Contact - 2020-02-12

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10:15 PM

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@Avi get in here, we know you're bored and have nothing else to do

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@msh210 Do you wanna start and hope more people join in?

10:25 PM

ok

defending c

Im having issues connecting my computer to the uni network for some reason, so mobile it is

1. Unicode

c1?

1 codepoint

1 characters

1 was characters

10:27 PM

100: To Caesar

2. Drink

c100

100 C

70 country in Europe

100: C is correct

70' oblast in Russia

10:28 PM

c70

101: In LCD

70 Czechia

102: In GCD

70 ✔️

3. Handy

4. O Lincoln my Lincoln

10:30 PM

103: In CCCC

103': ...

71 Polymer that's always negative

103'': ...

103''': ...

c 101..103'''

103 et al: cryptic clue chat chains

@JohnDvorak did you contact 101 and 102 also?

ye

10:31 PM

103: CRYPTIC CLUE CHAT CHAINS is correct

yes

Oooh game!

102 common

Who's defending?

104: The other game

102: COMMON is correct

10:32 PM

@James I

How many letters are out?

104': Where it is played

c104 probably

5. What are we even doing

101 pass

10:32 PM

104'': Its creator

72 in D, famously

c72

c72 lol

72 concerto??

72' ...

72 is not concerto

10:33 PM

oh duh

XD

72 canon

@JohnDvorak 101 was passed, guess?

c104'

101 is crystal

10:33 PM

Maybe c104''?

6. Boom goes the (Hamilton)

72 ✔️

101: CRYSTAL is correct

defending ca ; what survives?

4 survives

3 dies, was CLAP

10:34 PM

72' lives

104 dies, CODENAMES

5 dies, was CONTACT

104' dies, CHATROOM

71 dies

70' dies

104'' dies, CZECH GAMES

10:35 PM

2 dies, was CUP

@HTM I was wondering if it was that or "chvaatil"

@James and I was trying to remember his name :-)

-1: Steve Rogers

1. Unnecessary objection

c-1

10:36 PM

73 List, not not made of numbers

pass -1, the name is wholly unfamiliar to me

-1: CAPTAIN AMERICA

@James confirm -1?

-1: Yes

defending can

10:37 PM

73 dies

@Avi btw, you got the bolding scheme reversed, you should be bolding the clue and not the number

4 dies, I assume

4 dies, was CAPTAIN

1 dies, was CAVIL

oh I thought 1 was contempt

oh, no, that was after I was defending ca

So does anything survive?

nope

1. Nodame _ (anime)

10:39 PM

105: A you do the AA?

woohoo! I win! wait, no, that's not how it works.....

105': ...

c105

c105'

105 can

105' can

74 🍁

10:40 PM

106: Netflix, but for schools

105'' can

105: CAN is correct

105': CAN is incorrect

105' cancan

-2: Mos Eisley, for example

There is not 105'' lol

10:40 PM

c-2

105': CANCAN is correct

-3: Elizabeth Warren, for example

c-2, -3

4: Lying isn't this

-2 cantina?

10:41 PM

c4

-2: Yes

4 candid

-3 candidate?

75 It gets under your skin

106: Some people beat it by walking

-3: Yes

10:41 PM

c106?

c106?

3. Painter's pad

107: Something that's not in the valley?

-4: What a man has in the evening

76 Treetops in aggregate

10:42 PM

c107

c3

c76

c76

76 canopy

76 ✔️

Oops, I have two 106s, gimme a minute

10:43 PM

which 106 is contacted @Avi @James ?

108: Some people beat it by walking

second

c108, that is

Ignore the other one with the same clue labeled 106

The more recent one

108 cancer??

10:44 PM

-5: To go back on going back on your beliefs

108: CANCER is correct!

unc106, I thought it might be cancer

c-5?

3 canvas

3 is canvas

10:44 PM

-4 hint: According to the sphinx

Need stars for 106 and 107

c-4

-4 cane

-4: Yes

uhhhh, I gotta run

is anything besides -5 contacted? I'm thinking about -5

10:46 PM

-6: Archaic CO2 detector

77 Made of glass, it's typically metaphorical

c-6

@Avi toodle-oo

-6 canary

quick reveal of what I had is ok, or should you just unstar the clues?

c77

-6: Yes

@Avi See ya!

