Word Combat

[Preturbed]

How is preservation the antonym of extinction? If I had written "survival," then I would roll over and admit defeat, but animals went extinct long before there was any conscious force preserving them.

[Cati]

Oh, dear, now I have to recreate my insane thoughts at the time. This ought to be interesting.

Reality - Perception
So let's say reality is truth, what is actually real, et cetera. Perception is reality as someone perceives it. Since perception is the only way we can actually VIEW reality, who can say reality (what is actually real) is truly real since we can only see it through perception-skewed glasses? You can prove perception exists, but you can't prove reality. So it's like... existence versus non-existence? I think.

I... get very, very philosophical when I'm tired. *brains*

Lead - Balloon
To be honest? Sleep-deprivation. "Balloon" was the only word my brain would put after lead at the time, and it was sort of punny. However, I'm feeling crazy at the moment and therefore, instead of giving this one up, I will PROVE to you that balloon is a perfectly acceptable response. Using LOGIC. Whoo!

L = "lead"
B = "balloon"
P = "pops"

1: L (There is lead.)
2: B (There is a balloon.)
3: B -> P (Balloons pop, a.k.a. it is only a balloon if it pops.)
4: L -> ~P (Lead does NOT pop, a.k.a. if it is lead, it does not pop.)
5: ~P -> ~B (3 rewritten using the definition of contrapositive.)
6: L -> ~P -> ~B (4 and 5 combined.)
Therefore:
L -> ~B (Via Modens Ponens)
Meaning if something is lead, it is not a balloon. The contrapositive is also true by definition, B -> ~L, meaning if something is a balloon, it is not lead. Therefore, the two are completely mutually exclusive, and something cannot be lead and a balloon at the same time.

I'm so, so sorry. *dies*

Containment - Inclusion
Oh, dear. I can't believe I actually put this one down, but here goes:

Under set theory, inclusion is when one set is subset of another set. In other words, one set is CONTAINED in another set. Back in the beginnings of set theory, I believe inclusion was originally called containment? That's my understanding, at least. Because the signs for inclusion look like C's, and that comes from some math-guy-dude saying C-for-containment, and yadda. In conclusion -- it used to be called containment. Now it's inclusion. Call it "containment" and you'll either get a "meh?" or a correction.

I think the lesson to be learned from this is that Cati should only play Word Combat after a good night's sleep.

Edit:

While I'm in an argumentive mood...

Containment - Breach
Containment: (noun) the act of containing, or keeping something from spreading, being released, whatever.
Breach: (noun) act or a result of breaking; (verb), to make a breach or an opening in.

I'd say the antonym of containment would be something that mean either:
1. causing something to spread
2. not containing.

In comparison to these, a breach doesn't CAUSE something to spread or released, -- it leaves an opportunity, but an opportunity doesn't mean it will occur. As for the second, a breach will lead to a lack of containment, true, but again, I'm seeing this as an act that causes the antonym of containment to occur, the lack of containment, not the antonym itself.

Extinction - Preservation
I also disagree about this being an antonym. Preservation is not the opposite of extinction, it's an act that prevents it.

[Marelo]

Cati - 8 / :S (-3, failed negations; need explanations for Reality, Lead, and Containment. +:S for Inbreeding! Taking your argument for reality would lead to -2 instead, for antonyms. Also, your argument doesn't work for Lead. If you had used a more refined version of the language, such as predicate logic, the reason why would be evident. The lead and the balloon are separate objects, so saying that if they're the same they don't exist is silly. Containment stands because some people being picky about what it's called doesn't mean it's no longer valid.)

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 - 8 // (-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. Breach still stands. It's an antonym in the spirit of the game rules. Breach specifically is "Not containment." Nevermind, Cati saved your bacon.)

Preturbed – 1 // (-2, antonym; Extinction - Preservation. +// for Velociraptor and Follow. Restored points for Extinction - Preservation. Good argument.)

New Word Set:

Inbreeding
Velociraptor
Descartes
Adaptability

Begin Round 7.

[DarthMauler64]

Adaptability - Classics
Descartes - Bullet
Velociraptor - Meteor
Inbreeding - Awkwardness

EDIT: Changing to Meteor
EDIT2: Changing to Awkwardness

[Moogle0119]

Inbreeding - Sterility
Velociraptor - Cold
Descartes - Pneumonia
Adaptability - Superiority

[Marelo]

So hey!

I'm gonna be out of town for the weekend, in the wild wilderness of wildness. Update won't be until Monday or Tuesday.

[Preturbed]

Inbreeding - Education
Velociraptor - Tranquilizer
Descartes - Candlejack
Adaptabi

Its been fun guys.

[Marelo]

Cati - 4 / :S (-4, failed negations; no post.)

Darthmauler64 - 6 //

Moogle0119 - 7 // (-1, failed negation; Need an explanation for Superiority.)

Preturbed – 1 /// (-1, failed negation; Need an explanation for Descartes - Candlejack. +/ for Adaptabi. +1 for ///.)

I decided to go easier on you guys this time around. You can choose to then go harder on each other in the disputation round, if you like.

Dispute Phase of Rou

[Moogle0119]

Superiority - Well adaptability is great when you're trying to overcome an obstacle or find a solution to something, but the way to do it better and easier is to be just simply better or good enough that it's not necessary in the first place. An example would be to show adaptability in a war can turn the tide in your favor if things are close, however if you are superior to begin with then it would never become an issue in the first place, thus negating any need to have adaptability.

[Marelo]

Final Standing for Round 6:

Cati - 4 / :S

Darthmauler64 - 6 //

Moogle0119 - 8 //

Preturbed – 1

New Word Set:

Sterility
Meteor
Awkwardness
Candlejack

Begin Ro