Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #409
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest      Tuesday, December 17 1996      Volume 01 : Number 409

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:55:25 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Hom much Otzma ?( P1514 Fails (fwd) )

This is not a Summary.

On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Malenkai wrote:

> Jason Orendorff wrote:
> 
> >         Better:  go through the rule set and wipe out all references to
> > otzma card limits.  The limits aren't really any fun, I don't think.
> > Certainly they're not necessary to maintain the balance of the game.
> > Take offthe training wheels!
> 
> Except I don't want 3 Tornadoes in a single day.  Too much work for
> the OiCoRT ;)
> 
> Rather than the current system, I would prefer categories, with some
> sort of thing defined for each category:
> 
> Unique, Rare, Uncommon, and Common
> 
> Malenkai
>
I disagree with Mohammed.  Some Cards should be less common than others.
There is nothing in the Otzma Card rules that obliges an Otzma Card rule
to set such limits. 
While limits may not seem necessary now, when there still very few Cards
in existence. Once we have more of them it may become evident that they
are necessary. Otzma Cards are enhance the game, add a nother mode of
interaction, but shouldn't take it over. 
Malenkai's idea is something that did not occcur to me, but seems like a
good idea. But then, I haven't really pplayed much D&D :)
It will also allow the classes to be recalibrated should we feel a future
need to have more.
Anyway, if Mohammed, or any player for that matter, wants to increase the
number of Otzma Cards, perhaps they could write a rule that creates more
of them. There hooks in the Otzma Cards rule that specifically allow this.

Niccolo Flychuck
RuneMaker 

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:56:44 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary: Round 2 Results! 

All Bluffers have voted in the secon round of Fictionary.

The actual definition for the Ing word, Xyster, was number 3:
"An instrument for scraping bones."

Player		Definition voted for		Definition written
- ------		--------------------		------------------
/dev/joe	          3			         1
Habeous Corpus	          5                              7
breadbox                  3                              6
Malenkai                  6                              2
ThinMan                   1                              4
Guy Fawkes                6                              5

SCORING:

>        i)   Each Bluffer receives 1 Gamepoint for every player other
>             than himself who voted for his definition.

/devjoe recieves one Gamepoint
breadbox recieves two Gamepoints
Guy Fawkes recieves on Gamepoint

>        ii)  A Bluffer receives 2 Gamepoints if he voted for the Actual
>             Definition.

/devjoe recieves 2 points
breadbox recieves 2 points

Game Scores:

Player        Score this round  Cumulative score
- -------------  -------------     --------------
/dev/joe             3                 5
snowgod              0                 1
Thinman              0                 1
Guy Fawkes           1                 2
breadbox             3                 4
Malenkai             0                 1
Habeous Corpus       0                 0

ThinMan is the new Brainiac.

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 01:38:32 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Reread the Rules! 

I reccomend everyone take a few minutes to peruse the rules in their
present form.  The Passage of P1539 has made some fundemental changes to
the ruleset.  Compoind that with the other changes made in the last few
days, and it can't hurt to get yourself reaquainted with your little
friends the rules.

snowgod

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 04:04:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: The Presidential Debate

Herein are my replies to the presidential debate questions.

And remember, folks: "breadbox - the only choice for president besides
the other choices".

b
________

> 1) In the case that the senate is unable to reach a decision on an
> Internomic Proposal, it is the Duty of the president to inform the
> Ambassador how to vote.  Do you stay informed of internomic news?
 
Actually, yes. Being a senator and all, I am already required to keep
up with Internomic matters. Since I'm also unofficially in charge of
announcing the voting results, I also help to make sure that the
voting gets done on time. (Which gives me an interesting idea ... if I
didn't like the way the other senators were voting, I could filibuster
the issues until the deadline was up, and then as president I could
vote however I wanted to....) *COUGH* Uh, just thinking aloud. Can we
strike that from the record?
 
> Would you be willing to work with the Ambassador when your job
> requires it?
 
Yes. *Duh*. Boy, that was a hard question. NEXT!
 
> 2) What makes you the harfiest candidate for the Presidency?
 
Oh, I'm undoubtedly the harfiest *candidate*. I definitely would not
make the harfiest president. But my candidacy is certainly a harfy
thing. It's a complete fluke that I'm running at all. I'm completely
unqualified for the job; what more do you want for harfy?
 
> 3) Please comment clearly and unambigiously on the shape of the
> Earth.  Most of us agree it is round.  Do you have the guts to take
> that stand?
 
