Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #244
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acka-games-digest       Sunday, October 18 1998       Volume 03 : Number 244

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:17:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Hall <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Lantern (game 1: barkeep: JT)

> Up, up, they flew now, Myrra's arms around Gould's neck, both of them 
> laughing with exultation 

I interrupt with 'happily'.

saaremaa

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:47:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

>> Game State:
>> 
>> Worker: Wild Card
>> Drone:  two-star
>> Queen:  A Mean Hat
>> 
>> paella: "E***a_f*a**f**t***o****e*****s******e*********l*"
>
>I'll have the 8th character
>
>/dev/joe
>

and I will have the 3rd.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:02:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Ghost Duel (A Mean Hat vs Vynd)

A Mean Hat's Actron: Matt Damon
Vynd's Actron: Ricardo Montalban

You have three days to object or to agree to the actrons chosen.

- --JT, Referee

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:05:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Lantern (game 1: barkeep: JT)

A Mean Hat's play of 'books' is accepted and burned.

It is still A Mean Hats's turn to play.

Deck: 54 cards

Table: 'leather hauberk'

Burned cards: 7

Benches
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  1: saaremaa    [5 cards]   [0 ales]
* 2: A Mean Hat  [4 cards]   [0 ales]

[* denotes whose turn it is to play]

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:07:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Lantern (game 1: barkeep: JT)

Saaremaa's interrupt of 'happily' is accepted and burned.
A Mean Hat is dealt a card.

It is now Saaremaa's turn to play.

Deck: 53 cards

Table: 'leather hauberk'

Burned cards: 8

Benches
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* 1: saaremaa    [4 cards]   [0 ales]
  2: A Mean Hat  [5 cards]   [0 ales]

[* denotes whose turn it is to play]

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:08:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost Duel (A Mean Hat vs Vynd)

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, JT wrote:
>A Mean Hat's Actron: Matt Damon
>Vynd's Actron: Ricardo Montalban
>
>You have three days to object or to agree to the actrons chosen.

My apologies for the title, this should have read *BACON* duel.
I donate A$1 to the twits.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:17:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: acting officers

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>> The contest chosen is a game of Ghost.
>
>I volunteer to referee this duel.
>I have chosen randomly JT to play the first letter.
>Let the game begin.

As Herald, I do declare this duel started.

I choose 'k' to start this ghost word.

K 2, your turn.

- --JT
(ps, I've redirected this to acka-games so that those who aren't
interested don't need to see it)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 05:01:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bryan Federico" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

>Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.
>To: [email-masked]
>Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 12:24:27 -0400 (EDT)
>From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
>Reply-To: [email-masked]
>
>
>> I'm going to give you the 24th character to start.
>
>> The current game state for Paella:
>
>> Worker: -no one-
>> Drone:  -no one-
>> Queen:  -no one-
>
>> paella: "                       e                        "
>
>I hereby request that the 6th character be revealed.  (Chosen randomly,
>though oddly enough my first two random selections were both 24...)
>
>
>--
>--Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
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>Current Book--Anne Rice:The Queen of The Damned
>It's a carefree life...except for all the trauma...  --cdick
>
I would like the 29th character

Leather Artifact
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:10:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: /dev/joe
Drone:  Wild Card
Queen:  two-star

paella: "E***a_fra**f**t***o****e*****s******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:14:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Looks like some strategy to reveal the first part of the message is being
played out.

Game State:

Worker: JT
Drone:  /dev/joe
Queen:  Wild Card

paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***o****e*****s******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:20:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: Leather artifact
Drone:  JT
Queen:  /dev/joe

paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***o****e****ps******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:28:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Matt Miller wrote:

> Game State:
> 
> Worker: Leather artifact
> Drone:  JT
> Queen:  /dev/joe
> 
> paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***o****e****ps******e*********l*"
> 

 I'd like the letter that is the second after the second e.  26th I
think...

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:39:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

Jonathan David Amery wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Matt Miller wrote:
>
> > Game State:
> >
> > Worker: Leather artifact
> > Drone:  JT
> > Queen:  /dev/joe
> >
> > paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***o****e****ps******e*********l*"
> >
>
>  I'd like the letter that is the second after the second e.  26th I
> think...

And I'll take the one immediately after the o please.

