Contact

Sconibulus

20:00

10: Israel

Sid

yes sir

Silenus

4: cannot be done

Sconibulus

4: Impossible

Silenus

Yes

Rubio

1: Blood of the gods

Silenus

20:01

contact 1

2: To bury most of a trainee (5)

Rubio

3: Medical-speak for "we don't know why"

Sconibulus

1: Ichor

Rubio

contact 2

1: ✔

Sconibulus

2: Inter

Beastly Gerbil

1: Devil... um... male tree man is temporary (11)

Silenus

20:03

Yes

@BeastlyGerbil contact 1

Rubio

contact 1

Sid

contact 1

Sconibulus

1: impermanent?

Beastly Gerbil

yes

Sconibulus

3: inconclusive?

Rubio

20:05

3 - no

1: Well-chilled

Sconibulus

1: Icy

Rubio

1: ✔

2: Like kudzu

Business Cat

4: Good cop, bad cop

Rubio

not very confident contact on 4

Silenus

5: class

Sconibulus

20:07

2: Invasive

4: Interrogation?

Business Cat

4 yes

Rubio

2: ✔

1: You're born with it

Business Cat

6: No one expects it

contact 1

Beastly Gerbil

8: Eye flower

Sconibulus

5: Instance?

Sid

20:08

contact 1

Business Cat

contact 8

Sconibulus

1: Intrinsic

6: Spanish Inquisition

8: Iris

Beastly Gerbil

yes

Business Cat

6 Yep

Rubio

1 is not intrinsic

Sconibulus

20:09

1: inborn?

Silenus

INSTANCE is wrong for 5.

Rubio

nyet

Business Cat

very shaky contact 5

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 though there are a few words it could be

Sconibulus

pass 1

Gareth McCaughan

20:10

I think maybe INNATE

Rubio

1: INNATE ✔

Sconibulus

ahh

Business Cat

Oh. I was thinking INSTINCT

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: I D

Silenus

5 is dead (was ILK)

Gareth McCaughan

20:11

I was also thinking INSTINCT so I'm glad I chose to go with INNATE instead :-)

Beastly Gerbil

6: Tech

Sconibulus

6: Idiot

Gareth McCaughan

@Silenus strictly "ilk" means not "type" or "nature" but "name".

Rubio

it more or less means that at its component level :)

Beastly Gerbil

yep

Rubio

20:11

3 lives

Gareth McCaughan

contact 3 @Rubio

Rubio

1: Fraud, kind of

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 @Rubio

Sconibulus

1: Identity Theft

Rubio

1: ✔

Gareth McCaughan

20:12

2. Freud, kind of

(that's a terrible definition but I couldn't resist)

Sconibulus

3: Ideosyncratic?

Rubio

contact 2, but lol

3 - no

Sconibulus

2: Id

Gareth McCaughan

yup

Sconibulus

pass 3

Gareth McCaughan

20:13

I think 3 is IDIOPATHIC

Rubio

3: IDIOPATHIC ✔

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: I D O

Gareth McCaughan

glossing it as "we don't know why" is just a little uncharitable :-)

Rubio

hehe

Gareth McCaughan

1. Fetish

Beastly Gerbil

20:14

2: Look up to

Business Cat

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

4. Opera

Rubio

it's not quite a direct quote from (Dr.) House, but it's not far off

contact 2

Sconibulus

1: Idol and Idolize

Gareth McCaughan

contact 2 @BeastlyGerbil

yup, my 1 was IDOL

Beastly Gerbil

20:15

yep same

Rubio

1: Heretical worship, maybe

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 @Rubio

Sconibulus

pass 1

Rubio

heh

Gareth McCaughan

idolatry

Rubio

20:16

✔✔

Gareth McCaughan

I did wonder about cluing that befORE IDOL

oops, shift key shift problem there

Sconibulus

I was debating whether to give that to Idol, after I guessed :)

Gareth McCaughan

well done @Rubio

Sconibulus

Rubio saved me from my strife

Gareth McCaughan

4 was IDOMENEO

Rubio

20:17

I had the same hesitation before bothering to clue it

Gareth McCaughan

I think it's by Mozart but I'm hopeless on operas

Rubio

figured best to be safe

Rubio defending: C

Gareth McCaughan

1. Stoner

Sid

4. It's a gene

Beastly Gerbil

contact 4

Sconibulus

20:18

contact 1

Gareth McCaughan

2. Famously rich guy

Sconibulus

contact 2

Rubio

hang on my browser went nuts and i can't see what i am typing

or what you are for that matter

Gareth McCaughan

I have no idea what I am

Beastly Gerbil

7: Capture a feline with the head of a rodent (5)

Rubio

20:20

brb

Sid

contact 7

Gareth McCaughan

can someone star my 1 and 2?

