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"slartifer! slartifer! slartifer!"

 

We shall continue in our attempt to banish the 331, now 332, soon to be 333 names of slartifer.

 

Below, you will find a list of 58 PDNs (chronological) and 58 clues (alphabetical). These are the next 58 PDN changes, covering up until the second Darkside Loyalist Witch Hunt.

 

Your task is to correctly identify which PDN is described by each clue. You will receive 1 point per reference correctly identified. Points will accumulate until all 333 names have been banished; and yes, there will be a prize at the end for the highest point totals.

 

A death mask.  Is there a reason for a death mask?

It is barely a physical resemblance--in death,

the muscles so relaxed, the face

so without the animating spark.

A death mask is almost an intrusion

on a beautiful memory. And yet,

who could throw away the casting

of a loved one? Who would not want

to study it longingly,

as the distant freight train blows its mournful tone?

 

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60. Stop in the Name — Ironic, yet self-descriptive

61. Manifesto Destiny — Decreed by the stars above TM or Alec

62. Discontentinental Drift — Gaia grumbles

63. Memeforge 5: Overload — Rebellion against the spammers?

64. Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine — Refused calendar

65. Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground — Location of Aura's bondage

66. Regenerativity — Theory of never-ending sentence construction

67. The Patrick Warburton on Terror — SPOON!

68. Four-Square Where? NE of Pravoka — ZomBULLs FTW

69. Yo Paranoid! — Domino's antique

70. Pregnating Wheelbarrow — Preparing to spill out its contents

71. Shifty Like the Mesh — 80's take on set of 90's levels

72. Th Lttr Lgsltr — Place of convocation, before the 3 helps out

73. Massive Clock of the Archmage — Reference to a story written by Nikki

74. The Bow in the Clods — Down-to-earth covenant

75. Unexpected Inaccessibility — Season of crashes

76. Heaven Forfend — Portentious forbidding

77. Lowbrow Shadowplay for Alorael — PDN rejoinder

78. My Grandfather Poopa Le Koopa — Line from a super show

79. Backwords — Scrabble in a swamp

80. Antisocialite — Adept recluse

81. Lernaean Facepalm — The gift that keeps on giving

82. Cunning Lx = Cx — Don't write this explanation out

83. Quid Pourquoi — To hoard until we reach the trainer

84. Murmilladillo — Defensive double

85. The Advanced Butt Slide — Elementary clue for Kelandon

86. Census Commode — Full outhouse

87. Which of the Wasteland — Moving antagonist

88. Muumuurator Deniminator — Divisive fashion judgement

89. Critique Critique — Not scathing enough

90. Tupac Draconian — Famously dissolves into a pool of acid

91. Yoga Firebolt! Yoga Flamestrike! — Dhalsim goes mage

92. Mais qu'avait-il dans les mains? — Three Longers Later

93. Slarturnalia — Agricultural alter ego?

94. Spiffy — Not quite an astronaut

95. Calumny of Yew — Flatbush teacher, Quickness inventor

96. Slarty a une appendicite! — Bemelmans alter ego?

97. Doornailleur — I really have no idea what I was going for with this one

98. Analogue Bubblebath — Pseudopseudonymous Aphex Twin release

99. Deliberatizer — Forum doppelganger?

100. Because You Listen — Wonderfalls maxim

101. Ima wa mukashi no BABIRONIA — 16-bit theme song

102. Ancient Mechanical Hecatonchire — Buriki Daioh with some additions

103. Feather of Maat, Scales of Poole — Strict judgement of power cards

104. Slartinator Slarterator — Trogdor?

105. Inslartable — Invulnerable alter ego?

106. Hier, Slarty est mort — Stranger

107. PDN; DR — Line for Dantius

108. Reduplicated — Emblematic of itself

109. Absolutely Fragulous — Blosk in Escape from the Pit

110. The Bedroom of Our Civilization — Where Freud discovered the petrified Faithful John?

111. Petrificational Dilettante — Half-stonehearted

112. Depressticated — Civilization and Its Discontents?

113. Existential Semicolon & Cordial — Quiet satire of Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star

114. The Not-So-Great Potato — Forum doppelganger doppelganger?

115. Thus the Slartygig — Brings in his revenges

116. Black Mark Babbage Engine — Martyr-maker

117. The End of Slartifer — Temporary Darkside Loyalist Witch Hunt result

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61: Decreed by the stars above TM or Alec

 

65: Where Freud discovered the petrified Faithful John?

 

69: Line for Dantius (I really have no clue on this one, since I'm thinking what line I would pick for me, not what line you would...)

