Contact - 2017-02-17 (page 1 of 5)

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3:12 AM

Hi @Jim! Have a look around.

3:37 AM

Deusovi has added Volatility to the list of this room's owners.

So what do we need to know re: the bot? Is there specific syntax we need to use to trigger things?

You'll see

Anyway, I'm up for defending

:) how mysterious

Ok, shoot.

Let's wait for the bot (and more people)

(sorry, the bot's in the wrong room, just a sec)

3:39 AM

Type !!start <letter> to begin, or !!help for a list of commands

there we go

!!start T

Deusovi defending T

I think your users are switched around... :)

that's intentional

PSE Contact can't pin things

3:40 AM

..kk

too low rep

the bot needs to have 100rep to be an RO

@Jim - we're playing in here if you want to watch and maybe join in

bouncy platform

1 (Alconja): bouncy platform

3:41 AM

No, it's not trampoline

+1

!!unstar 1

!!unstar 1

What is now, for some

Warning: no clue with that number exists

1 (stacksfiller): What is now, for some

3:42 AM

No, it's not time?

-1

So what's the syntax to contact?

just say "contact" - we're doing that part manually

there is none, yet

moving with the ball

2 (Alconja): moving with the ball

3:44 AM

No, it's not travelling

+1

!!unstar 2

British essential

2 (Alconja): British essential

Contact

3:45 AM

No, it's not tea

!!unstar 2

To edit my clue, should I unstar it and re-say it?

Yeah

!!unstar 1

What is now, for Deusovi for example, but not for Volatility

1 (stacksfiller): What is now, for Deusovi for example, but not for Volatility

3:46 AM

...Ten o'clock?

-1

21:48?

lol

Haha nope

that was your word wasn't it. Be honest.

3:47 AM

I didn't think so, but it was worth a shot

...no comment

My word was 21:47 but it's invalid now

/s

thinks of another word

drink holder

2 (Alconja): drink holder

No, it's not a teacup

3:48 AM

-1

Contact?

contact maybe

or a tankard

-1

hm, dunno - you two go for it

3:50 AM

Teapot

-1

thermos?

Alconja, was it thermos?

@Alconja?

W

3:52 AM

3 (PSE Contact): W

Contact

Two?

-1

@stacksfiller -1 (sorry got dragged away)

brb again..

Hm, I give up on 3.

3:59 AM

Tungsten

+1

!!unstar 2

Duh. Nice one

!!unstar 3

!!add E

3:59 AM

(was tavern - a little too abstracted perhaps)

Deusovi defending T E

1 was Thursday!

!!unstar 1

heh

Since W was such a good clue...

X

1 (stacksfiller): X

4:01 AM

No, it's not ten

+1

!!unstar 1

T

1 (stacksfiller): T

No, it's not tee (or tea)

+1

!!unstar 1

lol

Any more single letter clues you want to try?

4:02 AM

Yeah I have 23 left

They eat but can't taste

1 (stacksfiller): They eat but can't taste

Uhhh

No, it's not teeth

+1

yeah sorry, that's something I need to fix

4:06 AM

!!unstar 1

Hmm

also, I have to go now for a while, but I'll leave the bot running

it's !!help if you need help using the bot

earth

1 (Alconja): earth

Contact

Warm

4:08 AM

2 (boboquack): Warm

No, it's not terra, terrain, or temperate

@boboquack contact

+1

-1

(terra)

!!unstar 1

4:09 AM

!!unstar 1

Warning: no clue with that number exists

or temperature, or tepid

+1 on the tepid

!!unstar 2

earthlings

1 (Alconja): earthlings

4:10 AM

Please do stop

2 (boboquack): Please do stop

no, it's not Terrans

or terrestrials

-1 +1

!!unstar 1

@boboquack contact

Possible contact on it too

an ex

4:11 AM

1 (Alconja): an ex

Some college students

3 (stacksfiller): Some college students

farseer

4 (Alconja): farseer

Contact on 4

4:13 AM

IT

5 (boboquack): I<i>T</i>

Contact on 5

(sorry, I was gone for a bit)

huh, it reads HTML tags instead of Markdown

No, it's not technology

When there's so many clues, you can probably just wait a bit instead of piling more on

+1

!!unstar 5

4:14 AM

No, it's not telescope, either

+1 (farseer)

!!unstar 4

...tired for 3?

te...

oh right

so out of the remaining ones, only 2 has been contacted?

