Subject: ackanomic digest V3 #407
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ackanomic digest       Friday, November 13 1998       Volume 03 : Number 407

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:06:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bryan Federico" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (treen)

I vote for 6

> 6)A ring, attached to the gunwale of a ship of the Vikings, for 
holding
> oars rowed by crew; archaic

R-Attila The Farce
(:|Worker|General Contractor|Daring Adventurer|:)

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:07:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)

At 11:51 PM 11/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I would like everyone to welcome  Bill Palmer ([email-masked]) joining
>us as Danek.  He chooses to join us as a voting player.   His Sponsor is
>IdiotBoy, so IdiotBoy and Danek will both get some very nice trinkets.
>IdiotBoy is also his Mentor assuming he accepts publically within 24
>hours.
>
>Secondly, I would like everyone to welcome  Erin Taylor 
>([email-masked]) who will be joining us as a voting player named
>scout.  She is also sponsored by IdiotBoy and thus she and he will each
>recieve trinkets shortly :)   Scout's Mentor is Alfvaen.
>
>Please join me in welcoming these two new players to our game.
>
>--JT, Registrar
>

Welcome.  I hope you're asleep.
- --Pol Pot

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:12:58 -0500 (EST)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: In preparation for a coronation.

JT wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Mueller wrote:
> >I change my name to "Mao The Just" (minus quotes).
>
> I ack this name change.  I also (since someone at least didn't notice it
> earlier) ack K 2's name change to 'Scum of the Earth'

At the time of the original Ack - K 2 didn't have enough money..

K 2

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:13:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dan Knapp" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

  I, Red Barn, become voting.
  I set my rebelliousness to ON.

  Do YOU suffer from "Acka Addiction"?  We can help!

(jury-rigged .sig because I'm using POP for my mail rather than Pine)
http://users.bergen.org/~dankna/
[email-masked]
[email-masked]
If man had been meant to fly, he would have invented airplanes.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:15:25 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: In preparation for a coronation.

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, K 2 wrote:
>At the time of the original Ack - K 2 didn't have enough money..

I look sheepish and gift A$25 to K 2 if he wishes to rename himself.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:19:04 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Dan Knapp wrote:
>  I, Red Barn, become voting.
>  I set my rebelliousness to ON.

I stand in awe of the red barn.  Welcome back.
I do hope you'll stay for a while and aren't just here because of the scam
in a teacup.

- --JT, Registrar

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:23:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

At 12:19 AM 11/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Dan Knapp wrote:
>>  I, Red Barn, become voting.
>>  I set my rebelliousness to ON.
>
>I stand in awe of the red barn.  Welcome back.
>I do hope you'll stay for a while and aren't just here because of the scam
>in a teacup.

We're not worthy, we're not worthy

I agree with JT.

- --Pol Pot

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:36:23 -0500 (EST)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

Tho I doubt it is the case.

I state that there ae more than 50% in rebellion. Welcome to the
revolution....?

K 2

Dan Knapp wrote:

>   I, Red Barn, become voting.
>   I set my rebelliousness to ON.
>
>   Do YOU suffer from "Acka Addiction"?  We can help!
>
> (jury-rigged .sig because I'm using POP for my mail rather than Pine)
> http://users.bergen.org/~dankna/
> [email-masked]
> [email-masked]
> If man had been meant to fly, he would have invented airplanes.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:39:07 -0500 (EST)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

nope 15/32

K 2
still need two more....

K 2 wrote:

> Tho I doubt it is the case.
>
> I state that there ae more than 50% in rebellion. Welcome to the
> revolution....?
>
> K 2
>
> Dan Knapp wrote:
>
> >   I, Red Barn, become voting.
> >   I set my rebelliousness to ON.
> >
> >   Do YOU suffer from "Acka Addiction"?  We can help!
> >
> > (jury-rigged .sig because I'm using POP for my mail rather than Pine)
> > http://users.bergen.org/~dankna/
> > [email-masked]
> > [email-masked]
> > If man had been meant to fly, he would have invented airplanes.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:42:15 -0500 (EST)
From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Four new players

I would just like to welcome the new players who have recently joined the
game. I hope you stick around, the mail level isn't usually this high.... I
think :)

