Contact

n_palum

15:00

Oh yeah it's hiding.. again cough Gareth

dcfyj

@Sconibulus storm was contacted, are you passing?

Gareth McCaughan

don't blame me for the fact that no one else is posting clues

n_palum

Noo I just don't want to post more because it was cluttered and Scon hadn't cleared any

Sconibulus

Berry?

Gareth McCaughan

It's a delicate thing, how hard to make clues in this game.

Sconibulus

15:01

I think Halle Berry was an actor in Xmen, if not pass

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus What's BERRY a guess at?

dcfyj

Actually, I'm going to rescind my gegs, Its probably too far fetched

Sconibulus

that's a guess at Storm

n_palum

Ahh clever but no

Gareth McCaughan

so since @Sconibulus is passing, I think it might be BLIZZARD.

dcfyj

15:02

Oh ok, I was wondering how storm was Berry lol

n_palum

Indeed it is

Sconibulus

..oh, right

dcfyj

lol

n_palum

Told ya it was Ez Pz

Gareth McCaughan

wahey, now we probably get to clear some clues

dcfyj

15:03

Finally lol

n_palum

Is there a limit to unstarring or unpinning??

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending : B A

Gareth McCaughan

my 1 stands

n_palum

Like I cannot unstar to help

Gareth McCaughan

my 2 dies (it was BENT, referring to Bent Larsen)

n_palum

15:04

Lover died

Gareth McCaughan

my 3 dies (it was BYRE, a word meaning cowshed)

@n_palum what was your lover? I guess it starts BI

n_palum

BIRATE (Bisexual Pirate Lover)

Gareth McCaughan

oh

dcfyj

sure...?

Gareth McCaughan

my 4 dies (it was BERGERON, a reference to a fairly well known science fiction story)

n_palum

15:04

Internet joke/Urban dictionary thing, told you it was obscure

dcfyj

A-Team member

Gareth McCaughan

my 6 dies (it was BENZENE, whose structure was figured out by a guy called Kekule after he had a dream about snakes eating their tails)

dcfyj

Well, that wiped the board

Gareth McCaughan

out of curiosity, @dcfyj, what was your GEGS? I spent a minute looking for anagrams of BENEDICT, given the earlier clue, but didn't find one.

dcfyj

Broken

n_palum

15:06

Omnic goddess of cats with her eye on you (7)

Gareth McCaughan

@dcfyj oh!

Sconibulus

@n_palum Bastion

n_palum

Hey @Deusovi

dcfyj

I was thinking it was a bit unfair, so I pulled it

Deusovi

Hey.

n_palum

15:06

@Sconibulus Yeah! Dang that was quick

dcfyj

Star A-team before it disapears?

Deusovi

Can't play right now, just dropping in.

Sconibulus

@dcfyj was one of the guys named Barnes?

n_palum

Would you happen to know why I can only pin?

dcfyj

@Sconibulus Not to my knowledge

Deusovi

15:07

I think you can pin more than you can star.

Gareth McCaughan

2. Balthazar Bux

n_palum

I can still star, it's not that

dcfyj

That sounds fammiliar

n_palum

I can't unstar/unpin

Deusovi

@n_palum Contact

(okay, maybe I can play for a minute)

dcfyj

15:08

lol

n_palum

That was done ^^^

Deusovi

oh

Gareth McCaughan

3. Winner of two Nobel prizes

@Deusovi you can probably do mine, though

Deusovi

anyway, it's not a valid cryptic for multiple reasons

n_palum

@GarethMcCaughan Hesitant contact on 2

dcfyj

15:08

Former Parasite

n_palum

@Deusovi I tried ok! ;_;

Gareth McCaughan

Anyone want to star my 2 and 3?

