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Unread postby RTO Manager » 21 Mar 2007, 22:39

List of accepted words, with explanation:
Alain - Avlee ambassador
Aleta - hero
Alice - Hargreaves, damsel in distress in MM7
Aliens - Kreegans
Alita - hero
alliance - general
Allies - general
Ashan - World
Ashes - Isle of
Atella - Hero
Athena - MM6 artifact
Atlas - Hero
A'velsi - MM9
Avlee - Nation
Callis - Hero
Castle - Town type
Cave-in - MM4 & 5
Caves - general
Ceallah - H2:Pol hero
Celeste - MM7 town
Celia - hero
Cells - general
Chain - of heroes
Cheat - general
Cheese - Quest in MM8
Chess - MM9
Chest - Adventure map
Ciele - hero
Clans - H5
Clash - of Dragons
Class - general
Eleece - hero
Ellaine - hero
Ellen - Ambassador for Erathia
Elves - Units
Essence - MM6 potion artifact
Ethania - Country in PoL
Event - Map editor
Evils - general
Hallien - Grave dirt quest, MM8
Haste - Spell
Hates - As per certain h3 units
Haven - Town type
Heaven - Mandate of
Helice - Hero
Hills - Adventure map
Hives - Kreegan
Hsine - hero
Isles - of Terra
Laine - hero
Lance - On champions
Lathean - Vampire promotion MM8
Leane - Stormlance, quest giver MM8
Leech - Mana Leech. Spell
Leslie - hero
Level - general
Liches - Units
Liens - as in h2 artifacts
Nacelle - As in varN, croN
Neela - hero
Nests - Griffin dwelling
Nival - Beloved(?) Developer
Saint - general
Saleena - hero
Saves - general
Scales - general
Scene - general
Sects - In MM
Sentinel - general
Shell - Quest item mm7
Shiva - hero
Silence - As in The
Slave - general
Sleen - Judge
Sleet - H4 lake
Snatch - ability
Stall - Stables
Stash - general
Stealth - ability
Steel - golem
Tales - general
Tavin - AB person
Thane - unit/h3 hero
Thessa - hero
Thieves - Heroes
Tiles - Map editor
Vallia - Hero
Vaniel - in H5 history of elves
Veins - of Ore
Vents - H4 structure
Vessel - of Shalassa
Vials - of blood

In total, there were 344 submitted distinct words, of which 92 were accepted.

Note: We've not accpeted any words that were misspelled. Further, plurals of a word is not listed above, but has been awarded. We've also decided to NOT award points for obscoure MM characters (that means anyone who's just an NPC/trainer/minor character in a quest). If you think a word you generated deserves to be up there, send in a motivation and we just might reconsider.

Each correct word has been awarded 1.5 points, total score rounded up.

Score
Kareeah Indaga - 102
Veldrynus - 89
Mystic Phoenix - 89
Oakwarrior - 78
HodgePodge - 71
Avonu - 68
Corribus - 68
Paulus - 60
Metathron - 50
Thundertitan - 47
theLuckyDragon - 39
winterfate - 33

There is a small chance that the points have been miscalculated, so if you find out that your score doesn't sum up as it should, please contact us.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 21 Mar 2007, 22:45

Damn, didn't think about hero names...

But 31 words ain't too shabby for the effort i put into it.
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Unread postby Veldrynus » 21 Mar 2007, 22:47

Once again I fail to win gold... :disagree:
Veldryn 15:15 And Vel found a dirty old jawbone of a walrus and put forth his hand, and took it, and in his unholy rage, he slew thirty four thousand men and children therewith.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 21 Mar 2007, 22:50

Veldrynus wrote:Once again I fail to win gold... :disagree:
Your life isn't worth living.... you know what to do.
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Unread postby Metathron » 21 Mar 2007, 23:08

Leech - Mana Leech. Spell
Leech is not a noun, but a verb, which is why I did not include it in my list.
Liens - as in h2 artifacts
There's only one such artifact so using the plural doesn't make much sense to me.
Stealth - ability
"Celestial Heavens" only has one T.

