Subject: acka-research Digest V4 #146
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acka-research Digest	Friday, August 13 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 146

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: Hi im back
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:49:33 -0400 (EDT)

Joseph DeVincentis wrote:
> 
> Bryan wrote:
> > Who wants to fill
> > me in on what has happened recently? 
> >
> > Altra
> 
> Well, r-attila, you returning from vacation is a funny thing. 
...
> So, in any
> case, you're still On Ice.

In other words - same as always ;-)

K 2

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: GAD Post Mortum
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:09:58 -0400 (EDT)

Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

> fixing...ELK becomes Wrangler and Belt-Holder, and gains 3 points plus the

> In this Wrangler's opinion, it should be something that:
> *1 makes the number of donkeys nonincreasing.
> *2 makes the last few rounds of the game faster.

* Personally I think the following should be discarded (and associated
sections not quoted for brevity :):

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B. Each Round, a player on the GAL will either 
(c) Distract another player on the GAL,
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The application of this rule was not fun for me - if it remains we might
as well have a rule which states that a two thirds majority of GAD
participants can eliminate any participant as a public action.

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E. i) At the end of the Round, if a player has exactly two donkeys they
will look furtive and instantly produce a third donkey for the
player. [Donkeys value their privacy and don't do this in herds.] 
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* Increasing the number of donkeys that wander off when a successful
grab occurs could speed up that latter stages of the game - 

ii. If B had a herd of two or more donkeys at the start of the round,
during the noise and confusion some of B's herd shall stampede into the
Wilds of Ackanomic (where they will graze peacefully, returning to the
Game Box at the conclusion of Grab-a-Donkey). B's herd is reduced by
(the round number divided by 10) plus one at the end of the round. 

* The two donkeys are not better than one problem could be "fixed" by -

C. If exactly one player ("A") chose to Grab another player's donkey
("B"), and B did not Cover their donkey: 

i. A successfully grabs one of B's donkeys and A's herd is increased by
one at the end of the round, unless A's herd size is two, in which case
A's herd is increased by two.

K 2

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