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ackanomic digest        Monday, April 27 1998        Volume 03 : Number 128

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:36:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 2940

> Proposal 2940
> It was Funny the First Time
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
>

> III. Append the following paragraph to Rule 104 ("Proposals"):
>
> Once a proposal has been properly distributed, none of its text may be
> altered; likewise, its authorship and time of distribution cannot be
> changed.
>
> {{[The information in the Proposal Archive needs to remain accurate.]}}

  Considering what breadbox is trying to do... I retract proposal 2922
(Offical Terms). I also retract proposal 2924 (Veneration) for other
reasons.

K 2.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:36:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: G&C Submission

I retract My misellaneous G&C submission ;)

K 2

K2 wrote:

> I hereby officially submit the following (delimited by CHANCE) for the
> Games & Contests Rule Suite, as a game
> called "A Game of Sheer Chance":
>
> CHANCE
> 1) General Equipment:
>
> The game uses the Ackanomic Magic Dice.
>
> 2) Number of Players:
>
> The game may have any number of players between two and the number of
> active players when an instance of the game is instantiated. No referees
> are required.
>
> 3) Starting an instance of the game:
>
> As described in rule 1250.1, section VI.
> The player who sugested the start of a game is required to handle the
> assignment of numbers and the random determination. All players who
> partcipate in this game must posses at least the standard harfer fee.
>
> 4) Rules of the game:
>
> 4a) Each player is randomly assigned as many numbers between 1 and the
> number of players.
> 4b) An Ackanomic Magic Die with one more face than the number of players
> in the game is rolled.
> 4c) If the number rolled by the die in step 4b matches the number
> assigned to a player in step 4a then that player is deemed to be the
> winner, otherwise the House is deamed the winner.
> 4d) All players who were not deamed winners in step 4c transfer the
> Standard Harfer Fee to the Winner. If the House was the winner then the
> money is transfered to the treasury, otherwise the standard harfer fee
> is transfered from the treasury to the winner.
>
> 5) Winning the game:
> The game is won as described in step 4c.
>
> CHANCE

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:41:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Agenda Hats (fwd)

Here are your agenda hats:

Weight: 50

11. The owner of this hat has no cheeses.

Weight: -60

21.  The owner of this hat has achieved the conditions of three other
agenda hats that are in his possession.

Weight: -42

23.  The owner of this hat has won at least three Duels since this hat has
come into his possession.  At least one of these Duels must have been
against the owner of the eggplant corresponding to this hat.  At least one
of the Duels must have been called against the owner of this hat, rather
than by him.

I trade these three hats to the Mad Hatters, each for A$1.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:55:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Hubert <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Agenda Hats (fwd)

On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> Weight: -60
> 
> 21.  The owner of this hat has achieved the conditions of three other
> agenda hats that are in his possession.

I pay A$10 to the Mad Hatters to take possession of this Hat.

- -Hubert

Please notify me if this .sig is missing.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 05:21:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gavin M. Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: Flora Amanita

>Please Rex, do not allow private guesses at this to find the treasure.
>
OK then, I won't reveal the correctness or otherwise of private guesses. The
treasure can only be found by a public message, though.

Rex Mundi.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:36:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Widget of Yendor Preservation

With the aim of supplying the Archivist with information about the
Widget of Yendor, I am forwarding this public message which I sent out
at the time of its repeal. It pretty much covers everything that ever
happened with respect to this entity.

(The Widget of Yendor was defined and regulated by Rule 942, which was
created by Proposal 1726 on February 20th, 1997, and repealed by
Proposal 2407 on November 26th of the same year.)

breadbox
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 15:13:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Eulogy for a Widget

Ah, the Widget of Yendor. It was the first rule I created. (Until just
recently, it was the only rule I created.)

snowgod (aka Mr. Lunatic Fringe) was the only person to put it to
use. He frobbed it six days after submitting two goofy proposals that
were obviously going to fail - in fact, one of them was submitted with
a note specifically indicating that he was trying to lower his score.
I don't know if he actually had some trickery in mind or if he was
just being silly. In any case, it backfired on him, because one of
them actually passed; that was Proposal 1743, aka the Alien Abduction
rule.

When he decided to pass it on to someone else, I took it. I was
thinking of waiting for the next cycle, and then after the scores had
been reset I would, for a change, actually try to play for points.
However, soon after that happened we had our summer crises, and I
wound up being the Promoter and Tabulator. This made it too hard to
play for points fairly - not only did I have privileged information to
anti-vote almost perfectly, but I could easily control the timing of
when voting results were released. And so it went.

