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8:00 PM
...and it begins...
!clues
 
62 : One with a box (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Deusovi, Gareth McCaughan) (status uncertain)
61' : 61, perhaps (by John Dvorak) (status uncertain)
 
!kill 61'
 
FR: recognize "\d+ dies"
 
!kill 62
 
maybe also recognize forcible removal of a clue from the starboard
 
8:00 PM
Maybe it's because there's nothing after "dies"? It should be ok with that, though.
 
44: Type of...
44': ...handheld TV console
 
63 Fourth word of "panama"
 
contact 63
 
contact 63
 
8:01 PM
63: PLAN
 
63 ✔️
 
44: PLAYSTATION
 
nope
 
44': PLAYSTATION?
 
44': nope
 
8:02 PM
87: curtsey
 
87: PLIE
 
@Deusovi, GentlePurpleRain guessed PLAYSTATION for clue #44. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
64 The last living dinosaur species, according to some
 
(do I have to use special syntax? I always forget Lens syntax)
(seems so)
 
87: yes
 
8:02 PM
44: nope
 
yeah, you need to include the number
 
64: PLESIOSAUR?
 
64 ✔️
 
Loch Ness monster, right?
 
hm... looks like it doesn't star clues anymore
 
8:04 PM
65 Newly a dwarf
correct
 
bah, there are zillions of living dinosaur species. We call them birds.
 
It runs out of stars pretty fast.
 
65' what 65 isn't
 
contact 65
contact 65'
 
65 PLUTO
65' PLANET
 
8:04 PM
65 ✔️
65' ✔️
 
that... was clever
!clues
 
44' : ...handheld TV console (by Deusovi)
44 : Type of... (by Deusovi)
 
what do the apostrophes mean?
 
1. Choose to be fat
 
They're just a way of indicating that clues are related.
 
8:05 PM
they're prime markers, as in mathematics
 
clue 45' is a separate clue, but related to 45
 
... but 44 isn't prime ...
 
ok
 
note: they're not derivatives
 
8:06 PM
(well, sometimes they are derivatives, in a different sense)
 
(yeah, that's the different sense that isn't always true :P)
 
66 sleeping figure lays atop a stone _
 
66: PLINTH
 
2. What a hollow voice might say
 
66 ✔️
 
8:07 PM
24: bait shop guy
 
66' sleeping figure lays underneath a stone _
 
67 Rat's way of killing
 
contact 67
 
68 draw a piece of land
 
8:08 PM
contact 68
 
68: PLOT
 
3. Ancient historian
 
68 ✔️
 
contact 3
 
8:08 PM
pass 67
 
Clue #67 (Rat's way of killing) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!
 
67 is PLAGUE
 
67 ✔️
 
You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!
 
8:08 PM
Defending: PLE
 
!kill 44
!kill 44'
 
1 dies (PLUMP, simple cryptic clue)
 
66' dies: PLAQUE
 
nice
 
2 dies (PLUGH, from the Crowther/Woods ADVENTURE game of old)
3 dies (PLUTARCH)
 
8:09 PM
44 and 44' were "PLUG and PLAY"
 
Clue text must be bold (surround it with ** or __). Please try again.
 
24 dies
 
!kill 24
 
Plankton, from SpongeBob SquarePants
 
1: Commoner.
 
8:10 PM
contact 1
 
7: At a funeral: "Do you mind if I say a word?"
 
contact 1
 
2. Referendum
 
8:10 PM
contact 1
c2
 
1: PLEBIAN (sp?)
 
1: yes, PLEB
 
2: PLEBISCITE
 
7': ...
 
8:12 PM
contact 7
 
Clue #7 (At a funeral: "Do you mind if I say a word?") was contacted by: John Dvorak, Mithrandir. Make your guesses (one each)!
(Multiple guesses will be ignored until the first is confirmed.)
 
7: PLETHORA
 
7 plethora
 
7: correct
 
8:13 PM
You guessed correctly. GentlePurpleRain must give up a letter!
 
