Quote Game-Part 8

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 11-17-2006, 09:11 AM

Here we go with part 8. The same rules apply as before.

Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one.

example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r

answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins)

Anything from the books: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.

Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.

Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up.

***Valandil*** · 11-17-2006, 10:09 AM

Your turn, CC!

Count Comfect · 11-17-2006, 07:16 PM

Here's a 1000th post quote:

H_m_/!/i_/s_e_l_/l_k_/e_v_s/!/

***Valandil*** · 11-18-2006, 01:25 AM

"Home! It smells like Elves!" ???

That fits, but I can't make sense of it...

Sam?

Count Comfect · 11-18-2006, 01:37 PM

Home is wrong, the rest is right, but it is not Sam.

Midge · 11-18-2006, 08:44 PM

uh... "hmmm"? Gimli?

"Hmph!" could work there too.. except for the spelling. I got stuck on Hmph for a while... then I had to get past it.

Count Comfect · 11-18-2006, 09:12 PM

Hmmm is correct. Speaker is not Gimli, however.

***Valandil*** · 11-18-2006, 09:40 PM

Gollum?

Count Comfect · 11-18-2006, 09:48 PM

It is not Gollum, no.

***Valandil*** · 11-18-2006, 09:51 PM

Not placing this one at all...

Frodo?

Count Comfect · 11-18-2006, 10:50 PM

Not Frodo, no.

***Valandil*** · 11-19-2006, 01:43 AM

Shagrat?

Count Comfect · 11-19-2006, 05:17 PM

Not Shagrat, no.

***Valandil*** · 11-19-2006, 07:47 PM

*wonders if he's in the right species now... and how many more of them he can come up with who might have smelled something elvish*

Gorbag?

Count Comfect · 11-19-2006, 08:36 PM

Not Gorbag. You've been getting progressively further away with pretty much every guess.

***Valandil*** · 11-19-2006, 08:39 PM

* re-checks first guess *

Merry?

Count Comfect · 11-19-2006, 09:06 PM

No, but the right species again.

***Valandil*** · 11-19-2006, 09:14 PM

Pippin?

Count Comfect · 11-19-2006, 09:31 PM

Nope. Still the right species though.

And if it's not Frodo, Sam, Merry, or Pippin...

Midge · 11-19-2006, 11:02 PM

bilbo?

11-17-2006, 09:11 AM	#1
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Quote Game-Part 8 Here we go with part 8. The same rules apply as before. Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one. example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins) Anything from the books: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game. Suggestions for posting: Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was. Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up. __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide Last edited by Valandil : 11-18-2006 at 01:31 AM. Reason: Copying in Game Rules

11-17-2006, 10:09 AM	#2
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Your turn, CC! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!! Last edited by Valandil : 11-18-2006 at 01:33 AM. Reason: Retained in full - Quote Game 7

11-17-2006, 07:16 PM	#3
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Here's a 1000th post quote: H_m_/!/i_/s_e_l_/l_k_/e_v_s/!/ __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-18-2006, 01:25 AM	#4
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	"Home! It smells like Elves!" ??? That fits, but I can't make sense of it... Sam? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-18-2006, 01:37 PM	#5
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Home is wrong, the rest is right, but it is not Sam. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-18-2006, 08:44 PM	#6
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	uh... "hmmm"? Gimli? "Hmph!" could work there too.. except for the spelling. I got stuck on Hmph for a while... then I had to get past it. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more! Last edited by Midge : 11-18-2006 at 08:46 PM.

11-18-2006, 09:12 PM	#7
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Hmmm is correct. Speaker is not Gimli, however. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-18-2006, 09:40 PM	#8
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Gollum? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-18-2006, 09:48 PM	#9
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	It is not Gollum, no. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-18-2006, 09:51 PM	#10
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Not placing this one at all... Frodo? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-18-2006, 10:50 PM	#11
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Not Frodo, no. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-19-2006, 01:43 AM	#12
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Shagrat? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-19-2006, 05:17 PM	#13
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Not Shagrat, no. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-19-2006, 07:47 PM	#14
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	wonders if he's in the right species now... and how many more of them he can come up with who might have smelled something elvish Gorbag? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-19-2006, 08:36 PM	#15
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Not Gorbag. You've been getting progressively further away with pretty much every guess. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-19-2006, 08:39 PM	#16
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	* re-checks first guess * Merry? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-19-2006, 09:06 PM	#17
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	No, but the right species again. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-19-2006, 09:14 PM	#18
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Pippin? __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

11-19-2006, 09:31 PM	#19
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Nope. Still the right species though. And if it's not Frodo, Sam, Merry, or Pippin... __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-19-2006, 11:02 PM	#20
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	bilbo? __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

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