Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 376. Hoodwinked with a scarf - Nazgul cousin, or Black Shade or Dragon styling The Úlairi and Black Shades are depicted in, well, black cloaks with hoods. Also, I've been trying to figure out if it's significant that you spelled Nazgûl with a "u" instead of "û," given that grammar pointings obviously matter to you. Anyway, you've got things with hoods, plus the fact the scarves are extremely "stylin'." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 376 - NO - and I will tell you that is not significant. It's amazing how much less I started to care about accents when I switched from Mac to PC. It's just not worth it to type them on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 376. Hoodwinked with a scarf Your nostalgia for the sub rosa culture you were never a part of is showing, dear. Sub rosa is the latin expression for skulldaggery. I suppose hooded cloaks have something to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 374. Grammar Glamor Grimoire - Self-descriptive spelling repository Self descriptive spelling book. I think its a reference to: The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English by Roy Peter Clark .which is a gramar book or so google says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 376 - NO - also that's not really what "sub rosa" means 374 - YES +1 - the name itself is just three related words: grammar, the structure of language or a book describing it; a grimoire, a collection of magic spells; and glamor, an out-of-use word for magic (as well as the origin of our word glamour). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 392. Umlaut Boat - It sneaks up from the back of your mouth So, I knew the umlaut was the diacritic mark of two dots over a vowel, such as in "ü." But when I looked it up, I learned it ALSO can mean "the process by which a back vowel becomes front in the context of another front vowel." Back and front in this context appear to deal with where in the mouth certain sounds are formed. So the sound can shift forward from the back of the mouth, just like the clue describes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Edit: never mind, I retract this, though I still think this was a good guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 376. Hoodwinked with a scarf - Cupid, or Justice, maybe Cupid and Justice are both sometimes depicted as being blinded by a scarf over the eyes. Also wondered if this is somehow a reference to the movie Hoodwinked, but couldn't figure out a connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 403. Technically I'm free and I can find the key - What Obi-Wan Kenobi explained in the lobby These phrases go together in the lyrics of the song Sci-Fi Wasabi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 392 - YES +3 376 - YES +2 - I believe it's ultimately a reference to Romeo and Juliet: The date is out of such prolixity. We’ll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf, Bearing a Tartar’s painted bow of lath, Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper, Nor no without-book prologue, faintly spoke After the prompter for our entrance. But let them measure us by what they will. We’ll measure them a measure and be gone. 403 - YES +2 - recommended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 380. Public Display of Anomia - Your nostalgia for the sub rosa culture you were never a part of is showing, dear A public display means something is showing, and it makes sense that one wouldn't know the names of things within a secret culture one had not been part of. PDA is also an abbreviation for public display of affection, i.e. showing love for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 380 - NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I seem to find these topics late, so here is my first try 400. Finger of Avadon -- Another attempt to live up to that first "psychosexual" proclamation, maybe There were some posts about the psychosexual nature of Avadon including RedBeard and his wives. Adding to that is the body part imagery of Avadon with the "Hands", "Hearts", "Eyes" or in this case "Finger" which with the addition of -ing is slang for a sexual act, expanding even more on the psychosexual imagery of Avadon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 YES +3 - I wasn't quite going for that slang, but close enough Also, sorry you found the topic a bit after others did. (Or maybe Triumph should just apologize ) Dintiradan complained of the same thing. I don't really know what to do about that. I could give a head's up the day before, I guess, but some people will still get to it before others. I am definitely not switching to a "first round of guesses via PM" system. And I don't want to discourage anyone who is having fun with it. Perhaps I'll post a heads up in this topic the day before posting the next set, whenever that is. That way, you can subscribe to this topic after it's over and you'll get an email notification (well, if you have those turned on) when the next one is about to start. How does that sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 369 Vindicative Raccoon -- A reference to long departed cartoonists Rocket the Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy as Keith Giffen has not had a high profile in a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I don't really know what to do about that. I could give a head's up the day before, I guess, but some people will still get to it before others. I am definitely not switching to a "first round of guesses via PM" system. And I don't want to discourage anyone who is having fun with it. Perhaps I'll post a heads up in this topic the day before posting the next set, whenever that is. That way, you can subscribe to this topic after it's over and you'll get an email notification (well, if you have those turned on) when the next one is about to start. How does that sound? I wouldn't do anything. Trying to adjust to the schedules of a bunch of different people who live in a multitude of time zones is nearly impossible as the various attempts to have games on the forums have shown. In general, I am only on in the evening, and I skipped yesterday because I was traveling so even had you given notice, I still would of missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 380 Public Display of Anomia -- A garish, shoddily constructed argument that conceals pearls of wisdom Anomia is a Genus of bivalves which sometimes yield pearls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Ah well. Thanks for the honest analysis. 