Contact

(also, my board game club has several kids' games in it. we make them interesting by playing them in the same way - newcomers must learn the rules by screwing up)

n_palum

@GarethMcCaughan Do the cards have diamonds?

Rubio

10:12 PM

@Deusovi Hah, that would be a lot of fun actually

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum Standard playing cards. But perhaps I'm missing a joke.

thecoder16

my rules are something like "if the person two places before you played this suit, and the person before you played that color but not that suit, switch colors and play a number that is the sum of those two numbers mod 13"

Rubio

Or how about - "Ok, here's a game called SET. We're not going to tell you how it works. Just watch. ..."

thecoder16

that would actually make sense

Gareth McCaughan

@thecoder16 then either you play with very odd people or you make bad rules :-).

Jan Dvorak

10:12 PM

11: holey cube

Gareth McCaughan

contact 11 @JanDvorak

thecoder16

@GarethMcCaughan ah, it's just fun to watch people struggle :)

Gareth McCaughan

you need to learn the difference between challenge and sadism

thecoder16

ah, why not both :)

contact 4

Gareth McCaughan

could someone (1) star 1 and/or (2) make some other clues so I don't have to make them all? thx

thecoder16

10:14 PM

which i'm fairly certain of just because gareth clued it

Gareth McCaughan

I hope I'm not too predictable

well, actually in this particular context I hope I am too predictable

yeah

5. Muse

12: latitude

contact 12

10:15 PM

contact 12 @JanDvorak maybe

ffao

there are people on my desk again. I feel it will break soon at this rate

Gareth McCaughan

do you need a new desk?

thecoder16

uncontact 12 thinking of the wrong one

Gareth McCaughan

if so, invite some more people over

uncontact 12, so was I

Rubio

PASS on 4

thecoder16

10:16 PM

unless @JanDvorak you mixed them up?

MENUHIN

Gareth McCaughan

yes, 4 was Yehudi MENUHIN

Rubio

ohhhhkay then.

thecoder16

most of his life was in britain, so fairly certain

Gareth McCaughan

ah, I wondered why me in particular

Jan Dvorak

I don't think I did, but feel free to prove me wrong

thecoder16

10:16 PM

oh

Rubio

Rubio defending: M E N

1 lives

12 was meridian

Is it raining?

my contact on 11 lives

thecoder16

10:17 PM

@JanDvorak meridians are longitudes :)

Gareth McCaughan

2 dies; it was METRONOME (metro gnome)

11 lives

2 ew.

lol

2 ew :-D

Anyways, 11 lives, 12 dies

12: teacher

Gareth McCaughan

10:18 PM

contact 12 @JanDvorak

(I was just trying to think of a clever way of cluing that word)

Rubio

12 It's not MENTOR

Jan Dvorak

12 ✔

thecoder16

3. not exactly a zoo

Rubio

and I thought you had a go-to clue for that ;)

Gareth McCaughan

2. Concave in water, convex in mercury

Rubio

10:19 PM

3: It's not a MENAGERIE

3 ✔

contact 2

5. note

hm.

7. candles

10:20 PM

contact 5, maybe

Rubio

PASS on 2. I get to learn something today!

thecoder16

watch it be wordplay :P

@JanDvorak 2?

2 meniscus

yup

10:21 PM

really? I guess that makes sense, but I didn't know that

Gareth McCaughan

it probably depends on the surface

Rubio

Rubio defending: M E N D

Jan Dvorak

11 dies, was Menger sponge

Gareth McCaughan

1 dies; it was MENCIUS MOLDBUG (internet neoreactionary)

2. Dishonesty

thecoder16

5 dies, it was MENTION

7 dies, it was MENORAH (use the number!)

Jan Dvorak

10:22 PM

I meant to contact 7, actually

Rubio

never even looked at 7 tbh, I was already passing in my head ;)

thecoder16

7. money please!

Rubio

so we have different words but what the heck.

Jan Dvorak

just in case:

Rubio

PASS 2

Jan Dvorak

10:23 PM

11 REPAIR

ffao

2: mendacity

Gareth McCaughan

yup

Rubio

My word is MENDACIOUS.

thecoder16

no one contacted?

Gareth McCaughan

yeah, close enough, I agree with passing

@thecoder16 indeed, but if no one had got it I could have made a clue "The word MENDACITY" or whatever

thecoder16

10:24 PM

oh

Gareth McCaughan

I think I might be able to guess 11 :-)

thecoder16

lol

Rubio

I dunno, that seems pretty advanced

7 was mendicant presumably

Gareth McCaughan

genuinely not sure about 7, though

ah

ffao

I did mendacity once, I think Rubio gave 3 different clues and it still wasn't guessed

thecoder16

10:24 PM

7 indeed is

Gareth McCaughan

of course

now, although it's my turn and I've thought of a really great P that I'm sure no one will get, unfortunately I need to be AFK for 10 minutes or so, so someone else will have to defend next.

thecoder16

ah shame

Rubio

I can do a lightning round if you guys like, until Gareth returns

thecoder16

how about ffao

Jan Dvorak

I can defend; it'll be quick :P

ffao

10:27 PM

still in a meeting

Rubio

If you want, go for it Jan

Jan Dvorak

Jan Dvorak defends D

Rubio

1: Not very bright

1': Not very bright

Jan Dvorak

1 dim

Rubio

1: ✔

Jan Dvorak

10:28 PM

1' dumb

Rubio

1' ✔

2: Kritixi topic

anyone else playing? heh

Jan Dvorak

no clue about that one

Mike Q

3: Copy

Jan Dvorak

2 defense ?

