WW40 - Game Thread

[Jabbz]

That doesn't answer my question Zak. Why did you pick MJW to ask that question of.

[zakalwe]

That doesn't answer my question Zak. Why did you pick MJW to ask that question of.

There were two players with unclaimed names, Novice and MJW. Voteblocking also seemed like it might be linked to double voting.

[zakalwe]

By the way, what is your name, Novice?

[novice]

By the way, what is your name, Novice?

Ixion.

[MJW (ya that one)]

Won't be able to do anything until I get back home from work today but I have just enough time for this:

Oh, my name is Achilles.

[Jabbz]

Well, here is the deal as far as I see it. The only way Zak isn't scum is if Serdoa has presented us with a bastard game. That requires a couple of odd things to occur. First Zak has to have a power that detects the names of characters who visited him, but not the player behind it, in a game where players were not listed. Second, it requires that Serdoa tells Zak that Medusa visited him instead of Perseus. This is a little off as Serdoa never actually mentions the source of my power. The only time that was mentioned was by me.

Now even taking that into account, there is one more issue I have with Zak's case. The spelling of all characters to date have been transliteration's into Latin of the original Greek words. As such Narcissus becomes Narkissos. Cassandra becomes Kassandra. Daedalus becomes Daidalos.

And Medusa becomes MEDOUSA.

Being familiar with the westernized versions of the pantheon names, I understandably wrote those names out in the way I am used to. However, given that Zak would have received the name directly from our transliterative loving host, he would have received a different spelling. Because the only time he saw it however, was when I mentioned my association with the Gorgon, that is the spelling he used when reporting his supposed contact. Sorry Zak, but you are scum.

[zakalwe]

Won't be able to do anything until I get back home from work today but I have just enough time for this:

Oh, my name is Achilles.

Yes, that was later, after I had claimed.

[zakalwe]

I guess that's a good point about the spelling. The error is not mine, though, as the PM I got says Medusa. I'm guessing that it probably does say Medousa in your PM, though.

[novice]

Now even taking that into account, there is one more issue I have with Zak's case. The spelling of all characters to date have been transliteration's into Latin of the original Greek words. As such Narcissus becomes Narkissos. Cassandra becomes Kassandra. Daedalus becomes Daidalos.

And Medusa becomes MEDOUSA.

Being familiar with the westernized versions of the pantheon names, I understandably wrote those names out in the way I am used to. However, given that Zak would have received the name directly from our transliterative loving host, he would have received a different spelling. Because the only time he saw it however, was when I mentioned my association with the Gorgon, that is the spelling he used when reporting his supposed contact. Sorry Zak, but you are scum.

I actually was looking into the same thing now, from another angle. (I wanted to see if Narkissos was consistent with the other name spellings, and it seems to be.)

Here's my research. The first name is the name as claimed by the player / given by Serdoa. What follows are Wikipedia entries.

Novice: Ixion. Ixion (/ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ ik-sy-ən; Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίωνος)[1] was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery".

Jabbz: Perseus. Perseus (/ˈpɜrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek: Περσεύς), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans, was the first hero. Son of the god Zeus.

AdrienIer: Penelope. Penelope /pəˈnɛləpiː/ pə-nel-ə-pee; Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē) is the faithful wife of Odysseus

zakalwe: Narkissos. Narcissus (/nɑrˈsɪsəs/; Greek: Νάρκισσος, Narkissos) was a Hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. He was the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope.

Marcus Aurelius: Melampous. Melampus /mɨˈlæmpəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μελάμπους, Melampous),[1] was a legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos. He was the introducer of the worship of Dionysus, according to Herodotus, who asserted that his powers as a seer were derived from the Egyptians[2] and that he could understand the language of animals.

mjw: Achilles. Achilles (/əˈkɪliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, Akhilleus, pronounced [akʰilːéu̯s]) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.

Gazglum: Daidalos. Daedalus (/ˈdɛdələs ˈdiːdələs/; Ancient Greek: Δαίδαλος Daidalos, perhaps related to δαιδάλλω "to work artfully";[1] Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful craftsman and artist.

Mattimeo: Orpheus. Orpheus (/ˈɔrfiəs, ˈɔrfjuːs/; Greek: Ὀρφεύς) was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth.

Rowain: Odysseus. Odysseus (/oʊˈdɪsiəs, oʊˈdɪsjuːs/; Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς [odysˈsews]), also known by the Latin name Ulysses (US /juːˈlɪsiːz/, UK /ˈjuːlɪsiːz/; Latin: Ulyssēs, Ulixēs), was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.

BRickAstley: Kassandra and Hades. Cassandra (Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced [kas̚sándra͜a], also Κασάνδρα), also known as Alexandra or Kassandra, was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Hades (/ˈheɪdiːz/; from Ancient Greek Ἅιδης/ᾍδης) was the ancient Greek god of the underworld.

Lewwyn: Poseidon and Sisyphos. Sisyphus (/ˈsɪsɪfəs/;[1] Greek: Σίσυφος, Sísyphos) was a king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). Poseidon (/pɵˈsaɪdən/; Greek: Ποσειδῶν, pronounced [pose͜edɔ́͜ɔn]) is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology.

Not sure that Achilles adheres to your transliteration pattern, Jabbz?

[novice]

And here's what Wikipedia says on Medusa:

Medusa (/məˈdjuːzə, məˈdʒuː-, -sə/, US /məˈduː-/; Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress")[1] was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair.

I don't think Serdoa transliterated by hand, he probably went by some list or by a set of articles. So I think it's perfectly possible that Serdoa would say Medusa and not Medousa.