I am burying this Treasure as well, somewhere very safe.

Treasure 107 was found Nov 01, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he obtained both the Jade key of Yara and Map of Jara. The actual Map as revealed by Malenkai was:

Any player who possesses the Jade Key of Yara and The Map of Jara, and is either Enlightened or has (or has had) published in any Acka newspaper the words "The earth is round" (capitalization not important) shall find the Treasure of Jara (T 107).

This was based on treasures 105 and 106, and a Phoebe Post

Treasure 108 (snowgod, Nov 09, 1996):
Found by Habeous Corpus (Dec 04, 1996)

I am burying my Whamiol and creating the following treasure map:

For to see his Whamiol again,
and hold it near his score,
Habeous Corpus must transfer some cash,
A$500 to be exact,
to snowgod, the would be extortionist.

Do this and the Whamiols is buried no more.

Treasure 108 was found Dec 04, 1996 by Habeous Corpus, when Habeous gave A$500 to snowgod. The actual Map as revealed by snowgod was:

Habeous Corpus's trqansfer of A$500 to my account fulfilled the conditions of the map, and the map that I reported was the actual map. He has found his whamiol

Treasure 109 (Mohammed, Nov 15, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Jan 12, 1997)

I make a Treasure including the Bracelet of Conjuring and bury it a short distance from my home. I write a map reading: the Treasure of the Bracelet of Conjuring shall be found by the first player who sends me something I find interesting, of his or her own composition, written in Python.

Treasure 109 was found Jan 12, 1997 by /dev/joe when Mohammed announced that /dev/joe had posted 4 python programs, at least one of which Mohammed found interesting. The actual Map as revealed by Mohammed was:

The actual Map was identical to the one originally published.

Treasure 110 (Mohammed, Nov 15, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Apr 3, 1997)

I make a Treasure including the Staff of the Silicon Python-- and bury it very deep in-- you know what I just realized? It seems to me that the earth must have some depth to it, or one could not bury things. Anyway, I write a map reading: the Treasure of the Staff of the Silicon Python shall be found by the first person to send me something I find truly fascinating or delightful, of his or her own composition, written in Python.

Treasure 110 was found Apr 3, 1997 by /dev/joe when Mohammed announced that /dev/joe had posted the following to Mohammed

/dev/joe sent me a program that demolished me in a game of Scrabble. This was fascinating, in its own horrific way, and would almost certainly be delightful for anyone with an ego less easily bruised than mine. :o) /dev/joe sent me the program more than a month ago, and since then I've been incrementally approaching an actual game.

The actual Map as revealed by Mohammed was:

The actual Map was identical to the one originally published.

Treasure 111 (snowgod, Dec 10, 1996):
Found by Guy Fawkes (Dec 12, 1996)

I am creating a treasure thaqt consists of the Secret Decoder Ring, and burying it.

The map to the treasure reads in full:

496E206F72646572746F2066696E642074686520536563726574204465636F6465722052696E
672C796F75206D75737420706F73742061206D65737361676520636F6E7461696E696E672074
68652073696E676C6520776F72642022487562657274222077697468206E6F206578706C696E
6174696F6E20617320746F20796F757220616374696F6E73206F6E6365206576657279206461
7920666F7220746872656520636F6E736563757469766520646179732E202041667465722074
686520746869726420636F6E736563757469766520706F7374696E672C207468652053656372
6574204465636F6465722052696E672077696C6C20626520666F756E642E

Treasure 111 was found Dec 12, 1996 by Guy Fawkes, when Guy posted 'hubert' to the public forum. The actual Map as revealed by snowgod was:

In orderto find the Secret Decoder Ring,you must post a message containing the single word "Hubert" with no explination as to your actions once every day for three consecutive days. After the third consecutive posting, the Secret Decoder Ring will be found.

Treasure 112 (Mohammed, Dec 13, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Jan 11, 1997)

I am making a treasure out of [No Tea] (inasmuch as this is possible), and digging hundreds of miles down, almost to the center of the earth, to bury it.

At the same time, writing with a quill pen held between my teeth, I am scrawling the following map on the back of a passing maniac:

[Click here for map.txt]

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 112 was found Jan 11, 1997 by /dev/joe when it was reported that Mohammed voted yes on Proposal 1616. The actual Map as revealed by Mohammed was:

Hello, world! Submit a proposal containing the name Mohammed and the two secret words. The secret words are antonyms obtained by taking an antonym of seldom and a three pronged word, and then adding the same letter to the beginning of both those words. The treasure will be found by the author of such a proposal when i vote for it. Till then, shhhhh.

Treasure 113 (breadbox, Dec 13, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Dec 14, 1996)

But, y'know, I'd really rather not have a dead guy around, no matter how exquisite he may be. (If I had a high-rise apartment, I would hang him from a skyhook. But I don't, so I can't.) And yet, I can't get rid of him directly without raising the ire of the Arts Community. So I'm going to bury him instead. (I mean, what else do you with a corpse?) But if anyone else would like to have such an object, I made a map of how to obtain him, and all are invited to give it a shot.

I won't post the map to the list, because it's kind of big (over 8K, in fact), what with all this recent discussion about large files breaking people's mailboxes. Instead, the map can be found at

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/acka/tnt/edg-map.txt

I hope everyone who pursued snowgod's Decoder Ring will give this one a shot. If you get stuck, I might be persuaded to let a few hints drop, but I'm guessing that won't actually be necessary.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 113 was found Dec 14, 1996 by /dev/joe, when /dev visited breadbox's house. The actual Map as revealed by breadbox was:

Ooops. Ahem. The Exquisite Dead Guy has been found by /dev/joe. The "text" of the treasure map, before obfuscation, fragmentation, and presdigitation, is:

my treasure shall be found by the first player to visit breadbox's house

Treasure 114 (Guy Fawkes, Dec 14, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Jan 05, 1997)

I am burying the Golden Frinking Straw as Treasure. I am not releasing any part of the treasure map at this time, although the following interesting sequence of characters may be somehow related to it.

4F 3D 22 42 25 06 74 14 7A 63 51 35 55 49 31 16 36 7D 6C 58 3C 21 0F 2F
75 67 50 3E 29 12 00 67 07 5A 4E 40 21 18 38 27 15 01 7A 1A 7C 75 15 05
7A 5C 48 31 14 75 61 4D 46 66 56 45 38 2C 15 03 6A 0A 6B 0B 77 60 4D 32
24 0D 70 5B 7B 5E 4D 3B 2F 10 79 67 50 3E 25 45 39 21 06 26 1D 0C 7E 60
53 73 15 05 6A 58 3F 34 1D 0B 37 59 79 1B 09 78 67 4B 37 1C 48 6A 0A 6B
59 3D 5D 7F 59 3A 28 22 0B 6D 4E 40 6E

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 114 was found Jan 05, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he posted this limerick. The actual Map as revealed by Malenkai was:

One can find the Golden Frinking Straw only by publically posting a limerick cotaining the words, "penguin," "noodle," and "Zanzibar."

Treasure 115 (Mohammed, Dec 15, 1996):
Found by breadbox (Dec 19, 1996)

I am making a treasure out of the Interpol Mug and burying it.

I am writing a map that reads: "All the stuff anyone on a UNIX box will need to make interpol-- the C++ source, documentation, and a makefile-- are available by request from Mohammed. The first player who sends me a self-printing interpol program will find the Mug."

I may have to go find it myself. The reason I'm posting this right now without first doing any of a dozen things to make the contest more appealing (such as porting interpol to C) is that I hadn't thought of the problem until just this instant and I wouldn't want anyone to sneer too badly when I dig the Mug up. Remember, I don't have too much of a head start here.

Be forewarned: interpol is an utterly disgusting little language. I can't think of any redeeming features it has, off the top of my head. But if you can stomach it... be my guest...

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 115 was found Dec 19, 1996 by breadbox, when he posted a qualifiying program to Mohammed. The actual Map as revealed by Mohammed was identical to the one above

Treasure 116 (Mohammed, Dec 19, 1996):
Found by /dev/joe (Dec 20, 1996)

I make a Treasure of the Interpol Crime-Pounding Nightstick, and bury it. I write the following map.

This treasure map leads to the Interpol Crime-Pounding Nightstick. The Nightstick will be found by the first player to send to Mohammed a self-printing interpol program that meets these restrictions. First, it can't use interpol's script-printing mechanism. In addition, the program must not depend on any user input, and the stack must be empty when it finishes. Have a nice day!

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 116 was found Dec 20, 1996 by /dev/joe, when he posted a qualifiying program to Mohammed. The actual Map as revealed by Mohammed was identical to the one above.

Treasure 118 (/dev/joe, Jan 07, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (May 02, 1997)

Since the treasures have been piling up in my house, I've decided to take one of the larger ones out and bury it in a safe place. I've chosen the one that was made to be buried, the Exquisite Dead Guy.

Here is the map to the Exquisite Dead Guy treasure #2:

4A 6F 22 72 77 6C 72 87 42 AB
C8 B0 4F E2 D0 3F 5D 8C BD D2
E2 74 69 91 86 9A B5 DC 29 8D
FD 49 47 48 2D D0 C0 9E 1B F7
8D AB 0A 4B E6 7F 10 A4 86 D7
B1 4D D4 AD CD 56 C2 04 9E 43
7C 3A 49 20 A7 BB 64 BB B6 F0
3A CE 9A FF 29 73 7E D6 9D 59
CA AC C9 63 0E EB 8C 10 30 EC
65 29 6B 2D 26 A0 B5 29 67 E3
33 E9 BA 3A 42 66 7F 30 9D A1
C7 BB 70 FD 06 A2 27 5D 14 05
71 5A B0 A9 E4 14 93 2A 46 C7
F2 9E C3 5D 0A F0 4D 1D 53 00
F1 83 0A 2E C8 41 F1 09 45 3C
55 1E 15 77 66 B1 B9 C7 EC

Treasure 118 was found May 02, 1997 by Alfvaen, when Alfvaen posted a message to /dev/joe. The actual map posted by /dev/joe was:

In order to find the Exquisite Dead Guy, send /dev/joe a message containing in the subject line the name of the sequence involved in the encoding of this map.