(thanks)

Deusovi

@n_palum well, BASTETIONU is not the same thing as BASTION (even ignoring the iffy "eye-->I", etc)

n_palum

I realize it's not very valid... her probably isn't needed, and I realized you was too much

Gareth McCaughan

@Deusovi I believe she can be called Bast as well as Bastet

n_palum

15:10

She can

Deusovi

ah, really? alright, then that's one issue down

n_palum

"Bast is also known as Bastet, Ubasti, and Pasch."

Deusovi

Wow, that's a lot of variation.

n_palum

Most commonly Bast, and Bastet

Gareth McCaughan

4. The opposite of a cathedral

n_palum

15:12

Violently Angry

dcfyj

Overflow

n_palum

Wonder whyyyy ;)

Gareth McCaughan

because we're all too stupid to solve one another's clues

n_palum

Well Scon also seems to be a bit busy

dcfyj

I believe it was your clue that did it @n_palum :P

Sconibulus

15:13

I was for a second, but mostly these clues are hard :)

n_palum

@dcfyj I have 1 clue ehem

Sconibulus

A-Team, Balthazar?

dcfyj

No

Sconibulus

4: Could be Bank?

Gareth McCaughan

Good idea, but no, BANK is not what I have in mind for 4

n_palum

15:14

Contact A-Team

dcfyj

Finally, a contact on it lol

Sconibulus

pass on A-Team

err, unless it's Batter, because A's from baseball?

dcfyj

no

n_palum

Benedict

dcfyj

@n_palum ?

Deusovi

15:15

...it's BA

dcfyj

@n_palum no

BA Barracus

n_palum

Oh yeah that makes more sense

Sconibulus

ahh

dcfyj

Why did you guess benedict? that invalid lol

Sadly Deusovi didn't contact it, so his guess is invalid :(

n_palum

Oh yeah that's not even BA.. gosh I've been off with that today

Sconibulus

15:16

@dcfyj any chance your parasite is Baby?

dcfyj

yes, good job

n_palum

Dirk Benedict was an actor in A-Team

Deusovi

Hm? I didn't guess

dcfyj

Oh, I thought that was a guess lol

Gareth McCaughan

5. Egyptian soul

Deusovi

15:17

Contact 5

Sconibulus

@GarethMcCaughan Baatu?

Gareth McCaughan

(sorry, I know I already have a lot of clues on the board, but it occurred to me that this one would likely get contacted quickly given that other people were talking about Egypt.)

@Sconibulus no, not Baatu

dcfyj

@GarethMcCaughan We don't have all that many players at the moment, so I think its fine

n_palum

Soo I accidentally thought of a BE word for my angry clue - but don't worry I thought of a new word to replace it that still works

Gareth McCaughan

("baatu klarada nikto"? :-) )

dcfyj

15:19

@n_palum >.<

n_palum

Also contact on 5

@dcfyj Multitasking is hard okay

dcfyj

hehe

Sconibulus

was it maybe Baaib?

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus no, not Baaib

Sconibulus

pass on 5

Deusovi

15:21

6 mins ago, by Deusovi

...it's BA

Gareth McCaughan

@Deusovi Right.

dcfyj

lol, so mean

Sconibulus

oh...

Gareth McCaughan

(I was hoping you'd write exactly "...it's BA" but never mind :-).)

Deusovi

I learned that in sixth grade history. No idea how I still remember that.

dcfyj

15:21

haha

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: B A L

Deusovi

(Fixed)

dcfyj

lol

n_palum

@Deusovi I remembered BA too - I just like mythologies a lot

My clue stands

Gareth McCaughan

my 1 is dead now (it was BANDIT and I am most offended that Deusovi didn't trouble to solve it :-) )

n_palum

15:22

I believe 2 busts?

Gareth McCaughan

my 2 is dead (it was BASTIAN, the first name of the protagonist of "The Never-Ending Story"; his other names are Balthazar & Bux)

n_palum

I had that XD

Deusovi

(I'm in math class right now, only semi-paying attention to this game)

n_palum

But I thought it was spelled Bastien in that?

