Codenames

Sconibulus

9:00 PM

Red: Turtles (3)

Wheat Wizard

box

Jan Dvorak

We have box since fatalities

Business Cat

Wow none of them seem to fit that well at first glance

Box turtles?

Jan Dvorak

but I don't have an idea what species are there

Wesley Situ

i've heard of box cats

Jan Dvorak

9:01 PM

Let's go for box

BOX

Sure

BOX is RED

called it

spike turtles? As in those in Mario Kart?

Wheat Wizard

maybe

Business Cat

9:02 PM

Mario does have spiked turtles

Wheat Wizard

I think they have a specific name

Jan Dvorak

Those are called shells, though

are spider turtles a thing?

Business Cat

I believe they're called spinies

In Mario

Wheat Wizard

is vet on the board?

vet seems ok

Jan Dvorak

vet has been proposed for ambulance (blue)

Business Cat

9:03 PM

Sure, turtles are a common enough pet

And I don't think spider turtles are a thing

Wheat Wizard

snow turtles are not a thing right?

Business Cat

I don't believe so

Wheat Wizard

ok lets go vet

Business Cat

Turtles are cold blooded

Jan Dvorak

They sound like it could be but I'm not an expert in those matters

Wheat Wizard

9:04 PM

although I really feel like it is blue

Jan Dvorak

@BusinessCat ah, good point.

Turtles wouldn't fare too well in snow

spike then?

Wheat Wizard

I'm torn between spike and vet

Jan Dvorak

We still have one suit to go and it's also a turtle

Wheat Wizard

oh yeah

Business Cat

I feel like spiked turtles are somewhat common in games

In general, not just Mario

So I'm leaning toward spike?

Wheat Wizard

9:06 PM

spider suit is a thing

Jan Dvorak

suit + turtle might vaguely suggest snow.

@WheatWizard good point. Please elaborate.

Wheat Wizard

Spiderman wears a spider suit

thats all my thinking on the matter

Jan Dvorak

ok. Then we just need to justify spider turtles.

Business Cat

Maybe turtle spiders instead

n_palum

No it's a Spidey Suit

Business Cat

9:07 PM

But idk if that's a thing either

Wheat Wizard

@n_palum good point

Jan Dvorak

spikes in the meantime?

Wheat Wizard

scratch spider off

Jan Dvorak

@WheatWizard I'm not convince it's off

n_palum

Let the confusion flow through you

Wheat Wizard

9:08 PM

I'm not convinced of anything at this point

Jan Dvorak

@n_palum silence there

Goooood

lock spike guess?

Goooooooooood

I say spike

9:09 PM

Then spider, because N_P is trying to convince us otherwise :-\D

Wheat Wizard

I think vet is better than spider

was the clue suit or suits?

SPIKE

SPIKE is RED

uh oh

it was suits

9:10 PM

it was plural suits

ffao

I told you this game was intense.

Business Cat

We need 1 more.

Wesley Situ

lets hope they pass ;)

Business Cat

Remember we thought vet for suits as well

Wheat Wizard

yeah

Jan Dvorak

9:10 PM

How many do blue need?

Wheat Wizard

1

Deusovi

One.

Jan Dvorak

I'd rather not give them vet if it's blue

but then again they'll take it anyways

Wheat Wizard

If we are wrong we lose

I think vet makes sense

Jan Dvorak

so do we if we pass

Deusovi

9:11 PM

Just do it randomly! You've got a 1/9 chance of winning.

Wheat Wizard

We need 1 for turtle and 1 for suits

Jan Dvorak

Who thinks spider?

Wheat Wizard

I think vet is our best bet

Business Cat

The only ones that come close to making sense are vet, spider, and snow

Vet seems the best

Jan Dvorak

I still don't get vet suits

Wheat Wizard

9:12 PM

vets sometimes wear suits

its not great

Jan Dvorak

wetsuits, maybe

Wheat Wizard

but I have no idea how spider and turtle connect

Jan Dvorak

wetsuits make too much sense

Business Cat

I don't either.