Treasure 119 (/dev/joe, Jan 13, 1997):
Found by breadbox (Feb 01, 1997)

I am burying the Golden Frinking Straw (value A$100) as a treasure, with the following map:

The player who sends /dev/joe the highest-scoring valid Pythoncross score record for the game defined by the Pythoncross data file between the "---" lines below by February 1 at noon, CST shall find this treasure. If no valid score records are received by that date, the first player to send /dev/joe a valid Pythoncross score record shall find the treasure. Valid score records must follow all the rules of the game, include all the information requested (see below), and use only words from the second Official Ackanomic Dictionary (the Marldoom link on the main Ackanomic web page).

---
/dev/joe's Treasure Map Special #1
hrmoetrtisentoplditeimelaezsipeoumkaqehyowbarenamotmestagrsp
2 2 4 3 7 4 6 9
---

Treasure 119 was found Feb 01, 1997 by breadbox, when /dev/joe announced breadbox's high score of 551. The actual Map as revealed by /dev/joe was the same as above.

Treasure 120 (Malenkai, Jan 21, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (Jan 21, 1997)

I am creating a treasure that consists of 10 processing chips, and burying it (don't laugh, I have another treasure in mind that will make them useful).

The Treasure will be found by the first player to send me a gif of a ruby slipper for the players page that meets all of the following conditions:

1) It looks like a ruby slipper and I use it on the page
2) It is 54x54 with a transparent background
3) It is non-copyrighted material (or at least its sender assures me that it is)

Treasure 120 was found Jan 21, 1997 by /dev/joe, when /dev/joe sent a qualifying gif to Malenkai. The actual Map as revealed by Malenkai was the same as above.

Treasure 123 (snowgod, Jan 31, 1997):
Found by fnord (Feb 21, 1997)

I am creating a treasure out of the The statue of snowgod made entirely of Blue Jello and burying it under the floor of my house with the following map:

Rosebud

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 123 was found Feb 21, 1997 by fnord, when fnord posted a message to the public forum. The actual map posted by snowgod was:

The Entire map to the treasure was:

rosebud

{{or so it would appear at first glance, but rosebud is nothing but a throwback to the Steal Flea Gazette year end predicition issue. The treasure will be found by the player who

A) Finds (or places) a statue of Elvis in the Monument to Futility
B) Does a Song and Dance (elvis will tell you how)
c) Amuses me in the process of
d) digging in my floor}}

Treasure 124 (ThinMan, Jan 31, 1997):
Found by Malenkai (Apr 06, 1997)

I now create a treasure out of TARZAN's Treehouse [a capital swingers office]. I bury the treasure and very carefully make a map of how to find it.

Fellow Ackanomians, something horrible has ocurred! The map that I so carefully wrote has been altered!

Let me tell you the whole story:

I was walking home after burying the treasure. Burying treasure is hard work, so I decided to take a roundabout path and enjoy the cool, breezy day. I threw my champion's cloak over my shoulder and strolled all over Ackanomia -- past the Senate, past the Courthouse, through the residential district, and past Cow Town's lake and the Ackanomic Afterlife -- before winding up back home. I got a close up look at Lestrade's Lighthouse, passed a truly raunchy-looking pink place, and spent quite some time examining Swann's singularity from as close as I could bring myself to come. You know, if I didn't know better, I would say that the Tower of Bandwidth is starting to lean over towards the Singularity next door.

Anyway, when I got home I took the map out of my pocket so I could store it away someplace safe. I almost didn't notice, but something caught my eye; when I actually looked at the text, this is what it said:

T ei l wu htarsabhnnehsshyeodo eutae   tt r lrfib rfepl osya
lh anohAsBreatgfom ae  ie  btnalSorageoadown nor nyci w e ta
 maeeat uoTen nistbrrsdc n hldes opiaeiseatnon  c  ghtsgpw "
J  .tm" ,oa"""aett"knvC hmho  eih ,br au,neR"eolnp"eee rwod!

This treasure has some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 124 was found Apr 06, 1997 by Malenkai, when Malenkai posted a story to the public forum. The actual map posted by ThinMan was:

The treasure shall be found by the first player who is not already a Swinger who goes to the location of an Amber Banana Tree and then posts a public message containing the words "Jane," "Cheetah," "throw," and "vine."

Treasure 125 (/dev/joe, Feb 04, 1997):
Found by fnord (Feb 05, 1997)

In the spirit of keeping these trinkets in circulation, I am burying another treasure. This treasure consists of the No Tea.

I am revealing the following portion of the map:

[This space intentionally left blank]

Pending an agreement with Malenkai, enough information to find the No Tea will soon be published in 'Round the Earth.

The following was published in 'Round the Earth:

To find the No Tea, solve the puzzle below, and publicly announce the name of the location marked with a star. The lack of instructions for the puzzle is intentional, and part of the puzzle.

                                                     1       1
                                       4             1 1   1 1
                       1           1   1             1 1 1 1 1
                       1 3 1   1 1 2 1 1 1           1 1 1 1 1 1
                       3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 1   1 1 3 1 3 1 1
                        10 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1   1 1 1 6 1 1 1   1 1
                    20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  20 1 1 1 1 1 1  15 1 1
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
             1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                  25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               4 4 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
         1 1 2 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
         1 1 4 3 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       1 1 2 2 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       1 1 2 2 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           4 3 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       4 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           2 1 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                  25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This treasure has some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 125 was found Feb 05, 1997 by fnord, when fnord posted a message to the public forum. The actual map posted by /dev/joe was:

To find the No Tea, solve the puzzle below, and publicly announce the name of the location marked with a star. (The location marked with a star is Boardwalk, and the solved puzzle contains the "GO" and "Boardwalk" spaces from a Monopoly board, and parts of the other adjacent spaces.)

                                                      1       1
                                        4             1 1   1 1
                        1           1   1             1 1 1 1 1
                        1 3 1   1 1 2 1 1 1           1 1 1 1 1 1
                        3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 1   1 1 3 1 3 1 1
                         10 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1   1 1 1 6 1 1 1   1 1
                     20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  20 1 1 1 1 1 1  15 1 1
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . .
             1 1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . .## . .## . . . . . . . . . .
                  25 ##################################################
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . .
           1 1 2 1 1 ## .## . . .#### . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . .
               4 4 9 ######## .######## . . . . .################## . .
         1 1 2 2 1 1 ## .## .#### . .#### . . . .## . . . . . . .## . .
     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 ## .## .## . .## . .## . . .## .########## .## . .
         1 1 4 3 1 1 ## .## .######## .###### . .## . . . . . . .## . .
 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . .#### .#### .#### .## .## .## .## .## . .
       1 1 2 2 1 3 1 ## .## . . . .#### . .#### .## . .###### . .## . .
       1 1 2 2 1 5 1 ## .## . . . .#### .#### . .## .########## .## . .
           4 3 1 3 1 ######## . . . .###### . . .## . .###### . .## . .
       4 1 1 1 1 1 1 ######## . . . . .## . . . .## .## .## .## .## . .
           2 1 1 3 1 #### .## . . . . . . . . . .## . .###### . .## . .
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . .
                  25 ##################################################

Treasure 126 (/dev/joe, Feb 12, 1997):
Found by Mohammed (Feb 18, 1997)

The map for Orion's Crystal is:

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.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 126 was found Feb 18, 1997 by Mohammed, when he posted some qualifiying information. The actual Map revealed was the same as above.

Treasure 127 (fnord, Feb 14, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (Feb 16, 1997)

I am hereby creating a treasure of my No Tea, my The Sacred Chao, and 5 PFfnord (which still have value as long as those who don't write proposals can still get points, cause I tend to go with the wrong side pretty regularly, even though not intentionally).

I am burying the treasure never to be found again. Unless, of course, someone finds it. I certainly wouldn't let anyone see the secret treasure map I wrote, showing me where it was, because that would give it away. After all, if I show everyone the treasure map

843873A787E94552EF6
86DB984334778752937
867EQ83788684748694
68732635684E7746843
7A6E78B54276789445E
4653464A87465389484
8439673B2A464876263

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 127 was found Feb 16, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he posted some qualifiying information. The actual Map revealed was:

THE TREASURE WILL BE FOUND BY THE FIRST PLAYER TO
REQUEST TO VISIT MY HOUSE AND 5 OTHERS IN THE SAME
PUBLIC POST WHILE HOLDING A TRINKET WITH THE
WORD BAA IN ITS NAME

Treasure 130 (Strider, Feb 23, 1997):
Found by Malenkai (Feb 23, 1997)

I am burying Strider's Presidential Vision as a treasure.

It will be found by the first person to e-mail me privately with a suggestion as to what the *@#$ I should do as President that I agree with. (Yeah, yeah, it sucks as a map, but what the hell.)

Treasure 130 was found Feb 23, 1997 by Malenkai, when he posted the following:

> Be yourself and have fun.

Treasure 131 (Narf, Feb 25, 1997):
Found by Narf (Mar 30, 1997)

I am creating a treasure. The treasure consist of The Purple Key. I am burying it somewhere far far away. The map is a very easy one: The first player to author a proposal that passes and eliminates any mention of the crystal chalice and the chalice vault shall find The Purple Key.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 131 was found Mar 30, 1997 by Narf, when he announced that he had satisfied the conditions of his own map.

The actual map revealed was:

if someone deciphers this text and privately mails me a translation before the crystal chalice is removed from the rule set, e shall find the purple key.

