Contact

Locutus of Borg, there are a total of 5 contacts on existing clues. You might want to think about passing if you can't solve any of them. (Use !contacts to see current contacts.)

Locutus of Borg

!contacts

Lens

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

@GentlePurpleRain, Locutus of Borg guessed INDOORS.... :P for clue #4. Please confirm or deny the guess.

GentlePurpleRain

!contacts

Lens

The following clues are currently contacted:
#4' by Sconibulus
#2 by GentlePurpleRain, John Dvorak
#4 by Sconibulus
#78 by Sconibulus, GentlePurpleRain

GentlePurpleRain

8:05 PM

4: no

John Dvorak

FR: certain commands should always be available to the defender

Locutus of Borg

Pass 2.

Lens

Clue #2 (Enclosed by.) was contacted by: GentlePurpleRain, John Dvorak. Make your guesses (one each)!

GentlePurpleRain

Although if the point of a whitelist is to prevent abuse, that won't help.

Lens

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

John Dvorak

8:06 PM

2 inside

GentlePurpleRain

2: IN

Erik the Outgolfer

2: yes, IN

Lens

You guessed correctly. Locutus of Borg must give up a letter!

John Dvorak

c6

GentlePurpleRain

Anyone could show up, type "Defending X", and then have those commands available.

Locutus of Borg

8:07 PM

Mith defending: I N S

Erik the Outgolfer

3 dies: INDIRECT

GentlePurpleRain

Maybe we should only allow whitelisted people to defend...

John Dvorak

73 dies

Sconibulus

6 dies

In Nate

GentlePurpleRain

4 dies. IN TENTS

4' dies. IN TENS

John Dvorak

8:07 PM

70 dies

Erik the Outgolfer

1 dies: INTEGER

John Dvorak

78 dies

Erik the Outgolfer

@GentlePurpleRain evil >_>

GentlePurpleRain

I aim to please.

Erik the Outgolfer

c9?

GentlePurpleRain

8:08 PM

9 lives

John Dvorak

78 Attorney's backup plan? (8 7)

GentlePurpleRain

4: Bland

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Early bird.

c4??

Locutus of Borg

4: it's not INSIPID

GentlePurpleRain

4 y

Sconibulus

8:09 PM

contact 1?

GentlePurpleRain

3: !Embossed

John Dvorak

c3

Sconibulus

contact 9?

c3

John Dvorak

c9

GentlePurpleRain

7: Breathe in

Erik the Outgolfer

8:10 PM

2: Put. (7)

Sconibulus

6: If bands could spell

John Dvorak

79 Before update

Locutus of Borg

1: it's not INSPIRE

Erik the Outgolfer

2': Put.

1: nope

Locutus of Borg

(D'Arvit, internet)

Erik the Outgolfer

8:11 PM

c3

GentlePurpleRain

Not sure how you get INSPIRE from "Early bird"...

Locutus of Borg

1: it's not INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE

John Dvorak

70 After injury

Lens

There are now 10 unsolved clues. Please don't post any more clues until some have been resolved.

Locutus of Borg, there are a total of 7 contacts on existing clues. You might want to think about passing if you can't solve any of them. (Use !contacts to see current contacts.)

Erik the Outgolfer

1: no, how do you even connect that to inspiration?!

Sconibulus

8:12 PM

c79

c2'

c70

GentlePurpleRain

"The early bird catches the worm"

c78

Locutus of Borg

79: INSTALL?

Erik the Outgolfer

"...and it doesn't really inspire anybody doing that"

John Dvorak

79 x

Locutus of Borg

meh

pass 3

Lens

8:12 PM

Clue #3 (!Embossed) was contacted by: Sconibulus, Erik the Outgolfer, John Dvorak. Make your guesses (one each)!

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

3 inset

3: INSCRIBED

3: Inset

3: yes. INSET

You guessed correctly. Locutus of Borg must give up a letter!

