Aris Katsaris writes...

507: living
508: android

Aris Katsaris writes...

322: server
433: dust
433: heat

Vashkoda writes...

Oh well, fine, if Todd's playing now, I guess I will too. But just this once, so I don't win.

42) Expectorated
44) Hated
74) influence
76) rebellion
129) frightened
133) invades
134) defeated
244) Gargoyle
254) Sentinel
290) planet
314) Helper
322) center
327) cyborg
433) fire
444) cloaking
450) planet
455) world

Todd Jensen writes...

Well, I finally decided to submit a few possible entries to the Gargoyles 2198 contest. Here they are:

44 - hated
134 - occupied
241- Maza
433 - fury
455 - Earth
490 - occupation

Slow writes...

133 invades
134 besieged
444 cloaking
BTW if 254 is "Sentinel", I think you owe Graymonk a point.
if not, nevermind.

Ray Kremer writes...

BTW, all clue corrections have been noted and logged at
http://bobcat.bradley.edu/~rkremer/garg/

G2198 contest

044 beset
074 endurance
076 symbolism
129 friendless
133 assault
455 globe
490 aggression
508 android
517 advanced

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

508: vehicle
510: computer

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

444: scanning
446: personal
455: globe

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

322: server
327: server

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

292: drive

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

292: focus

Phil writes...

More G2198

76: symbolism

Lachesis writes...

Aaargh! Previous post under CZ was mine. Profuse apologies.

CZ writes...

Hello.
More guesses:

293. philosophy
507. cyborg
517. captured
518. attention
519. completely

Someone's answered 67 and 148?

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

238: Natsilane

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

238: Natsilani

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

236: Natsilani

Alternate spelling. "Nicholas Natsilani Maza." I've got a good feeling about this one.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

236: Natsilane

Phil writes...

Another G2198 guess

244: WARRIORS

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Thaddeus
235: Thaddeus
241: Thad
408: Thaddeus

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Nicholas
235: Nicholas
241: Nick
408: Nicholas

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

129: submissive

How about that. Two posts after promising to pay more attention, I manage to post the same answer twice. God I'm good.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

125: system

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

322: system

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

306: L-X-D
307: L-X-D
318: L-X-D
320: L-X-D
328: L-X-D
332: L-X-D
333: L-X-D
335: L-X-D
409: L-X-D
420: L-X-D

You used hyphens, so I'll use hyphens too. Just in case.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

2198 CONTEST

306: L.X.D.
307: L.X.D.
314: drones
318: L.X.D.
320: L.X.D.
328: L.X.D.
332: L.X.D.
333: L.X.D.
335: L.X.D.
409: L.X.D.
420: L.X.D.

Sorry, I just realized that 421 was already answered. And that L.E.X. couldn't possibly be correct, considering the second word is "Xanatos." I'll try to pay more attention.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

421: 994

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

507: mutant

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

306: L.E.X.
307: L.E.X.
318: L.E.X.
320: L.E.X.
328: L.E.X.
332: L.E.X.
333: L.E.X.
335: L.E.X.
409: L.E.X.
420: L.E.X.

Did I read the clues right this time?

Aris Katsaris writes...

254: Sentinel

Aris Katsaris writes...

133: descend

Aris Katsaris writes...

17: enslaved
134: enslaved

Phil writes...

Another G2198 submission:

74: diversity
134: overcome

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

306 LXG
307 LXG
333 LXG
335 LXG
409 LXG
420 LXG

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

306 LXT
307 LXT
333 LXT
335 LXT
409 LXT
420 LXT

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

306 LXM
307 LXM
333 LXM
335 LXM
409 LXM
420 LXM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

306 LXD
307 LXD
333 LXD
335 LXD
409 LXD
420 LXD

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

306 LXN
307 LXN
333 LXN
335 LXN
409 LXN
420 LXN

Ray Kremer writes...

Hmmmm. We now have two out of three words in the robot acronym. Which runs the possibilities down to 26. (Well, 25. LXR was guessed.) And as painful as brute force is, it's just, well, so much faster. Oh man, I'm such a bastard... I promise I'll only do a few to start out.

306 LXS
307 LXS
333 LXS
335 LXS
409 LXS
420 LXS

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

506: spies
507: covert

Are you SURE these two are wrong?

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

450: planet

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

290: planet

Bud-Clare writes...

129. frightened

Bud-Clare writes...

134. pacified

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

236: Jefferson

He's a-movin' on up....to a deeeelightful apartment in the skyyyyy.....

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Theodore
235: Theodore
241: Theo

His father could be voiced by Bill Cosby...

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Hercules
235: Hercules
241: Herc

Herc-u-les! Her-cu-les! Her-cu-les! (clapping hands like Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor)

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Muhammad
235: Muhammad
241: Uhh...Muha?

