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Techidiot
9:00 AM
Oh, and how can someone guess the word on my mind?
boboquack
@Techidiot You *win* by keeping your word safe for as long as possible
Sp3000
Once you reveal enough letters
boboquack
Like this:
Is confusion your word?
Techidiot
Oh. So until someone else gets caught ut?
boboquack
So until we guess your word, you are safe
Techidiot
9:01 AM
Oh. So, I have to reveal another letter of the word the next time?
boboquack
Argumentative
Sp3000
So to recap, we post clues until we get one that you can't, revealing a letter each time. At some point you'll reveal enough letters for us to know
Techidiot
Or will it always remain C?
Sp3000
All the clues must clue a word that matches the letters given so far
boboquack
@Techidiot If someone contacts on a clue you've given up on and gets it right
TheGreatEscaper
9:02 AM
Contact for bobo
Techidiot
Okay.. Lets continue.
TheGreatEscaper
Hang on, I'm new-ish to contact too
boboquack
@The infinite solution plane is wonderful!
@Techidiot Have you got anything for Bird Machine?
TheGreatEscaper
What's stopping the defender from ignoring a clue they can't get?
Techidiot
Cage? @Bobo
boboquack
9:03 AM
For TGE's clue you mean?
Sp3000
Nothing, except being a jerk :P
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper Nothing, except being annoying
Techidiot
Yeah. TGE Cage
boboquack
(Oh, ninja'd)
TheGreatEscaper
Do i say -1?
What's the purpose of the minuses and pluses
boboquack
9:04 AM
If it's wrong -1, right +1
TheGreatEscaper
I mean, can't I just say that it's wrong :P
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper Well you could, but that wouldn't be fair
Techidiot
Cranes TGE
boboquack
This game works on a trust system
TheGreatEscaper
No I mean
Why - or +
why not just wrong or right
Sp3000
9:05 AM
You don't have to use +1/-1 :P
Techidiot
Its less typing ? :p
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper Too much effort :P
TheGreatEscaper
Also yup that's right @tech
See look at how much effort I put into my replies
Techidiot
:) @boboquack now what?
Sp3000
Vault-like puzzle
TheGreatEscaper
9:06 AM
I'm also taking the time to say that the intended answer is 'CRANE', so that there isn't any plurality mismatch, but I'm not a jerk :P
So I accepted cranes
boboquack
@Techidiot You've sucessfully defended another challenge
Techidiot
Ahh. Okay
boboquack
So the aim of the game is to fend off the challenges indefinitely.
Techidiot
SP Cryptic?
Hmm..
boboquack
We star the current clues so it's easy to see -> on the starboard
Sp3000
9:07 AM
Yep
Techidiot
Yeah. That will be better
@Sp3000 Yep was for my answer?
Sp3000
Yeah cryptic
TheGreatEscaper
Okay, this might be cheating a little since I know my contacts interests:
Sum function
Sp3000
fyi clues can be anything, the goal is just to make an attacker guess the right word so it can be as remote as you want
TheGreatEscaper
Cmon @bobo
Waiting for the easy contact here :P
boboquack
9:09 AM
Sorry, looking at past AMO papers
TheGreatEscaper
Me = not preparing at all
boboquack
Mental blank...
Techidiot
@TheGreatEscaper Copy?
Sp3000
I have a guess but it seems terrible
TheGreatEscaper
Nah... I highly doubt you'll get this one Tech
Bobo is my only hope, but he's gotta remember stuff about functions
Sp3000
9:10 AM
So much for not a jerk :P
TheGreatEscaper
Shhhhhhhhhhh
I am a man of many feces
Sp3000
Contact TGE
TheGreatEscaper
*faces
boboquack
There's an edit button you know.
Techidiot
TGE Complete?
TheGreatEscaper
9:11 AM
There's making mistakes on purpose, you know
boboquack
@Techidot, anything on
Argumentative
?
