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acka-games-digest         Friday, May 22 1998         Volume 03 : Number 109

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:01:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

 
> > 'equ'

> It is now Alfvaen's turn.

Taking a gamble, I play:

'equy'.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Christine Lavin, Sally Fingerett, Julie Gold, Megon McDonough:"Buy Me Bring Me Take Me:Don't Mess My Hair":Life According To Four Bitchin' Babes, Volume Two
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
Perhaps President Clinton's amazing sax skills will be judged quite favorably.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:05:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL *duel* play

> Koxvolio plays "City". (or, at least, attempts to)

This play is accepted.  After some thought, and changing my mind several
times, I have decided to leave "city" on the table as a loose end, so the
Inquisitor and King plotline can get some attention as well.  (Otherwise,
I might as well have rejected this as a non sequitur, if this is the only
time we see the city...)

It is Koxvolio's turn.

Koxvolio: 8 cards
The Gingham Wearer: 7 cards

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Christine Lavin, Sally Fingerett, Julie Gold, Megon McDonough:"Buy Me Bring Me Take Me:Don't Mess My Hair":Life According To Four Bitchin' Babes, Volume Two
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 01:23:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

I was just thinking how cool it would have been if someone had played an e or a
instead of the u :)

K 2

JT wrote:

> >Slakko wrote:
> >> 'eq'
>
> 'equ'
> --JT
>
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> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 02:41:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades

To trick 12 I lead.

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

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 02:55:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joshua Herreshoff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades

Duncan Richer wrote:

> To trick 12 I lead.
>
> Eight of Diamonds.

Jack of Hearts.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:05:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Raquel Peres da Silva" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Game of Pure Skill 1 - Round 10

Round		| 6		| 7	| 8	| 9		| 10
Prize		| KS		| 8S	| AS	| 7S		| QS
Pandora's bid	| QH		| 3H	| 7H	| 8H		|
Koxvolio's bid	| AD		| 7D *	| 9D	| JD		|
JM's bid		| 3C		| JC	| 5C	| 9C		|
Winner		| Pandora	| JM	| JM	| Koxvolio	|

* Indicates a randomic card picked by the referee, because the player
failed to send eir bid on time.

So far, the score is:

Pandora ..........	13
Koxvolio ..........	21
JM Bear ..........	21

Yours,

Ayla
Priestess of the Order of the Razor Boomerangs
Priestess of the Church of the Evil Ballot Stuffer

Law of Cat Thermodynamics: Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body,
except in the case of a cat, when all heat flows to the cat.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 12:38:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary Round 6 results

Well, you folks spread your votes around this time.  The Ing word for this
round was sourdine, and the correct definition was the first one, "an
organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound".  I'll be damned if JT didn't
get it right.  At least he didn't submit the correct definition this time.
:)  Of, and the duplicate definitions were, of course, rufus' and AtP's
submissions of " "

Complete voting and authorship:

> 1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
> 
Correct definition.  Voted for by JT and else...if.

> 2. " "
> 
AtP and rufus, AtP (sheeped by default)

> 3. Sardine.
>

/dev/joe, voted for by Slakko
 
> 4. A decorative dinner plate.
> 

Slakko, voted for by /dev/joe

> 5. A stale sardine.
> 

JT, no votes

> 6. An unpleasant tasting fish.
> 

TGW, no votes

> 7. A medeieval French polearm.
> 

Hubert, voted for by TGW

> 8. A type of grape grown primarily in eastern France.
> 
> 

else...if, voted for by Hubert

So the scores for this round are:

Vynd:      0
JT:        2
else...if: 3
/dev/joe:  1
Slakko:    1
Hubert:    1
TGW:       0
AtP:      -2
rufus:    -1

And the overall scores are:

Slakko:     4
rufus:      1
JT:        18
TGW:        2
Hubert:    13
Vynd:       6
else...if:  4
AtP:       -3 
/dev/joe:   3

One oddity this round.  The rules call for rufus to sheep as a default
action.  But this isn't possible, for his definition was the one that was
removed for being a duplicate of AtP's.  So I've harfed it as his attempt
to sheep failing, which means that he didn't take the default action for
step 4, which means he didn't lose a point for defaulting in that step.
If I'm wrong, well, its not like my announcements of the score changing
are binding, just put it up on the web page the right way.