Treasure 132 (Malenkai, Feb 27, 1997):
Found by breadbox (May 03, 1997)

I am burying a Treasure consisting of Strider's Presidential Vision, and 6 Processing Chips.

Fortunately, the Amulet of Saaramaa will allow me to get the information needed to find this thing. For once its a treasure from me that does not depend on another treasure, nor is a dependency for another treasure, nor has interlocking parts, etc. Of course, its also probably pretty hard, but like other of my treasures, a flash of insight will make it easy.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 132 was found May 03, 1997 by breadbox, when he buried a treasure containing an entity named "Hubert Feathers".

The actual map revealed was:

The first player to bury, as a treasure, or as part of a treasure, an entity called Hubert Feathers shall find this treasure.

Treasure 134 (snowgod, Mar 09, 1997):
Found by Malenkai (Mar 22, 1997)

In hopes of saving my Gadgets, I am creating a treasure consisting of the Silver Key. I am burying this treasure with a map that says "The silver key will be found by the first players wit two or more entities who wants to possess, and wants to love it, and hug it, and call it george."

Treasure 134 was found Mar 22, 1997 by Malenkai, when he posted the following:

> I possess 2 or more entities.  I want to possess, love, hug, and call
> the Silver Key george.  I really truly do.

Treasure 136 (Bascule, Mar 21, 1997):
Found by breadbox (Mar 21, 1997)

I am creating a trinket, called The Machine That Goes *blurp*, worth A$20. It looks like a metal box that farts occasionally. Inside it is a pile of wooden spoons, the number of which is equal to 1 less than the number of players of Ackanomic. I am burying this trinket as a treasure, and I reveal the following which is vaguely connected with the corresponding map:

IF, AND ONLY IF this cycle *** * ****** **** ** *** *** ******* **** ***,
THEN the Player That Is Malenkai shall win the cycle.

Today is Friday, the 21st day of March, in the Year of Our Lord 1997, and the Machine That Goes *blurp* Went *blurp* sometime last week. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *blurp* 5 times.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 136 was found Mar 21, 1997 by breadbox, when he posted some qualifiying information. The actual Map revealed was:

The first player to post a public message containing the words "IF, AND ONLY IF this cycle has a number that is odd and greater than one, THEN the Player That Is Malenkai shall win the cycle" shall find the Machine That Goes *blurp*. Unless it was their second try.

Treasure 138 (snowgod, Mar 23, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (Mar 24, 1997)

I am creating a treasure consisting of the Little Bag O' Chips G, the Thring, the Fibber the Low-Grade Brass-Painted Cheapo Plastic Flea, the Pumpkin Patch,and the The Bagel of Uestiox.

The map is 121k, so I will not send it to the list. If you wish to have a copy of it let me know and I will email it to you.

snowgod later posted the URL of the map: The treasure map I mentioned yesterday can be found at http://www.alaska.net/~snowgod/acka/map.html

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 138 was found Mar 24, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he sent a a .jpg of David Letterman to snowgod. The actual Map revealed was:

Whosoever can take this collection of numbers and convert it from the .pict file it was to the .jpg it wants to be and send me that picture shall find this treasure.

Treasure 139 (IdiotBoy, Apr 5, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (May 02, 1997)

I have deposited, in the Wilds of Ackanomia, about 4 miles from FunkyTown, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles belonging to IdiotBoy.

The first deposit consisted of one Lucky Ball and Chain, deposited when I visited snowgod's house. The second was made on my trip to ACME labs, and consisted of five PFTechno, also the fabulous Original Rules Manuscript obtained from the Museum in exchange to save transportation and valued at five hundred Ackadollars. The above is securely packed in iron pots with iron covers. Paper number one describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.

The map which describes how to find the treasure has been rent into three pieces. Each paper will lead you to the next. Paper number one, mentioned above, will lead you directly to the treasure.

There is a smudge which obscures one part of the map, I have reproduced the smudge with a **. Treasure seekers may give me one PFBond of their choice and I will reveal what is under the smudge, privily. Fair warning, it's probably not worth it.

1307

Paper Three:

6 4 8 2 23

116 24

92 102 94

6 101 2

34 8 94 148 5 10 101 24

4 166 51 15

36 101 165 111 92 6 **

11 1

12 103

11 101 94 2 23 21 36 112 131 101 92

Treasure 139 was found May 02, 1997 by /dev/joe, when /dev/joe posted: "I will bet that IdiotBoy did not bury a treasure". The actual map posted by IdiotBoy was:

The first player to say "I will bet that IdiotBoy did not bury a treasure" shall find this treasure.

Treasure 140 (/dev/joe, May 02, 1997):
Found by Guy Fawkes (May 02, 1997)

Even after the amnesty period in which I destroyed half a dozen trinkets, there was still too much stuff cluttering my house. I called over my faithful servant Gimli, and handed him some of the lesser of the remaining trinkets, and asked him to bury them somewhere safe, and to return here with a written map to the treasure. Gimli took the Secret Decoder Ring, the No Tea, and Fibber the Low-Grade Brass-Painted Cheapo Plastic Flea, and went off deep into the rain forest to bury them.

Night came and he had not returned. I knew it shouldn't have taken this long for him to do something so simple, and so natural for him. After quite some time waiting for him, I eventually fell asleep. In the morning I was awakened by a clatter on my roof. I went out to see what in was, and found a large eagle perched on the edge of the roof. The bird had a piece of paper in one of its talons; upon seeing me, it dropped that paper to the ground and flew off.

One side of the paper had a rough skull and crossbones filling the entire sheet. This was a symbol we had agreed upon to mean dire trouble. On the other side was a set of scrawls I could not decifer. I assume it is the map to the treasure, but who could read this?

I said a little prayer for the safety of my servant, and this reminded me that I needed also to pray to the weather gods:

Euphemistically speaking,
would an umbrella of Bounty
just fall to pieces
or have superabsorbency?

Deep in the rain forest
of hypervitality
could someone decipher
tel tlria rpb orkbp ifhb qebpb?

Here is the back side of the slip of paper the eagle brought me (note, it is not written with ASCII characters so a picture of the paper is included below).

Treasure 140 was found May 02, 1997 by Guy Fawkes, when he posted "Bilbo Baggins" to the public forum. The actual Map revealed by /dev/joe was:

The approximate decoded text of the map (sorry, the actual text is only on a slip of paper at home, so this is partly based on trying to "read" the runes):

The treasure may be found by publicly posting the name of the hobbit who found the ring after Gollum lost it.

It uses the system of runes that is attributed to the dwarves in the appendices of the last volume of _Lord of the Rings_. It is a phonetic encoding, so some of the substitutions are only approximate. The fact that Gimli (a dwarf in LOTR) wrote the note was a hint. (There was also the encoded line in the prayer, which tried to point at the Gimli reference indirectly.)

Treasure 141 (breadbox, May 03, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (Jun 11, 1997)

Now that I've gotten that red tape out of the way, I can reveal to you the truth....

I myself did not really create, or bury, the Hubert Feathers. They were hidden by pirates somewhere in Ackanomia, in the long-ago days before we came to this place. In my research I learned of their existence, but have been unable to discover how to find them. By making them into a trinket, I hope to realize their existence in modern Ackanomia, and make them accessible as a Buried Treasure.

Below is the only information I have. It is a portion of a newspaper article (found on the back of a coupon that somebody had clipped out and never used).

"Cavegoers located old sandstone engravings buried under the naturally ossified calcium. In graphics, a remarkable narrative is depicted thereon: a fragmented narrative, more precisely, as the engravings were unearthed in a dozen potsherds. One whole image depicts groups of soldiers standing before their chief, who is selecting the third soldier in each group to form an army. A few of the fragments contain writing of a curious yet tantalizing nature. The following is what has been recovered from these pieces: 'Task the Tenth: at midnight in summer stand waiting by a hollowed-out pool, a sober person at the deasil, and imbibe a spoonful of a mixture of a powder of dried bat ichor in a dram of basic Sauvignon Cabernet, in a bejewelled -- one maculated cattle mooing an offering, with ashes of a tree. -- 131 East Interlake Street, a messy apartment in back of an otherwise neat hole-in-a-wall. The concierge is a degreed anesthesiologist. -- Cast an arm; crack a log; smite an uncle; saw a frog. Be as apropos as it is in Ys. Be as redditive as it is in Ys. Be as inspired as it is in Ys.' The archaeologists were unwilling to comment on the significance of the inscriptions at press time."

Strangely enough, my research indicates that somehow this article explains how the Hubert Feathers may be uncovered. I've stared at it until I'm blind, and found nothing. I now throw it out to all of you. Whoever can figure this puzzle out may claim the Hubert Feathers, and whatever special properties they may or may not bestow, as their own.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 141 was found Jun 11, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he did some digging around the Cow Town Hotel. The actual Map revealed was:

BEGIN AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COW TOWN HOTEL
PROCEED NORTH A NUMBER OF PACES EQUAL TO THE
YEAR OF THE CONCEPTION OF INTERCAL

INSCRIBE ON THE GROUND THE LAST STATEMENT OF
THE SAMPLE INTERCAL PROGRAM IN SECTION TWO
WITH A STRONG SHOVEL DIG

Treasure 142 (breadbox, May 05, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (Jun 11, 1997)

I am hereby burying the following items: 5 Processing Chips, 10 PFbreadbox, A$20, the Gravitational Monople, and the Trinket known as Little Bag O' Chips I.

The map to this treasure says:

The treasure shall be found by whoever finds the Hubert Feathers.

Treasure 142 was found Jun 11, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he found Treasure 141. The actual Map revealed was:

Find Treasure 141.