"The world isn't round. Yep! It's shaped like a burrito!"
 
Sorry. Clearly and unambiguously? No way, Jose. This is a campaign,
remember? You want all the features, you gotta put yer money down and
buy the thing. (Besides, Enlightenment kinda takes the fun out of it
all. At least without it you could compete for who got torched the
most.)
 
> 4) Past campaigns have focused on the issue of Crime.  As president,
> how would you deal with Presidential Pardons?  Would you be willing
> to exchange pardons in return for political favors?
 
Probably not. Well, maybe if it was really nice favor. Something I
couldn't get for myself. Like my own Bronze Torch, for example. Or a
seat on the Supreme Court. Yeah, if I was a Senator, a Supreme Court
Justice, and President all at once ... *then* we'd see a few changes
in how things are done around here.
 
> 5) Are you Strange?
 
As far as I can tell, I'm the only normal person on this entire planet.
 
> 6) Do you feel that Organizations, such as Parties, Churches,
> etc. should have a larger role in Ackanomic, perhaps a smaller
> role. What do you think could be done in order to increase/decrease
> the roles of Organizations in the game?
 
They can have whatever role they want, as long as they don't create
more work for me. I mean, I'm not here to tell other people what to do
with their time, and I expect the same in return. If you wanna create a
special interest group of left-handed bicycle makers who've chewed the
Gumball, that's great. But don't expect me to referee your semi-annual
bicycle race just because I'm the president. I got better things to do
than deal with a bunch of people trying to convince each other that they
have a deep experience in common. I've chewed the Gumball, too, you
know, but you don't see me trying to form a glee club over it.
 
> 7) Do you consider Harf an important element of the game?
 
Yes. (Another serious brain-teaser.)
 
> Can we count on you to be a Harfy President?
 
Only if you consider "boring" to be Harfy. I've already promised to be
the most boring president Ackanomia has ever seen, and I intend to
keep my promises.
 
The previous two questions seem to be built upon the assumption that
the President is an important element of the game. *snort*.
 
> 8) Should it be discovered that our concepts of some aspects of the
> physics are different than what we currently believe them, how would
> you handle the impact on Acka's traditions and collective psyche?
 
Well, that depends. If the new information was ultimately beneficial
to the game at large, and to the players in particular, then I would
do my best to convince everyone to embrace the new ideas, and see the
wisdom of accepting change; and I would spare no effort in assisting
with the adapting and updating of the old traditions.
 
On the other hand, if I didn't like the new information, I would have
the Ackaphysicist impeached, and maybe burned for good measure.

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:29:43 +0000
From: "Matt" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: The Presidential Debate

> Herein are my replies to the presidential debate questions.
> 
> And remember, folks: "breadbox - the only choice for president besides
> the other choices".
> 
> b
> ________

[answers snipped - but they're worth reading]

ROFL!

Bascule
Voting for breadbox - the only candidate worthy of consideration
apart from the other two

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 08:56:14 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Harf Inquisition

The Inquisition has found that the Harfmeister is hogging the 
Harf.  snowgod becomes the new Harfmeister.

Hogging the Harf (8)
- -------------------
Guy Fawkes
Mohammed
fnord
23 Skidoo
/dev/joe
Swann
Malenkai
Habeous Corpus

He's gonna share the Harf (2)
- -----------------------------
ThinMan
snowgod

Count Tabula

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:43:59 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Guy vs Mo

The current ghost word is "ysy."
Mohammed has challenged.

Guy Fawkes has three days (from Saturday, I think) to post a word from
the official dictionary that contains that string of letters.

ThinMan
Referee

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:49:35 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Ghost

Guy Fawkes has posted a verified refutation of Mohammed's challenge:

>polysyllabic

Mohammed is eliminated from the game; Guy Fawkes wins the game and the
duel.

ThinMan
Referee
>
>

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:41:45 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary: Round 3 begins

The ing word for round 3 of Fictionary is "jipijapa."

Send your definitions to me.

ThinMan
Braniac III

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:00:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Interpol Mug Treasure

I have received three requests for interpol stuff.  To avoid giving anyone
an unfair advantage, I will delay sending everything out for a day or
three.  The package is 20 kbytes of data.  It consists of one file, 
interpol.tar.gz.uu, which is (as the name suggests) a tar archive which 
has been gzipped and uuencoded.  Because of the size of the package, 
I'm going to put it on the web instead of sending it through mail.