369 Vindicative Raccoon -- A reference to long departed cartoonists Rocket the Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy as Keith Giffen has not had a high profile in a long time Hah! I love it. Nope, though. Also, it's vindictive raccoon, so maybe Rocket doesn't fit so well... 380 Public Display of Anomia -- A garish, shoddily constructed argument that conceals pearls of wisdom Anomia is a Genus of bivalves which sometimes yield pearls Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 397. Rake Low Urn - Operator overload The PDN uses terms dealing some kind of computer / networking / telecommunication matter. This clue is the one that I think best fits such a topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 395. Sign Out - Sign that becomes reduplicated when you become it If you have Sign Out as your PDN, the term shows up in duplicate when you "become it" by using the "Sign Out" button to sign out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 394. <><><><> - Make PDNs Great Again I've been trying to figure out what in the world this PDN signifies, and I've finally got an idea. This PDN is a series of less-than signs followed by greater-than signs, thus in sense saying to make something great(er) again and again. The clue is obviously also reference to Donald's empty campaign slogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 397 - NO 395 - YES +1 - almost - look in the upper right hand corner and you'll see where the reduplication occurs. 394 - NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 369. Vindictive Raccoon - Minion of the Mad Hermit The deranged hermit, dwelling, as befits a hermit, in the isolated fastness of the great forest, would have many opportunity to fill the local wildlife with his misanthropic ways and his feelings of having been wronged by the world at large. Thus, the formerly innocent and pristine wildlife would be come fierce minions bent on seeking vengeance for their new master. Yes, this must be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Huh. I really liked my guess for 394. If that isn't correct, it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 383. Lwar (Lizard Lord of Formello) - Nazgul cousin, or Black Shade or Dragon styling Rather than dealing style in the sense of fashion, could this involve to "style" the verb, meaning to give something a special name or title? Lizard Lord is something a dragon could style itself, and Lord of Formello is something one of the Black Shades could style itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I don't really know what to do about that. I could give a head's up the day before, I guess, but some people will still get to it before others. I am definitely not switching to a "first round of guesses via PM" system. And I don't want to discourage anyone who is having fun with it. Perhaps I'll post a heads up in this topic the day before posting the next set, whenever that is. That way, you can subscribe to this topic after it's over and you'll get an email notification (well, if you have those turned on) when the next one is about to start. How does that sound? another thought: you could limit the number of guesses each poster is allowed to make per day so there are still ones left for other people. this would also encourage more thoughtful answers over scattershot guessing if that's what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Hmm, interesting thought. I could see that working well. It's at least worth a try. Maybe I'll do that next time. 369 - YES +1 This is actually a reference to Spectromancer (possibly the best game ever) and perhaps its best-named card, the Vindictive Raccoon, which is specific to the Mad Hermit. Here it is: (The Mad Hermit also has access to, among other things, the Crazy Squirrel, the Enraged Beaver, and the Angry Angry Bear.) 383 - YES +2 Correct about the meaning of styling, and the Black Shade and Dragon reference. Nazgul is a reference to... gosh, I've been making a lot of Angband references lately, sheesh... the name given to one Nazgul in Angband, and which I always found amusing: "Dwar, Dog Lord of Waw." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Just ten left; I've updated the list again. To wit: 378. Characters not permitted 380. Public Display of Anomia 382. Panopticodpiece 387. Spilt Ilk 390. Septic Paladin 394. <><><><> 396. Beards 397. Rake Low Urn 398. Long Cons and Massive Clocks 402. Intelligence Toes A reference to long-departed cartoonists Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG BDSM implement, presumably It's Cains all the way down Make PDNs Great Again Operator overload Painful to remove Showing off my plastic identity TM cousin, perhaps from Silvar or Shayder Your nostalgia for the sub rosa culture you were never a part of is showing, dear When it gets close to the end, *some* kind of explanation will be required -- though you won't have to hit the nail on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 382. Panopticodpiece -- BDSM Implement, presumably The panopticon was a prison design and a codpiece is clothing for covering the crotch area and is often sexualized or fetishized. 396. Beards -- Your nostalgia for the sub rosa culture you were never a part of is showing, dear Beard is a slang term for a female friend that a male homosexual uses to conceal his belonging to what was in Western Europe a hidden (sub-rosa) culture 380. Public display of Anomia -- Make PDNs great again Anomia is the inability to make words come out for the things that you want to talk about and PDNs are publicly displayed names 394. <><> -- Operator Overload The mathematical symbols < and > are operators and there are to many of them so they are overloaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 382 - YES +2 In particular, the panopticon is often associated with Foucault's book _Discipline and Punish_. 