Ask Greg Archives : Gargoyles : Station Eight

Question received on Sun, August 17, 2003 12:22:51 PM

Valaine Fea writes...

Hello!
I´m from Austria and a big Gargoyles fan!:)
Thanks for the show!
Now my question:
2198
Will Owen look like the Owen we know? Or older?
You said he has a love life. In 1996 or in 2198(between?)?

Please excuse me if I said something grammatically wrong. I`m not very good in english;)

Greetings from Vienna,
Valaine

Greg responds...

Owen will look like Owen, allowing for differences in fashion. I'm not going to go into details of his love life at this time.

Response recorded on April 07, 2005

Question received on Mon, August 04, 2003 08:45:23 PM

Mandy writes...

Are the Timedancer, Dark Ages, and other such stories from another site, have anything to do with the orignial show?

Second, I have read several questions that mention future tense stories, are they on TV or where?

Thank you for your time and consideration with putting up with our questions. It is appreciated.

Greg responds...

There may be fanfiction sites that have used the tidbits I've revealed, including plans for "TimeDancer", "Gargoyles: The Dark Ages", and "Gargoyles: 2198" (formerly known as "Future Tense"), among other spin-offs. But I've never read any of them.

None of this stuff has appeared on television.

Response recorded on March 15, 2005

Question received on Tue, January 01, 2002 04:31:45 PM

Stephaneus writes...

greg where can i find more info on all the "Space-Species-Nokkar-Futurama" crap i keep reading about in the archives. my brother and i really want to know. is there a web site or info centre i could go to to find our more or is all i can do just read the archives and try to figure it out like that. please throw me a bone.

Greg responds...

Seriously, why should I throw a bone to someone who refers to my stuff as crap? Does this method of antagonizing people you're asking favors from work for you in life?

But since someone reading this (a year and a half after you asked) might also be interested, I'd suggest looking at the Gargoyles 2198 archive. Most of what exists is in there.

Response recorded on June 17, 2003

Question received on Sat, September 22, 2001 09:05:06 PM

Anonymous writes...

In the 2198 contest you said that gargoyles were experimented upon, but we never saw any gargoyle getting experimented upon or were you saving this for the third season?

Greg responds...

Well, one could argue that the creation of the clones counted as experimentation on Gargoyles, but, yes, I did have further plans.

Response recorded on April 23, 2002

Question received on Tue, July 10, 2001 07:32:42 PM

Phil writes...

Hi, Greg

This is just a ramble to say thanks again for the G2198 prize. I've read it several times, and I really hope the show gets made someday; I can hardly wait to see it.

Although it would be neat to have a document like this for any of the spin-offs, this is really the one to have. Gargoyles 2198 is really the culmination of everything we know. I see so many of the episodes (especially the World Tour) in a different light, and the other proposed spin-offs seem to be leading right into this one.

You said that the prize itself was worthless, but it has quickly become one of my prized possessions. Thanks again!

Greg responds...

You're welcome.

I'm planning a new contest coming up soon.

Response recorded on August 30, 2001

Question received on Tue, July 03, 2001 11:28:53 PM

matt writes...

hi Greg!

i recieved my prize in the mail, and needless to say i'm thrilled with it! i'm a Geography major and it was extremly interesting to me to learn more about the less known clans, both biologically, socially and culturally. i liked to see how the clans we have known had evolved to what they are in 2198. very very cool!!!

and hey, i also got your autograph! LOL

one question, i think i probably am ok since you never said anything, but is it ok to reveal things said in the prize in here or at the Comment Room? i wouldn't want to get you in trouble like the whole Fiona Canmore thing did... or do you just not want me to say some of these things to everyone? again, ifigure i'm ok since you didn't say to kep these a secret, but just want to check!

thanx again! great prize!!

Greg responds...

Thanks for checking. We've already long ago had this discussion though. I think you know the parameters I've set.

And I'm very glad you liked the prize.

Response recorded on August 07, 2001

Question received on Sun, June 10, 2001 04:30:42 AM

matt writes...

the G-2198 contest ended about 5 minutes ago and i thought of something kinda funny:
when you launched this contest you said that hopefully the contest would end before the Gathering 2001. i thought it funny that we made it with less than two weeks to spare!!
i'll admit that i was only around for the last half of the contest, but it sure got me using the good 'ole Thesaurus and Dictionary! LOL! as fun as it was, i'm glad its over as i'm sure you and everyone else is...
thanx, Greg!

Greg responds...

You're welcome. And believe me. NO ONE is gladder than moi.

Response recorded on July 02, 2001

Question received on Wed, May 09, 2001 04:10:01 AM

Ray Kremer writes...

The mirror of my G2198 page is at:
http://www.geocities.com/raykremer/garg/
because the original should be disappearing soon.

Eh, I suppose I could make another wrong guess for the pile so this isn't just non-question clutter.

517. disabled

Greg responds...

Okay.

Response recorded on June 29, 2001

Question received on Tue, May 08, 2001 10:07:36 AM

Vashkoda writes...

This is in response to Magnolia/Kkatman's question about the contest, which I'm hoping is moot by the time you see this because the contest will have ended.

I have a section on my pages dedicated to the G2198 contest (http://crossroads.dragonmists.org/fantasy/central/gnc_store.html#contest), where I have almost all of the already guessed answers listed for the two remaining unknowns. Ray Kremer (http://bobcat.bradley.edu/~rkremer/garg/) and Aris (http://users.otenet.gr/~katsaris/g2198.htm) have sites that have the G2198 blanks filled in to where we currently stand.

Greg responds...

And I've filled in the blanks on the G2198 contest archive.

Response recorded on June 29, 2001

Question received on Sat, April 14, 2001 03:24:43 PM

Phil writes...

I was going to take another stab at the 2198 contest, but there are a lot of guesses in the queue and mine are already taken. There's a good chance that by the time you read this the contest will be over. At least I hope it is.

Someone had asked whether you would post your timeline here and you said you weren't sure what you'd do with it yet. It seems to me that it would make a good prize for the winners of the 2198 contest. It's just a suggestion; what do you think? If there are secrets in it that you still want to keep, you could award an abridged version of it.

Greg responds...

Spoken like a man who's won the contest. No, the timeline isn't the prize. It's currently over 200 pages long. Just xeroxing and shipping it would be a bit costly, and yeah, it's got a few things in it that I'm not yet ready to reveal.

And who's got time to abridge it? Not me.

But I think you and Matt'll like the prize.

Todd, sent me your addresses. I'll e-mail you both after the Gathering is over.

Response recorded on June 20, 2001

Rambled on Mon, June 11, 2001

GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST RESULTS

FINALLY! It's over!

Matt got the last correct answer (though it was the only answer he got), and we're all very grateful. He gets a prize.

The other prize goes to the individual who got the most answers correct first. Here are the results...

TIED FOR EIGHTEENTH PLACE:
Dracolich - 1
Faieq - 1
Fireball - 1
Matt - 1
Melissa - 1
The Guppi - 1
The Mighty Thor - 1
Vashkoda - 1

TIED FOR FIFTEENTH PLACE:
CZ - 2
Graymonk - 2
Slow - 2

IN FOURTEENTH PLACE: Bud-Clare - 4

IN THIRTEENTH PLACE: Coyote the Bando - 5

IN TWELFTH PLACE: Shari B. - 6

IN ELEVENTH PLACE: Leva - 7

IN TENTH PLACE: Todd Jensen - 8

TIED FOR EIGHT PLACE:
Aris Katsaris - 12
Demonskyre - 12

IN SEVENTH PLACE: Kalafarski - 31

IN SIXTH PLACE: DragonWolf - 32

IN FIFTH PLACE: Ray Kremer - 33

IN FOURTH PLACE: Galvatron - 35

IN THIRD PLACE: Kelly L. Creighton/Kya White Sapphire - 42

In SECOND PLACE: Adam - 101

AND IN FIRST PLACE: Phil - 183

Phil got nearly 35% of the answers single-handedly.

So the winners are matt and Phil. But I'd like to thank everyone who participated.

As for the prizes, I'm first wondering if either matt or Phil are coming to the Gathering, so that I can hand-deliver their prizes. If not, I'll mail them out after the Gathering. (Too swamped to deal with it now.)

AND NOW THE COMPLETED BLANK-FILLED CONTEST:

GARGOYLES 2198
(Fill-in-the-Blank Contest / 9-21-00)

Written by

Greg Weisman

One thousand years ago…
Superstition and the sword ruled.
It was a time of darkness.
It was a world of fear.
It was the age... of gargoyles!
Stone by day, warriors by night,
We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect,
Frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years.
Finally... the spell was broken, and we lived again!

But our struggle was far from over...
For the last two hundred years we have faced the future,
Navigating an uneasy truce with the human race.
But now the planet Earth itself is under attack!
Humanity is helpless!
And we may be your last hope for freedom…

We are defenders of the night!
We are protectors of this world!
The year is 2198.

And we… are GARGOYLES!

In 1996, humanity and the world at large discovered there were gargoyles living among them. Fortunately for the human race, Gargoyles are by nature a protective species. Unfortunately for the gargoyle race, humanity is by nature an intolerant species. Humans did not welcome having to share their world with other sentient creatures. Many were quick to label the gargoyles as beasts, monsters, demons or worse. Gargoyles were denied basic "human" rights. They were discriminated against. Experimented upon. Attacked. Caged. And sometimes destroyed.

Despite this, GOLIATH, the leader of the gargoyles, maintained hope that one day humans and gargoyles would live in peace. Eventually, that day came. The "GARGOYLE MINORITY PROTECTION ACT" was adopted by the UNITED NATIONS. Gargoyles were granted full "sentient rights". Though Gargoyle clans were scattered across the globe, they were collectively granted special status as an indigenous nation. Hunting Gargoyles became a crime.

True acceptance, however, is not so easily legislated. At best, Gargoyles were still barely tolerated by their human neighbors. Real peace would have to wait.

But the gargoyles would take what they could get. The species, once on the verge of extinction, began to make a comeback. Clans that were thriving helped to repopulate those that were not. By 2188, TWELVE CLANS comprised the GARGOYLE NATION. Each was strong in number and tradition. Now it was time to expand again. As a potent act of symbolism, every clan brought its GARGOYLE EGGS to QUEEN FLORENCE ISLAND, off the West Coast of Canada. The eggs would hatch together to demonstrate gargoyle unity. Some of the hatchlings would eventually return to the other Twelve Clans. But many would stay to form the basis of a new clan. A thirteenth clan.

Someone should have told the gargoyles that thirteen is NOT a lucky number.

March 21st, 2198. Queen Florence Island. From around the globe, human Heads of State and all Twelve Gargoyle Clan Leaders have come to this small island for the HATCHING. They wait within the caldera of the Island's dormant volcano to witness the new generation of gargoyles bursting out of their shells. Meanwhile, Samson, a young gargoyle warrior is stuck on ceremonial guard duty at the base of the mountain. Out of nowhere, an immense SPACESHIP materializes above the volcano. It emits a blinding beam of light that stabs down into the caldera. Samson races up the slope, but it's too late. The caldera is empty. No eggs. No gargoyles. No humans. No World Leaders!

Simultaneously, another giant spacecraft hovers over Antarctica. Another beam stabs downward. And Earth's MASTER MATRIX Computer -- the operating system for nearly everything on the planet -- vanishes.

It all happens so fast, there's no time to react. Earth is paralyzed and leaderless when the alien SPACE-SPAWN invades. In less than twenty-four hours, the planet is occupied, absorbed into the SPACE-SPAWN EMPIRE. There is very little loss of life. Very little damage done. Unless freedom matters to you.