Rubio

ok yay I can see again!

Gareth McCaughan

w00

Rubio

1: it's not a CRACK-HEAD ?

Sconibulus

20:23

5: Note: Stirred up oil is History's inspiration (4)

Rubio

4: It's not CHROMOSOME ?

Gareth McCaughan

1 is not CRACK-HEAD nor anything to do with crack

Rubio

7: It's not CATCH ?

Sid

No, it's not.

Gareth McCaughan

(good, because a chromosome is not a gene)

Rubio

20:23

(yeah)

Gareth McCaughan

contact 5 @Sconibulus

Sid

My teacher will burn me if I make that mistake anywhere. So...

Rubio

5: It's not CLIO

Sconibulus

5: yep

Rubio

hm. I shall PASS on 1.

Sconibulus

20:25

1: Catapault (heh)

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus I believe you contacted 1

ah, clever answer, but unfortunately I was thinking of a different clever answer, the COCKATRICE that supposedly has the power to turn you to stone.

Beastly Gerbil

7 is catch yes

Sconibulus

damn

Gareth McCaughan

never mind, these things happen

Rubio

Very well - I shall PASS on 4 then

Gareth McCaughan

20:26

and in fact I think the idea that they specifically turn you to stone rather than just killing you may be an invention of Nethack :-)

who contacted 4?

Rubio

@BeastlyGerbil

Sconibulus

I need to play Nethack again, it's been a while

Gareth McCaughan

no! it'll eat all your spare time and you'll have no time for winning at Contact

Sconibulus

Why not both?

Nethack only takes a small piece of your viewing window, is turn based, and requires you to think about your next move frequently

Rubio

2: It's not Andrew CARNEGIE ?

Gareth McCaughan

20:28

@Rubio no, 2 is not Carnegie

@BeastlyGerbil we need your guess at Sid's 4...

Rubio

2: It's not CAESAR ? (heh)

Gareth McCaughan

no, 2 is also not Caesar

Beastly Gerbil

@GarethMcCaughan i didn't contact

Rubio

2: it's not sCrooge mC duCk. buahhaa

Gareth McCaughan

hmm, then did anyone?

Rubio

20:30

11 mins ago, by Beastly Gerbil

contact 4

I wonder what that was for then :)

Beastly Gerbil

Oh crap i did. I thought it said 'game' and the answer was CONTACT :/

Rubio

oh. hah

actually

4: It's not Gene L. Coon, is it?

Sid

No.

Rubio

damn. that would have been clever

Sid

And my mock test is over. That effectively translates to "I need to go to sleep".

Rubio

20:31

I shall PASS on 2 then

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus I think you contacted 2

Sconibulus

2: Croeses/Creosote

Sid

So, the answer was "cry"-A gene found in a bacterium.

Gareth McCaughan

You have to pick one

Sid

Have a good day folks.

Rubio

20:32

cya Sid

Sconibulus

aren't they the same guy?

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid Fair enough but aren't there zillions of genes with names beginning C?

Sconibulus

I'll go with the left one

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus good choice! Croesus it was.

@Sconibulus I think Creosote is a Pratchettism based on Croesus.

Rubio

*mutter*

Rubio defending: C A

Sconibulus

20:33

@GarethMcCaughan Eh, they both run the vault in Nethack :)

Gareth McCaughan

teehee

1. Explosive era

2. All have won, and all must have prizes!

Sconibulus

3: Fights Tiamet

Rubio

1: It's not CAMBRIAN

Tiamat?

Gareth McCaughan

1 was indeed CAMBRIAN

I suspect Tiamat and Tiamet are alternate spellings

Rubio

(also, explosive - well played. *hat-tip*)

Gareth McCaughan

20:36

@Rubio thank you, sir

Rubio

2: It's not CARNIVAL ?

Gareth McCaughan

@Rubio no, 2 is not CARNIVAL

Rubio

or CARNIE

Sconibulus

Wait, this is probably unfair, based on the last couple

Gareth McCaughan

nor CARNIE nor anything etymologically related to carnivals

Sconibulus

20:36

Another nethack thing

Gareth McCaughan

yeah, I think we should avoid further nethackery

Rubio

oh. Yes, let me just state definitively that I have in fact never played Nethack

Gareth McCaughan

also, I have no recollection of the answer either in Nethack or in Babylonian myth

or, er, Sumerian or Akkadian or whatever it is

Sconibulus

Caveman quest nemesi

Rubio

I only knew of Tiamat from d&d hehe

Gareth McCaughan

20:37

if someone wants to star my 2, that might not be a bad idea

@Sconibulus ah! I have never played as a caveman

Mithrandir

@BeastlyGerbil I still haven't figured out how to play. I'm probably just being thick, but I still haven't figured it out.