I see that my "Sails (on a boat)" was not accepted. It may be broad, but certainly not more so than the accepted "Veins - of Ore".

I'm also wondering why these should not be accepted:

Natives (the peoples originally inhabiting the lands of HoMM, e.g. the mantis and the waspwort for HoMM IV)

Sales (the acts of selling resources)

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Also, according to my reckoning, my score as it stands at the moment should be 48, not 50.
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Unread postby Kareeah Indaga » 21 Mar 2007, 23:41

Sentinel doesn’t work either—only one ‘n’ in Celestial Heavens.

And I can’t believe how obvious some of the ones I missed were. >_<

Also, second Metathron’s vote for Sails.

Guess I can understand Vanilla though. : (

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Unread postby Oakwarrior » 21 Mar 2007, 23:55

I agree with what Metathron and Kareeah posted. Every bit ('cept the Leech part maybe) :)
I have a few more:

Stances - charged attacks in Dark Messiah multiplayer
Niece - Leanna is Menelag's niece in Dark Messiah
Leaves - what almost EVERY elf in M&M history has as clothing or accessories
Vases - quest items in M&M games
Anvil - the grail building of the Dwarves from HoMM V (Blazing Anvil)
Staves - weapons and artifacts! :-D
Insect(s) - Wasp swarm spell, Mantis unit, Waspwort...
Seventh - Sar-Elam the Seventh Dragon
Silent - Silent Stalker perk from HoMM V
Cleave - Vindicator special ability in HoMM V
Cleanse - spell from HoMM V (well at least this page shows so :-D https://www.celestialheavens.com/560)
Canes - (not so obvious) swirling things that mark town halls in M&M VI
Seats - hot-seat for example
Chase - 954 YSD: Chase, map in HoMM V (IIRC)
Vehicles - Forge reference, also Ballistae, Ammo Carts...
Senate - Circle of the Nine, they rule the Silver Cities, yes it's kind of vague, but almost a synonym :-D
Casts - spellcasts ;|
Caste(s) - Pretty much everywhere. Dwarves have castes (H5), Elves have castes (H5), Inferno has castes (H3) :)

:S :-D
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Unread postby Kareeah Indaga » 22 Mar 2007, 00:06

Oakwarrior wrote: Niece - Leanna is Menelag's niece in Dark Messiah
Vases - quest items in M&M games
Staves - weapons and artifacts! :-D
Seventh - Sar-Elam the Seventh Dragon
Ooo, you had those too? :-D

Okay, I admit, I put Seven instead of Seventh (Schism of the Seven). And I thought of Melody Silver instead of Leanna, but then I haven’t played DM.

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Unread postby Oakwarrior » 22 Mar 2007, 00:12

:-D
Pretty cool.
I edited the list several times now, it has some new stuff in there :devious:
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Unread postby Kareeah Indaga » 22 Mar 2007, 00:33

I’d noticed. :)

Is that a 'hint-hint Kareeah, share your didn't-make-its with us'?

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Unread postby Oakwarrior » 22 Mar 2007, 00:38

:devious:

..only if they have good reasons *coughlikeminecough*

EDIT: Le roflschnitzel! :cry:

I just found ANOTHER textfile (which I had obviously saved sometime) with 5 ones that were on the list and 7 that weren't, in a total of 12 words then. Ah, too bad :(

Now I know why I swore that I could recognize some of those words that weren't in my big textfile but were on the list.
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Unread postby winterfate » 22 Mar 2007, 00:38

:wall:

Ouch...well there's still some more rounds left...I have faith that I'll be able to climb back up :D.

Congrats to all, especially the winners! :applause:
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Unread postby Oakwarrior » 22 Mar 2007, 00:47

winterfate wrote::wall:

Ouch...well there's still some more rounds left...I have faith that I'll be able to climb back up :D.