If you have trouble with any of this (tar, gzip, uudecode, or web access),
send me mail before Friday and we'll work out a solution.

Barring unforseen problems, I'll announce the URL of the interpol package 
in the wee hours of the morning (i.e. between 0100 and 0600 Eastern 
Standard Time) on Friday.

Oh yes.  I've found that null input to interpol produces null output. 
This solution will be insufficient to find the Treasure, the rationale
being that null input is not an "interpol program".  Only nontrivial
solutions, please.  :o)

- --Mohammed

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:08:16 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary: Round 2 Results!

snowgod wrote:
> SCORING:
> 
> >        i)   Each Bluffer receives 1 Gamepoint for every player other
> >             than himself who voted for his definition.
> 
> /devjoe recieves one Gamepoint
> breadbox recieves two Gamepoints
> Guy Fawkes recieves on Gamepoint
> 
> >        ii)  A Bluffer receives 2 Gamepoints if he voted for the Actual
> >             Definition.
> 
> /devjoe recieves 2 points
> breadbox recieves 2 points
> 
> Game Scores:
> 
> Player        Score this round  Cumulative score
> -------------  -------------     --------------
> /dev/joe             3                 5
> snowgod              0                 1
> Thinman              0                 1
> Guy Fawkes           1                 2
> breadbox             3                 4
> Malenkai             0                 1
> Habeous Corpus       0                 0

breadbox scored 4 points this round, and should have a cumulative score of 5.

/dev/joe

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:12:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Score Report + Etc.

This is a really long scoring and current events report; I apologize for
the length, but please read through it all.

Scoring since the last report:

Added potato points for Robert Sevin on P1502, 1508
Niccolo Flychuck, Guy Fawkes, snowgod, 23 Skidoo: -2 each for
  retracting 1550, 1552, 1561, 1557
AirHead +6 posting what phoebe said
Proposal scoring 1511-1534 (note, I always ignore snowgod's points in his
  vote reports, and just look at the voting results, because snowgod has
  been wrong often):
  P1511 new player special scoring (rejected)
Whamiol scoring for Clairence
  P1512 modest
  P1513 normal
  P1514 modest
  P1517 modest,short
  P1515,1518 normal  
  P1519 new player special
  P1521, 1520 modest
  P1522 normal
  P1524 modest
  P1525 new player special (rejected)
Chrome Streak 1512-24 (as posted yesterday)
  P1526 normal - vote scoring delayed
  P1527,1528 normal rejected
  P1529 normal
  P1530 modest
  P1531 short
  P1532 normal rejected
  P1533 modest,short
  P1534 normal rejected
P1526 vote repost: normal scoring for votes
Proposal scoring P1535-1539:
  P1535,1536: normal rejected
  P1537: new player special scoring (rejected)
  P1538 modest
  P1539 normal
Duel Scoring: Guy Fawkes +6, Robert Sevin +3, Mohammed -6, Niccolo FLychuck -3
  ThinMan also gets A$8 for refereeing the duel.

For the benefit of new players, and old players who haven't been following
the changes, the scoring on proposals is:
Author: +10 if accepted (+12 for players in their first 3 weeks),
  -7 if rejected (-4 for players in their first 3 weeks),
  +5 if accepted and short, +5 if accepted and harfy,
  +6 if accepted and grandiose, +5 if accepted and contains "cows eat grass",
  +win the cycle if accepted and creates a palindromic rule
  +2 if accepted and author has the magic potato or great tuba
  halve all of above scoring for accepted modest props;
  props cannot be grandiose and modest
Voters: +3 for YES of rejected proposals, +3 for NO on accepted non-modest
  proposals
Misc:
  * new players become active by voting, gives points to Whamiol owners.
  * When a proposal whose number ends in 76 passes, a parade is held and
  each player gets a point except the Trombone holder gets 10.
  * When a non-modest proposal passes unanimously, the president makes a
  speech, and the player with the lowest score gets 2 points, unless there
  is a tie for lowest score, in which case all the tied players scores' are
  changed to 2 if this would not make them lose points, or otherwise they
  get 3 points each.

There were still no unanimous non-modest proposals, though a couple of modest
ones passed unanimously and a couple non-modest ones had only one NO vote.

Snowgod is still forgetting to list Lestrade in the not-yet-active part of
the vote reports.

