Contact

GentlePurpleRain

2:46 PM

Defending: I

Business Cat

1: Ocean floater

GentlePurpleRain

hmm.....

1: not ICEBERG

Sconibulus

3: Unhelpful, perhaps hostile

Business Cat

1: Yes

GentlePurpleRain

3: not ICY?

Sconibulus

2:51 PM

3: nope

Business Cat

2: That's correct

Sconibulus

4: Fiendishly Puckish

GentlePurpleRain

3: not IMPISH?

4: not IMPISH?

Sconibulus

3: nope...

4: yes :)

Business Cat

4: FTL travel

Sconibulus

2:53 PM

5: Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity

contact 4

GentlePurpleRain

5: not INCONCEIVABLE (you keep using that word...!)

4: not INTERSTELLAR?

Deusovi

6. I like him (even though none of his initials are actually I)

Business Cat

... I should've gotten that

4: Yes

Sconibulus

5: yes

contact 6

GentlePurpleRain

pass 6

Sconibulus

2:54 PM

6: Ike

Deusovi

yup!

(Dwight D Eisenhower's campaign slogan was "I Like Ike")

GentlePurpleRain

ah.

Defending: I M

Sp3000

I thought that was a Smash Bros "We like Ike!" reference :P

Sconibulus

3 falls, was Inimical

Business Cat

2 dies, was INDEED

5: Useless

GentlePurpleRain

2:56 PM

@Sconibulus is that a word? I've heard of inimicable, but I don't think the def matches...

Deusovi

7. Stamp's purpose: to move someone

5: not IMPOTENT

5: Nope

Contact 7

7: not IMPETUS?

2:57 PM

nope

Sconibulus

@GentlePurpleRain reasonably sure, often used in sci-fi of unpleasantly barren places

GentlePurpleRain

7: not IMPRINT

Deusovi

also nope

Business Cat

6: What programmers often do with math

GentlePurpleRain

7: not IMPRESS

Deusovi

2:58 PM

there you go

Sp3000

9. Easter egg in Python that opens up a specific xkcd, take the 9-letter prefix that's also a word

Deusovi

contact 9

(nice clue)

GentlePurpleRain

I guess 9 is the kind of thing you either know or you don't.

pass 9

Deusovi

IMPORTANT(igravity)

Sp3000

Yup (not sure if unfair)

GentlePurpleRain

3:00 PM

Nah, it's fine.

Deusovi

I didn't know it was an easter egg in python, but thought of XKCD-relevant words

Defending: I M P

5 and 6 stand

7. Hasty

4: Ill mannered

3:00 PM

Not surprising. There aren't a lot of IM words that aren't IMP.

Business Cat

contact 7

Rubio

contact 7

Sconibulus

3: May prevent Henry V's famous speech

Rubio

1: Skin condition

GentlePurpleRain

3: not (speech) IMPEDIMENT

Sconibulus

3:01 PM

3: nope

Rubio

1': Rash

GentlePurpleRain

1: not IMPETEGO

1': not IMPETEGO

Deusovi

contact 1'

Rubio

1: IMPETIGO ✔

GentlePurpleRain

1': not IMPULSIVE

I knew I hadn't spelled it right.

Rubio

3:02 PM

1' no

Sconibulus

contact 7

contact 1'

GentlePurpleRain

1' had 2 guesses. Both wrong?

Deusovi

8. It has three vowels in a row, two of which are the same

GentlePurpleRain

8: not IMPERIOUS

8: not IMPERVIOUS

Deusovi

updated 8

Rubio

3:03 PM

contact 8. heh

Sp3000

17. Introduction from a Nintendo princess?

contact 17

contact 8 I think

17: not I'M PEACH?

contact 17

3:03 PM

contact 8, I think..

Rubio

sorry - 1' both were wrong

Sp3000

17. Correct

Deusovi

(of course, the "real" answer was the word IMPEACH)

GentlePurpleRain

Would've made a good CC.

Pass 7

Sp3000

Contact is basically where I throw my half-baked couldn't-quite-get-it-right CC clues :P

Deusovi

3:04 PM

okay, @everyone

7: IMPATIENT

no

7: Impetuous

7 - IMPULSIVE

7 was IMPETUOUS

3:05 PM

7: Too broad...

Deusovi

@Rubio, that was already guessed

GentlePurpleRain

Defending: I M P R

Deusovi

oh wow

Sconibulus

3 lives

Rubio

@Deusovi not for 7 :)

Deusovi

3:06 PM

I was sure that was your word

Business Cat

5 stands, 6 dies: IMPORT

Deusovi

...because there were three clues towards it

Rubio

1' dies, it was also IMPETUOUS

Deusovi

7, 8, and 1'

Rubio

why did you reclue it anyway

Deusovi

3:06 PM

because I thought you knew and had reclued it as well

Rubio

4 dies, it was IMPOLITE

Sconibulus

8: Someone important and music-related I think

Deusovi

(and like I said, I was sure it was GPR's word)

Rubio

oh I thought hasty was impatient. hehe

Sconibulus

contact 5?

