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12:00 AM
Wow, Deusovi's red circle has been up for nearly an hour.
 
How cool, boboquack, the puzzle will have a soundtrack?
 
No, it's a music puzzle
 
@humn No effort it will lack; bobo will never look back.
 
You attackers need to contact more!
@Randal'Thor ?
 
@boboquack You need to guess more!
@boboquack humn started rhyming, so I continued it.
 
12:03 AM
Red circle next to vertical bars
 
Is this a replacement?
 
yep
 
@Deusovi Record
 
yep
 
That made it easy
 
12:04 AM
???
Ohhhh.
Never mind.
I'm slow.
 
Though I went from vertical bars -> prison cell -> security camera -> recording -> record button -> pause button -> vertical bars
 
join the club :)
 
somehow
 
Ha!
I was hoping for the "prison cell" thing to be a distraction
 
And I was thinking red light district
 
12:04 AM
@JonathanAllan Not if it would have me as a member.
</wilde>
 
Now, see, I thought "New ideas going round" would be stupidly easy.
 
eye see
 
Or at least get contacted.
 
@humn Rewriting?
 
12:06 AM
nope
 
recommendation? (not sure I should make a clue)
 
Make copies
 
gotta contact that one
 
@Randal'Thor Reprint?
Reproduce?
 
that was my instant guess
 
12:08 AM
Flag
 
@Deusovi Red
 
Nope
 
@bobo -2
@humn, your contact withdrawn?
@Deusovi Contact?
 
yes, I have no contacts (still jerky with the mechanics)
 
How about a star - do you have one of them? :-)
@Deusovi Thanks. You're a star.
 
12:10 AM
That was me :P
 
Three golfers have the last name Randall, but I'm guessing some other celebrity is implicated (one first name matched too)
(also finally caught on that i can have a separate tab for stars)
 
Randall Thor?
 
flag has so many possibilities!
 
O bobo, bobo! Wherefore not guess thou, @bobo?
 
raking brain methinks
 
12:16 AM
That sounds painful.
 
wait have I spelt it wrong?
 
racking
 
Are you contacting Flag?
 
yeah I cant spell
 
@boboquack I did (possibly).
 
12:16 AM
no too many possibilities, I'd just kill it
 
Do it anyway - nothing wrong with multiple contacts
 
Go ahead then
 
eh?
dont we want to get it?
 
Yeah, so if someone's already contacting, why not do it too?
 
OK contact (Flag)
 
12:18 AM
I'll give up on flag to get the game moving (hopefully)
 
@Randal'Thor, @JonathanAllan? Make your guesses
 
I'll go obscure
Retard
 
nope
 
@Deusovi Rectangle.
 
also no
 
12:20 AM
(assuming you don't come from Nepal)
 
it was REPORT
 
Oh
 
yeah
thought other guess was most likely that :p
 
Same same television bit
 
Deja vu, anyone?
Feb 13 at 3:05, by boboquack
Boboquack defending RE
 
12:24 AM
:D
@humn Recontrol
 
not recontrol
Same RE word
 
I can't unstar my NSFW clue - it's gone too far down the starboard :-(
 
was it guessed?
 
No, but I was thinking of updating it and removing the old one.
 
@humn Reconciliation
 
12:27 AM
naw
 
@boboquack That was your word last time!
 
it could've been a resurrection
 
That's why it's the same RE word
 
I wonder if @bobo should give up on some of these, just so that we can clear out the starboard a bit.
 
(trying to make easy clues again)
Self-referential
 
12:29 AM
@humn Recurring
Has anyone contacted, though?
 
@humn contact
 
Self-referential is not recurring
 
Self-referential - referential
 
would've been good but no
same dog = recur (would anyone have gotten that?)
 
Alright, I'll give up in the hope that things will move on
 
12:33 AM
giving up on self-referential? which has Ral'T's contact
 
Yep
 
@humn Recursive?
 
could've been -- reflexive
 
Hi @GarethMcCaughan!
 
