Contact

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy famously has an article that begins, "Space is big. Really big. I mean, you won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is."

ffao

2:04 AM

How many SPACE clues did we have anyway

Helka Homba

13 survives

Wen1now

I really should be concentrating

Wheat Wizard

Goodbye 18 and 6

Wen1now

14 dies

I mean 5: 14

Rubio

1 dies, it was SHIFT

numbermaniac

2:05 AM

@Wen1now what was it?

Wen1now

5 was silicon

ffao

1: Alignment of planets

numbermaniac

ahh

Helka Homba

can someone star 13? still alive

numbermaniac

7 is dead, was STRING (how long is a piece of string?)

Deusovi

2:05 AM

@ffao SYZYGY

Yep

contact 13

6: Metanymy

5: Fake it when you can't find it in nature

Deusovi

@numbermaniac SYRUP?

numbermaniac

2:06 AM

no

Helka Homba

666: Davinci Code Profession

Deusovi

@WheatWizard SYNONYM(Y)?

ASCII-only

contact 5

Deusovi

@numbermaniac SYNTHESIZE

Rubio

1: Deductive reasoning

Wheat Wizard

2:07 AM

@Deusovi No, unless thats a really creative spelling

Contact 666

SYLLOGISM

contact 1

:| I should know 666

1: ✔

2:07 AM

5: ✔

contact 666?

2: Church group

666: SYMBOLOLOGER???

could someone star 6?

Deusovi

(-GIST?)

Helka Homba

2:08 AM

@Deusovi SYMBOLOGIST but close enough

Deusovi

it should be SYMBOLOLOGIST

because the Ls are part of separate roots

numbermaniac

lol...

Deusovi

also because "OLOLO" is a funny substring

13: SYNAPSES

Rubio

10 GTOO 20

Helka Homba

yes on 13

contact 2?

Sconibulus

2:10 AM

4: Auto transmission speed-matching assistant

assistanct ?

2: ...SYNAGOGUE?

2: no

18: (] in Brain-Flak

Deusovi

18: SYNTAX ERROR?

Sconibulus

2:10 AM

typing is NP Hard

1: Flatterer

@Deusovi indeed

1: SYCOPHANT

contact 1

nvm :)

ffao

Yep again

Deusovi

2:11 AM

pass 2

@HelkaHomba

ffao

Battery out, stepping off

Deusovi

see ya!

Helka Homba

I was going to guess SYNAGOGUERY or something for 2 that means a group

Rubio

2: SYNOD :(

Helka Homba

But I doubt that's right

Sconibulus

2:12 AM

damn, I got that after Deus passed :)

7: magenta

1: Wooded

1: SYCAMORE?

1: no

or some adjective form of that?

Sconibulus

2:13 AM

tentative contact 1

no. :)

SYLVAN

contact on 1

1: ✔

5: Mathematica describes some of its computations as this

Deusovi

2:13 AM

5: ...SYNTAX ERRORS again? :P

numbermaniac

no lol

Deusovi

didn't think so, but it was worth a try

Sconibulus

9: Wind Spirit?

ASCII-only

contact 5

contact 9

Helka Homba

Sorry, 7 is invalid. Was SCONIBULUS...

numbermaniac

2:14 AM

LOL

That's pink though

Deusovi

...I'm still colorblind

numbermaniac

oh wait the thumbnail is pink wtf

Rubio

...and it's not pink :)

ASCII-only

maybe contact 6 but probably not

numbermaniac

yeah it's magenta if i click on it

Helka Homba

2:15 AM

@Deusovi we can use this

Rubio

contact 9 i t hink

Deusovi

pass 9

Rubio

@HelkaHomba (no, you can't)

9 - SYLPH

Sconibulus

9: SYLPH

which absolutely doesn't look like a real word :)

Deusovi

why the ??

Rubio

2:16 AM

not capitalized, no. (Actually SYLLOGISM looks really weird too)

Sconibulus

because I couldn't remember if it was wind, air, or cloud

Rubio

I think it's air

Deusovi

Deusovi defending S Y N

Wheat Wizard

6 lives

Rubio

1: Working together

Deusovi

2:17 AM

SYNCHRONIZED

numbermaniac

3: A part of your brain

4 is alive

no

contact 1

contact 3

2:17 AM

@numbermaniac SYNAPSE again?

numbermaniac

Oh did we have that

Rubio

yar

numbermaniac

lol whoops

yes, that's correct

Wheat Wizard

7: Back of the book

ASCII-only

@numbermaniac 5 is dead

Deusovi

2:18 AM

SYNOPSIS

numbermaniac

5 is dead, was SYMBOLIC

ASCII-only

@Rubio is 10 still alive

Wheat Wizard

@Deusovi indeed

Deusovi

...duh, should've gotten 5

numbermaniac

@ASCII-only is that what you guessed?

