Contact

Erik the Outgolfer

6:00 PM

he just said "this" instead of "..."

Leaky Nun

right

ManyPinkHats

yeah "this" is a lazy clue used when the letters-so-far makes an actual word

Erik the Outgolfer

^ I agree

John Dvorak

this

J. Sallé

Ah, I didn't know that

Mithrandir

6:00 PM

"..." is different from "this"

GentlePurpleRain

So Pavel defends.

John Dvorak

Hamming distance: 4

Erik the Outgolfer

@Mithrandir technically "..." can be more general

Mithrandir

exactly

Erik the Outgolfer

@JohnDvorak hamming distance with different lengths? mmm

John Dvorak

6:01 PM

Yes

Erik the Outgolfer

pretty sure you mean Levenshtein distance

ManyPinkHats

I think "this" means "current letters are a word" and "..." means "current letters either are a word or are a common abbreviation starting a word, and perhaps the number is a hint"

John Dvorak

I did mean edit distance, though

You can pad with \0s

ManyPinkHats

Like R with "..." could be a lazy clue for "radius" or similar

Erik the Outgolfer

or \u200Bs... >_>

John Dvorak

6:03 PM

!who

Lens

I don't recognize that command, or you don't have sufficient permission. Type !help for a list of valid commands.

Erik the Outgolfer

this is "Con", not "Cod" ;-)

GentlePurpleRain

What are you trying to determine?

Pavel is next up to defend.

J. Sallé

@Pavel knock knock

Pavel

wut

I was afk

Oh I can defend

Sure

One sec

Pavel defending K

Lens

6:09 PM

New game ID is 32 (you can use this to !resume an unfinished game if something goes wrong).

Mithrandir

1: Who's there?

Pavel

1: Knock knock

John Dvorak

70: "But isn't it healthy?" "I'm glat that you asked. Lettuce and _ make thyroids too fast"

Mithrandir

1: KNOCK KNOCK is correct.

J. Sallé

c70

caird coinheringaahing

6:11 PM

c70

Pavel

dang I don't know this one

Cows quack

2: C=O

Erik the Outgolfer

c70

c2

Pavel

2: carbon monoxide

J. Sallé

c2

John Dvorak

6:12 PM

70' Penultimate word of the title of the work 70 comes from

Cows quack

no it starts with k

ManyPinkHats

c2

c70

Erik the Outgolfer

u70

J. Sallé

@Cowsquack are you 100% sure?

Erik the Outgolfer

I know his word...

Sid

6:13 PM

contact 2

John Dvorak

71 Prominent member of St. Nicholas' entourage

J. Sallé

u2

Cows quack

judging by the other contacts, yes, at least 99% now

Leaky Nun

!clues

what?

Pavel

pass 70

J. Sallé

6:14 PM

35 underwear

caird coinheringaahing

56: Evil German Santa

Erik the Outgolfer

whoops

caird coinheringaahing

Ugh

Erik the Outgolfer

too late folks

J. Sallé

yeah but where's lens? >.>

John Dvorak

6:15 PM

c56

caird coinheringaahing

!speak

> seen 6m ago

I think Lens has been shut down

Pavel

@GentlePurpleRain

Come on guys we don't need to depend on bots

J. Sallé

I agree

Pavel

3 billion people contacted 70

Someone guess already

J. Sallé

70 is Kale

caird coinheringaahing

6:17 PM

70: Kale?

John Dvorak

70 ✔️

Pavel

thank

Pavel defending K A

John Dvorak

71 dies

Cows quack

2 dies, was ketone

caird coinheringaahing

56 dies: KRAMPUS

John Dvorak

6:18 PM

70' dies

J. Sallé

35 dies: Knickers

Erik the Outgolfer

@Cowsquack yes, that's a K

caird coinheringaahing

57: Broken German

Pavel

danish /s

J. Sallé

20: go-

Erik the Outgolfer

6:19 PM

1: Au^

c20

Pavel

20: Kart?

John Dvorak

71 Famous abroad, pest in its own country

J. Sallé

20 yes

71: Katy Perry, I assume?

John Dvorak

nope

J. Sallé

Yeah she's a pest here as well /s

Pavel

6:20 PM

Why are you guessing

Erik the Outgolfer

lol

spoiled

Cows quack

c1

Pavel

1?

