Lore Masters' Quote Game - Part 1

[Curufin]

This has the same rules as the other thread, which I'll quote here:

Here we go with part 9. The same rules apply as before.

Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words, and punctuation marks. A solution must include all words solved correctly and the correct speaker identified. Whoever solves the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both, posts the next one. It is not necessary for the one solving to say who it is said to, anything about the context, or what book it's found in.

Example: "I/_i_l/_i_e/_o_/a/_a_e/,/_n_/I/_h_l_/c_l_/y_u/_t_n_."
Answer: "I will give you a name, and I shall call you Sting." Bilbo Baggins (from The Hobbit)

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. However, if the one who posted the quote is away or not responding, a player may look up an attempted full solution to see if it was correct before moving on and posting the next quote.

For this, quotes may come from any of the Histories of Middle Earth or from The Children of Húrin. If you have a quote from The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, or The Unfinished Tales, please use the other thread.

Oh, and one more step - before we can move to the next quote, someone needs to tell us which text the quote comes from OR what it's talking about. (Not both.)



Ok, so to start us off:

N_y/!/_h_u_h/_/d_/n_t/_o_d_m_/,/y_t/_t_l_/I/_i_l/_u_g_/./H_r_i_/I/
_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/w_l_/o_/E_u/,/_u_/f_u_t/_n/_i_/c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/f_o_/t_e/_i_h_s_/w_i_h/_s/_h_/H_p_/o_/w_i_h/_h_/
K_n_/h_t_/s_o_e_/./A_d/_/d_u_t/_o_/t_a_/t_e/_a_i_g/_f/_h_/h_g_e_/r_a_/,/
a_/a_c_n_/t_a_/t_o_g_/h_r_/w_s/_o_/i_p_s_i_l_/,/w_s/_a_t/_f/_h_t/
_u_p_s_/o_/i_m_d_a_e/_o_d/_f/_h_c_/N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/./

[Valandil]

"Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./H_r_i_/ I
/_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/ will of Eru, but fruit in him /c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the /_i_h_s_/ which is the Hope on which the
King hath /s_o_e_/. And I doubt now that the /_a_i_g/ of the /h_g_e_/ road,
an account that though here was not impossible, was part of that
_u_p_s_/ of immediate good of which /N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/."

[Valandil]

Curufin - the title of this thread seems a bit wordy.

Should I rename it? Would you like: "Lore-Master's Quote Game"? And then we could explain in the opening post where the quotes are to come from...

[Curufin]

"Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./H_r_i_/ I
/_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/ will of Eru, but fruit in him /c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the /_i_h_s_/ which is the Hope on which the
King hath /s_o_e_/. And I doubt now that the /_a_i_g/ of the /h_g_e_/ road,
an account that though here was not impossible, was part of that
_u_p_s_/ of immediate good of which /N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/."

fruit and him are wrong in the second line

of is wrong in the third line

now is wrong in the fourth line

account and here are wrong in the fifth line

All the rest is right!

[Curufin]

I was thinking that myself, Valandil!

Feel free to change it. I like 'Lore-master's Quote Game'.

[Valandil]

"Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./H_r_i_/ I
/_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/ will on Eru, but /f_u_t/ in his /c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the /_i_h_s_/ which is the Hope on which the
King hath /s_o_e_/. And I doubt not that the /_a_i_g/ of the higher road,
an ancient that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
_u_p_s_/ of immediate good of which /N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/."

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

I've made a jumble of this jumble but it's a start.
E: looks like I overlapped several posts while I was thinking/typing...
Ignore this one....

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

Another try:

Nay! / Though I do not condemn, yet still I will/_u_g_.
Herein I describe you only the direct will of Eru, you/f_u_t/in his/c_e_t_r_s.
For guilt/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/from the highest which is the Hope of which the
King hath spoken.
And I doubt not that the waning of the higher/r_a_/,/
as ancient that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
suppose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

[Curufin]

Originally Posted by Valandil

"Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./H_r_i_/ I
/_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/ will on Eru, but /f_u_t/ in his /c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the /_i_h_s_/ which is the Hope on which the
King hath /s_o_e_/. And I doubt not that the /_a_i_g/ of the higher road,
an ancient that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
_u_p_s_/ of immediate good of which /N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/."

the first on is wrong
the second on is wrong too
ancient is wrong (you added in an extra letter! )

so we have:

"Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./H_r_i_/ I
/_e_c_i_e/_o_/o_l_/_h_/d_r_c_/ will /o_/ Eru, but /f_u_t/ in his /c_e_t_r_s/./
_o_/g_i_t/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the /_i_h_s_/ which is the Hope /o_ /which the
King hath /s_o_e_/. And I doubt not that the /_a_i_g/ of the higher road,
an /a_c_n_/ that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
_u_p_s_/ of immediate good of which /N_ë_n_/s_e_k_t_/."

[Curufin]

DPR:

Nay! / Though I do not condemn, yet still I will/_u_g_.

All right.

Herein I describe you only the direct will of Eru, you/f_u_t/in his/c_e_t_r_s.

'describe, you, you' wrong

For guilt/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/from the highest which is the Hope of which the
King hath spoken.

'for' wrong

And I doubt not that the waning of the higher/r_a_/,/

'waning' wrong

as ancient that though hard was not impossible, was part of that

'an', 'ancient' wrong

suppose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

'suppose' wrong

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will /_u_g_/./ Herein I
/_e_c_i_e/not only the direct will of Eru, but /f_u_t/ in his /c_e_t_r_s/./
Now guilt/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the highest which is the Hope of which the
King hath spoken. And I doubt not that the taking of the higher road,
as /a_c_n_/ that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
purpose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

[Curufin]

as in the fifth line is incorrect. Everything else is right.

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will judge. Herein I
perceive not only the direct will of Eru, but fault in his /c_e_t_r_s/./
Now guilt/_e_/a/_a_l_n_/ from the highest which is the Hope of which the
King hath spoken. And I doubt not that the taking of the higher road,
a_ /a_c_n_/ that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
purpose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

[Curufin]

All three are correct!

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

"falling"
"an ascent"

[Curufin]

'an ascent' is correct.

'falling' is not.

And ACK - but 'now' in the third line is also incorrect...I must have missed that.

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will judge. Herein I
perceive not only the direct will of Eru, but fault in his creatures.
Nor guilt get a failing from the highest which is the Hope of which the King hath spoken. And I doubt not that the taking of the higher road,
an ascent that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
purpose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

I think there are still at least a couple errors. I'll guess the speaker, too: Mandos?

[Curufin]

'nor' and 'get' are incorrect.

And no, it isn't Mandos.

[The Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nay! Though I do not condemn, yet still I will judge. Herein I
perceive not only the direct will of Eru, but fault in his creatures.
Now guilt set a failing from the highest which is the Hope of which the King hath spoken. And I doubt not that the taking of the higher road,
an ascent that though hard was not impossible, was part of that
purpose of immediate good of which Niënna seeketh.

Manwe?

[Curufin]

Nope, still both wrong, and no, it isn't Manwë.

Keep guessing.