Wouldn't it be nice if OODHAM meant 'Robin'? What with (-h)OOD "Dis-covered") + HAM...

@msh210 Ah wait! It's GOTHAM = Robin's neighborhood! GOT+HAM

@bobble forgot to say why I was posting this - wanted to know if other people agreed on the tag, before I edit it from the question

it's a very common misconception about [cryptography] = [cipher], but I want to be sure this poster actually has it

i think the tag wiki is pretty clear: "Do NOT use this for simple 'crack the code' problems; use [cipher] instead."'

@Stiv ha, very nice!

I wasn't sure how to parse their defense of "because one element as the sequence was generated could be used in an encryption scheme"

@bobble btw, how do you reply to your own comments? I mean tag them.

copy-paste the link to the chat message (e.g. https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/63235958#63235958), delete all but the last number, prepend a : -> :63235958

That goes at the start of your replay

Ah, thanks :)

@Stiv it is indeed! Well found

nice clue

@Jafe thank you

CCCC: Base = a secret hideout in the arse-end of nowhere (7)

ahah i think this is A DEN IN _E

that's a nice surface hehe

@Jafe You are absolutely right, and thanks very much - I was very happy with this one :)

@bobble I say it's best to remove it

especially given their edit says something like (paraphrasing) "Adding cryptography to get more responses)

Honestly I'm not up for fighting then since they seem so convinced

CCCC: Serve Jones the senior (5)

@Jafe I recommend thoroughly cooking the senior before serving him to Jones. Jones does not like underdone meat.

@bobble I'm up for it, point them my way if they harass you again

@Jafe Is this DOYEN (senior) = DO (serve) + YEN (jones, as in craving/addiction)?

I don't think I've ever seen doyenne in masculine before.

Well, it's in the dictionary!

@everyone i have a problem

Yeah, that must be the answer. I'm just ignorant of words.

Everyone does, parz. What's yours?

chess

my mood is so dependent on my chess elo that it’s maddening

and right now my elo is 366

ive screamed at all my friends

and they all tell me to close the chess.com tab but i cant stop

i need a release

You think if you make it a nice round 350 your mood will improve?

I NEED RELEASE

RELEASE

RELEASE

Well, I'm no friend of yours, but might I also recommend you close the chess.com tab?

I HAVE AND EVERYONE AROUND ME IS PLAYING CHESS

THE CLICKS OF THE PAWNS HERALDING THE SOUND OF “BLUNDER” SPAM IN CHAT

How about you play very slow games, like correspondence style?

YOU THINK IM AN IDIOT

AND LOST

I HAVE

@parz not sure

Or how about you play OTB rather than online?

i have no boards around me

the pawns are swimming around me

i need the catharsis

Move to Lichess. Your rating will improve dramatically.

I don't think I've ever seen lich in feminine before.

yeah, it strikes me that way too :-)

Saw this yesterday

@Stiv that's right

Hi! Sorry for the spam. We have an interesting and challenging question on Parenting SE related to puzzles. I thought you might be interested: Five Year old structured playing - Parenting Stack Exchange.

If you think this type of message is not appropriate in this chat room, please let me know.

Someone edited horribly wrong' to horribly right'. Brilliant!

@TimurShtatland No issues with you asking in the chat! I don't think that question would get much useful response on Puzzling; there might be a random person or 3 with enough experience in preschool psychology (etc.) to be qualified to answer knowledgeably, but for the majority of us, answers would be speculative/opinion-based—and questions which will inevitably attract such answers are off-topic here. (It's more Parenting question about puzzles, than Puzzling question interesting to parents.)