Any time now I'll have you on the pe page with all your newly found wealth :)

K 2

Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:

> At 11:51 PM 11/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >I would like everyone to welcome  Bill Palmer ([email-masked]) joining
> >us as Danek.  He chooses to join us as a voting player.   His Sponsor is
> >IdiotBoy, so IdiotBoy and Danek will both get some very nice trinkets.
> >IdiotBoy is also his Mentor assuming he accepts publically within 24
> >hours.
> >
> >Secondly, I would like everyone to welcome  Erin Taylor
> >([email-masked]) who will be joining us as a voting player named
> >scout.  She is also sponsored by IdiotBoy and thus she and he will each
> >recieve trinkets shortly :)   Scout's Mentor is Alfvaen.
> >
> >Please join me in welcoming these two new players to our game.
> >
> >--JT, Registrar
> >
>
> Welcome.  I hope you're asleep.
> --Pol Pot
>
> Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
> Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:44:17 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Is the pyramid still there?

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, K 2 wrote:
>Tho I doubt it is the case.
>
>I state that there ae more than 50% in rebellion. Welcome to the
>revolution....?

As far as I can tell, this is not the case.  Sorry.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:47:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, JT wrote:

> 
> I would like everyone to welcome  Bill Palmer ([email-masked]) joining
> us as Danek.  He chooses to join us as a voting player.   His Sponsor is
> IdiotBoy, so IdiotBoy and Danek will both get some very nice trinkets.
> IdiotBoy is also his Mentor assuming he accepts publically within 24
> hours.
> 

Oh yeah, I accept this appointment.

I fear Danek.

IB

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:51:43 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Scorekeeper Nomination ending

The nomination period for Scorekeeper ended today at 20:33:43 -0500 (EST)

The following players nominated for the position:
JT
A Mean Hat. (now Pol Pot)
K 2
Wallace

I want to thank everyone who nominated, for this, probably one of the
hardest and most thankless jobs in Ackanomic.

It is my pleasure to announce that the new Scorekeeper is K 2.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:54:23 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (treen)

Should it be necessary that I do this again:

>  4)A member of the finch family of birds, native to Madagascar

is my choice of definition for the 90's.

- --
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Current Song--Michelle Shocked:When I Grow Up
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Yvgenie
With a 1,2,3 we all go *SPUNG* together...

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:54:25 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)

> Secondly, I would like everyone to welcome  Erin Taylor 
> ([email-masked]) who will be joining us as a voting player named
> scout.  She is also sponsored by IdiotBoy and thus she and he will each
> recieve trinkets shortly :)   Scout's Mentor is Alfvaen.

Somebody's doing some recruiting...welcome to the game, Scout.  Care to
join the Aaronic League?  (Yes, not quite the same spelling, but I've had
my name spelled that way enough times that it's close enough...)

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Song--Ivor Cutler:Go And Sit Upon The Grass
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Yvgenie
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards--it makes them soggy and hard to light.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:03:11 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Scorekeeper Nomination ending

> The nomination period for Scorekeeper ended today at 20:33:43 -0500 (EST)

> The following players nominated for the position:
> JT
> A Mean Hat. (now Pol Pot)
> K 2
> Wallace

> I want to thank everyone who nominated, for this, probably one of the
> hardest and most thankless jobs in Ackanomic.

As a longtime Scorekeeper myself, I certainly can't remember the last time
someone thanked me for doing it.  All I heard was this talk of repealing
points!  And repealing antivoting and forcing me to rewrite all my scripts!
And don't even mention the original BAA! voting scoring scheme...  But it
was really those deadbeat CFJ things that I always missed.

> It is my pleasure to announce that the new Scorekeeper is K 2.

Ah, the mountain of solidity!  You take care of my office, now.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Song--Jane Siberry:Symmetry
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Yvgenie
Drink and cook the prodigal son, fondue forks for everybody!

