Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #184
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acka-games-digest        Sunday, August 9 1998        Volume 03 : Number 184

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 10:08:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary Round 13

On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:
> 
> > Definition 5 " " was the default, submitted by, I think, MTM and Atilla
> > the Pun.  Sorry, but the webpage is woefully out of date and I can't
> > figure out for certain who is still left in the game.
> 
> Sorry - I updated it this morning.  If you had checked it again before you
> sent out these results, you would have been able to find all the detail.
> Attila has in fact left the game.
> 

Actually, you prompted me to do some investigating, and I foudn that I'm
accessing the wrong Ackanomic website entirely.  At least, it has a link
to an outdated fictionary game 3, and the other Acka website I tracked
down has the updated one.  I must admit, I never paid quite enough
attention to what was going on with your webpages moving about, and I
guess I got burned.  With that said, its more than a little confusing to
have two Acka websites hanging around.  Might it not be a good idea to
ditch the one that you don't actually want people to use?  I might not be
the only one who's making this mistake.

The correct and complete scores for round 13 follow, what you saw earlier
was just something that THOUGHT it was the scores.

The correct definition was number 1.  JT submitted this definition to me,
and received 4 points for it.  Slakko voted for this definition, so he
received 2 points.

/dev/joe also voted for definition 1, and received 2 points, but he also
receives a point because 867-5309 voted for the definition that /dev/joe
submitted, number 4. So /dev/joe tallied atotal of 3 points this round.

The definitions 2 and 3, submitted by 867-5309 and Slakko, respectively,
received no votes. Accordingly, 867-5309 scores no points this round.

Definition number 5 was the default definition, submitted by Mr.
Tambourine Man, and no one else. Earlier reports of duplicate submissions
were in error, my apologies.  MTM sheeped, although not by default. He
receives no points for his votes, but does lose one for having defaulted
in the submissions phase. So he gets -1 points this round.

As Brainiac, I failed to score any points this round.

The total scores at the end of Round 13 are:

Slakko: 5
JT: 27
MTM: -3
867-5309: 15
Vynd: 8
/dev/joe: 15

With this round over, /dev/joe has become Brainiac, quite possibly the
last Brainiac this game will see.

Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 10:56:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Round 13

On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:
> > 
> > > Definition 5 " " was the default, submitted by, I think, MTM and Atilla
> > > the Pun.  Sorry, but the webpage is woefully out of date and I can't
> > > figure out for certain who is still left in the game.
> > 
> > Sorry - I updated it this morning.  If you had checked it again before you
> > sent out these results, you would have been able to find all the detail.
> > Attila has in fact left the game.
> > 
> 
> Actually, you prompted me to do some investigating, and I foudn that I'm
> accessing the wrong Ackanomic website entirely.  At least, it has a link
> to an outdated fictionary game 3, and the other Acka website I tracked
> down has the updated one.  I must admit, I never paid quite enough
> attention to what was going on with your webpages moving about, and I
> guess I got burned.  With that said, its more than a little confusing to
> have two Acka websites hanging around.  Might it not be a good idea to
> ditch the one that you don't actually want people to use?  I might not be
> the only one who's making this mistake.

The one I have on maths is PURELY a backup one.  I don't update it as a
matter of regularity.  It is there so I have something if either (a) my
system crashes, or (b) I have to take the system offline.

If I know I have the system offline for a long period of time, then I will
do a deliberate backup beforehand to the maths machine.

Basically, here is the detail:

When I'm around and doing my job, use
http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/Nomic/Acka/ 
This is linked to from
http://www.ackanomic.org/

When I'm on holiday, I will tell people to use
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/Nomic/Acka/

Unless I'm on holiday, or have explicitly said so, don't bother checking
on maths.

- -- 
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 - Web-Harfer,RuneMaker,ChessUmpire,Map-Harfer - www.ackanomic.org

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 14:09:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Micah Smukler)
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Attila the Pun)

>JT played the Ten of Diamonds; this is a correct play.  (This might lead
>one to conclude that whatever Rule I have is determined by only the
>previous card, since last time it was played after a Three of Clubs it
>was also correct.)  It is now Attila the Pun's turn.
>
>Robin Hood has agreed to substitute for Ayla(I'll send you your cards
>shortly).  This means that e has found the Treasure containing the
>Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do Too Much, Really.
>
>
>
>Players and Scores:
>    Alfvaen         : 0  ( 0 cards) (Deus)
>  * Attila the Pun  : 0  (19 cards)
>    K 2             : 0  (22 cards)
>    Fortunato       : 0  (18 cards)
>    Robin Hood      : 0  (18 cards) [ substituting for Ayla ]
>    Robert Sevin    : 0  (13 cards)
>    JT              : 0  (11 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)
>  Q S (K 2[+])           |!6 D (Fortunato), 4 H (Robert Sevin)
>  3 C (JT)               |
>?10 D (Attila the Pun[+])|10 S (K 2[#])
>  J D (Fortunato)        | 2 H (Ayla[#])
>* 3 C (Robert Sevin[#])  |
> 10 D (JT)               |
>
>[+] - Invalid "No Play", card selected by Deus or Prophet
>[#] - no play posted, card picked randomly
> *  - marks every tenth card
> !  - prophet (and every tenth card thereafter)
> ?  - removal of prophet
>
>
>--
>--Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
>Current Album--Weird Al Yankovic:UHF Soundtrack
>Current Book--Sheri S. Tepper:Shadow's End
>How do I know anything really exists?  Kick it *really* hard.

I play JD.

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 14:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: YORL

two-star has also fallen asleep and is dealt a card.  It is
now Mr Tambourine Man's turn.