It matters to Samson, the new leader of the RESISTENCE. One by one, he gathers his team…

SAMSON - Samson of the Manhattan Clan hatched in 2158. Though his coloring is different, it's obvious to anyone who'd care to look that he is descended from Goliath. Still no one knows how many biological generations removed from Goliath he is. He might be the biological grandson of either Artus or Gwenyvere, Angela and Broadway's first two biological children, or he might be the biological son of Lancelot, their third born. Frankly, it doesn't really matter. There were many eggs in that rookery. All raised collectively by the Manhattan Clan.

By 2198, Samson is forty years old, but only twenty biologically. He has been trained as a Gargoyle Warrior both in Manhattan and in Ishimura. He demonstrated enough promise to have recently been named Second-In-Command of the Manhattan Clan. Now, a reluctant Samson must become leader not just of his clan, but of the entire Resistance.

DELILAH - Delilah of the Labyrinth Clan is a half-breed. Mostly Gargoyle… but part Human as well. Her ancestors include her namesake, the Delilah that Anton Sevarius cloned by combining the DNA of ELISA MAZA with that of DEMONA. Being genetically part of both races has left Delilah feeling like she's not truly a part of either. Upon learning of her "heritage", humans seem to react with fear and even disgust. And Delilah has never been confident that the gargoyles she was raised with don't feel the same way. All this has made her tough on the outside, but desperately insecure on the inside. Nevertheless, she's a fierce young Gargoyle Warrior (the same age as Samson), and Samson makes her his Second in the Resistance.

ZAFIRO - Zafiro of the Mayan Clan hails from the rain forests of Guatemala. He's a descendent of Obsidiana and the Zafiro from "The Green". He has feathered wings, reptilian features and skin the color of sapphires. From the waist down, he looks like a giant snake. He's Samson's contemporary and close friend. Samson, Delilah and Zafiro all trained together as Gargoyle Warriors, studying bushido in Ishimura; they have a Three Musketeers kind of rapport. Zafiro isn't quite the fighter that the other two are, but he has other strengths. He's more spiritual, more intellectual, more book-smart. He has also been entrusted with his clan's ancient and sacred Sapphire Amulet; this magical Mayan talisman prevents him from turning to stone during the day.

GUARDIAN - Seventeen year old Nicholas Natsilane Maza is a scion of both the Natsilane and Maza families (which technically makes him a distant relative of Delilah's). Nick was raised among gargoyles and has taken the family tradition to heart. He too has traveled to Ishimura to join the ORDER OF THE GUARDIAN. He has trained as a Gargoyle Warrior, embracing the Gargoyle Way of Protection & Service. He's as much a gargoyle as a guy can be and not have wings. He's eager, perhaps a little too eager, for a chance to prove that he can hold his own with any other gargoyle. Only he's not a gargoyle. He's one hundred percent human, with a human being's unique strengths and weaknesses.

SENTINEL - NOKKAR (the original model for the mysterious moai statues of Easter Island) landed on Earth centuries ago to stand sentinel and protect our world from the Space-Spawn. But by the time the Space-Spawn actually arrived, their technology so far surpassed his, he was completely caught off guard. Now, there's nothing he can do but join Samson's Resistance cell and try to pitch in. Nokkar is deeply shamed by his failure to protect his adoptive world. He would gladly sacrifice his life to redeem himself.

OWEN BURNETT - OWEN BURNETT was Chief of Staff of the United Nations. An indispensable aide to Secretary General ALEXANDER FOX XANATOS IV. In fact Owen has been an indispensable aide to the Xanatos family since before Alexander was born. But now the Secretary General is gone. Taken by the Space-Spawn and put in stasis with the rest of the world's leaders. The new acting Secretary has surrendered the planet to the enemy. He has no use for Owen's quiet efficiency and intensity. And Owen has no use for a man who won't fight. So Owen has left public service to rejoin the private sector. Secretly, he has placed all the resources of the Lexington-Xanatos Corporation at Samson's disposal. Of course, we all know that Owen is really the Puck. But since he already failed to protect his charge, and certainly has no opportunity to teach him anything at the moment, he's stuck as Owen, stone hand and all.

LXM - LXM (a product of the Lexington-Xanatos Corporation) stands for Lexington-Xanatos-Matrix, a line of robotic personal assistants that were all but ubiquitous in 2198. Almost everyone who was anyone had one of the cute little, five-foot tall, Lexington-shaped chrome robots. Each robot was directly connected via satellite to the Master Matrix in Antarctica, giving each one the ability to instantaneously summon any or all of mankind's collective knowledge. But when the Space-Spawn attacked, one of their first acts was to steal the Master Matrix. Now each LXM is on its own. Each one still has a powerful computer brain with crude artificial intelligence and long-term adaptive programming. But now, knowledge is finite, and experience is becoming the best teacher. Actually, two of these robots, LXM-994 and LXM-1057 will play a role in our series. When we open, these robots will be all but indistinguishable from each other. Automatons, merely. But as the series progresses, each will slowly develop its own personality.

DEMONA - For over a thousand years, Demona has plotted against humanity, blaming them for crimes against the gargoyle race. Now that a greater threat, the Space-Spawn, has reared it's many ugly heads, Demona has reluctantly joined Samson's Resistance cell. But no one, including Demona herself, is fully confident that she'll continue to fight on the side of the angels. This may be her last chance at redemption... or her final opportunity to annihilate the human race. Still, Samson felt it necessary to actively recruit her. It's hard to pass up the help of a warrior who's survived a millennium's worth of battles, a sorceress who knows how to combine ancient magic with modern technology. And then there's that bit about her turning into a human during the day. The only question is how she will use her talents. For now, she's siding with the Resistance. But can that last?

BROOKLYN - Brooklyn is a young gargoyle warrior from our own present day. In our second episode, he'll timedance forward to 2198. The future is as new and strange to him as it is to our audience, and often Brooklyn will be the point of view character to introduce us all to this brave new world. Brooklyn does hope to return to his own time someday, and so makes a special effort not to learn too much about his own "future". But he has no intention of abandoning Samson or Earth in their time of need. Someday, however, he may have to make a choice.

FU-DOG - FU-DOG is a Gargoyle Beast bred by the Xanadu Clan in China, who arrives in 2198 with Brooklyn. Fu-Dog is fiercely loyal (especially to Brooklyn). The ultimate watchdog.

[NOTE: Eventually, the large cast will be split in half. Nokkar will take Demona, Zafiro, Guardian and LXM-1057 into space to hit the Space-Spawn where they live. Samson, Delilah, Brooklyn, Fu-Dog, Owen and LXM-994 will remain on Earth, thwarting the aliens at every turn and engaging in many non-Space-Spawn stories.]

Anyway, those are our heroes. (Other characters will be added over time.) Here's who they're up against…

THE SPACE-SPAWN - Our main antagonists. This alien race was literally "spawned in space", born amidst the fury of an exploding star. For thousands of years, they have expanded their Empire in all directions, and nothing has been able to stand in their way. Their technology is far superior to anything we had on Earth. They possess faster-than-light space travel, cloaking devices, powerful force shields and molecular transporters. They also have weapons capable of destroying the entire planet in a matter of minutes. This creates a dilemma for Samson's Resistance. If Earth becomes more trouble than it's worth, the invaders will simply evacuate the globe and annihilate it.

THE QUARRYMEN - Decades ago, the Quarrymen organization fell out of favor. They were no longer "politically correct". But the events of March 21st, 2198 changed all that. Because most of the world's leaders were abducted while attending the Gargoyle Hatching, many humans became convinced -- at least in part due to Quarrymen propaganda -- that the Gargoyles had conspired and collaborated with the aliens. Now the Quarrymen are making a comeback. They don't much care for the Space-Spawn, but their scapegoat of choice is still the Gargoyles.

THE ILLUMINATI - Of course, the Gargoyles are not collaborators. But THE ILLUMINATI SOCIETY is. The Society is an ancient fraternal organization made up of almost all the true movers and shakers on planet Earth. Many of the world leaders abducted by the Space-Spawn were secretly members of the Illuminati -- proof that the Society definitely did NOT have advanced warning of the invasion. But once the occupation was complete, the Illuminati wasted no time capitalizing on it. They negotiated a secret treaty with the aliens, promising to infiltrate, sabotage and expose any sign of resistance. In exchange, the Space-Spawn promised to release those world leaders that the Society was prepared to vouch for. This devil's agreement was the beginning of a profitable arrangement for all concerned -- and the onset of a major headache for the Resistance.

COYOTE-X - COYOTE-X is a super-advanced robot with a highly evolved and Machiavellian artificial intelligence. He has multiple robot and cyborg operatives, and any number of android bodies that can accommodate his software. Once upon a time, Coyote-X had designs on taking over the world. But that was before the Space-Spawn showed up and rebooted his operating parameters. Now anything less than total control of the entire galaxy would strike him as under-achieving.

And that's the series in a nutshell.

GARGOYLES 2198. The future is now!

Question received on Sun, April 08, 2001 03:45:09 PM

matt writes...

ok, with the newly revealed clues in mind, here i go again...

74- statement
74- assertion
74- situation
74- democracy
74- privilege
74- tradition
74- gallantry

517- rebooted
517- engulfed
517- restored
517- scuttled
517- ordained
517- designed
517- detached
517- seasoned
517- reforged
517- imported
517- imitated

Greg responds...

517 - 'rebooted' YES. thank you

Congratulations, Matt, and thank you for bringing this brutal, brutal contest to an end. You get the prize for getting the LAST answer correct.

Tomorrow I'll tally who wins the prize for getting the MOST answers correct.

But mostly, I just want to say...

THANK GOD IT'S OVER!!!!!!!

(And fyi, I will now delete any further posts that only serve as guesses to the NOW-COMPLETED GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST!)

Response recorded on June 10, 2001

Question received on Thu, April 05, 2001 11:41:28 AM

Vashkoda writes...

(Todd, can you delete my last two posts? I'll just combine them in this one to save room)

74) tradition
517) accessed
517) affected
517) infected
517) infested
517) elicited

So Greg, have you decided what the next contest is going to be? The topic may help motivate people to finish this one.

Greg responds...

Sorry, Vash, it doesn't work that way. Not that it matters.

Response recorded on June 10, 2001

Question received on Thu, April 05, 2001 11:23:05 AM

Vashkoda writes...

517) accessed
74) tradition

Greg responds...

Vash.

517 - accessed. No. Sorry.

74 - tradition. YES!!! GREAT!!!!

That's a point for you and leaves only one blank to fill, 517.

Response recorded on June 10, 2001

Question received on Wed, April 04, 2001 12:50:28 AM

matt writes...

074: ethnicity
074: territory
074: integrity
I liked diversity too. I'm surprised it wasn't right.

---Emambu

Greg responds...

None of the above are correct. Sorry. Keep trying.

Response recorded on June 09, 2001

Question received on Fri, March 30, 2001 02:36:55 AM

matt writes...

74- supremacy
74- community
74- prevalent
74- different

c'mon Greg, can't you just change the answer and say one of these is right? can't you just give us some clues? can't you just forget about the kid and put off the Gathering for a few more centuries...?

Greg responds...

Here's the clue: It's a noun.

(all of the above attempts were wrong.)

Response recorded on May 30, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 25, 2001 12:00:01 PM

Magnolia/Kkatman writes...

And here is the required stab at one of the last G-2198 numbers.

517 - outdated

(It may not be right, but I can't find anyone who has suggested it before, so at least it's new.)

