Contact

9:27 PM

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Anyone around?

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!ping

@Scrooble @GarethMcCaughan @Mithrandir @GentlePurpleRain @Mr.Xcoder @0'

@micsthepick @EriktheOutgolfer @JohnDvorak @EricTressler

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9:32 PM

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Defending: P

New game ID is 25 (you can use this to !resume an unfinished game if something goes wrong).

37: Not Yellow

32: Next

C32

9:33 PM

c32

32: potential?

32': ¬32

Clue text must be bold (surround it with ** or __). Please try again.

32: No

!clues

I'm sorry, I've been told not to listen to you. Try asking a mod to add you to the whitelist.

9:34 PM

!clues

32' : ¬32 (by caird coinheringaahing)
32 : Next (by caird coinheringaahing) (contacted by Mr. Xcoder, Erik the Outgolfer)
37 : Not Yellow (by Mr. Xcoder)

!whitelist +274572

Adding 274572 (caird coinheringaahing) to the whitelist.

29: Π

c29

9:34 PM

29: PI

heh

29: no

c29

29: PRODUCT

29: y

3: Snake

9:35 PM

I am totally blanking on 32, but it seems like everyone else knows it...

3: PIT VIPER

:)

3: No...

!contacts

The following clues are currently contacted:
#32 by Mr. Xcoder, Erik the Outgolfer

pass 32

Clue #32 (Next) was contacted by: Mr. Xcoder, Erik the Outgolfer. Make your guesses (one each)!

9:36 PM

32: PREVIOUS

(Multiple guesses will be ignored until the first is confirmed.)

32: No

32: post?

32: N

:(

It looks like no one guessed right. Clue #32 is now dead. Carry on.

9:36 PM

Terrible clue, but it was Pass

32': PREVIOUS

32': Yes

actually, nobody knew that "dreaded" 32 :D

Huh, I thought 32-post and 32'-pre

34: p(x) = x^3 + x^2 + x + 1

9:37 PM

c34

!clues

34 : p(x) = x^3 + x^2 + x + 1 (by caird coinheringaahing) (contacted by Erik the Outgolfer)
3 : Snake (by caird coinheringaahing)
37 : Not Yellow (by Mr. Xcoder)

34: polynomial

34: Polynomial is correct

35: Lords and Commons

c35

9:38 PM

35: PARLIAMENT

1: Time-traveling back to the '20s, you want to write an email, but... duh! What could you use instead of a keyboard?!

35: Yes

1: PENCIL?

c3?

17: ∫

9:39 PM

c17

1: no, unless you want it to be easily erasable...

(e.g. by friction)

36: I insist...

1:PEN

c36

1:y

(that was my next guess)

36: PERSISTENT?

9:40 PM

36: Yes

pass 3

Clue #3 (Snake) was contacted by: Erik the Outgolfer. Make your guess!

3: PYTHON

3: Correct

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

9:41 PM

duh

not sure...

should he really give a letter?

it was too broad

Defending: PH

I think it was fair.

I get to guess as much as I want.

48: Bee - See - Dee - Eee - Eff

1: green +

c48

9:41 PM

48: PHONETIC (ALPHABET)

48: Correct

!clues

1 : green + (by Erik the Outgolfer)
17 : ∫ (by Mr. Xcoder) (contacted by caird coinheringaahing) (status uncertain)
37 : Not Yellow (by Mr. Xcoder) (status uncertain)

Are you on mobile? Is that why you keep asking for clues?

37 dies. Purple

9:42 PM

@Mr.Xcoder, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since GentlePurpleRain provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #17 is alive or dead.

@GentlePurpleRain Yes

17 dies. Primitive

49: Ben and Jerry's play in a band

alright, I can't figure 49 out... embarrassing, given that I actually like B&J ice cream

50: That's better than great!

50: PHENOMENAL

9:44 PM

50: It is indeed (y)

We are currently waiting on caird coinheringaahing to confirm GentlePurpleRain's guess for clue #50. Please wait until that has been done before making another guess.

Ugh

50: y

"it" doesn't sound like a confirmation to me... :P

You can't expect the bot to recognize every form of confirmation...

