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acka-games-digest      Friday, September 11 1998      Volume 03 : Number 214

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:33:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Studge v. Weish

First Ghost letter:

F

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:33:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: studge duel; ghost

fu

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:42:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Studge v. Weish

Third Ghost letter:

KFu

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:43:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: studge duel; ghost

ckfu

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:00:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Studge v. Weish

Fifth Ghost letter:

cKFuL

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:06:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Studge v. Weish

ackful

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:17:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Studge v. Weish

Seventh Ghost letter:

SacKFuL

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:18:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Viruses Duel (/dev/joe and Nicollo Flychuck)

Turn 1:
  Niccolo:   P 16, 43
  /dev/joe:  P 14, 49

    0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
    7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
 50 . . . . . . D D D . . . .  50
 49 . . . . . . D D D D . . .  49
 48 . . . . . D . D D D . . .  48
 47 . . . . . . @ . . . . . .  47
 46 . . . . . . @ @ . . . . .  46
 45 . . . . . . . . @ N . . .  45
 44 . . . . . . . . @ . N . .  44
 43 . . . D D . . . . N N . .  43
 42 . . D @ . . . . N . . . .  42
 41 . . . . . . . . . @ N . .  41
 40 . . . . . . . . . N . . .  40
 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38

    0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
    7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

/dev/joe gains a virus point this round.

D:  /dev/joe         : 14 viruses:  3 gamepoints
N:  Niccolo Flychuck :  7 viruses:  0 gamepoints

Both players have 3 days to send in their next move.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:23:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: studge duel; ghost

i challenge; sackful is a word.

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:28:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: studge duel; ghost

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

>i challenge; sackful is a word.

I confirm.  Sackful is indeed a word listed in the Unabr.dict wordlist
(at least, I didn't bother checking further than that).

Therefore, as Herald I declare the duel to be over and for Weishaupt to
have vanquished his mentor in honorable combat.

Weishaupt gains 6 points and 1 honor.
Studge loses 6 points and 1 honor.
As both seconds, I gain and lose 3 points leaving me on an even keel.

- --JT, Herald

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:59:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: Re: Acka: 6letter double Crash

>I found an error in two of my reports to your second salvo.
>
>aortas  0
>joists  1
>defect  0
>murder  0
>nicety  2
>
>is correct!

Ooops!

>My gravest apologies for goofing this yesterday.

No worries.

>I haven't replied to
>your third salvo yet, and since this is a test game, you should probably
>resubmit your third salvo with this information taken into account.

Good idea. I'll resend my third salvo soon.

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 05:15:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: Re: Acka: TDC Salvo 2

>My third salvo:
>
>close 3,0,0
>satyr 2,0,0
>bylaw 1,0,0
>human 1,0,0

This is getting complicated.

fourth salvo coming up...

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 05:50:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: acka: TDC salvo 4

Alfvaen, my next salvo:

elide
baize
polis

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 05:54:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: Acka: 6 letter crash

JT, my next salvo:

decide
traits
naming
ursine

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

Here are the plays for the previous Round.

rufus - 1
/dev/joe - 4
JT - 11
Alfvaen - 11
Atilla the Pun - 13
Rex Mundi - 13
IdiotBoy - 14

So, 4 is the most Mediocre number for the Round, scoring /dev/joe his
very first
Gamepoint!  Incidentally, this also wins him the game :)

If possible, I award /dev/joe a FairPlay award, for his brilliant
strategy of waiting until the last possible second to get his Gamepoint.

Current scores:

Rex Mundi - 4
rufus - 3
Atilla the Pun - 2
Alfvaen - 2
IdiotBoy - 2
/dev/joe - 1
JT - 0

Congratulations, /dev/joe!  You receive a fairly blah trophy, painted a
somewhat uninspiring brown.

- ------------------
Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:00:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

> Here are the plays for the previous Round.

> rufus - 1
> /dev/joe - 4
> JT - 11
> Alfvaen - 11
> Atilla the Pun - 13
> Rex Mundi - 13
> IdiotBoy - 14

> So, 4 is the most Mediocre number for the Round, scoring /dev/joe his
> very first
> Gamepoint!  Incidentally, this also wins him the game :)

> If possible, I award /dev/joe a FairPlay award, for his brilliant
> strategy of waiting until the last possible second to get his Gamepoint.

The rest of us were trying to make rufus get a Gamepoint so as to extend
the game one more round, but I guess /dev/joe would rather win for sure
than give the rest of us a chance.  :-)

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Phil Collins:Face Value
Current Book--John M. Ford:Web of Angels
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:18:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Duncan C. \"Slakko\" Richer" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, AARON KEESLER wrote:

> Here are the plays for the previous Round.
> 
> rufus - 1
> /dev/joe - 4
> JT - 11
> Alfvaen - 11
> Atilla the Pun - 13
> Rex Mundi - 13
> IdiotBoy - 14
> 
> So, 4 is the most Mediocre number for the Round, scoring /dev/joe his
> very first
> Gamepoint!  Incidentally, this also wins him the game :)
> 
> If possible, I award /dev/joe a FairPlay award, for his brilliant
> strategy of waiting until the last possible second to get his Gamepoint.