	Widget of Yendor, you're decodified.
	Waiting in vain for a score you could shield,
	Tweaked you lay languishing by my side--
	Frobbed only once and now only repealed.

breadbox

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:47:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Swingpoint Summary for Fortnight ending 27/4

Swingpoint Awards:

I. Swinger Weight Awards.

8: The Gingham Wearer
7: Slakko
6: K 2
5: Hubert
4: Koxvolio
3: /dev/joe
2: Attila the Pun
1: Alfvaen

II. Fair Play Awards.

2: Attila the Pun
2: breadbox
2: /dev/joe

III. Party Based Awards.
Winning Party this week is Klingon (Swung by The Gingham Wearer)

1: else...if
1: Rex Mundi

Current Totals:

63 /dev/joe
61 Slakko
47 Niccolo Flychuck
33 Alfvaen
30 The Gingham Wearer
14 Koxvolio
11 Hubert
 9 rufus
 6 Guy Fawkes
 6 K 2
 6 Attila the Pun
 5 Fortunato
 4 breadbox
 3 ThinMan
 3 Vynd
 3 two-star
 2 Wild Card
 2 Rex Mundi
 2 else...if

- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:56:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Swingpoint Summary for Fortnight ending 27/4

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> 11 Hubert
Sorry, this should be 7.

All others correct at time of printing.
- -- 
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 - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:24:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 2953

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Brian Raiter wrote:

> > {{If CFJ 577 has been judged TRUE then give Ayla a Winning
> > Condition, H*bert looses 2 points, Ayla gains 2 points}}
> 
> I presume this submission was a mistake. In any case, I encourage
> H*bert to retract it, because it doesn't solve a thing.

 No, it wasn't; but I'll retract it anyway; in the light of the
overwhelming logic [:-)]

 H*bert.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:49:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Ahem.

The Fat Lady is singing.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Prince:1999
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
You're too kind for your own good; you're too good for your own kind.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:00:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Fortnightly Dividends, April 27, 1998

An hour and a quarter or so before the end of the Cycle, bond dividends
came out.  So some players got a lot of money today.  :-)

Here are the score changes over the last fortnight:

breadbox: 241
Attila the Pun: 224
Koxvolio: 210
H*bert: 204
K 2: 179
JT: 153
Slakko: 92
IdiotBoy: 83
Alfvaen: 75
Guy Fawkes: 66
The Gingham Wearer: 61
Hubert: 38
Pandora: 37
else...if: 33
Rex Mundi: 33
Vynd: 26
J. M. Bear: 24
/dev/joe: 19
Crackfoo: 18
Illusion: 15
ThinMan: 13
rufus: 12
Joe Java: 11
Niccolo Flychuck: 11
Ayla: 9
Astro: 5
Enigma: 1
Fortunato: 1
Goldenmean: 1
Hoover 2300: 1
Karma: 1
Robert Sevin: 1
two-star: 1
Calvin N Hobbes: -14

The awards are all the same except that the negative numbers(in this case,
only Calvin N Hobbes's)are haved.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Prince:1999
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
We hurt the ones we love the most; it's a subtle form of compliment

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:03:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ahem.

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> The Fat Lady is singing.
> 

Just for piece my piece of mind, is this for that point win?

                              - Vynd

[email-masked]

> 
> --
> --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
> Current Album--Prince:1999
> Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
> You're too kind for your own good; you're too good for your own kind.
> 

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:16:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: End of Cycle

Here is the sequence of events that occurred at 13:16 Ackatime today, when
K 2's CWCFJ became unappealable:

a) Ackanomic play was suspended.

b) Slakko's Right-Handed Grapefruit was destroyed.  There were no
Chartreuse Goose Eggs.  Most of the Agenda Hats were destroyed, except
for those being worn.  (Including, I believe, the ones remaining in the
possession of the Mad Hatters, though I'll have to check that rule.
Soon I'll put up an Illuminatus page with all remaining Agenda Hats.)

c) K 2 is given the title of winner of the cycle, and a Right-Handed
Grapefruit and Champion's Cloak are created in eir possession.

d) No player has a score of 0 or less, so no Chartreuse Goose Eggs are
awarded this Cycle.  (I think this is the second consecutive Cycle
where that's happened...)