Wheat Wizard

2:18 AM

@Rubio contact 10

@numbermaniac yeah

👍

10 is still alive

10 is also a SYNTAX ERROR

Rubio

10: ✔

Helka Homba

2:19 AM

11: Weird Al lyrics

Deusovi

@Sconibulus, is 4 alive?

Sconibulus

yeah, 4 is alive

Wheat Wizard

@Deusovi I beleive I have a contact on 6

Deusovi

6: SYNECDOCHE?

Wheat Wizard

@Deusovi got it

n_palum

2:21 AM

Oh wow a night game

Deusovi

if that's not it, then pass 6

woo!

Wheat Wizard

It is.

Deusovi

@n_palum Yep! I'm thinking of trying to get a Codenames game set up too

Rubio

2: Particle accelerator

numbermaniac

night? It's 12.21pm here!

ASCII-only

2:21 AM

contact 2

pass 2

@numbermaniac same

lol?

11 hint: TV

@Deusovi Tonight? It's late yawns

ASCII-only

2:22 AM

SYNCHROTRON

Deusovi

not my word, I just didn't know it

Rubio

2: SYNCHROTRON ✔

Deusovi

Deusovi defending S Y N C

Helka Homba

11 dies, was SYNDICATED

Rubio

2: It's got a cool beat, you can dance to it

Sconibulus

2:23 AM

contact 2

4 is still live

Rubio

1 dies, was SYNERGY / SYNERGISTIC

contact 4

contact 2

contact 2

(also, hello!)

2:23 AM

hiya Joel :)

Deusovi

(hey! :D )

pass 2

Helka Homba

SYNCOPATED 2

numbermaniac

@ASCII-only fellow Australian? :O

Sconibulus

2: Syncopated

Deusovi

and that's my word!

Rubio

2:24 AM

2: ✔✔

Sconibulus

4 was Synchromesh

Deusovi

never heard of it

Rubio

i would have guessed synchronizer and been quite wrong

Helka Homba

Rubio defends?

Joel Harmon

@Deusovi sounds like successful learning to me!

Rubio

2:24 AM

ok I need a couple minutes, lemme get to a real computer

Deusovi

or... we play Codenames :D

Helka Homba

@Rubio Mush!

or that

Rubio

I sense a theme :)

but...but.... I'm afraid to try new things

numbermaniac

everyone is resistant to change

n_palum

Accept it

Succumb to it

Deusovi

2:27 AM

people were hesitant about Contact, too

Rubio

Welp. It's election time at PSE so, in keeping with the times - vote 1 for Contact, or 2 for Codenames

Deusovi

and look how that turned out!

Joel Harmon

Where did Contact come from, anyway?

Deusovi

(I could type up a rules explanation during this next round of Contact, and we could play after)

n_palum

@Deusovi I feel like I was your tipping point :P

Wheat Wizard

2:28 AM

I vote for contact if we are in fact voting

Helka Homba

I vote for contact now, but would play codenames later in week

awesomepi

I have no idea what codenames is and I just got here

Helka Homba

Unless Rubio picks a word starting in X or something...

Sconibulus

vote 2

Deusovi

It's another word game that I want people to play

n_palum

2:29 AM

We could just take the few of us who wanna do codenames and split

Sconibulus

because I don't know what codenames is and I'm curious

Deusovi

nah, both Contact and Codenames are better with more people

n_palum

There's more than enough people here for both

Sconibulus

once we know we can decide it sucks and go back to contact :)

Helka Homba

._.

awesomepi

2:29 AM

sure let's play codenames

but I'm working hard on this dual slitherlink so I might be in and out

Rubio

actually I have to do something that will take 5 minutes or more - so if you want to explain Codenames, go for it

Deusovi

I'm typing up an explanation right now

awesomepi

cri

damn you deus

Deusovi

hm?