@boboquack hi. I find this terribly confusing :-).
 
12:36 AM
Wow, @humn has five outstanding clues.
 
@GarethMcCaughan yep it is.
 
@Randal'Thor , I guess that's overdoing it. Same RE word can go for sure
 
Religious?
Reinvention @rand new ideas?
 
@boboquack With so many clues on the go, you need to clarify which one you're aiming for!
@boboquack Nope.
 
@humn repetition?
 
12:38 AM
contact @Randal'Thor "New ideas going round"
 
@boboquack , got it
 
@GarethMcCaughan finally
 
so now I say what I think it is, right?
 
@GarethMcCaughan No!
Only if bobo gives up.
 
ah, OK. and then if he gives up I say what I think it was, and if I'm wrong all the attackers hate me for disposing of what might be a useful attack. Right?
 
12:39 AM
well, nobody else had a clue
 
how is it "repetition"?
 
@GarethMcCaughan And if you're right, we get a better letter.
Fettered Betty had a better letter ... or something.
 
repetition = same ("re") word (it was actually "repeat" but close enough)
 
so how long does the defender have before being obliged to make his guess?
 
@GarethMcCaughan As long as they like.
(Though they may get mildly frowned at if they dawdle too long.)
 
12:41 AM
huh, OK.
 
One clue here lasted an hour.
 
I'll give up on new ideas
 
Yeah, most of this game is controlled by "mild frowning"
 
@boboquack Go for it, @Gareth.
 
OK, so I think it's "revolution". (Might be "revolutions"; dunno what happens if it's that rather than the exact first word I said.)
 
12:41 AM
Sorry, just had to pack a bag, I'm going out at some time.
 
@Deusovi Yeah, there's a lot of potential for abuse if we didn't trust each other.
 
boboquack is in "retreat"
 
of course the cheating opportunities here are considerable since @Randal'Thor can perfectly easily say "yup, that was it" whether or not I guessed what he had in mind
 
+1, @Gareth.
 
yay, I did something right in this incredibly confusing game
 
12:42 AM
:-D
 
(I think it's confusing mostly because we're trying to play it in a chatroom)
 
(How did nobody get that already?)
 
Boboquack defending REC
 
(It's a clear ddef.)
 
(because it's all incredibly confusing, that's why)
 
12:42 AM
@GarethMcCaughan Only for newbies ;-)
 
so now do people retract all their existing attacks that don't match REC, or what?
 
none of my clues are REC , they can be unstarred
 
@GarethMcCaughan yep
 
cant keep track of what is guessed for what
 
OK, my "NSFW" and "Make copies" clues are invalid. Any final guesses?
 
12:43 AM
"make copies" probably reproduce
 
all I know is there have been 0 guesses for mine
oh what happened to the star board?
 
@GarethMcCaughan No, that was meant to be "replicate". Too broad, I suppose.
 
that's because rehumidifier is not the opposite of a dehumidifier
 
ah, OK
"replicate" is better
 
And NSFW was "reproduction".
 
12:44 AM
How?
 
@JonathanAllan I guess all the clues were invalidated?
 
that would explain why I didn't get NSFW; I think it's a bit of a stretch
 
Is your "Condenser" still valid, btw?
 
yeah everyone knows it's a rederederehumidifier
 
(@bobquack because sex = reproduction, kinda)
 
12:44 AM
eye see = retina
 
Oh that's what happened
 
@humn Oh.
 
@Randal'Thor yes still valid
 
@boboquack Engaging in reproduction might be considered NSFW.
 
back after walkies = relieve
 
12:45 AM
ha
 
don't know about making a clue = reticent
 
ah, I thought it was reluctant
 
that was the misdirection
 
so who was the 2nd person other than Gareth?
 
like recursive vs reflexive
 
12:46 AM
Obscure
 
@Deusovi Did you contact that one? Sorry! I didn't see it edited, so I assumed no.
 
