Dracolich writes...

Here is a couple of guesses for the 2198 contest:

27: world
35: freaks
37: demons
140: leader
178: half
265: Space
266: spawn
271: planet
356: annihilate

Siren writes...

Are there nudist gargoyles?

Leva writes...

56: protected
67: emancipate (WILD guess)

Leva writes...

61: harming

Leva writes...

45: murdered
52: granted
53: national
54: rights
57: country
58: rights
59: recognised
60: nation

Leva writes...

43: murdered

Leva writes...

37: beasts
35: brutes

Leva writes...

22: freedom
27: world
35: beasts
37: brutes

Leva writes...

19: your
20: last
21: hope

Leva writes...

9: world
19 - 21: man's last hope

Shari B writes...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (I know it won't be your birthday when you read this, but it is now.)

2198 contest:

44 - hated
214 - sapphires
253 - being's
308 - creation
356 - obliderate
423 - society

I concur with whoever it was that said the more I figure out the more fascinating this story becomes (sorry I can't remember who it was, but I have read a LOT of posts tonight). Greg, you are a genius.

Ray Kremer writes...

Okay, last one until after tonight's scoring.

G2198 contest

414 Samson
450 world
455 world
486 honorary
514 world
517 abducted

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

414 Zafiro
433 heat
447 transporters
450 Earth
514 Earth

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

405 Demona
407 Demona
414 Demona

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

405 Nokkar
406 Nokkar
407 Nokkar
414 Nokkar

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

356 erradicate
374 journey
388 Earth
395 bred
405 Zafiro
406 Zafiro
407 Zafiro

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

205 Paris
206 dark
214 gemstones
219 Zafiro
221 Zafiro
226 magical
260 millennia
290 world
312 Lexington
317 five

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

205 Korea

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

088 gargoyles
104 shadow
128 world
130 alien
143 Samson
151 grandson
155 Broadway's
171 Guatemala
172 leader
198 warrior

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

009 truce
018 we
020 best
027 world
053 sentient
057 special
059 endangered
066 thriving
073 spirit
075 thrive

Shari B writes...

Here's a few more guesses for the 2198 contest:

246 - protecting
247 - serving
356 - resistance
368 - resistance
461 - Gargoyle
462 - hatching
502 - strength
517 - thwarted
518 - attempted

Shari B writes...

Another contest?!? Yay yay!! (but of course I am way behind - that's what I get for not checking here in the last three days) I waded through the queue, and I think I caught all the ones that have already been guessed. My apologies if I missed a couple though.

2198 contest:

53 - minority
66 - prolific
68 - 2198
77 - hatching
108 - hatching
123 - Earth's
143 - leader
216 - great

more to come...

Phil writes...

Contest

502: powerful
507: secret
510: programs

Graymonk writes...

2198 CONTEST

1)struggle

Phil writes...

Contest

(Wild guesses)
125: Lexnet
322: Lexnet
327: Lexnet

PS: Happy Birthday!

Graymonk writes...

2198 CONTEST

524)future
525)now

Graymonk writes...

2198 CONTEST

524)contest
525)on

Graymonk writes...

2198 CONTEST

334)994

Graymonk writes...

GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST

506)Hyena
507)Jackal

Ray Kremer writes...

Garg 2198 contest
Oops, sorry about my monster enrty before.

474: collaborators

Demona Taina writes...

This is a long shot but oh, well. :P

GARGOYLES 2198 CONTEST

7: humans
27: world
35: demons
53: civilian
107: hatchlings
108: coming

My guesses.. more to come. :)

Ray Kremer writes...

>Adam writes...
>2198 CONTEST
>Okay, I'm stupid. I should have waited five seconds for you to post the numbers. Sorry, but here's more.
>513: over
>514: world
>515: space
>516: spawn
>520: galaxy
>521: nutshell
>522: Gargoyles
>523: 2198
>Greg responds...
>5pts. Told you this thing was too easy.
>recorded on 09-27-00

Which five?

Derek writes...

2198 Question-
For the final answer, do you want the whole paragraph with blanks filled in or just a list from 1 to 524?

Phil writes...

Contest

474: Machiavellian

Phil writes...

Contest

467: collaborated
472: prejudice

Phil writes...

Contest

433: fire
444: teleport

Phil writes...

Contest

374: forward

Leva writes...

Duh, 239 should have been Maza in that last guess.

Leva writes...

239: Matt (okay, now I'm REALLY going out on a limb here)
242: raised
243: ishimura
245: way

Phil writes...

Contest

292: harsh
293: competence

Leva writes...

233: Bluestone (wild guess, but what the hey)

Leva writes...

226: magics

Leva writes...

222 warfare

Leva writes...

219 Zafiro

Phil writes...

Contest

225: scholarly

Leva writes...

219: Samson

Phil writes...

Contest

151: grandson

Leva writes...

186: cloned

Leva writes...

178: part

Leva writes...

183: Delilah

Leva writes...

174: rebellion

Phil writes...

Contest

112: ceremonial

Phil writes...

Contest

74: influence

Phil writes...

Contest

59: indigenous

Ambrosia writes...

2198 contest:

308: acronym

Phil writes...

Contest

479: fraternal
498: devil's

Aris Katsaris writes...

103: occasion
202: resistance

Aris Katsaris writes...

404: sidekick

Ambrosia writes...