I don't get it.
 
Old joke.
 
I assume it's a reference to something...
 
/ meme
 
Defending: PLEA
 
8:13 PM
7' dies, plenty
 
1. That
 
1: PLEA
 
(it's part of a joke: a man asks a widow "Do you mind if I say a word?" she responds "sure." he solemnly says the word "plethora"; she responds "thank you, that really means a lot")
 
2. Thatd
3. Thatse
 
contact 2
 
8:14 PM
c2
c3
 
2: PLEAD
 
contact 3
 
Clue #3 (Thatse) was contacted by: Deusovi, Erik the Outgolfer. Make your guesses (one each)!
 
obviously those are all boring, but might as well get them out of the way
 
8:14 PM
gee i wonder
 
3: PLEASE
 
(Multiple guesses will be ignored until the first is confirmed.)
 
@GarethMcCaughan, GentlePurpleRain guessed PLEA for clue #1. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
My word was PLEASE
 
8:14 PM
Game over! Gareth McCaughan wins with the clue Thatse, guessed by Erik the Outgolfer. The solution (and presumably GentlePurpleRain's word) was PLEASE.
 
Remaining clues (for reference):
 
wait what
 
3 : Thatse (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess PLEASE by Erik the Outgolfer) (contacted by Deusovi, Erik the Outgolfer)
2 : Thatd (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess PLEAD by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Deusovi, Erik the Outgolfer)
1 : That (by Gareth McCaughan) (waiting for confirmation of guess PLEA by GentlePurpleRain)
Stats for game #45:
  Defender:          GentlePurpleRain
  Duration:          23m 18s
  Players:           8
  Clues:             36
  % clues solved:    47.2
  Avg. clues/letter: 9.0
 
Hey, Lens actually got it right for once! (The winning word and setter).
 
8:15 PM
thatse?
 
plea+se
 
if "that" is PLEA
then "thatse" is PLEASE
 
FR: at the end of the game list the clues that stumped the defender, and whose clues they were
 
"Avg. clues/letter: 9.0" man that's a really powerful word... it does wonders
 
:P
 
8:16 PM
I'm not sure I'll be here long enough to defend next. Someone else want to?
 
:51495937 Let's not mention that website again
 
John had a 0/ before :P
 
@JohnDvorak fair enough
 
:51495937 i'm just... gonna delete that. there is at least one minor in here, and probably multiple people who have not been exposed to it
 
it was a bit of a stretch anyway
 
8:17 PM
So, @John?
 
defending W
 
@jafe owwwwww
 
New game ID is 46 (you can use this to !resume an unfinished game if something goes wrong).
 
@jafe ouch
 
... yuck
 
8:18 PM
um... @jafe?
anyway, moving on
 
1. I can't. I'll explode.
 
2: Great Chinese thing.
 
contact 2
 
2 wall
 
8:19 PM
2: Extension of diplomacy
 
2 war?
 
2: yes
 
4: Tomorrow's deity
 
8:20 PM
There doesn't appear to be an active clue with the number 2, therefore you can't contact it.
 
hmm, when I type "contact 2" nothing actually posts
never mind
 
contact 4
 
yeah, you can't send the exact same message twice in a row (without significant delay between them)
 
annoying
 
8:20 PM
contact 4
 
9: It's coming
 
contact 9
 
8:21 PM
Just in case:
4 wednes
 
543: ...
 
9 winter
 
543': ...
 
3. He loved his big brother
 
543'': ...
 
8:21 PM
9: yes
 
contact 543'
 
wait 9 was ambiguous
I would've guessed WEDNESDAY...
 
@Mithrandir, John Dvorak guessed WEDNES for clue #4. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
aargh, lots of my things aren't posting.
 
4: WEDNES is incorrect.
 