396 - YES +4 380 - NO 394 - YES +2 They are also operators in programming languages, as is <>. In that context, operator overload typically occurs when an operator has too many terms attached to it (for example, "if x < 3 5"). This is a variation where there is simply too many operators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 387. Spilt Ilk - A reference to long-departed cartoonists Same as with milk there is no point in crying over long departed cartoonists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 380. Public Display of Anomia - Make PDNs Great Again Anomia is a kind of amnesia where you forget names. Maybe its a poke on how publicly displayed names are becoming irrelevant over time and people dont pay the mind anymore. Edit: Dude above pointed out already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 378. Characters not permitted - Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG Again might be my personal bias against(Edit: or better stated; agressive mixed feelings about) her. In any case characters are a very important part of roleplaying games. Almost as important as choice. Restricting their existance might cost money or earn some. For instance lack of memorable characters will deffinitelly cost an rpg, while removal of a controversial one or one aimed at a specific demographic but with the ability to repulse others might be the economically safe thing to do. (In portuguese there is an exp<b></b>ression that translates to "saltless" is all I think on "safe" characters) in any case, i am not sure how she could get money from this since she seems openminded about controversial things but she could deffenitelly make a critique on sexual censorships in games as well as call the people responsible for economic prudency on use of controversial characters gutless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 390. Septic Paladin - TM cousin, perhaps from Silvar or Shayder To be completelly honest if it was from almaria i would go for the sickness or yellow shade. Since silvar had the fear shade i make no sense of it. Only that septic paladin must be a way to avoid a possibly trademarked name which would point a possibly obvious relation to silvar and shayder(whose identity i am yet to discover) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 402. Intelligence Toes Painful to remove Any kinda toes are painfull to remove mister! >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 387. Spilt Ilk - A reference to long-departed cartoonists Same as with milk there is no point in crying over long departed cartoonists? NO 378. Characters not permitted - Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG NO - good explanation but not where this one goes 390. Septic Paladin - TM cousin, perhaps from Silvar or Shayder YES +1 TM refers to a longtime (and long departed) member here. Although PDN-changing was more common then, he was one of the more consistent name-changers. One of his "stickier" names (due, I think, to his receiving a long-ish ban shortly after he changed to it) was "Butt Paladin" -- sort of appropriate for him. What Silvar (in Exile) and Shayder (on Bigail) have in common is that they both have sewer systems, hence the septic. 402. Intelligence Toes Painful to remove Any kinda toes are painfull to remove mister! >.> YES +1 This is specifically a reference to wisdom teeth, which are known for being painful to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 398. Long Cons and Massive Clocks - Make PDNs Great Again. You need time and a plan to make PDNs Great again. If you manage to convince people only based on your confidence and play on their ambition and naïvety you will make PDNs great. And they shall rule the world again and reward their faithfull worshipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 398 - NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 YES +1 This is specifically a reference to wisdom teeth, which are known for being painful to remove. Dammit! I was sure the first two were right and second two were wrong. Also, i who happen to have perfect teeth wpuld never know that of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 380. Public Display of Anomia-Showing off my plastic identity. Plastic can mean with the ability to take a form, as in plasticine the clay kids use to build different things. Maybe its a reference on the number of different names you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I think after that last one i officially give up. I cant connect the rest and any further attempt of mine would spoil the fun with being simply chance. Also i agree with lilith idea but a warning the day before would also be of great help. At least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 387. Spilt Ilk - It's Cains all the way down Ilk refers to things similar to something. Whole bunch of Cains would be "ilk" of each other. Maybe "spilt" refers Cain spilling his brother's blood (Cain killing Abel)? 398. Long Cons and Massive Clocks - Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG A long con would a possible way to make money. Perhaps Camille Paglia is missing the first letters of her name because she's engaged in a con and is trying to conceal her identity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 387 - YES +2 The other reference is to "it's turtles all the way down" -- which is sort of paralleled by the transmission of sin from Cain on to his descendants: "If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold." 398 - NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 378. Characters not permitted 380. Public Display of Anomia 397. Rake Low Urn 398. Long Cons and Massive Clocks A reference to long-departed cartoonists Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG Make PDNs Great Again Showing off my plastic identity -- From this point on, guesses will not be accepted unless they include a meaningful attempt at a real connection XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Owenmoz Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 380. Public Display of Anomia-Showing off my plastic identity. Plastic can mean with the ability to take a form, as in plasticine the clay kids use to build different things. Maybe its a reference on the number of different names you use? Is this one right? ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 380 - YES +2 (and that is the danger of making 3 posts in a row, hehe) Owenmoz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 397 Rake Low Urn -- Amille Aglia looks for easy money in an RPG BReak, BLow, BUrn was a 2005 publication by CAmille PAglia, and in RPGs you tend to earn money by breaking, striking blow or burning your opponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 397 - YES +2 Actually, the easy money in RPGs thing was more intended to reference going through or breaking pots that sit on the ground. *dodges tomato* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 398. Long Cons and Massive Clocks -- Make PDNs great again I try to limit politics on here, but . . . Trump is a salesman and like many salesmen, Cons may creep up, he has a lease for a massive clock (the old post office and clock tower in DC) and his campaign slogan is make America great again that leaves 378. Characters not permitted -- A reference to long departed cartoonists All I have on this one is cartoon characters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Quiconque Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's not those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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