Wheat Wizard

Could we get an updated board?

Jan Dvorak

9:13 PM

vet then?

Wheat Wizard

I missed a bit and I would like to know what is on the table

Deusovi

Jan Dvorak

I really like vet suits = wetsuits

Business Cat

My money's on vet

Jan Dvorak

VET

n_palum

9:13 PM

Wetsuits are for swimming/scuba diving

ffao

I... really don't like vet suits = wetsuits

Sconibulus

VET is BLUE

Deusovi

That's the last blue word.

Business Cat

Goddamn

Jan Dvorak

dammit

Deusovi

9:14 PM

Good game.

woo

gg

victory!

What was the red one

Sorry, it was Hollywood

Deusovi

9:14 PM

Yeah, don't worry, you had no chance of winning :P

Jan Dvorak

teenage! ninja! mutant! dammit!!!

Sconibulus

I think I wasn't allowed to do the full name

Deusovi

@ffao Obviously.

Wheat Wizard

what were the turtles?

Jan Dvorak

Raffaelo, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello

Wheat Wizard

9:15 PM

No what were the 3 turtle answers

ffao

it was really hard to connect BOX, SPIKE and HOLLYWOOD with a single clue

Sconibulus

Box, Spike, and Hollywood

ffao

that's what I banked our pass on

if they had a better board maybe they would have won

Jan Dvorak

Can we get an IRL lore backfill? :-D

Sconibulus

it never occurred to me that one might take a pet turtle to a vet, not sure why not

umm... Box was for Music, and for Fatality (coffin)

Jan Dvorak

9:16 PM

Was my vet suit idea crazy? :-D

Deusovi

Yes.

Sconibulus

I don't necessarily remember the rest perfectly

Business Cat

Oh a music box. D'oh

Sconibulus

vet suit was pretty crazy :)

Jan Dvorak

... drat

Sconibulus

9:17 PM

oh, no idea how you got Ray

Jan Dvorak

that musician

Sconibulus

like, I still don't get that one :)

Deusovi

Ray Charles, "a drop of golden sun" (The Sound of Music)

both are good paths from Music to Ray

Sconibulus

ahh, right

Wheat Wizard

I thought it was a misspelling of RE the note

Jan Dvorak

9:18 PM

...

I want more puns :-)

Wesley Situ

im out for the next round

Mike Q

May I join?

Deusovi

yeah, I don't think I could play another

Wheat Wizard

I'd like to spymaster if I could

Sconibulus

I need to head home pretty soon, might be able to play later this evening

Business Cat

9:20 PM

I'm also leaving in the next few minutes

ffao

@n_palum, @JanDvorak , you leaving too?

Jan Dvorak

I can stay

ffao

@MikeQ, do you know how to play?

Mike Q

@ffao I think so, I've played the board game version before

Business Cat

I might be back later but no promises

Deusovi

9:22 PM

I guess I could play another round

Mike Q

Er, how long does a round last?

ffao

1h, typically

Wheat Wizard

Do we have another spymaster?

Mike Q

Oh okay. I only have like 20 minutes, so I suppose I'll have to pass this time.

Wheat Wizard

You don't have to play all the way through

ffao

9:24 PM

we might be short on spymasters at the moment, though

Jan Dvorak

We have Wheat

Wheat Wizard

Does @deus want to go again?

Deusovi

No.

Not right now, at least.

Wheat Wizard

ok

Looks like we don't have enough then

Jan Dvorak

I guess I could master in a pinch

Wheat Wizard

9:28 PM

@JanDvorak 7923476

Should we make teams then?

Jan Dvorak

I hope the spymaster interface is intuitive enough

Yep, seems good.

ffao

if deus is playing, just random us two into teams

random.org says I should go with WW

Wheat Wizard

Ok

Jan Dvorak

Please write the teams down.

Wheat Wizard

BLUE: Wheat Wizard, ffao

RED: Jan Dvorak, Deusovi

Jan Dvorak

9:31 PM

Thanks.