As for 74, could you give us a slight hint? Specifically, I'm wondering about that enigmatic 'and' just before it. If you were to expand that sentence to be more precise, would it read:

Each was strong in number and strong in 74.

or:

Each was strong in number and each was 74.

Thank you.

Magnolia (of the Seattle Clan)
and Kkatman

Greg responds...

517 is wrong.

As for the hint you wanted, I'm sorta against giving extra hints. But I too am tired of this contest. So, the former.

Response recorded on May 08, 2001

Question received on Fri, March 23, 2001 03:08:26 PM

Magnolia/Kkatman writes...

Hello! Love your work, especially Gargoyles. That series was inspiration to me.

On to the question, this one Gargoyles 2198 related:

We have two unguessed numbers left. However, there are several answers that I could not find with a thurough investigation of the archive: 123, 126 and 323. What were the already given answers for these three?

Also, the Galvatron guessed 436 as Empire and 438 as Technology, and you neither confirmed those answers as correct nor called them wrong/previously answered. Later attempts at 436 and 438 all met with the wrong/previously answered response, so I want to confirm that these were the correct answers.

Thank you.

Greg responds...

I'm sorry, I don't have that info available to me here in Burbank. Though I find it hard to believe it's not in the archive. I know someone (is it Vashkoda?) has a webpage dedicated to this. You might ask in the comment room.

I am fairly confident that we're down to these last two.

Response recorded on May 08, 2001

Question received on Wed, March 14, 2001 12:21:00 PM

matt writes...

here we go again...

517- reformed

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on May 02, 2001

Question received on Thu, March 08, 2001 11:44:22 PM

Christine The Machine writes...

Ok, I'll give this a try:

Gargoyles 2198 contest

(Oh, God! I promised myself not to get sucked into this endless vortex.)

517-deployed
517-started
517-recorded
517-profiled

74-allegedly
74-optimized
74-maximized
74-minimized
74-restarted

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on April 09, 2001

Question received on Tue, March 06, 2001 10:07:48 PM

Jim R. writes...

Nevermind about me not finding the 2198 contest.

Here are my stabs at some 8 and 9 letter words I was guessing off the top of my head:

517-maintain
517-initiate
517-protocol
517-recycled
517-visually
517-reformed
517-separate
517-question

if no one has gotten the answer to 517 by the time you get this, Greg, i'm giving up...maybe...well, probably not, but i'll be upset!

517- modified

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Tue, March 06, 2001 04:39:41 PM

matt writes...

517- replaced

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Mon, March 05, 2001 07:24:59 PM

matt writes...

okay, i think i've got a good chance with this one...

517- diverted

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Mon, March 05, 2001 06:50:22 PM

SEM writes...

GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST

(grr... wrong one... I meant...)

517 - exploded

(sorry...)

Greg responds...

Oh, well, that's a little better.

Third try and already leaning towards answers that dont seem to make as much sense...wooo!

74 - obedience

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Mon, March 05, 2001 08:06:52 AM

Sean writes...

sorry about the slashdot name, it's 5:37am and I haven't slept yet =)

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 01:36:36 PM

matt writes...

bless Renaud if this one is right...

74- integrity

Greg responds...

Renard.

No.

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 01:35:56 PM

matt writes...

wait, wait! this could very well be the answer!

74- honorable

Greg responds...

no.

Here's a clue. The word we're looking for is a NOUN!

Otherwise, I'd be a pretty lousy writer.

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 01:34:53 PM

matt writes...

ok, now i'm to the point where i'm searching the dictionary for nine letter words that make sense in the sentence...

74- effulgent

Greg responds...

And you thought effulgent made sense?

no.

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 01:27:10 PM

matt writes...

please, please, please...

74- beautiful

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 01:19:21 PM

matt writes...

please be right!!!!!!

74- offspring
517- enslaved

i really want this contest over, and i'm sure you can relate...

Greg responds...

Yes, I can relate, but no those answers are wrong.

Response recorded on April 08, 2001

Question received on Sun, March 04, 2001 06:57:00 AM

Bruno writes...

Hi, Greg,

The G2198 contest:
517 - expanded

Why is everybody giving up SO near the end?

Greg responds...

I hope no one's giving up.

nope

Greg responds...

No, we only need 74 and 517.

And we still need them.

Response recorded on March 29, 2001

Question received on Wed, February 28, 2001 06:55:54 PM

matt writes...

geez, i've finally been sucked into getting this contest solved!

74- reputable
517- consumed
519- parameters

Greg responds...

74 and 517 are wrong.

519 was answered weeks and weeks ago.

Response recorded on March 29, 2001

Question received on Fri, February 16, 2001 12:42:09 PM

matt writes...

517: destroyed

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on March 13, 2001

Question received on Thu, February 15, 2001 09:07:51 PM

Contest

74: prestieg
517: distroyed
519: containers

Greg responds...

nope

(And by the way, spelling counts.)

Response recorded on March 07, 2001

Question received on Mon, February 05, 2001 07:27:33 PM

James L writes...

2198 Contest

74: intellect
Sorry, forgot my name!

Greg responds...

That's better. But you're still wrong.

Response recorded on March 02, 2001

Question received on Mon, February 05, 2001 09:30:03 AM

2198 CONTEST

74: intellect

Greg responds...

nope

Hey, an anonymous contest entry! YIKES!

Greg responds...

That's one more point for Phil. Congratulations.

Only two blanks left to fill: 74 & 517.

Response recorded on March 01, 2001

Question received on Thu, February 01, 2001 10:25:03 PM

2198 CONTEST

519: employed

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on March 01, 2001

Question received on Thu, February 01, 2001 10:05:57 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

2198 CONTEST

519: procedures

<i>Three more to go!</i>

Greg responds...

nope.

Response recorded on March 01, 2001

Question received on Thu, February 01, 2001 09:12:03 PM

Greg responds...

Oh, yeah. That one. We were gonna have a contest about that after the G2198 contest is over.

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Sat, January 06, 2001 04:39:58 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

518: operating

Greg responds...

YES!

WAY TO GO ADAM! 1 point!!!!

Just three blanks left: 74, 517, 519.

Remember, I'm giving out TWO prizes. One to the person who got the MOST correct answers, and one to the person who gets the LAST correct answer. So anyone can still win!

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Sat, January 06, 2001 04:38:25 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

517: obtained

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Thu, January 04, 2001 06:38:05 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

517: targeted
519: heavenward

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Thu, January 04, 2001 06:32:46 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

74: protected
517: retained
518: abilities
519: challenges

Greg responds...

nope. Sorry. But keep trying.

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Wed, January 03, 2001 03:50:10 PM

Bruno writes...

Hi, Greg,
The 2198 contest (Wild guesses):

74- trustness
510- projects
517- engulfed

Greg responds...

The answer to 510 was "software" and was already guessed.

You're other two werre wrong. But thanks for trying. We only have four blanks left to fill,

74
517
518
519

and I feel like people have given up.

Response recorded on February 01, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 26, 2000 05:48:10 PM

alexandra freeberg writes...

what is this contest i keep hering about

Greg responds...

Check out the "Gargoyles 2198 Contest" archive here at ASK GREG for all the details you could ask for.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 26, 2000 05:31:34 PM

Tanika writes...

Wow, that's a *big* contest . . . no wonder it took you as long as the series plan!

Here are my answers (is there a limit to how many I can try?):

32 sentient
33 creatures
38 denied
39 human
40 rights
46 gargoyle
52 granted
55 clans
56 scattered
56 status
59 endangered
61 hunting
100 clan
101 leaders
228 amulet
231 stone
232 day
341 thousand
342 Demona
345 clan
350 resistance
359 recruit
363 technology
364 human
365 day
366 for
367 now
371 own
372 present
376 future
377 Brooklyn
379 new
380 world
381 Brooklyn
382 return
383 own
384 time
365 learn
380 future
426 heroes
521 nutshell

How'd I do? :)

Greg responds...

There is no limit.

But unfortunately every blank you tried to fill has already been filled.

The only blanks outstanding are 74, 517, 518 and 519.

Response recorded on January 26, 2001

Question received on Wed, December 13, 2000 01:46:51 AM

Sapphire writes...

2198 contest

517) captured

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on January 03, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 03:58:27 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

510: software

Greg responds...

Yessir!! 1 point.

Only four blanks left to fill:

74
517
518
519

Response recorded on January 03, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 10:04:36 AM

Phil writes...

G2198:

517: cemented

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on January 03, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 10:04:10 AM

Phil writes...

After a short hiatus,
more G2198 guesses:

517: assisted

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on January 03, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 03:35:40 AM

Sapphire writes...

2198 contest

518. remarkable

519. masterpiece

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on January 02, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 03:12:18 AM

Sapphire writes...

2198 contest

510. hardware

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on January 02, 2001

Question received on Tue, December 12, 2000 02:53:20 AM

Sapphire writes...

2198

galvatron writes...

510.CPMatrix

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on December 07, 2000

Question received on Tue, November 21, 2000 06:48:11 PM

Todd Jensen writes...

517 - suddenly

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on November 21, 2000

Question received on Tue, November 21, 2000 09:59:16 AM

Phil writes...

More G2198 guesses:

When this contest started at first I thought it was next to impossible. Then I was just too busy to really get involved. But now seeing it down to the wire I can't resist at least taking a shot. Maybe it'll inspire someone else to find that final missing answer if I don't...

74: knowledge
510: identity
518: ambitions
519: incredibly

2198 CONTEST

517. impaired

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 16, 2000 03:59:00 PM

Faieq writes...

G2198 contest:
519. domination

Just a silly question:
I've noticed that you haven't put your 'thank you come again' or 'TYCA' at the bottom of the G2198 contest entries. Why exactly?

Greg responds...

nope

new contest, new responses

but for old time's sake:

tyca

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 16, 2000 10:22:13 AM

Todd Jensen writes...

518 - knowledge

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 16, 2000 10:21:28 AM

Todd Jensen writes...

More guesses:

2198 CONTEST

074: rookeries

Actually, it kind of makes sense that the really "easy" blanks would be the hardest to fill. Stuff like "Nicholas Natsilane" we can find by looking through synopses of old episodes. Our knowledge of Gargoyles gives us a basis for deducing these. But figuring out the last five is more about a knowledge of Greg Weisman than a knowledge of Gargoyles. There simply aren't as many clues to these as there were for some of the others. We just have to try to guess what words you would use given the number of letters in the word. And we know a lot less about you than we do about the show. It could be a while.

Greg responds...

Yeah. That's o.k. I was stunned by how quickly MOST everything else fell. I thought this contest would last months and months. So now maybe it will, but only because of five words.

Oh, rookeries is wrong.

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 16, 2000 12:04:05 AM

Kalafarski writes...

2198 Contest

510. ambition

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Wed, November 15, 2000 09:04:33 PM

Vashkoda writes...

This contest is taking way too long. I doubt this'll help, but I'll give it another try.

74) alliances
518) dastardly
519) perception

Btw, can't you already declare who the winner with the most points is, or is the race really that close?

Greg responds...

Nope.

BTW, I haven't counted the points.

Response recorded on November 16, 2000

Question received on Wed, November 15, 2000 03:55:58 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

517: revealed

Greg responds...

no

Six left:

74
129
510
517
518
519

Question received on Fri, November 10, 2000 01:55:41 PM

Aris Katsaris writes...

Okay, let's start going for the final sprint...

129: leaderless
293: confidence

517: achieved
517: exceeded
517: modified
517: adjusted

518: planetary
518: worldwide
519: domination
519: aspiration

Greg responds...

1 point for 129.

The rest are wrong.

Five hundred twenty answers down. Five blanks to go.