TheGreatEscaper
Nah Tech, sorry
Techidiot
Thinking...hold on
boboquack
Oh, and no googling
TheGreatEscaper
Oh yeah, I contacted argumentative
boboquack
9:12 AM
That would be cheating
Techidiot
Caviling @boboquack
boboquack
-1
Techidiot
Contrary?
Sp3000
What's caviling?
boboquack
Contrart? You mean contrary?
Techidiot
9:13 AM
Controversial?
Yeah. Sorry. Typo
boboquack
+1 then for contrary
Techidiot
:D
TheGreatEscaper
Damn, that was my contact guess
Sp3000
I had no idea
boboquack
Remote thingummy
Sp3000
9:14 AM
That's an easy contact :P
boboquack
Sum function, sum function, ....
TheGreatEscaper
I'll trash that clue
Here's my new one
Sp3000
I contacted it though D:
TheGreatEscaper
Sum recognizable function that is stupid for all reals
boboquack
Contact!
Techidiot
9:15 AM
CEILIDH?
TheGreatEscaper
I mean, I'm pretty sure tech still won't get it
Techidiot
@TGE CEILIDH
TheGreatEscaper
Sorry but no (I don't even know that word)
boboquack
Your original one sounded like 'Capital sigma'
Techidiot
CLUELESS?
TheGreatEscaper
9:16 AM
Nope
Techidiot
Crass?
I give up if not this :)
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper I think it has to be a scrabble word though...
TheGreatEscaper
Oh oops, are those the rules?
Surely it's a scrabble word
double checks
Sp3000
We've done clues which weren't up til now so... awks
TheGreatEscaper
It's in collins dictionary
boboquack
9:17 AM
@Sp3000 Or at least somewhat valid
OK, I'll take that then
TheGreatEscaper
And yeah I've seen some pretty weird words here
It's not crass
boboquack
Cauchy's (function equation) - f(a+b)=f(a)+f(b)?
Techidiot
Haha.. Anything beyond thesaurus is out of bounds for me :p
TheGreatEscaper
Yup
@Tech, now you need to give the next letter of your word
boboquack
So now you reveal a letter @Tech
Techidiot
9:18 AM
And math is I suck :D
boboquack
Ninja'd :O
TheGreatEscaper
Ninjad
Sp3000
... was
that
what your original clue was?
Techidiot
I
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper Now I ninja'd you :D
TheGreatEscaper
9:18 AM
I do maths with bobo every now and then
Sp3000
I was so sure it was COMPOSITION
boboquack
Techidot defending:
CI
Mine was control
(Remote control)
TheGreatEscaper
Fallacy
Techidiot
Charlie Chaplin @bobo
boboquack
?
Techidiot
9:19 AM
Sorry
TheGreatEscaper
Also all our words have to be CI words now
Techidiot
Idiot :p
boboquack
Toilet bowl
TheGreatEscaper
Contact @bobo
Techidiot
@boboquack Hold on
boboquack
9:20 AM
Let N' be the point on segment AE such that MN' is tangent to w. It is sufficient
to prove that N' = N. What fun!
Techidiot
Should my next letter be really the 2nd letter or any letter from my word?
Sp3000
Contact bobo
TheGreatEscaper
Second letter
boboquack
@Techidiot The second letter from your word
TheGreatEscaper
Has to be in order
Techidiot
9:21 AM
Oh damn!
:(
boboquack
Doesn't matter
Techidiot
Now, I have lost 3
boboquack
Think of a word starting with CI
TheGreatEscaper
It's okay, we'll pretend that we never saw the I
Or yeah, choose a CI word
Techidiot
Haha
boboquack
9:21 AM
That hasn't been mentioned
Techidiot
Okay
boboquack
@Techidiot You thought of one yet?
Techidiot
New word picked up
boboquack
OK
Techidiot
So, where are we with the clues? let me scroll
boboquack
9:22 AM
Check the starboard
Techidiot
Yeah
TheGreatEscaper
Bobo's has been contacted
boboquack
I've got 10 minutes left
TheGreatEscaper
Twice, I think
Techidiot
Thanks
boboquack
9:23 AM
@Sp3, you want to make a clue too?
