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ackanomic digest         Sunday, July 19 1998         Volume 03 : Number 239

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:13:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3303

I usually vote yes when I see such sentences snuck in there.

Niccolo Flychuck

On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

> 
> OK, OK, my little joke has run its course.  I retract proposal 3303.  I
> didn't expect it to go all the way through the voting without someone
> noticing, although I was hoping that if it made it past breadbox (God only
> knows what he does to those proposals when we're not looking) it might at
> least sneak by for a few days.  My congratulations to K 2 for actually
> reading my proposal.  I'm curious, how many people out there "read" my
> proposal and missed this?  I've always had the impression that, on the
> longer proposals, manypeople read the first two paragraphs and the last
> two, and leave it at that... :)
> 
> I hearby change my name to: The Wages of Sin
> 
> I'll resubmit my Geography proposal, without any tricks, I promise, in the
> very near future.
> 
> 
>                        - Still Vynd for the moment
> 
> [email-masked]
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 09:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Micah Smukler <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Fun?

I convert 1 swingpoint into 2 points.

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 09:45:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Stuff

I go to the museum.

I give all trinkets that I own which include the word "cheque" in their name
to the museum. 

I create a trinket called "Why am I such a Stupid Moron?" worth A$25 with a
description "You'd have thought that anyone who asked for speedy plays in a
game of Bacon so that e could post the results before going on vacation would
remember to do so, but some people are just too dumb. It is green, too." and
then give this trinket to The Twits.

I believe, although I'm not certain, that Rex Mundi won the auction for a
scroll of crumble I started before I went away for A$50.

I start construction of a Vending Machine. 

I go to the library.

I go down to *that* room.

I go and place the ASS token that I have in the banna shaped slot and name
the song werewolves of London.

I go home.

I name the animal I wish to be lycanthropic in as a penguin.

I think that that's it for now.

MTM.

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:32:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Inventor

With the return of MTM I believe that I lose the acting Inventor office
that I had.

Unfortunately, he returned 1 day (or so) before my Highlander Sword would
have become qualified, so I believe that it gets automatically debunked.
The 'Saaremaa's Codex of Wizardry' however, I believe became qualified
before MTM actually returned.

I give MTM back his position in the Eleusis game 1.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:04:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: IRC

I'm there if anyone wants to join me.

MTM.

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:26:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Judiciary matters

I leave the cortex of the golden frog and then join /dev/cortex. I might add
that at the moment I have no idea what justices are presiding over which CFJs
but will try to fix it. If anyone keeps all incoming mail and feels like
forwarding me all their messages starting Acka: CFJ and Acka: CFCJ then it
would be much appreciated, although even then I'm not sure I would find
everything.

MTM, Justice, CotC.

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:40:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Lat Fady

The Fat Lady is singing.  I should note that _two_ cycles have ended in
the past two days, unless I am mistaken and one of CFJ 631 and CFJ 632
ended up being appealed.  More to follow.

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Current Album--Lorne Elliott
Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Orpheus Machine
Danger, dare to be grand.

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:07:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Ends of Cycles

Here's what I believe happened regarding the recent Cycle endings:

(
Cycle 21, won by K 2, Jul 18 04:08
Cycle 22, won by else...if, Jul 19 03:14
)

   a) Ackanomic play is suspended.
   
   b) All Chartreuse Goose Eggs, Right-Handed Grapefruit and Agenda Hats
   that are not being worn are destroyed. All Nemesis Eggplants with the
   same condition as an Agenda Hat that was destroyed in this manner are
   destroyed.

I don't believe any Agenda Hats were doffed during this Cycle, so all
remain in existence.  Chartreuse Goose Eggs and Right-Handed Grapefruit
I'll deal with later.  (The players who had them from Cycle 21 are
breadbox, Calvin N Hobbes, else...if, J. M. Bear, Karma, Robert Sevin,
rufus, ThinMan, Niccolo Flychuck, Rex Mundi, and Wild Card, so those
are destroyed at the beginning of Cycle 22.)

   c) The winner is given the title of winner of the cycle, and a
   Right-Handed Grapefruit and a Champion's Cloak are created in that
   player's possession. If this results in his having two Champion's
   Cloaks, one of them is instantly transformed into a Badge of Glory.

So K 2 has won another Cycle, and got a Badge of Glory; else...if has
also won a Cycle, has a Champion's Cloak and a Right-Handed Grapefruit.

   d) All players who have zero or fewer points are given a Chartreuse
   Goose Egg.