Response recorded on November 10, 2000

Question received on Fri, November 10, 2000 01:29:00 PM

Phil writes...

G2198 guesses:
(with more help from my wife)

517: defeated
518: planetary
519: operatives

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on November 10, 2000

Question received on Fri, November 10, 2000 01:27:38 PM

Phil writes...

More G2198 guesses:
(with help from my wife this time)

74: resources
129: unprepared
293: aggression
517: enlisted

Greg responds...

all wrong...

Don't blame your wife now.

Response recorded on November 10, 2000

Question received on Fri, November 10, 2000 05:34:46 AM

Aris Katsaris writes...

Hey - do you mind if you make a verification for the clues of all the remaining blanks?

74. - 9 letters
129. - 10 letters
293. - 10 letters
446. - 9 letters
510. - 8 letters
517. - 8 letters
518. - 9 letters
519. - 10 letters

Thanks. Just in case any one of them was wrong.

Greg responds...

I don't mind. They're all correct.

Response recorded on November 10, 2000

Question received on Fri, November 10, 2000 05:30:59 AM

Aris Katsaris writes...

There seems to have been a glitch in the last bunch of questions answered so that instead of responding to a particular question, you repeated the immediately *previous* response. Weird.

Anyway, some guesses which were 'lost' in that way.
Phil guessed:
446: universal

Greyphoenix guessed:
446: immediate
518: brilliant
519: masterplan

Greg responds...

That is weird. I have no explanation.

At any rate all of the above guesses are wrong. So I guess no harm was done.

Response recorded on November 10, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 09, 2000 08:20:34 PM

CZ (Lachesis) writes...

Empty queue? Guess there's no harm in adding another guess or two:

293: solidarity
446: molecular
510: commands

Greg responds...

It's so obvious! Why couldn't I see it before?

Greg responds...

Don't know. 1 point.

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 02, 2000 03:42:38 PM

Faieq writes...

Gargoyles 2198 contest:

44. Caged

Greg responds...

1point

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 02, 2000 10:53:42 AM

Aris Katsaris writes...

Thanks, Phil, though my guess is those submissions were wrong anyway.

Btw, Greg, I checked and it seems that Graymonk had indeed submitted "Sentinel" for 254 before I did, so that particular point should go to him. You probably made a mistake there because that guess was part of a *huge* list of guesses, all the rest of which were wrong.

Greg responds...

O.K. Aris, on your authority, I'll take the point away from you and give it to Graymonk.

Thanks.

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Question received on Thu, November 02, 2000 10:01:45 AM

Phil writes...

My own G2198 guess:

nope

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Question received on Wed, November 01, 2000 11:05:05 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

292: loyal

Greg responds...

quiet

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Question received on Wed, November 01, 2000 05:53:00 PM

Man Mountain writes...

The answer to 244 really interests me and I figured I might as well throw out a guess, so here goes...

244: Megalith

(Though its probably GUARDIAN as someone guessed already)

Greg responds...

Guardian.

Response recorded on November 09, 2000

Rambled on Thu, November 02, 2000

CONTEST UPDATE

The following blanks remain to be filled:

Greg responds...

1 pt.

There will always be a Guardian. And there will always be... the Guarded. (Sounds cooler with Hunter and Hunted, doesn't it?)

Response recorded on November 02, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 28, 2000 04:40:37 PM

(The Guppi) writes...

Some Contest alternatives...

293) dissension
490) arrogation (a long shot)

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 02, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 28, 2000 04:37:10 PM

(The Guppi) writes...

233) GUARDIAN
293) opposition
314) Minion (Who wouldn't want a robo-Owen of his very own? :P)
328) LXM
490) ascendancy

Greg responds...

1 pt. for 233

1 pt for 292.

The rest are wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 02, 2000

Rambled on Wed, November 01, 2000

NEW CONTEST UPDATE

NOTE:

The two contests are now for

1) Who gets the most points for filling in the most blanks.

2) Who fills in the very LAST blank. (Not #525 which has already been filled in, but the last empty unfilled blank, whatever number that is).

We're no longer going to award a prize for reprinting the whole essay filled in. I'll do that (for free) when we're done.

The following blanks still need to be filled:

42, 44, 74, 129, 233, 292, 293, 408, 446, 510, 517, 518, 519

That's only thirteen left.

Rambled on Wed, November 01, 2000

CONTEST UPDATE

The following blanks remain to be filled:

42, 44, 74, 125, 129, 133, 134, 233, 244, 292, 293, 314, 322, 327, 328, 408, 433, 444, 446, 490, 508, 510, 517, 518, 519.

That's only 25 left out of 525. Very good work, people.

Now the "bad" news. I'm cancelling the second part of the contest, the part where the first person to list the entire essay correctly gets a prize. I apologize, but the whole thing just became unwieldy, and I can't imagine having to go through twenty or thirty of the full-length essays just to find one or two words wrong in them.

Whether or not you think you have enough points to win the other part of the contest, I still urge everyone to keep guessing these last 25 blanks. First of all, I want this monster over. And second, I can't answer ANY questions about 2198 until the contest is completed. And third, well, it's just nice for everyone to be working together to solve the thing.

Thanks,

Greg

Question received on Fri, October 27, 2000 10:48:35 AM

Bud-Clare writes...

444. doomsday
446. personnel

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 27, 2000 10:03:23 AM

Phil writes...

Closer and closer:

233: Nicolaus
244: Guardian
408: Nicolaus

I admit I don't like the repetition of the name Nicholas Natsilane that much... We already had two repetitions with Delilah and Zafiro...

Greg responds...

1pt for 244

The others are wrong.

nope

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Question received on Thu, October 26, 2000 08:59:10 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Heritage
408: Heritage

292: fiery
293: personality

Soon the time will come when only a handful of guesses will remain - I guess that then a number of people will try to post the entire text so as to win the second prize of the contest.

Since the text's many pages long, and since you *do* tell us which guesses are correct and which aren't, and since the texts will have only one-word variations between them, I think it might be better if you just said that the guy or gal who fills in the last blank wins the second prize - with no need to post the *entire* text.

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

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Question received on Sun, October 22, 2000 06:29:42 PM

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

Greg responds...

3 pts for 134, 433 & 490

The rest wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 07:28:55 PM

Slow writes...

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

Greg responds...

2 pts for 133 and 444.

134 is wrong.

As for 254, it is indeed Sentinel, but I have Aris getting the point for that, not Graymonk. It's possible I made an error. It's a very complicated contest, but I've tried to be careful. Is it possible Graymonk listed the wrong number and/or mispelled the word and/or gave his answer after Aris?

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 04:08:39 PM

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

Greg responds...

1 pt. for 508

The rest are wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on November 01, 2000

Rambled on Thu, October 26, 2000

CONTEST UPDATE

The following blanks remain to be filled:

42, 44, 74, 125, 129, 133, 134, 233, 244, 292, 293, 314, 322, 327, 328, 408, 433, 444, 446, 490, 508, 510, 517, 518, 519.

That's only 25 left out of 525. Very good work, people.

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 12:21:50 AM

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

508: vehicle
510: computer

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 12:20:54 AM

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

444: scanning
446: personal
455: globe

Greg responds...

1pt for 455

1pt

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 12:06:52 AM

Lachesis writes...

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

Greg responds...

Uh... Sorry, but I can't change it. I warned you.

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 21, 2000 12:05:04 AM

CZ writes...

Hello.
More guesses:

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

Someone's answered 67 and 148?

Greg responds...

1 pt. for 507

The rest were wrong and/or already answered...

Demonskyre got 67 - "repopulate"

Melissa got 148 - "biological"

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 11:56:58 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

238: Natsilane

Greg responds...

1pt

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 11:56:44 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

238: Natsilani

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 11:56:01 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

2198 CONTEST

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.

Greg responds...

Doesn't matter.

wrong and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 10:20:05 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

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.

G2198 contest

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

Greg responds...

It would really screw with your head if I said you were right for 333, but wrong on the others, wouldn't it? (You kinda deserve it, Ray.)

But no. All wrong.

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 03:22:35 AM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

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

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 03:20:53 AM

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

Greg responds...

nope

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 01:27:29 AM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

506: spies
507: covert

Are you SURE these two are wrong?

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

And yes I'm sure. Ray already got 506: "robot"

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 01:16:36 AM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

450: planet

Greg responds...

1pt

Response recorded on October 26, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 20, 2000 01:15:12 AM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

These forty-one blanks remain unanswered:

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Thu, October 19, 2000 09:59:39 AM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Jonathan
235: Jonathan
241: John

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Thu, October 19, 2000 09:10:23 AM

Phil writes...

Another G2198 guess

444: tracking

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

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

Greg responds...

1 pt for 17

The rest already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Sat, October 07, 2000 03:26:35 AM

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.

Greg responds...

You're welcome.

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 09:22:12 PM

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).

Greg responds...

'S O.K.

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 05:11:11 PM

Ambrosia writes...

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 01:01:34 PM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

290 - globe
450 - globe

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Reminder, the clues for both of these should read: "6 letters".

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 10:39:35 AM

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

It's getting harder and harder.
444: tracking

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 09:54:18 AM

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 06:14:31 AM

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

1 pt for 502

The rest already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 02:45:06 AM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 02:14:44 AM

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

Greg responds...

3pts for 321, 326, 506

The Rest are already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 01:56:37 AM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

Thesaurus time!

225 thinking

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 01:56:03 AM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

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

Greg responds...

3pts for 124, 127, 225

the rest already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 01:28:03 AM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

Phil writes...

Just a few more guesses

43: harassed
226: ancient
317: half

Greg responds...

1pt for 226

The rest are already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 10:08:34 PM

Blaise writes...

GAGROYLES 2198

317: five

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 07:11:36 PM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

1pt for 472

The rest already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 07:10:20 PM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 07:09:12 PM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 07:08:00 PM

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

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

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 20, 2000

Question received on Fri, October 06, 2000 01:41:41 AM

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.

(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

Greg responds...

I'm not saying, but I think you'll find that the answers will all make some sense once they are found out.

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 02:44:50 PM

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 :-)

Greg responds...

You were wrong and/or already guessed...

And I just double-checked. I got the clue correct on both of those. Whew.

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 11:46:06 AM

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.

Greg responds...

And yet, if they were there they'd have beat you to them anyway, so checking would have sped things up for me at least.

(And yes, I checked the answered and queued responses. I was disappointed to see so many other people guessed the same as I did with some.)

134. enslaved
135. gargoyle
290. world
298. Corporation

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Sun, October 01, 2000 02:23:01 AM

The Phantom Dreamer writes...

Hi,

I guess I should give a brief introduction since I'm new here (this being my first post and all). My name's Eleanor and I'm from NYC. I've been a fan of Gargoyles since it came out back in '94 when I was in fourth grade. I remember rushing back home from school Mondays thru Thursdays so I could manage to record the show on tape (much to my grandmother's bewilderment). My favorite episodes had been "Eye of the Beholder," "The Mirror," "Hunter's Moon" trilogy, and "The Journey". I was saddened to hear the series was cancelled in 1997, but wonders what the internet could offer (I discovered this part of the site 1 week ago) - I never knew there would be so many fans! I loved how you interwoven so many legends/myths into your show; my knowledge of Shakespeare had been limited (well, I was in grade school) until I watched the episodes. Last year my English 10 Honors class was studying "MacBeth" - I was able to recognize many of the names from the play. Thank you for expanding the imagination of the child I was six years ago and making me the lover of legends I am today.

All right, I think I'm getting too off-topic... wouldn't want to put anyone to sleep :) Anyway---

*****Garg. 2198 Contest*****

My guesses. Just hope no one mentioned them yet...

