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Shokhet
2:10 PM
Wait. Is this really a game for playing Contact?? That's so cool! Is there a game on right now?
Deusovi
2:20 PM
If there was a game on right now, then people would be talking.
We're playing Codenames though, if you want to join.
Codenames
For playing the game Codenames. New players, see
puzzling.meta...
Shokhet
@Deusovi I'll check it out, thanks!
I'm not sure I know how to play, but I'll check the posted rules.
Feel free to ping me next time a game starts. I LOVE Contact :)
2 hours later…
GentlePurpleRain
4:19 PM
Defending:
E
Rubio
1:
It's in the room
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet
1: not ELEPHANT
Jan Dvorak
42:
Darwin's crazy idea
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain Thank you
Business Cat
contact 42
GentlePurpleRain
4:20 PM
42: not EVOLUTION
Jan Dvorak
42 ✔️
Rubio
2:
A crisis
GentlePurpleRain
2: not EMERGENCY
Jan Dvorak
42
final words
Rubio
1: ✔
GentlePurpleRain
4:21 PM
42: not EULOGY
Jan Dvorak
42 nope
Shokhet
3:
Crazy mentor in
Name of The Wind
Rubio
2 is not emergency
GentlePurpleRain
@JanDvorak Please use the number so we know what you're referring to.
Jan Dvorak
I've only had one clue number so far, but okay
Rubio
4:22 PM
@Shokhet Bold clues, please, so they are easier to find
Shokhet
@Rubio Okay.
GentlePurpleRain
42: not ELEGY
Jan Dvorak
42 nope
Fargle
contact 42
Deusovi
contact 42?
Shokhet
4:23 PM
contact 42
GentlePurpleRain
42: not ENDINGS
Jan Dvorak
42 nope
Rubio
1:
Singer with a hard candy shell
GentlePurpleRain
1: not EMINEM
Rubio
1: ✔
Shokhet
4:24 PM
...what happened to 42?
GentlePurpleRain
42: not EXIT/EXEUNT
Deusovi
nothing so far
Jan Dvorak
42 is still alive (and not exit or exeunt)
Rubio
4:
Like some locales
GentlePurpleRain
4: not EXOTIC
Deusovi
4:24 PM
9.
Loopy, like an ellipse
Rubio
4: ✔
GentlePurpleRain
9: not ELLIPTICAL?
Shokhet
@JanDvorak A bunch of people made contact, though?
Jan Dvorak
43:
dirt removal
Deusovi
No, not ELLIPTICAL
Shokhet
4:25 PM
Contact 9
Deusovi
@Shokhet They have to wait to guess until GPR passes.
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet I can still guess. Once I pass, others have a chance.
Jan Dvorak
@Shokhet that becomes relevant when the defender passes
GentlePurpleRain
43: not EXCAVATION
Fargle
contact 9
Jan Dvorak
4:25 PM
43 ✔️
Shokhet
Got it. My family plays a slightly different version (and also with fewer players)
GentlePurpleRain
pass 9
Rubio
This is tweaked for online play
Deusovi
ah - yeah, these rules are not the same as the "standard" rules
Fargle
9: ECCENTRIC?
Deusovi
4:26 PM
9 is indeed ECCENTRIC!
Rubio
where typing times and lag etc etc. kinda require some different mechanics
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
E N
Shokhet
Right, right.
Rubio
2 dies, it was EXISTENTIAL
Deusovi
(In mathematics, the eccentricity of an ellipse is how "far" it is from being a circle. A circle has eccentricity 0 IIRC)
Jan Dvorak
4:26 PM
42 dies, was epilogue
Rubio
1:
e
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet Is 3 still alive?
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain no
3 dies, was Elodin
7:
atom bomb
Fargle
2:
Why time only flows one way
Deusovi
contact 2
Rubio
4:27 PM
3:
Transformers need it
Shokhet
contact 3
Deusovi
25:
It's said by someone who uses a common crosswordese word (that should be written with two accents)
Rubio
contact 7 maybe
Jan Dvorak
42:
the product of work and time
Deusovi
(I wish Sp was here :c )
Fargle
4:28 PM
contact 42
Deusovi
contact 42
Jan Dvorak
contact 2
GentlePurpleRain
42: not ENERGY
Jan Dvorak
42 ✔️
Rubio
contact 25
Shokhet
4:29 PM
Can I extend hints for a number, to make sure that someone who might have contact with my hint has what I'm thinking of? (Eg @Rubio)
Deusovi
You can, but it makes it more likely that the defender will get it
Rubio
Yes - just remember you're giving a hint to the defender too
GentlePurpleRain
You can, but it might give me a hint, too.