e) No taxes need be levied this cycle, with A$60811(or thereabouts)
remaining in the Treasury.

f) Each player is awarded points according to eir point total.  Here are
the final scores for Cycle 18:

Score   Ackanomic Name     Status Real Name
- -----   --------------       1234 -------------
421     K 2                   A   (Kelly Kelly)
403     breadbox              A   (Brian Raiter)
344     Slakko                A   (Duncan Richer)
342     Guy Fawkes           AV   (Robert Shimmin)
274     H*bert                A   (Jonathan David Amery)
259     Attila the Pun        A   (Micah Smukler)
234     Koxvolio              A   (Ian Koxvold)
221     else...if             Ag  (Henry Towsner)
195     Niccolo Flychuck     nV   (Uri Bruck)
193     JT                    A   (JT Traub)
186     Hubert                A   (Eric Plumb)
185     Alfvaen               A   (Aaron Humphrey)
141     /dev/joe              A   (Joseph DeVincentis)
118     The Gingham Wearer    A   (Tom Walmsley)
106     Vynd                  A   (John McCoy)
101     two-star              P   (Alexandre Muniz)
99      IdiotBoy              A   (Matt Miller)
87      Illusion              A   (Andrew Stefanski)
68      Calvin N Hobbes       A   (Thierry Joffrain)
63      Rex Mundi             A   (Gavin Doig)
51      ThinMan               A   (John Bollinger)
45      Crackfoo              N   (Jerome Herrman)
45      Hoover 2300          nI   (Kent Stadler)
37      Pandora               A   (David Kenning)
34      Fortunato             N   (Aaron Keesler)
24      J. M. Bear            A   (Frank Schmidt)
24      Joe Java              A   (Joel Ricker)
21      Goldenmean            N   (Joshua Herreshoff)
10      Karma                 N   (Jordan James)
6       rufus                AV   (David Scheidt)
5       Astro                 A   (Roie Marianer)
4       Ayla                  A   (Raquel Peres da Silva)
2       Enigma                N   (Matt D. Bradbury)
2       Robert Sevin          N   (Mitchell Harding)

g) Each player's score is set to zero.

h) The Cycle has exceeded 30 days in length, but no players were on
Vacation for the entire Cycle.

i) The Cycle was won by points, so Rule 603 is amended to change the base
value of the Magic Number from 347 to the smaller prime number greater than
(347*1.2) = 416.4.  That turns out to be 419.

j) The Cycle number is incremented to 19, and the Magic Number is reset to
419.

k) No players are in Gaol, but I believe that K 2(the winner of the
Cycle, no less)and The Gingham Wearer are in the Ackanomic Afterlife, so
are returned to their homes.

l) K 2 is not in an immediate position to win the Cycle again, so there
is no necessity to give em the Chartreuse Goose.

m) Other rules' events occurring: The Office of Archaeologist is
transferred to the single voting player whose score was the highest
prime number that was not 347.  Oddly enough, I believe that this
player is K 2, the winner of the cycle.

Also, a Commission d'Arts shall begin a session for the consideration of
Silver Moon candidates.

n) Ackanomic play resumes.

Welcome to Cycle 19!

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Prince:1999
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
Argent, on a pile Gules goutty de poix a chief Vert.

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Ahem.

> > The Fat Lady is singing.

> Just for piece my piece of mind, is this for that point win?

Yes.  CFJ 572, K 2's CWCFJ.  (I was all ready to do this yesterday before
I remembered that the appeal deadline was four days, not three.)

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Prince:1999
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
"Please flabellate only after the sound of the corroboree."  --Scott Ellis

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Potato

Almost forgot...

Ayla has found the Magic Potato.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Big Pig:Bonk
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
I've plummeted to my death and I can't get up!

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:44:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Music

And inside, the jukebox roars just like thunder.

I place A$5 into the slot in the ASS, and request the song "Hold My Life"
by The Replacements.

I don't know whether my Uncle Tim would have liked the song or not, but it
occurred to me because the songs is from the album "Tim".  He just died of
lung cancer, so this one goes out to him.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Big Pig:Bonk
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Chernevog
God is good, God is great, God's a big invertebrate

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:59:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Scheidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka:  I'm back

Or is that B'ack?   anyways, I return from vacation.  Did they burn me?

rufus
bannist!

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