44: Hated
68: 2198
108: hatching
183: Delilah
186: cloned
356: obliterate
378: brand

Thanks,
~E.L.

Greg responds...

Welcome E.L.!!!

Sorry, but... wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Sat, September 30, 2000 11:50:04 PM

Blaise writes...

Look out, here come's another one.

Greg,
By now you can see that things are slowing down with the G2198 contest. It started out as a sprint, but I think in the long run it will still be a marathon. We've filled in all the easy ones, and the rest might take a while.

Although some may resort to the trial and error method, I will continue to base my guesses on careful thought and logic. (Except for the occasional wild guess.)

And speaking of wild guesses:
42: expectorated (??)

PS: I'm sorry this contest isn't turning out like you thought, but I'm enjoying it. }:)

Greg responds...

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

G2198 contest
334 983
336 983
410 983
421 983

Greg responds...

1pt. for 421

Ray it might have been nice if you had read the clues more carefully...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Sat, September 30, 2000 01:59:29 PM

Contest

68: 2188

Greg responds...

1pt

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Sat, September 30, 2000 12:14:17 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

G2198 contest

Now that the obvious ones are done with, it gets harder for us and easier for you. Much more exciting too.

17 hopeless
74 fortitude
108 struggle
150 Goliath
151 offspring
233 Broadway
235 Broadway
241 Maza
244 Gargoyle
293 dedication

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Sat, September 30, 2000 02:26:51 AM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

2198 Contest

523. live

By the way, really sorry about that mega-list of answers. I'd posted it before you requested shorter entries, but I didn't even mean to make the list nearly that long.

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Fri, September 29, 2000 11:05:12 PM

Lachesis writes...

Contest:
Okay, I've made sure these are all the right length and haven't been guessed by anyone else yet. Somehow, I think they'll all end up in the already answered category though.

337: drones
479: worldwide
525: back

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Fri, September 29, 2000 10:48:36 PM

Shari B writes...

You said it Blaise! The early bird gets the worm in this one. I can't tell you how many of my guesses have already been submitted. But here a few that I think have not been.

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest

450. EARTH
455. WORLD

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

But here's my THIRD mistake in the clues...

The clue to 450 should read "6 letters".

DAMN. I liked it better when I thought I'd only made one mistake. One mistake out of 525 is pretty forgivable. But three is embarrassing.

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Mon, October 02, 2000 11:41:33 AM

Robin Wynn writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest

244. GARGOYLE
290. WORLD
317. FOUR
374. FORWARD

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

But I've found my SECOND mistake in the clues.

Number 290's clue should read "6 letters". Sorry.

Response recorded on October 19, 2000

Question received on Fri, September 29, 2000 09:45:44 PM

Blaise writes...

Yeesh! I go through the list and write out blanks for each number (filling in those I already knew about), then go through the summary/character-list and fill as many blanks as I can. Go to read the Questions Submitted and...about 80-90% of my guesses were already guessed.
Se la vie (sp?).

Melissa writes...

2198 CONTEST

85. CLAN
88. GARGOYLES
104. INSIDES
148. BIOLOGICAL
191. UNVOLUNTARY

Greg responds...

1 pt for 148

the rest - already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 18, 2000

Question received on Fri, September 29, 2000 05:10:25 PM

Bruno writes...

Hi, Greg,

The 2198 Contest

272 -Owen
273 -Burnett
274 -Owen
275 -Burnett
284 -Xanatos
285 -Alexander
287 -Space
288 -Spawn
300 -Owen
301 -Puck
304 -Owen
305 -fist

Hey, what about a board with all the correct answers? It should be a great help to us, and a good reference point.

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong...

Response recorded on October 18, 2000

Rambled on Thu, October 05, 2000

CONTEST UPDATE

Well, we're still answering more apace. Don't know if anyone's keeping track, but by my records here's what still remains unanswered:

17, 42, 44, 67, 68, 74, 75, 76, 108, 124, 125, 127, 129, 133, 134, 148, 214, 225, 226, 227, 233, 235, 236, 238, 241, 244, 253, 254, 256, 290, 292, 293, 306, 307, 313, 314, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 333, 335, 336, 356, 395, 404, 408, 409, 410, 420, 421, 433, 444, 446, 447, 450, 455, 472, 490, 502, 506, 507, 508, 510, 517, 518, 519.

Only sixty-eight blanks left out of five hundred twenty-five.

Wow.

Question received on Fri, September 29, 2000 12:00:58 AM

Leva writes...

68: 2198
75: expand (wild guess)
77: hatching
78: eggs
99: twelve
110: Zafiro (covering the bases in case Samson isn't right)
118: Zafiro

Greg responds...

75 - 1 pt

rest incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:54:42 PM

Dracolich writes...

Here is a couple of guesses for the 2198 contest:

27: world
35: freaks
37: demons
140: leader
178: half
265: Space
266: spawn
271: planet
356: annihilate

Greg responds...

2198 contest:

44 - hated
214 - sapphires
253 - being's
308 - creation
356 - obliderate
423 - society

I concur with whoever it was that said the more I figure out the more fascinating this story becomes (sorry I can't remember who it was, but I have read a LOT of posts tonight). Greg, you are a genius.

Greg responds...

214, 253 - two points

The rest are incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 10:25:58 PM

Ray Kremer writes...

Okay, last one until after tonight's scoring.

G2198 contest

414 Samson
450 world
455 world
486 honorary
514 world
517 abducted

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 10:24:26 PM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

414 Zafiro
433 heat
447 transporters
450 Earth
514 Earth

Greg responds...

447 correct - 1pt

395 is correct for one point.

the rest are incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 10:20:45 PM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

205 Paris
206 dark
214 gemstones
219 Zafiro
221 Zafiro
226 magical
260 millennia
290 world
312 Lexington
317 five

Greg responds...

2pts for 312, 317

the rest incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 10:20:23 PM

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

205 Korea

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 09:12:14 PM

Shari B writes...

Another contest?!? Yay yay!! (but of course I am way behind - that's what I get for not checking here in the last three days) I waded through the queue, and I think I caught all the ones that have already been guessed. My apologies if I missed a couple though.

2198 contest:

Contest

(Wild guesses)
125: Lexnet
322: Lexnet
327: Lexnet

PS: Happy Birthday!

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

1pt.

By the way, it's okay to post more than one at a time. Just don't get carried away.

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 03:02:13 PM

Demona Taina writes...

This is a long shot but oh, well. :P

GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST

7: humans
27: world
35: demons
53: civilian
107: hatchlings
108: coming

My guesses.. more to come. :)

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 02:55:13 PM

Ray Kremer writes...

>Adam writes...
>2198 CONTEST
>Okay, I'm stupid. I should have waited five seconds for you to post the numbers. Sorry, but here's more.
>513: over
>514: world
>515: space
>516: spawn
>520: galaxy
>521: nutshell
>522: Gargoyles
>523: 2198
>Greg responds...
>5pts. Told you this thing was too easy.
>recorded on 09-27-00

Which five?

Greg responds...

Adam has points for 513-516 and 523.

I didn't have him down for 520, but if this is accurate, then I'm giving him 1 point for that now.

DragonWolf has the point for 521.

Kalafarski has the points for 522.

But they are all correct.

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 02:01:30 PM

Derek writes...

2198 Question-
For the final answer, do you want the whole paragraph with blanks filled in or just a list from 1 to 524?

Greg responds...

The whole document with all the blanks filled in.

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:59:04 AM

Phil writes...

Contest

474: Machiavellian

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:54:36 AM

Phil writes...

Contest

467: collaborated
472: prejudice

Greg responds...

1pt for 467.

472 incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:49:50 AM

Phil writes...

Contest

433: fire
444: teleport

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:29:43 AM

Phil writes...

Contest

Contest

Contest

225: scholarly

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:09:31 AM

Leva writes...

219: Samson

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 11:00:43 AM

Phil writes...

Contest

Leva writes...

108: hatching
117: caldera
119: caldera
120: eggs
121: spacecraft
128: earth

Greg responds...

2pts for 117 and 119

the rest incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Thu, September 28, 2000 02:30:08 AM

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

So much for cheating (not that you really were).

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 09:49:20 PM

galvatron writes...

43.attacked
71.gargoyle
77.gargoyle
76.diplomacy
85.eggs
94.April
133.arrives
158.lancelot
178.part

Greg responds...

Correct: 43, 77, 158

3pts.

The rest incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 09:40:19 PM

Bud-Clare writes...

2198 Contest

219: Zafiro
221: Samson

*gets sick of spending hideous amounts of time trying to find answers that haven't been submitted yet, and goes to the comment room*

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 09:25:18 PM

Bud-Clare writes...

*sighs* Maybe _these_ haven't been guessed yet. This contest is really, really nasty.

206: rain
237: Maza
239: Maza
252: fully

Greg responds...

Tell me about it.

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 07:35:52 PM

Bud-Clare writes...

The Contest:

6: years
13: Earth
15: danger
30: we
31: Gargoyles
32: sentient
33: lifeforms
47: Gargoyle
48: Protection
49: Act
50: United
51: Nations
52: granted
54: status
55: clans
58: rights
59: independent
60: nation
61: Killing
65: comeback
78: eggs
79: Queen
80: Florence
81: Island
82: west
83: coast
84: Canada
85: eggs
86: hatch
88: hatchlings
90: new
91: thirteenth
92: thirteen (Says who?)
93: number
140: leader
146: coloring
147: Goliath
173: leader
180: part
181: human
255: Nokkar
259: Earth
262: world
263: Space
264: Spawn
265: Space
266: Spawn
267: technology
269: resistence
270: Nokkar
426: heroes

Greg responds...

Still a bit too long for one post...

1pt.

CORRECT: 60

The rest: incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 05:50:52 PM

Bruno writes...

Hi, Greg!

The G2198 contest:

2-far
23-defenders
24-night
25-protectors
26-this
27-world
28-year
29-2198
427-space
428-spawn
460-world's
470-space
471-spawn
457-iluminatti
500-coyote
501-coyote
504-artifitial
505-intelligence
523-tyca

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 02:26:13 PM

Michael writes...

143: Samson

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 01:59:24 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

508: robotic
509: bodies

Greg responds...

509 is correct.

