Subject: ackanomic digest V3 #385
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ackanomic digest      Saturday, October 31 1998      Volume 03 : Number 385

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:20:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Anarchy for now

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Mueller wrote:

> The Green Ripper wrote:
> >On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, JT wrote:
> >> 
> >> > The Proto-Government has been set to Elected Assembly.
> >> 
> >>  I set my rebeliousness characteristic to "on".
> >
> >Me too.
> >
> 
> OK then, what's the point of even having the Governments rulesuite if we
> never keep any government but Democracy?  If people are going to revolt
> without even seeing how the government works then we should change the name
> of the suite to "The No Rule Changes Every So Often Rule Suite".
> Studge (who admits that he might have a little bias on this issue)

 I am revolting because the CABEL rigged it...

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Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats.    \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:36:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Emergency Copy of the Grey Wild Times...

       ***This is an Emergency Copy of The Grey Wild Times***

 We are sad to announce that our main offices were blown up in the recent
insurrection and hence all the news articles we were going to bring you
have been lost except one:

 The editor currently has a number of proposals which might give a point
to the Grey Council, but they are on hold until he he thinks that the
political climate is such that they might pass.

 (C) 1998 Wild Card of Acka.

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Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats.    \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:43:52 -0500 (EST)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Comments on Current Proposals

K 2:

> >none for me?

JT wrote:

> Greedy :)
> I give A$1 to K2 for pointing out my mistake in a humourous manner.
>
> --JT
>

I use this A$ [actually just one very similar to it] to create a trinket
with the name "Greedy" and the description "I'm not sure what it does,
but I *have* to own it".

K 2

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:13:46 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Justiciary

Ah.  If this is the case, I call for nominations for the vacant Warrior
seat on the Grey Council.  Reply to this message to nominate yourself.

If this is not the case (I haven't checked, but I believe Slakko), then
ignore this message.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Duncan Richer [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Saturday, October 31, 1998 5:10 AM
>To:	Ackanomic Main Mailing List
>Subject:	Acka: Justiciary
>
>I would just like to point out that, when Calvin N Hobbes ceased to be
>Voting due to failure to remove a Puppet Head, e also was removed from the
>Office of Justice (as Offices cannot be held by non-Voting players unless
>specifically stated, and the Office of Justice has no such statement).
>
>This also applies to CnH's position on the Grey Council.
>
>Yours,
>Slakko
>-- 
>Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
>http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
>Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator  | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)
>
>
>
>

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:20:12 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Book keeping

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Bryan Federico wrote:
>I psuedo found the organization "We pissed on a fence and found out it 
>was electrified" minus the quotes.
>and invite JT STtudge /Dev/joe and A mean hat to join

I exxpress my consent to join the society known as We pissed on a fence
and found out it was electrified.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:29:04 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CRD Hearing

The CRD hearing is complete.

"This will patch the crisis."
IdiotBoy
JT & EBS & EBS
/dev/joe
Vynd

"The President is scamming us."
K 2
Slakko & EBS
A Mean Hat.
The Green Ripper
Alfvaen

Since there was a tie, I removed all non-player entities, leaving 4
votes for the first, and 5 votes for the second.  Therefore, the
President is scamming us.

Naughty, naughty! :)

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:31:57 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Acka: Art Thief Determination

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:33:28 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CRD Hearing

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, AARON KEESLER wrote:
>Since there was a tie, I removed all non-player entities, leaving 4
>votes for the first, and 5 votes for the second.  Therefore, the
>President is scamming us.
>
>Naughty, naughty! :)

Well, file your impeachment paper you vultures.   And now I cannot submit
a proposal to fix this for over a week.. I hope you all rue this in the
future.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:37:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Art Thief Determination

I give my EBS to JAM

- --A Mean Hat.
Crazy French Scotsman --Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:48:37 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CRD Hearing

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, AARON KEESLER wrote:
>The CRD hearing is complete.
>
>"This will patch the crisis."
>IdiotBoy
>JT & EBS & EBS
>/dev/joe
>Vynd
>
>"The President is scamming us."
>K 2
>Slakko & EBS
>A Mean Hat.
>The Green Ripper
>Alfvaen
>
>Since there was a tie, I removed all non-player entities, leaving 4
>votes for the first, and 5 votes for the second.  Therefore, the
>President is scamming us.
>
>Naughty, naughty! :)

Umm.. I will point out to Count Tabula that the hearing was called for
by K2 at Oct 29, 04:15:42.   Therefore, 3 days had not yet passed.
Fortunato announced the START of the hearing at 29 Oct, 11:38.
The hearing is STILL in session until tomorrow at 11:38 Acka time.