Loose Ends: 2 - snowgod, Elvis
Cards Burned: 51
Cards in Deck: 6
Total in pot: A$220.

Play Order:
Mr Tambourine Man  [3 cards] [2 Ale]
867-5309           [5 cards]
Slakko             [6 cards]
rufus              [8 cards]
Attila the Pun     [8 cards]
Karma              [11 cards]
Alfvaen            [2 cards] [6 Ale]
two-star           [9 cards]

/dev/joe
Barkeep

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 15:40:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary Ing Word

Vynd wrote:
> The total scores at the end of Round 13 are:
> 
> Slakko: 5
> JT: 27
> MTM: -3
> 867-5309: 15
> Vynd: 8
> /dev/joe: 15

This was compiled based on the record of the game posted on Slakko's web
page, which, curiously, is entirely missing the round when I was brainiac
from the first cycle, which was round 9, before slakko's second turn as
brainiac.  Thus, it is missing the scores from that round, which were
4 for JT, -1 for MTM, -2 for 867-5309, and 2 for me, and all rounds after
round 9 are misnumbered; Vynd's was round 14.  Also, the totals at the
bottom do not include the -4 for 867-5309 when he recently failed to post
the list of definitions.

So, the scores are now really:

Slakko: 5
JT: 31
MTM: -4
867-5309: 9
Vynd: 8
/dev/joe: 17

In any case, the next ing word is:  fitchew

/dev/joe
Brainiac

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 15:53:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Ing Word

> In any case, the next ing word is:  fitchew

Please reply to this message, and not the previous one, to avoid
snowgod's-diseasing your way to a zero for the round.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 15:56:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Ing Word

On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> > In any case, the next ing word is:  fitchew
> 
> Please reply to this message, and not the previous one, to avoid
> snowgod's-diseasing your way to a zero for the round.

Oh, I don't know - people could snowgod's disease their way to 2 points
for the round if everyone does it.

But that would be Game Misconduct and would be a Bad Thing (tm).

- -- 
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 - Web-Harfer,RuneMaker,ChessUmpire,Map-Harfer - www.ackanomic.org

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 21:43:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 2 - 867-5309's turn

On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, JT wrote:

>  2 D (MTM)             | A S (else...if(JT))
>  7 D (867-5309[!])     |
>  7 D (MTM [-])         |
>  J D (else...if)       | 2 C/3 H/5 D/7 H (867-5309)  9 C (MTM [*])
>                        | 3 S (else...if) 2 S (867-5309)
>  J H (MTM)             | A C (else...if)

Umm... Completely confused, I bid Q D.

To say nothing of the dog.

- - 867-5309

A Smith & Wesson beats four aces every time. 

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 21:53:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 2 - 867-5309's turn

> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, JT wrote:
> 
> >  2 D (MTM)             | A S (else...if(JT))
> >  7 D (867-5309[!])     |
> >  7 D (MTM [-])         |
> >  J D (else...if)       | 2 C/3 H/5 D/7 H (867-5309)  9 C (MTM [*])
> >                        | 3 S (else...if) 2 S (867-5309)
> >  J H (MTM)             | A C (else...if)

86 wrote:

> Umm... Completely confused, I bid Q D.

Wrong again.

/dev/joe
Deus

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 21:57:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 2 - Mr. Tambourine Man's play

Players and Scores:
    867-5309  : 7 gamepoints (27 cards) (Ex-Prophet)
    /dev/joe  : 7 gamepoints ( 0 cards) (Deus)
  * MTM       : 3 gamepoints (19 cards)
    else...if : 0 gamepoints (14 cards)
(* denotes who's turn it is to play -- play will be entered only after Deus
   and prophet respond to the play)
(@ denotes a player eliminated from the round)
(! denotes a player is the Prophet)
[MTM denotes the player Mr. Tambourine Man]

Card ranks:
Standard deck, no wilds, cards are ranked A (1) through K (13).

Correct Plays          | Incorrect plays
- -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------
 5 H (starter)         |
 8 H (MTM [#])         | 9 H (else...if)
10 D (867-5309)        | K D (MTM (JT))
 4 S (else...if)       |
 3 D (867-5309 [#])    | 4 S (MTM (JT))
 5 D (else...if)       | 9 S (867-5309) 3 C (MTM [*])
 8 D (else...if)       |
 2 S (867-5309)        |
 2 D (MTM)             | A S (else...if(JT))
 7 D (867-5309[!])     |
 7 D (MTM [-])         |
 J D (else...if)       | 2 C/3 H/5 D/7 H (867-5309)  9 C (MTM [*])
                       | 3 S (else...if) 2 S (867-5309)
 J H (MTM)             | A C (else...if) Q D (867-5309)

[*] every 10th card after the starter is marked while there is no prophet
[#] Invalid 'No Play' card selected by Deus (or Prophet)
[!] This is the card (or every 10th there after) while there is a prophet
[-] This card caused the prophet to fall

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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 22:20:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: WUA Resurrection

In what was probably a record turn (for length, at least) in Word
Un-Association, Confused were required to link from "loop" to "sports."

The now AWOL Koxvolio was the only one to do so, providing the word "lap."
It should be BWO to most people how that works, so I shan't bother to
explain.  Scores now are the same as the last posting except that Koxvolio
now has 20 and rufus now has -2 because e failed to post a new uh? word
last time.  With MTM and Slakko back, the game should hopefully continue
at a better clip now, and I will do my best to ensure as much.

However, I can do little to ensure that Slakko (I think; Atp and else...if
left, and Koxie's on vacation) links from "sports" in round (I think) 15;
that's up to em.

- - 867-5309

A Smith & Wesson beats four aces every time. 

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