It might be the most common name in the world, but somehow I seriously doubt that this guess is correct.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Gaberiel
235: Gaberiel
241: Gabe

I'm not sure if "Gaberiel" is the conventional spelling, but it's the one with eight letters, so I'm using it.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Jonathan
235: Jonathan
241: John

Phil writes...

Another G2198 guess

444: tracking

Aris Katsaris writes...

226: records

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1000
410: 1000

(Frozen in stone for ...)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 2198
410: 2198

(Naw, couldn't be)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1996
410: 1996

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1995
410: 1995

(Season 2)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1994
410: 1994

(Season 1)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1940
410: 1940

(M.I.A.)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1057
410: 1057

(CoS 5th and final Flashback)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1034
410: 1034

(CoS Flashback 4)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest:

336: 1032
410: 1032

(CoS Flashback 3)

Ray Kremer writes...

It almost seems like the contest went on hold during the Louisiana trip. Back into the grind now. Yes, I stopped my "let's try every three digit number possible" after about thirty entries. I didn't want to go too far before getting a reaction to what I was doing. Now I'm almost dreading that reaction. In the meantime somebody actually guessed one of them, and it was the year of the Wyvern massacre. So now I must try some other significant years for the other robot (which I noticed is a four digit number, not another three). So here goes:

G2198 contest:
336: 1020
410: 1020

(City of Stone flashback #2)

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

517 upgraded

That URL again folks is
http://bobcat.bradley.edu/~rkremer/garg/

Fireball writes...

G2198 Contest

Hi :)

17 helpless
106 volcano
127 knowledge
129 unprepared
256 rock
290 world
323 antarctica
404 watchdog
436 empire
438 technology
450 earth
472 archenemy

Man Mountain writes...

One other thing... This new contest hurts my head. Just trying to keep up with the right answers is tough enough. I haven't even dared trying to formulate any guesses and I can't imagine how much work it is for you answering everyone. Bless you and those that enter the contest and thank you all for those of us trying to keep up.

Blaise writes...

Just want to say SORRY! for all the answers I inadvertantly repeated.
I had really checked the archives and kept a written list. How could I have missed those? Heck, I thought I really was the first one to hit Lancelot (silly me).

Ambrosia writes...

Gargoyles 2198 contest :)
76. congruity
133. attacks
244. ISHIMURA
472. adversary
490. kidnapping
517. inspired
thank you!

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

290 - globe
450 - globe

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

It's getting harder and harder.
444: tracking

Blair writes...

2198 Contest

Hi Greg,

It's been a long time since I posted a question here, and I can see that I'm late for the current game, but better late than never, eh?

17. defeated
67. repopulate
68. 2138
127. operating

Hopefully more to come later. I've got some questions/thoughts on your 2198 outline, but I'll hold off until the contest ends. Thanks for posting the outline! I've enjoyed piecing it together.

Regards,
Blair

Aris Katsaris writes...

256: head
290: world
336: 971
472: scapegoat
502: advanced
517: expanded

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

519 - tendencies

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

17 - overcome
517 - extended
519 - propensity

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

490 - onslaught
502 - advanced
506 - heads
517 - enlarged
519 - proclivity

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

17 - defeated
76 - expansion
125 - center
327 - center
336 - 1994
410 - 1994
421 - 994

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

225 reasoning
233 Cannmore (really really wild guess)
235 Cannmore
292 total
313 servant
321 master
322 master
326 master
327 master
408 Cannmore
444 antigrav
472 scapegoat
490 conquering
502 powerful
506 robot
507 mutate

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

Thesaurus time!

225 thinking

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

017 enslaved
124 master
125 master
127 operating
133 invaded
134 defeated
225 spiritual

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

Wait, I though someone had gotten this one already:

254 SENTINAL

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

332: LEXs

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

318: LXR
320: LXR
328: LXR
332: LXRs
333: LXR
335: LXR
409: LXR
420: LXR

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

306: LEX
307: LEX
318: LEX
320: LEX
328: LEX
332: LEX
333: LEX
335: LEX
409: LEX
420: LEX

Phil writes...

Just a few more guesses

43: harassed
226: ancient
317: half

Blaise writes...

GAGROYLES 2198

317: five

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

308 - product
318 - Lexington
436 - domain
472 - scapegoat

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

407 - Zafiro
435 - nova
436 - nation
446 - substance
472 - objective
519 - revolution

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

148 - individual
226 - unusual
308 - variant
311 - corporation
318 - spherical
395 - bred
404 - champion

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

17 - captured
22 - release
61 - slaying
68 - 2158
77 - foremost
117 - caldera
119 - caldera
127 - archiving
129 - acquiesces

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