8:22 PM
I am attempting to contact all three of Deusovi's recent set
just for Lens's sake I'll try again with the two that aren't there
 
advice: don't edit the message :P
 
pass 543
 
...but clue #543 hasn't been contacted!? Ok, I guess you know what you're doing... (You can !unpass if you made a mistake.)
 
contact 543
543 is WORLD
 
Clue #543 (...) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!
 
8:22 PM
543: correct
 
You guessed correctly. John Dvorak must give up a letter!
 
23: Earl
 
We are waiting on John Dvorak to provide a new letter. Please don't post any new clues until they have done so. I recommend deleting this clue (I am ignoring it)
 
defending WH
 
oops
 
8:23 PM
1: ?
 
There is already an active clue #1. Please edit or repost with a different number.
 
!kill 543'
!kill 543''
 
23 dies Warren
 
4 dies; WODEN
 
8:23 PM
!clues
 
543'' : ... (by Deusovi)
3 : He loved his big brother (by Gareth McCaughan) (status uncertain)
1 : I can't. I'll explode. (by Gareth McCaughan) (contacted by Mr. Xcoder) (status uncertain)
 
1 dies (WAFER-THIN [MINT], from a famous sketch in Monty Python's "Meaning of Life")
3 dies (WINSTON SMITH, from George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four")
 
!kill 543''
 
note to self: actually watch Meaning of Life
 
8:24 PM
543'' : ... (by Deusovi)
 
!kill 543''
 
That one apparently lives on forever.
 
543'' web
 
The word being defended starts with WH. Your guess starts with WE. Try again.
 
8:24 PM
543'' : ... (by Deusovi)
 
!kill 543''
 
!kill 543''
 
we already did that twice
 
Anyone else want to try?
 
8:25 PM
that was dead
 
5 times, now.
 
Clue text must be bold (surround it with ** or __). Please try again.
 
...
 
!clues
 
543'' : ... (by Deusovi)
 
8:25 PM
it's not like we can do anything else though
 
John, try guessing something that does start WH and then Deusovi can accept it
 
543'' wheb
 
even though it will be wrong (of course WEB was correct)
 
@Erik, your clue #1 didn't register because there was another clue 1 at the time.
 
1: ?
now there isn't :P
 
8:25 PM
1 what
 
!clues
 
2. The butler, apparently
 
1 : ? (by Erik the Outgolfer) (waiting for confirmation of guess WHAT by John Dvorak)
543'' : ... (by Deusovi) (waiting for confirmation of guess WHEB by John Dvorak)
 
@Deusovi, John Dvorak guessed WHEB for clue #543''. Please confirm or deny the guess.
 
8:26 PM
correct
 
2 whodunnit
 
543'': correct
 
@Deusovi you need the clue number
2: correct
 
8:26 PM
543'' : ... (by Deusovi) (waiting for confirmation of guess WHEB by John Dvorak)
 
oh, come on
 
permaclue
 
also... John is the one who guesses...
 
FTR: it's two apostrophes, not a quotation mark
 
We can try shutting down Lens and resuming the game, if that will help
 
8:27 PM
nah
 
not worth it
 
Just keep it there
 
Not worth it.
 
Or just ignore that clue
 
do double apostrophes break it?
 
8:27 PM
3. One element of an anxious arachnophobe's diet
 
543'' correct
 
We are currently waiting on Deusovi to confirm John Dvorak's guess for clue #543''. Please wait until that has been done before making another guess.
 
contact 3
 
I haven't been following. Are we still on WH?
 
oh no
 
8:28 PM
ugh...
 
543'': correct
543': correct
 
There is no clue #543'. What exactly are you confirming?
 
I don't think it's the double apostrophe. This happens every once in a while.
!clues
 
3 : One element of an anxious arachnophobe's diet (by Gareth McCaughan) (contacted by Deusovi)
543'' : ... (by Deusovi) (waiting for confirmation of guess WHEB by John Dvorak)
 
@Lens the one you won't bother removing
 
8:28 PM
Should we just shut down Lens and restart it for the next game?
 