I am assuming the Chrome Streak scores are not reduced by modesty, and I am
assuming that for the broken reports where only the passage or failure of the
proposal was noted, the author scoring and rule changes happen when the
passage was first posted, and the vote scoring (if any, such as on P1526)
happens when the votes are posted. 

I have not checked for null proposals, proposals that change the scoring
rules, or co-author points & similar scoring in temporary text in these
proposals yet, so if any such thing exists, the scores posted here are
wrong, except I did look to see if R207 was amended in the re-org, and
to my surprise I found it wasn't.

I have not yet updated the rule set for the proposals 1512-1539.
I am busy grading exams (which I should have been doing when I was
treasure hunting the other day) and I will do it when I get the chance.

Five days until the tornado.  Those players with scores higher than the
average (now about 21.3) should help the new president build a tornado
shelter if they care about their scores, when the election is over and
we have a president, because I have better things to spend my hard
earned A$ on.

It has been pointed out to me that the change of "weekly" to "monthly"
in R615 should have already been done as part of P1401.  I missed it,
I apologize for any confusion, and Malenkai had better give back the
extra money if he's been taking a weekly A$35 the last 5 weeks.

Current Scores:

Score   Ackanomic Name   Status  Real Name
- -----   --------------      ---  -------------
113     Guy Fawkes           Ag  (Robert Shimmin)
87      Habeous Corpus       A   (Ed Graham)
58      snowgod              A   (Phil Ackley)
36      mr cwm               V   (Eric Murray)
28      Niccolo Flychuck     A   (Uri Bruck)
23      Swann                V   (Steven Swiniarski)
21      Calvin N Hobbes      A   (Thierry Joffrain)
21      Techno               A   (Jerome Herrman)
20      Mohammed             Av  (Jason Orendorff)
19      /dev/joe             A   (Joseph DeVincentis)
18      AirHead              A   (Eric Freeman)
17      Jammer               N   (John Lotz)
16      ThinMan              Av  (John Bollinger)
16      Robert Sevin         A   (Mitchell Harding)
3       fnord                A   (Michael Thomas)
2       breadbox             A   (Brian Raiter)
0       Lestrade             N   (John Duncan)
- -2      23 Skidoo           NV   (David Thomas Fisher)
- -2      Clairence            A   (Clair Anthony Viglione)
- -15     Bascule              Av  (Matt Black)
- -29     Malenkai             Av  (Randy Hall)

Status:
A=Active, N=New, V=Vacationing, IV=Involuntary Vacation, I=On Ice,
D=Dead, R=Returning (non-active), v=Victory Eggplant, g=Chartreuse Goose

/dev/joe
Scorekeeper
Web-Harfer

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:23:11 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Score Report + Etc.

/dev/joe wrote:

>16      ThinMan              Av  (John Bollinger)

Assuming that this score is correct, my victory eggplant should have
been destroyed.

ThinMan
>

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 15:14:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: OMCL auction

On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Guy Fawkes wrote:
> I bid A$200 for the OMCL.
	This bid got in on time.  (With ~20 minutes to spare.)

>I bid A$201
>snowgod
	This bid was about 2 hours late.  Bummer.

Assuming Guy Fawkes had at least A$200 in his account, the Orbital Mind 
Control Laser is his for the low low price of A$88 (Habeous Corpus's bid, 
the next-highest received.)

If I made mistakes, let me know.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:38:06 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Towers Climbing 

Having met the Brass Monkey atop the monument to Futility, and having
discussed important matters of state with him, I climb down the Tower.  I
gather up my things, check to make sure my forehead is on tight, and head
over to the Tower Of Bandwidth which I proceed to climb.

Of course, I am very careful on the way up not to disrupt the weave of the
fine black wool in which the text of every word ever utttered in ackanomic
is woven.

About 5/8 of the way up I stop.  I found what I was loking for.  Malenkai's
message announcing the winner of the current presidential elections!  I
stop.  I gaze.  I grin.

I congratulate the winner!

snowgod
Campaign manager for the only real choice - Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:44:51 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Otzma Auction results

According to my records, the highest bids on the Auctioned Cards were

OCID 106 Habeus Corpus A$3 
OCID 107 Habeus Corpus A$30

Dec. 15 Habeus Corpus -33

Habeus Corpus now owns those two Otzma Cards

Niccolo Flychuck
RuneMaker

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:19:57 -0600
From: john duncan <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Lestrade - The forgotten man

> 
> Snowgod is still forgetting to list Lestrade in the not-yet-active part of
> the vote reports.
> 
I am turning on the lamp and foghorn in my lighthouse so snowgod won't
forget me.:)

Lestrade

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:19:15 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Auctions

Both auctions were reported incorrectly:

Jason Orendorff wrote:

> Assuming Guy Fawkes had at least A$200 in his account, the Orbital Mind
> Control Laser is his for the low low price of A$88 (Habeous Corpus's bid,
> the next-highest received.)
> 
> If I made mistakes, let me know.