2198 CONTEST
Oh geez. Already there's lots and lots of entries. I doubt I can get any that haven't been gotten already, but here goes:

1 struggle
2 far
3 over
4 two
5 hundred
6 years
9 river
13 world
15 danger
18 it
22 victory
23 defenders
24 night
27 earth
28 time
29 here
30 we
31 gargoyles
32 sentient
33 creatures
35 demons
36 monsters
37 devils
41 discriminated
49 act
50 united
51 nations
52 finally
55 clans
56 scattered
61 killing
82 east
83 coast
90 new
100 clan
101 leaders
102 island
106 volcano
110 samson
115 spaceship
116 volcano
117 castle
118 samson
119 castle
120 life
121 spacecraft
128 earth
131 space
132 spawn
134 defeated
135 space
136 spawn
137 empire
138 freedom
139 samson
140 leader
142 samson
144 manhattan
146 coloring
147 goliath
149 removed
156 children
157 son
159 eggs
160 rookery
161 manhattan
162 2198
163 samson
164 sixty
165 thrity
166 manhattan
169 of
171 manhattan
173 leader
174 resistance
175 delilah
177 manhattan
178 half
179 breed
180 part
181 human
187 dna
188 elisa
189 maza
190 demona
193 delilah
194 heritage
195 delilah
196 gargoyles
199 samson
200 samson
201 second
205 mayan
207 jungles
209 guatemala
211 green
212 feathered
213 reptilian
215 waist
217 snake
218 samson's
219 samson
220 delilah
228 amulet
231 stone
232 day
245 way
250 not
251 human
255 nokkar
256 head
257 easter
258 island
259 earth
260 millenia
262 world
263 space
264 spawn
265 space
266 spawn
267 technology
269 resistance
270 nokkar
271 world
272 owen
273 burnett
274 owen
275 burnett
278 pyramid
279 secretary
280 alexander
281 fox
282 xanatos
283 owen
284 xanatos
285 alexander
286 secretary
287 space
288 spawn
289 president
290 earth
294 owen
295 owen
296 lexington
297 xanatos
298 enterprises
299 samson's
300 owen
301 puck
302 protect
303 teach
304 owen
305 fist
306 lex
307 lex
308 product
309 lexington
310 xanatos
311 enterprises
316 2198
317 four
318 lexington
319 robots
320 robot
324 space
325 spawn
328 lex
330 artificial
331 programming
332 robots
333 lex
335 lex
337 robots
339 personality
340 demona
341 thousand
342 demona
343 humanity
344 crimes
345 race
346 space
347 spawn
348 demona
349 samson's
350 resistance
351 demona
352 fight
353 side
354 angels
355 redemption
357 race
358 samson
359 recruit
360 millenium
361 sorceress
362 magic
363 technology
364 human
365 day
366 for
367 now
368 resistance
369 brooklyn
370 brooklyn
371 own
372 present
375 2198
376 future
377 brooklyn
379 new
380 stuff
381 brooklyn
382 travel
383 own
384 time
385 learn
386 future
387 samson
389 fu
390 dog
391 fu
392 dog
396 xanadu
397 china
398 2198
399 brooklyn
400 fu
401 dog
402 loyal
403 brooklyn
405 samson
406 demona
407 nokkar
409 lex
411 space
412 space
413 spawn
415 delilah
416 brooklyn
417 fu
418 dog
419 owen
420 lex
422 earth
426 majors
427 space
428 spawn
429 adversaries
431 spawned
432 space
435 star
436 empire
437 nothing
438 technology
439 superior
440 earth
441 faster
442 light
443 space
449 vaporizing
451 samson's
452 resistance
453 earth
455 earth
456 annihilate
457 quarrymen
458 quarrymen
459 2198
460 world's
463 people
466 gargoyles
469 quarrymen
470 space
471 spawn
473 illuminati
475 illuminati
480 shakers
482 earth
484 space
485 spawn
487 illuminati
489 invasion
491 illuminati
493 resistance
494 space
495 spawn
496 leaders
499 resistance
500 coyote
501 coyote
503 robot
506 goals
511 coyote
512 x
513 back
515 space
516 spawn
521 nutshell
522 gargoyles
523 2198
524 time
525 here

Greg responds...

You're killing me with the length of this post, but...7pts.

CORRECT: 296, 308-309, 318, 371, 435, 456

All the rest are incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 12:33:19 AM

Icemann writes...

Heres what I think are some answers for the Gargoyles 2198 contest:

340: Demona
341: Thousand
342: Demona
343: Humanity
344: Crimes
345: Race
348: Demona
351: Demona
358: Demona
362: Magic
363: Technology
364: Human
365: Day
460: Worlds
483: World
521: Nutshell
522: Gargoyles
523: 2198

Greg responds...

incorrect and/or already answered...

Response recorded on October 05, 2000

Question received on Wed, September 27, 2000 12:19:16 AM

Coyote the Bando writes...

First stab at the new contest, and it's a doozy ... keeping in mind I've been sequestered before the computer for about two hours playing this maddest of Mad Libs ...

1: struggle
2: far
3: over
4: two
5: hundred
6: years
7: future
8: uneasy
9: peace
10: human
11: race
12: entire
13: world
14: under
15: attack
18: it
23: defenders
24: night
28: year
29: 2198
30: We
31: Gargoyles
32: sentient
33: creatures
34: judge
35: beasts
36: monsters
37: demons
41: discriminated
43: Arrested
44: Tried
45: convicted
46: Gargoyle
48: Protection
49: Act
50: United
51: Nations
52: granted
53: gargoyle
54: rights
55: still
56: scattered
58: status
58: endangered
60: specie
61: Hunting
62: species
63: verge
64: extinction
65: comeback
66: stronger
69: twelve
70: clans
71: Garoyle
72: Nation
73: number
74: prominent
75: gather
82: east
83: coast
87: unity
90: new
91: thirteenth
92: thirteen
93: number
94: March
95: 2198
99: twelve
100: clan
101: leaders
102: island
105: island's
106: volcano
108: selected
109: number
110: Samson
115: spaceship
116: volcano
118: Samson
120: Clan
121: mothership
122: Washington
127: governing
128: Earth
131: Space
132: Spawn
133: attacks

Whew ... gonna sectionalize this thing ...

Greg responds...

O.K. Again, this is too long a post. It takes me forever when I keep having to scroll back and forth, but... 5pts.

CORRECT - 7, 58 (the first 58, "status"), 61, 72, 73

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 02, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 11:07:42 PM

43: Despised
44: Hated

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on October 02, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 10:55:02 PM

Phil writes...

Whew....

I thought this was gonna be a marathon, but it's turning into a sprint. We're WAY past the halfway point already.

Now I'd just like to facilitate people not posting answers to blanks already filled.

So here -- according to my records -- are the blanks that haven't yet been guessed correctly:

7, 16-17, 19, 22, 42-44, 53, 57-61, 66-68, 72-77, 104, 108, 112, 117, 119, 124-125, 127, 129-130, 133-134, 148, 151, 155, 158, 183, 186, 214, 225-227, 233, 235-236, 238, 241, 244, 253-254, 256, 290, 292-293, 296, 298, 306-314, 316-318, 320-322, 326-328, 332-336, 338, 356, 371, 374, 395, 404, 407-410, 420-421, 433-435, 444, 446-447, 450, 455-456, 464-465, 467, 472, 474, 478-479, 490, 498, 502, 506-510, 517-520.

Only 122 blanks left to fill out of 525.

Like I said, "Whew..."

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 10:50:14 PM

Emmlei writes...

Contest:
521: nutshell

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 10:46:54 PM

Contest

143: second

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 10:24:05 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

Contest

78: eggs

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 10:05:22 PM

108: breaking

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:55:34 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

477: society
486: secretly
490: resistance
499: resistance

Greg responds...

3 pts

490 wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:53:34 PM

DragonWolf writes...

104: rookery

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:50:45 PM

DragonWolf writes...

134: absorbed

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:48:19 PM

Phil writes...

Contest:

451: Samson's
454: invaders

Greg responds...

2

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:44:57 PM

206: deep
207: jungles

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:40:21 PM

Kalafarski writes...

2198 Contest

ALL the rest are wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 09:15:15 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

Contest

289: secretary
290: world
291: Owen's
296: secretary
297: general
299: Samson's

Greg responds...

3 pts

290, 296, 297 wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:55:47 PM

DragonWolf writes...

237: Maza

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:54:17 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

268: Samson's
269: resistance

Greg responds...

2

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:53:17 PM

DragonWolf writes...

230: artifact

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:51:27 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

234: seventeen
238: Bluestone
243: Ishimura
247: service
253: human's

Greg responds...

Phil, you're amazing.

3 pts.

238 and 253 wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:48:49 PM

DragonWolf writes...

452: resistance

Greg responds...

1 point

I really shouldn't have given any clues. It was already way too easy without clues. I also should have set some limits. Like I'd only take so many guesses per day.

Oh, well. Live and learn.

But I never meant to reveal this much this quickly. And I never intended to be working this hard either.

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:48:07 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

431: spawned

("birthed?" What was I thinking?)

Greg responds...

I was wondering...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:44:18 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

204: Zafiro
226: pendant
227: mystical
228: amulet
229: Mayan

Greg responds...

3 pts.

226-227 wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:41:35 PM

DragonWolf writes...

488: Society

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:32:36 PM

361: sorceress

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:27:21 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

110: Samson
113: guard
114: duty
118: Samson

Greg responds...

4

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:23:11 PM

Contest

85: eggs
86: hatch
88: hatchlings

Greg responds...

3

This contest is way too easy.

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:22:26 PM

DragonWolf writes...

449: destroying

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:21:24 PM

DragonWolf writes...

450: world

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:19:37 PM

DragonWolf writes...

444: doomsday

Greg responds...

wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:18:03 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

The more I figure out, the cooler this story gets!

103: hatching
107: generation
108: emerging

Greg responds...

1 pt for 103

The rest wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:17:21 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:09:26 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

404: guardian

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:07:04 PM

DragonWolf writes...

439: superior

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:05:54 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

375: 2198
378; strange

Greg responds...

1 pt. for 375

378 is wrong and/or already guessed...

Response recorded on September 30, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 08:05:33 PM

2198 CONTEST

402: loyal
403: Brooklyn

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong: 402

5 pts.

already answered and/or wrong: 224

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:52:59 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

177: Labyrinth
204: leader
206: deep
207: jungles

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:52:01 PM

Phil writes...

Contest

152: Artus
153: Gwenyvere
154: Angela
155: Broadway
156: children
157: son

Greg responds...

5 pts.

already answered and/or wrong: 155

REMINDER. The clue to 155 was adjusted:

8 letters + "'s"

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:51:12 PM

Adam writes...

3 pts.

already answered and/or wrong:

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:41:57 PM

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:35:12 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

265: space
266: spawn

Greg responds...

2

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:33:40 PM

DragonWolf writes...

242: raised

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:33:00 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

041: discriminated

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:32:37 PM

2198 Contest

Just thought I'd throw in that the this is the coolest contest yet, and I'm praying that this series gets made some day, one way or another.

2. far
3. over
4. two
5. hundred
6. years
18. we
32. sentient
33. creatures
55. clans
56. scattered
94. March
95. 2198
96. Queen
97. Florence
98. Island
102. island
115. spaceship
121. spacecraft
146. coloring
267. technology
283. Owen
284. Xanatos
285. Alexander
295. Owen
300. Owen
304. Owen
305. fist
349. Samson's
350. resistance
351. Demona
352. fight
353. side
354. humans
363. technology
402. loyal
405. Nokkar
411. space
500. Coyote
501. Coyote
503. robot
504. artificial
505. intelligence
520. planet
522. Gargoyles
523. 2198
524. future
525. here

Greg responds...

O.K. Again, this list is SO LONG, that is very difficult for me to deal with. VERY TIME-CONSUMING and annoying.

In the future, please divide long lists like this into at least two or three posts. PLEASE!

16 Points for: 94-98, 121, 295, 349-350, 402, 405, 411, 504-505, 522, 524

Everything else was already answered and/or wrong.

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:30:54 PM

DragonWolf writes...

Excuse me, screwed up!

35. demons
37. beasts

Greg responds...

already answered by you (and I don't mean in your last post). Trying to score twice for the same answers, DW?

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:30:29 PM

DragonWolf writes...

35. - 6 letters demons
37. - 6 letters beasts

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong:

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:30:07 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

19: our

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:30:00 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

045: massacred

(correcting a previous error)

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:29:53 PM

DragonWolf writes...

35: beasts
36: monsters
37: demons

Greg responds...

2pts

already answered and/or wrong: 36

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:29:12 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

20:last
21:hope
22:mankind

Greg responds...

2 pts

already answered and/or wrong: 22

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:27:37 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

256: head

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:26:31 PM

DragonWolf writes...