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:08:18 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Nanotech Overseer's Report

The hearing on the authenticity of Studge's recent message from Phoebe is
over.  The results are very interesting, and probably indicative of the
split down the middle of the population of Ackanomic:

Phoebe said much the same thing to me once: 10

JT
/dev/joe
smallpox blanket
   & EBS
A Mean Hat.
   & EBS
r-attila the farce
Gromit
eirs
   & EBS

Phoebe would not say anything so crass: 12

rufus
IdiotBoy
Wild Card
Vynd
   & EBS
Alfvaen
K 2
ThinMan
   & EBS
Wallace
Slakko
   & EBS

Thus, a symbolic victory for...the Cabal, I guess.  Studge is fined 12
points for eir misattribution of words to our beloved Steel Flea.

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- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Song--Jane Siberry:Follow Me
Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Yvgenie
'Have a picture of Queen Victoria?' 'Thank you, I'm trying to quit.'

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:19:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Nanotech Overseer's Report

On 11/13/98 Alfvaen wrote:
>
>The hearing on the authenticity of Studge's recent message from Phoebe is
>over.  The results are very interesting, and probably indicative of the
>split down the middle of the population of Ackanomic:
>
>
>Phoebe said much the same thing to me once: 10
>
>JT
>/dev/joe
>smallpox blanket
>   & EBS
>A Mean Hat.
>   & EBS
>r-attila the farce
>Gromit
>eirs
>   & EBS
>
>Phoebe would not say anything so crass: 12
>
>rufus
>IdiotBoy
>Wild Card
>Vynd
>   & EBS
>Alfvaen
>K 2
>ThinMan
>   & EBS
>Wallace
>Slakko
>   & EBS

So you people think Phoebe would support greedy psychic fun squelchers?
I'm gonna tell Phoebe you said that...

:)

>Thus, a symbolic victory for...the Cabal, I guess.  Studge is fined 12
>points for eir misattribution of words to our beloved Steel Flea.

Who's Studge?

And assuming you mean me, I scoff at the idea that a lack of your
capitalist "points" could cause me distress.

Mao The Just

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:51:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: quick

I rebel.

Mao

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:52:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Bribe

I AM FED UP WITH THIS IDIOT SENATE

I change my name to 

I set my Rebelliousness to ON 

more than 50% of all voting players have a rebelliousness of ON.

No tricks.

- --Pol Pot

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:52:59 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposals 3718-3720 FAIL QUORUM

> >Proposal 3717
> >Dangerous Governments Suck
> >K 2
> >Due: Fri Nov 13 01:36:46 1998
> >
> >This is a Modest Proposal.
> >
> >Repeal Rule 320.3 (Government Type: Despotism)
> >Repeal Rule 320.4 (Government Type: Fundamentalism)
> >Repeal Rule 320.5 (Government Type: Elected Assembly)
> >Repeal Rule 320.6 (Government Type: Proportional Representation)

Oh, what a mess.  This was accepted.
I believe that when this passed, Rule 320 triggered, destroying the
government types that were defined by the above rules, since it says

   All existing Government Types are defined by rules within this rule
   suite, and then only by rules with a name "Government Type: X" where X
   is replaced by a legal Ackanomic name. 

And then since there was no Government type, we went into Anarchy because
Rule 320 also says

   If no Government Type is Active then the Government Type Anarchy (if it
   exists) becomes Active.

In which case, all voting players were eligible to vote when P3718-3720's
voting periods ended.

If the government types were not destroyed when the rule was repealed, then,
since the rule for Elected Assembly no longer existed, we were back to the
default state where everybody can vote.

In either case, P3718-3720 all failed to meet quorum by a large margin,
since no votes were received in the tiny window between the time this
proposal was accepted and the voting periods of those 3 ended.

So, all voting players except JT, Slakko, smallpox blanket, Pol Pot, and
myself received puppet heads as well.  You know what to do with them.

/dev/joe
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:53:13 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Rebel

I set my rebelliousness to 'on'!

Viva la revelucion!

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:55:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: one more time

I set my Rebelliousness to ON 

more than 50% of all voting players have a rebelliousness of ON.

No tricks.

- --Pol Pot

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:56:32 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Rebel

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, JT wrote:

>I set my rebelliousness to 'on'!
>
>Viva la revelucion!