Wheat Wizard

Or... someone else could defend

awesomepi

2:30 AM

oh

wait

Helka Homba

You guys can play w/e, I may go soon

Deusovi

yeah, we can play another game of Contact while I type this up

awesomepi

no nvm

n_palum

I'll be in the codename room, but afk for a bit

awesomepi

me misconstruing stuff

ffao

2:31 AM

where is the codename room?

n_palum

Codenames

For playing the game Codenames. New players, see puzzling.meta...

awesomepi

I thought you were typing up an explanation to the slitherlink because lack of reference

Deusovi

ah, whoops - nah, Slitherlink is one of my worst genres

numbermaniac

i won't be here for the next hour or so

awesomepi

it's one of my best :P

numbermaniac

2:32 AM

so cya until later :)

boboquack

I'm now here!

Wheat Wizard

Should we start? I'd be happy to defend.

Deusovi

Sure. We can play another game. (I'd like to play Codenames afterwards, if you all don't mind)

Wheat Wizard

Wheat Wizard defending S

awesomepi

which is why it's imperative that I solve this, cause I can't solve anything else on puzzling

Helka Homba

2:33 AM

1: the last word

Deusovi

contact 1

Wheat Wizard

@HelkaHomba Syncopate

Helka Homba

right

*d

boboquack

2: One of Deus' worst genres

Helka Homba

contact 2

Deusovi

2:34 AM

Contact 2

Wheat Wizard

@boboquack slitherlink? (I don't do puzzling)

Deusovi

3 mins ago, by Deusovi

ah, whoops - nah, Slitherlink is one of my worst genres

Helka Homba

3: RHG_

Joel Harmon

4. Some songs smell like oranges

Wheat Wizard

@JoelHarmon Synethesia

Joel Harmon

2:35 AM

well done, sir

@HelkaHomba Society?

no

huh

8: Child sounds like homeland? (5)

ffao

I just looked at the dictionary definition for syncopate

shorten (a word) by dropping sounds or letters in the middle, as in symbology for symbolology

that's oddly relevant to the last game

Deusovi

2:37 AM

ha!

boboquack

@WheatWizard Yep

Deusovi

typically, syncopation refers to a musical thingy

where the offbeat gets emphasis

Helka Homba

9: Feanor's craft

boboquack

7: <

Sconibulus

contact 9

Deusovi

2:37 AM

I'd never heard that definition

contact 7

Rubio

contact 9

Wheat Wizard

Well 9 is obviously a reference to something I don't know about.

I'll pass on this

9: Silmarils

contact 7

correct on 9

2:38 AM

9 ^

Wheat Wizard

Oh never mind

I could have gotten that

Joel Harmon

Do 3 and 8 live?

Wheat Wizard

Wheat Wizard Defending S E

boboquack

7 stands

Helka Homba

3 dies, was SLYTHERIN

Sconibulus

2:39 AM

8 falls, was Scion

Wheat Wizard

@boboquack SEVEN

Rubio

Zion for homeland... I wouldn't have even thought of that ;)

1: snape

contact 1

^

@Rubio SEVERUS

2:41 AM

2: snap?

1' Cutting Spell

1: ✔

contact 2

that embarrassing moment when the wrong thing is in clipboard ;)

Helka Homba

9: 10th Royal family member

ffao

2:41 AM

3: Isolate

Rubio

contact 3

Deusovi

contact 3

Wheat Wizard

@Sconibulus is is also severus?

@ffao separate?

Sconibulus

nope

ffao

3: no

Helka Homba

2:42 AM

contact 1'

Ok pass on 1

1' you mean?

yes

(@HelkaHomba)

1' is SECTUMSEMPRA

2:43 AM

1': SECTUMSEMPRA

Rubio

next lettarrrrrr please

Wheat Wizard

Oh yeah

Sconibulus

(Snape made it up, which is why I used ')

Wheat Wizard

Wheate Wizard defending S E D

Helka Homba

9 was SEVERN, dies

Rubio

2:44 AM

2 dies - deus?

Deusovi

SEVER, of course

Rubio

of course.

ffao

3 dies, was SEQUESTER

Rubio

and I assume 7 is also dead

Deusovi

I thought 3 was SECLUDE

7 was solved a while ago

Rubio

2:45 AM

1: Desk jockey lifestyle

ffao

3 could also be SEGREGATE

Helka Homba

contact 1

Sconibulus

contact 1

ffao

but I presume Rubio knew which one

Wheat Wizard

@Rubio sedentary

Rubio

2:45 AM

I did

Helka Homba

9: rock

Rubio

1: ✔

Wheat Wizard

@HelkaHomba sedimentary

numbermaniac

anyone wanna pin the new defending message

Helka Homba

correct 9

Deusovi

2:46 AM

10: ℝ, ℂ, ℍ, 𝕆, ?