Locutus of Borg

8:13 PM

Mith defending: I N S O

Erik the Outgolfer

1 dies: INSIDER

John Dvorak

78 dies - insanity defense

GentlePurpleRain

7 dies. INSPIRE

9 dies. INSURGENT

Erik the Outgolfer

2 dies: INSTALL

John Dvorak

79 dies - insert

Erik the Outgolfer

8:13 PM

2' dies: INSERT

4: Sassy

70 dies - insult

4: it's not INSOLENT

4: y

6 dies. InSync

8:14 PM

1: Aah... aaaahhhh... a few hours pass grrmrxifjrph, good...morn...ing..

GentlePurpleRain

c1

Locutus of Borg

pass 1

Lens

Clue #1 (Aah... aaaahhhh... a few hours pass grrmrxifjrph, good...morn...ing..) was contacted by: GentlePurpleRain. Make your guess!

GentlePurpleRain

1: INSOMNIA

Erik the Outgolfer

1: yes

Lens

8:14 PM

You guessed correctly. Locutus of Borg must give up a letter!

Erik the Outgolfer

(dh I suppose)

Locutus of Borg

My word was INSOMNIA.

GentlePurpleRain

That should work.

Try "DH" instead.

Locutus of Borg

DH

Lens

Game over! Erik the Outgolfer wins with the clue Aah... aaaahhhh... a few hours pass grrmrxifjrph, good...morn...ing.., guessed by GentlePurpleRain. The solution (and presumably Locutus of Borg's word) was INSOMNIA.

Stats for game #18:

  Defender:          GentlePurpleRain
  Duration:          54m 54s
  Players:           5
  Clues:             58
  % clues solved:    44.8
  Avg. clues/letter: 7.2

GentlePurpleRain

8:15 PM

Lens got confused again.

It lumped both of the last games into one.

Erik the Outgolfer

> 54m 54s

GentlePurpleRain

(They were both game 18)

Erik defends next.

Erik the Outgolfer

yeah, I'm not really good at defending... D-:

GentlePurpleRain

Anyone else?

John Dvorak

I also suck

Mithrandir

8:17 PM

(This round should have proved that either I'm sleep deprived or bad at defending, both of which are true.)

John Dvorak

OK, random thought. How the heck does Voldemort breathe?

Mithrandir

Through his mouth

GentlePurpleRain

Mouthbreather.

Sconibulus

He's dead several times over, he probably doesn't need to

GentlePurpleRain

I suppose I can defend if no one else wants to.

Sconibulus

8:19 PM

I'm leaving pretty soon, won't really play another round

GentlePurpleRain

Defending: G

Lens

New game ID is 19 (you can use this to !resume an unfinished game if something goes wrong).

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Kind, violet, wet.

GentlePurpleRain

1: GENTLEPURPLERAIN

Erik the Outgolfer

1: y, seriously though, that was supposed to be excruciatingly hard...

GentlePurpleRain

8:21 PM

still too broad (70)

70 GRAINS?

Lens

There doesn't appear to be an active clue with the number 70, so you can't make a guess.

John Dvorak

fine...

GentlePurpleRain

Bad timing by me.

Who all is still here/playing?

Eric Tressler

I just got here

Erik the Outgolfer

1: 10000000000000...ah, I got bored. (13)

John Dvorak

8:23 PM

70 Still alive

Mithrandir

(Sorry; have to do dishes.)

Eric Tressler

c1

John Dvorak

71 Inventor of the first font face ever

Eric Tressler

90: Boiled peanut

Erik the Outgolfer

2: I can't hold this explosive stuff, what is it?!?!?!!111

Eric Tressler

8:24 PM

@JohnDvorak Isn't that Dr. Hans Gothic?

John Dvorak

72, 73 Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies

Lens

There is already an active clue #71. Please edit or repost with a different number.

Erik the Outgolfer

@EricTressler um...spoilers, anybody?

John Dvorak

74 Linus Torvalds, according to himself

Lens

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

John Dvorak

8:26 PM

It is bold, you dummy...

Eric Tressler

c74?

91, 92 Two things you might do in the wabe

Lens

There are now 10 unsolved clues. Please don't post any more clues until some have been resolved.

There aren't very many contacts on existing clues. Why don't you focus on solving some of them instead of posting more?

Eric Tressler

c71

dooog

c70

GentlePurpleRain

Sorry, had to run. Back now.