So, the impeachment paper isn't yet issued, and there is still a chance to
fix this hole without having to wait 2 more weeks as people continue to
abuse it.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:52:15 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Argh!

I apologize to everyone.  I thought I started GAD on Thursday, and the
CRD Hearing on Wednesday.  JT is in fact right.

I give A$5 to the Twits.

Fortunato
(feeling really, really stupid)

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:14:02 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: GAD! (Round 1 results)

Well, a massive flurry of plays produced some interesting results, here
at GAD Central.

Actually, this is pending the question of whether or not On-Ice people
should be on the GAL, but with all the other goofs I've made, I'd hate
to violate Speed any more than I have to.

Watch them go:  round and round...

/dev/joe grabbed Wild Card's donkey, who grabbed A Mean Hat.'s donkey,
who grabbed Gromit's donkey, who grabbed K 2's donkey, who grabbed
/dev/joe's donkey.

IdiotBoy grabbed Calvin N' Hobbes' donkey.

JT attempted to grab Aunt Froot's donkey.  Unfortunately, so did Slakko.
 Even more unfortunately, r-Atilla the Farce grabbed JT's donkey while
he wasn't looking.

Vynd grabbed Robin Hood's donkey, while Robin Hood was busy grabbing
Vynd's donkey.

Rex Mundi grabbed the vacationing saaremaa's donkey.

Studge attempted to grab The Green Ripper's donkey, but was foiled by
the play of Cover.

eirs and Alfvaen covered their donkeys, which is probably not a bad
idea, considering how bloodthirsty this game is shaping up :)

Finally, 404 Not Found, Robert Sevin, two-star, and Aunt Froot stood
around and Admired their donkeys.

Current GAL:
404 Not Found
Alfvaen
A Mean Hat.
Aunt Froot
/dev/joe
eirs
IdiotBoyK 2
r-Atilla the Farce
Gromit
Rex Mundi
Robert Sevin
Robin Hood
Slakko
Studge
The Green Ripper
two-star
Vynd
Wild Card

Current Scores:
IdiotBoy - 2
r-Atilla the Farce - 2
Rex Mundi - 2
Everyone else - 1

Reply to this message with your next play.  Or, reply to this message to
point out some stupid error I no doubt made.

Fortunato
(still feeling really, really stupid)

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:15:13 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: ARGH! (GAD Round 1)

PLEASE don't reply to that last message.  Reply to this one instead.

Well, a massive flurry of plays produced some interesting results, here
at GAD Central.

Actually, this is pending the question of whether or not On-Ice people
should be on the GAL, but with all the other goofs I've made, I'd hate
to violate Speed any more than I have to.

Watch them go:  round and round...

/dev/joe grabbed Wild Card's donkey, who grabbed A Mean Hat.'s donkey,
who grabbed Gromit's donkey, who grabbed K 2's donkey, who grabbed
/dev/joe's donkey.

IdiotBoy grabbed Calvin N' Hobbes' donkey.

JT attempted to grab Aunt Froot's donkey.  Unfortunately, so did Slakko.
 Even more unfortunately, r-Atilla the Farce grabbed JT's donkey while
he wasn't looking.

Vynd grabbed Robin Hood's donkey, while Robin Hood was busy grabbing
Vynd's donkey.

Rex Mundi grabbed the vacationing saaremaa's donkey.

Studge attempted to grab The Green Ripper's donkey, but was foiled by
the play of Cover.

eirs and Alfvaen covered their donkeys, which is probably not a bad
idea, considering how bloodthirsty this game is shaping up :)

Finally, 404 Not Found, Robert Sevin, two-star, and Aunt Froot stood
around and Admired their donkeys.