Does it stop Lens understanding defenders' guesses of other clues, or just of the permaclue itself?
(or, rather, stop Lens allowing them)
 
7: Sharpen
 
contact 7
 
c7
 
8:29 PM
7 whet
3 wheat?
 
3 is not WHEAT
 
Ok. Stop posting for a minute. I will restart Lens.
!shutdown
!resume 46
 
John Dvorak defending: WH
7: Sharpen (by GentlePurpleRain)
Game #46 restored. Note that any pending passes or guesses were not restored. Play on!
 
7 : Sharpen (by GentlePurpleRain)
 
8:30 PM
@John
 
It got the wrong clue back...
 
3. One element of an anxious arachnophobe's diet
 
!kill 7
 
contact 3
 
pass 3
 
8:31 PM
Clue #3 (One element of an anxious arachnophobe's diet) was contacted by: Deusovi. Make your guess!
 
3: WHEY
 
5: Memorial Day weekend, perhaps
 
John Dvorak has passed on clue #3. Please don't post any new clues until the pass has been resolved. I recommend deleting this clue, and reposting after the pass is resolved. (I am ignoring it.)
 
what's that a reference to?
 
8:32 PM
Little Miss Muffet
 
You guessed correctly. John Dvorak must give up a letter!
 
defending WHE
 
oops, sorry, I keep doing that
 
1. Start of a resolution
 
8:32 PM
c1
 
1 when?
 
1 is not WHEN
 
4: From where
 
5: Young seal
 
There is already an active clue #4. Please edit or repost with a different number.
 
8:33 PM
c4
 
4 whence
 
2. Inventor of scientists
 
4: correct
 
contact 5
 
4': Why
 
8:33 PM
contact 4'
 
0: bear
 
contact 4'
 
Can someone star #5?
 
3: Mobility assistant.
 
contact 3
 
8:34 PM
contact 3
 
3 wheelchair
 
4' wherefore?
 
4': correct
 
6. Thank goodness for that
 
8:35 PM
c6
 
contact 6
 
pass 1
 
There is no current clue #1. Try passing on an existing clue!
 
8:36 PM
oh, Lens, there most certainly is a clue #1
 
6 : Thank goodness for that (by Gareth McCaughan) (contacted by Deusovi, Erik the Outgolfer, GentlePurpleRain)
0 : bear (by msh210)
2 : Inventor of scientists (by Gareth McCaughan)
5 : Young seal (by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Gareth McCaughan)
 
1. Start of a resolution
 
8:36 PM
77: auto
 
@msh210 want to contact 1 again, and then John can try passing it again?
 
My contact was proven wrong. :-)
 
Then you should have uncontacted.
 
8:37 PM
just as well Lens glitched, I guess
 
pass 5 then
 
oh, sorry, didn't know the protocol
 
Clue #5 (Young seal) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!
 
5 is WHELP, I think
 
8:38 PM
You guessed correctly. John Dvorak must give up a letter!
 
Defending WHEE
 
(also a young dog, or a variety of other animals)
7: Nag
 
0 dies whelp (verb)
 
does 6 survive?
 
8:39 PM
1 dies (WHEREAS; lots of pompous resolutions made by political bodies etc. begin with preambles saying "Whereas X ... Whereas Y ... Whereas Z ... Therefore A")
6 dies (WHEW)
 
77 survives
 
77 wheeler?
 
no
 
2 dies (William WHEWELL, coiner of the word "scientist")
 
you need to prepend "77"
 
8:40 PM
52: Bike trick
 
77 no
 
contact 52
 
52 wheelie
 
c52
 
8:40 PM
52: yes
 
1. Scheme
 
Star #7, please?
 
pass 7
 
Clue #7 (Nag) was contacted by: caird coinheringaahing. Make your guess!
 