Sp3000
Thinking
TheGreatEscaper
Okey dokey, I might trash my clue since it hasn't been contacted
Here's the replacement:
Feeds
boboquack
has added
TheGreatEscaper
to the
list of this room's owners
.
TheGreatEscaper
Loopy fallacy
boboquack
Is that a change of your previous clue?
Techidiot
9:24 AM
A last question from me
boboquack
I've made you an RO so you can help star and unstar messages @The
@Techidiot Yeah...
TheGreatEscaper
Yeah, that's a replacement
Techidiot
Should the new words start with CI or just I?
TheGreatEscaper
Someone star that clue please :)
boboquack
@Techidiot CI
TheGreatEscaper
9:25 AM
Everything is CI
Techidiot
Okay
boboquack
@TheGreatEscaper You can pin then unpin to put a star.
Sp3000
Tragic content returning
TheGreatEscaper
@sp contact!
boboquack
And pin for 'so-and-so defending: XYZ'
Techidiot
9:26 AM
Hmm..Those are tough!
TheGreatEscaper
I think mine's the only one that hasn't been contacted, although I had assumed that at least one other person would have the arcane general knowledge interest to get the clue
boboquack
I've got 5 minutes...
Techidiot
I give up on toilet bowl
boboquack
@The?
Sp3000
Contact TGE
That took too long
TheGreatEscaper
9:27 AM
CISTERN
boboquack
+1
Reveal another letter @Tech!
TheGreatEscaper
Oh no, my clue probably gets broken
boboquack
(In the form
'Techidot defending **CI?**'
)
Techidiot
T
boboquack
Techidot defending
CIT
Sp3000
9:28 AM
Yeah Circular there goes TGE
Techidiot
@boboquack What about other clues? They go in vain?
boboquack
Yep
Techidiot
Cool!
boboquack
Shape of city background
@Techidiot If they don't work
Sp3000
Mine's gone too, if TGE wants to say what it was
TheGreatEscaper
9:29 AM
CIGAR
Sp3000
Yup :)
Reference (noun)
boboquack
Contact sp
TheGreatEscaper
Contact Sp
Techidiot
@SP Cite?
boboquack
@Techidiot (verb)
TheGreatEscaper
9:31 AM
Oh, also contact bobo
Techidiot
citation
@SP
Sp3000
Yup citation is correct
TheGreatEscaper
Person will soundly sit with Apple's meditation product
boboquack
Not a cryptic?! Gah
@Techidiot got mine yet?
I have to go, like, almost right now
Techidiot
Thinking. Citadal bobo?>
boboquack
9:33 AM
-1
Sp3000
Contact TGE
TheGreatEscaper
Nice, sp :)
boboquack
AFK for a bit...
TheGreatEscaper
Aw, alright
boboquack
Ping me if something happens
Sp3000
9:34 AM
Now you've just made it easier :P
TheGreatEscaper
Sorry! I felt like I needed confirmation
Sp3000
:P
Good to have I guess
What sort of thing you get if you smash melon?
TheGreatEscaper
Contact!
It seems like our minds work on the same plane, sp :P
Techidiot
@TGE Citrix? though its too far from being right
:p
Sp3000
You got the first three letters :P
TheGreatEscaper
9:37 AM
Never heard of that word...
It's a no from me
Techidiot
I give up on THE
TheGreatEscaper
@Sp3000, you're up!
Sp3000
TGE's is CITIZEN
TheGreatEscaper
Yup :)
Sp3000
I think this has turned into intro to pseudo-bad-cryptics for Tech :P
Techidiot
9:39 AM
Haha
TheGreatEscaper
Person = citizen,
soundly sit = cit
apple's meditation product is of course = iZen
xD
Techidiot
I am being bombarded :p
I haven't heard of it
:(
TheGreatEscaper
It doesn't exist
It's just a play on their naming process
Techidiot
We don't have enough apple fans here
Oh okay
Sp3000
fyi the CIGAR one was [t]RAGIC <-
TheGreatEscaper
9:40 AM
Yknow, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iCloud, etc.