There are more than 50% of the players in rebellion!.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:59:05 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Bribe

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I change my name to 
>
>I set my Rebelliousness to ON 

I can only parse this as an attempt to set your name to that string, which
fails as it's too long.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:04:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: back to everyday life

memo to myself: do the dumb things i gotta do.  touch the puppethead.

I change my name to "Rock of Gibraltar"

I urge everyone to vote. 
- --Rock of Gibraltar

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:06:14 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: VOTE NOW!!!

> So, all voting players except JT, Slakko, smallpox blanket, Pol Pot, and
> myself received puppet heads as well.  You know what to do with them.

Oops, I meant Studge here instead of Pol Pot.
Anyway, this also means you can vote now; the bot is ready to accept your
votes.  It looks like, regardless what government we *were* in, we are now
in anarchy, so the bot is not accepting any more proposals.  But vote on the
ones we have.

If you need a refresher, to vote, or do any of the following commands,
send them in email to [email-masked]

#help
  Sends you the bot help file including all these commands and more

#current
  Lists your votes on current proposals.

#send NNNN
  The bot will send you the text of proposal NNNN

#vote NNNN X
  Cast vote X on proposal NNNN.

#vote NNNN X W - V
  Cast vote X on proposal NNNN, W on proposal NNNN+1, and V on proposal NNNN+3.
  Does not attempt to cast any vote on proposal NNNN+2.
  Note that this form of the command requires spaces between your votes
  (don't be a farce and try to vote YYYYYYYYYY), and the votes are applied
  in numerical order to proposals, not in proposal order, so you need to
  either put a symbol down for retracted props or else start a new #vote
  command on the one after.

/dev/joe
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:10:27 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: one more time

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I set my Rebelliousness to ON 
>
>more than 50% of all voting players have a rebelliousness of ON.

Indeed they did, with my message of a few moments ago.   We have a
revolution ladies and gentleman.

The Government immediately preceeding the revolution was Anarchy.
The Government preceeding the revolution and Anarchy are not allowed to
be the new Governement type (by are allowed to be identical).

At Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:53:13 -0500 (EST)  the following steps occured.

a) Anarchy became the Active Governement.
b) All rebelliousness characteristics were set to 'off'
c) There are only two governement types left, Anarchy and Democracy.
   Anarchy isn't allowed, and so the Proto-Governement is Democracy.
d) At Fri, 20 Nov 1998 01:53, Democracy will once again rule Acka.
e) At that time the revolution will end.

Scare Monger? we're waiting.

I also apologize to anyone whom *I* offended during this entire thing.  My
intent was never to offend or annoy anyone.  It was to prove a point that
governements were broken and that revolution wasn't an effective tactic.
Had I or Studge not voted the way we did, we would now be ruled by the
diktat.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:19:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: stupid coconspirators

I leave arf wif eir ead.

I give all my money to JT.
- --Rock of Gibraltar

Crazy French Scotsman -- Daring Adventurer -- Dungeon Master  --  Really
Weird --  Rule-Harfer -- Warrior Caste

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:22:32 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: stupid coconspirators

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I give all my money to JT.

I thank Rock of Gibraltar for his gift, but it is much to generous.
I give A$2 to Rock of Gibralter.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:23:38 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: back to everyday life

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>I change my name to "Rock of Gibraltar"

I ack this name change.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:26:41 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: stupid coconspirators

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, JT wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
>>I give all my money to JT.
>
>I thank Rock of Gibraltar for his gift, but it is much to generous.
>I give A$2 to Rock of Gibralter.

If this gift failed, then I now give A$2 to Rock of Gibraltar.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:31:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Gift

I give JT all my trinkets, and all my A$ except for A$2.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:34:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Damn commies

I gift JT all my A$.

Then I fall over laughing at how worked up everybody got!

:D

Mao The Just

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:36:21 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Damn commies

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Mueller wrote:
>I gift JT all my A$.
>
>Then I fall over laughing at how worked up everybody got!

I thank Mao for his gift, but it too is way too generous, and I return to
him A$2.

- --JT, also laughing, very very hard.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:43:49 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Non-Player

Publius, on November 11, became a Non-Player.

Financier, please inform me of any trinkets destroyed by this.