19: last
20: hope

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:25:55 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

252: blend

oops- that last post was me needing to slow down a little. *corrects herself*

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:25:32 PM

DragonWolf writes...

18: we

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:23:46 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

252: of

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:22:47 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

218: Samson's

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:14:39 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

137: empire
436: empire

Greg responds...

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:04:22 PM

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest
(I'm back, but I'm at home now)

272: Owen
273: Burnett
274: Owen
275; Burnett
276: staff
277: United
278: Nations
279: Secretary
280: Alexander
281: Fox
282: Xanatos
283: Owen
284: Xanatos
285: Alexander
286: Secretary
287: Space
288: Spawn

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong: 272, 273

but 15 pts for the rest

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:03:30 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

dragonwolf- yeah i said them several posts back ^_^ good thing i started keeping track of these as soon as they were posted, its impossible now.

adam- GOOD one for #1!! *bows*

196: gargoyles

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:02:46 PM

DragonWolf writes...

180: some
181: human

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong:

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 07:02:27 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

270: Nokkar

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong:

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:48:55 PM

DragonWolf writes...

262: world

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:48:23 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

157: kid

What have I wrought?!!!

Anyway, 1 point.

And I'm glad you're having fun.

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:45:40 PM

DragonWolf writes...

192: races

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:44:39 PM

DragonWolf writes...

100: clan
101: leaders

272. Owen
273. Burnett

300. Owen
301. Puck
302. protect
303. teach
304. Owen
305. hand

Greg responds...

That's the spirit: 8pts.

already answered and/or wrong: 231, 232

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:41:14 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

342: Demona
348: Demona
352: fight

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:40:59 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

127: governing

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:39:54 PM

DragonWolf writes...

52: awarded

Greg responds...

already answered and/or wrong

Response recorded on September 29, 2000

Rambled on Wed, September 27, 2000

CONTEST CORRECTION

Vashkoda pointed out an error:

The clue to 155 should read:

8 letters + "'s"

hopefully that's the first and last mistake I've made.

Sorry. (But I warned you.)

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:38:34 PM

Demonskrye writes...

Gargoyles 2198 Contest

oh boy....

23: defenders
55: clans
56: scattered
62: species
63: brink
64: extinction
65: comeback
92: thirteen
93: number
109: shells
178: cross
179: breed
231: stone
232: day
250: not
257: Easter
258: Island
340: Demona
341: thousand
342: Demona
343: humans
346: space
347: spawn
348: Demona
351: Demona
352: fight
353: side
354: angels
355: redemption
359: recruit
364: human
365: day
369: Brooklyn
412: space
413: spawn
424: space
425: spawn
427: space
428: spawn
429: viilains
500:Coyote
501: Coyote
502: intelligent
503: robot
521: nutshell

Greg responds...

O.K. For future reference, this is another example of a post that's too long to be convenient.

Right: 109, 179, 250, 348, 352, 359, 412, 413, 424, 425, 503 - eleven points.

Wrong and/or already answered: all the rest

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:37:17 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

120: clan

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:36:24 PM

DragonWolf writes...

215: waist
217: snake
209: Obsidiana
210: Zafiro

Greg responds...

2pts

210 and 217 were already answered

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:35:47 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

116: volcano

Greg responds...

1

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:34:54 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

369: Brooklyn
370: Brooklyn
377: Brooklyn
379: new
380: world
381: Brooklyn
382: return
383: own
384: time
385: learn
386: destiny

Greg responds...

10pts

386 wrong

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:34:12 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

110: angela

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:33:28 PM

2198 contest:
*starts using a 3 digit format*

027- earth

Greg responds...

no

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 06:06:24 PM

Aris Katsaris writes...

Mmm.. sorry for the negativity but I don't think I like this new contest that much. It seems way too much a Speedy Gonzales thing, rather than a thinking person's comp...

Oh, well, call me a hypocrite but I'll put a guess (though most probably I won't make another0 - words I think I've figured out already:

28.year
29.2198
43. threatened
44.attacked
45.killed
52.granted
54.rights
58.rights
61.killing
65.difference
76.unity
89.twelve
91.thirteen
92.thirteenth
93.number

Greg responds...

Aris, you're starting to sound like a curmdugeon. :)

Keep in mind

341.thousand
427.space
428.spawn
429.antagonists
430.alien
436.empire
438.technology
439.advanced
440.earth
441 faster
442 light
443 speed
445.shields
448.devices
449.kidnapping
453.earth
455.earth
457.quarrymen
459.2198
460.world
463.people
465.illuminati
466.gargoyles
468.aliens
469.quarrymen
470.space
471.spawn
473.illuminati
475.illuminati
476.society
477.illuminati
480.shakers
483.world
484.space
485.spawn
486.secret
487.illuminati
488.illuminati
489.invasion
490.invasion
491.illuminati
492.aliens
494.space
495.spawn
496.leaders
494.illuminati
499.gargoyles
513. over
514.world
515.space
516.spawn
520.world

Greg responds...

Right - 430, 440, 445, 453, 457, 459, 466, 468, 476, 489, 492
Already answered - 341, 427-429, 441-443, 460, 469-471, 473, 475, 480, 483-485, 487, 491, 494-496, 513-516
Wrong - 439, 448-449, 455, 463, 465, 477, 486, 488, 490, 499, 520

11 pts.

Guys, from now on, please don't put a list this long in one post. If it's more than one entire screen, it's a huge hassle for me to record the scores.

Also, as much as possible, please try not to repost the same answer for something that someone else has already posted. Just takes time.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 05:39:12 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

34- judge

Greg responds...

Nope. Sorry.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 05:37:51 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

*hopes you dont get mad at her for posting them all one at a time*

33- lifeforms

Greg responds...

Not mad.

But not right either. And Phil already answered this one.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 05:36:58 PM

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest
(It's after hours now, so my job is safe. But I'm still sitting at my desk when I could be going home. Somebody call Gargoyles Anonymous)

142: Samson
143: leader
144: Manhattan
150: Goliath
159: eggs
160: rookery
161: Manhattan
162: 2198
163: Samson
166: Manhattan
167: Ishimura
168: second
169: in
170: command
173: leader

Greg responds...

143 is incorrect

Greg responds...

Actually, this one doesn't work this way. I'll tell you which one's are right or wrong.

Like this one is wrong.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 05:31:54 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

2198 contest:

Phil writes...

Whew! That was fun.

Now that the initial rush is over...

Phil writes...

Contest

115 spaceship
122 Washington
138 freedom
139 Samson
146 coloring
163 Samson

Greg responds...

5 pts.

Guesses:
32 sentient
33 creatures
35 demons
45 killed
56 scattered
61 killing

More later

Greg responds...

3pts. for 32, 33 and 56

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:39:50 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

175: Delilah
180: part
181: human
184: Doctor
185: Sevarius
187: DNA
188: Elisa
189: Maza
190: Demona
193: Delilah
195: Delilah

Greg responds...

10 pts. Everything's right but 184.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:33:04 PM

93: number
341: thousand
342: Demona

Greg responds...

3pts

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:19:34 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

427: space
428: spawn
458: Quarrymen
460: world's
469: Quarrymen
470: space
471: spawn

Greg responds...

7pts

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:18:49 PM

DragonWolf writes...

23: defenders
24: night

Greg responds...

Sorry Adam beat you to it.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:14:00 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

Okay, I'm stupid. I should have waited five seconds for you to post the numbers. Sorry, but here's more.

513: over
514: world
515: space
516: spawn
520: galaxy
521: nutshell
522: Gargoyles
523: 2198

Greg responds...

5pts. Told you this thing was too easy.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:13:41 PM

DragonWolf writes...

521: nutshell

Greg responds...

1pt.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 03:57:34 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

99: fourteen
100: clan
101: leaders
102: island
103: summit
104: crater
105: island's
106: volcano
147: Goliath

O.K., I'd better stop now before I start guessing too much.

Greg responds...

six points for 100-102, 105, 106 and 147

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 03:48:14 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

45: killed
50: United
51: Nations
55: clans
61: Killing

Greg responds...

three points for United, Nations and clans.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 03:42:17 PM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

Just a few quick points (hopefully).

2: far
3: over
4: two
5: hundred
6: years
23: defenders
24: night

Greg responds...

7 points Adam. Nice start.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 01:42:55 PM

puck40 writes...

its so empty here. o.o I think I almost hear an echo as I type? Where for art thou the thousand questions that once occupied this area. Anycase....

Congrats on catching up!!! =)

now for my question.
After 3 years of constantly typing in answers, giving away details of this uniformed universe that you have somehow tapped into. What are you going to do now? <whisper> disneyland, your like right there anyways

9.9;

Greg responds...

I'm gonna launch a preposterous contest that will quickly give WAY too much away.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Question received on Tue, September 26, 2000 04:31:08 PM

Kelly L Creighton / Kya White Sapphire writes...

uhm... im seeing posts about "2198" contest or something. did you announce the next contest (after the 'guess 14 clans' contest) BESIDES the "who can bring the most ppl to G01" (ill do my best on that one)

Greg responds...

Thanks.

Response recorded on September 27, 2000

Rambled on Tue, September 26, 2000

G-2198 CONTEST CLUES

Here are the promised clues. Most of them are incredibly straight forward. Blank #1 for example is an 8-letter word. A few are fancier. But not very. The last two words (524 & 525) are clueless. Didn't want to make it too easy.

And, yes, I am a bit evil. But just a bit. Between the contextual help and these clues, I don't think it'll be too hard.

1. - 8 letters
2. - 3 letters
3. - 4 letters
4. - 3 letters
5. - 7 letters
6. - 5 letters
7. - 6 letters
8. - 6 letters
9. - 5 letters
10. - 5 letters
11. - 4 letters
12. - 6 letters
13. - 5 letters
14. - 5 letters
15. - 6 letters
16. - 8 letters
17. - 8 letters
18. - 2 letters
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Rambled on Tue, September 26, 2000

GARGOYLES 2198: THE CONTEST

GARGOYLES 2198
(Fill-in-the-Blank Contest / 9-26-00)

Written by

Greg Weisman

Well, here it is. This contest took me almost as long to put together as it did to develop the show it's based upon. Below is a good-sized document on GARGOYLES 2198 with tons and tons of info about the proposed spin-off series, its characters, settings and situations. The only problem is that there are five hundred and twenty-five blanks making it slightly difficult to read. Actually, those aren't quite blanks. They're place-holders. Numbers. Each number has a corresponding clue which I'll post right after I've posted this. Those clues should help you RE-place those holders.

As requested, there are two prizes to be handed out. One is for the person who contributes the most answers overall. The other is for the first person to TOTALLY COMPLETE the puzzle.

At this early stage, I think it's pretty useless for people to reprint the entire essay attempting to fill in ALL the blanks at one fell swoop. So early entries should read like this:

212: Mayberry
303: Andy
444: Opie
521: Fife

Notice, there's no need to guess all of them every time. (And please don't.) Just guess the ones you think you know or we'll be here forever. Capitalization does NOT count. But spelling does. [I do reserve the right to admit later that I made a mistake here and there. I don't think I have, but it's been quite an undertaking, so who knows…]

Let's say in the above answer that "Mayberry", "Opie" and "Fife" were right, but Andy wasn't. The person who posted it would get three points. UNLESS, someone's already posted the correct answer to, say, 444. In which case, this poster only gets points for Mayberry and Fife. Clear? Obviously, it's important that you use a consistent screen name to post your answers in order to get credit for all your points. Anonymous postings will be deleted by Todd in advance. (Waves at Todd.)