Treasure 143 (Antimatter, May 05, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (May 05, 1997)

I am burying the cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor. I wrote the following on the ground near where I buried it, but I can't read it anymore, and I seem to have gotten amnesia. Here is what I can see:

I  y    an rc d this,  c ' e becr pl virg Nctna | tcc nuch.
Donatc  t  o  hc  m  c m.

The first player to donate Nethack to the museum will find a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor.

Treasure 144 (Alfvaen, May 02, 1997):
Found by two-star (May 05, 1997)

Well, this lovely and decorative trinket Can Be Yours if you can answer the following skill-testing question(also known as a Treasure Map):

What book is the name Tamson House from? The first player to correctly identify the book's title and author in a public message(or private message to me)will receive the Inky Bloater.

Treasure 144 was found May 05, 1997 by two-star, when e posted the message below to the public forum. The actual Map revealed was [assumed] to be the same as above:

Anyway I found a more helpful De Lint bibliography that lists _Moonheart_ as first in the Tamson House series, and _Spiritwalk_ as second in the Tamson House series.

Treasure 145 (two-star, May 05, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (May 13, 1997)

Good morning, Acka! Curious things have been happening on my computer lately. I discovered that at some times it would crash at the slightest provocation, and at other times it worked quite smoothly. I finally dedused the one factor common to every instance of my computer crashing, and with a few clicks, I fixed the problem. Now in any circumstance where my computer would have crashed before, it is stable, and in any circumstance where it would have been stable, it crashes. Seeing as discovering the nature of my problem was a challenging puzzle to me, I thought it might be interesting for the rest of you, so the first person to publicly and correctly state what I did to "fix" the problem will find the treasure that I am about to create and bury. All of the information you need is here.

I am creating a trinket called Falafel Fallen Off, worth 11 A$. It is made mostly of garbanzo beans and spices and stuff, and it is lying in front of my foot, where I accidently dropped it. It is half covered with a cucumber yogurt sauce.

I am burying it.

The text of the map to this treasure is this post.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 145 was found May 13, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he posted this message. The actual Map revealed was [assumed] to be included in the above:

Treasure 146 (Alfvaen, May 05, 1997):
Found by breadbox (May 06, 1997)

I will then immediately bury this treasure, with the following map:

Some of you may have noticed that in my email signature, I include something different every time on the bottom line(which I call a "tagline", from the time spent on Fidonet). These come from a variety of sources--some from my own twisted little brain, some from other people's collections, some from song lyrics, some from books, some from the Net, some from comics. Now they don't all have identifiable sources, but some do.

All you need to do, to discover the Manx Cat, is to identify...well, let's say three of these, for now. I'm looking for the source, specified as explicitly as possible--if it's a song, the title and at least one artist who's recored it. I'll let you know if you've specified it well enough. If I've already attributed it--it's got something like "--billbill" on the end--it doesn't count either. (Most of those are from the good folks on talk.bizarre, with some exceptions.) For your own benefit, send it in a private message to me, because if you spill it publicly, anyone else can send it in, too. You don't need to identify them all at once; I'll keep track of who's sent in how many. (Oh, yeah, they're only eligible if I've posted them in a _public_ message to one of the Acka mailing lists.)

I'll be putting up a list of the taglines at http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/acka/tags.html sometime tonight, and try to keep it up to date, for those people who don't archive all their email like I do. :-) And I will be continuing to post more of them on new messages. I'm genuinely curious to see which ones people will be able to identify, and who will be able to. There may be some clues on my Web page, since for instance I've got my entire album collection up there. I don't care how you get your information, if you've got the right answer.

And if you have an attribution that I don't know about, then you'll have to give me enough information to check on it myself, but if you're right, you get two points for that one.

Good luck to you all!

Treasure 146 was found May 06, 1997 by breadbox, when he posted the private messages below. The actual Map revealed was [assumed] to be the same as above:

Anyway, Breadbox has already fulfilled the requirements of Treasure 146, by identifying two taglines I didn't have any attributions for, and providing me online references for same. The quotes he identified are:

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it (John Cage)
Life is complex. It has real and imaginary parts. (Tom Potter)

Treasure 148 (Alfvaen, May 07, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (Jun 10, 1997)

Now I am burying The White Tent The Raft (don't worry, it won't be any the worse for its inhuming), and will reveal its location to the winner of the Alfvaen Tagline Attribution Quiz, Mark II, whose rules follow(with some repetition, but a few changes):

Some of you may have noticed that in my email signature, I include something different every time on the bottom line(which I call a "tagline", from the time spent on Fidonet). These come from a variety of sources--some from my own twisted little brain, some from other people's collections, some from song lyrics, some from books, some from the Net, some from comics. Now they don't all have identifiable sources, but some do.

I'm looking for the source, specified as explicitly as possible--if it's a song, the title and at least one artist who's recorded it. I'll let you know if you've specified it well enough. If I've already attributed it--it's got something like "--billbill" on the end--it doesn't count either. (Most of those are from the good folks on talk.bizarre, with some exceptions.) And it doesn't count if it was identified in the previous instance of this Quiz, either. :-) For your own benefit, send it in a private message to me, because if you spill it publicly, anyone else can send it in, too. You don't need to identify them all at once; I'll keep track of who's sent in how many. (Oh, yeah, they're only eligible if I've posted them in a _public_ message to one of the Acka mailing lists.)

There is a list of the taglines at http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/acka/tags.html, and I will try to keep it up to date, for those people who don't archive all their email like I do. :-) And I will be continuing to post more of them on new messages. I'm genuinely curious to see which ones people will be able to identify, and who will be able to. There may be some clues on my Web page, since for instance I've got my entire album collection up there. I don't care how you get your information, if you've got the right answer.

The winner of the Quiz will be the one who first gets 10 points, or the entrant with the highest score at the end of two months from today(May 5, 1997). If there are multiple entrants with the highest score, the contest will be extended until the tie is broken.

Scoring is as follows:
    If I myself did not know the original attribution of the quote, then
    I will award two points to the player who can provide me with a
    reference(or two, preferably), upon my checking and finding it valid.
    (If you can find online references, my chances of being able to check
    it promptly are vastly increased.)

    If it is a They Might Be Giants quote, I will award half a point for
    a correct identification.  (I mean, c'mon, I know who I'm dealing with
    here, and I don't want to make things too easy...)

    Any other correct identification that is not disqualified by above
    rules will be worth one point.

As an extra bonus, anyone who can identify the sources of the three trinkets I've created so far(the Inky Bloater, the Manx Cat and The White Tent The Raft)will get a point for each of those as well, and for any other trinkets that I create before the end of the contest that I don't specifically disallow.

Good luck!

Treasure 148 was found June 10, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he posted the scores below. The actual map revealed was presumed to be as described above:

/dev/joe finished with a whopping 13 points, many of which he admits to
having acquired through doing web searches for lyrics.  :-)

Final Scores:

/dev/joe: 13 points
Red Barn: 8 points
fnord: 3.5 points
Niccolo Flychuck: 1 point
ThinMan: 1 point
two-star: 1 point
Mohammed: 0.5 points

Treasure 149 (snowgod, May 27, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (Jun 18, 1997)

I am burying repayment THe map reads:

Repayment will be found by the player other than ThinMan who donated money to snowgod for an earth defense laser when he publically states that he has done so.

Treasure 149 was found June 18, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he gave a trinket called money to snowgod. The actual Map was presumed to be as above. The exchange was:

>/dev/joe wrote:
>> I am donating "money" to snowgod for an earth defense laser.
>
>I have donated money to snowgod for an earth defense laser.
>
>/dev/joe

Proving once again that it takes money to make money, /dev/joe has found
the repayment treasure, though his attempt was outside the intent of the
contract.

Treasure 150 (Antimatter, May 28, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (Jun 10, 1997)

I am burying snowgod, and revealing no portion of the map to anyone.

Treasure 150 was found June 10, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he gave some money to Antimatter. The actual Map was:

snowgod will be found by the first player other than Antimatter, or the player formerly known as such, to pay A$100 to Antimatter (not any player formerly known as Antimatter), with his permission, for the express purpose of retrieving snowgod.

Treasure 151 (/dev/joe, Jun 01, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (Jun 01, 1997)

Once again, trinkets are piling up in my house.

I take some of them to a very safe place and bury them as a treasure. The ones I buried (worth a total of A$65) are:

The Bronze Umbrella
The Lucky Ball and Chain
a cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor

Unfortunately I forgot where I buried them. I have a scrap of paper on which I performed some calculations relating to the burial site, but I must have been very confused when I wrote these, because they make no sense to me now.

Anyway, I present this paper here. Maybe somebody else can figure it out.

         NEU        SGSM           MFM             GHG
      ______      ______       _______        ________
 DBP / LENAS  AS / LTNCS  EEH / MFLWHA  UEHH / TTTTTTT
       BPS         EA           WENM            ATMU
       ---         --           ----           -----
        UNA        MGN           FWEH           GSMHT
        DBP        MSD           YEOF           GAMRS
        ---        ---           ----           -----
        NAIS         LC           MNWA           TERGT
        NNPS         EA           WENM            ATMU
        ----         --           ----           -----
         NAS          DS           NYH            GTPH
                      AS
                      --
                      SC

Treasure 151 was found June 01, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he posted "So surely, then, Grump had 63 feet." to the public forum. The actual Map revealed was:

Solve the puzzle in my June 1st prayer and post publicly how many feet Grump has.

Treasure 153 (Mohammed, June 06, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (Jun 30, 1997)

I am writing a contract that reads:

  Whosoever giveth this contract back to me, and upon so doing, giveth
  me also a postal address somewhere on the Earth, shall be entitled to
  receive from me one (1) postcard at that address, sent by myself no
  more than ten days after receiving the address; and at the time the
  postcard is sent, this contract shall be destroyed.