- --JT, Registrar

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:48:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Puppet Head

>So, all voting players except JT, Slakko, smallpox blanket, Pol Pot, and
>myself received puppet heads as well.  You know what to do with them.

Memo to myself: do the dumb things i gotta do.  touch the puppethead.

CnH

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:19:25 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Offer

I accept else...if's offer of his Whamiol and a lot of RHGFJ for being the
player who pushed the rebellion to 50%.

- --JT

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[ 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, 13 Nov 1998 03:21:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dan Knapp" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Can I go now?

  Is the revolution over?  Has Acka finally hit the Big Crash?  No,
apparantly not, nor are any scams at the moment working.  If somebody will
tell me why I am here I will leave again, but my curiosity has been tripped
and I'd like to know what's going on first.

- - Red Barn.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:29:31 -0500 (EST)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Can I go now?

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Dan Knapp wrote:
>  Is the revolution over?  Has Acka finally hit the Big Crash?  No,
>apparantly not, nor are any scams at the moment working.  If somebody will
>tell me why I am here I will leave again, but my curiosity has been tripped
>and I'd like to know what's going on first.

Red Barn, if you look at the P3720, it failed only because Studge and
myself voted FOR P3717.  Had we voted against that as everyone seemed to
think we would (and against 3719), P3720 would have passed, and a coup
very much akin to Vulcans would have taken place.

- --JT

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:43:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: T

Rock of Gibraltar has found my Treasure.
The map, was indeed, as my message previously said.

This treasure shall be found by a player who is voting, sets their
Rebelliousness to ON and then correctly states that more than 50% of all
voting players have a rebelliousness of ON.

Technically, the way I have written it I could wait until someone suitable
passes along who fulfils the conditions, but that just wouldn't be fair.

- -- 
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: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 05:14:52 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dan Knapp" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Can I go now?

>Red Barn, if you look at the P3720, it failed only because Studge and
>myself voted FOR P3717.  Had we voted against that as everyone seemed to
>think we would (and against 3719), P3720 would have passed, and a coup
>very much akin to Vulcans would have taken place.

  Heh.  Governments look fun.  If I had time I'd stick around for a while.

- -- Red Barn

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:34:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposals 3718-3720 FAIL QUORUM

Memot to myself: do the dub things /dev/joe makes me do:  touch the puppet
head.

IB
hopes pragmatism works.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:38:03 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Acka: Puppethead

Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I gotta do.  Touch the puppethead.

ThinMan

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:44:29 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Acka: Coup averted

I laughed.  I cried.  I laughed again.  I cried again.  I laughed again.
I ... well you get the picture.

ThinMan
And a distorted and exaggerated picture it is, too.  :)

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:58:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Game Actions, No Really.

I got to the Library and play "Lovin' Every Minute of It" by Loverboy on
the ASS.

I drop into *that* room, because my Ackanomic life has been lacking
excitement.

I go home.
IB

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:18:58 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)

Welcome to Ackanomic :)

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	JT [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Thursday, November 12, 1998 10:51 PM
>To:	[email-masked]
>Subject:	Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)
>
>
>I would like everyone to welcome  Bill Palmer ([email-masked]) joining
>us as Danek.  He chooses to join us as a voting player.   His Sponsor is
>IdiotBoy, so IdiotBoy and Danek will both get some very nice trinkets.
>IdiotBoy is also his Mentor assuming he accepts publically within 24
>hours.
>
>Secondly, I would like everyone to welcome  Erin Taylor 
>([email-masked]) who will be joining us as a voting player named
>scout.  She is also sponsored by IdiotBoy and thus she and he will each
>recieve trinkets shortly :)   Scout's Mentor is Alfvaen.
>
>Please join me in welcoming these two new players to our game.
>
>--JT, Registrar
>
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>[ 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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>
>
>
>

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:20:51 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)