J. Sallé

oh damn it was a lapse

sorry

Pavel

oh sorry

1: Karat?

John Dvorak

6:21 PM

72 Type of caves found in Czechia

Erik the Outgolfer

1: y

1: @John wins a Codenames game.

Mithrandir

3: Comes back to you

Pavel

3: Karma?

Mithrandir

3: KARMA is correct.

J. Sallé

4: makes fractals

John Dvorak

6:24 PM

73 The philosopher who could?

J. Sallé

c73

Erik the Outgolfer

c73?

J. Sallé

That clue made me giggle

Erik the Outgolfer

um, star the unfair 1 please?

John Dvorak

58: variant spelling?

Pavel

6:25 PM

73: Kant

John Dvorak

73 ✔️

caird coinheringaahing

@JohnDvorak Didn't notice the A

c1?

Pass 1

1: KACHING?

6:26 PM

hm, won't ask you to put a new letter

1: y

Pavel

Pavel defending K A I

Erik the Outgolfer

...and you did anyway

John Dvorak

71 dies, kangaroo

72 dies, karst

J. Sallé

4 dies, Kaleidoscope

Pavel

oh uh k

caird coinheringaahing

6:27 PM

57 dies: Kaputt

Locutus of Borg

~~never mind~~

John Dvorak

75 Ruby^4 (how {do you}^4) (6 5)

J. Sallé

36: palindrome

Locutus of Borg

c36

John Dvorak

36: variant spelling?

Locutus of Borg

6:30 PM

5: Wood pins?

J. Sallé

@JohnDvorak Not that I know of, let me check

Locutus of Borg

(I'm amazed I remembered this word.....)

John Dvorak

No google!

Pavel

pass 36

J. Sallé

Nevermind 36, it's wrong indeed

Locutus of Borg

6:31 PM

36: KAIAK

Stop Googling stuff

What does kaiak mean

I know of kayaks

@JohnDvorak my bad. It's Kayak, yes.

John Dvorak

Like canoe, but the other count of paddles

Pavel

6:32 PM

Yeah just spelled wrong

Locutus of Borg

alternate spelling of kayak, I thought, so i clued "boat", and then was unsure so retracted

J. Sallé

I've seen it spelled Kaiak many times though

Locutus of Borg

Anyway, technically... the attacker's word doesn't have to be a word

Pavel

that is true

J. Sallé

My bad anyways.

John Dvorak

6:34 PM

76 Japanese mecha to fight interdimensional evil

Mithrandir

Just remember, @J.Sallé - no Googling stuff during a game

@John I think @PAvel has to give us a letter

John Dvorak

I don't count kaiak as fair / valid

J. Sallé

@Mithrandir sure thing

Mithrandir

Why?

J. Sallé

Yeah me neither

Pavel

6:35 PM

Well, technically.

Mithrandir

"palindrome" was still a guessable clue.

Erik the Outgolfer

@Mithrandir um... account? :P

Pavel

Pavel defending K A I R

John Dvorak

75 dies, Kaiser Chefs

Erik the Outgolfer

there goes what should've been 76...

Mithrandir

6:35 PM

@Erik for telling people off, this account is better :P

Locutus of Borg

5 dies; KAITS

J. Sallé

36 is still starred, was it the bot?

Locutus of Borg

!kill 36

John Dvorak

76 Kity on Nile

Skidsdev

97 Critical moment

Locutus of Borg

6:37 PM

Anyway, I'm out of words.

J. Sallé

Yeah same.

My brain's thesaurus is blank for KAIR

John Dvorak

I'll head off then I gues

Pavel

If anyone knows what 97 is I'll pass

Mithrandir

pass it anyway

Pavel

Do I just say the word

Mithrandir

6:38 PM

or just say "Yes, my word is <word>" if you're absolutely sure

no

(retracting 76)

or that ^^^

wait hold on.. mine might not be a valid word

Pavel

Yes, my word is Kairos

er

Mithrandir

6:39 PM

well that's awkward

Skidsdev

oh wait, ok then

I guess 97 was valid

Pavel

kairos is a word

J. Sallé

No idea what Kairos means.