Rubio

1: Treason of a sort

2: Ether?

contact 1

contact 1

contact 2

2:46 AM

contact 2

3: Grassy plant

@Rubio Sedge?

3: ✔

pass on 1

1: Sedition

2:47 AM

I know where deus was getting at, but I forgot the term

1: SEDITION ✔

Deus Ex Machina?

Now I'm hungry

"God from the Machine"

Wheat Wizard

Wheat Wizard defending S E D G

Rubio

2:48 AM

hmm

Deusovi

10 dies - it was SEDENIONS (math term - 16-dimensional number system)

Rubio

Just to confirm, this isn't a proper noun

Wheat Wizard

Nope

Sconibulus

2 falls, was Sedative

Wheat Wizard

Well it might be, but its also a regular noun

ffao

2:49 AM

I knew about quaternions and octonions, but I never heard sedenions

Rubio

^

Deusovi

it's just the next "step" after octonions

after that, I don't think they're named

Wheat Wizard

I don't think they exist past a certain point.

Rubio

sure they are. they're named boboquackions and humnions and ...

Deusovi

No, you can use the Cayley-Dickson construction to double the dimension each time

you just lose useful properties

Rubio

2:51 AM

Welp. I know exactly one base word SEDG* and I already tried it

Wheat Wizard

Ah, I must have been misremembering then

Rubio

Anyone? Anyone at all?

Joel Harmon

1. furniture brand

ffao

I only know of one base word SEDG* as well

Deusovi

ditto

Helka Homba

2:51 AM

9: fictional, prickly animal

ATaco

Contact 1

Wheat Wizard

@HelkaHomba Sedgehog?

Helka Homba

yes :P

Wheat Wizard

pass on 1

Deusovi

I don't think that should be allowed :/

ATaco

2:52 AM

Sedgwick?

Joel Harmon

I'm not even sure that names counts as a proper word, but yes

that's all I've got, sorry

doesn't seem like it should count

Helka Homba

I though clues didn't need to be real words or things?

Wheat Wizard

Wheat Wizard Defending S E D G E

ffao

attacks can be proper names or even phrases

Rubio

^

ffao

2:53 AM

defense words can't

Deusovi

I think they should need to be real things, but proper nouns should be fine

awesomepi

ha

Rubio

(but I do think they need to be actual things, not some arbitrary, possibly-pronouncable string of letters)

Deusovi

^

awesomepi

I finished the Adderlink now I can play contact for real

Rubio

2:53 AM

1: Grassy path?

I'm not sure if this is a word but what the hell

ATaco

Contact 1.

Helka Homba

@Deusovi I bet sedgehogs are "real "in some short story out there

Wheat Wizard

@Rubio sedge path

sedge way

sedge lane

Rubio

SEDGEWAY ✔ is what I had in mind

Deusovi

@HelkaHomba oh hey, it's a thing!

theessentialfly.com/trout-sedgehogs-pattern.html

a type of fishing lure

and it does indeed come from sedge + hedgehog

ATaco

2:54 AM

1. Many cyperaceous plants.

complaint retracted

@ATaco sedges?

Yep.

@WheatWizard Yep

welp

2:55 AM

1: One who trims the sedge

this is getting silly. :)

Contact 1.

SEDGER

✔

So, to be clear we can use fake things as clues as long as they're accidentally also real things? ;)

ffao

agreed :P

awesomepi

2:56 AM

sounds legit

to Alconja, that is

boboquack

2: Made of sedge

Wheat Wizard

Are we allowed to look up if something is a real thing? that seems like cheating

@boboquack sedgen?

Rubio

No, you're not

Deusovi

Nope.

Rubio

(at least, not before the fact)

Deusovi

2:57 AM

Well, not while it's relevant

boboquack

@WheatWizard No

Helka Homba

@Alconja well if they are fake it's not like the attackers have any easier time guessing it than the defender (except that there are more of them but that's always true)

Wheat Wizard

@boboquack Sedged

boboquack

@WheatWizard Ya

Alconja

I've looked things up before to confirm spelling (to make sure it was actually a legit clue, given the current letters), but that's it... Is that considered "ok"?

n_palum

2:58 AM

8: That

ATaco

I'm running out of Sedge related things.

n_palum

8': Thats

ATaco

Honestly I didn't know Sedge was a thing until today.

Deusovi

contact 8, 8'

ATaco