8:41 PM
7: yes
 
There was no guess made for #7. What exactly are you confirming?
 
whaaaaaaaaaa
 
Lens, you're strict
 
8:41 PM
7:yes
 
defending wheel
 
You guessed correctly. John Dvorak must give up a letter!
 
TIL "wheedle"
 
77 survives
 
9: Area of expertise
 
8:41 PM
Clue text must be bold (surround it with ** or __). Please try again.
 
just in case
77 wheel?
 
contact 9
 
77: no
 
contact 77 maaaaaybe
 
8:42 PM
pass 77
 
Clue #77 (auto) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!
 
(I'm probably wrong but no one else seems to know what it is)
 
while it's just a maaaaybe
 
77: wheelbase??
 
@JohnDvorak Not the best definition. I think it means more along the lines of "coax" or "cajole".
 
8:42 PM
77: no
 
It looks like no one guessed right. Clue #77 is now dead. Carry on.
 
@GarethMcCaughan, it's been more than 1.5 minutes since John Dvorak provided a new letter, and you still haven't indicated whether clue #1 is alive or dead.
 
1 is dead (WHEEZE)
 
There was no guess made for #1. What exactly are you confirming?
 
8:43 PM
contact 77
 
wheels
 
and this is how a defender can cleverly kill a clue, if the situation allows
 
1 dies (WHEEZE)
 
There doesn't appear to be an active clue with the number 77, therefore you can't contact it.
 
!kill 1
 
8:43 PM
10: garden cart
 
ah, duh, should totally have got 77. Sorry again.
 
contact 10
 
pass 10
 
10 : garden cart (by jafe)
9 : Area of expertise (by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Gareth McCaughan)
Clue #10 (garden cart) was contacted by: Gareth McCaughan. Make your guess!
 
8:43 PM
10 is WHEELBARROW
 
direct hit
 
10: cyes
 
You haven't contacted clue #10. Only those who have contacted the clue may guess. (To see who has contacted it, use !contacts 10)
 
10: yes
 
You guessed correctly. John Dvorak must give up a letter!
 
8:44 PM
@John Try "DH"
 
Hmmm...
 
9 was presumably WHEELHOUSE
 
We are currently waiting for John Dvorak to provide an additional letter. No guesses (or clues) are being accepted right now.
 
what does Lens recognize?
 
8:44 PM
yes, 9 was.
 
(I realise that I have no idea what a wheelhouse actually is)
 
:P
 
"My word was WORD" works, I think.
 
ask me how I know...
 
8:45 PM
I presume wheelhouse = caravan?
my word was wheelbarrow
 
Game over! jafe wins with the clue garden cart, guessed by Gareth McCaughan. The solution (and presumably John Dvorak's word) was wheelbarrow.
Remaining clues (for reference):
 
whew
 
9 : Area of expertise (by GentlePurpleRain) (contacted by Gareth McCaughan)
 
apparently a wheelhouse is literally a structure enclosing a large wheel
 
I think a wheelhouse is the part of a boat that houses the steering wheel.
 
8:45 PM
Stats for game #46:
  Defender:          John Dvorak
  Duration:          27m 28s
  Players:           10
  Clues:             28
  % clues solved:    57.1
  Avg. clues/letter: 5.4
 
and the figurative meanings derive from that
anyway, gtg now. Bye!
 
> 2.
Archaeology
a stone-built circular house with inner partition walls radiating like the spokes of a wheel, found in western and northern Scotland and dating chiefly from about 100 BC to AD 100.
 
I guess jafe is up next.
 
defending F
 
New game ID is 47 (you can use this to !resume an unfinished game if something goes wrong).
 
8:46 PM
Apparently it means a lot of things...: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelhouse
 
not sure of the syntax
 
still not sure how "auto" defines it
 
4: Carbonated orange beverage
 
8:47 PM
4: fanta
 
@JohnDvorak It wasn't "auto", it was "Area of expertise"
4: yes
 
@JohnDvorak A car is called "wheels".
 
the "auto" clue was "wheels"
 
27: Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
 
8:48 PM
1: Accelerator.
 
contact 27
 
5: Title bar picture
 
pass 27
 
Clue #27 (Welcome to the world of tomorrow!) was contacted by: Deusovi. Make your guess!
 