Rambo.

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AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: acting officers

JT wrote:

> I choose 'k' to start this ghost word.

kv

K 2

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 10:05:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: Wild Card
Drone:  Leather Artifact
Queen:  JT

paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***o****e*s**ps******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 10:07:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: Rambo R. Minuteman
Drone:  Wild Card
Queen:  Leather Artifact

paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***on***e*s**ps******e*********l*"

IB
soon and very soon

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 10:57:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

> Game State:
> 
> Worker: Rambo R. Minuteman
> Drone:  Wild Card
> Queen:  Leather Artifact
> 
> paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***on***e*s**ps******e*********l*"

I'll take the 10th character.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 11:05:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> > Game State:
> > 
> > Worker: Rambo R. Minuteman
> > Drone:  Wild Card
> > Queen:  Leather Artifact
> > 
> > paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***on***e*s**ps******e*********l*"
> 
> I'll take the 10th character.

I take the 22nd character.

- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:03:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

At 11:05 AM 10/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>
>> > Game State:
>> > 
>> > Worker: Rambo R. Minuteman
>> > Drone:  Wild Card
>> > Queen:  Leather Artifact
>> > 
>> > paella: "E*t*a_fra**f**t***on***e*s**ps******e*********l*"
>> 
>> I'll take the 10th character.
>
>I take the 22nd character.
>

34th, please
- --A Mean Hat.
  Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French
Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:04:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: ghost

Unless I somehow missed something, L'artifact has resigned from this game.
Slakko: you're up.

Slakko
/dev/joe
Wild Card
Rambo R Minuteman
K 2
risE
Vynd
JT

- --A Mean Hat.
  Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French
Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Bacon Duel (A Mean Hat vs Vynd)

At 02:02 AM 10/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A Mean Hat's Actron: Matt Damon
>Vynd's Actron: Ricardo Montalban

I object.

- --A Mean Hat.
  Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French
Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:21:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: /dev/joe
Drone:  Rambo R. Minuteman
Queen:  Wild Card

paella: "E*t*a_fran*f**t***on***e*s**ps******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: Slakko
Drone:  /dev/joe
Queen:  Rambo R. Minuteman

paella: "E*t*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps******e*********l*"

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:25:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Matt Miller wrote:

> Game State:
> 
> Worker: Slakko
> Drone:  /dev/joe
> Queen:  Rambo R. Minuteman
> 
> paella: "E*t*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps******e*********l*"
> 

 I request the second letter.

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:26:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Either a brilliant play, or a wasted one.

Game State:

Worker: Alfvaen
Drone:  Slakko
Queen:  /dev/joe

paella: "E*t*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps******e*********l."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

This game moves way too fast and spurty.

Game State:

Worker: A Mean Hat
Drone:  Alfvaen
Queen:  Slakko

paella: "E*t*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:31:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Maybe an auto responding program would solve at least half of it.

Game State:

Worker: Wild Card
Drone:  A Mean Hat
Queen:  Alfvaen

paella: "Eat*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

> Maybe an auto responding program would solve at least half of it.
> 
> Game State:
> 
> Worker: Wild Card
> Drone:  A Mean Hat
> Queen:  Alfvaen
> 
> paella: "Eat*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."

Reveal the 4th character.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:04:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

>> Maybe an auto responding program would solve at least half of it.
>> 
>> Game State:
>> 
>> Worker: Wild Card
>> Drone:  A Mean Hat
>> Queen:  Alfvaen
>> 
>> paella: "Eat*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."
>
>Reveal the 4th character.
>
>/dev/joe

I request the third to last character, thank you.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:10:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: acting officers

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, K 2 wrote:
>JT wrote:
>
>> I choose 'k' to start this ghost word.
>
>kv

ckv

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

JT wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>
> >> Maybe an auto responding program would solve at least half of it.
> >>
> >> Game State:
> >>
> >> Worker: Wild Card
> >> Drone:  A Mean Hat
> >> Queen:  Alfvaen
> >>
> >> paella: "Eat*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."
> >
> >Reveal the 4th character.
> >
> >/dev/joe
>
> I request the third to last character, thank you.

I'll take the character immediately before the last e please.

Rambo.

