Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #218
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ackanomic Digest	Sunday, August 15 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 218

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Zap!
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:12:01 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, K 2 wrote:

> I zap IdiotBoy with the cross of coercion.

All I can say is, you dress yer mammmy!

IB
not a clue.
seriously.

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From: "Bryan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: duel
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 02:41:25 -0400 (EDT)

"How dare you impugn Studge's honor; he was just doing a little prechronistic archeology and accurately reporting his findings to Acka, e certainly didn't expect some sort of Spanish Inquisition...."  Besides Studge is a really great guy and the person who brought me to this game so I will second him and he will choose from amongst the columns

R-attila

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: library visirt
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:04:37 -0400 (EDT)

el rufusu wrote:
>I go to the library.  I attempt to play play "straight no chaser" by TS
monk
>on the ASS.  I go to that room which is often spelt *that* room.
>

Just one minute too late I'm afraid.

fixing...ELK?

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From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:04:56 -0400 (EDT)

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# Player: A German Dog
# Ackanomicon Determination
# based on the following (using a 54 sided die)
#  1 - 16 Arcane Trivia
# 17 - 21 Vile Prophecies
# 22 - 27 Inner Workings
# 28 - 33 Arcane Lore
# 34 - 36 Terrorizing Pages
# 37 - 38 Mutation
# 39 - 40 Dark Domain
# 41 - 42 Long Lost Treasure
# 43 - 43 Forbidden Fruit
# 44 - 47 Not so Forbidden Fruit
# 48 - 48 Ancient One
# 49 - 54 Strange Object

No. of sides on every die:     54
No. of dice for every roll:     1
No. of dice rolls requested:    1
No. of rolls per line:          1

     40

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> From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 54
> #D 1
> #R 1
> #L 1
> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
> #C Player: A German Dog
> #C Ackanomicon Determination
> #C based on the following (using a 54 sided die)
> #C
> #C  1 - 16 Arcane Trivia
> #C 17 - 21 Vile Prophecies
> #C 22 - 27 Inner Workings
> #C 28 - 33 Arcane Lore
> #C 34 - 36 Terrorizing Pages
> #C 37 - 38 Mutation
> #C 39 - 40 Dark Domain
> #C 41 - 42 Long Lost Treasure
> #C 43 - 43 Forbidden Fruit
> #C 44 - 47 Not so Forbidden Fruit
> #C 48 - 48 Ancient One
> #C 49 - 54 Strange Object
> 
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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: magic potato (Alfvaen)
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:09:09 -0400 (EDT)

On Sunday 15th August at 1200 (AT), Alfvaen received the magic potato and
Calvin N Hobbes received the Great Tuba of Ackanomic.

King Felix
(OiCoRT)

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From: Rachel L Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Vacant offices?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:19:16 -0400 (EDT)

It's been getting on for a week since nominations for three currently
vacant offices were started and we haven't heard who got them yet. Any
news on that from the president? And whilst we're at it, can we have a
nomination for trinket harfer as well, as that office is currently
unocupied too.

Quoth.

-- 
Rachel "I am not a walrus" Walmsley. mailto:[email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html ICQ: 2925739
"Among wizards?" said Ridcully. "Mister Stibbons, unusual behaviour is
perfectly ordinary for wizards." - Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: T181  **SPOILER**
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:53:23 -0400 (EDT)

Following is a description of the hidden contest in this October's issue of
GAMES magazine, submitted in an attempt to find T181 (containing a GAMES
T-shirt)

It's on page 58 in the fortune cookie advertisement.  The cipher is a +1
shift and the entry instructions are:

To enter hidden contest send us a prediction
-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito! B(Scam)
Acting Registrar * DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Herald * Rule-Harfer
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Student (Scamology)

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Subject: Acka: T181 (spoilers removed)
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:13:28 -0400 (EDT)

Gabe Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> Following is a description of the hidden contest in this October's issue of
> GAMES magazine, submitted in an attempt to find T181 (containing a GAMES
> T-shirt)

For this post, Emperor Ai! Pedrito! has found Treasure 181, whose
complete map was:
"
When a player publicly posts the location of a GAMES Magazine Hidden
Contest which has never been publicly posted before, and does so at
least one week before the end (in New York City) of the day entries are
due for that contest, e shall find this treasure. Players are asked to
put SPOILER warnings in the subject of such messages so that others who
haven't yet given up may keep searching. 
"

Since this was not a particularly popular treasure (it took 2 years and
4 hidden contests for it to be found), I am discontinuing this series
of treasures.

/dev/joe

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: General Presidential Duties
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:14:10 -0400 (EDT)

There are several important awards and titles to bestow so I would like
to call a public gathering - only the rules don't permit me to
manipulate entities in this way. Since only those entities for which
location is unimportant and various non-entities would otherwise attend
the ceremony I wander over the Ackanomic Genetic Institute and purchase
a cardboard cut out (on wheels) for every player in Ackanomic (this
costs me a couple of over ripe kiwi fruit and a plastic fork). I wheel
them into position and commence with the ceremony.

/dev/joe has been nominated for the order of the Steal Flea for their
work in harfing the game. The title of Medallist of the Order of the
Steel Flea (MSF) is hereby bestowed on em.

Quoth the Raven has achieved a blue cross rank of over 100 which
entitles em to 1 Gold Stripe which has just appeared in eir possession
(but not actually causing em to wear it since they rules require that to
be a separate action).

Emperor Ai! Pedrito! has achieved a BCR of over 60 which entitles em to
eir first Gold Stripe and Ordinary Membership in the Order of the Blue
Cross; well done EA!P!.

else...if also receive eir second silver stripe for having a BCR of 40 -
not far to go to that gold stripe.

Finally K 2 has achieved a BCR of over 170 which entitles em to another
silver stripe.

fixing...ELK? and Quoth both nominated for registrar and Quoth was
selected for the Duty.
There was only one nomination for Treasure Harfer and Summariser (Quoth
and else...if respectively) so they get the jobs.

Finally I open nominations for Trinket Harfer - reply to nominate
yourself.

I attempt to wheel the crowd to cut-outs back to my house by they
vaporise to quickly. I go to the University.

K 2

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Treasure.  More Info.
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:24:01 -0400 (EDT)

I haven't seen much activity beyond the initial flurry 
for finding my treasure.

I will let you know that the initial message yesterday didn't provide
much help (the one with the X).. but others mihgt have.

You're gonna need to get working.  The treasure WILL be found on Friday.

IB
overly helpful

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Zap
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:18:07 -0400 (EDT)

K 2 zaps IdiotBoy!

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Zap
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:22:00 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, K 2 wrote:

> K 2 zaps IdiotBoy!
> 

I zap K2 back with the salmon of correction!

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Zap!
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:29:34 -0400 (EDT)

K 2 slaps IdiotBot around a bit with a large trout

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Zap
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:49:39 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Matt Miller wrote:
> > K 2 zaps IdiotBoy!
> > 
> 
> I zap K2 back with the salmon of correction!

I smoke the salmon of correction, and hand it back to IB with the
Bagel of borrowing and the Cream Cheese of clues.

--JT

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Vacant offices?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:08:36 -0400 (EDT)

>It's been getting on for a week since nominations for three currently
>vacant offices were started and we haven't heard who got them yet. Any
>news on that from the president? And whilst we're at it, can we have a
>nomination for trinket harfer as well, as that office is currently
>unocupied too.
>

I'll get right on to that as soon as someone determines who the president
is. There was a cfj...

fixing...ELK?
(president?)

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