Shokhet
Of course.
Jan Dvorak
42
french word often appearing twice
Rubio
4:29 PM
hehe
Fargle
8:
Local
GentlePurpleRain
Man.
Shokhet
7:
historical atom bomb
@Rubio ^^^
GentlePurpleRain
pass 25
Jan Dvorak
contact 8 maybe
Deusovi
4:30 PM
@Rubio?
Rubio
25 - épée
Deusovi
RUBIO NO
GentlePurpleRain
EN
Deusovi
D:
Shokhet
Ooh.
Fargle
4:30 PM
RIP
Rubio
oh poo.
Hi. sorry
GentlePurpleRain
2: not ENTROPY?
Fargle
2: Correct.
Deusovi
you were on the right track too D:
it was EN GARDE (which is
said by
someone who uses an epee. you know, like the clue said)
GentlePurpleRain
8: not ENVIRONMENTAL?
Rubio
4:31 PM
I jumped the gun. Er.... something.
GentlePurpleRain
3: not ENERGY?
Rubio
3 is not ENERGY.
Deusovi
gah, and you got the hard part too
Shokhet
@Rubio I thought it was D:
Deusovi
contact 8
Jan Dvorak
4:32 PM
43:
often confused with the study of words
Rubio
@Shokhet If you no longer have contact, say "uncontact 3"
Shokhet
Someone else contact you for 3?
Contact 43
Deusovi
contact 43
GentlePurpleRain
43: not ENTOMOLOGY
Jan Dvorak
43 ✔️
Shokhet
4:32 PM
Uncontact 3
Fargle
8: nope.
Shokhet
@Rubio K
Fargle
Sorry that was so late.
GentlePurpleRain
So what has contacts right now?
8: not ENDEMIC
Rubio
I have a shaky one on 7
Jan Dvorak
4:33 PM
uncontact 8
Shokhet
9:
tree
Fargle
8: Yep
Business Cat
6:
Warm blooded
Rubio
contact 6
GentlePurpleRain
6: not ENDOTHERMIC?
Jan Dvorak
4:34 PM
43:
it can be denied
Fargle
contact 42
Business Cat
6: Yes
Deusovi
10.
Like C# and D
b
Rubio
contact 43 perhaps
Fargle
contact 10
Shokhet
4:34 PM
11:
boring
Deusovi
contact 43
n_palum
contact 9 and 7
GentlePurpleRain
pass 43
Jan Dvorak
contact 9 maybe
Shokhet
@n_palum Yay! Both mine :)
Deusovi
4:35 PM
43: ENTRY
Jan Dvorak
43 was entry ✔️
Fargle
Oooh, good one.
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
E N T
Rubio
that's what I had too. yay.
1 is dead, it was ENERGY.
Deusovi
10 dies: ENHARMONIC
Jan Dvorak
4:36 PM
42 lives
Shokhet
7 is dead. Was Enola Gay
9 lives
Fargle
uncontact 42
Rubio
7 i had it :/
Shokhet
11 dies. Was ennui
Rubio
3 dies, it was ENERGON. (The
Transformers
use it)
n_palum
4:36 PM
I also had 7, still contact 9
Jan Dvorak
43:
like photons in quantum cryptography
Rubio
contact 43
Deusovi
@Rubio I knew it was something like that starting with ENER- and ending with -ON, but didn't remember what came in the middle
Shokhet
@Rubio I thought you meant like an electrical transformer. Have never seen the films :p
Deusovi
contact 43
Fargle
4:37 PM
17:
Millennials, to some
Deusovi
contact 17
@Shokhet That was the point - he put it at the start of the clue to disguise the capital letter
Shokhet
@Deusovi Ah. Clever.
Rubio
1:
Sting operation done badly?
Deusovi
it's done sometimes in crosswords too ("Apple product" can be "juice" or "iPhone")
Shokhet
2:
seductive
Fargle
4:37 PM
20:
A system's total heat
Rubio
contact 2
Shokhet
@Deusovi And that's why this is a puzzling room :)
Jan Dvorak
contact 2, 20
GentlePurpleRain
20: not ENTROPY?
Shokhet
contact 20
GentlePurpleRain
4:38 PM
2: not ENTICING
Fargle
20: nope
contact 2
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain 20 was entropy
GentlePurpleRain
1: not ENTRAPMENT
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain 2 was enticing
Rubio
1: ✔
Fargle
4:38 PM
@Shokhet 20 wasn't yours...?