In Cycle 22 the following players had Chartreuse Goose Eggs: 867-5309,
IdiotBoy, Mr. Tambourine Man, Fortunato, J. M. Bear, Niccolo Flychuck,
Calvin N Hobbes, Koxvolio, two-star, and ThinMan.  But this doesn't
really matter because, due to the near-total lack of point scoring
occurring in Cycle 22(further inspection shows that The Wages of Sin
did retract a Proposal in there), _everybody_ got one for Cycle 23.

   e) If the amount of A$s in circulation plus the value of all extant
   Trinkets and Majiks exceeded the amount in the Treasury at the time
   this winner was declared, the following shall occur: 20% (round down)
   of each Player's Total Wealth is owed to the Treasury. The winner
   shall owe only 10% (round down), however. 20% (round down) of each
   Undead and Organization's Total Wealth is owed to the Treasury.

I'll let K 2 deal with this.

   f) Each Player is awarded A$ equal to his point total.

The end-of-Cycle scores for Cycle 21:

Score   Ackanomic Name     Status Real Name
- -----   --------------       1234 -------------
167     K 2                   V   (Kelly Kelly)
99      JT                    V   (JT Traub)
96      Alfvaen               V   (Aaron Humphrey)
43      else...if             V   (Henry Towsner)
42      /dev/joe              V   (Joseph DeVincentis)
29      Ethelred              V   (David Kenning)
28      Slakko               VI   (Duncan Richer)
25      Horny Protoceratops  VI   (Jack Rudd)
20      Wild Card             V   (Jonathan David Amery)
16      rufus                 V   (David Scheidt)
16      The Wages of Sin      V   (John McCoy)
11      breadbox              V   (Brian Raiter)
7       Joe Java             VI   (Joel Ricker)
3       Attila the Pun        V   (Micah Smukler)
1       Ayla                 VI   (Raquel Peres da Silva)
1       Goldenmean            N   (Joshua Herreshoff)
1       Rex Mundi             Vg  (Gavin Doig)
1       Robert Sevin          N   (Mitchell Harding)
1       Zaknafein Dourden    PV   (John Clougherty)
- -3      867-5309              V   (Eric Plumb)
- -5      IdiotBoy              V   (Matt Miller)
- -8      Mr. Tambourine Man   VI   (Tom Walmsley)
- -20     Fortunato             N   (Aaron Keesler)
- -25     J. M. Bear            V   (Frank Schmidt)
- -25     Niccolo Flychuck      V   (Uri Bruck)
- -29     Calvin N Hobbes       V   (Thierry Joffrain)
- -34     Koxvolio              N   (Ian Koxvold)
- -34     two-star              V   (Alexandre Muniz)
- -37     ThinMan               V   (John Bollinger)

And, as I have noted above, the only scoring to occur in Cycle 22 was
The Wages of Sin scoring -2 points for a Proposal retraction.

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

Done.

   h) If the cycle currently ending has exceeded 30 days in length, all
   players who have been inactive for the entire cycle are removed
   from the game as if they have quit.

Not applicable.

   i) If the cycle was won by points (i.e. the Winning Condition was due
   to Rule 603), then amend Rule 603 to change the base value of the
   Magic Number to the smallest prime number greater than (the current
   Magic Number*1.2). If the last two cycles were not won by points, then
   amend Rule 603 to change the base value of the Magic Number to the
   smallest prime number greater than (the current Magic Number*0.9).

At the end of Cycle 21, the base value of the Magic Number is changed to
the smallest prime number greater than 452.7, which is 457.  At the end of
Cycle 22, this happens again, so the base value of the Magic Number
is changed to the smallest prime number greater than 411.3, which is 419.

   j) The game cycle number is incremented, and the Magic Number is reset
   to its base value.

Done.  Twice.

   k) All players who are in Gaol are released from Gaol. All players who
   are in the Ackanomic Afterlife are relocated to their homes.

This happened, if necessary.

   l) If the game state is such that the single winner of the last cycle
   would immediately win again upon the resumption of Ackanomic play, the
   Chartreuse Goose is transferred to that player.

I don't believe this to be the case...

   m) All events specified by other rules to occur at the end of the
   cycle occur, in the numeric order of the rule that defines the event
   [see rules 593, 611 and 670].

While it is true that K 2 was the Archaeologist for Cycle 22, that was
a very brief tenure.  I do not believe that either 0 or -2 are prime
numbers, so there is no Archaeologist for Cycle 23.

   n) Ackanomic play resumes.

Done.  Twice.

