Contact - 2017-04-26 (page 1 of 9)

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Gareth McCaughan

12:16 AM

I'm here but probably only fairly briefly

12:54 AM

@Deusovi looks like I didn't notice the "full text" button the first time I read it

That makes a lot more sense, lol

Ah, alright.

2 hours later…

2:56 AM

well

i guess that game never happened

rip

Contact comes, Contact goes

😰

Rubio what was your word yesterday :-)

with the V

verdigris

Oh :p

user165474

3:54 AM

Anyone here right now?

4:51 AM

I am here :P little late though :')

Me too

3 hours later…

8:13 AM

hello, is there anybody in here?

me, I'm here

let's start

yay

who will be the defender?

I am worst at defending

8:15 AM

not me

If I defend I would pass more than 50% of the clues

good enough.

I would have passed 10%

are you ready @LeakyNun?

@KritixiLithos sure

@KritixiLithos are you defending?

no, I thought you were

8:20 AM

Leaky Nun defending J

1: An all-ages exercise

2: Young

@Rubio you're here lol

3: I just got lambdas

contact 2

8:21 AM

contact 2

@Rubio it's not jogging

@boboquack it's not junior

No, it's not jogging

@Rubio it's not jockey either

9: The car company with an animal logo

contact 2

contact 9

8:21 AM

No, it's not jockey either

contact 9

contact 9

I pass 9

jaguar

@Rubio it isn't jumping either

@LeakyNun Not what I was thinking of

8:22 AM

true...jaguar

close enough. I was looking for JUMPING JACKS

brb

@boboquack it isn't juvenile

@LeakyNun Correct

ok we need another letter then

i think

8:23 AM

Leaky Nun defending J A

mine still stands

contact 3

1: An old clunker

11: 日本の

@boboquack I can read Chinese. I'm a Chinese.

contact 11

8:24 AM

@boboquack It isn't JAPANESE

someone star 1, please.

@LeakyNun Correct

I pass 3.

3: Java

correct

8:26 AM

oh lol

So I need to give another letter?

i was thinking of maths when it said lambda

yup

Leaky Nun defending J A Z

9: A type of music

contact 9

8:26 AM

10: Bee movie

^

lol 10 contact

contact 9

Am I supposed to say "direct hit"?

If you know they have your word, just say, "Yes, <foo> is the word" or similar

@manshu the word is J A Z Z. Game ends. (right?)

8:27 AM

or if you're not certain they have it, you can pass, forcing a contacter to reveal their word so you don't have to reveal yours

Yep, that's game over then

so Manshu is now the defender

@LeakyNun The funny thing is that Japanese is 日本語 as a noun, which is also Mandarin for Japanese.

I can't defend. Can anyone else do it for me?

@boboquack I know Japanese also.

8:28 AM

@LeakyNun :P

I can defend, gimme a sec to get a word. Y'all want easy, medium, hard, or absurd?

medium

Hard

manshu pick a starting letter for me please

Q

8:30 AM

oh lord.

ok medium-hard -

RIP

Maybe not Q...

Rubio defending Q

is it cheating to search the web?

9: silence

8:30 AM

2: Questioning people for entertainment

contact 9

and is it cheating to use another language?

7: Perplexing

yes, it's cheating to search the web. or use dictionaries. or anything not in your brain.

1: almost

9: It's not QUIET

1: It's not QUITE ?

8:31 AM

it is quiet

7: It's not QUIZZICAL ?

@Rubio no it isn't

@Rubio but I'm afraid I might have the wrong meaning of a word lol

@Rubio no it isn't

Saying "It's not <word>" makes it a bit confusing imo

7: It's not a QUANDARY

8:32 AM

9: famous question answer forum

9: It's not QUORA

it is

@Rubio No, it's not

"it's not" i believe means "quora is not my word"

^ yes, this

@boboquack *mutter*

8:33 AM

9: using "

3: A limit on a service

9: it's not QUOTING

3: It's not a QUOTA

er 9

gah.

6: x^2-12x+36=0

9: it is

contact 6

8:34 AM

i was right the first time :)

6: It's not QUADRATIC

lol

@Rubio Correct

3, correct

(Note that 6 is also the solution to the quadratic)

anything actively contacted?

hah, well played.

8:35 AM

12: Non-chicken eggs

12: It's not QUAIL

@Rubio Correct

13: strange

13: It's not QUEER

right

8:36 AM

9: to win for the next level

2: It's not QUIZZING, i guess?

11: What people usually make with Q in scrabble

14: video game

11 contact (hopefully)

was just gonna say that myself

@Rubio 2, correct; was thinking quiz, but same thing

11: It's not QAT or QUEEN - that's going to be really open ended though

14: It's not QIX

8:36 AM

(brb)

14: no it isn't

14: It's not Q'Bert either

@Rubio No

11: QUIZ ?