51: Love people

9:45 PM

I thought the (y) might do it, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

c51

52: Arizonan Bird

52: PHOENIX

52: Correct

!clues

51 : Love people (by Eric Tressler) (contacted by Erik the Outgolfer)
49 : Ben and Jerry's play in a band (by caird coinheringaahing)
1 : green + (by Erik the Outgolfer)

9:46 PM

70: Sketchy "technique" in statistics

71: Sketchy.

24: The rich helping the poor

hmmm.....

c24

24: PHILANTHROPY

9:47 PM

c24

24: Correct

!contacts

The following clues are currently contacted:
#51 by Erik the Outgolfer

pass 51

Clue #51 (Love people) was contacted by: Erik the Outgolfer. Make your guess!

9:48 PM

51: PHEROMONES

51: no

It looks like no one guessed right. Clue #51 is now dead. Carry on.

51 was also "philanthropy"

Pheromones aren't people...

but it's a factor to loving people

9:49 PM

contact 70

oh no. Gareth is here... :P

pass 70

Clue #70 (Sketchy "technique" in statistics) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!

70 PHACKING (strictly p-hacking but I think that might confuse Lens)

70: correct

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

9:50 PM

Defending: PHL

(yeah, Lens will think your answer starts with P-...)

2. Drawing blood

1 dies: PHARMACY

c2

c2

2: PHLEBOTOMY

9:50 PM

71 dies: PHONY

3: mucus

contact 3

3: PHLEGM

49 dies: Phish

3: correct

9:51 PM

And there go the other 2 words I could think of that start with PHL.

@GarethMcCaughan, GentlePurpleRain guessed PHLEBOTOMY for clue #2. Please confirm or deny the guess.

4. Flower

5: supposed source of fire

There is already an active clue #4. Please edit or repost with a different number.

@GentlePurpleRain um... do you really have a word in mind?

9:51 PM

contact 5

c4

Lens is out of stars already.

pass 4

Clue #4 (Flower) was contacted by: Eric Tressler. Make your guess!

4 is phlox

yes

sorry, I mean

9:52 PM

My word was PHLOX

Game over! Gareth McCaughan wins with the clue Flower, guessed by Eric Tressler. The solution (and presumably GentlePurpleRain's word) was PHLOX.

4. Correct

Remaining clues (for reference):

5 : supposed source of fire (by Eric Tressler) (contacted by Gareth McCaughan)
4 : Flower (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess IS PHLOX by Eric Tressler) (contacted by Eric Tressler)
2 : Drawing blood (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess PHLEBOTOMY by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Eric Tressler, Erik the Outgolfer)

5 is PHLOGISTON obvs

was 5 PHLEBOTINUM?

9:52 PM

The game is over. No more guesses are being accepted.

right.

uh... the guess is PHLOX, not IS PHLOX :P

yes, and I am bummed out that it wasn't GPR's word

AFK for a minute or two. I have no particular wish to defend so if someone else wants to that's fine with me.

Gareth goes next?

ninja

9:53 PM

(but I'm also OK to defend if no one else wants to)

back

Looks like no one else wants to defend...

afk for a bit

snatching one more day for my Duolingo streak :P

Learning what language?

Gareth defending: Y

@GentlePurpleRain Spanish

9:56 PM

Bueno.

56: Chinese River

10: Misidentified polar bear

c56

56. YANGTZEE? (or however it's spelt)

10. YETI?

10: correct

56: Correct

(One less E)

9:57 PM

8: Might be different for you, online

ah yes, that's right; sorry

@EricTressler, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since Gareth McCaughan provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #5 is alive or dead.

@GarethMcCaughan, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since Gareth McCaughan provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #2 is alive or dead.

way

I mean wat

!clues

back

8 : Might be different for you, online (by GentlePurpleRain)
5 : supposed source of fire (by Eric Tressler) (contacted by Gareth McCaughan) (status uncertain)
2 : Drawing blood (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess PHLEBOTOMY by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Eric Tressler, Erik the Outgolfer) (status uncertain)

9:58 PM

Oh, Lens.

oh wow

!kill 2

!kill 5

1: Organized hairball.