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Gareth McCaughan

00:23

anyone still here and interested in a game?

Deusovi

Sure!

Silenus

I am interested in sporadically contributing.

Deusovi

@Alconja

@Rubio

Alconja

reporting for duty

1: the word that the defender is thinking of

Gareth McCaughan

I think that might be difficult to get contacts on.

It's not obvious that we have a quorum so far.

Deusovi

00:30

We have at least 3.

But it's probably best to wait for more.

Gareth McCaughan

let's see, who else was here recently? @Sconibulus @xnor @ffao @JonathanAllan @boboquack @WesleySitu any interest in a game of Contact?

Jonathan Allan

I'm here-ish :p

ffao

also here-ish, mostly -ish

Gareth McCaughan

this is beginning to sound somewhat quorate. Who's going to defend?

Deusovi

"Quorate"? That's a new one to me.

Gareth McCaughan

00:33

quorate, adj., sufficient in number to constitute a quorum.

ffao

sounds like a useful word

Alconja

seems like deus and gareth are the only two 100% here, so one of you guys should defend

Gareth McCaughan

I'm not more than 75% here :-) but happy either to defend or to attack

Deusovi

Nor am I.

Gareth McCaughan

well, I guess I won the last one. So I'll defend.

Gareth defending: T

Deusovi

00:41

(currently thinking of a clue)

Silenus

1: Type of missile recently launched.

ffao

3: Desirable quality in a girl, for an otaku

Deusovi

@ffao ...Should I be ashamed to contact this?

Alconja

4: chasing the moon

ffao

I'm not ashamed to post it! :P

Alconja

00:42

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

ok, this is going to be a short game. I don't think I have any idea about any of these. I should probably know #1, I'm not sufficiently into SE inside baseball to have a clue about #2, know nothing to speak of about Japanese culture, and am currently entirely baffled by 4.

ffao

contacting 1

Deusovi

...Inside baseball?

Gareth McCaughan

aargh I have no brain. OK, I'll pass on 1.

ffao

1: tomahawk

Silenus

00:45

Yes

Gareth McCaughan

ah yes

Gareth defending: T A

Deusovi

If I'm correct, 3 dies

ffao

3 dies, was two-dimensionality

Gareth McCaughan

oh!

Deusovi

oh, I was gonna say TSUNDERE

Gareth McCaughan

00:46

I suppose I could in principle have guessed that

Alconja

4 is dead => TIDE

Gareth McCaughan

I wondered about TSUNDERE but it doesn't quite fit the clue

n_palum

6: Gluten Free Starch

Also Hi for the short time I pop in xD

Gareth McCaughan

but @Alconja the tides don't chase the moon, they chase the gradient of its gravitational field. That's why you get both spring and neap tides.

hi @n_palum

Silenus

7: Weird salt gets one guy an amulet

Deusovi

00:47

10: Grader crossing

Alconja

@GarethMcCaughan :P

Deusovi

@Silenus Contact

Jonathan Allan

6 contact

Silenus

@Deusovi Hesitant contact

Gareth McCaughan

@Silenus TALISMAN

Silenus

00:48

Yes

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum your starch is probably TAPIOCA

n_palum

Correct

Jonathan Allan

what I had too

Gareth McCaughan

@Deusovi I don't suppose your #10 is TALLY?

Deusovi

Nope

Gareth McCaughan

00:50

well, let's see what @Silenus thinks. Pass on 10.

Silenus

I saw "grader" and thought TEACHING ASSISTANT. Not sure how "crossing" fits in.

Deusovi

gah, no

you were on the right track

Jonathan Allan

Deusovi

TA + XING --> TAXING

Gareth McCaughan

aha, my strategic move worked :-)

n_palum

00:51

Almost haha

1: Palpable

That's the word

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum your 1 is probably TANGIBLE

n_palum

Yeah

Silenus

11: Adulterate a perineum

Jonathan Allan

would be a sneaky method to choose TA and have everyone trying to get that 3rd letter without choosing the word Ta itself :p

Gareth McCaughan

@Silenus 11 is TAINT, you naughty person you

Silenus

00:52

Yes

n_palum

haha

Gareth McCaughan

@JonathanAllan We have had very similar things in the past.

n_palum

2: Classifications

Silenus

@n_palum contact

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum TAXONOMIES

n_palum

00:53

Yes

Deusovi

@JonathanAllan But then he'd only have room for two mistakes.

Jonathan Allan

two mistakes?

Deusovi

when two clues were successfully contacted, it'd be game over

Jonathan Allan

more rules?

Deusovi

because he can't reveal another letter

Jonathan Allan

00:53

Deusovi

*one mistake, actually

Jonathan Allan

true that

Gareth McCaughan

@Deusovi surely two is right

Deusovi

room for one mistake

Jonathan Allan

two total

Deusovi

00:54

two mistakes would mean game over

Gareth McCaughan

oh, I see

n_palum

4: Sticky strips attempt being fabric (8)

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum TAPESTRY

n_palum

Yeah..

Is that legitimate (albeit easy)

Deusovi

I don't think any cryptics are gonna get past Gareth.

n_palum

00:55

Eh may as well practice anyway when I think of them

Deusovi

(although that is a nice clue, and "being" is a perfect connector there)

n_palum

Yay!

Gareth McCaughan

Plenty of CCCCs have stood for days despite my presence in TSL.

n_palum

~^.^~

Jonathan Allan

2 contact

Silenus

00:55

12: They take the brunt of it in MMORPGs.

n_palum

Night = made

Deusovi

Contact 12

Gareth McCaughan

I wonder whether "attempt to be" would be a tiny bit better than "attempt being"

n_palum

^ ditto

Wasn't sure if that counted for having two words

Deusovi

Hm, maybe. Still though, it's pretty good, especially for an on-the-spot clue

Gareth McCaughan

00:56

uh-oh. I have never played any MMORPGs. I have a hazy recollection that some characters are described as TANKS, though; might that be it?

@Deusovi oh yes, I agree. It's a nice one.

Silenus

TANKS is correct.

Gareth McCaughan

phew

Deusovi

yep, "tank" means "the guy in the team who sits in front and takes a ton of damage to protect the other people"

Jonathan Allan

Well I had to Google MMORPG so...

Gareth McCaughan

@JonathanAllan yeah, but I'm not allowed to look things up.

Deusovi

00:57

neither are we

Gareth McCaughan

indeed

Jonathan Allan

I'm just saying - this is after your comment

Gareth McCaughan

but I was too polite to say :-)

Deusovi

4: "Don't ___ me" meme

ffao

contact 4

Gareth McCaughan

00:59

uh-oh again. I don't really knowmymeme.com very well. There was a "don't tase me, bro" thing once, wasn't there? Is it TASE?

Deusovi

yep, that's it

Gareth McCaughan

<face-with-drop-of-sweat emoji>

Jonathan Allan

Gareth - you're doing far better than I would :p

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