL Project (Dictionary 2):
>Dagoba (Page: 364)
>
>Da*go"ba (?), n. [Singhalese d&amacr;goba.] A dome-shaped structure built
>over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 
>
>So wherever you got your "saints" definition from, it wasn't an Official
>Lookup Dictionary.

Hrm.. I'm not sure either then.. I had *thought* I'd copied it verbatim
from one of those two, since I know I looked in them for the word.
How should this be handled?

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:49:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, JT Traub wrote:

> >So wherever you got your "saints" definition from, it wasn't an Official
> >Lookup Dictionary.
> 
> Hrm.. I'm not sure either then.. I had *thought* I'd copied it verbatim
> from one of those two, since I know I looked in them for the word.
> How should this be handled?

Well, technically, since you didn't post a verbatim transcription of any
of the definitions in the Official Lookup Dictionaries, you never posted
the Actual Definition, and hence you defaulted in step 3, you lose 5
points (4 plus 1 for defaulting), no-one else loses any points, and the
round ends as that.

At least, that's my opinion on the way the rules read.
- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - End of round 3

>On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, JT Traub wrote:
>
>> >So wherever you got your "saints" definition from, it wasn't an Official
>> >Lookup Dictionary.
>> 
>> Hrm.. I'm not sure either then.. I had *thought* I'd copied it verbatim
>> from one of those two, since I know I looked in them for the word.
>> How should this be handled?
>
>Well, technically, since you didn't post a verbatim transcription of any
>of the definitions in the Official Lookup Dictionaries, you never posted
>the Actual Definition, and hence you defaulted in step 3, you lose 5
>points (4 plus 1 for defaulting), no-one else loses any points, and the
>round ends as that.
>
>At least, that's my opinion on the way the rules read.

I'll stand by that as a valid interpretation of the rules.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:37:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joshua Herreshoff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades R5 bid

> > I bid 2.
>
> I bid 6.

I'll bid 3

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:39:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses End

> /dev/joe receives a Viruspoint this round, and thus obtains eir 10th
> Viruspoint and wins the game.
> 
> 
> Player Name      Symbol    Cells     Points
> /dev/joe           /        30         10
> two-star           *        29          5
> breadbox           X        24          3
> Slakko             S        20          2
> else...if          ?        20          3
> The Gingham Wearer G        19          8

Well played everyone, especially /dev/joe. I think this was one of the best
subgame sinks I joined. So who's refereeing the next one?

TGW.

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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: 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)        |
>  4 D (TGW)             |
>  5 D (else...if)       |
>  6 D (/dev/joe)        | 5 H (TGW)
>  Q D (else...if acting)|
>  Q H (/dev/joe) [*]    | K S (TGW) 8 H (else...if acting)
>  K H (/dev/joe)        |
> 
> [*] every 10th card after the starter is marked while there is no prophet

A H this time.

TGW.

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