Gareth McCaughan

@Mithrandir The rules are just over there on the right...

Sconibulus

Stepping away for a bit

Gareth McCaughan

we may be getting short of players at this point...

ffao

I'm finally free from the alarm investigation

Rubio

20:39

seems that way

Gareth McCaughan

3. Bark

ffao

... which is a bit irrelevant given that I'll never get a gareth clue

Mithrandir

@GarethMcCaughan I know. Every time I read them my head goes fuzzy. I'm also sleep deprived :/

ffao

1: Carrot nutrient

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 @ffao

Rubio

20:40

1: It's not (Beta) CAROTENE

ffao

1: yes

Rubio

3: It's not CALL (OUT) ?

Gareth McCaughan

see, @ffao, the trouble with clues that aren't unreasonably difficult is that Rubio tends to get them.

@Rubio 3 is not CALL or CALL OUT or anything similar

Rubio

@GarethMcCaughan There may be some truth in this

Gareth McCaughan

also, the trouble with clues that are unreasonably difficult is that Rubio tends to get them.

Rubio

20:41

lol

ok so more literal. 3: It's not CAMBRIUM or CAMBIUM or whatever that word is. been too long

Mithrandir

in The Sphinx's Lair, 2 days ago, by Ankoganit

Does Rubio count as a normal human being?

Gareth McCaughan

3 was indeed CAMBIUM, well done

ffao

... cambium?

Rubio

normal is boring.

Gareth McCaughan

fancy biological term for the bark of a tree

Rubio

20:43

it's, literally, bark. yeah

Gareth McCaughan

4. Neither holy, Roman, nor an empire

ffao

1: Animals not found in Vancouver's Beaver Lake

Gareth McCaughan

@ffao on the face of it that would be pretty much any animal whose name begins with CA.

Rubio

VTC 1 as too broad

but for kicks, let's try

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 @ffao with about a 5% chance of having guessed at the sort of thing you have in mind

Rubio

20:44

1: It's not CARP

Business Cat

I bet there's no camels there

ffao

but it has to be difficult, Gareth! :P

1: no

Rubio

1: It's not CATFISH either

Gareth McCaughan

@BusinessCat what, you're not familiar with the North American Freshwater Camel?

Rubio

1: nor is it CAMELS, nor CATS, business or otherwise

ffao

20:45

1: also no

Gareth McCaughan

thought to be the common ancestor of the sea toad and the desert shark

Rubio

Hey now, don't joke about land sharks.

Business Cat

It's true, I do not live in that lake

ffao

duh

contact 4

Rubio

4 seems like it should point clearly at something, but at what I can't grasp. I'll state it's neither CANAAN, CANADA, nor the CATHOLIC CHURCH. (that last one for comedic effect, but hey!)

Gareth McCaughan

20:48

4. None of those.

3. Waiting for John Frum

Rubio

PASS on 4, whatcha got @ffao

Gareth McCaughan

(I hope I remembered that name right)

ffao

I was actually going to guess catholic lol

Rubio

lol

Gareth McCaughan

oh well

Rubio

20:50

the pass is null then, the clue stands

Gareth McCaughan

ah, I was going to give it up, but if you're happy for it to stand then so am I

Rubio

ok what the hell. I'll pass on 1

ffao

if you take it at face value, there are a bunch of things neither holy, roman or empires

that's even broader than 1

Gareth McCaughan

however, I have to disappear for about ten minutes in the name of Democracy (we have local elections where I am today and voting closes very shortly). I'll say what I think 1 is and then vanish briefly.

I will be very surprised if this is the right answer, but I wonder whether 1 might be the CAELOCANTH. Having written this I am stricken with the thought that it might be COELO rather than CAELO in which case it's even less likely to be right.

ffao

we probably won't have enough players to continue then, so I guess we'll need to adjourn this game

Gareth McCaughan

20:53

and in fact it's COELACANTH so I'm even wronger than I thought

ffao

I was going for CASTOR, the genus name of beavers

(which there are none in beaver lake)

Gareth McCaughan

ah!

Rubio

oh. heh

Gareth McCaughan

I did wonder about that but didn't attempt it becaues I couldn't remember the Latin name for beavers

Rubio

I suspected that's what it would be, but had no idea what the genus for beaver is

Gareth McCaughan

20:53

anyway, away for 10 minutes. Might only be 5.

Rubio

and i'm going to use the pause here to also AFK briefly

n_palum

I am back around ish if this resumes

ffao

we should probably wait for gareth so we can attack with 3

n_palum

Mhm

Rubio

well - Gareth has 3 up on the board already - some new stuff from someone else might be nice too

Transcript for