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet Wasn't your clue, and Fargle said no
n_palum
@Shokhet You shouldn't answer for clues that are not yours
Shokhet
@Fargle Oh. I had made contact though. Oops.
GentlePurpleRain
2: not ENTHRALLING
Fargle
Wait for a pass.
Rubio
4:39 PM
1:
All of it
Deusovi
contact 1
Fargle
contact 1
GentlePurpleRain
1: not ENTIRE
Jan Dvorak
44:
The elephant in the park
Business Cat
3:
It always goes up
GentlePurpleRain
4:39 PM
43: not ENTANGLED
Deusovi
contact 3
Fargle
contact 3
Jan Dvorak
43 ✔️
Rubio
1: ENTIRETY ✔
Fargle
BTW, you had already guessed 2, @Gentle, don't know if you missed that.
GentlePurpleRain
4:40 PM
17: not ENTITLED
Fargle
17: Yep
Shokhet
4:
rhino surgeon
Deusovi
8.
Like a famous figure a few days before Easter
Rubio
1:
NX-01
Jan Dvorak
45:
Using some dug-up protection
n_palum
4:42 PM
There's enough people maybe limit people making so many clues?
Business Cat
I think at this point we should hold off a bit...
Jan Dvorak
ok
Shokhet
How many clues are live right now?
Business Cat
Star board is overflowing
n_palum
Try to keep it to 2 a person max
Shokhet
4:42 PM
1, 8, 4, 45
9, I think
Fargle
17 is down btw
n_palum
Contact 42
Business Cat
contact 20
Deusovi
contact 20
Jan Dvorak
contacted 20
Fargle
4:44 PM
:^)
Jan Dvorak
contact 3, perhaps
Rubio
contact 3 I guess
GentlePurpleRain
Sorry, was AFK. Back now.
4: not ENT
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain Very good! 4 was ENT
GentlePurpleRain
1: not ENTERPRISE
Rubio
4:45 PM
2:
Groupies
1: ✔
contact 9
GentlePurpleRain
No one's contacted 8, eh?
Pass 8
n_palum
heh.. eh..
Business Cat
I can only think of very bad answers for 8
Deusovi
wait, really?
n_palum
I can think of a few for 8 idk
GentlePurpleRain
4:47 PM
Pretty sure it's my word, but not
positive
n_palum
BTW @JanDvorak I like 42
Deusovi
updated 8
GentlePurpleRain
Yeah, it's my word.
Jan Dvorak
Thanks
Deusovi
8':
Buried
Fargle
4:48 PM
CONTACT 8
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
ENTOMB(ED)
Sconibulus
contact 8
Business Cat
Ahhh
Fargle
That update
sealed
it for me.
Jan Dvorak
... oh
Sconibulus
4:48 PM
45: Entrenched?
n_palum
Was 42 ENTENTE and 9 also ENT
Deusovi
anyway, my guesses for clues: 3 was ENTROPY (
again
), 20 was ENTHALPY
Sconibulus
3: Entropy
GentlePurpleRain
@Fargle <groan>
Sconibulus
20: Enthalpy?
Fargle
4:48 PM
20 is enthalpy, yes.
Shokhet
@n_palum 9 was ENT
Jan Dvorak
45 ✔️
Sconibulus
42: Entendre?
Fargle
Good ol' misdirection.
GentlePurpleRain
@n_palum Shouldn't it be ENTENDRE? As in "double entendre"?
Jan Dvorak
4:49 PM
@n_palum 42 close
Deusovi
ah, 42 is clever
Jan Dvorak
42 entendre✔️
n_palum
Hmph well I was pretty close :P
Fargle
42 is quite clever. Very much a Sunday crossword clue, in the best way possible.
Sconibulus
(sorry, showed up at the end of the game and ruined everything :))
Deusovi
4:49 PM
"entente" is very different
Business Cat
I was doing something else for a bit, I tried to search for entropy before cluing but I misspelled it by accident and no results came up :P
GentlePurpleRain
Curious about 44 and 45
n/m
Jan Dvorak
44 was an entertainer
Shokhet
This was fun! It's a much different game in a chat room, for sure. Also trying to give hints to people you don't know, and don't know what they know. Lol.
Rubio
@BusinessCat You really shouldn't look things up at all
Deusovi
4:50 PM
I'll defend next - gimme a sec to come up with an interesting word
Fargle
@Shokhet: just don't play when Rubio's defending.
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet As you get to know people, it gets a little easier.