In a public auction, the item is received for the highest valid public
bid, which, in this case, was A$200.

Niccolo Flychuck Wrote:

> According to my records, the highest bids on the Auctioned Cards were

> OCID 106 Habeus Corpus A$3
> OCID 107 Habeus Corpus A$30

In a private auction, the items are awarded for the next lower bid, as
Mohammed attempted to do above for OMCL.  So (from Niccolo), that means
we need the  next lower bid for these two OCIDs, and that is what
Habeous Corpus pays.  Niccolo receives a 10% commission as well.

I am going to be reworking R 1023 tonight, pretty much back to the
way it was when I wrote it.  Although I understand the rationale for
some of the recent changes, I find the original *plays* better, and
is much less confusing.  Since these things are not really a big deal
anyway, I would rather err on the side of simplicity than simulation.

If you have any suggestions for the rewrite, e-mail me.  I intend the
rewrite to be rather straightforward.  One thing I never liked about
the original R 1023, that has not changed, is the Chief Cheese selection
procedure.  Any ideas, without adding complication or delay to the system?

Malenkai
Financier

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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:33:18 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Auctions

On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Malenkai wrote:

> Niccolo Flychuck Wrote:
> 
> > According to my records, the highest bids on the Auctioned Cards were
> 
> >OCID 106 Habeus Corpus A$3
> > OCID 107 Habeus Corpus A$30
> 
> In a private auction, the items are awarded for the next lower bid, as
> Mohammed attempted to do above for OMCL.  So (from Niccolo), that means
> we need the  next lower bid for these two OCIDs,and that is what
> Habeous Corpus pays.  Niccolo receives a 10% commission as well.

The next lower bids were
OCID 106  (no bid)
OCID 107 A$25

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:56:51 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Niccolo Flychuck for President

Citizems of Ackanomia, Hark!!!

As a last minute attempt to win over more votes (where are those
opinion polls? We had such lovely diagrams two elections ago) 
I would like to present some more campaing promises.
My first act as President, if I am elected, would be to start a Bomb
Shelter Fund. I am already working on getting this started, since we will
have very little time between the end of elections and the coming Tornado.

I would like to assure all players, that every donation will be noted and
commemorated. Every player who makes a donation, and wishes. Will be
immortalized in Ackanomic one way or another.
I have already acted in a similar manner in the past, in R985.12.

I am just now returning from Party Hall where I made my PartyChess move.
Which means I am quite hungry. I never take any food to Party Hall to
avoid inadvertantly placing it on the PartyBoard while considering my
move, thereby breaking the law. All the while I was there I was whistling
bits of the Ballad of Party Chess, that most masterful piece written by
Guy Fawkes.
I was also thinking, what else I can do to win over more votes.

I couldn't just give away Prothetic Foreheads. It's been done before.
I am already wearing my campaign sticker from the previous elections. I
suppose most other players have lost theirs.
Perhaps I can create T-Shirts for everyone. Nah. Been there.
Then sudden inspiration struck me.
Election Scarves (that is the plural of scarf, right?)

I am hereby creating, one Niccolo Flychuck Election Scarf in the
possession of each and every player.  Each Election Scarf is red and blue,
and has the name of its owner embroidered in small charteuse letters.
Each Scarf has the following writing on it in big blazing white letters:
"The only real choice - Niccolo Flychuck"

(It's good to have a campaign manager)

I am now wearing my scarf. Got my old election sticker, and sorta
regret
having buried the Prosthetic Forehead snowgod gave inthe previous
elections (the one that said "Hi, I'm Niccolo
Flychuck, and I'm running for President. Please vote for snowgod!")

I create a large billboard on the roof of my house and post on it the
entire Presidential Debate. Whenever somebody comes near it, a short and
catchy tune starts playing, and red and blue baloons with my portrait are
realesed and up to the ground.

I leave this display to continue working automatically until the results
of the elections are anounced.

