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Gareth McCaughan

23:05

I'm here again, at least for a bit.

boboquack

Hello!

Gareth McCaughan

quack

boboquack

Will you be here for the event?

Gareth McCaughan

maybe

it's at 1am my local time and I don't want to be up tooooo late

n_palum

Lol

So you're not quite England I take it

Gareth McCaughan

23:11

I am in England. We have daylight-saving time active right now.

n_palum

So you still haven't set your clocks back an hour?

Gareth McCaughan

Our clocks went forward an hour a couple of weeks ago. They don't go back until some time in September or October.

n_palum

Ah yeah my bad.. I mean isn't that everywhere?

England time confuses me.. like is UTC yours at 4 hours ahead or is GMT at 5 hours ahead? (of EST)

Gareth McCaughan

pretty much everywhere, yes.

We are UTC in the winter and one hour out from UTC in the summer.

n_palum

Hmm

boboquack

23:15

@GarethMcCaughan Aus' clocks in DST-using parts just went back last Sunday

Gareth McCaughan

ours changed on 2017-03-26

boboquack

Ah, Sunday week past.

I'll be AFK for a while, but back around the next quarter-hour for (almost) sure

boboquack

23:31

Back! Hi @HelkaHomba!

Helka Homba

Rand al'Thor

23:46

Well, it's been a while.

boboquack

Hi @Rand! Does this time suit you better?

Rand al'Thor

Hello all.

n_palum

boboquack

@Randal'Thor Do those words come from some movie? Sounds like it!

Rand al'Thor

@boboquack I've been improving my sleeping time recently, so I'm not going to be here too much longer. But if we're starting nowish, I may stay for one game at least.

@boboquack Probably too generic a phrase to pin down to a single source :-P

boboquack

23:48

@Randal'Thor Aww... @Helka Homba or @n_palum, do you want to defend?

n_palum

Mmm If I am going to defend it'd only be this first round

boboquack

@n_palum Why not start now, then?

n_palum

Okay one sec

I'll think of a word

Rand al'Thor

(let's hope I can still remember how to play)

Helka Homba

@boboquack No, but I can attack in and out

boboquack

23:51

@Rubio! We're starting!

Rubio

Thanks

n_palum

Defending: F

boboquack

And @MistahFiggins, @GarethMcCaughan, @Alconja, @Alt-F4, @dcfyj, @Deusovi, @paramesis, if any of you are actually around

Rand al'Thor

MULTIPING!

Gareth McCaughan

I'm here

Mistah Figgins

23:53

I'll look in every once in a while, I don't have a lot of time

maybe clue some

boboquack

Digit in any base

Deusovi

Contact

Gareth McCaughan

contact @boboquack digit

n_palum

Finger?

boboquack

Gareth McCaughan

23:54

opposite of festal

Rubio

1: I'm thinking of a word that starts with F and ends with UCK

n_palum

If possible can we refrain from the +/- 1 as a response

Deusovi

boboquack

@Rubio Contact! :D

Rand al'Thor

Copy, or message

Gareth McCaughan

23:54

I agree with n_palum. Explicit is better than implicit

Rand al'Thor

@n_palum Why?

Helka Homba

@Rubio contact

n_palum

Not your word Rubio

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Randal'Thor copy/message

Mistah Figgins

Helka Homba

23:54

@Randal'Thor contact

Gareth McCaughan

contact @MistahFiggins ma

n_palum

Mmm.. Not FUNERAL

Helka Homba

@MistahFiggins contach

boboquack

Star as much as you can! We've got 6 minutes until it reloads!

Rubio

@n_palum If your word has 4 letters, it's not my word.

boboquack

23:55

@MistahFiggins Contact

Rand al'Thor

@boboquack stars every message in the room

n_palum

Then nvm Rubio - just clarifying lol

not FIRETRUCK

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum FUNERAL is not the word I have in mind

n_palum

oh really? Hm

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio contact

boboquack

23:56

Can we try to prefix clues with a number? It makes contacting and answer a lot easier (not a clue)

Rubio

1: Firetruck was it

Rand al'Thor

@n_palum Can you ping the people whose words you're guessing?

Gareth McCaughan

3 fancy free

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio I was gonna say that :(

Rubio

and yes, please - everyone prefix #: ...

n_palum

23:56

Surely

Rubio

include the colon, so multi-starred things don't get confusing either

n_palum

@Randal'Thor not FACSIMILE

boboquack

2: Alphabetical number

Gareth McCaughan

aargh so many rules

Rand al'Thor

@n_palum +1

Deusovi

23:57

@boboquack contact

n_palum

@boboquack not FOUR, FOURTY, FOURTEEN or any of those

or FIVE, FIFTEEN etc

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum I believe bobo's is not in fact quite any of those

contact @boboquack

Rubio

1: Battlestar Galactica's version of the word n_palum thought I meant

Gareth McCaughan

and he has a very specific answer in mind

Deusovi

Rand al'Thor

23:58

@boboquack Contact

Rubio

I'll contact bobo also

n_palum

Any contacts on festal?

Rand al'Thor

@Rubio Is Googling allowed? :-P

Gareth McCaughan

not so far

Rubio

No.

boboquack

23:58

@n_palum None of those

Deusovi

@Randal'Thor Nope

Mistah Figgins

can someone edit the ones that don't have numbers yet - they are too old to not be done by those in power

n_palum

I'll pass on 'ma'

boboquack

What happens with edit conflicts between blues?

Rand al'Thor

Well, if @Rubio has opened the door to cultural references ...

boboquack

23:58

Force

Deusovi

Contact "ma"

Mistah Figgins

@boboquack yes

n_palum

Oh balls

Rand al'Thor

Fillet of a ... snake

n_palum

Fair

Mistah Figgins

23:59

Force = mass times acceleration

n_palum

Defending: F U

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Randal'Thor fillet

n_palum

Yeah yeah

Rand al'Thor

@MistahFiggins Ha, nice one!

Gareth McCaughan

except that one is dead

fancy free is dead (it was FOOTLOOSE)

n_palum

23:59

Any busts?

Rubio

(To be fair, if you've established the defender has no idea about the cultural niche you're exploiting, you can't keep [ab]using it)

Gareth McCaughan

opposite of festal is dead (it was FERIAL)

boboquack

Mine is obviously busted

Rubio

Mine is busted

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