Subject: ackanomic digest V3 #278
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ackanomic digest        Friday, August 21 1998        Volume 03 : Number 278

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:18:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gavin M. Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Castes

>>>Shouldn't we wait until a nomination is called for before we all start
>>>nominating ourselves?
>>
>>Probably, but where would the fun be in that :)
>
>A true warrior among us! Hail to you, Caste Brother JT. If we left
>everything to those Religious caste members, Ackanomic would have been taken
>over _centuries_ ago while contemplating it's navel.    ; )
>
>Calvin Neroon Hobbes
>Thinking Delenn is right, the worker class should have 5 seats...
>
I also nominate myself for the Grey Council, so that I may become Grey, and
stand between the darkness and the light, between the candle and the star.

Rex "Open the gun ports!" Mundi.

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:38:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination

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Dice rolls requested by: JT <[email-masked]>
Rolls also sent to:
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# Player: K 2
# Ackanomicon Determination
# based on the following (using a 49 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 - 40 Long Lost Treasure
# 41 - 41 Forbidden Fruit
# 42 - 42 Catastrophe
# 43 - 46 Not so Forbidden Fruit
# 47 - 47 Ancient One
# 48 - 49 Judgement Day

No. of sides on every die:     49
No. of dice for every roll:     1
No. of dice rolls requested:    1
No. of rolls per line:          1

     10

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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:38:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: JT <[email-masked]>
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> To: Dice Server <[email-masked]>
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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 49
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
> 
> #C Player: K 2
> #C Ackanomicon Determination
> #C based on the following (using a 49 sided die)
> #C
> #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 - 40 Long Lost Treasure
> #C 41 - 41 Forbidden Fruit
> #C 42 - 42 Catastrophe
> #C 43 - 46 Not so Forbidden Fruit
> #C 47 - 47 Ancient One
> #C 48 - 49 Judgement Day
> 
> 
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:42:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Forked Tongue

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# Player: K2
# This player has a forked tongue and read a Spell Book of Chorg or
# some small number of pages from the ackanomicon
#  1 -  25 The tongue worked.
# 26 - 100 The tongue did not work and the determination is random.

No. of sides on every die:    100
No. of dice for every roll:     1
No. of dice rolls requested:    1
No. of rolls per line:          1

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> From: JT <[email-masked]>
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> Subject: Acka: Tongue
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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 100
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> #T Acka: Forked Tongue
> 
> #C Player: K2
> #C This player has a forked tongue and read a Spell Book of Chorg or
> #C some small number of pages from the ackanomicon
> #C
> #C  1 -  25 The tongue worked.
> #C 26 - 100 The tongue did not work and the determination is random.
> 
> 
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> 

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:46:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: SBoC Random Otzma Card determination

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# Player: K 2 (The tongue was ineffective)
# This is determining the Otzma Card aquired for reading a page in
# A Spellbook of Chorg.
# The determination is made according to the following table
# A value of - means that card cannot be selected for some reason.
#  -    Go Fish                 (at max instance)
#  1    Map Shard
#  -    Summon Tornado          (at max instance)
#  2    Rod & Staff
#  3    Share My Expenses
#  4    Share Your Income
#  -    Swinging Sale           (at max instance)
#  5    Tactical Retreat
#  6    Paratroop
#  -    Foul Fowl               (at max instance)
#  7    Truthseeker
#  -    Fix My Gadget           (at max instance)
#  8    Art Thief
#  9    Skeleton Key
# 10    Artic Explorer
# 11    Lay Off!
# 12    Founder's Boon
# 13    Roulette Wheel
# 14    Shield
# 15    ACME InstaGadget
# 16    Felicitous Populi

No. of sides on every die:     16
No. of dice for every roll:     1
No. of dice rolls requested:    1
No. of rolls per line:          1

      5

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> #P [email-masked]
> #T Acka: SBoC Random Otzma Card determination
> #S 16
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> 
> #C Player: K 2 (The tongue was ineffective)
> #C This is determining the Otzma Card aquired for reading a page in
> #C A Spellbook of Chorg.
> #C The determination is made according to the following table
> #C A value of - means that card cannot be selected for some reason.
> #C
> #C  - Go Fish                 (at max instance)
> #C  1 Map Shard
> #C  - Summon Tornado          (at max instance)
> #C  2 Rod & Staff
> #C  3 Share My Expenses
> #C  4 Share Your Income
> #C  - Swinging Sale           (at max instance)
> #C  5 Tactical Retreat
> #C  6 Paratroop
> #C  - Foul Fowl               (at max instance)
> #C  7 Truthseeker
> #C  - Fix My Gadget           (at max instance)
> #C  8 Art Thief
> #C  9 Skeleton Key
> #C 10 Artic Explorer
> #C 11 Lay Off!
> #C 12 Founder's Boon
> #C 13 Roulette Wheel
> #C 14 Shield
> #C 15 ACME InstaGadget
> #C 16 Felicitous Populi
> 
> 
> 
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
> [-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:49:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Castes

>Shouldn't we wait until a nomination is called for before we all start
>nominating ourselves?
	See!  He wishes us wait while the other castes get ahead of us
instead of being active!

- --
- -Henry Towsner

	<[email-masked]>

	Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and
enjoy it.
		-Logan Pearsall Smith

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:54:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Belated Fortnightly Dividends Again

These are the score changes for the Virtual Fortnight that ended on Monday
the 17th:

JT: 144
K 2: 125
Attila the Pun: 95
Alfvaen: 79
Slakko: 79
867-5309: 77
else...if: 77
Ethelred: 77
breadbox: 76
J. M. Bear: 76
/dev/joe: 68
Vynd: 67
Rex Mundi: 60
rufus: 56
Piz: 55
Robin Hood: 55
IdiotBoy: 52
Niccolo Flychuck: 41
Studge: 39
Mr. Tambourine Man: 36
two-star: 34
Publius: 16
Rig R. Mortis: 9
Fortunato: -10

All others were zero.  So everybody gained that many A$, except for
Fortunato who lost 5.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Lou Reed:Transformer
Current Book--Algis Budrys:Who?
Write me your poetry in motion

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