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Locutus of Borg

7:00 PM

4' dies; APOLLO

16: Jason's buddies

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4'' lives

4 lives

contact 16

2 dies; ALATAR

1'' lives

jesus what is Alatar from?

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1' lives

1 lives

ALATAR is one of the Blue Wizards from The Lord of the Rings

... there are blue wizards?

7:01 PM

In the Silmarillion, iirc?

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two of them

TIL

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Alatar and Pallando

@J.Sallé I don't think the bot picked up your edit

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along with the gray, Gandalf, white, Saruman, and brown, Radagast

7:02 PM

14 dies, Ampoule

see I knew those 3

Since we're talking literature:

17: Main city of the Malazan Empire in Seven Cities

Eesh

I don't think I'm gunna be making progress on these clues. 16 was contacted right?

yup

Yep

7:04 PM

pass on 16

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16: ARGONAUTS

16 is correct

oooh dammit, for some reason I was thinking Jason from the horror movie

Skidsdev defending: ART

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Knowing assorted mythology facts will help you greatly here :P

clearly :P

7:06 PM

17 dies, AREN

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4'' dies; ARES

4 lives

4: Artemis?

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1'' dies; ARATHORN

1' dies; ARAGORN

4: ARTEMIS is correct.

1 dies; ARWEN

As soon as you said Arathorn I knew Aragorn was coming

I was thinking morningstar like the weapon

Oh Gods I was thinking of Lucifer (for 1) for some reason

7:07 PM

I am not good at this :P

18: Vessel

18: Artery?

18 yes

it delivers blood to your 'art

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ouch

7:08 PM

Well.. away from your 'art

lol

Sorry, couldn't resist :P

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1: well-known monarch

19: makes it hurt when you bend

1: Arthur?

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7:09 PM

1: ARTHUR is correct.

19: Arthritis

19 yes

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2: Star Wars character

artoodeetoo :P

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You've got to precede that with the clue number :P

7:11 PM

that wasn't an actual guess, I was joking

ah shoot, it's the girl from the cartoon isn't it. I can never remember her name

20 Professional Dota 2 player (it's 2ez4him)

the only pro dota2 player I know is dendi :(

I only know DotA is a MobA

screw it

2: Artoo

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2: ARTOO is correct.

7:15 PM

wait really

Erik the Outgolfer

nice misspelling over there... :P

Lol

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4: Queen; Picasso; Caleb Hyles; etc...

4: Artist

c4

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7:16 PM

4: ARTIST is correct.

Caleb Hyles is a nice clue

never heard of them, but artist was the first connection I thought of between Queen and Picasso :P

Youtube dude, puts out great vocal covers.

aah

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for instance, what i've got on now - youtube.com/watch?v=4JwHhVOOmfw

1: bear-like well-known monarch

7:19 PM

21: insects and arachnids

21: Arthropods?

21 yes

I feel bad that I keep getting all of Salle's clues as soon as they post them :P

They're fairly easy clues all things considered :p

compared to the obscure pop culture and mythology references, for sure

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7:22 PM

2: swathes of paint

2: Art?

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2: ART is correct.

22: armed forces division

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c22

@Skids may I encourage you to pass? :P

7:26 PM

hold on I'm thinkin' :P

yeah nah I got nothing

Pass on 22

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22: ARTILLERY

22 is correct

aaah

Skidsdev defending: ARTI

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1 dies; ARTUR

Erik the Outgolfer

I'm impressed that this is still going on... Skids has chosen a good word :P

7:27 PM

apparently

20 dies: Arteezy

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3: AI

23: Has joints

3: Artificial

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Ehhhh

3: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is correct.

7:29 PM

That would've been my next guess had you said incorrect

24: vegetable

24: Artichoke

14 correct

24 correct

25: can be definite or indefinite

c23

c25

Pass on 25

7:33 PM

Only the defender can pass on clues.

Oh god Lens is back

!shutup 100

Ok, I won't say anything else for 100.0 minutes, unless you tell me to !speak. I will continue to star/unstar clues as I'm able, and I'll still keep track of the game.

:|

be quiet Lens

Erik the Outgolfer

7:33 PM

he's the defender @Lens

carry on

John needs to guess

25 article

25 correct

aaah

Skidsdev defending: ARTIC

7:34 PM

23 lives

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Speech.

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7: not sure how to say this

GentlePurpleRain

c1

c7

c23

26: AWP

GentlePurpleRain

Not sure what happened with Lens. It was running the whole time, but seems to have fallen asleep somehow, and then suddenly woke up...

7:36 PM

I get the sneaking feeling that all 3 of these clues are the same word

Pass on 23

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Did your computer fall asleep, @GentlePurpleRain?

GentlePurpleRain

23: ARTICULATED

23 yes

Erik the Outgolfer

@GentlePurpleRain game going on for very long, silence period probably ended?

GentlePurpleRain

@LocutusofBorg No. Screen saver kicked in, but it was still running.

7:36 PM

oh ok, not actually my word

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Hmm.

GentlePurpleRain

@EriktheOutgolfer Oh, maybe. Did someone !shutup earlier?

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@Erik lens wasn't muted until just now

Skidsdev defending: ARTICU

Erik the Outgolfer

@GentlePurpleRain Mith, yes

just a minute ago

Locutus of Borg

7:37 PM

no

26 dies

GentlePurpleRain

I mean back when Lens stopped responding initially.

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7 lives

GentlePurpleRain

It was still running the whole time.

c7

7:38 PM

Alright here we go

Pass on 7

Erik the Outgolfer

1 lives

GentlePurpleRain

7: ARTICULATE

7 is Articulate

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7: ARTICULATE is correct.

Yes, my word is ARTICULATE

Erik the Outgolfer

7:38 PM

ah, 1 was ARTICULATION

WP Skids.

Erik the Outgolfer

gg

Gotta go home now guys, cyall o/

Erik the Outgolfer

you managed to go 6 letters in!

Yeah I'm impressed with how far I got

WP guys, gg

Locutus of Borg

7:40 PM

That took an impressively long time.

GentlePurpleRain

Generally, any form of the word is considered a hit. ARTICULATE, ARTICULATED, ARTICULATION...

Erik the Outgolfer

although I guess ARTICULATED should've counted as your word

ninja

Ah fair enough, noted for next time

In that case @J.Sallé won, but he just left

Erik the Outgolfer

ping anyone? :P

Shall we pop over to Codenames? I'd prefer one of those after this Contact rush :P

7:41 PM

Sure

GentlePurpleRain

I'm in

Erik the Outgolfer

after I finish my exercises...

Codenames

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

Erik the Outgolfer

:/

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