91: GYRE

dooog

8:29 PM

!contacts

GentlePurpleRain

92: GIMBLE

Lens

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

Eric Tressler

91,92 correct

GentlePurpleRain

!whitelist +336618

Lens

Adding 336618 (dooog) to the whitelist.

GentlePurpleRain

8:30 PM

@Eric, you need to confirm them separately, I think.

!clues

Lens

@EricTressler, GentlePurpleRain guessed GIMBLE for clue #92. Please confirm or deny the guess.

Erik the Outgolfer

wasn't he added recently?

Eric Tressler

91 correct

Lens

92 : Two things you might do in the wabe (by Eric Tressler) (waiting for confirmation of guess GIMBLE by GentlePurpleRain)
74 : Linus Torvalds, according to himself (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Eric Tressler)
73 : Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)
72 : Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)
2 : I can't hold this explosive stuff, what is it?!?!?!!111 (by Erik the Outgolfer)
90 : Boiled peanut (by Eric Tressler)
71 : Inventor of the first font face ever (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Eric Tressler)

Eric Tressler

92 correct

Lens

8:30 PM

There is no clue #91. What exactly are you confirming?

74: GENIUS?

74 x

74: GENTLEMAN?

74 no

90: GOOBER?

8:31 PM

90 correct

1: GOOGOL

1: no, (13)

uncontact 1

c1

1: GOOGOLPLEX?

That's still not 13

Erik the Outgolfer

8:32 PM

1: no, (13), not (10)! :P

dooog

u1

:X

GentlePurpleRain

!contacts

Lens

The following clues are currently contacted:
#71 by Eric Tressler
#70 by dooog
#74 by Eric Tressler

GentlePurpleRain

pass 70

Lens

Clue #70 (Still alive) was contacted by: dooog. Make your guess!

dooog

8:33 PM

70: glados

John Dvorak

70: ✔️

Lens

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

GentlePurpleRain

Now I have to remember what my word was...

Lens

@JohnDvorak, dooog guessed GLADOS for clue #70. Please confirm or deny the guess.

John Dvorak

I just did

GentlePurpleRain

8:34 PM

!clues

Lens

74 : Linus Torvalds, according to himself (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Eric Tressler)
73 : Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)
72 : Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)
2 : I can't hold this explosive stuff, what is it?!?!?!!111 (by Erik the Outgolfer)
71 : Inventor of the first font face ever (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Eric Tressler)
70 : Still alive (by John Dvorak) (waiting for confirmation of guess GLADOS by dooog) (contacted by dooog)
1 : 10000000000000...ah, I got bored. (13) (by Erik the Outgolfer)

Erik the Outgolfer

somebody not supporting a colon-less check mark?

GentlePurpleRain

It should support it.

Erik the Outgolfer

yep

GentlePurpleRain

I think I somehow ended up with an older buggy version of Lens...

Mithrandir

8:34 PM

It registered it evem

1 min ago, by Lens

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

GentlePurpleRain

It's not removing clues.

John Dvorak

Oh joy

GentlePurpleRain

Hang on.

Erik the Outgolfer

hm, what was your word, if you remember it?

GentlePurpleRain

!resume 19

Lens

8:36 PM

GentlePurpleRain defending: G

1: 10000000000000...ah, I got bored. (13) (by Erik the Outgolfer)

71: Inventor of the first font face ever (by John Dvorak)

2: I can't hold this explosive stuff, what is it?!?!?!!111 (by Erik the Outgolfer)

72: Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)

73: Excellent at hurling sawblades at zombies (by John Dvorak)

74: Linus Torvalds, according to himself (by John Dvorak)

Game #19 restored. Note that any pending passes or guesses were not restored. Play on!

70 was killed...

Defending: GA

appropriately

FR: remember conjoined clues as such

72 dies

Erik the Outgolfer

1 dies: GOOGOLPLEXIAN

John Dvorak

8:37 PM

73 dies

gravity gun

74 dies, git

71 dies, guttenberg

Mithrandir

4: Figaro, magnifico

John Dvorak

c4

Erik the Outgolfer

2 dies: GUNPOWDER

Eric Tressler

@EriktheOutgolfer and that's why I didn't spoiler "Gothic", it was obviously a joke

Erik the Outgolfer

yeah, although it might look like a spoiler

John Dvorak

8:38 PM

75 Vo/Vi

Mithrandir

5: mandibles of a well-known clothing store, little kid smile

Eric Tressler

c5

GentlePurpleRain

5: GAPTOOTH?

