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6:21 PM
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There are 3 people waiting to play Contact! Want to join?
@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'
 
Autoping O_O
 
There are 3 people waiting to play Contact! Want to join?
 
6:22 PM
Oooh, that's new
 
@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'
 
There are 3 people waiting to play Contact! Want to join?
 
decides to make his "o/" an "-/"; plot twist...
 
@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'
 
6:22 PM
welp
 
There are 3 people waiting to play Contact! Want to join?
 
Maybe it shouldn't ping people multiple times though
 
Poor them :D
 
@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'
 
!shutup
 
6:22 PM
kick the bot please
 
... now we don't have a bot here either :-(
 
better than constant pings
 
i can spin up a bot either for codenames or contact
 
My guess is that we can make it talk again when we start a game
 
I...guess I don't have to ping GPR about this issue :P
 
6:23 PM
Is that the old version that doesn't tell colors?
 
@JohnDvorak yes, but i can update it
 
Sweet
 
I might be up for a Contact game. Not so interested in Codenames right now.
 
yeah, we're divided
 
(which isn't to say I'd try to stop anyone else playing, of course)
 
6:24 PM
0/
 
We haven't played Contact for a while now
 
also, re this: please don't make the bot talk >_>
 
I like having the bot. And I think it's improving over time.
 
you don't want 50 useless inbox notifications though...
 
6:26 PM
@EriktheOutgolfer If we start a game, it might stop the pings
 
yeah, not sure
 
@Mr.Xcoder I think Lens might want you to play Contact :P
 
I'll spin up a bot.
 
Thanks
 
6:27 PM
> play with me... plaaaaay with meeeeeee... ;-) plaaaaayyyyy... PLAY YOU LAZY [...], PLAY!!!
 
%speak
%contacts
pokes
 
I went from Oh 4 pings in 5 mins to Oh, it's Lens in less than 3 seconds :P
 
%clues
odd
...oh
 
So who's the mod, and who's the bot?
 
should be obvious, Loc is the mod :P
 
6:30 PM
%clues
 
There are no active clues.
 
\o/ up and running
 
(btw, a mod receiving too many inbox notifications at once could be rather unsettling...)
 
The mod account has unlimited stars so Mith is bot :)
 
6:32 PM
@Mr.Xcoder Mobile?
 
somehow I always forget that I have a repository called Lens and one called Lens2
 
@cairdcoinheringaahing -_- yeah
 
the new T9...
 
There are 5 people waiting to play Contact! Want to join?
@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'
 
yeah...
bot kicked? nice
@Mithrandir lol did you suspend Lens for 4 days?
 
6:33 PM
@GentlePurpleRain I've suspended the Lens account indefinitely until you're around and can fix that pinging issue.
 
(100 hours was easy to type in)
 
(you can type 9999, btw)
 
@EriktheOutgolfer technically I can suspend an account for 3,000+ years.
Anyway... does anyone want to defend?
 
@Mithrandir I'd volunteer, but I like playing these games :/
 
6:35 PM
not me, as I said way above
 
I may need to do other things intermittently so would rather not defend right now
 
I can't, as I may have to pop on and off, so o/
 
I'd rather not
 
ok, so we have no one who wants to defend. I guess I'll do it.
 
I'd suspend Lens for 50 hours
and I'd suspend him for 50 more
Just to be the mod who kicks a bot
even if it's the chatroom's core.
 
6:36 PM
I, as well, have maths homework do to so my attention will be intermittent
 
Gareth defending: E
 
@JohnDvorak I'd star if I could
 
yeah...the (tempting) Lens talk has been too much...
 
45: Outside
 
1: Aragorn
 
6:37 PM
45. EXTERNAL?
1. ELESSAR?
 
1: Flee the body of this innocent and unsuspecting human, you evil [...]!
 
1: ELESSAR is correct.
 
45: Correct
 
There is already an active clue #1. Please edit or repost with a different number.
 
70: sum(-p_i log p_i)
 
6:38 PM
70. ENTROPY
 
70 ✔️
 
1. EXORCISM?
 
80: The person everything is named after in maths
 
80. EVERYMAN?
 
6:38 PM
2: Type of mountain bike
 
80: x
 
There is already an active clue #80. Please edit or repost with a different number.
 