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Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Orpheus Machine
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:07:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination

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# Player: Mr. Tambourine Man
# Ackanomicon determination
# based on the following (using a 50 sided die):
# 1 -15: arcane trivia
# 16-20: vile prophecies
# 21-25: inner workings
# 26-30: arcane lore
# 31-33: terrorizing pages
# 34-34: ancient artifact
# 35-36: mutation
# 37-38: dark domain
# 39-39: stock market crash
# 40-41: long lost treasure
# 42-43: doomsday
# 44-44: forbidden fruit
# 45-45: catastrophe
# 46-49: not so forbidden fruit
# 50-50: ancient one
# Alfvaen

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> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
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> #C Player: Mr. Tambourine Man
> #C Ackanomicon determination
> #C based on the following (using a 50 sided die):
> #C 1 -15: arcane trivia
> #C 16-20: vile prophecies
> #C 21-25: inner workings
> #C 26-30: arcane lore
> #C 31-33: terrorizing pages
> #C 34-34: ancient artifact
> #C 35-36: mutation
> #C 37-38: dark domain
> #C 39-39: stock market crash
> #C 40-41: long lost treasure
> #C 42-43: doomsday
> #C 44-44: forbidden fruit
> #C 45-45: catastrophe
> #C 46-49: not so forbidden fruit
> #C 50-50: ancient one
> #C Alfvaen
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 21:27:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Inventor

Thanks to Hubert for reminding me.  I'd actually noted the new Esoteric
Song "Werewolves of London" on the DeeJay page.   However, as Hubert
pointed out to me, I do in fact need to announce it in a public message as
well, so here goes.

At Sun, Jul 19, 1998 09:49:55 -0400, the Esoteric Song "Werewolves of
London" by Warren Zevon started playing.  It will continue to play until
Jul 25, 1998 09:49:55 -0400.

During the time it is playing the following effects are in force.

     When this song is triggered, the Werewolf of London (hereafter
     Werewolf) begins to roam the streets of Ackanomic. Each time,
     while this Song is playing on the ASS, that one or more of the
     following three conditions become true:
       a) a player's Location changes, whether voluntarily or not,
       b) it is determined that a player is being followed by the B-Ack,
       c) any two players post messages to public fora, each mentioning 
          that a certain other player "got mutilated late last night,"
          ["Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon]
     the Werewolf will bite the player for whom that condition is true.
     The Werewolf of London is a unique, unownable entity. If the Werewolf
     should bite a player, that player becomes Lycanthropic in the animal
     of eir choice if e is not Lycanthropic already. If e has not chosen
     an animal within three days, an animal shall be assigned to em by the
     Mad Scientist.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 21:29:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Lat Fady

On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:
>The Fat Lady is singing.  I should note that _two_ cycles have ended in
>the past two days, unless I am mistaken and one of CFJ 631 and CFJ 632
>ended up being appealed.  More to follow.

Actually, it was 630 that got appealed (if i recall correctly) and that is
still in fact under appeal.

- --JT

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:18:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Lat Fady

> >The Fat Lady is singing.  I should note that _two_ cycles have ended in
> >the past two days, unless I am mistaken and one of CFJ 631 and CFJ 632
> >ended up being appealed.  More to follow.

> Actually, it was 630 that got appealed (if i recall correctly) and that is
> still in fact under appeal.

That was my impression as well.  I wasn't sure if I'd missed another appeal,
though.

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Current Album--Meryn Cadell:6 Blocks
Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Orpheus Machine
"IRONY - adj. Consisting of, containing, or resembling iron." -Webster's 

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:19:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Obliging

You know, I was just hearing that 867-5309 got mutilated late last night...

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Current Album--Meryn Cadell:6 Blocks
Current Book--Ray Aldridge:The Orpheus Machine
Sing hey, my fine fellow, let's wrestle in Jello

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:27:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ status

MTM was trying today to figure out the status of current CFJs, cortices, etc.
Here's what I can figure.

Supreme Court:
The Entity Formerly Known as the Supreme Court, justices ThinMan and breadbox
  has CFCJ162, CFJ583, CFJ575, CFJ587, CFJ591, CFJ630.
/dev/cortex, justices /dev/joe and Mr Tambourine Man
  has no CFJs.

The following CFJs I did not find a verdict for in the records.
Some of them may have been retracted somewhere and I missed it, or
may even have been judged and I missed it.  In any case, they are:
604, "Further play is impossible" by JT, assigned to Ayla on June 1.
609, paradox win on the state of the rules, by MTM, assigned to Koxvolio June 2
625, existence of sin rules, by saaremaa, assigned to Fortunato June 20,
     declined June 23, assigned to IdiotBoy June 24.
If nothing more has been done on these CFJs since the above dates, all
these judges are deadbeat and the CFJs should be reassigned.

There was some proposed mechanism recently for getting those floundering old
CFJs away from TEFKatSC, I will have to check on whether this passed and how
it works.  With both MTM and myself having lost our e-mail records from the
time of those CFJs being initially made, and probably many of the relevant
rules having been changed, some of them may be difficult to judge, but I,
at least, am willing to try.

/dev/joe

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