I am signing this contract with a large pirate flag flourish and
promise to keep the spirit of it even if the wording is iffy.  (It's
laaate.)

Then, I bury the contract I just wrote, and the Blarney Stone, as a single
Treasure.  I write a map to it, of course, and will reveal the
following:

  To find the treasure, send me the best babble file that I receive in
  the next 14 days.  (A babble file is a text file that can be used with
  my babble program to generate random output of a certain type.  More
  about my babble program appears below.)

  The value judgement implied here will be made by me at the end of that
  time and that judgement will be final.  Entries will be judged on
  creativity, effectiveness, originality, harf,... just about everything
  except spacing, which might be tricky for the non-programming-inclined
  and will thus be ignored.  Your file need not simply blather randomly,
  like my signature file!  I'm looking for more creative uses of the
  program.  Check out numbers.txt for one illustrative but very boring
  example.

  Remember, entries must be sent privately.  Good luck!

  Confused?  Please feel free to ask.  I want as many people to go
  after this as possible.


WHERE TO GET THE STUFF:

  The "babble" stuff is available through the mail bot for those of you
  who have a C compiler.  Send the bot these commands:

        #read file babble.c
        #read file babvocab.txt
        #read file numbers.txt

  Or, if you use a browser for _everything, visit
  http://www.cbu.edu/~jorendor/acka/babble/ where you will find all the
  above, plus a Windows-only babbler that you can download, unzip, and
  run without further ado.


HOW TO USE IT ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT:

. What babble does is read in a bunch of lists from a babble file, then
  use that information to generate random chunks of text.  It prints
  said random chunks of text on the screen one at a time as you sit
  there pressing the Enter key.  When you tire of this you hit Ctrl-Z
  and then Enter, and it quits.

. If you use the -ca option, babble will try to catch as many errors in
  your babble file as it can before it starts.  Otherwise, it will be
  pretty much oblivious to any errors that might be there, until they
  actually come into play (much like us with our ruleset.)

. When running babble, use the -f option to cause the babbler to load
  a particular babble file.  For example:

        babble -f numbers.txt -ca

. It's not altogether obvious how to stop the babbler once it's running.
  Under Windows, Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Z will do the trick.  (But you may
  have to hit Enter as well.)

. The executable was compiled using D. J. Delorie's port of the GNU
  C compiler.  Excellent software.  Fabulous.  Also means it's illegal
  to sell a stripped executable like babble.exe, so don't.  :o)  As if.

This treasure will be found by a player when Mohammed announces that
that player has found it.

Only two players played; /dev/joe sent in a file that produces Star
Trek plots.  He claims it has the worst from 400+ episodes across four
series.

  During a mission to make first contact with Tuche IV, the last
  speckled Talaxian from the Delta Quadrant steals Vulcan!  Next time on
  Star Trek: The Next Generation!

  During a mission to prevent a natural disaster on Lebi III, dozens of
  giant Cardassians from Teedias VI kill Troi and impregnate her with an
  alien child!  Next time on Star Trek: The Next Generation!

Alfvaen's winning entry is based on the Zippy the Pinhead quotes "in
the 'fortune' database"; I know them from GNU emacs "yow" command.

  All I can think of is an army of NYLON OIL WELLS being trampled by a
  blur of my INK-LING and a bowling average ...

  Yow!  We THROW OVER a live INK-LING THERE.  In 1971 TWO DOZEN
  CORDOVANS MAIL selling some LIVE ammo in YOUR box of VELVEETA!

  What GOOD is a CARDBOARD INK-LING ANYWAY?

  ASPARAGUS makes me FESTIVE!!

Both babble files, and the babbler itself, can be found at
http://www.cbu.edu/~jorendor/acka/babble/

Treasure 154 (Lunatic Fringe, June 09, 1997):
Map destroyed as a result of P2110

I am burying my vending machine as treasure, though I am not revealing any of the map publically.

The Vending Machine was transferred from this Treasure by the OMCL on Jun 13th, 1997, as a result of CFJ 393.

Treasures 156 thru 162 (Malenkai, June 12, 1997):
Found by Guy Fawkes (156) (June 13, 1997)
Mr. Lunatic Fringe (157) (June 15, 1997)
/dev/joe (158) (Jul 09, 1997)
Mohammed (159) (Jun 15, 1997)
Guy Fawkes (160) (Jun 19, 1997)
Guy Fawkes (161) (Jun 26, 1997)
Guy Fawkes (162) (Jun 27, 1997)

I buy four Bonus Votes from Guy Fawkes' Vending Machine. I am burying them. I reveal the following potential information about the map to this treasure:

        Ref T156
        [this space intentionally left blank]

Treasure 163 (Guy Fawkes, June 12, 1997):
Found by Bascule (Jun 17, 1997)

I am burying my Vending Machine. The map to the treasure reads as follows:

This treasure shall be found by the first player whom Guy Fawkes publically praises as a hoopy frood.

Treasure 163 was found June 17, 1997 by Bascule, when he was praised by Guy Fawkes. The actual Map was presumed to be as above.

Treasure 167 (Alfvaen, June 17, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (July 12, 1997)

I am burying the Exquisite Dead Guy as a treasure. (How comforting it must be for the ground to close over him once again...) The map is as follows: The Exquisite Dead Guy shall be found by the first player who sends to me an Ackanomic-inspired pangram.

An Ackanomic-inspired pangram shall be a true sentence of the following form:

"This Ackanomic-inspired pangram contains one a, twelve b's, six c's, nineteen d's, five e's, zero f's, two g's, seven i's, one j, twenty-seven k's, thirteen l's, ninety-nine m's, three n's, four o's, six p's, twelve q's, four r's, eighteen s's, nine t's, one u, one v, eleven w's, one x, three y's, and twenty-four z's."

The above sentence is not true, since it does not contain the number of letters it specifies. However, if there is at least one true sentence of that form(changing only the specified quantities of each of the letters, and possibly adding or removing "'s"), then that sentence is an Ackanomic-inspired pangram. If you can prove that no such sentence exists, then that'll work too. :-)

Good luck!

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses (and the proof)

Treasure 167 was found July 12, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he proved that no such sentence existed. The actual Map was the same as above.

Treasure 168 (Antimatter, June 18, 1997):
Found by two-star (Jun 18, 1997)

I am creating a contract called the Silver Shovel Contract, which reads as follows:

  The holder of the Silver Shovel is bound by these restrictions:
  E may not destroy, or allow the destruction of, the Silver Shovel.
  E may not destroy, or allow the destruction of, the Silver Shovel Contract.
  E may not give the Silver Shovel to a player who has not signed the Silver
  Shovel Contract, or bury it with a map that allows it to be found by a player
  who has not signed the Silver Shovel Contract.
  E may not hold onto the Silver Shovel for more than one week.

seek nodded me at ill atropal not hi smear tot he a row pint the alters annis
altar this or neo a fit sheen spills veer rest hi of vie alert urn messy

Treasure 168 was found June 18, 1997 by two-star, when e signed the Silver Shovel Contract. The actual Map was:

The first player who has signed the Silver Shovel Contract to send Antimatter a correct translation of the runes on the Silver Shovel will find this treasure.

Treasure 171 (Alfvaen, June 30, 1997):
Never actually buried

And now, I am burying [Beldin's Parka] with the map:

This treasure shall be found by the first person who amends Beldin's Pants to contain the phrase "gains 1 trinket".

Treasure 172 (/dev/joe, July 03, 1997):
Found by two-star (July 8, 1997)

I am burying the repayment, 1 PF/dev/joe, and 5 PFVoting Gnome as a treasure.

I am revealing the following information about the map: The first player to send /dev/joe a set of plays for a valid Tromino Go round leading to a situation where a player can legally pass by Tromino Go's rule 5, or a valid proof that such a pass can never happen in a legal game, shall find this treasure.

Treasure 172 was found July 08, 1997 by two-star, when e posted a solution. The actual Map was:

The first player to send /dev/joe a set of plays for a valid Tromino Go round leading to a situation where a player can legally pass by Tromino Go's rule 5, or a valid proof that such a pass can never happen in a legal game, shall find this treasure.

Treasure 173 (Malenkai, July 07, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (July 12, 1997)

I am burying the Snail Shell, and revealing the following text, which is substantially similar to the map:

Whoever scores the most points in the Gaolhouse Rock Numbers Contest (GRNC) shall find the Snail Shell. In the event of a tie for most, the player who submitted the first of the tied entries shall win.

The rules of the GNRC are:

0) Entries are via private e-mail to me. Non-private e-mail is not an entry. Entries shall be unambiguously marked as such. [This post was sent to acka-priv].

1) A player may only submit one entry. Entries after their *first* are disqualified.

2) Contest ends Sat, July 12th, 23:59.

3) For each of the numbers in my recent Gaol cell descriptions (requoted below), players may submit one song and the artist who recorded that song. To score, the song must contain, in its lyrics, the number in question. One point is scored if I recognize the song, and can verify the lyric. If this point is scored, another point is scored for this song if the artist mentioned did in fact record the song, and I can verify that. The artist point cannot be scored if the song point is not scored (for a particular number).

4) It is recognized that I may not recognize a legitimate entry. There are many gaps in my musical knowledge. That's the way the bee bumbles, unfortunately. Your best bet is sticking with commercial rock/alternative music, or adding extra material, such as a URL (which I am free to ignore), to bolster your claim.

5) Titles and artists must be reasonably exact (excluding articles, prepositions, punctuation, and the like), as judged by me. For example, "8675309" is wrong. "Artist" means band or performer/solo artist.

6) The decisions of the Judges are final, even if wrong. This clause has precedence over all others in the map. Sorry, I'll try my best. :-)

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Antimatter is is cell 1000000000000, its walls are green.
fnord is in cell 8675309, its walls are green.
Guy Fawkes is in cell 4545, its walls are green.
Rex Mundi is in cell 96, its walls are green.
Robert Sevin is in cell 82, its walls are harf.
two star is in cell 66, its walls are wall-coloured.