 

EDIT: 106 is a modification of a line from l'Etranger, so that means it's paired with Stranger. I'm positive on this one.

 

EDIT EDIT: Is 85 ironic, but self-descriptive?

 

TRIPLE EDIT: BABIRONIA sounds like a mocked-up line from something Japanese. Is it maybe Buriki Daioh with some additions? If not, I'll go with 16-bit theme music.

 

These are harder. I'll wait for Triumph to whittle away a few dozen before making many more guesses.

 

 

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DINTIRADAN

Correct -- #67

Incorrect -- #107 (though I admit that makes some sense), 114

+1

 

DIKIYOBA

Correct -- #104, 111, 116

+3

 

I was particularly proud of the number of ways the clue for 116 works.

 

DANTIUS

Correct -- #61, 106

Incorrect -- #65, 69, 85 (all three of those are very specific references)

+2

 

I will tell you that "Line for Dantius" is a clue that I wrote AFTER round 1 began.

 

Also, since everyone seems to find these harder, I will consider adding some extra text to some of the clues. I'll put it in bold so you notice it.

 

EDIT: Dantius, you can't pick multiple guesses for a single item at once. smile

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76. Heaven Forfend - Portentious forbidding, or so we hope when we speak

88. Muumuurator Deniminator - Divisive fashion judgement

100. Because You Listen - Reference to a story written by Nikki

109. Absolutely Fragulous - Line from a super show

113. Existential Semicolon & Cordial - Theory of never-ending sentence construction

 

Dikiyoba.

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83. Quid Pourquoi - I really have no idea what I was going for with this one

96. Slarty a une appendicite! - Preparing to spill out its contents

117. The End of Slartifier - Temporary Darkside Witch Hunt result

 

83 and 96 are more or less guesses. 117 makes sense since you left temporarily because of the Witch Hunt.

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105 - Invulnerable alter ego? The verbal parallel seems clear.

 

115 - Temporary Darkside Loyalist Witch Hunt result? I distinctly recall your using this name as sophisticated way of expressing frustration at some sort of misbehavior in a DLWH game; thus it was a result of the game.

 

 

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65 - Location of Aura's bondage? .Hack

 

81 - The gift that keeps on giving? Just like the hydra, it keeps on slapping.

 

103 - Strict judgement of power cards? Egyptian mythological judgment reference.

 

86 - Full outhouse? Toilet related references.

 

74 - Down-to-earth covenant? Plays off the rainbow covenant found in Genesis.

 

68 - 80's take on a set of 90's levels involving numerous squares? Squares, duh.

 

73 - Brings in his revenges (in a timely manner)? Clock-time connection.

 

62 - Civilization and Its Discontents? References to discontent.

 

Wow, yeah, these are definitely harder than round 1's names.

 

93 - Agricultural alter ego?

 

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DANTIUS

Incorrect -- 101, 73

Correct -- 107

+1

 

SARACHIM

Correct -- 112 (not 102, you misnumbered), 86 (not 82), 68, 90

+4

 

EXCALIBUR

Incorrect -- 83, 96

Correct -- 117 (it was a 2 day sabbatical, but technically, it did happen)

+1

 

RANDOMIZER

Correct -- 62, 80, 93

Incorrect -- 114 (you're thinking of a Northern Waters game)

+3

 

TRIUMPH

Correct -- 105, 65, 81, 103, 74

Incorrect -- 115, 68, 73, 62

Too Late -- 86

+5

 

(For 103, you got the beginning of it. Mark Poole drew the art on the MtG card "Balance" which is powerful; its power is often judged strictly leading to it being banned.)

 

RATT

Correct -- 63

+1

 

DIKIYOBA

Incorrect -- 72, 78

Correct -- 84, 96

+2

 

Some great guesses! I will add in some more clues, in italics this time.

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TRIUMPH

Correct -- 110

+1

 

This comes from Marie-Louise von Franz's lecture on the Faithful John fairy tale and the significance of the king placing his old helper's petrified figure in the bedroom where he and his wife get it on. "One might even say that Sigmund Freud discovered the petrified Faithful Johannes in the bedroom of our civilization." (What, Avadon, psychosexual much?)

 

SARACHIM

Incorrect, sorry.

 

EDIT: You're all more than halfway there. You can do it!

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No again. Sorry frown

 

Nobody seems to be paying any attention to the first word in that clue.

 

EDIT: Also, there's been way more than enough pain here. May I now suggest that you give google a shot. It won't help on many of these, but it may give you ideas on some.

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