Word: zender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although hackers have a complex code of etiquette, they are hard pressed to list rules to the game. "There are two rules that are almost accepted," says Charles S. Zender '86-'87. "One is that you can't say you're sorry if you mess up. The other is that if you do, you suffer hack punishment...
...When you start out,"adds Zender "a lot of the exercise comes from spelunking down the sewers" after badly placed shots...
Hacking, say players, has a long and illustrious--if somewhat apocryphal--history. "In China they do it with a harder ball, in Thailand, with bamboo pieces; in Cambodia, they use nuts hackers report. "But you can play with just about anything...anything circular that is," says Zender...
...Zender says, "The weirdest place I've ever hacked are on the slopes of Mt. Olympus in Greece and on a raft in the Mississippi." Adds Lerdow, "On the steps of the Capitol...
...Harvard, prime playing spots include in front of Lamont or Widenet although the Yard is off-limits for about three months before Commencement "when they try to keep the grass looking nice," according to Zender. Also, hacking has been permanently banned in the Quincy House courtyard because of the danger it poses to windows...