Y = 81/99

4:16 AM

I think so

4 (boboquack): Y = 81/99

4: tower(s)?

I give up on 2

@Alconja, @stacksfiller

Terminate?

@boboquack?

-1 tE, remember?

4:21 AM

...duh

I was referring to Stacks' answer though

2, was telegraph

I don't get the "please do" part

!!unstar 2

telegraph?

Stop, at the end of any sentence in a telegraph. It was an allusion rather than a straight clue

Please do was to hopefully throw Deus, but it threw you too

4:24 AM

Sorry, back. Had terminate too, so was a miss from me anyway.

examination

2 (Alconja): examination

No, it's not test

!!unstar 2

2 of 50

2 (Alconja): 2 of 50

...this is the time when Google would be helpful

4:27 AM

brb...

12 2 20

5 (boboquack): 12 2 20

Aaaah why so many numbers

There are too many numbers happening

2 of 50 states start with TE, which is interesting

but I think it has to be a coincidence

4:29 AM

Alconja - Tennessee and/or Texas?

(I had thought so too, but wasn't sure)

+1 (texas)

Why 2?

2nd biggest

Why Texas and not Tennessee?

oh, by size

4:29 AM

Oh

Duh

I thought it was by order of entry, which is why I wanted to Google things

!!unstar 2

Vocab word

2 (stacksfiller): Vocab word

No, it's not term

!!unstar 2

4:32 AM

@boboquack contact

Which?

the one I replied to... :)

no. 5

I like that one

Aha!

No, it's not TEENS

Clever!

-1

4:33 AM

just teen?

Uh

...teenage(r/d/rs)?

+1

Nothing to do with that :(

Oh, cool

4:33 AM

haha

!!unstar 3

I would clue that 13 2 19

I figured it was exclusive, not inclusive

to throw me off

Yeah I get it now too

@stacks you mean you have contact on mine?

No, I get why the "2" makes sense with teen

I was confused

Its just a to

I'd have guessed teenager if I thought of it

4:36 AM

@Alconja I assume you didn't get teen?

Nope. I have something else, so I'm either smarter or dumber than the rest of you. :)

:D

hammering down

2 (Alconja): hammering down

I'll be back soon

I'm very curious on 5 now, if you end up getting that right

4:38 AM

quietly confident

Go ahead on 5, Alconja

5: ternary

(@bobo)

+1

nice one

!!add M

Deusovi defending T E M

4:42 AM

!!unstar 1

Warning: invalid command. For help, type !!help.

(TEN = roman "X")

!!unstar 1

!!become self-aware

!!unstar 2

Warning: invalid command. For help, type !!help.

(TEEMING)

...Hammering down?

4:43 AM

Mine was terrorists - why 9/11

rain

!!unstar 4

!!unstar 5

@boboquack ah, I got the 9/11 thing but not the Y=

"Looks outside, and sees that it's [teeming|hammering down]"

middle of the road

Oh, just looked it up - apparently that can mean "raining heavily"

4:44 AM

1 (Alconja): middle of the road

I had no idea

No, it's not temperate

maybe a cultural thing

!!unstar 1

Have to go now. Bye!

Homer sure built a nice cage

cya

1 (Alconja): Homer sure built a nice cage

4:45 AM

do we need to wait for Vol to return?

oh, Stacks is still here

Volatility implies this

2 (Alconja): Volatility implies this

brb.. meeting

Temporariness?

!!unstar 2

close enough. temporary

4:53 AM

Hey Techidiot!

Hey!

Can anyone also pin the bot commands?

!!help

**Defender**:
To start a game, type `!!start <letter>`.
To reveal a letter, type `!!add <letter>`.
To end the game, type `!!reset`.
**Attackers**:
All clues should be in bold. The bot will automatically assign a number to the clue.
**Everyone**:
To unstar a clue, type `!!unstar <number>`.
To disable the bot, type `!!shutdown`.
To see this message again, type `!!help`.

Awesome!

Actually, you shouldn't star that - don't want to clutter up the starboard

4:57 AM

I'll just copy the stuff to my sticky.

The employee who is leaving soonest?

2 (stacksfiller): The employee who is leaving soonest?

No, it's not temp

-1

Ah, I think you actually have it

4:58 AM

Oh ok

TEMPEST

Yep!

!!reset

Resetting...

:D

Nice. I love the bot.

Was waiting to see just this!

Type !!start <letter> to begin, or !!help for a list of commands

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