Rubio
(at least not until after they're no longer relevant)
Business Cat
@Rubio I meant search in the chat history to see if it was done
Fargle
>_>
Deusovi
4:50 PM
@Rubio I think "search" meant in the chat search bar
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain I'm sure.
Rubio
oh. heh ok then
Shokhet
@Fargle Uh oh. Now I'm afraid....
Rubio
what were 44 and 45?
n_palum
Why were the rules cleared off pin
Jan Dvorak
4:51 PM
3 mins ago
, by
Sconibulus
45: Entrenched?
1 min ago
, by
Jan Dvorak
44 was an entertainer
Deusovi
@n_palum they weren't
GentlePurpleRain
@Shokhet Rubio's just
really
good at guessing.
Yesterday I was AFK for over 1/2 hour, and when I came back, he'd given up
one
letter.
Shokhet
@GentlePurpleRain :0
Deusovi
Deusovi defending
O
Rubio
@GentlePurpleRain I had, like,
just
given it up too. hehe
Jan Dvorak
4:53 PM
Was it that lightning round? :-)
n_palum
@Deusovi Hmm they were only starred for me, and when I tried to pin up it said cannot, cleared by Mod - now it's pinned again
GentlePurpleRain
I just pinned.
Fargle
6:
Pachelbel's Canon canonizer (2 wds)
Gareth McCaughan
1.
Whoosh
Sconibulus
5:
Titania's Man
Business Cat
4:54 PM
contact 1
Gareth McCaughan
contact 5 @Sconibulus
Shokhet
Contact 5
Deusovi
1: OVER YOUR HEAD?
OBLIVIOUS?
Gareth McCaughan
(warning: I have to leave in ~20 minutes)
GentlePurpleRain
4:
Earth's shape
Gareth McCaughan
4:54 PM
1 is neither OBLIVIOUS nor OVER YOUR HEAD.
Deusovi
5: OBERON
Gareth McCaughan
contact 4 @GentlePurpleRain
Fargle
contact 4
Deusovi
4: OBLATE SPHEROID
Sconibulus
5: yep
Jan Dvorak
4:54 PM
42:
stop sign
Rubio
8:
...
GentlePurpleRain
4: ✔️
Deusovi
42: OCTAGON
8: OXYGEN
Jan Dvorak
42 ✔️
Business Cat
4':
What some people think Earth's shape is
Rubio
4:55 PM
8: ✔
Deusovi
@BusinessCat OVAL?
Sconibulus
3:
Colour of Magic
Gareth McCaughan
contact 3 @Sconibulus
Deusovi
pass 3, seems like a reference that I'm not gonna get
Business Cat
4 Yes
Gareth McCaughan
4:55 PM
octarine
(Terry Pratchett)
Shokhet
10:
hash tag
Jan Dvorak
contact 10
Rubio
2:
Prayer
Gareth McCaughan
contact 10 @Shokhet if it survives after we get our new letter
Sconibulus
3 is Octarine
Deusovi
4:56 PM
10: OCTOTHORPE (yeah, still haven't read Pratchett)
Deusovi defending
O P
Gareth McCaughan
contact 2 @Rubio if it survives after we get our new letter
GentlePurpleRain
Wait for the new letter!
Gareth McCaughan
which it doesn't
Rubio
welp.
Shokhet
@Deusovi Correct
Fargle
4:56 PM
6 dies, was ORDINARY PEOPLE
Gareth McCaughan
1 was ONOMATOPOEIA and is dead
Business Cat
5:
Knocker
Fargle
10:
Rolling in dough
Rubio
2:
MD locale
Sconibulus
6:
Antagonist of Holly and Artemis
Shokhet
4:57 PM
I once defended octothorpe from my family for a
looong
time. I won as defendant, which is pretty rare.
Deusovi
10: OPULENT
2: OPERATING ROOM
Fargle
10: Yep yep
Rubio
2: ✔
@Shokhet How do you win a game with no win condition? hehe
Fargle
8:
The true Great Attractors?
Shokhet
1:
shattering glass
GentlePurpleRain
4:58 PM
4:
Assembly instructions?
Shokhet
@Rubio They gave up.
Jan Dvorak
42:
don't ask for them on SO
Rubio
contact 4
Deusovi
1: OPERA?
Rubio
contact 42
Gareth McCaughan
4:58 PM
contact 42 @JanDvorak
Shokhet
@Deusovi Correct
Deusovi
4: OPERATION?
GentlePurpleRain
contact 42
4: no
Sconibulus
contact 4
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