Mithrandir

....right no automatic stars on this account

John Dvorak

71 +anger

Mithrandir

8:39 PM

5: GAPTOOTH is correct.

Erik the Outgolfer

1: 9+this+?

John Dvorak

72 Not really a lady, though still a female

72: GAL

72 x

pass 4

8:40 PM

Clue #4 (Figaro, magnifico) was contacted by: John Dvorak. Make your guess!

John Dvorak

4 galileo

GentlePurpleRain

Bohemian rhapsody.

Mithrandir

4: GALILEO is correct.

Lens

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

John Dvorak

Yup!

GentlePurpleRain

8:41 PM

Defending: G A I

John Dvorak

71 dies, garage

72 dies, Gaga

75 lives

Mithrandir

@GentlePurpleRain I was playing that on the piano today and impressed someone who was my teacher for a bit :P

Erik the Outgolfer

1 dies: 9GAG (well, GAG, after removing non-letters)

John Dvorak

76 _ ending (TVTropes)

GentlePurpleRain

75: GAIN?

John Dvorak

8:42 PM

75 ✔️

76: GAILY?

76 x

2: Steps.

1: Author that you kneel to

GentlePurpleRain

2: GAINS?

Erik the Outgolfer

8:43 PM

2: nope

GentlePurpleRain

1: GAIMAN?

2: GAIT

Erik the Outgolfer

2: yes

John Dvorak

77 Earth

Lens

@Mithrandir, GentlePurpleRain guessed GAIMAN for clue #1. Please confirm or deny the guess.

Eric Tressler

c77

GentlePurpleRain

8:44 PM

77: GAIA

77 ✔️

1: GAIMAN is correct

95: cheerfulness

95: GAIETY

95 correct

8:46 PM

There aren't too many more words (that I can think of) that you haven't already clued...

John Dvorak

My thoughts exactly

GentlePurpleRain

There's at least one... :P

John Dvorak

My thoughts ... sorta

GentlePurpleRain

(Unless it's the answer to 76, which is possible, because I have no clue what 76 is...)

Erik the Outgolfer

2: Gi with one in the middle.

Mithrandir

8:47 PM

1: Walking

Eric Tressler

c1

GentlePurpleRain

2: GAI?

Erik the Outgolfer

c1?

2: yes

GentlePurpleRain

1: GAIT? (again)

Mithrandir

1: y

Erik the Outgolfer

8:47 PM

yeah, dupe

3: Ninja

c3

3: GAIDEN

3 yes

78 Misspelled beeping box, not vendor's table

Erik the Outgolfer

8:48 PM

1: A happy man who knew no...spelling.

Eric Tressler

96: contradict

GentlePurpleRain

pass 96

Lens

...but clue #96 hasn't been contacted!? Ok, I guess you know what you're doing... (You can !unpass if you made a mistake.)

GentlePurpleRain

c'mon. Anyone?

John Dvorak

still blanking

Mithrandir

8:49 PM

96: GAINSAY

Eric Tressler

96 correct

Lens

You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!

GentlePurpleRain

direct hit!

Lens

Game over! Eric Tressler wins with the clue contradict, guessed by Mithrandir. The solution (and presumably GentlePurpleRain's word) was GAINSAY.

Remaining clues (for reference):

1 : A happy man who knew no...spelling. (by Erik the Outgolfer)
78 : Misspelled beeping box, not vendor's table (by John Dvorak)
76 : _ ending (TVTropes) (by John Dvorak)

John Dvorak

TIL

Lens

8:50 PM

Stats for game #19:

  Defender:          GentlePurpleRain
  Duration:          29m 44s
  Players:           6
  Clues:             28
  % clues solved:    53.6
  Avg. clues/letter: 9.3

John Dvorak

76 was Gainax ending

Lens

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

Mithrandir

Starbot dead. Mith sleeping.

Erik the Outgolfer

1 was GAI

Lens

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

GentlePurpleRain

8:50 PM