I've edited 80.
 
56, 57: Hillary, Tenzing
 
80. EULER?
 
6:39 PM
80: y
 
56. EVEREST?
57. EVEREST?
 
56: Correct
 
2. EVEREST?
 
57: Incorrect
 
@EriktheOutgolfer cleared
 
6:39 PM
71 Older name for spacetime?
 
c71
 
71. EVERYTHING?
 
71 x
 
71. EVENT SPACE? (I know spacetime points are called events. Though I suspect this is the wrong way to approach this clue.)
 
@LocutusofBorg, Gareth McCaughan guessed EVEREST for clue #2. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
6:40 PM
1: Aargh...aaaargh...I'm about to split this in two, but...I can't, I'm not that strong... D:<
 
71 x
 
2: EVEREST is incorrect.
 
72 Full name for ESA
 
82: ___ go home
 
72. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
82. ET
 
6:41 PM
c82
 
3: Illuvatar
 
72 ✔️
 
We are currently waiting on caird coinheringaahing to confirm or deny Gareth McCaughan's guess for clue #82. Please wait until that has been done before making another guess.
 
6:41 PM
82: Correct
 
73 Organic compound or Persian princess
 
3: EA is incorrect.
 
@LocutusofBorg, Gareth McCaughan guessed EA for clue #3. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
73. ESTER
 
73 ✔️
 
6:42 PM
though if you're thinking of the one I think you are, her name is usually spelled ESTHER
3. ELBERETH?
 
Isn't the chemical also spelled with H?
 
no, chemical definitely ESTER
 
@GarethMcCaughan ....or ESTER since that's how it's pronounced in modern Hebrew
 
> Spelling Foreign Names 101
 
@LocutusofBorg, Gareth McCaughan guessed ELBERETH for clue #3. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
6:43 PM
I've never seen it spelled that way, though. Even spelled with the H it's usually pronounced as if without it.
 
74 Pride of German cryptography
 
I'm sorry, I've been told not to listen to you. Try asking a mod to add you to the whitelist.
 
3: ELBERETH is incorrect.
 
6:43 PM
74. ENIGMA
 
%contacts
 
74 ✔️
 
The following clues are currently contacted:
#1 by caird coinheringaahing
#71 by Mr. Xcoder
#74 by Erik the Outgolfer
 
hello
 
71. EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE or EINSTEIN CONTINUUM or EINSTEIN SPACE or something of the sort?
 
6:44 PM
71 neither
 
is "neither" allowed?
 
I doubt it
 
we'll see
 
then I need a syntax that I should use
 
6:45 PM
bleh, I suspect I am missing something obvious, but
pass 71
 
Clue #71 (Older name for spacetime?) was contacted by: Mr. Xcoder. Make your guess!
 
71: ether (I think it's an alternate spelling of aether, though)
 
71 ✔️
 
You guessed correctly. Gareth McCaughan must give up a letter!
 
oh! Hmm, not sure the definition is correct (it's more a stuff that fills space than space or spacetime itself) but of course they don't have to be. Ah well.
Gareth defending: E M
 
6:46 PM
3 dies; ERU
 
1 dies: ELASTIC
 
2 dies; ENDURO
 
They're the same in the sense they form medium for light waves
 
ah, 2 should've been obvious... damn
 
56 dies; Edmund
 
6:47 PM
There is no clue #56.
 
it's "56, 57"
 
%clues
 
56, 57 dies; Edmund
 
57: Hillary, Tenzing (by caird coinheringaahing) (status uncertain)
 
6:47 PM
57 dies; Edumnd
 
75 It strikes back
 
ah, should have got 3. I thought it was Iluvatar with only one L, by the way.
75. EMPIRE
 
75 ✔️
 
1: Huawei Android.
 
6:48 PM
23: Come forth!
 
c23
 
(and I was wondering whether there was some clever L-inserting wordplay, but didn't want to ask about that in case it gave attackers ideas)
 
1. EMUI or EMOTION UI
 
6:48 PM
23. EMERGE?
 
@GarethMcCaughan just a typo
 
u23
 
23: Correct
 
76 Fake hardware?
 
6:49 PM
76. EMULATION?
24. EMOJI?
 
76 ✔️
 
24: Correct
 
76': Australian bird.
 