Current GAL:
404 Not Found
Alfvaen
A Mean Hat.
Aunt Froot
/dev/joe
eirs
IdiotBoyK 2
r-Atilla the Farce
Gromit
Rex Mundi
Robert Sevin
Robin Hood
Slakko
Studge
The Green Ripper
two-star
Vynd
Wild Card

Current Scores:
IdiotBoy - 2
r-Atilla the Farce - 2
Rex Mundi - 2
Everyone else - 1

Reply to this message with your next play.  Or, reply to this message to
point out some stupid error I no doubt made.

Fortunato
(still feeling even more stupid)

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:54:08 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: The Infrequent Ackan Volume 2 Issue 3

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
>Poll Question 12
>This week's question:
>What is your preferred system of Government for Ackanomic?
>(a) Anarchy
>(b) Democracy
>(c) Elected Assembly
>(d) Fundamentalism
>(e) Despotism
>(f) None fo the Above
>Answers on the back of an email please.

b) democracy, but that shouldn't suprise you :)

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:54:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: whee!

I convert 3 points into a party chess piece Demon in the possession of Studge
I convert 30 points into a bonus vote

Happy, Happy, Happy

- --A Mean Hat.
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Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:55:12 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: The Infrequent Ackan Volume 2 Issue 3

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, JT wrote:
[snip]

Apologies for sending this to the main list.. although I doubt my answer
came as a surprise to anyone :)

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:05:11 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: whee!

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I convert 3 points into a party chess piece Demon in the possession of Studge
>I convert 30 points into a bonus vote
>
>Happy, Happy, Happy

As far as I can tell this works.

The Point log page has him at 127 points.
He gained 2 points for voting on my foolish prop putting him at 129.
He spent 15 points on an otzma card putting him at 114.
He spent 33 points above and is at 81.

Determination will be made shortly as will new happy number.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:06:37 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Probabilistic Boon of the Ancients

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#  71 -  80     Gods Smile (Bonus Vote) 
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#  88 -  92     Ancient Knowledge (Discovery - Must Describe)
#  93 -  97     Ancient Wisdom (New Otzma Card - Must Describe)
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:08:54 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Happy Number

The Happy number is 229.
The Sad Number is 150.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:32:24 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Because I can

For my free monthly piece I choose a Cantor with a MV of 5.
My total MV is 69, 120-69=51, so this is legal.  I only have 13 pieces,
so this is legal.

I convert 11 points into a chess piece of type Guard. 11*5/7 is sufficient
to purchase this piece and my piece total is now at 15.
I convert 30 points into a bonus vote.

Happy Happy Happy.

According to the points page, I have 258 points.   With the passage of
3695, I gained 12 points (10 for proposing and 2 for voting (since it was
foolish)).  This gave me 270 points.  The above conversions use 41 points
putting me at the Happy Number.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:35:50 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Because I can

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, JT wrote:
>I convert 11 points into a chess piece of type Guard. 11*5/7 is sufficient
>to purchase this piece and my piece total is now at 15.

Erk.. Actually this failed since I failed to specify that it was created
in my possession.
I convert 11 points into a chess piece of type Guard in my possession.

Happy. Happy. Happy.

According to the points page, I have 258 points.   With the passage of
3695, I gained 12 points (10 for proposing and 2 for voting (since it was
foolish)).  This gave me 270 points.  The above conversions use 41 points
putting me at the Happy Number.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:38:29 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Probabilistic Boon of the Ancients

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#  46 -  70     Ancient Scroll (Otzma Card)
#  71 -  80     Gods Smile (Bonus Vote) 
#  81 -  87     Ancient Relic (Trinket - Must Describe)
#  88 -  92     Ancient Knowledge (Discovery - Must Describe)
#  93 -  97     Ancient Wisdom (New Otzma Card - Must Describe)
#  98 -  99     Gods are Bored (Pointy Ears)
# 100 - 100     Gods are Grouchy (Goose)