8:49 PM
27: FUTURAMA
 
You guessed correctly. jafe must give up a letter!
 
defending FL
 
1 dies: FORCE
 
5 dies: FAVICON
 
8:49 PM
29: Not sinking
 
29: floating
 
10: Liquid traversal.
 
3: Without gravity
 
8:50 PM
60 quetzalcoatlus, maybe
 
3': Without gravity
 
45: blonde?
 
60: flyer
 
60 ✔️
 
10: fluid?
 
8:51 PM
10: no
 
61 famous one-button game, template for many
 
10: flow
 
contact 61
 
8:52 PM
c61?
 
pass 61
 
Clue #61 (famous one-button game, template for many) was contacted by: Deusovi, Erik the Outgolfer, GentlePurpleRain. Make your guesses (one each)!
 
61: FLAPPY BIRD
 
(Multiple guesses will be ignored until the first is confirmed.)
 
61 ✔️
 
8:52 PM
You guessed correctly. jafe must give up a letter!
 
defending FLE
 
3 dies. FLOATING
 
(btw 61 is now dead, both the clue and the solution)
 
3' dies. FLIPPANT
 
45 dies flibbertigibbet
 
8:53 PM
1: Escaping.
 
1: fleeing
 
62 arrow maker
 
56: Swindle
 
8:54 PM
2: Indirect killer of millions in Europe
 
c62
 
2: flea
 
8:54 PM
2: yes
 
There doesn't appear to be an active clue with the number 2, therefore you can't uncontact it.
 
62 fletcher
 
62 ✔️
 
4: In infancy
 
8:55 PM
pass 56
 
Clue #56 (Swindle) was contacted by: GentlePurpleRain. Make your guess!
 
56: FLEECE
 
56: Correct
 
You guessed correctly. jafe must give up a letter!
 
defending FLEE
 
8:56 PM
59: Running away
 
4 dies. FLEDGLING
We already did FLEEING
 
c59
 
59: fleeing
 
8: Temporary
 
59: yes
Didn't realise :/
 
8:56 PM
c 8
 
63 what every airline has one of
 
3: Teaming.
c63
 
pass 8
 
Clue #8 (Temporary) was contacted by: GentlePurpleRain. Make your guess!
 
8:57 PM
8: FLEETING
 
8: correct
 
my word was FLEETING
 
You guessed correctly. jafe must give up a letter!
 
and... yeah that
 
Game over! Deusovi wins with the clue Temporary, guessed by GentlePurpleRain. The solution (and presumably jafe's word) was FLEETING.
 
8:57 PM
hum
 
Remaining clues (for reference):
 
oh alright it recollected itself
 
3 : Teaming. (by Erik the Outgolfer)
63 : what every airline has one of (by John Dvorak) (contacted by Erik the Outgolfer, GentlePurpleRain)
Stats for game #47:
  Defender:          jafe
  Duration:          10m 21s
  Players:           8
  Clues:             20
  % clues solved:    60.0
  Avg. clues/letter: 5.0
 
All I could think of was Fleetwood Mac lmao, is one allowed to clue such words?
 
8:57 PM
3 was FLEETING
 
hm?
 
one is allowed to clue anything
 
@Mr.Xcoder They are fine for us, not for the person defending.
 
Ah ok, thanks
I always forget the rules on that
 
Deusovi defends next!
 
8:58 PM
@EriktheOutgolfer 3 was floating, no?
 
(note: don't start with Q, X or Y) :D
 
not sure I have the time to defend - maybe I could do a quicker game?
 
Sure. Speed round.
Start with 3 letters.
 
let's see how fast we'll do that with Lens
 
eh, actually, regular round is fine
Deusovi defending N
 

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