In other news, else...if is our next Brainiac, and JT is threatening to
win this one in only one run through the players.

                             - Brainiac Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 12:51:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 6 results

On Fri, 22 May 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

>Well, you folks spread your votes around this time.  The Ing word for this
>round was sourdine, and the correct definition was the first one, "an
>organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound".  I'll be damned if JT didn't
>get it right.  At least he didn't submit the correct definition this time.
>:)  Of, and the duplicate definitions were, of course, rufus' and AtP's
>submissions of " "

Believe it or not, I got this correct by random chance.  I was fairly sure
the correct definition was one of 

>> 1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
>> 4. A decorative dinner plate.
>> 7. A medeieval French polearm.
>> 8. A type of grape grown primarily in eastern France.

So I picked one at random.

- --JT

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[ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
[ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:12:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Raquel Peres da Silva" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Attila the Pun)

> I play 4H.

Nope! Wrong play.

Ayla
Prophet

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:45:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

> 'equy'.

It is now Hubert's turn.

TGW.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:53:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote:

> > Eight of Diamonds.
> 
> Jack of Hearts.

Six of Diamonds.

- -Hubert

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. 

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:59:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> Taking a gamble, I play:
> 
> 'equy'.

Oh, you absolute batard.

Since I'm damned one way or the other, I play 'sequy', cross my fingers,
and cringe in anticipation.

- -Hubert

$665.95: the Retail Price of the Beast. 

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:59:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 6 results

On Fri, 22 May 1998, JT wrote:

> >> 1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
> >> 4. A decorative dinner plate.
> >> 7. A medeieval French polearm.
> >> 8. A type of grape grown primarily in eastern France.
> 
> So I picked one at random.

What he said.  Except I knew #7 wasn't correct. :-)

- -Hubert

$665.95: the Retail Price of the Beast. 

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:04:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

> Since I'm damned one way or the other, I play 'sequy', cross my fingers,
> and cringe in anticipation.

Unless I'm very much mistaken it is now H*bert's turn. When are you going to
change that name?

TGW.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:45:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades

> > > Eight of Diamonds.

> > Jack of Hearts.

> Six of Diamonds.

Nine of Diamonds.  My trick.

I perforce lead the Seven of Diamonds for the last trick, and since the
only other Diamond not played is the Three, and there are no Spades
remaining, I get that trick as well.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--4 Non Blondes:Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
A man in a tornado does not stop to wipe the mud from his face.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:49:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (K 2)

Attila the Pun played the Four of Hearts.  Prophet Ayla correctly identified
this as a correct play.  Attila the Pun receives two penalty cards, and it
is now K 2's turn.

Players and Scores:
    Alfvaen         : 0  ( 0 cards) (Deus)
    Attila the Pun  : 0  (19 cards)
  * K 2             : 0  (17 cards)
    Fortunato       : 0  (18 cards)
    Ayla            : 0  (12 cards) (Prophet)
    Robert Sevin    : 0  (13 cards)
    JT              : 0  (13 cards)
(* denotes whose turn it is to play -- play will be entered only after Deus
   and prophet respond to the play)

Card ranks:
The cards in each suit are ranked A-K with Ace low(values 1-13).
There are no Wild cards.

Correct Plays            | Incorrect plays
- -------------------------+------------------------------------------------------
  8 D (starter)          |
  8 H (Attila the Pun)   | 9 S (K 2)
  6 H (Fortunato[+])     | 6 S (Ayla)
  6 H (Robert Sevin)     | 
  7 H (JT)               | 5 H (Attila the Pun), 9 D (K 2)
* 6 C (Fortunato)        |
  2 C (Ayla)             | 6 C (Robert Sevin), 2 S (JT)
  2 H (Attila the Pun[+])| 2 D (K 2)
  J C (Fortunato)        |
  A H (Ayla)             | 9 S (Robert Sevin)
  K H (JT)               |*2 H (Attila the Pun)
  4 C (K 2)              | Q D (Fortunato)
! Q S (Ayla)             |
  3 C (Robert Sevin)     |
  3 H (JT)               |
  K C (Attila the Pun)   | K S (K 2), A C (Fortunato)
  7 D (Robert Sevin)     | 8 D (JT), 4 H (Attila the Pun)

[+] - Invalid "No Play", card selected by Deus
 *  - marks every tenth card
 !  - prophet

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--4 Non Blondes:Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
His elevator goes all the way to the top, but the doors don't open.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:19:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (K 2)

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

>
>Attila the Pun played the Four of Hearts.  Prophet Ayla correctly identified
>this as a correct play.  Attila the Pun receives two penalty cards, and it
>is now K 2's turn.