/dev/joe has now received 2 FairPlay awards in last rounds of mediocrity.

One for winning.
One for not winning.

Perhaps the last round of every mediocrity game should be called the
/dev/joe memorial FairPlay round.

- -- 
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
Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Clerk of the Court

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:25:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: acka: TDC salvo 4

My next salvo:

blase
sagum
justo

My response to your salvo:

elide 2,1,0
baize 2,1,1
polis 1,1,0

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Phil Collins:Face Value
Current Book--John M. Ford:Web of Angels
This tagline does in fact not have the property it claims not to have.

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:51:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kelly Hubert Kelly <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

And with this /dev/joe gains a gouda.

cangrats

K 2

AARON KEESLER wrote:

> Here are the plays for the previous Round.
>
> rufus - 1
> /dev/joe - 4
> JT - 11
> Alfvaen - 11
> Atilla the Pun - 13
> Rex Mundi - 13
> IdiotBoy - 14
>
> So, 4 is the most Mediocre number for the Round, scoring /dev/joe his
> very first
> Gamepoint!  Incidentally, this also wins him the game :)
>
> If possible, I award /dev/joe a FairPlay award, for his brilliant
> strategy of waiting until the last possible second to get his Gamepoint.
>
> Current scores:
>
> Rex Mundi - 4
> rufus - 3
> Atilla the Pun - 2
> Alfvaen - 2
> IdiotBoy - 2
> /dev/joe - 1
> JT - 0
>
> Congratulations, /dev/joe!  You receive a fairly blah trophy, painted a
> somewhat uninspiring brown.
>
> ------------------
> Aaron Keesler
> Lotus Notes Administrator
> Intranet Administrator
> Adtran, Inc.
> ------------------

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:55:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: Re: acka: TDC salvo 4

>My next salvo:
>
>blase 2,0,0
>sagum 2,2,0
>justo 0,0,0

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:07:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

> > So, 4 is the most Mediocre number for the Round, scoring /dev/joe his
> > very first
> > Gamepoint!  Incidentally, this also wins him the game :)
> 
> The rest of us were trying to make rufus get a Gamepoint so as to extend
> the game one more round, but I guess /dev/joe would rather win for sure
> than give the rest of us a chance.  :-)

As it turns out, I had already played 4 when you guys started doing that
(else I would have played a larger number!) but I kept quiet because I
knew I could win the game if I won this round, despite Alfvaen's (private)
claim that the only way for any of "us" to win was to ensure rufus won
this round.  Of course, I didn't consider the fact that rufus did not want
to win the round, so played as extreme a number as possible to avoid doing
so, and only because of this, I won the round and the game.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:28:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> As it turns out, I had already played 4 when you guys started doing that
> (else I would have played a larger number!) but I kept quiet because I
> knew I could win the game if I won this round, despite Alfvaen's (private)
> claim that the only way for any of "us" to win was to ensure rufus won
> this round.  Of course, I didn't consider the fact that rufus did not want
> to win the round, so played as extreme a number as possible to avoid doing
> so, and only because of this, I won the round and the game.

Of course, JT could have won if e had won the round, and if Alfvaen,
Attila or IdiotBoy had won the round then Rex Mundi would have been the
winner.  In fact, the only "us" who could not win the round were Alfvaen,
Attila and IdiotBoy.

- -- 
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
Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:14:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> Of course, JT could have won if e had won the round, and if Alfvaen,
> Attila or IdiotBoy had won the round then Rex Mundi would have been the
> winner.  In fact, the only "us" who could not win the round were Alfvaen,
> Attila and IdiotBoy.
> 

I knew this.  I kept quiet.  I don't play fair.

IB

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:16:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: acka: triple doubel crash salvo 5

Alfvaen, my fifth salvo is:

noise
boron
plead

Ethelred

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: 6 letter crash

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, I am the Water Boatman wrote:
>JT, my next salvo:
>
>decide  1
>traits  2
>naming  1
>ursine  1

and this time I checked it for correctness

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 20:34:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Mediocrity, Round 14

> > Of course, JT could have won if e had won the round, and if Alfvaen,
> > Attila or IdiotBoy had won the round then Rex Mundi would have been the
> > winner.  In fact, the only "us" who could not win the round were Alfvaen,
> > Attila and IdiotBoy.

> I knew this.  I kept quiet.  I don't play fair.

I also knew this, and stated it outright.  Though I might have believed it
for a little while, before I thought it out.  I no longer remember whether
I believed it at my private emailing.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Billy Joel:Careless Talk
Current Book--John M. Ford:Web of Angels
"Good job I can't see far with this leg."

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 23:33:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: acka: triple doubel crash salvo 5

My fifth salvo is:

elope
sabot
pilum

My response to your fifth salvo is:

noise 5,0,0
boron 2,0,0
plead 2,0,0

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
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