Skidsdev

It's Ancient Greek for Critical or Opportune moment

Pavel

Well, a critical moment

John Dvorak

6:40 PM

I was pretty close with Kairo then :P

Locutus of Borg

!gameover

Erik the Outgolfer

in Greek it means "time" or "weather"...

Skidsdev

that's why I wasn't sure if it was a valid word.. cos it's greek :P

Pavel

In English Lit it means moment of opportunity

J. Sallé

Yeah I supposed it was Greek in origin at least

Mithrandir

6:40 PM

@Skids is up - or, if y'all want, we can transfer to Codenames

Erik the Outgolfer

I'm busy...

J. Sallé

Never played codenames, but I'm down to a last game of whatever before heading home.

Pavel

Esp. in rheotoric, when you give a speech it has Kairos if it's occuring at a moment that will give it more power due to some recent occurance

Mithrandir

Codenames

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

J. Sallé

@Pavel TIL

Skidsdev

6:41 PM

I'm down for one last game of contact

if people are gunna stick around

Pavel

I'm out

\o

Mithrandir

o/

J. Sallé

o/

Skidsdev

Alrighty then

Skidsdev defending: A

Mithrandir

1: Morningstar

1': Significant Other

1'': SO's father

J. Sallé

6:45 PM

10: appendages

Mithrandir

oops, wrong account again

Skidsdev

10: Arm?

Mithrandir

so those 3 will need manual stars

J. Sallé

10: yes (armS)

Mithrandir

2: Blue wizard

J. Sallé

6:46 PM

11: old collectable

11: Antique

11 yes

2: Archmage?

2: ARCHMAGE is incorrect.

Locutus of Borg

3: The Hobbit:

J. Sallé

6:48 PM

12: horns

Skidsdev

12: Antlers

J. Sallé

12 yes

c3

Skidsdev

dammit I haven't seen or read the hobbit D:

Locutus of Borg

4: Selene's replacement

4': the sibling of Selene's replacement

J. Sallé

13: inert gas

Skidsdev

6:50 PM

13: Argon

Locutus of Borg

4'': the half-sibling of these folks

J. Sallé

13 yes

Skidsdev

Pass on 1

J. Sallé

nobody contacted 1 yet

Locutus of Borg

Was it contacted?

Skidsdev

6:50 PM

oh can I not pass until it's contacted? Ok

J. Sallé

You can but it's not necessary

Locutus of Borg

You can't unless you think that it's your word.

Skidsdev

ah ok

Locutus of Borg

5: their birth gave a new definition to the term "splitting headache"

Skidsdev

5: Artemis

Locutus of Borg

6:52 PM

5: ARTEMIS is incorrect.

Skidsdev

Oops wrong godess

5: Aphrodite

J. Sallé

14: sealed vial

Locutus of Borg

5: APHRODITE is incorrect.

6: The beautiful daughter of a bunch of bloody sea foam.

Cows quack

c6?

Locutus of Borg

7: Not the Vanir.

7': Where these folks (including one with famous construction equipment) lived, primarily

Skidsdev

6:54 PM

5: Apollo?

Locutus of Borg

5: APOLLO is incorrect.

J. Sallé

c7

c7'

Locutus of Borg

....oh, the bot hasn't been starring

!unpass

Skidsdev

oh did I screw it up by trying to pass? :P

Locutus of Borg

yes

Skidsdev

6:56 PM

ok I think that's all of them starred now

Locutus of Borg

6, 7, and 7' are contacted.

J. Sallé

3 is also

Skidsdev

Pass on 3

I'm not gunna get that one

J. Sallé

3 is An Unexpected Journey

Locutus of Borg

3: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is correct.

Skidsdev

6:58 PM

Ok so now I have to reveal another letter, right?

Locutus of Borg

Yep.

J. Sallé

Correct

Skidsdev

Skidsdev defending: AR

J. Sallé

14 dies, Ampoule

Cows quack

borg is mithrandir wat

Locutus of Borg

6:58 PM

7' dies; ASGARD

7 dies; AESIR

Skidsdev

ah, clearly I don't know my norse mythology well enough

Locutus of Borg

6 dies; APHRODITE

5 dies; ATHENA

Skidsdev

ah ffs

Cows quack

how was it aphrodite?

Skidsdev

I knew it was the greek deity that was birthed from zeus' forehead, I just completely blanked on Athena

Codenames

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