Treasure 173 was found July 13, 1997 by Alfvaen, when it was announced that he scored 7 points in the contest. The actual Map was the same as the above, except for the extra clause 7):

7) An extra point is awarded for providing *both* "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" "Echo and the Bunnymen" for "That's the way the bee bumbles".

Alfvaen's responses/solution were:

> Antimatter is is cell 1000000000000, its walls are green.

Well, it's a bit big for the Barenaked Ladies, and the closest thing I can
think of is "How To Be A Millionaire" by ABC, which is probably not it.

[David Bowie: Panic in Detroit]

> fnord is in cell 8675309, its walls are green.

Tommy Tutone: 867-5309(Jenny)

> Guy Fawkes is in cell 4545, its walls are green.

Zager & Evans: In The Year 2525

> Rex Mundi is in cell 96, its walls are green.

? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears

> Robert Sevin is in cell 82, its walls are harf.[Asia: Heat of the Moment]

> two star is in cell 66, its walls are wall-coloured.

Not a clue.  (I know there's a "Route 66" song,
[Depeche Mode: Route 66]

Treasure 174 (/dev/joe, July 08, 1997):
Found by Mohammed (July 8, 1997)

I am burying /dev/joe's Legacy as a treasure. I am revealing the following information related to the map.

a. 26-20-107-100-127-8-84-47-38-145-16-120-5-78-123-154

b. 151-32-136-73

c. 105-148-42

d. 40-152-122

e. 93-138-94-1-27

f. 6-124-134-17-82-74-156-54-24

g. 135-23-36-52-118

h. 79-41-126-81-116

i. 44-7-65-96-149-63

j. 95-131-50-104-133-108-15

k. 9-13-155-64-61-2-125-86

l. 75-3-51-90-21

m. 14-45-137-56-153-143-25-34-110-66

n. 49-142-58-115-89-12-4

o. 139-10-57-29-85-76

p. 37-70-114-11-147-146-150-31-106-111

q. 112-18-98-68-77-129-103

r. 48-28-33-91-72-109-46-101-39

s. 97-60-19-88-53-132-102-121-35-80

t. 43-92-99-119-69-87

u. 55-59-130-117-22-83-141-71

v. 140-30-62

w. 67-128-113-157-144

1e-2k-3l-4n 5a-6f 7i-8a-9k 10o-11p-12n 13k-14m-15j-16a-17f-18q

19s-20a-21l-22u-23g-24f-25m 26a-27e-28r 29o-30v-31p-32b-33r-34m-35s-36g

37p-38a-39r 40d-41h 42c-43t-44i-45m-46r 47a-48r 49n-50j-51l-52g-53s-54f-55u

56m-57o-58n-59u-60s-61k-62v-63i 64k-65i-66m 67w-68q-69t-70p-71u-72r

73b-74f-75l-76o-77q-78a 79h-80s 81h-82f-83u 84a-85o-86k-87t-88s

89n-90l-91r-92t-93e-94e-95j 96i-97s 98q-99t-100a 101r-102s-103q-104j-105c-106p

107a-108j-109r-110m-111p 112q-113w-114p 115n-116h 117u-118g-119t

120a-121s-122d 123a-124f-125k 126h-127a-128w-129q-130u-131j-132s 133j-134f

135g-136b-137m-138e-139o-140v-141u-142n 143m-144w-145a-146p 147p-148c-149i

150p-151b-152d-153m 154a-155k-156f-157w

Treasure 174 was found July 08, 1997 by Mohammed, when he posted "The best bus trips may fog up". The actual Map was:

Post "the best bus trips may fog up" publicly.

Treasure 176 (Malenkai, July 16, 1997):

I am burying the Parka as a treasure. This could be useful depending on how Beldin's Pants is amended.

It is my deepest, truest, heartfelt hopes that enough information has been provided in the last 9 hours to find the Parka. [Posted July 17th, 02:54]

my parka is lost
in the oddest place i know
it is to be found

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 176 was found Novemver 17th, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he authored a proposal containing the word 'zazpi'. The actual map was:

The first player to author a qualified public message that changes the game state, as judged by me (eg, proposal, IP, CFJ, YORL play, etc),shall find the Parka. A qualified message isone that contains the word "seven" in any of the these languages: Euskara, Albanian, Welsh, or Lituanian.

Treasure 177 (Mr. Lunatic Fringe, July 17, 1997):
Found by Voting Gnome (August 13, 1997)

I am creating a contract (which I will call the you can't bury land contract) with the following text:

The creator of this contract agrees to give 2 kaa of unocupied land to the person who finds the buried treasure containing this contract. This contract will expire after its conditions have been fulfilled once.

I am signing this contract.

Now I'm burying the You can't bury land contract as treasure, ands revealing the following portion of the map:

"Someone's going to die! Whodonit?"

The following players have togas, and are thus eligible to search for this treasure

Alfvaen
Malenkai
Breadbox
Karma
Voting Gnome
ThinMan
two-star
Techno

I will email private instructions to each player.

Treasure 177 was found August 13, 1997 by Voting Gnome, when Mr. Lunatic Fringe posted that the map was: "This treasure will be found by whoever Mr. Lunatic Fringe says found it". Not suprisingly, no action was ever taken to run the treasure hunt.

Treasure 180 (/dev/joe, August 18, 1997):
Found by breadbox (August 21, 1997)

In any case, if my creation of a Lushrike failed, so did my treasure burial. Like Elric, I tried to get rid of the black sword and failed. :-o So I again bury a treasure, this time consisting only of Stormbringer. The same map (with clues yet to be revealed) applies to this treasure.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 180 was found August 21, 1997 by breadbox, when he posted the right message to the public forum. The actual map was:

"Publicly say Mournblade".

Treasure 182 (Alfvaen, August 30, 1997):
Found by breadbox (August 30, 1997)

I am burying The Public Ally; the portion of the Map I am revealing consists of the third paragraph preceding this one. (Don't worry; if no such word exists that I find acceptable, I have another clause that will keep the Ally from being lost forever.)

Treasure 182 was found August 30, 1997 by breadbox, when he posted lots of words ending in "ally" to the public forum. The actual map was:

Anyone who can present a valid word to Alfvaen such that a) it ends in "ally", b) the rest of the word is a valid adjective, and c) there is no valid word remaining when the "ly" ending is removed, shall find the Public Ally. Alfvaen shall be the sole judge of what is a valid word[although I won't be too picky about this]. If this treasure should remain unfound for too long a time, due to a lack of such words, then the Public Ally shall be found by the person to first find a Treasure buried by Alfvaen after he decides the first part of this map is hopeless.

Treasure 183 (Alfvaen, September 05, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (December 30, 1997)

I am burying the Snail Shell as a Treasure. Since I got no response to my questions about a web-based Treasure, I'll just go ahead and do the thing.

There's this game called Fantasy Billboard which I've been playing for months now. Essentially, what you do is pick ten records(with certain restrictions)from the Billboard Hot 200 album chart(as well as the Heatseeker list, of records outside the Hot 200 that show promise). Then, over the following four weeks, you get points depending on the chart positions of each record, which bonuses for things like a Heatseeker charting, fastest mover, new #1, or entering the top 20/50/100.

So I am revealing the following portion of the Map to the Snail Shell: The first player to get eir "record company" among the top 50 such companies shall win it. In the event that two players get there in the same week, the higher-scoring one will win.

To let me know you're playing, email me the name of the record company, so I can watch for it. This won't be limited to the current week's contest, so you can start later, and play more than one concurrently(starting a new one each week, that is; no more than one record label per player will be "official").

Since the album-choosing page involves frames(and is one of the few that actually makes good use of them, IMHO), anyone whose web browser can't handle them, or who's not on the Web at all: I'll gladly email you a copy of the Rules, and a list of the current 200 albums, on request, and register you myself.

(I've got two record companies on there, Azpiazu Records and Temple of Azpiazu Records, with my old and new email addresses...they won't count in this game, of course, since I don't want the Goose...)

The URL for Fantasy Billboard(which is in my Hotlist on my home page) is http://www.mpn.com/bb-tools/dispatch-meta/fantasy?SRC=index.htm

On October 31st, Alfvaen posed a new URL for the Fantasy Billboard: http://fantasy.billboard.com/

The treasure was found by /dev/joe when Godel Escher Bach records finished 25th in the Fantasy Bilboard competition. The treasure map was as follows.

The Treasure shall be found by the player whose Fantasy Billboard record label, as registered with the Map Writer or Custodians, has the highest final four-week ranking in the first week where any player's label is in the top 50 in such rankings. The Map Writer/Custodian(s) is/are excluded from any possibility of winning this contest. Should the Fantasy Billboard contest on the web cease prior to this treasure being found, then another contest designated as 'Fantasy Billboard' by the Map Writer/Custodian shall be used instead.

Treasure 184 (/dev/joe, September 18, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (September 24, 1997)

I am burying the Exquisite Dead Guy as a treasure again.

This treasure will be found by the first player to privately mail me the solution (quotation and word list) to the puzzle below. Be warned that most of the entries have more than one word, and the two clues followed by question marks indicate the crummy phrases I had to use to use of the rest of the letters; most of the others follow a nice theme, though.