Wheat Wizard

Blue: BENT (2)

Deusovi

Could we have the grid?

Wheat Wizard

ffao

oh god, I'm on my own now

Jan Dvorak

So am I

ffao

9:37 PM

laser

Wheat Wizard

Neutral

ffao

... I failed

laser is the new water

Wheat Wizard

I realized right after I said it how bad that clue was

Jan Dvorak

Red: CAP (3)

n_palum

I'm at the gym.. soo I could help while on mobile if you really want

Deusovi

9:40 PM

KETCHUP?

Jan Dvorak

@n_palum I guess you can't do screenshots?

n_palum

I won't be able to do screenshots no

Jan Dvorak

Ketchup is blue :-(

Deusovi

welp

n_palum

What team would like me to help

Deusovi

9:41 PM

I was going to say blue was behind, but... I don't know anymore

ffao

looks like none of us is doing particularly well :P

Jan Dvorak

So far it's 1:1 with both newbie spymasters

Deusovi

WW has been spymaster before

I think twice

Wheat Wizard

I've done it twice

I just suck

n_palum

Want me to help both :P

Jan Dvorak

9:42 PM

oh. I'm running my first term and so far I'm bad at making clues.

Wheat Wizard

Blue: PUNISHMENT (2)

n_palum

Okay I'll help your end then if that's fine

Wheat Wizard

this one is exceptionally hard for both sides imo

Jan Dvorak

I feel like I should not be going for 3-clues

ffao

beat

n_palum

9:45 PM

It's not a terrible thing and you learn by doing imo

Jan Dvorak

Beat is neutral

n_palum

@Deusovi for CAP, you can cap a hole, and cars have hub caps

Deusovi

I was thinking hole

and maybe car? not quite sure about that one

ffao

can our team switch colors to yellow? I feel like I'm better at guessing those

Wheat Wizard

Jan Dvorak

9:46 PM

@ffao nope, sorry :-)

n_palum

I like car a little better because of hub caps, but not sure if spy's thought went that way

ffao

so maybe WW should try to clue the yellow words so I'll start missing them

</sarcasm>

POT (2)

HOLE

Definitely Hole

9:50 PM

Hole is red

Deusovi

maybe SPIKE?

n_palum

Why Spike

Deusovi

to "spike something" with drugs

n_palum

Screening drug test for Pot

Oh that kinda works but you don't Spike with pot...

Deusovi

yeah, didn't think you did, but I don't think COCAINE would be a Codenames word

n_palum

9:52 PM

Car again, pot holes

Pot isn't coke...

Deusovi

I'm aware of that.

n_palum

Okay just checking

Deusovi

I'm saying that an actual drug that someone might spike things with wouldn't be a good clue for other things, most likely

(or a word on the board, for that matter)

n_palum

Gotcha

If you wanna try Spike that's fine, if not I like Car for both cap and pot

Deusovi

sure, why not

CAR

Jan Dvorak

9:54 PM

car is red

Deusovi

[passing]

n_palum

😏😏

ffao

maybe you should try to clue some other words, I dunno

Jan Dvorak

me?

boboquack

Ooh, there's a game

n_palum

9:55 PM

Or just more descriptive words ;)

boboquack

Can I join RED for now?

n_palum

Hey Bobo, help ffao

ffao

please join blue

Deusovi

n_p is sort of on red

Wheat Wizard

Blue: INSTRUMENTS (2)

Sp3000

9:56 PM

grabs popcorn

n_palum

Board

Sp aren't you supposed to be asleep

boboquack

OK, I'll join BLUE

Wheat Wizard

boboquack

Hmm... ORGAN comes to mind

ffao

yeah, let's try that?

Sp3000

9:57 PM

@n_palum 8am rise and shine :P

Already? Dang

organ

Do you wake up at 8?

if this is yellow, I'm leaving (not really)

Wheat Wizard

blue

ffao

9:59 PM

so, @boboquack, now what? bell?

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