Niccolo Flychuck

Vote for Niccolo Flychuck - The only real choice for President

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:20:15 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Common Sense Report 112

Phil Ackley wrote:

> Malenkai has asked me to issue the following CSR.  It fixes an obvious
> error without changing game play, so I see no problem with issuing it.  As
> always, two objections will overturn the CSR.

> CSR 112
> 
> Amend R 592 to append the following text at the end of the rule:

I object to this CSR.  The proper rule to amend is R 593, although any
rule will do.  R 592 was protection, and is gone, unfortunately.  If
someone else could object, and snowgod could issue a corrected version
tonite, I'd appreciate it.  I'm not sure if the change to R 451 would
handle this typo.

Malenkai
plagued by typos lately

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:29:29 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Common Sense Report 112

> > CSR 112
> > 
> > Amend R 592 to append the following text at the end of the rule:
> 
> I object to this CSR.  The proper rule to amend is R 593, although any
> rule will do.  R 592 was protection, and is gone, unfortunately.  If
> someone else could object, and snowgod could issue a corrected version
> tonite, I'd appreciate it.  I'm not sure if the change to R 451 would
> handle this typo.
> 
> Malenkai
> plagued by typos lately

I object, killing the CSR.

/dev/joe

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:26:39 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Presidential Debate 

>1) In the cast that the senate is unable to reach a decision on an
>Internomic Proposal, it is the Duty of the president to inform the
>Ambassador how to vote.  Do you stay informed of internomic news?
>Would you be willing to work with the Ambassador when your job requires
>it?

I am subscribed to the Internomic mailing list, and have been very
interested in current events related to Internomic. In fact, one of the
tenets of my political party is to develop Internomic beyond it's current
state. I would be eager to work with the Ambassador at any opportunity,
particularly if they acknowledge the inherent ambiguity of my headware status.

>2) What makes you the harfiest candidate for the Presidency?

I am the brother of the person who created (should I say discovered?) the
word harf, and it was I who first introduced it to Ackanomic. My past
proposals are of a highly harfy nature, and whenever I see the word wharf I
read it as "w-harf".

>3) Please comment clearly and unambiguously on the shape of the Earth.
>Most of us agree it is round.  Do you have the guts to take that stand?

The earth is neither round nor flat, as I am sure my friend Mr. Lovecraft
would care to explain to you at great length. Let's just say that it's exact
geometry was not meant to be known by mankind.

>4) Past campaigns have focused on the issue of Crime.  As president,
>how would you deal with Presidential Pardons?  Would you be willing
>to exchange pardons in return for political favors?

I won't pardon anyone unless they bribe me.

>5) Are you Strange?

No comment.

>6) Do you feel that Organizations, such as Parties, Churhces, etc. should
>have a larger role in Ackanomic, perhaps a smaller role. What do you
>think could be done in order to increase/decrease the roles of
>Organizations in the game?

I think that at the current state of the game, their roles need no increase
or decrease. However I would like to see more players join our fine game, in
which case I think Organizations could have their roles increased to include
assisting new players that join the game, and other public services.

>7) Do you consider Harf an important element of the game? Can we count on
>you to be a Harfy President?

Harf and fun are the keys to Ackanomic, and as President I will exemplify
them both.

>8) Should it be discovered that our conecpts of some aspects of the
>physics are different than what we currently believe them, how would you
>handle the impact on Acka's traditions and collective psyche?

I would hold a giant Ackanomic town meeting and arrest anyone who didn't
agree with the new order.

Robert Sevin, who may or may not be...
Wearing a Silly Vacation Hat

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:38:23 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Duel/Ghost Start 

>snowgod played "gube"
>
>The ghost word is
>
>gube
>
>It is Robert Sevin's turn.

I play: "guber"

Robert Sevin

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:56:33 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Duel/Ghost Start

Mitchell Harding wrote:

The ghost word is: "guber"

It is snowgod's turn.

Malenkai
referee

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:18:34 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My House

snowgod spake thusly
> 
> I am looking for volunteers to help re-attach my house before the Tornado.

To aid in your cause, snowgod, I will purchase a pair of wings from the
Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication.  If you gather two others
who have wings, I will gladly aid in your plight.

fnord -100 wings mutation
(I think that's the right debit notation)

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:20:54 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Magic Potato

Malenkai spake thusly
> 
> fnord has found the magic potato.

Not to belittle or berate anyone, but I find it highly odd that I get
the potato the week I actually finally manage to have a proposal
in the queue.  I guess I better write proposals more often!

fnord

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