https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ghyll_talk%3AZiggurat_Scrolls 2026-06-08T03:25:27Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.33.0 https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28998&oldid=prev 2005-04-27T14:20:12Z

<p>Just dumb luck.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:20, 27 April 2005</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17" >Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have an inkling about &quot;letter monopolies&quot;, such that all the phantoms for a certain letter were created by one player, which means he can't define them (Rule 3), and he'll get a free pass to create a brand new entry from scratch. Witness the evidence of John Cowan's C, T, and W phantoms at the [[Ghyll Phantom Index]] - not all his, but only two dibs away from freshness. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have an inkling about &quot;letter monopolies&quot;, such that all the phantoms for a certain letter were created by one player, which means he can't define them (Rule 3), and he'll get a free pass to create a brand new entry from scratch. Witness the evidence of John Cowan's C, T, and W phantoms at the [[Ghyll Phantom Index]] - not all his, but only two dibs away from freshness. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:Pretty much sheer coincidence, or at most an unconscious preference for certain letters.  Definitely not strategy on my part.  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 10:20, 27 Apr 2005 (EDT)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have a passion for word play, so I tend to phantom stuff that wouldn't normally be strong choices, such as [[Old hat]], [[Bump of the Night]], or [[Twitch Doctor]]. I phantom those terms not because I think they're the strongest choices, but because their definitions, and the creativity involved, will be the most interesting ''to me''. See also my [[Ickle]] entry. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have a passion for word play, so I tend to phantom stuff that wouldn't normally be strong choices, such as [[Old hat]], [[Bump of the Night]], or [[Twitch Doctor]]. I phantom those terms not because I think they're the strongest choices, but because their definitions, and the creativity involved, will be the most interesting ''to me''. See also my [[Ickle]] entry. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Actually, I find [[Old hat]] to be one of the most intriguing phantoms.  But maybe that's because I'm one of the people who use the term in real life... --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 15:45, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Actually, I find [[Old hat]] to be one of the most intriguing phantoms.  But maybe that's because I'm one of the people who use the term in real life... --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 15:45, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> </table>

Jcowan https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28997&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T19:45:45Z

<p>...*sigh* ... I&#039;m afraid it&#039;s just all so old hat ...</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:45, 22 April 2005</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19" >Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have a passion for word play, so I tend to phantom stuff that wouldn't normally be strong choices, such as [[Old hat]], [[Bump of the Night]], or [[Twitch Doctor]]. I phantom those terms not because I think they're the strongest choices, but because their definitions, and the creativity involved, will be the most interesting ''to me''. See also my [[Ickle]] entry. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I also have a passion for word play, so I tend to phantom stuff that wouldn't normally be strong choices, such as [[Old hat]], [[Bump of the Night]], or [[Twitch Doctor]]. I phantom those terms not because I think they're the strongest choices, but because their definitions, and the creativity involved, will be the most interesting ''to me''. See also my [[Ickle]] entry. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:24, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:Actually, I find [[Old hat]] to be one of the most intriguing phantoms.  But maybe that's because I'm one of the people who use the term in real life... --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 15:45, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Lady Aleksandra Quininery https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28996&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T19:24:02Z

<p>Strategy in a Lexicon game? Possible, possible.</p> <p>Can't load revision 28996</p>

Morbus Iff https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28994&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T19:06:48Z

<p></p> <p>Can't load revision 28994</p>

Lady Aleksandra Quininery https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28992&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T15:39:48Z

<p>Forgot my ellipses! Oh, my beloved ellipses!</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:39, 22 April 2005</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4" >Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::75: ** The Marty Sea contains [[Kebro-shepenor]], a small island (...</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::75: ** The Marty Sea contains [[Kebro-shepenor]], a small island (...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::136: ** Located in Marty, one of the four [[Dagger Seas]] ([[Kebro-shepeno...</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::136: ** Located in Marty, one of the four [[Dagger Seas]] ([[Kebro-shepeno...</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::192: ** On the coast of Marty, one of the [[Dagger Seas]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::192: ** On the coast of Marty, one of the [[Dagger Seas]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">...</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:These came from the [[WhereIsWhere]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 11:38, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:These came from the [[WhereIsWhere]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 11:38, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> </table>

Morbus Iff https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28991&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T15:38:42Z

<p>There hasn&#039;t been one; some examples included.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:38, 22 April 2005</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What's the appropriate format for referencing one of the Dagger Seas?  the Segundus Dagger Sea?  the Dagger Sea Segundus? or something completely different? Thanks. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 11:31, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What's the appropriate format for referencing one of the Dagger Seas?  the Segundus Dagger Sea?  the Dagger Sea Segundus? or something completely different? Thanks. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 11:31, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:There hasn't been one a standard way. Some quick searches:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::75: ** The Marty Sea contains [[Kebro-shepenor]], a small island (...</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::136: ** Located in Marty, one of the four [[Dagger Seas]] ([[Kebro-shepeno...</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::192: ** On the coast of Marty, one of the [[Dagger Seas]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:These came from the [[WhereIsWhere]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 11:38, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Morbus Iff https://www.disobey.com/w/index.php?title=Ghyll_talk:Ziggurat_Scrolls&diff=28990&oldid=prev 2005-04-22T15:31:19Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>What's the appropriate format for referencing one of the Dagger Seas? the Segundus Dagger Sea? the Dagger Sea Segundus? or something completely different? Thanks. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra Quininery]] 11:31, 22 Apr 2005 (EDT)</div>

Lady Aleksandra Quininery