I know the contest looks imposing, but in many ways, I think this is easier than the Clan Contest. There are a lot more clues and you all have a lot more information. Once we've filled in a bunch of the blanks (say 500 out of the 525) then we can start seeing completed answers being posted with the blanks filled in.

I encourage teamwork. And everyone remember that this is just a game. Just a diversion. Just some fun. Don't take it too seriously. As usual, the prizes (again, one for points and one for the completed answer) will be of no real value. Hopefully, they'll be interesting though.

I'm hoping we'll have finished this by next June's Los Angeles Gathering. Go to it…

One thousand years ago…
Superstition and the sword ruled.
It was a time of darkness.
It was a world of fear.
It was the age... of gargoyles!
Stone by day, warriors by night,
We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect,
Frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years.
Finally... the spell was broken, and we lived again!

But our 1 was 2 from 3...
For the last 4 5 6 we have faced the 7,
Navigating an 8 9 with the 10 11.
But now the 12 13 itself is 14 15!
16 is 17!
And 18 may be 19 20 21 for 22…

We are 23 of the 24!
We are 25 of 26 27!
The 28 is 29.

And 30… are 31!

In 1996, humanity and the world at large discovered there were gargoyles living among them. Fortunately for the human race, Gargoyles are by nature a protective species. Unfortunately for the gargoyle race, humanity is by nature an intolerant species. Humans did not welcome having to share their world with other 32 33. Many were quick to 34 the gargoyles as 35, 36, 37 or worse. Gargoyles were 38 basic "39" 40. They were 41 against. 42 upon. 43. 44. And sometimes 45.

Despite this, GOLIATH, the leader of the gargoyles, maintained hope that one day humans and gargoyles would live in peace. Eventually, that day came. The "46 47 48 49" was adopted by the 50 51. Gargoyles were 52 full "53 54". Though Gargoyle 55 were 56 across the globe, they were collectively granted 57 58 as an 59 60. 61 Gargoyles became a crime.

True acceptance, however, is not so easily legislated. At best, Gargoyles were still barely tolerated by their human neighbors. Real peace would have to wait.

But the gargoyles would take what they could get. The 62, once on the 63 of 64, began to make a 65. Clans that were 66 helped to 67 those that were not. By 68, 69 70 comprised the 71 72. Each was strong in 73 and 74. Now it was time to 75 again. As a potent act of 76, every clan brought its 77 78 to 79 80 81, off the 82 83 of 84. The 85 would 86 together to demonstrate gargoyle 87. Some of the 88 would eventually return to the other 89 Clans. But many would stay to form the basis of a 90 clan. A 91 clan.

Someone should have told the gargoyles that 92 is NOT a lucky 93.

94, 95. 96 97 98. From around the globe, human Heads of State and all 99 Gargoyle 100 101 have come to this small 102 for the 103. They wait within the 104 of the 105 dormant 106 to witness the new 107 of gargoyles 108 out of their 109. Meanwhile, 110, a young gargoyle 111 is stuck on 112 113 114 at the base of the mountain. Out of nowhere, an immense 115 materializes above the 116. It emits a blinding beam of light that stabs down into the 117. 118 races up the slope, but it's too late. The 119 is empty. No 120. No gargoyles. No humans. No World Leaders!

Simultaneously, another giant 121 hovers over 122. Another beam stabs downward. And 123 124 125 126 -- the 127 system for nearly everything on the planet -- vanishes.

It all happens so fast, there's no time to react. 128 is paralyzed and 129 when the 130 131-132 133. In less than twenty-four hours, the planet is 134, absorbed into the 135-136 137. There is very little loss of life. Very little damage done. Unless 138 matters to you.

It matters to 139, the new 140 of the 141. One by one, he gathers his team…

142 - 143 of the 144 Clan hatched in 145. Though his 146 is different, it's obvious to anyone who'd care to look that he is descended from 147. Still no one knows how many 148 generations 149 from 150 he is. He might be the biological 151 of either 152 or 153, 154 and 155 first two biological 156, or he might be the biological 157 of 158, their third born. Frankly, it doesn't really matter. There were many 159 in that 160. All raised collectively by the 161 Clan.

By 162, 163 is 164 years old, but only 165 biologically. He has been trained as a Gargoyle Warrior both in 166 and in 167. He demonstrated enough promise to have recently been named 168-169-170 of the 171 Clan. Now, a reluctant 172 must become 173 not just of his clan, but of the entire 174.

175 - 176 of the 177 Clan is a 178-179. Mostly Gargoyle… but 180 181 as well. Her 182 include her namesake, the 183 that 184 185 186 by combining the 187 of 188 189 with that of 190. Being 191 part of both 192 has left 193 feeling like she's not truly a part of either. Upon learning of her "194", humans seem to react with fear and even disgust. And 195 has never been confident that the 196 she was raised with don't feel the same way. All this has made her tough on the outside, but desperately insecure on the inside. Nevertheless, she's a fierce young 197 198 (the same age as 199), and 200 makes her his 201 in the 202.

203 - 204 of the 205 Clan hails from the 206 207 of 208. He's a descendent of 209 and the 210 from "The 211". He has 212 wings, 213 features and skin the color of 214. From the 215 down, he looks like a 216 217. He's 218 contemporary and close friend. 219, 220 and 221 all trained together as Gargoyle Warriors, studying 222 in 223; they have a Three Musketeers kind of rapport. 224 isn't quite the fighter that the other two are, but he has other strengths. He's more 225, more intellectual, more book-smart. He has also been entrusted with his clan's 226 and sacred 227 228; this magical 229 230 prevents him from turning to 231 during the 232.

233 - 234 year old 235 236 237 is a scion of both the 238 and 239 families (which technically makes him a distant relative of 240). 241 was 242 among gargoyles and has taken the family tradition to heart. He too has traveled to 243 to join the ORDER OF THE 244. He has trained as a Gargoyle Warrior, embracing the Gargoyle 245 of 246 & 247. He's as much a 248 as a guy can be and not have 249. He's eager, perhaps a little too eager, for a chance to prove that he can hold his own with any other gargoyle. Only he's 250 a gargoyle. He's one hundred percent 251, with a 252 253 unique strengths and weaknesses.

254 - 255 (the original model for the mysterious 256 statues of 257 258) landed on 259 260 ago to stand 261 and protect our 262 from the 263-264. But by the time the 265-266 actually arrived, their 267 so far surpassed his, he was completely caught off guard. Now, there's nothing he can do but join 268 269 cell and try to pitch in. 270 is deeply shamed by his failure to protect his adoptive 271. He would gladly sacrifice his life to redeem himself.

272 273 - 274 275 was Chief of 276 of the 277 278. An indispensable aide to 279 General 280 281 282 IV. In fact 283 has been an indispensable aide to the 284 family since before 285 was born. But now the 286 General is gone. Taken by the 287-288 and put in stasis with the rest of the world's leaders. The new acting 289 has surrendered the 290 to the enemy. He has no use for 291 292 293 and intensity. And 294 has no use for a man who won't fight. So 295 has left public service to rejoin the private sector. Secretly, he has placed all the resources of the 296-297 298 at 299 disposal. Of course, we all know that 300 is really the 301. But since he already failed to 302 his charge, and certainly has no opportunity to 303 him anything at the moment, he's stuck as 304, stone 305 and all.

306 - 307 (a 308 of the 309-310 311) stands for 312-313-314, a line of 315 personal assistants that were all but ubiquitous in 316. Almost everyone who was anyone had one of the cute little, 317-foot tall, 318-shaped chrome 319. Each 320 was directly connected via satellite to the 321 322 in 323, giving each one the ability to instantaneously summon any or all of mankind's collective knowledge. But when the 324-325 attacked, one of their first acts was to steal the 326 327. Now each 328 is on its own. Each one still has a powerful 329 brain with crude 330 intelligence and long-term adaptive 331. But now, knowledge is finite, and experience is becoming the best teacher. Actually, two of these 332, 333-334 and 335-336 will play a role in our series. When we open, these 337 will be all but indistinguishable from each other. 338, merely. But as the series progresses, each will slowly develop its own 339.

340 - For over a 341 years, 342 has plotted against 343, blaming them for 344 against the gargoyle 345. Now that a greater threat, the 346-347, has reared it's many ugly heads, 348 has reluctantly joined 349 350 cell. But no one, including 351 herself, is fully confident that she'll continue to 352 on the 353 of the 354. This may be her last chance at 355... or her final opportunity to 356 the human 357. Still, 358 felt it necessary to actively 359 her. It's hard to pass up the help of a warrior who's survived a 360 worth of battles, a 361 who knows how to combine ancient 362 with modern 363. And then there's that bit about her turning into a 364 during the 365. The only question is how she will use her talents. 366 367, she's siding with the 368. But can that last?

369 - 370 is a young gargoyle warrior from our 371 372 day. In our second episode, he'll 373 374 to 375. The 376 is as new and strange to him as it is to our audience, and often 377 will be the point of view character to introduce us all to this 378 379 380. 381 does hope to 382 to his 383 384 someday, and so makes a special effort not to 385 too much about his own "386". But he has no intention of abandoning 387 or 388 in their time of need. Someday, however, he may have to make a choice.

389-390 - 391-392 is a 393 394 395 by the 396 Clan in 397, who arrives in 398 with 399. 400-401 is fiercely 402 (especially to 403). The ultimate 404.

[NOTE: Eventually, the large cast will be split in half. 405 will take 406, 407, 408 and 409-410 into 411 to hit the 412-413 where they live. 414, 415, 416, 417-418, 419 and 420-421 will remain on 422, thwarting the 423 at every turn and engaging in many non-424-425 stories.]

Anyway, those are our 426. (Other characters will be added over time.) Here's who they're up against…

THE 427-428 - Our main 429. This 430 race was literally "431 in 432", born amidst the 433 of an 434 435. For thousands of years, they have expanded their 436 in all directions, and 437 has been able to stand in their way. Their 438 is far 439 to anything we had on 440. They possess 441-than-442 443 travel, 444 devices, powerful force 445 and 446 447. They also have 448 capable of 449 the entire 450 in a matter of minutes. This creates a dilemma for 451 452. If 453 becomes more trouble than it's worth, the 454 will simply evacuate the 455 and 456 it.

THE 457 - Decades ago, the 458 organization fell out of favor. They were no longer "politically correct". But the events of March 21st, 459 changed all that. Because most of the 460 leaders were abducted while attending the 461 462, many 463 became convinced -- at least in part due to 464 465 -- that the 466 had conspired and 467 with the 468. Now the 469 are making a comeback. They don't much care for the 470-471, but their 472 of choice is still the Gargoyles.

THE 473 - Of course, the Gargoyles are not 474. But THE 475 476 is. The 477 is an 478 479 organization made up of almost all the true movers and 480 on 481 482. Many of the 483 leaders abducted by the 484-485 were 486 members of the 487 -- proof that the 488 definitely did NOT have advanced warning of the 489. But once the 490 was complete, the 491 wasted no time capitalizing on it. They negotiated a secret treaty with the 492, promising to infiltrate, sabotage and expose any sign of 493. In exchange, the 494-495 promised to release those world 496 that the 497 was prepared to vouch for. This 498 agreement was the beginning of a profitable arrangement for all concerned -- and the onset of a major headache for the 499.

500-X - 501-X is a super-502 503 with a highly evolved and Machiavellian 504 505. He has multiple 506 and 507 operatives, and any number of 508 509 that can accommodate his 510. Once upon a time, 511-512 had designs on taking 513 the 514. But that was before the 515-516 showed up and 517 his 518 519. Now anything less than total control of the entire 520 would strike him as under-achieving.

And that's the series in a 521.

522 523. The 524 is 525!