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boboquack
11:00 PM
I wonder whether Rubio will be on soon...
humn
frothing
boboquack
@humn Rabid
humn
yup
boboquack
Sorry! :P
humn
why sorry? i still get to play , or is this like Monopoly where ....
boboquack
11:01 PM
For shooting it down so quickly
You're bankrupt (JK)
humn
even in chess I'd rather lose with a flurry than after waiting a lot
Deusovi
Red circle
boboquack
Round?
Deusovi
Nope
humn
Are your two clues for the same word, D?
Deusovi
11:04 PM
No
They
could
be, but they aren't in this case
humn
silly
(serious clue, though)
Deusovi
Contact
boboquack
Ridiculous
humn
nope... think i'm starting to catch on
Deusovi
...never mind
boboquack
11:05 PM
@humn Good!
Jonathan Allan
"...never mind" = "not contact"?
boboquack
At least it's not like 'the game with no rules'
Deusovi
yeah
humn
should
silly
be on the board? thanks
boboquack
So @humn, can you think of any of Deus' clues' answers?
humn
11:08 PM
working on it... liked your "red" for Russian
(hope to get better at roundabout clues, mine is just a synonym)
boboquack
wolframalpha.com/input/?i=why+are+firetrucks+red
humn
perhaps most popular Yes song
-- google agrees -- go ahead and cheat
boboquack
Not Adele?
:P
humn
that would've been a better clue.
boboquack
I'm terrible at non-classical music
humn
11:13 PM
@Deusovi , rondeau? (classical enough for you, boboquack?)
Deusovi
Nope
boboquack
@humn You should say contact, until I give up
humn
(never mind)
Deusovi
(if you think you have the solution)
Jonathan Allan
this is pretty confusing :p
Deusovi
11:15 PM
Oh hey, it's Rand!
Rand al'Thor
'Allo!
Jonathan Allan
hi
humn
al'Thor
? (silly attack on boboquack's
R
word)
Deusovi
Contact :P
Rand al'Thor
I probably haven't got time right now to engage properly in this, but I may lurk and drop a bold clue occasionally.
boboquack
11:17 PM
@humn rand
Rand al'Thor
@humn No contact at all. I have
zero
idea what you mean.
humn
lucky guess
Rand al'Thor
;-)
humn
some kind of access, uh i forgot
Rand al'Thor
Contact?
humn
11:19 PM
(does that mean you know my word? or boboquack's?)
Deusovi
(yours)
humn
so i say it?
Deusovi
No, not yet
boboquack
Not yet!
Rand al'Thor
@humn No!
First we wait to see if bobo can guess it.
Deusovi
11:19 PM
Give Boboquack chances to guess. When they give up, Rand says it
Rand al'Thor
If not, a contacter is allowed to have a go.
Deusovi
if he's wrong, nothing happens
if he's right, Boboquack has to give up another letter
Rand al'Thor
If the contacter gets it right, bobo gives us another letter.
boboquack
:D All the ninjas
humn
thanks, now i see what happened when you said "contact," Deusovi
Rand al'Thor
11:20 PM
@Deusovi Nice interweaving there ;-)
Can ninjas weave?
boboquack
@Randal'Thor How else do they make black fabric?
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack They buy it from the Dread Pirate Roberts.
boboquack
Ratchet? (humn)
humn
no(pe)
......
boboquack
Not yet, I haven't given up :P
OK, I give up now
@Rand?
Rand al'Thor
11:23 PM
Well, I'm not very confident about my guess.
Anyone else have a contact?
Deusovi
Nope
Rand al'Thor
@humn Random?
humn
touche! (on your part)
boboquack
Boboquack defending
RE
Jonathan Allan
random was what?
Deusovi
11:24 PM
and that's what happens when you successfully make contact
Jonathan Allan
"silly"??
Rand al'Thor
5 mins ago
, by
humn
some kind of access, uh i forgot
humn
random access memory
Deusovi
the answer to Humn's "some kind of access" clue
Rand al'Thor
@humn Random Access Neural Interface was what I was thinking of.
Jonathan Allan
11:25 PM
LOL I'm too slow for this
Rand al'Thor
And the obscurity of that reference was what made me doubt my guess.
Deusovi
Alright, my "Russian" clue is gone - it was "Roulette"
the other one still stands
boboquack
Oh.
humn
good one, D
Jonathan, just make up easy clues!
boboquack
@D recycle?
Jonathan Allan
11:25 PM
so "Red circle" answer starts with re?