@Rubio no it isn't

8:37 AM

(i'm back)

3: Perfect

hmm

14: It's not Quantum of Solace ??

oh. 14: It's not QUAKE

(2 can be unstarred, Rubio got it)

@Rubio yes it is

someone star 9

8:39 AM

15: it surrounds everything

the Force. ;)

15: It's not QUINTESSENCE ?

5: That's some top-notch stuff right there

@Rubio no it isn't

10: a sacred book

contact 5

contact 10

8:40 AM

contact 10

10: It's not QURAN or whatever spelling you prefer

it is Quran

5: It's not QUALITY

5: Correct

7: It's not QUIRKY ?

8:42 AM

10: Used for writing

contact 10

10: It's not a QUILL

it is

Got 11 yet?

10: treasure hunt

8:43 AM

@boboquack i tried QUIZ ?

2: a letter

10: It's not QUEST

2: It's not Q ;)

@Rubio No

10: it is

@Rubio yes it is

8:44 AM

anything currently contacted please?

2: sounds like a letter

@Rubio Sorry, I didn't see it before it scrolled off the screen

contact 2

11 is currently contacted by numbermaniac

2: It's not QUEUE

8:44 AM

4: 郭

@Rubio yes it is

ok I will PASS on 11, go for it @numbermaniac

QI?

@numbermaniac Correct

:D

heh.

If you're playing that with your Q, you're doing it wrong hehe

8:45 AM

9 dead..any contact?

lol

if the next letter isn't "U", then we will have a big hint

@Rubio Also, 11 is the score of the word QI

Rubio defending: Q U

9 lives

I repeat, 9 lives

8:46 AM

one sec please

4 is busted

ok

and so is 15

@Rubio Unless the Q happens to fall on a triple letter score :D (31 points for 1 or 2 tiles)

7 stands

so please de-star 15

8:47 AM

I'll go ahead and advise you that I don't know any chinese or japanese, so playing such clues is now formally unfair, thank you. :)

even better when the Q makes two triple words in one go for 66 points

8: Misgivings

(11 can be unstarred)

5 mins ago, by Rubio

7: It's not QUIRKY ?

^ btw

@numbermaniac Never had that happen to me

8:48 AM

Ah

2: what?

@Rubio No, it's not quirky

8: It's not QUESTIONS or QUESTIONING

2: same ?

@Rubio no

And I only know the word because it was defending in a Contact game I played. It was quite obscure

8:48 AM

I once did a similar thing, played a Q on the triple word space above an I, and played QUA horizontally, got 78 points lol

@Rubio No

7: It's not umm... QUIXOTIC

@Rubio No, but this clue is narrowing down the answer space quite a lot :D

2: It's not ¿QUÉ?

10: smallest amount of energy

8:49 AM

@Rubio yes it is

10: It's not a QUANTUM

@manshu Contact

@Rubio not exactly.

QUANTA ?

5: You passed!

8:50 AM

yes.

contact 5

2: when?

Accord the defender a little leeway please, no need to make them guess every closely related form. QUANTUM is technically correct anyway, it's the singular, and matches the clue better.

6: (of someone) Whinging a lot

contact 6

6: It's not QUIBBLING ?

8:51 AM

sorry. I thought quantum and quanta are two different things

@Rubio No

uncontact 6 then, lol

pity, I was about to pass it hehe

oh. if it's QUIBBLER, again please accord your defender some leeway

@Rubio No

ok good :)

8:52 AM

It's nothing like that

Contact 2 I think

6: It's (still) not QUALITY ?

(@LeakyNun)

@Rubio No

10: five in a Classical language

2: I suspect QUANDO, though we've now drifted from spanish

@Rubio it's CUANDO in Spanish

8:54 AM

(I know)

11: half of half

contact 11

@manshu Contact

11: It's not QUARTER

it is

8:55 AM

4: isolate

4: It's not QUARANTINE

7: The number of something

ok if 2 wasn't QUANDO then I shall pass on it - go for it @bobo

@Rubio yes it is

7: It's not QUANTITY

8:56 AM

correct

@LeakyNun Is it QUOD?

(Latin)

@boboquack it's quand (French). I'm sorry.

11: sound made by an animal

quod is "which" anyway, is it not?

contact 11

8:56 AM

11: It's not QUACK

@Rubio why don't you guess 10 if you know Latin lol

it is

contact 5

I don't know Latin. I know "QED". :)

@Rubio Sorry, a bit rusty (All the question words start with qu anyway)

8:58 AM

5: It's not QUALIFIED ?

@LeakyNun I appreciate that you are an excellent polyglot, but can you not post so many trans-lingual clues? It's a bit unfair on Rubio.

10: I have no idea, I'll guess QUINT, QUINTO

5: Correct, "qualify"

@boboquack it isn't me who started using other languages ;)

@Rubio it isn't

meh.

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