Gareth McCaughan

my 3 is dead (it was John BARDEEN, expert in both semiconductors and superconductors)

@n_palum oh, maybe? I have read it only in English translation...

n_palum

15:24

Not sure, that's just what I vaguely remember

Gareth McCaughan

my 4 is dead (it was BAZAAR, as in Eric Raymond's influential essay on free/open-source software "The cathedral and the bazaar")

n_palum

I am the last standing woo

Gareth McCaughan

contact @n_palum violently angry

dcfyj

Libra

Deusovi

"The key", according to Pearl

Gareth McCaughan

15:24

contact @dcfyj Libra

Deusovi

ditto

Gareth McCaughan

1. kind of wire

n_palum

Florida Weather is

Gareth McCaughan

contact @n_palum Florida

dcfyj

@n_palum really wet

n_palum

15:25

haha

Sconibulus

@dcfyj Balance?

Gareth McCaughan

@dcfyj Doesn't begin BAL

Sconibulus

@n_palum Balmy?

n_palum

Yes

dcfyj

@Sconibulus yes

Sconibulus

15:26

pass on Violently Angry

Gareth McCaughan

I think it's probably BALLISTIC

Sconibulus

that sounds very plausible

dcfyj

Only reason I thought of libra was because of the French word for it

n_palum

Yes - @GarethMcCaughan

Gareth McCaughan

woo. letter #4 please

Sconibulus

15:27

Sconibulus defending: B A L A

n_palum

Originally thought Belligerent and realized I was being dumb again, but then made it work

Deusovi

Mask

dcfyj

@Sconibulus lol, I saw that and my first thought was "Baclava"

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Deusovi mask

Sconibulus

pass on Mask

Gareth McCaughan

15:27

I think it's BALACLAVA

Deusovi

yep

Sconibulus

That is the word

Gareth McCaughan

aha

dcfyj

I thought balaclava was a hat?

n_palum

Oh nice

Gareth McCaughan

15:28

yeah, it's more hat than mask

Sconibulus

it's a ski mask

hat thing

Deusovi

yeah, it's a weird combination of both

Gareth McCaughan

but they were used a lot by Irish terrorists in the 1970s

n_palum

~^.^~ it was figured out it's okay

Gareth McCaughan

and maybe bank robbers too

Deusovi

15:28

but I figured "mask" + BALA would give it away pretty easily, so I didn't worry about the details

Gareth McCaughan

so my 1 was BALING

@Deusovi what was your key?

Deusovi

oh, also Balance - it's a reference to a cartoon called Steven Universe

it's really good

Gareth McCaughan

oh

I've heard of it but never seen it

n_palum

Oh shoooot I should have guessed that

Gareth McCaughan

ok, I gotta go now

Deusovi

15:29

I recommend it!

Alright, see ya!

Gareth McCaughan

byeeeeeee

n_palum

Good show.. haven't watched past first 2 seasons and a bit I think

And bye!

Sconibulus

have fun

n_palum

My source for watching it got taken offline :/

Deusovi

@n_palum Then you should've gotten it

n_palum

15:30

It's been a bit since I've watched it that's why I didn't think of it.. my mind was on Black Pearl and Barbosa for some reason

dcfyj

haha, the Pearl part probably

Sconibulus

I somehow misread that as Perl

n_palum

Lol

Where do you or did you watch it @Deusovi

Deusovi

there's worldofsteven.com

n_palum

Hmm okay thanks - I'll have to get back on that

Deusovi

15:33

If you haven't seen Gravity Falls, I also recommend it! It has a lot of hidden codes inside it.

(And it's pretty funny too.)

n_palum

Not a big fan of GF

Deusovi

Hm, really? That's surprising. If anything, I'd've thought it'd be the other way around for anyone who likes puzzles.

n_palum

I also don't watch a ton of TV

I watched SU because of a friend, never had an interest in GF, so don't know much about it...