Deusovi
Yes, it does
Rand al'Thor
@Deusovi Oh dear, I hope you haven't found a new pastime for when puzzling gets too boring.
Deusovi
and no, it's not recycle
Jonathan Allan
I wouldn't guess it was
:/
boboquack
@Deusovi Flags for self-harm
Rand al'Thor
11:26 PM
@JonathanAllan Maybe it's ... red circle.
:-P
Deusovi
@Randal'Thor Don't worry, puzzling could never get boring for me. (Also, no, I would never even consider it)
Jonathan Allan
is that some symbol in the US?
humn
Any room owners here (knowing the answer)? Please delete
perhaps most popular Yes song
-- whew thanks!
boboquack
@JonathanAllan I'm AUS, so I don't have any advantage on the UK...
humn
Red circle in these quarters is a Target store
boboquack
11:27 PM
@humn What was the answer?
humn
Roundabout
boboquack
Red circle is a stop light for me
Or brakes
Jonathan Allan
well I think I know silly
oh no
I cant spell
LOL
Rand al'Thor
@JonathanAllan Oh hey, I took a closer look at your avatar and realised it's not just a mushroom!
humn
what value of
R
were you using, Jonathan?
Rand al'Thor
11:28 PM
So many SE users with mushroom avatars.
boboquack
I thought it was a bag of chips until I looked up where he was from and saw it too.
@Randal'Thor Well, it's not
just
a mushroom.
Jonathan Allan
there is a guy holding it and he is melting into the universe (was achieved with deepdreamgenerator)
boboquack
More clues for me? Please?
humn
again?
boboquack
@humn Recurrence?
Recur
Rand al'Thor
11:30 PM
Change of direction
(contacted by humn, Deusovi)
boboquack
@Randal'Thor Reverse
humn
@boboquack neither
Deusovi
Sight, sight
Rand al'Thor
@humn Possible contact (but maybe too broad)
humn
@Deusovi contact
Rand al'Thor
11:30 PM
@boboquack Nope.
boboquack
@Deusovi Resight
Deusovi
Nope
boboquack
@Randal'Thor Reversal?
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack -1
@Deusovi contact
boboquack
@Deusovi Revision
Deusovi
11:32 PM
yeah, that's it
boboquack
Yay!
Rand al'Thor
@Deusovi Aww. I was thinking recite.
boboquack
@humn Redo
Rand al'Thor
Nice one, though, either way.
humn
@boboquack not yet
Deusovi
11:33 PM
Green, for 4% of people
boboquack
@Deusovi Red
Deusovi
yeah
Rand al'Thor
:-D
Deusovi
(I was just gonna say "green" but worried that people wouldn't get it)
boboquack
The 4% gave it away for me
Rand al'Thor
11:33 PM
@Deusovi I would've.
But then it's kind of an inside joke.
boboquack
Green, perhaps
could've worked
Rand al'Thor
Someone who doesn't know you might not have.
boboquack
@humn Retry
humn
@boboquack , same to you, as in nope
Deusovi
Briefly show on air, once more
(contact by Rand)
boboquack
11:34 PM
@Deusovi Rescreen
Deusovi
nope
boboquack
@Deusovi Replay
Deusovi
also no
Rand al'Thor
@Deusovi Possible contact?
humn
(wrong game show)
boboquack
11:35 PM
!?
Rand al'Thor
NSFW
humn
:35514488 , funlovingnly naughty possible contact
boboquack
@Randal'Thor Rugby?
Deusovi
It's RE
boboquack
Oh yes
Rand al'Thor
11:36 PM
@boboquack Doesn't begin with RE.
boboquack
Just looks like a sports club
@humn How do you strikethrough in chat?
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack --- like this ---
Rand al'Thor
(without the spaces)
humn
oops,
RE
takes out
silly
boboquack
What's been contacted so far?
Rand al'Thor
11:37 PM
@humn Unstarred. What was it?
Deusovi
my "briefly..." clue, tentatively
Jonathan Allan
Oh hummmmmmn LOL
humn
risible
Jonathan Allan
was it ridiculous?
oh risible :p
humn
one my 2 $20000000 words..
RE
took out the other: rugulose
Rand al'Thor
11:38 PM
@Deusovi And humn's "again?".
humn
it's
RE
boboquack
I give up on
again
then
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack Sure?
boboquack
@Randal'Thor Yep
Rand al'Thor
@humn Repetition / repetitive.
humn
11:39 PM
nope/nope
Rand al'Thor
Darn.
humn
but you exemplified it!
Jonathan Allan
so why did again go?
Rand al'Thor
@humn What then?