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> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:37:59 -0800 (PST)
> From: JT <[email-masked]>
> To: Dice Server <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Acka: boon
> Message-ID: <[email-masked]>
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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 100
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> #T Acka: Probabilistic Boon of the Ancients
> 
> #C Player: JT
> #C Reason: Happy number
> #C Boon of the Ancients determination
> #C based on the following (using a 100 sided die)
> #C
> #C   1 -  45  Ancient Artifact
> #C  46 -  70  Ancient Scroll (Otzma Card)
> #C  71 -  80  Gods Smile (Bonus Vote) 
> #C  81 -  87  Ancient Relic (Trinket - Must Describe)
> #C  88 -  92  Ancient Knowledge (Discovery - Must Describe)
> #C  93 -  97  Ancient Wisdom (New Otzma Card - Must Describe)
> #C  98 -  99  Gods are Bored (Pointy Ears)
> #C 100 - 100  Gods are Grouchy (Goose)
> 
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:40:06 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: New Happy number (again)

The new happy number is 277.
The new sad number is thus 102.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:41:24 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Probabilistic Boon of the Ancients

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Dice server wrote:
>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
>
>     46

Otzma Card.. Heheheh :)

I am just as amused by this happening to me as I was by it happening to A
Mean Hat. just a few short minutes ago :)

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:44:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: That Room

 I go to the Library.

 I Enter *that* room.

 I read *that* book...

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats.    \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:53:02 -0500 (EST)
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: Wild Card
# 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

      4

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Original message follows:
> From [email-masked]  Sat Oct 31 13:52:36 1998
> Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com
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> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:52:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: JT <[email-masked]>
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> Subject: Acka: Nomicon
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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 49
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
> 
> #C Player: Wild Card
> #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
> 
> 
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:54:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: JAM transfers

As a priest of JAM, I suggest and approve that JAM do the following:

transfer an otzma card shield and an otzma card fix my gadget to /dev/joe
transfer 5 otzma card lay off to IdiotBoy
transfer 1 otzma card lay off and 2 skeleton keys to Gromit
transfer an otzma card paratroop and an otzma card art thief to r-attila
the farce

Because of JAM Church Policy, this happens w/o approval of any other JAM
members

Church to the EBS and AVPP members: i suggest you do the same... We only
have a few days :)

- --A Mean Hat.
Crazy French Scotsman --Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

- --"They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar" [Bob Dylan]

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:03:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: treasure

I am revealing further fragments of the quotes for "Clocks that Bicker on
Marble Ships"

Alfvaen is drama critic.

#1 
Knowing my body well, as I do, I know precisely when to administer the
antidote (AJ, Leather Artifact, Studge ineligible)

#2 
- -You been up there along time
- -I gave him morphine.  He must be out of his mind.  He says such awful
things to me.

#3 
The thing is, I'm desperate.  You see, I'm wearing that horse's head
myself.  That's the feeling.

- --A Mean Hat.
Crazy French Scotsman --Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

- --"They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar" [Bob Dylan]

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:50:55 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Well, someone needs to keep creating treasures

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, JT wrote:
>I bury "A Rather Easy Treasure", "JT's Barrel of Monkeys", and "A mirror
>#1" as a treasure and release the following clue (which has some relation
>to the actual map) to it's whereabouts.
>
>0005320048-14-54-04-43-06-52-16-47-11-24-05-40-12-23-27-37-55-36-18-47-34=145
>2542080620-14-33-45-37-56-04-61-18-57-39-08-44-05-75-17-26-35-55-11-21-72=153
>0000098732-45-15-34-03-22-46-31-08-43-11-30-20-05-39-33-13-18-15-46-38-23=030
>0001012498-48-05-15-12-25-28-24-10-26-11-39-20-19-22-42-33-46-52-49-48-05=021
>0006783269-45-28-69-12-08-02-61-34-26-50-19-70-23-37-52-58-15-24-57-32-04=186
>9013860112-75-02-39-69-30-06-77-33-10-57-45-13-73-02-48-37-44-56-05-25-42=142
>4000285069-14-38-23-04-52-03-12-43-06-09-56-17-50-02-32-06-26-05-45-36-53=151
>7143600095-28-73-02-22-75-20-46-55-38-23-06-60-19-49-01-51-40-17-34-52-12=255
>0002811625-41-04-56-19-44-07-13-61-37-43-63-21-15-33-39-58-26-06-40-53-31=146
>0406387812-16-31-55-01-52-26-37-08-75-38-41-64-15-76-14-05-02-28-17-79-11=106
>1782618912-71-13-37-72-02-25-57-72-08-92-66-40-03-89-31-16-54-46-80-20-52=184
>8099205305-57-07-30-01-74-19-37-14-07-50-21-70-18-69-12-35-25-42-34-57-71=116
>0000112867-52-04-36-24-03-41-19-13-22-48-49-20-25-39-33-28-16-44-53-29-43=194