I'm certain we can make an exception.  My name has been spelled that way
as well.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	[email-masked] [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Thursday, November 12, 1998 11:54 PM
>To:	[email-masked]
>Subject:	Re: Acka: TWO more new players (IdiotBoy, Alfvaen)
>
>
>> Secondly, I would like everyone to welcome  Erin Taylor 
>> ([email-masked]) who will be joining us as a voting player named
>> scout.  She is also sponsored by IdiotBoy and thus she and he will each
>> recieve trinkets shortly :)   Scout's Mentor is Alfvaen.
>
>Somebody's doing some recruiting...welcome to the game, Scout.  Care to
>join the Aaronic League?  (Yes, not quite the same spelling, but I've had
>my name spelled that way enough times that it's close enough...)
>
>
>--
>--Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
>Current Song--Ivor Cutler:Go And Sit Upon The Grass
>Current Book--C.J. Cherryh:Yvgenie
>Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards--it makes them soggy and hard to
>light.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:22:40 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Proposals 3718-3720 FAIL QUORUM

Message to myself.  Do the dumb things I gotta do.  Touch the Puppet
Head.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Joseph W. DeVincentis [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Friday, November 13, 1998 12:53 AM
>To:	[email-masked]
>Subject:	Acka: Proposals 3718-3720 FAIL QUORUM
>
>
>So, all voting players except JT, Slakko, smallpox blanket, Pol Pot, and
>myself received puppet heads as well.  You know what to do with them.
>
>/dev/joe
>Tabulator

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:55:13 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination

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> #S 49
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> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
> 
> #C Player: IdiotBoy
> #C Ackanomicon Determination
> #C based on the following (using a 49 sided die)
> #C
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> #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: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:03:13 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: DeeJay (Wallace)

I appear to be the new DeeJay, at least until December 1st, if I read
the Rules right.  I can't yet tell if any Esoteric Songs are/should be
playing, as the link to the Rule Suite is broken.  If you could, A Mean
Hat.?

Votes:

A Mean Hat.:
JT

Wallace:
eirs & EBS
A Mean Hat. & EBS
Wallace

Wild Card:
Wild Card
Slakko & EBS

The Green Ripper:
K 2
Gromit

r-Atilla the Farce:
r-Atilla the Farce

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Intranet Administrator
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:14:57 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Oops

Had I scrolled down *one line*, I would have realized that the rule
suite entries are right underneath the head of the rule suite.  Sorry
'bout that.

I give A$1 to the Twits.

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:53:56 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Puppet Head

 Memo to myself: do the dumb things i gotta do.  touch the puppethead.

Robin Hood

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:13:44 -0500 (EST)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: GAD!  (Round 4)

Welcome to the Post-Revolution round of Grab-A-Donkey!  I know you are
all champing at the bit to send in a play, so let's get straight to the
meat of the round.
By the way, I know someone changed their name to Mao the Just, I just
can't remember who.  So, if I'm using anyone's old name, just tell me
when you next send in a play.

Alfvaen went for /dev/joe's prize donkey.  However, so did K 2.  The
donkey was secretly amused by the sound of their lassos colliding.  PS -
a FairPlay award for the first person to tell me privately where I
adapted that last line from :)

A Mean Hat. went for Slakko's prize donkey.  However, so did Studge.
So, Slakko retains control of his (somewhat skittish) donkey.

/dev/joe grabbed for smallpox blanket's donkey, and succeeded.  smallpox
blanket grabbed for Gromit's donkey, and succeeded.  Gromit grabbed for
The Green Ripper's donkey, and succeeded.

Robin Hood went for K 2's donkey, and since K 2 was occupied, grabbed
it.  K 2's other donkey ran off, leaving his donkeyless (donkiless?)

Slakko grabbed at Robert Sevin's donkey, forming his own little lasso
battle with 
r-Atilla the Farce, who did the same.

IdiotBoy covered his donkey, and so was one of the few people on the
list not targeted by anybody :)

Aunt Froot stood around and admired his (even more skittish) donkey.

Current GAL:

Alfvaen
A Mean Hat.
Aunt Froot
/dev/joe
IdiotBoy
r-Atilla the Farce
Gromit
smallpox blanket
Robin Hood
Robert Sevin
Slakko
Mao the Just

Current Scores:

IdiotBoy - 3
/dev/joe - 3
r-Atilla the Farce - 2
Slakko - 2
Everyone else - 1

Send in your plays for the next exciting round!

Wallace
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