Umm.. if the play was correct, it shouldn't be penalized.  I assume the
above was just a typo and the play was in fact incorrect?

- --JT

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[ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
[ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:37:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (K 2)

> >Attila the Pun played the Four of Hearts.  Prophet Ayla correctly identified
> >this as a correct play.  Attila the Pun receives two penalty cards, and it
> >is now K 2's turn.

> Umm.. if the play was correct, it shouldn't be penalized.  I assume the
> above was just a typo and the play was in fact incorrect?

Yes, of course!  Just...um...giving Ayla something to point out.  Only
now you've spoiled it!  :-)

If it is the case that I am a member of a Society named "The Twits",
then I give it A$1.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--The Four Tops:I Can't Help Myself(Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
You must serve the goddess of Trivia before you deserve to serve any others.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 21:26:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote:

> > Since I'm damned one way or the other, I play 'sequy', cross my fingers,
> > and cringe in anticipation.
> 
> Unless I'm very much mistaken it is now H*bert's turn. When are you going to
> change that name?
> 
 I challenge 'sequy'.

 Oh, and if you're talking to me TGW - I change my name back to Wild Card.

 Wild Card.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 22:02:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:

>  I challenge 'sequy'.

Crossing my fingers and glaring at Alfvaen, I name 'obsequy'.

At least I hope that's of what e was thinking.

- -Hubert

Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply. 

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 22:08:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost

>  I challenge 'sequy'.

I think I know a word(which hadn't even occurred to me when I played
'equy'--I was going for 'chequy', a heraldic term).  Oh, are you saying
that it's in the dictionary, or not in any word in the dictionary?

>  Oh, and if you're talking to me TGW - I change my name back to Wild Card.

I ack this.  Phew!

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Yello:One Second
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
Geg me-a veet a SPOOOON!  Leeke-a, Bork Bork Bork!

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 22:46:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: YORL

As the Quirpele of Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
approached, Sam remembered his ring.  They needed time to think, to
plan, where the monster couldn't get at them.  Like some kind of high
place, a mesa or...

As Sam concentrated, the ground rose up beneath the feet of the three
travellers.  It soon carried them out of the reach of the Quirpele of
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

But not of the choking cloud of dust which surrounded it.  It rose on
the icy wind, a black fog climbing the side of the tower.  Sam thought
of raising the tower even further, but he could feel it becoming less
stable beneath them.  He wasn't sure how much higher he could make it
before it collapsed.  No, what he needed was to do something about that
dust.  Like dust on the prairie.  Well, hell, all it needed was some
rain!

Drawing on the power of his ring once again, he sent jets of water
shooting forth from the tower in all directions.  The cloud of dust
thinned out as the air was rinsed clean.  In the cold air, the water
froze quickly upon hitting the ground, and that gave Sam another idea.
He directed more of the jets in the direction of the Quirpele of
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and soon the cyclopean
monoceratopsian creature was frozen solid in a block of ice.

"Good work--whoa!"  Kirby 2600 slipped on the suddenly icy top of the
tower, and slid headlong towards Thin Man.  Before Sam could react, the
two of them flew off the top of the tower and fell towards the snowy
ground below.

Alfvaen plays: water tower

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Kid Creole & The Coconuts:Wise Guy
Current Book--Vivian Vande Velde:The Changeling Prince
I've got a match--your embrace and my collapse.

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 22:56:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - else...if's play

>10 H (/dev/joe)        |
> K H (TGW)             | A C (else...if) 3 H (/dev/joe) A S (TGW)
> A H (else...if[*])    |
> 2 C (/dev/joe)        | 7 D (TGW) 10 C (else...if) 2 H (/dev/joe)
> 3 C (TGW)             | J C (else...if)
> 4 D (/dev/joe)        | 4 S (TGW)
	5S

- --
- -Henry Towsner

	<[email-masked]>

	Success is the child of audacity.
		-Benjamin Disraeli

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