Congrats to all, especially the winners! :applause:
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Unread postby Kareeah Indaga » 22 Mar 2007, 01:14

Oakwarrior wrote::devious:

..only if they have good reasons *coughlikeminecough*
Meh, maybe later.

Oakwarrior wrote:EDIT: Le roflschnitzel! :cry:

I just found ANOTHER textfile (which I had obviously saved sometime) with 5 ones that were on the list and 7 that weren't, in a total of 12 words then. Ah, too bad :(

Now I know why I swore that I could recognize some of those words that weren't in my big textfile but were on the list.
I know how you feel. I had a few (only a handful, but still) made up between saves, then Word went all wonky when I tried to save and I lost them. : (
winterfate wrote:Congrats to all, especially the winners! :applause:
Thank you winterfate! :hug:

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Unread postby winterfate » 22 Mar 2007, 03:23

Kareeah Indaga wrote:Thank you winterfate! :hug:
You got quite a few words. Your victory was well deserved! ;)

And because a hug deserves another hug in return...

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Unread postby Mystic Phoenix » 22 Mar 2007, 08:18

I have some more to add... What about "halls"? We have shield halls, blade halls, clan halls and halls of horror in H5 as town buildings.

Seishnec is a Dungeon town in H5 (see fan manual).
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Unread postby theLuckyDragon » 22 Mar 2007, 08:24

Well, I say. I definitely didn't try hard enough.
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Unread postby Avonu » 22 Mar 2007, 09:05

"Sails (on a boat)"
Natives
Vases
Anvil
Insect(s)
Seats
Strange - same situation here.
And what about "hints" or "seals" (on royal documents, etc.)?
Stealth - ability
"Celestial Heavens" only has one T.
"Someone cheating out there" :devil: (j/k)

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Unread postby Mystic Phoenix » 22 Mar 2007, 09:15

Avonu wrote:
Stealth - ability
"Celestial Heavens" only has one T.
"Someone cheating out there" :devil: (j/k)
I suppose it was me, maybe not alone, but I had it on my list. I got a bit dizzy with all those words... same for Sentinel here.
But since my two words mentioned above may be counted, my score might stay the same.

There are some words mentioned by Oak I had on my list, too. But let the judges decide what is in and what not. They do a great job :tsup:
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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 22 Mar 2007, 09:32

Halls and natives were accepted and points awarded, but they somehow failed to show up in that list.

Stealth and sentinel will be taken out and shot.

As for the rest:

Leech: is a noun. ("Leeches"- one can see the spell as a leech).
Liens: One can find two copies of them. Which one can't with the one vase that comes to my mind. Similarly, "Orb of silts" isn't the correct plural, so "silts" wasn't accepted.

Sails/Veins: one comes across veins of ore in MM7, which is why it's accepted. I know no quest or similar involving sails, which is why it wasn't.

Sales - too general
Stances - OK
Niece - still too general
Leaves - I can think of a game full of elves without them. And it's too general
Anvil - OK
Staves - OK
Insect(s) - OK
Seventh - Not a noun. And neither is "seven", as used in the suggestions.
Silent - Not a noun
Cleave - OK
Cleanse - Spell's name is "Cleansing"
Canes - Nope
Seats - Too general
Chase - no
Vehicles - No
Senate - Nope
Casts - "casts" are what doctors use to fix broken bones. Correct plural would be "castings"
Caste(s) - Can't remember any, further input?
Seischnec - OK
Hints - bordeline, but no.
Seals - Are they ever somehow in focus?

Updated score:
Kareeah Indaga 104
Veldrynus 92
Mystic Phoenix 92
Oakwarrior 84
HodgePodge 71
Avonu 71
Corribus 69
Paulus 60
Metathron 50
Thundertitan 48
theLuckyDragon 41
winterfate 35
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