1a-2e-3b-4e-5n 6d-7h-8e-9o 10a-11n 12i 13n-14g-15a-16k-17h 18i

19a-20e-21l-22f 23f-24e-25h-26f-27l 28n-29k-30g-31m-32e 33a-34g-35g-36g

37j-38e-39a-40e-41d-42m-43h 44k-45h-46g 47h-48h-49m-50f-51d-52j 53m-54g

55g-56i-57i-58m-59j 60h-61g-62a-63a-64b-65i-66l 67k-68g-69l 70k-71o-72l-73g

74d-75k-76b-77m 78k-79d 80h-81o-82g-83l 84a-85l-86h-87g-88h 89c-90d

91a-92i-93n-94o-95a-96m 97h-98m 99m-100o-101n 102i-103m-104m-105m

106m-107k-108i-109o 110l-111m-112h 113f-114f-115c-116j 117m-118a-119l-120h

121d-122a-123j-124n 125g-126j-127e-128d-129f-130i

131j-132c-133b-134i-135i-136a-137k-138a-139g

140m-141g-142o-143f-144g-145d-146l-147a 148k-149f-150c-151g-152a

153i-154e-155g-156d 157b-158h-159d


a. Full name of the
   source of the quote 63-136-1-147-84-15-152-118-95-19-122-91-10-39-138-33-62

b. Pink Floyd song  133-64-76-3-157

c. One-named singer  89-150-115-132

d. Cause of muddy carpet?  41-128-159-74-145-121-79-156-6-90-51

e. Rolling Stones song  8-38-154-40-20-32-4-24-2-127

f. Flutelike instruments  50-26-23-114-143-22-129-149-113

g. Movie and TV series
   set in Miss.  144-151-36-87-141-34-82-35-125-30-54-155-14-46-68-61-139-55-73

h. Cars song  80-158-7-97-86-60-88-43-45-17-47-48-25-112-120

i. Beatles song  92-12-57-135-102-134-153-18-108-65-56-130

j. Yes song  37-126-123-59-116-52-131

k. Queen song  78-148-67-107-70-137-44-75-16-29

l. Loud newspaper?  21-110-85-27-83-69-72-119-146-66

m. Moody Blues song  117-49-42-96-77-104-99-58-98-140-103-105-111-53-106-31

n. Bon Jovi song, or another song from the 60's  124-101-11-93-13-28-5

o. A candy bar  100-71-81-9-94-142-109

The full treasure map was to send me the full text and word list from the acrostic puzzle I posted, which follows the spoiler space below.

> Every once in awhile a band comes along that
> changes the course of human history, and
> that band is They Might Be Giants.  If you
> hear only one song this year, there's something
> terribly wrong with you!
>
> a. They Might Be Giants
> b. Money
> c. Bono
> d. Grubby Shoes
> e. China Grove
> f. Recorders
> g. In The Heat of The Night
> h. Tonight She Comes
> i. I Am The Walrus
> j. Changes
> k. I Want It All
> l. Noisy Daily
> m. Tuesday Afternoon
> n. Runaway
> o. Oh Henry

Treasures 185 and 186 (/dev/joe, October 13, 1997):
Found by two-star (October 23, 1997)

I am burying the golden glider as a treasure. The map is: Solve puzzle 1, below, and send /dev/joe the answer.

I am burying /dev/joe's Pinwheel of Many Colors. The map is: Solve puzzle 2, below, and send /dev/joe the answer.

Puzzle 1:
Conway called a speed of 1 cell per generation, in either an orthogonal or diagonal direction, "the speed of light", because this is the fastest that any arrangement of cells can grow in any direction under the life rules. He also proved that no arrangement of cells can move (regenerating itself at a new location) faster than 1/4 the speed of light diagonally or 1/2 the speed of light orthogonally (i.e., the glider and spaceships are the fastest "moving" shapes possible). In viruses, player moves make this no longer true. It is easy to find a shape which can move at the speed of light orthogonally with the assistance of one player move before each generation. Find one, and either find a shape which can move faster than the speed of light with the aid of one player move before each generation, or prove the impossibility of such motion.

Puzzle 2:
Many shapes in Life are cyclic -- that is, they repeat the same patterns after some number of generations. The same shapes are of course cyclic in Viruses also, provided no player moves interfere, once the structure has settled to a repeating pattern of viruses as well. Find a cyclic Viruses pattern containing at least two species of virus in which, with no interference from player moves, two or more species switch places after some number of generations, and all species either retain their starting locations or switch places with another species (i.e., if you had virus species A, B, and C, it could reach a pattern where the C viruses are in their starting location and all the A's and B's are swapped, or you could have all the A's go to B's, B's go to C's, and C's go to A's), *or* prove that such a cycle can never exist.

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasures 185 and 186 were found October 13, 1997 by two-star, when /dev/joe announced it. The actual maps were:

Solve the cyclic viruses patterns puzzle I posted, according to /dev/joe's interpretations of the terms it contains, and send /dev/joe the solution.

Solve the faster-than-light viruses puzzle I posted, according to /dev/joe's interpretations of the terms it contains, and send /dev/joe the solution.

Treasure 188 (Fortunato, November 10, 1997):
Found by Alfvaen (November 21, 1997)

I am burying the Trinket of Awesome, Near-Infinite Possibilities, and
the Puzzle Box.  I will give out no hints whatsoever, except these hints
that are to follow:

1)  2-8-3-28-23-8 1 23-8-23-2-8-53 28-11 58-13-8 1-3-21-1-25-28-23-15-3
55-81-2-12-8-25-15-81-55

2)  13-1-82-8 1 51-53-28-55-58-13-8-58-15-3 "5-28-2-2-55" 13-8-1-5

3)  13-1-82-8 1 55-23-28-21-15-25-12 "11-53-28-51" 51-15-51-8

4)  Post a public message with these two attributes:
    i)  The body must be an appropriate response to the question, "Are
      cats on the upgrade?"
    ii) The subject must be a proper name that fits the question posed
      in part i).

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 188 was found November 21th, 1997 by Alfvaen, when he posted a the following message with 'Jethro Tull' in the subject line. The actual is below:

It says here that cats are on the upgrade.

The map to the Puzzle Box and the Trinket of Awesome, Near-Infinite
Possibilities:

1) Become a member of the Ackanomic Subgenius.
2) Have a prosthetic "Dobbs" head.
3) Have a smoking "Frop" pipe.
4) Post a public message with these two attributes:
   i) The body must be an appropriate response to the questions, "Are
      cats on the upgrade?"
   ii) The subject must be a proper name that fits the question posed in
       part i).

Treasure 189 (Malenkai, November 11, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (November 20, 1997)

Since I am supposed to be burying these automatic scupltures as treasures, but have had scant time to design a cool treasure, I might as well bury them as a lame treasure:

I am burying 2 Automatic Sculptures and an Otzma Card Map Shard as Treasure. This Treasure will be found by the player who has the most points in my 'Guess My Favorite Album Game' as described below (and as possibly described in non-revealed rules) when the game ends.

1) What follows at the end is a list of 27 of my favorite albums (and a couple of lame ones), in the form band: album name, with all alphabetic characters converted to lowercase, and then obscured by '*'s like the machine game.

2) A Magick Character may be guessed providing the player guessing was not the last to guess, and providing a Magick Character has not been guessed since the last time the Machine went *ping*. I will post the list with the Magick Character filled in (like on wheel of fortune). Do not guess uppercase characters, colons, spaces, or ascii characters lower than space.

3) A list of guesses as to the bands, and albums may be posted, 1 point for each correct band on the list, 3 points for getting both the band and the album. Spelling and punctuation must be exact as on the my list, even if there are typos on my list.

4) The game ends when someone has scored 81 points (27*3) or when a solstice or equinox occurs, and someone had previously made a guess worth a positive number of points. In the latter case, if there is a tie for high score, the player who posted their guess worth this score first gains an extra 1/2 a point as the game ends.

5) Multiple guesses are permitted (but no more than 3 points can be scored per album). All play should be on acka-games.

6) Some bands may be rather obscure. I'm not sure really. All are in Western commercial music (rock, alt-rock, metal, whatever)

7) These rules may be amended by me at any time, in any way.

8) No player may make 3 consecutive guesses. A string of consecutive guesses is broken by a guess by another player, or a Magick Character selection.

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***** ****: ****** *** *******
****: ********
**** ******: *** *** ***** **** **** ** **
****** ****: ********
**** ******: **********
*********: *** **** *** **** *** ****
**** ******: ****** ******
**** ****: ********
*********: ********* *********
****: ******* *******
****** *: ******** **** ** ********
*** *******: ********
*** ****** *******: ******* ** ******* ** ******** ****
**: **** *** ****** ******
**** *****: *******
*********: *****
*******: *** *********
*** **** *******: ***********
****** *** *********: *** **** ***
********* ******: ******
*** *****: ***********
** *******: ************
** ***: **********
***: *** *** *****
*****: ********* *******
****** *****: ***** ***** *****

This Treasue has had some Clues and Guesses

Treasure 189 was found November 20th, 1997 by /dev/joe, when he posted an 81 point list to the public forum. The actual map was:

This Treasure will be found by the player who has the most points in my 'Guess My Favorite Album Game' as described, amended, and interpreted by Malenkai, when the game ends.

Treasure 190 (Alfvaen, November 22, 1997):
Found by /dev/joe (December 27, 1997)

I am burying the Blarney Stone and The Smoking 'Frop' Pipe as a Treasure, whose map will be revealed shortly.

Okay, that treasure I buried, with the Blarney Stone and the Smoking 'Frop' Pipe, has a map which is substantially similar to Malenkai's map to his most recent treasure. Yes, it sounded like so much fine that I decided I had to try it as well.

The rules are slightly different. Basically: all valid entries should be sent to me privately at alfvaen@telusplanet.net, rather than posted to acka-games; only alphanumeric characters will be *'d out; if you find a typo, send in the correct version and I'll change the master list; Magick Characters may only be guessed once a week; and case doesn't matter. Oh, and there's 100 of them.

The deadline should still be the Winter Solstice, although, like Malenkai, I reserve the right to change the rules at any time. If anyone wants a clarification, let me know.