Top Tip: others emulating clue 24 shouldn't use the green checkmark emoji as their exemplar.
76'. EMU
 
6:49 PM
I have a clue but I won't post it formally since it's too biased towards PPCG users: 05AB1E
 
68: Bile
contact Xcoder's clue, for the lulz
 
68. EMBITTERMENT?
 
(I would not be able to do Xcoder's clue, so far as I can work out.)
 
77 Not strictly lying
 
6:50 PM
(yeah, you'll never find it)
 
c68?
 
151: cough cough eugh, that car is very, very old!
 
1:
 
6:51 PM
pass 68
 
Clue #68 (Bile) was contacted by: Mr. Xcoder. Make your guess!
 
(1 is too easy, btw)
 
1. EM-DASH
 
68: emulsifier / emulsion?
 
6:52 PM
68: Emulsifier is correct
 
You guessed correctly. Gareth McCaughan must give up a letter!
 
should have thought of that
 
1: EM DASH is correct.
 
Flashbacks to GCSE Biology
 
Ground control stack exchange?
 
6:52 PM
Gareth defending: E M P
 
77 dies
 
(guess for 77: EMBELLISHMENT)
 
77 ✔️
 
151 dies: EMISSION
 
There is no clue #77. What exactly are you confirming?
 
6:53 PM
@JohnDvorak General Certificate of Secondary Education, IIRC
 
oh, like maturity tests in Czechia?
 
1: Go forth, show your ire!
 
2: STORE
 
(yeah, that's easy)
 
CC has the right expansio
 
6:53 PM
c2
 
Won't work now, but I was just about to clue "1': To ban or remove 1" for the previous 1
 
Informal clue dies :P Was Emigna
 
1. EMPIRE again?
2. EMPORIUM?
 
1: yes, but..."again"?
 
6:54 PM
2: EMPORIUM is correct.
 
yes, there was an earlier clue
about striking back
 
Is it bad that I can only think of German words? :/
 
btw, I wonder why "STORE" was in uppercase...
 
yes
very bad sign
 
1: I get ya
 
6:55 PM
2: Whoops, our cellphones are now broken, all of 'em! :-(
 
Informal german clue for anyone who wants to: Recommend
 
7: ¬ Giorgio
 
3: waddling bird is cold with nonexistent clothes
 
6:55 PM
3. EMPEROR
 
...but clue #1 hasn't been contacted!? Ok, I guess you know what you're doing... (You can !unpass if you made a mistake.)
 
3: EMPEROR is correct.
 
You guessed correctly. Gareth McCaughan must give up a letter!
 
6:56 PM
c1
 
yeah, Lens is confused
 
@cairdcoinheringaahing empfahlen or empfehlen (I always forget)?
 
but I really did pass 1 so let's have MPH's guess
 
6:56 PM
@ManyPinkHats you just guess
 
@Mr.Xcoder Second one, yes :P
 
1: EMPATHY or some derivation thereof
 
Gareth already pre-passed the clue
 
We are currently waiting for Gareth McCaughan to provide an additional letter. No guesses (or clues) are being accepted right now.
 
6:57 PM
Gareth was defending: EMPATHY
 
ah
I guess 7 was EMPORIO, right?
 
You can't make guesses right now; that's the defender's job. Wait till a clue has been passed. If you think you know the answer, please contact the clue. Once the defender passes, you'll be allowed to guess.
 
that was also my guess for 7
 
ya, Emporio is right
 
(like, EMPORIO ARMANI)
(i.e. EA7)
 
6:57 PM
hmm.
 
Is MPH defending now?
 
I was just about to clue 10: What all clues are
 
why is the "was defending" message pinned...?
 
buggy bot
 
the usual convention is that Locutus (= Mithrandir) should defend next
 
6:58 PM
I think the "was defending" message was pinned because it fit the pattern of "... defending <bold stuff>"
 
@Mr.Xcoder, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since Gareth McCaughan provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #7 is alive or dead.
@LocutusofBorg, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since Gareth McCaughan provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #1 is alive or dead.
 
poor confused little bot
 
let's kick the Mith...oh, wait
 
Is there a reset command?
 
%help
 
6:59 PM
there's kicking the bot where it's deserved :P
 

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