Regardless, we need a new letter from you, tech!
Techidiot
R
boboquack
Techidot defending
CITR
Sp3000
As an Australian, my favourite Apple product the one that lets you make damaging statements about other people
Techidiot
@boboquack what was yours?
Sp3000
[/bad cryptic jokes]
TheGreatEscaper
9:41 AM
Wait, sp you're Aus???
Cityscape, I believe
Sp3000
Yeah
boboquack
+1
And that's my cue to leave
Techidiot
Oh man! Its AUS vs IND :p
TheGreatEscaper
Bye
Sp3000
fyi my clue still holds
TheGreatEscaper
9:42 AM
I feel like Sp has got this word
Techidiot
My first word was CRICKET FYI
Sp3000
Ah
TheGreatEscaper
Insect game (7), nice :P
boboquack
TGE, to unstar, you can go to the starboard, click the arrow that appears on hover, then click 'cancel stars'
TheGreatEscaper
Yup, I know :)
boboquack
9:43 AM
To pin, see when you edit
TheGreatEscaper
Yup yup yup
All good
boboquack
To star your own message, pin then unpin
Or if you reach your vote cap
TheGreatEscaper
That I did not know
boboquack
Quirk in the software :P
Anyway, bye!
Techidiot
@Sp3000 Citrus?
Sp3000
9:44 AM
Yup
Techidiot
Lovely! That ends my word :D
Hahaha
Sp3000
:)
And that's how the game works
Techidiot
And I am educated now. :) Cool. Its complicated for the new
And you guys were generous with the simple clues :p
Sp3000
Were they? I think they got weirder towards the end :P
TheGreatEscaper
cit-iZen was pretty wacky :P
Techidiot
9:47 AM
It they were simple I would have been on my 2nd letter :p
BRB. Lunch
TheGreatEscaper
10:10 AM
Heya @Alconja and @Ankoganit
Ankoganit
Hi @The
TheGreatEscaper
My nickname is so boring... -.-
xD
Ankoganit
hehe
Too bad @TGE won't ping you
Alconja
@TheGreatEscaper Hi (slow reply, only ~1/10th actually here)
Who's defending?
Ankoganit
Noone
No ongoing game right now
Wanna start one?
Alconja
10:18 AM
Can't defend, I'll be off again in a bit.
Ankoganit
Doesn't look like we have enough people atm
Alconja
All good
Sid
@Techidiot If you are here, Probably a hint for Nad-Fed Puzzle.
Techidiot
10:37 AM
Hi Sid
@Sid Added a hint.
10 hours later…
boboquack
9:01 PM
Hi @Sp3!
Sp3000
9:16 PM
Hey
Volatility
9:46 PM
What do you guys think of having a bot to automatically do all the pinning/starring?
boboquack
9:59 PM
@Volatility That would be great!
Sp, you still here?
Sp3000
Yes for now, but not for long enough to play
boboquack
10:21 PM
@Volatility How do you make said bots?
Volatility
stealing some basic code from github, and then customising it for what we need it to do
boboquack
@Volatility Do you need RO access to do it?
Volatility
the bot will (for pinning)
but wait til I actually get it done ;-)
boboquack
@Volatility And how will the bot get past the rep limit?
Like RottersSlave did?
Volatility
yeah, just edits/answers/questions/whatever
boboquack
10:27 PM
Maybe you could actually see whether LukasRotter can help you with some of the code...
boboquack
10:45 PM
Hi @Alconja!
Alconja
11:09 PM
@boboquack Sorry, hi. Wasn't really here, just reopened my browser and this was in the background.
boboquack
And hi @Deus!
Deusovi
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