- --
Tom Walmsley [email-masked]
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AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:24:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

At 02:04 PM 10/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>
>>> Maybe an auto responding program would solve at least half of it.
>>> 
>>> Game State:
>>> 
>>> Worker: Wild Card
>>> Drone:  A Mean Hat
>>> Queen:  Alfvaen
>>> 
>>> paella: "Eat*a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."
>>
>>Reveal the 4th character.
>>
>>/dev/joe
>
>I request the third to last character, thank you.
>
>--JT
>
>

I request the 5th to last
- --A Mean Hat.
  Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French
Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:27:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

> >I request the third to last character, thank you.

I request the fourth character in the Paella phrase.

- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:28:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

> >I request the third to last character, thank you.

Reveal the 11th character, please.  (Assuming my 4th character attempt
failed due to /dev/joe).

I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.  I
would have solved it, except that the three minutes for which I was Queen
were insufficient, as I was not reading my mail at that time.
- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:30:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: ghost

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

> Unless I somehow missed something, L'artifact has resigned from this game.
> Slakko: you're up.
> 
> Slakko
> /dev/joe
> Wild Card
> Rambo R Minuteman
> K 2
> risE
> Vynd
> JT

y

- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> > >I request the third to last character, thank you.
> 
> Reveal the 11th character, please.  (Assuming my 4th character attempt
> failed due to /dev/joe).
> 
> I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.  I
> would have solved it, except that the three minutes for which I was Queen
> were insufficient, as I was not reading my mail at that time.

 /me /is/ going to solve it - if A mean hat doesnt first...

 Mail is queued and waiting...

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Yummy

I go to the library, where I play "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd on
the ASS.

I wander past Vulcan HQ, and admire it fearfully

I find a wandering hotdog vendor, from whom I buy a trinket worth A$2
called "Delicious Weinerschnitzel" with the description "Hold the Mustard"

I go to the steps of town hall, where I eat a frankfurter. 

I go home.

- --A Mean Hat.
  Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French
Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:33:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> > 
> > > >I request the third to last character, thank you.
> > 
> > Reveal the 11th character, please.  (Assuming my 4th character attempt
> > failed due to /dev/joe).
> > 
> > I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.  I
> > would have solved it, except that the three minutes for which I was Queen
> > were insufficient, as I was not reading my mail at that time.
> 
>  /me /is/ going to solve it - if A mean hat doesnt first...
> 
>  Mail is queued and waiting...

Are you sure you'll get it in time - after all, the message indicating
your queendom might be delayed long enough that you get all of 2 seconds
or so to send the message.

If you're lucky.
- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:35:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> > > 
> > > > >I request the third to last character, thank you.
> > > 
> > > Reveal the 11th character, please.  (Assuming my 4th character attempt
> > > failed due to /dev/joe).
> > > 
> > > I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.  I
> > > would have solved it, except that the three minutes for which I was Queen
> > > were insufficient, as I was not reading my mail at that time.
> > 
> >  /me /is/ going to solve it - if A mean hat doesnt first...
> > 
> >  Mail is queued and waiting...
> 
> Are you sure you'll get it in time - after all, the message indicating
> your queendom might be delayed long enough that you get all of 2 seconds
> or so to send the message.

 Ah - but I'll send it before I'm queen... :-)

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:42:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
>> Are you sure you'll get it in time - after all, the message indicating
>> your queendom might be delayed long enough that you get all of 2 seconds
>> or so to send the message.
>
> Ah - but I'll send it before I'm queen... :-)

Actually, from reading the rules of the treasure
>When a player chooses a previously unrevealed character, that character 
>is revealed publically and the requeseing player becomes the worker.
>The previous worker becomes the drone,  the previous drone becomes the
>Queen, the previous Queen becomes an unroled player.

I believe that noone actually becomes the queen until the public message
from IB revealing the letter.   So regardless of how many guesses
(otherwise, I would have submitted my action (and yes, I know it as well)
when Rambo and M guessed right after I did.   The nice thing about this
situation is that it has a definate end.  Who ever is the third-to-last
person to guess a letter will become queen and remain that way (since once
there are no more unrevealed letters that person cannot be unseated).

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:42:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Hall <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

Slakko whined:

> I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.

