The Modesitt Quote Game

Gil galad · Post by **Gil galad** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:08 pm

sorry i didnt know about that rule, so ive got to wait 5 days right? thats an awefully long time! ...

torybear · Post by **torybear** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:28 am

torybear wrote:Just a thought rule wise that if you have one a sherlock you have to sit the next one out...speaking as a registered eager beaver it only seems fair.

The actual rule is that if you guess correctly, and then post a quote, you cannot answer the quote posted by the person who guesses your quote until it is "cold" which was defined as five days.

yech that doesn't read very well.

For instance,
Day 1- MK posts a quote
Day 2- Torybear guesses correctly
Day 2- Torybear posts a quote
Day 3- MK cannot answer, Sneaky bunny guesses correctly
Day 3- Sneaky bunny posts a quote
Day 4- MK guesses correctly
Day 4-Mk posts a quote
Day 5- Torybear cannot answer.

Obviously the rules can change but technically that is how they work.

Post by **Ghost** » Tue May 04, 2004 8:03 am

Torybear, that is much better explanation.

MK, youâ€™re up.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:47 am

Crap. Sorry. I forgot. Will do it soon.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:26 am

Sorry, I realized I don't have any good ones ... only easy ones. So here goes.

"Probably be my epitaph - 'He thought it was a good idea at the time.'"

My only saving grace is that it sounds like somebody else so maybe that will confuse peeps.

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:27 am

Can I suggest that quotes from short stories should be forbidden, as they are imossible to find, and it is unfair to post a quote most people have no hope of getting.

Also, quotes should not give away much in the way of plot (e.g. no spoilers)

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:28 am

Nylan

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:10 pm

Told you it was easy. I was hoping someone would think it was Dorrin.

Good job.

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:34 pm

first speaker, second speaker, book, why the second speaker is a good trader

"maybe that's why you're a good trader."
"I'm not a trader. You're far better than I could ever be."

Post by **Ghost** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:36 pm

MidasKnight wrote: "Probably be my epitaph - 'He thought it was a good idea at the time.'"

But it is an excellent quote, one of my favorites.

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:44 pm

I agree

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:54 pm

Scion of Cyador, Lorn to Ryalth, his depth of knowledge of the merchanter trading system and ability to see a product as a commodity before it is one... I think. All my books are at home and I'm stuck at work.

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:57 pm

actually, it's about his effectiveness, and in Magi'i of Cyador,but I'll give it as you could look it up, knowing the speakers.

are we still giving points?

You're up

[yay - I'm no longer a bookworm]

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:10 pm

Darn, knew it was one of them.... I will have a new quote posted later this evening.... just as soon as I find one.

Post by **KiltanneN** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:20 pm

Kvetch wrote:are we still giving points?

[yay - I'm no longer a bookworm]

We are indeed still giving pioints - over in the sherlock thread...

I thought I had detected a bit of post whorage

Although the bumps were done very well so I can certainly not complain

There are a goodly number of rankings for you to try on...

kilt

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:20 pm

OK, this may be a bit obscure...

"Without a deity the universe is uncertain. But, once the deistic faiths have been analyzed, they provide no greater certainty, nor is there any verified evidence that deities per se have improved humanity or its institutions."

You will need to reply with the Title of the novel, and the book the quote came from.

Have fun with this one... and oh, it was so hard to choose just one....

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:14 pm

EJSarao wrote: "Without a deity the universe is uncertain. But, once the deistic faiths have been analyzed, they provide no greater certainty, nor is there any verified evidence that deities per se have improved humanity or its institutions."

Ahhh, the agony!

I know the answer, but I don't have time to look up a new quote, and so I must refrain.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:33 pm

The title of the novel and the book it came from? Aren't these the same thing?

The Parafaith War.

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:49 pm

No, for example, the title of the novel would be The Death of Chaos, and the name of the book would be The Book of Ryba. Does that make sense?
(If you're like me you anticipate these little excerpts as much as the new characters in each new novel).

Linzearl · Post by **Linzearl** » Tue May 04, 2004 8:00 pm

Your saving grace has been your willingness to undergo punishment for your mistakes. Accept yourself and keep that willingness, and it may be enough to protect us all

Just a guess at the cold quote, is this Cerryls patrol leader (cant remember his name) saying it to Cerryl just after he has killed the guy in the street - Either TWO or COC

jweb · Post by **jweb** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:10 pm

Linzearl wrote:
Your saving grace has been your willingness to undergo punishment for your mistakes. Accept yourself and keep that willingness, and it may be enough to protect us all
Just a guess at the cold quote, is this Cerryls patrol leader (cant remember his name) saying it to Cerryl just after he has killed the guy in the street - Either TWO or COC

Good guess, but no.

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:01 am

I may have lost track, but isn't the cold quote to Loki from sammis (sp?)

Gil galad · Post by **Gil galad** » Wed May 05, 2004 4:12 am

am i allowed to play quote game yet?

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed May 05, 2004 7:58 am

Yes.

...and Kvetch, you answered your own quote in another thread.

I now understand what you meant by 'book.' I was being tarded.

I was half right though.

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:36 am

MK, could you please clarify what you meant by answering own post in another thread?

do you mean gil galad's post of the current quote (with references) in the 'purpose of religion' thread?

since Gil Galad obviously knows the quote is from the Parafaith War, the Ecotech Dialogues, I assume it is time for a new post.

will someone repost the extant cold quotes and the new one please - I have lost track now

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