GentlePurpleRain

3:07 PM

8: not IMPRESARIO (sp?)

Rubio

2: C++?

Deusovi

10. Official seal (religion-related, I think)

contact 2

10: not IMPRESSION

7: Made up

3:08 PM

no, not IMPRESSION

GentlePurpleRain

2: not IMPROVEMENT

Rubio

2: ✔

Deusovi

(also, I wish picture clues were less terrible to make because I'd totally MS Paint a suit and tie and a pope hat onto a seal, the animal)

Sconibulus

contact 7

GentlePurpleRain

7: not IMPROVISED

Sconibulus

3:09 PM

contact 10?

GentlePurpleRain

2 mins ago, by GentlePurpleRain

8: not IMPRESARIO (sp?)

Sconibulus

8: yes, sorry

GentlePurpleRain

1 min ago, by GentlePurpleRain

10: not IMPRESSION

Deusovi

1 min ago, by Deusovi

no, not IMPRESSION

GentlePurpleRain

Sorry, just saw that.

Rubio

3:10 PM

contact 10

Deusovi

:P

GentlePurpleRain

Don't know how I missed it.

Deusovi

look, I can do the quote-self-thing too!

Sconibulus

chat swallowed a message or three on me

Rubio

same

GentlePurpleRain

3:10 PM

ok, pass 10

Sconibulus

10: Imprimatur?

Deusovi

10 is IMPRIMATUR

GentlePurpleRain

Defending: I M P R O

Rubio

1: Not done right

Sconibulus

3 falls, was impregnable: 'once more unto the breach...'

GentlePurpleRain

3:11 PM

2 mins ago, by GentlePurpleRain

7: not IMPROVISED

1: not IMPROPER

Deusovi

@BusinessCat?

11. Like Whose Line, energetically

Rubio

1: ✔

contact 11

Business Cat

Sorry, 7 was improvised

GentlePurpleRain

11: not IMPROV

Business Cat

5 dies, IMPRACTICAL

Sconibulus

3:12 PM

3: Without notice

Deusovi

no, 11 is not IMPROV

GentlePurpleRain

11: not IMPROVISED

11: not IMPROVISATIONAL

Deusovi

nor is it either of those (I'd've given it to you)

Rubio

hm. uncontact 11

Sconibulus

4: Heart of Gold

Rubio

3:13 PM

contact 4

contact 4

contact 4

Maybe contact 11

contact 11

(only because I have a word in mind that hasn't been said)

Contact 3

Rubio

3:15 PM

1: We should avoid all such appearances

contact 1?

contact 1

pass 4

4: IMPROBABILITY DRIVE

Rubio

4 IMPROBABILITY

Business Cat

3:15 PM

Couldn't type fast enough

Sconibulus

4: IMPROBABILITY

Deusovi

Hitchhiker's Guide reference

GentlePurpleRain

Need to brush up on my HGttG, apparently...

Defending: I M P R O M

Rubio

hm.'

Deusovi

12. PTU

Sconibulus

3:16 PM

3 lives :)

Rubio

1 dies; IMPROPRIETY

Sp3000

Yeah I think that's 3 Deus

GentlePurpleRain

12: not SPITTING... ;)

Deusovi

pff

GentlePurpleRain

Y'all have it. I think 3 and 1 are also it.

Deusovi

3:17 PM

11 dies - was IMPROVE (IMPROV+E, because E is "energy" in cryptics. I'm sorry)

Sconibulus

I had that one :)

GentlePurpleRain

Defending: IMPROMPTU

Rubio

wow.

Sp3000

I thought it might be that for 11 :P (but wasn't quite confident enough)

Deusovi

(I figured you all would get IMPROV(IS(ED/ATION)) and wonder what the "energetically" could mean)

Sconibulus

3:18 PM

go ahead Deus, I think I have to leave soon

Deusovi

I have to run and get lunch soon - wouldn't be long, but I don't want to interrupt the game

GentlePurpleRain

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?

Rubio

gimme a sec and I can run one

if someone else wants to though, go for it

ok then.

Rubio defending: M

Sp3000

Well.

(thinking)

10. Excavate rorck -> food

Business Cat

s/rorck/rock/?

Sp3000

3:31 PM

rorck [sic]

Rubio

You save these up for me, don't you.

Sconibulus

no? :)

Sp3000

9. Level that's half of 9?

Sconibulus

wait, mine are bad

I somehow read M as R

Business Cat

8: Famous colonel

Rubio

3:34 PM

8: It's not MUSTARD

Sconibulus

5: Just a bay

Business Cat

8: Yes

Rubio

I don't suppose 9 is MALBOLGE

Sp3000

Nope

Rubio

5: It's not a MARE maybe

GentlePurpleRain

3:36 PM

4: Get your grubby paws onto

Sconibulus

5: Mere, which I'll call close enough because I need to go grab food :)

Rubio

actually that was going to be my next guess so I'll accept that :)

GentlePurpleRain

2: My very eager mother just served us nachos

Sp3000

14. Unit of time and time is not thyme but similar

GentlePurpleRain

3: Tiny

3': Tiny

Deusovi

3:38 PM

Contact 2

n_palum

1: Ray Romano

Rubio

3 and/or 3': it's not MINUTE

contact 3?