Whining about the Hubert here is ludicrous, especially when you appose
others' attempts to eliminate Hubert in acka.  It was obvious to everyone
else when the rules were posted that this was a Hubert treasure hunt; 
you chose to participate under those conditions.  Would you be whining
if *you* had been the one doing the Huberting?

saaremaa

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:45:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, JT wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> >> Are you sure you'll get it in time - after all, the message indicating
> >> your queendom might be delayed long enough that you get all of 2 seconds
> >> or so to send the message.
> >
> > Ah - but I'll send it before I'm queen... :-)
> 
> Actually, from reading the rules of the treasure
> >When a player chooses a previously unrevealed character, that character 
> >is revealed publically and the requeseing player becomes the worker.
> >The previous worker becomes the drone,  the previous drone becomes the
> >Queen, the previous Queen becomes an unroled player.
> 
> I believe that noone actually becomes the queen until the public message
> from IB revealing the letter.   So regardless of how many guesses
> (otherwise, I would have submitted my action (and yes, I know it as well)
> when Rambo and M guessed right after I did.   The nice thing about this
> situation is that it has a definate end.  Who ever is the third-to-last
> person to guess a letter will become queen and remain that way (since once
> there are no more unrevealed letters that person cannot be unseated).

 Exactly.  Thats why A Mean Hat hasn't won...

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: YORL

A Mean Hat's play of pipe is accepted and burned. JT's interrupt with
cliffhanger is rejected. JT receives two cards. It is still A Mean Hat's
turn. I would make this all neat and tidy now but I'm trying to do about
three things at once.

Rambo.

- --
Tom Walmsley [email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html
AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:53:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
>> Actually, from reading the rules of the treasure
>> >When a player chooses a previously unrevealed character, that character 
>> >is revealed publically and the requeseing player becomes the worker.
>> >The previous worker becomes the drone,  the previous drone becomes the
>> >Queen, the previous Queen becomes an unroled player.
>> 
>> I believe that noone actually becomes the queen until the public message
>> from IB revealing the letter.   So regardless of how many guesses
>> (otherwise, I would have submitted my action (and yes, I know it as well)
>> when Rambo and M guessed right after I did.   The nice thing about this
>> situation is that it has a definate end.  Who ever is the third-to-last
>> person to guess a letter will become queen and remain that way (since once
>> there are no more unrevealed letters that person cannot be unseated).
>
> Exactly.  Thats why A Mean Hat hasn't won...

Unless IB happened to interpret it the other way, in which case he has.
This is a very silly treasure, but that's never stopped me from
attempting to find a treasure.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:58:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Yummy

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I go to the library, where I play "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd on
>the ASS.
>
>I wander past Vulcan HQ, and admire it fearfully
>
>I find a wandering hotdog vendor, from whom I buy a trinket worth A$2
>called "Delicious Weinerschnitzel" with the description "Hold the Mustard"

This doesn't work.   Trinkets may only be created in accordance with the
rules, and buying a trinket from a wandering hotdog vendor is not one of
those ways.   :)

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:05:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alexandre Muniz <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

reveal character number 39
two-star

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:08:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Alexandre Muniz wrote:
>reveal character number 39
>two-star

And I would like the 17th :)

- --JT, keeping those queens rotating.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:10:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

JT wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Alexandre Muniz wrote:
> >reveal character number 39
> >two-star
>
> And I would like the 17th :)

I'll take the latest non taken character please.

Rambo.

- --
Tom Walmsley [email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html
AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:28:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, JT wrote:

> --JT, keeping those queens rotating.

 I'd like to - but since I'm drone atm I can't.

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: ghost

Slakko wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> > Unless I somehow missed something, L'artifact has resigned from this game.
> > Slakko: you're up.
> > 
> > Slakko
> > /dev/joe
> > Wild Card
> > Rambo R Minuteman
> > K 2
> > risE
> > Vynd
> > JT
> 
> y

yz

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:40:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: ghost

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> Slakko wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> > 
> > > Unless I somehow missed something, L'artifact has resigned from this game.
> > > Slakko: you're up.
> > > 
> > > Slakko
> > > /dev/joe
> > > Wild Card
> > > Rambo R Minuteman
> > > K 2
> > > risE
> > > Vynd
> > > JT
> > 
> > y
> 
> yz
> 

 O.K. Challenge.