Oh, and I've temporarily taken down my web pages that would have had tons of juicy information on them. Don't want it to be too easy, after all...

Here they are:

Here's the revised list, with '1' and 'w' filled in:

1. *h********:*** *** ****
2. ****** *** *****:******
3. *h** ***h* ** ******:*****
4. *****h* ****:********
5. *h********:*** ***h* *****
6. ******* H****:****** ** ***h*
7. **** *******:*h* W******
8. **** ***h:*h* ********
9. *******:* ***** ** *h* ****
10. ******* ****:******* ****
11. *h* ****** ** W***h:****h****
12. ** **** *:** **** *
13. *** ********:******* ** ******
14. *h* ****h******:********** *** ***
15. ******* *******:**** *w***
16. *h** ****** ****:******** *** *h***w
17. ** **** *:*** *******
18. ****** ********:****** ****** ****
19. *h** ***h* ** ******:*******
20. ***** ******:**********
21. ***** *******:**** ** ****h
22. ***h:***** ***** ********
23. ***:****** ** *h* **************
24. **:*h* ************* ****
25. ******:****** ****
26. *****h****:****h
27. **** ***h:H***** ** ****
28. *h********:****** ****
29. **** *****:******
30. ***** *** *****:***** **** *h* *** *h***
31. ***** W**w***:*** ** * *****
32. *h* ****h*** *****:*** **** ***
33. *******:************
34. *****h* ****:***** *** *h* ******
35. ***h:H*** **** ****
36. ***** ********:H*****
37. *** W****:******* ****
38. *****h* ****:***** ***********
39. ***:********
40. *****:****
41. **** ** ******:**** ** ******
42. ***** *******:***** ******* *
43. **** *******:Wh** * W** * ***
44. *** ***h****:*** *** W****
45. ***** ***:****** ***** ********(** ********)
46. *****:**** *** ****
47. *** *******:***h* *** ***
48. **-**:*h*w **
49. *h* ****h*** *****:***w ** ****
50. *h******* *****:********** ****
51. ****** **********:****** ****** ****
52. *h* ************:***
53. *** *******:*** ** ******
54. *h* *h*:**** ******
55. *h* *******:*h* *** ** *******
56. ****** ********:***********
57. ****** ******:*w* Wh**** ****
58. ****** *****:**** * ******
59. *h** ****** ****:**'** *** ** *****
60. *h* W********:*h** ** *h* ***
61. ****** *****:*h**** '*' *******
62. **** **w**h***:*** *h* **** **w**** H*** *h***** ****
63. ********** ****:********** ****
64. *h* W****** $*******:***********
65. *h* ******* ** H********:**** ****
66. **** ****w**:*h* *** H***
67. *h**** *****:*h* **** ****h
68. **** ** ******:******* ****** ********
69. **** *******:**** *******
70. ******* *** *****:* ******** ******
71. *'***:*'***
72. **** ** **** ** ****h***:**********
73. ***** ******:***** **** *** *h***h*
74. *** **********:**********
75. H****:********
76. **** ***h:***** *** ****
77. **** *****:*********
78. **** *******:*h* ********* ***
79. ****** ********:****** H*********
80. **** *******:****h*** ** ****
81. **w *****:*********
82. **********:********* ** *******
83. ***** *** *** **h* ****:W**** W** **
84. *** ********:**** ** ****
85. **** **w**h***:*****
86. **********:**********
87. ********* W*******:***. 1
88. ***** **h*:******** H***
89. *******:****
90. ***** ******** *** *h* ***********:****h *h* *****
91. *-H*:********* ****
92. ******** W*****:****** **** ********
93. "*****...": *h* *w** ***** ***** ** ***** ******
94. ***** *******:********
95. ******* H****:******** ** *******
96. ****** ****:**** *h**** *********
97. **:****** *** H**
98. ***** ******:**** ***'* *****
99. ***** ****:***** ** *h* *****
100. ******** ***:**** ******* ***

To nobody's surprise, /dev/joe, as the only person who even tried, has
found Treasure 190, consisting of the Blarney Stone and the Smoking
'Frop' Pipe.

The map was basically the following:

The treasure shall be found by the player who has privately emailed to
Alfvaen a guess at his 100 favourite albums which scored the highest
points, before the Winter Solstice, 1997.  Each album guess shall be
scored one point for correct artist, and two for correct title if artist
is correct.

The list of albums is as follows:

1. Shriekback:Oil And Gold
2. Godley And Creme:Ismism
3. They Might Be Giants:Flood
4. Depeche Mode:Violator
5. Shriekback:Big Night Music
6. Talking Heads:Remain In Light
7. Jane Siberry:The Walking
8. Kate Bush:The Dreaming
9. Genesis:A Trick of The Tail
10. Suzanne Vega:Suzanne Vega
11. The Grapes of Wrath:Treehouse
12. Go Four 3:Go Four 3
13. Ann Mortifee:Journey To Kairos
14. The Smithereens:Especially For You
15. Various Artists:Stay Awake
16. This Mortal Coil:Filigree And Shadow
17. Go Four 3:Six Friends
18. Laurie Anderson:United States Live
19. They Might Be Giants:Lincoln
20. Andre Gagnon:Mouvements
21. David Sylvian:Gone To Earth
22. Rush:Grace Under Pressure
23. REM:Fables of The Reconstruction
24. U2:The Unforgettable Fire
25. Prince:Purple Rain
26. Eurythmics:Touch
27. Kate Bush:Hounds of Love
28. Shriekback:Sacred City
29. Pink Floyd:Relics
30. Tears For Fears:Songs From The Big Chair
31. Steve Winwood:Arc of A Diver
32. The Northern Pikes:Big Blue Sky
33. Blondie:Autoamerican
34. Depeche Mode:Music For The Masses
35. Rush:Hold Your Fire
36. Bruce Cockburn:Humans
37. Tom Waits:Closing Time
38. Depeche Mode:Black Celebration
39. REM:Document
40. Queen:Jazz
41. Army of Lovers:Army of Lovers
42. Peter Gabriel:Peter Gabriel I
43. Jane Siberry:When I Was A Boy
44. Tom Cochrane:Mad Mad World
45. Brian Eno:Taking Tiger Mountain(By Strategy)
46. Basia:Time And Tide
47. Joe Jackson:Night And Day
48. 54-40:Show Me
49. The Northern Pikes:Snow In June
50. Christine Lavin:Attainable Love
51. Alanis Morissette:Jagged Little Pill
52. The Replacements:Tim
53. Pat McCurdy:Pat In Person
54. The The:Soul Mining
55. The Buggles:The Age of Plastic
56. Savage Progress:Celebration
57. Prefab Sprout:Two Wheels Good
58. Stevie Nicks:Rock A Little
59. This Mortal Coil:It'll End In Tears
60. The Waterboys:This Is The Sea
61. Robert Plant:Shaken 'N' Stirred
62. Pete Townshend:All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
63. Collective Soul:Collective Soul
64. The Welfare $tarlets:Underground
65. The Pursuit of Happiness:Love Junk
66. Stan Ridgway:The Big Heat
67. Thomas Dolby:The Flat Earth
68. Army of Lovers:Massive Luxury Overdose
69. Moxy Fruvous:Moxy Fruvous
70. Summers And Fripp:I Advanced Masked
71. T'Pau:T'Pau
72. Side By Side By Sondheim:Soundtrack
73. Meryn Cadell:Angel Food For Thought
74. Les Miserables:Soundtrack
75. Heart:Magazine
76. Kate Bush:Never For Ever
77. Paul Simon:Graceland
78. Jane Siberry:The Speckless Sky
79. Laurie Anderson:Mister Heartbreak
80. Dire Straits:Brothers In Arms 
81. New Order:Substance
82. Supertramp:Breakfast In America
83. Brian Eno And John Cale:Wrong Way Up
84. Ann Mortifee:Born To Live
85. Pete Townshend:Scoop
86. Skydiggers:Skydiggers
87. Traveling Wilburys:Vol. 1
88. Elton John:Greatest Hits
89. Genesis:Duke
90. Elvis Costello And The Attractions:Punch The Clock
91. A-Ha:Scoundrel Days
92. Jennifer Warnes:Famous Blue Raincoat
93. "Diane...": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper
94. Peter Gabriel:Security
95. Talking Heads:Speaking In Tongues
96. Celine Dion:Dion Chante Plamondon
97. U2:Rattle And Hum
98. Oingo Boingo:Dead Man's Party
99. Billy Joel:Songs In The Attic
100. Danielle Dax:Dark Adapted Eye

/dev/joe's best guess got eighty bands and seventh-eight album titles
correct, for 236 points.

Treasure 190 (The Gingham Wearer, February 10, 1998):
Found by /dev/joe (February 14, 1998)

I am then burying the following as a treasure:

An automatic Sculpture
A wool sweater
A swingpoint
A rock to wind a string around
The Insert clever name here.

The treasure map is something along the lines of: This treasure will be
found by the first player to either privately e-mail a decent map of
Lancashire to The Gingham Wearer or tell em of an URL on the web where such
a map can be found.

My treasure has been found by /dev/joe who posted me the following URL 
(which should all be combined into one long URL):

http://roadmaps.lycos.com:90/cgi-bin/mqcustomconnect?screen=map&l
ink=map&height=300&width=400&lat=539299&lng=-29069&style=2&search
=%5e%5e%5e%5e%5eEngland%5e0&orig_icon_on=1&orig_search=1&orig_ico
nid=2&orig_lat=525981&orig_lng=-14661&orig_name=England&country=E
ngland&first=0&mouse_mode=center&event=zoom&level=5&event=zoom


The treasure map was as follows:

This treasure shall be found by the player who The Gingham Wearer decides
has done enough to deserve finding it. This should be based on providing
The Gingham Wearer with a computerised map of Lancashire.