Deusovi

Neither do I. Steven Universe and the occasional anime are most of what I watch

(yes, I know, feel free to make fun of me)

n_palum

Ha you watc... jk I don't care

I've watched my share of occasional anime

Like 90% of my major does.... rolling eyes at anime club

My school literally hosts a convention for that stuff

dcfyj

15:39

I've watched a lot of anime, I find it quite enjoyable

Deusovi

Any recommendations?

dcfyj

What style do you like?

Actually, by what I know of you I think you'd like Steins;gate

It's a timetravel show

Deusovi

Yep, watched and loved it.

n_palum

My go too recommendation is always Beebop

dcfyj

Personally I really like Darker than black as well

Beebop was ok

n_palum

15:42

I mostly regret watching Kill la Kill (I accept all judgement)

dcfyj

I've never bothered, doesn't look/sound interesting

Deusovi

I've heard it's better than it looks.

n_palum

Creepy.. lot of blood..

Deusovi

This is probably excessively restrictive, but so far my favorite type of story is "weird (possibly, but not necessarily supernatural/scifi/fantasy-ish) set of rules is introduced, characters have to figure out how to deal with / exploit the rules"

dcfyj

oh, have you seen Sword art online?

n_palum

15:44

If you're asking me, no

dcfyj

@Deusovi First thought from that is Mirai Nikki (Future Diary)

n_palum

I've watched like > 5 shows

dcfyj

Sword art has an excellent plot

n_palum

Inuyasha was one

Deusovi

eg Kaiji (season 1 only), No Game No Life, Phi Brain (season 1 was good, season 2 was eh), Mirai Nikki, Liar Game (if you read manga)

@dcfyj yeah, I watched it - it was good, but the twist at the end was... confusing.

dcfyj

15:45

Yeah, I stopped watching Phi, got boring

@Deusovi Indeed

Have you seen Another?

Deusovi

It had such potential! I loved the first couple episodes. The puzzles were so clever!

dcfyj

Indeed

Deusovi

But then it got really boring and they stopped using actual puzzles in favor of "board game" style things where the rules were never fully explained and you had to basically be psychic to have any chance at "solving" them

the season finale of s2 was the worst offender there

@dcfyj Nope, never heard of it

dcfyj

Which had to do with the phi brain, so it made sense in terms of plot but it still got boring

@Deusovi Psychological horror where a class has an extra student (that's dead) and no one knows who it is (including the extra) and as long as they follow the rules nothing happens but when someone break one people start dying with no hope of stopping it.

n_palum

I've also watched Samurai Champloo

dcfyj

15:48

I haven't watched that in ages

Deusovi

(I didn't like the "phi brain" aspect of it, which probably sounds weird considering that's the whole point, but the puzzles were so cool, and giving your characters psychic powers makes it pointless)

dcfyj

lol

Deusovi

I mean, am I wrong?

dcfyj

No I get what you mean, like I said, it got boring

Deusovi

@dcfyj The concept sounds interesting, but if it focuses on the horror rather than the rules, I'm not sure I'd like it

dcfyj

15:52

Japanese horror is more of "the unknown" rather than trying to jump scare

n_palum

^

dcfyj

Think of the show more of a murder mystery than horror

Trying to figure who's dead from the subtle clues they give you is fun

Ergo Proxy is pretty interesting as well, I'm not sure what category it falls into, but its interesting lol

n_palum

I can't remember the name but there's a game that's like that.. a JRPG style myrder mystery

Deusovi

Corpse Party?

I've heard of it but not played it

dcfyj

Pretty sure that's a show too

n_palum

15:55

I think that's the one

I watched part of a play through.. the game relies a bit on jump scares besides the 'unknown' and suspense aspects

Deusovi

Yeah, I can't handle jump scares.

dcfyj

Nothing to worry about if you watch Japanese horror, theirs is almost always pschological

oops lol

n_palum

I am bad at handling them too xD

It's why I don't really watch horror movies

dcfyj

Jump scares do just that, make me jump, but I don't find them scary

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