1: It's not MANNY?

Contact 2

3:39 PM

3': ✔

n_palum

1 No

Rubio

3: It's not MINUSCULE

GentlePurpleRain

3: ✔

thecoder16

lol

3'' : Tiny

GentlePurpleRain

contact 3''

Rubio

3:40 PM

3'': It's not MINI(ATURE)

3'': ✔

7: μ

contact 7

3''': Tiny

3''''': It's not MICRO(SCOPIC)

Deusovi

3:40 PM

Contact 3'''

Rubio

almost preempted

GentlePurpleRain

3''': ✔

thecoder16

there is no 3''''' :P

Deusovi

oh

GentlePurpleRain

contact 7

Sp3000

3:41 PM

19. Weather forecast: skies are going to be grey, with a potentially unexpected bonus

Deusovi

contact 19

Rubio

7: It's also not MICRO

Business Cat

contact 19

Rubio

19: It's not METEOROLOGY

Business Cat

7: no

Sp3000

3:41 PM

19 is not METEOROLOGY

thecoder16

3'''': tiny

Rubio

7: It's not MU

Deusovi

(also, just posted the next CCCC. I'm not sorry at all)

Business Cat

7: Yes

Rubio

19: It's not MEATBALLS

thecoder16

3:42 PM

must think of more

Sp3000

19 is indeed MEATBALLS

thecoder16

3''''': tiny

3'''''': tiny

i'm done now

Rubio

oh good.

thecoder16

lol

Rubio

briefly preempted by Deus' clue. sorry :)

thecoder16

3:46 PM

same here

Rubio

4: maybe, it's not MANHANDLE, but that seems remote

GentlePurpleRain

4: ✔

If you're being manhandled, you might say, "Get your grubby paws off of me!".

Sp3000

25. 50% of Japanese follow Japanese comic

Deusovi

contact 25

Rubio

25: It's not MANGA

Sp3000

3:49 PM

Not MANGA

Rubio

lol

25: It's not MANGANESE

Sp3000

Yeah that's the one

Rubio

read the whole clue, Rubio

Sp3000

I'm going to guess I dialed the first few up too high ... either that or Deus is on mobile :P

Rubio

2: It's not MNEMONIC

what is that for?

Sp3000

3:51 PM

Planets

Deusovi

I'm not on mobile. And now staring at 14 and 9

Rubio

oh of course

Sp3000

12. (5, 7) dessert with a repeated 4-letter substring

Deusovi

oh no, geography

Sp3000

Sorry, dessert not desert

Deusovi

3:52 PM

oh no, not geography

Sp3000

[/terrible at geography myself :P]

n_palum

Heh

Deusovi

geography and things that aren't geography: the two types of trivia I'm bad at

thecoder16

that's me

n_palum

3: Spray sounds like a failed shot

Rubio

3:54 PM

3: It's not MIST

Deusovi

contact 3

thecoder16

there still are a string of 3''''s up btw

Rubio

10: It's not MINCE ?!

GentlePurpleRain

2:✔

Deusovi

4. mother

Sp3000

3:55 PM

10 is not MINCE

Rubio

4: It's not MOM or MA or MAMA

Deusovi

no, none of those

Sp3000

I fail to think of a synonym for what I have in mind for that

n_palum

3 yes

Deusovi

@Sp3000 then you don't have the right thing in mind

Rubio

3:56 PM

what is currently contacted?

Deusovi

...I'm not sure if anything is

Rubio

4: It's not MATRIARCH perhaps

Deusovi

nope, not MATRIARCH

you'll know the answer when you get it

Rubio

3*: it's not MIDGET or any of the other things already guessed for the "tiny" clues.

thecoder16

midget is one of them

n_palum

3:57 PM

I'm worried to contact 4 and blow the clue

thecoder16

2 more :P

Sp3000

I'm gonna take a guess and say contact 3'''''

(even though it's probably the wrong one)

Deusovi

n_p, does it seem like something I'd do? If so, go for it

n_palum

I am not sure

Contact 4 I guess

Sp3000

I have in mind something you would do, but still fail to find a synonym :P

n_palum

3:59 PM

Contact it too sp to guess

Deusovi

@Sp3000, you're not on the right track

I think I know what you're thinking

Rubio

3*: It's not MINUSCULE or MINISCULE, MINI(ATURE), MICRO(SCOPIC), MIDGET, MINOR, MINUTE, MINIMAL/MINIMIZED, MITE, MOTE, or MOLECULE/AR

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