@JonathanAllan Incorrect contact.
humn
redundant
boboquack
11:40 PM
@JonathanAllan Because I gave up and rand guessed wrong
Rand al'Thor
@humn Oh, huh.
Jonathan Allan
oh so I dont get a chance to contact if someone else does?
Deusovi
Only if you said "contact" before the defender gave up
Jonathan Allan
oh
Rand al'Thor
@JonathanAllan In the original face-to-face version of this game, contacting is done by both contacter and contactee speaking simultaneously.
So once contact has been made, whether right or wrong, the word is known.
Jonathan Allan
11:41 PM
I cant even keep track of all the guesses and what they are for
boboquack
NSFW - redirection?
Rand al'Thor
I think I have trouble judging the difficulty of clues. Mine are usually either too easy or nobody gets them.
@boboquack -1
Deusovi
Yep, that's the tough part of this game
boboquack
Or redirection for the first one.
(change of direction)
humn
contact on
Change of direction
boboquack
11:42 PM
reorientation @rand
for the first one
Deusovi
contact on Change
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack Nope.
boboquack
@Randal'Thor What about redirection for that one?
Reduction?
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack -1
Also, what do you think of my edit to note contacts? ------------->
Late edits can only be done by mods, which reduces its usability.
I think Deusovi and I have been the only blues in here?
boboquack
@Randal'Thor Yes, I think that's good
humn
11:45 PM
likely FAQ: should we all be owners so we can star/unstar our own clues?
Rand al'Thor
@humn Define "we all".
When someone becomes a 'regular' player, they can be made RO.
humn
I don't mind not being an owner if others don't mind starring/unstarring my clues
Rand al'Thor
But someone who's just dropped in here and not taken part so far ... meh, not much point ROing them.
humn
no problem
boboquack
@humn You can still help star other people's clues anyway
Or at least 20 of them
Rand al'Thor
11:47 PM
@boboquack Oh right, the starring limit!
I'd forgotten about that.
humn
safe so far
Rand al'Thor
Has anyone hit it in here yet?
boboquack
I give up on
Change
Rand al'Thor
(Also, does it still apply to mods?)
boboquack
Not me
Deusovi
11:47 PM
Yep
Alright, my guess for "change" was RETURN
boboquack
New stars in 13 minutes!
humn
Not sure I should make a clue
(yes this is a clue)
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack 12
@Deusovi -1
Deusovi
@humn Contact
Rand al'Thor
@humn, you had a contact for change?
boboquack
11:48 PM
@humn Reconsideration?
humn
not reconsideration
boboquack
Rethought
Rethink
Reclusive
humn
neither
is
Change of direction
ready for a guess?
Rand al'Thor
@humn Yes, bobo gave up.
humn
reroute?
Rand al'Thor
11:49 PM
Nope.
You were all in the wrong ballpark.
It was meant to be REFRACTION.
humn
right on!
Deusovi
why not reflection, though? That'd work too
humn
sure
Rand al'Thor
@Deusovi Yeah, maybe too broad. "Slight change of direction" might have been better.
humn
(not reclusive, boboquack)
Rand al'Thor
11:50 PM
Or even (s)light change of direction :-D
humn
good one
was
red circle
snagged?
Rand al'Thor
Are there any more contacts to note?
Deusovi
No, it wasn't snagged
Rand al'Thor
@humn, did you have one on NSFW or did you withdraw it?
boboquack
Give up on the air one
humn
11:51 PM
it wasn't
RE
after all... ribald
Deusovi
Rand, your guess for "briefly"?
Rand al'Thor
resists making joke related to humn's early withdrawal on NSFW
@Deusovi Reboot?
Deusovi
No D:
It was read
like re-ad
humn
yeah!
Rand al'Thor
How does that work?
Deusovi
11:53 PM
ad(vert(isement))
Rand al'Thor
Hmph.
humn
Back soon after walkies
boboquack
Return
@humn Recalcitrant
Rand al'Thor
New ideas going round
boboquack
NSFW-renegade?
Rand al'Thor
11:54 PM
@boboquack Nope.
boboquack
@Randal'Thor revisionism
Jonathan Allan
Condenser
humn
@boboquack , not recalcitrant
Rand al'Thor
@boboquack -1
Deusovi
Golf like Randall
boboquack
11:59 PM
Do any of you know any chord progressions to get from C# minor to E minor without going through E major? I'm a bit stuck with making a composition for a puzzle sound nice.
@Deusovi Not an XKCD-related joke? There's thousands of comics to go through!
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