10:47 PM

@Avi It would probably just be easiest to ignore them

retracting 75

maybe I'll just "die" them

@Avi go for it

Can I be made RO so I can help unstar?

108: Verse

10:47 PM

4 dies, was CANDID. 1 dies, was CANTABILE

that was all I had left

6 mins ago, by msh210

4 candid

Oh wow, cantabile is a great word. What was the hint?

oh, that too :)

pass 77

@James it was NODAME _ (anime)

10:48 PM

77: Cannon

77 ✔️

@Avi glad you died it, I'd not have gotten it in a million years

Ah, glass cannons

@Avi Ah nevermind, wouldn't have gotten that

"glass cannon"? is that a phrase? I'll have to look it up afterward.

defending cand

10:49 PM

@msh210 Yeah, it's metaphorically someone who can do a lot of damage but is very fragile. In a fighting sense

Its a term in fighting games that denotes a heavy hitter who is incredibly frail

So high attack, low defense/HP

@James ah, interesting

Special case: one-hit wonder

-5 dies: cant (opposite of recant)

106 dies, CANOPY

107 dies, CANNY, referring to the "uncanny" valley

108 dies, CANTO

10:50 PM

anything survive?

109: Demolished San Francisco park

-7: Something that's really easy to take

-8: Be our guest singer

110: Game featuring colored cards

methinks 109 and -8 are the same answer

78 Dynamite dud?

10:52 PM

Well, I have no idea what 109 is, so maybe

@msh210 Not quite...

@HTM well, then, I don't know one of them :-)

111: What Yang recently ended

c-8

-8 candlestick

-8: Yes

10:54 PM

79 Resource found on the lowest Z-level in Dwarf Fortress

@msh210 Axtually, you were correct, I thought -8 was just CANDLE

@JohnDvorak I need to play that game

I should play it again, too

I should play it pronto, or I'm gonna lose a letter here....

My only run started in temperate winter, and I had weather turned off. Had to dig for liquid water.

10:57 PM

no contacts?

-7 hint: from the young

109 Candlestick

I'm probably gonna have to leave real soon

c-7?

109: CANDLESTICK is correct

-7 candy from a baby

or:
-7 candy

10:58 PM

-7: Yes

Imagine a vast underground lake with a small artificial pool hanging precariously over it, with a filtration device refilling the pool with something potable, and a looooong rope with a bucket leading to it to haul the water to upper floors

And with my last clue dead, I'm out

Have fun o/

@James gameN

78' Sticky light source?

112: Something you might give to your crush

11:01 PM

78 = 78'

c78??

78 candle

78 ✔️

78' candle

78' ✔️

11:03 PM

113: Something you might crush

whistles while awaiting contacts

I don't like to guess uncontacted words.

Hint for 111: Primary

whistles Copland's Hoedown

Hint for 112: Just wait a few days

@HTM 1?

11:07 PM

Hint for 113: Not soda

or 2 in UTC

no comment ;-)

Hint for 110: Come on! Even a baby would've gotten this by now!

@HTM I'm not sure what it is, but if you're giving it to your crush on a specific day then I'm guessing that's on the 14th....

70 Ritchie Blackmore's wife is able to perform a step in food preparation

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whistles Anatevka

11:11 PM

c111???

pass 111

haven't the foggiest

candidate ... selection?

phase

111: Close enough, it was CANDIDACY

For the presidency

defending candi

70 lives

79 dies

11:13 PM

@JohnDvorak what was it?

cotton CANDY

Any guesses for 110, 112c and 113?

The all have a similar theme...

113 candy?

112 I assume is candy heart

113: CANDY is correct

112: CANDY HEARTS is correct

11:14 PM

110 no idea. it's dead?

oh, candy crush maybe?

110 dies, was CANDYLAND

@HTM ah

And I'm gone, sorry y'all

and that's the game

@HTM gameN

70 candice, I'm guessing, just from the wordplay; I've no idea who Blackmore is

70 is correct

Candice Night

Ritchie Blackmore is the guitarist for Blackmore's Night (guess where the band name comes from). Previously the guitarist for Deep Purple.

11:18 PM

ah. Deep Purple at least I've heard of. Not that I know its music.

Blackmore Night's - Beyond the Sunset (Full Album)

highly recommended

I'll stick around just a few minutes in case someone joins us, and then I'll quit, too.

11:36 PM

gameN @JohnDvorak

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