Yeah, but it's alright
 
contact obscure, for sure (R al'T gets commision on any rhymes, even unmetered ones)
 
btw what are the rules if any on how, er, obscure clues are allowed to be? do they have to be reasonably straightforward definitions? can they be anything at all, on the grounds that if they're too tough they'll get no contacts?
 
Anything at all
they can be crossword clues or completely freeform
 
12:47 AM
Ummm.... dunno about obscure, but give me a moment
 
OK, will bear that in mind
 
anyone: so who was the 2nd person other than Gareth?
 
(I have no idea what this "2nd person other than Gareth" thing even means)
 
Boat radio/amplifier (don't even guess fewer than 10 letters)
 
(nor do I)
 
12:48 AM
I thought 2 people had to guess the right answer?
 
No, just 1
 
(ah, that's why I have no idea what it means :-) )
 
was from the rules at Quora >>>
 
I'll give up on obscure.
 
12:50 AM
ah - when they say the word together, it's the "contacter" and the attacker who wrote the clue
 
contact for obscure
oh I'm too late
 
so @humn what do you think I had in mind?
 
go ahead, J, I'll give you my contact, unless you guess different
 
we replaced that by just the contacter guessing and the attacker confirming or denying
 
By mine, this game has lasted over two hours
 
12:50 AM
Contact Rand
 
contact on rand
 
@Deusovi *contacter(s)
 
so @humn do I make a guess or are we awaiting?
 
go head, Jonathan
 
boboquack gave up and humn said you should do it, so do it
 
12:51 AM
@JonathanAllan No, hang on!
 
It was the other one that bobo gave up on!
1 min ago, by boboquack
I'll give up on obscure.
 
@JonathanAllan yes, that was it
 
Or did I miss something?
 
@Randal'Thor that's the same one Jonathan was guessing
(he removed his guess but it was right)
 
12:52 AM
yeah was guessing obscure
 
... am I confused somehow?
 
Ah alright
 
Boboquack defending RECA
 
Oh, sorry. I thought you was guessing humn's, since you pinged humn.
 
Condenser was rectifier
 
12:52 AM
no, he pinged humn because humn had an earlier contact on my attack
 
And that was my guess too, Jonathan! We've got to stop meeting like this
 
2 mins ago, by Rand al'Thor
By mine, this game has lasted over two hours
 
how is a condenser a rectifier? it's a capacitor
 
Now invalidated.
@Deusovi?
 
recollection?
 
12:53 AM
rand's was reckoning of course
 
ah, duh
 
Gareth got it.
 
... or not so much of course ...
 
boat radio/amplifier was receivership
 
12:54 AM
@Gareth, not in a chemistry lab it's not
 
@JonathanAllan true, but there it isn't a rectifier either
 
oh @humn nice clue
 
Never tell me the rules! (contact by humn)
 
Financial restructuring
 
12:54 AM
@Randal'Thor contact "Never tell me the rules!"
 
@GarethMcCaughan Recapitalisation
 
@boboquack Spelling?
 
@boboquack yeah, apart from the spelling :-)
 
There goes my head again (contact by Deusovi)
 
yeah rectifiers are an apparatus that condense liquid
 
12:55 AM
Contact, Humn
 
oh! I hadn't encountered that use of "rectifier" before
 
yeah I was going for obscure knowledge
 
it surived an extra letter too!
 
but maybe easy is actually better anyway
 
@humn Recapititate
 
12:56 AM
got it almost, probably what you mean in any case
 
@Randal'Thor Recall?
 
What a thrush might surprise you by doing
 
@boboquack -1
 
Go on, @humn
 
who was that star wars with?! oh hi, Rand
 
12:58 AM
@whoever-else-is-starring-Gareth's-message: that was ridiculous! :-D
 
defect
 
Like when you're passing someone in the street and both duck the same way simultaneously, repeatedly.
@humn I don't watch Star Wars :-P
 
you just live it!
 
@Randal'Thor Me neither
 
@boboquack +1
 
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