Ray Kremer writes...

"It would probably help if some fan did what Vashkoda did for the clan contest and set up a website that fills in the blanks. I think that would help get this horrible monster of a contest I created over with more quickly. So, please, somebody... "

Ask and you shall receive. I've been keeping a running tab, a quick html conversion gives us:
http://bobcat.bradley.edu/~rkremer/garg/
Not fancy by any means but it gets the job done.

But how come I never heard that someone had a clan contest website? And what about this?
"(It was described as a cobra's tail in Vashkoda's prize...)"
I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering now, what's the URL where we can see this?

Faieq writes...

Gargoyle 2198 contest
(this is a long shot, but here goes nothing.)
236:Pendragon
238:Pendragon

Faieq writes...

Gargoyles 2198 contest:
236.Gregarino
238.Gregarino

Phil writes...

(Robin, thanks for the vote of confidence, but it's still too early for congratulations.)

Greg,

Earlier I promised to stay logical and not resort to random trial and error guessing. But after thinking about it a little more, I have a question.

I have made the assumption that the answers can be reached logically, but is that really the case? In the clans contest, Korea was (as far as we're concerned) completely out of the blue. Are any of these answers "not hinted at"?

Specifially I'm thinking of the Maza descendent in paragraph 233-253. Is he named after someone (either in-universe or out) or is it just a name you picked out of the air.

Also the robots' designations in paragraph 306-339. Do they have any significance, or are they random numbers?

(P.S. You've already given us plenty of hints, so feel free to reply with "Not saying." I'm just hoping to prevent tons of random mindless guessing, if possible.)

Thanks

Aris Katsaris writes...

236: Monmouth
238: Monmouth

I was going to write "Castaway" when I remembered the Monmouths... If it turns out to be Castaway, what a stir *that* will create :-)

(and oh - if it's Monmouth or Castaway, you had wrongly said it's a nine letter word :-)

Robin Wynn writes...

Ok, I hope those answers haven't been guessed already, they hadn't as of your Sept. 30 ramble, but I didn't bother to look at the ones that were being submitted, but haven't been checked yet, becuase they may not be right.

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest
alternate answers...

450. WORLD
455. EARTH

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest
alternate answer...

290. EARTH

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest
Alternate answers of the above...

104. VOLCANO
117. VOLCANO
119. VOLCANO

noticing that, though the contest started out quickly, it seems like those that are left are kinda hard...some of them anyway...

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest

22. FREEDOM
59. ENDANGERED
61. KILLING
68. 2188
104. ROOKERY
117. ROOKERY
119. ROOKERY
151. GRANDSON