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:05:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: ghost

Wild Card wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
> 
> > Slakko wrote:
> > > On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Unless I somehow missed something, L'artifact has resigned from this game.
> > > > Slakko: you're up.
> > > > 
> > > > Slakko
> > > > /dev/joe
> > > > Wild Card
> > > > Rambo R Minuteman
> > > > K 2
> > > > risE
> > > > Vynd
> > > > JT
> > > 
> > > y
> > 
> > yz
> > 
> 
>  O.K. Challenge.

I take this as a challenge that it is not in a word, since the rules don't
allow a challenge that it is a word with a string this short.  My word
is analyze.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:19:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Randy Hall wrote:

> Whining about the Hubert here is ludicrous, especially when you appose
> others' attempts to eliminate Hubert in acka.  It was obvious to everyone
> else when the rules were posted that this was a Hubert treasure hunt; 
> you chose to participate under those conditions.  Would you be whining
> if *you* had been the one doing the Huberting?

saaremaa, wasn't it you who left the game earlier because of personal
attacks like this?  Slakko may or may not be in the wrong, but I hardly
think this kind of vitriol is warranted.

In any case, I object to anyone -- at all -- complaining about me.

- -The Green Ripper, formerly Hubert

If you laid all the smokers end to end around the world, two-thirds of 
them would drown. 

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:05:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Game State:

Worker: /dev/joe
Drone:  Wild Card
Queen:  A Mean Hat

paella: "Eat_a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e*********l."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:11:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Ok, I don't know how my understanding this time is different than before..
but for JT I wanted to reveal the 45th character... (I think of 48 as
last, 47 as next to last, 46 as second to last [but clearly not
second-last], and 45 as third to last.)  Hiwever, considering how I did
Alfvaens, I think JT may have meant 46th... so that's how I'm gonna do it.

Game State:

Worker: JT
Drone:  /dev/joe
Queen:  Wild Card

paella: "Eat_a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_**e********ll."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:15:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Another note:  I am 'harfing' this as I go thru my mail.. so if you see
that someone has moved you into the queen position and no one has moved
you out of it yet... you may perform the action [if you know what it is]
and win.  On the other hand if my last "game state message" shows you as
queen, but others have changed that before I get to your message you won't
win.  I don't know if this happens in my current mail, but I have a
message addressed directly to me in my mail concerning paella, so I
wonder.

Game State:

Worker: Rambo R. Minuteman
Drone:  JT
Queen:  /dev/joe

paella: "Eat_a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_*he********ll."

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:17:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Considering how I did JTs...

Game State:

Worker: A Mean Hat
Drone:  Rambo R. Minuteman 
Queen:  JT

paella: "Eat_a_fran*f**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_*he******H*ll."

IB
uh-oh!

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:18:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> > >I request the third to last character, thank you.
> 
> I request the fourth character in the Paella phrase.
> 
This has already been revealed... no change to the game state.

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:23:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Paella.

Slakko.. yeah, I recognized that early on.. I need a way to deal with that
(assuming I ever want to do this again)

Game State:

Worker: Slakko
Drone:  A Mean Hat 
Queen:  Rambo R. Minuteman

paella: "Eat_a_frankf**t***on*t*e*s**ps***_*he******H*ll."

IB
uh-oh!

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:26:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, JT wrote:

> Unless IB happened to interpret it the other way, in which case he has.
> This is a very silly treasure, but that's never stopped me from
> attempting to find a treasure.
> 

I do.

He hasn't.

It is.

IB

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:40:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Paella.

On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Randy Hall wrote:

> Slakko whined:
> 
> > I would also like to point out to IB that Hubert here is ludicrous.
> 
> Whining about the Hubert here is ludicrous, especially when you appose
> others' attempts to eliminate Hubert in acka.  It was obvious to everyone
> else when the rules were posted that this was a Hubert treasure hunt; 
> you chose to participate under those conditions.  Would you be whining
> if *you* had been the one doing the Huberting?
> 
> saaremaa

Ummm, I did not oppose your Justices change on the grounds that it would
eliminate Hubert.  I _like_ eliminating Hubert.  I objected to it on other
grounds - mainly that I felt the existing situation could have been played
with to produce the change in Justices you wanted, but the fact that the
existing Justices did not do this may have indicated a preference for
working in fixed pairs.

- -- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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