2198 contest:
292: anger
293: excitement
???

Ambrosia writes...

2198 contest:
199: Samson
200: Samson
I'm bound to be worthless at this. Serves me right for getting a day behind!

Leva writes...

177: labyrinth
178: half
192: races
194: humanity
196: gargoyles
197: gargoyle
198: warrior
199: Samson*
200: Samson
201: Second

Leva writes...

149: removed
157: son
162: 2198
164: forty
165: twenty
145: 2158
144: Manhatten
172: Samson
176: Delilah

Leva writes...

130: alien
131-132: space-spawn
133: invade
134: captured
135-136: space-spawn
137: empire
140: second
143: Samson

Leva writes...

108: hatching
117: caldera
119: caldera
120: eggs
121: spacecraft
128: earth

Leva writes...

107: generation

Leva writes...

Another one --

104: caldera

Leva writes...

Having a go at it ... this is fun! :)

1: struggle
7: future
32: sentient
33: creatures

Lachesis writes...

Hi Greg. Just scrolled through the "to be submitted" pile. My condolences. By the time this gets through, the contest will probably be over.

2198 Guesses

58: status
59: independent
60: nation
61: hunting
71: gargoyle
72: nation
99: twelve
140: leader
141: gargoyledom

Demona Taina writes...

GARGOYLES 2198

27: world
37: beasts
53: civilian
58: rights

Just thought I'd give it a try.. :)

Blaise writes...

Well, I might as well TRY and get my foot in the door with the contest. This one may have already been answered already, but the "Submitted" archive's so big, and I'm on a time limit, so I could only skim. Here goes:

248: gargoyle

Here's hoping...

Bud-Clare writes...

296: Lexington
297: Burnett
298: Corporation
299: Samson's
337: robots

Bud-Clare writes...

310: Burnett
311: Corporation

Bud-Clare writes...

216: cobra

HA! Got another one... by cheating basically, but who cares? (It was described as a cobra's tail in Vashkoda's prize...)

galvatron writes...

43.attacked
71.gargoyle
77.gargoyle
76.diplomacy
85.eggs
94.April
133.arrives
158.lancelot
178.part

Bud-Clare writes...

2198 Contest

219: Zafiro
221: Samson

*gets sick of spending hideous amounts of time trying to find answers that haven't been submitted yet, and goes to the comment room*

Bud-Clare writes...

*sighs* Maybe _these_ haven't been guessed yet. This contest is really, really nasty.

206: rain
237: Maza
239: Maza
252: fully

Bud-Clare writes...

The Contest:

6: years
13: Earth
15: danger
30: we
31: Gargoyles
32: sentient
33: lifeforms
47: Gargoyle
48: Protection
49: Act
50: United
51: Nations
52: granted
54: status
55: clans
58: rights
59: independent
60: nation
61: Killing
65: comeback
78: eggs
79: Queen
80: Florence
81: Island
82: west
83: coast
84: Canada
85: eggs
86: hatch
88: hatchlings
90: new
91: thirteenth
92: thirteen (Says who?)
93: number
140: leader
146: coloring
147: Goliath
173: leader
180: part
181: human
255: Nokkar
259: Earth
262: world
263: Space
264: Spawn
265: Space
266: Spawn
267: technology
269: resistence
270: Nokkar
426: heroes

Bruno writes...

Hi, Greg!

The G2198 contest:

2-far
23-defenders
24-night
25-protectors
26-this
27-world
28-year
29-2198
427-space
428-spawn
460-world's
470-space
471-spawn
457-iluminatti
500-coyote
501-coyote
504-artifitial
505-intelligence
523-tyca

This contest will be the funniest of all!

Faieq writes...

2198 Clan contest:
142. Samson
144. Manhattan
147. Goliath
340. Demona
341. thousand
342. Demona

DragonWolf writes...

183: monster

DragonWolf writes...

56: spreading

Graymonk writes...

2198 CONTEST
168)Second
169)in
170)command
172)leader
203)Zafiro
204)leader
233)Monmouth
238)Monmouths
239)Maza
240)Castaway
249)Wings
254)Sentinel
261)Sentinel
382)Return
383)his
387)gargoyle
388)human
276)staff
287)alien
305)hand
405)Nokkar
406)Zafiro
407)Samson
408)Monmouth
414)Demona
423)Aliens
424)Space
425)Spawn
429)Antagonists
430)Alien
468)Aliens
483)World
490)Occupation
492)Aliens
504)Artificial
505)Intelligence
514)Earth
520)Universe
522)September
523)2000

Michael writes...

Contest

516: spawn

Michael writes...

Contest

515: space

Michael writes...

Contest

514: World

Michael writes...

Contest

513: over

Michael writes...

Contest

30: We
31: Gargoyles

Michael writes...

Contest

23: defenders
24: night

Michael writes...

Contest

173: leader

Michael writes...

Contest

172: Samson

Michael writes...

Contest

147: Goliath

Michael writes...

143: Samson

Phil writes...

Contest

508: robotic
509: bodies

Phil writes...

Contest

124: global

Phil writes...

Contest

57: favored

Phil writes...

Contest

130: first

Phil writes...

Contest

22: Liberty

Phil writes...

Contest

16: humanity
17: enslaved
20: only
22: freedom

Emmlei writes...

contest:
92- thirteen
93-number

Phil writes...

Contest

434: exploding