having seen no one make even a vague attempt at this, I wish to release
the following additional information.

Zero is too little and a quadrillion to much.
Add (or subtract) too often and a checksum is very useful.
Just my luck, these sentances couldn't be part of the first clue.

- --JT

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 18:51:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: A poem for The Green Ripper

The Laureate Election

A thing of harf is a joy forever
Its harfiness increases, it will never
Shame its creator. Its outer skin
Has funk and style baked right in

Eirs pondered such things as these
As - with a heightening unease -
He saw that breadbox had fallen away
(To return again we hope and pray).

A new Poet Laureate had to be found,
And eirs, his poetic soul unbound,
Sought this office for eirself
(Primarily for the accumulation of wealth).

He knew no ordinary mortal could,
With stanzas rough and rude
Hope to attain this venerable place
So he quickly hastened to displace

His reputation as an illiterate bore
(He had not written any verse before)
So he produced doggerel at Vynd’s request
And to be diplomatic, it was not the best

Or by any means the wittiest verse.
So it failed in turn to reverse
The notion that eirs could not write
So he sought another way to prove his might.

(At this time it should be noted,
Whilst other Ackans stuffed and voted,
No other nominee produced any rhymes
Relying instead on previous times.)

Then out of the blue, a vision appeared -
The wisdom of Phoebe, always quite wierd,
Made eirs seize the day and deliver in time,
A superior poem, quite like an old Rime.

So it came to pass that eirs - once a flunky -
Caused Slakko to declare him Stylish, and Funky.
And it seemed that the rest of the Ackans took note
And decided that he was the man for their vote.

Take heed all you readers who doubt this election
Produced the laureate most fit for selection;
When the harf is in doubt you all must agree,
The answer lies with a certain shiny steel flea.

eirs

Ambassador
Poet Laureate
Scaremonger
Stylish and yea, e'en Funky
Worker

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:58:58 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Rule Harfing

> 2 questions:

> 1) I know the 1200s are a big century.  Does having the rule suites in it
> make it a terrible hardship for anyone?  I don't think it's an issue for
> any of the other centuries (even the 500s don't get that much bigger) but I
> wanted to get input from Acka on the 1200s.

I haven't looked at it yet, but I would think that having the rule suites
in the 1200's on separate pages would be a Good Thing.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Bruce Cockburn:Dart To The Heart
Current Book--Ursula K. Le Guin:Very Far Away From Anywhere Else
I'm writing a novel; I've got the page numbers done...

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:59:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Justiciary

> I would just like to point out that, when Calvin N Hobbes ceased to be
> Voting due to failure to remove a Puppet Head, e also was removed from the
> Office of Justice (as Offices cannot be held by non-Voting players unless
> specifically stated, and the Office of Justice has no such statement).

> This also applies to CnH's position on the Grey Council.

In that case, since The Entity Formerly Known as the Supreme Court is
undermanned, as is Cortez's Courtly Cortege, I regretfully give up
ownership of the latter Cortex(though perhaps some day it may return)
and graft myself to TEFKatSC.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Bruce Cockburn:Dart To The Heart
Current Book--Ursula K. Le Guin:Very Far Away From Anywhere Else
A rose by any other name would still have thorns.

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