Word Combat

[Moogle0119]

Damn I really got nothing, I had initially checked Wikipedia on ectropy and while stating it was sorta the opposite it did say this for "Extropy"...

Originally Posted by Wiki

Extropy expresses a metaphor, rather than serving as a technical term, and so is not simply the opposite of entropy, although it is also considered the appropriate antonym.

....but I just checked other places on the web and it's stating that ectropy is the opposite of entropy word for word. Damn you wiki!

[Cati]

Entropy - Equilibrium

I had this whole thought-process thing going on here. Let's see if I can remember it. Um, entropy measures how close something-or-other is to equilibrium, yeah? So if it's at equilibrium, entropy can't occur anymore. Like room temperature and ice -- entropy occurs and then they equalize each other out and the ice is water and the water is room temperature and the temperature won't change anymore and this is joy.

Edit: Probably also should point out I'm using the thermodynamic definition here, oops.

Ricin - Glucose

According to Wikipedia, glucose and saline are treatment for ricin poisoning. My guess was that the glucose was more important in the whole treatment aspect since you need something to dissolve the glucose in, and dissolving it in regular water would probably be bad since you probably want to use a liquid that won't screw up the whole human body salinity thing on top of everything else. So yeah, glucose.

[Marelo]

Round 5 Results:

Cati - 11 / (-2, failed negations; Need an explanation for Entropy and Ricin. Restored points for Ricin and Entropy.)

Darthmauler64 - 7 // (-1, failed negation; Entropy - Bumping. Need an explanation for why bumping would stop entropy. Entropy still stands. It's too far of a leap from Entropy to mafia threads.)

Moogle0119 - 9 // (-2, antonym; Entropy - Ectropy.)

Preturbed – 1 (-2, failed negations; Need an explanation for Entropy. Batman and Joker are usually considered to actually be fairly complementary people. Entropy still stands because outside intervention just represents a larger system, which is still subject to entropy. Restored 1 point for Batman, but then -5 for the repetition.)

New Word Set:

Extinction
Reality
Lead
Containment

Begin Round 6.

Edit: Also, there's a question for you guys over in the talk thread.

[Moogle0119]

Extinction - Adaptability
Reality - Daydream
Lead - Bismuth
Containment - Breach

[DarthMauler64]

Extinction - Cloning
Reality - Descartes
Lead - Nutrition
Containment - Oversized

[Preturbed]

Extinction - Preservation
Reality - Television
Lead - Follow
Containment - Velociraptor

[Cati]

Extinction - Inbreeding *
Reality - Perception
Lead - Balloon
Containment - Inclusion

* Why yes, there IS something wrong with my brain right now, :P

[Moogle0119]

4 day old bump

[Marelo]

Cati - 8 / :S (-3, failed negations; need explanations for Reality, Lead, and Containment. +:S for Inbreeding!)

Darthmauler64 - 6 // (-1, failed negation; Cartesian skepticism may mean we can't know anything about reality, but the cogito ensures that at least one thing is real.)

Moogle0119 - 6 // (-1, failed negation; Reality - Daydream. No matter how much you daydream, reality is still right there to pluck you out of it. -2, antonym; Containment - Breach.)

Preturbed – 0 // (-2, antonym; Extinction - Preservation. +// for Velociraptor and Follow.)

Dispute Phase of Round 6.

[Moogle0119]

For Containment, Breach doesn't appear to be an antonym according to dictionary.com, regardless of whether you were using containment as a verb or as a noun. I was thinking of containment as the noun anyway