3 duplicate

Mike Q

3 DUPLICATE ✔

Rubio

10:30 PM

3: Flooral invitation?

contact 2

2 is not DEFENSE

4. Lookalike

4 doppelganger

4 DOPPELGANGER ✔

10:31 PM

pass 2

ffao

2: dinosaur

Rubio

2: ✔

Jan Dvorak

...

Jan Dvorak defending D E

Rubio

3 dies, was DOORMAT

1: You

Jan Dvorak

nice clue

1 defender

Rubio

10:32 PM

1: ✔

ffao

3: "Suite of music, usually for a solo instrument"

Rubio

2: Hubble's area of insight?

2 deep field

2: ✔

3 definition???

10:33 PM

3: ✔

Rubio

1: Penalty, kind of

Jan Dvorak

1 deduction

Rubio

1 no

I might clue DEDUCTION with -1: Penalty, kind of ;)

Jan Dvorak

:)

Rubio

2: Large estate

ffao

10:36 PM

3: Safety measure might require a bigger hard drive

Jan Dvorak

3 defragmentation

ffao

3: no

Jan Dvorak

3 defender again, perhaps?

probably not

ffao

3: also no

Rubio

now you have me curious.

Jan Dvorak

10:38 PM

2 denmark?

Rubio

2 no

Gareth McCaughan

@ffao LMAO at earlier 3

contact 2 @Rubio

pass 2

DEMESNE

2: ✔

10:40 PM

yeah, I wasn't getting that

Rubio

hehe

Jan Dvorak

Never heard that

Jan Dvorak defending D E F

Gareth McCaughan

@JanDvorak incidentally, in case you didn't spot it, the point of ffao's 3 with answer DEFINITION was that it was a definition of ... PARTITA :-)

Rubio

1 dies, was DEATH

Jan Dvorak

oh

Rubio

10:41 PM

2: Toss out the window

contact 2 @Rubio

2 defenestrate

2: ✔

3 dies, was DECOMPRESSION

Gareth McCaughan

3. Deprive of virginity

Rubio

10:42 PM

1: You might pour sugar on them

Gareth McCaughan

2. Bursting into flames

Jan Dvorak

not sure about the spelling, but 3 deflorize?

Rubio

contact 3

Gareth McCaughan

not DEFLORIZE but you clearly have the right notion and I'll give it to you. The actual word is, rather boringly, DEFLOWER.

Jan Dvorak

thanks

Gareth McCaughan

10:43 PM

(note: by cluing the word I am not endorsing the rather silly notions underlying it)

Rubio

3: Warp

Gareth McCaughan

contact 3 @Rubio

Jan Dvorak

3 deflect?

3 deform

Rubio

3 no

3: DEFORM ✔

Gareth McCaughan

3. Lose by not turning up, as usual

Rubio

10:44 PM

4: Agent Orange mission

contact 3

nice ;)

Jan Dvorak

3 defeat

Gareth McCaughan

contact 4 @Rubio

3 is not DEFEAT

Jan Dvorak

pass 3

Rubio

3 - DEFAULT

Gareth McCaughan

yup

(double definition)

(sort of)

Jan Dvorak

10:46 PM

I get as usual = default, but not the first half

ffao

"lose by default" is an expression

Jan Dvorak

oh

Gareth McCaughan

if you are supposed to be playing a chess match or something and you don't turn up, you are said to have defaulted or lost by default

same idea as defaulting on a loan

Jan Dvorak

Jan Dvorak defending D E F I

Gareth McCaughan

2 was DEFLAGRATION and is dead

4 I assume is dead

Rubio

10:47 PM

1,4 die

4 gareth?

Gareth McCaughan

4 was DEFOLIATION but what was 1?

Rubio

1 was DEF LEPPARD. (youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4xwmZ6zi4)

Gareth McCaughan

oh

2. Stubbornness

Jan Dvorak

I've heard the song name but not who sang it

Rubio

3: TVTropes' ... moment of awesome

n_palum

10:48 PM

Contact 2

Rubio

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

Huh. I thought I knew what word went in that slot and it doesn't begin DEFI

Jan Dvorak

2 definiteness

Gareth McCaughan

2 is not DEFINITENESS

Jan Dvorak

2 defiance

Gareth McCaughan

10:48 PM

2 was DEFIANCE

Rubio

hm. it's possible I'm misremembering it entirely.

Jan Dvorak

3 definite?

ffao

I have the same thoughts as Gareth for 3

Jan Dvorak

3 defining?

Gareth McCaughan

1. Device for restarting a pump

ffao

10:50 PM

contact 1

Rubio

3 ✔ (right or wrong, that was my word)

Gareth McCaughan

(I thought the TVT term was "crowning moment of awesome")

Jan Dvorak

^

yep, crowning

pass 1

ffao

1: defibrillator

Jan Dvorak

direct hit

Rubio

10:50 PM

Ah. yeah that's probably it. I, um, try not to read there too much. Because any amount quickly becomes too much

Gareth McCaughan

yes, 1 was DEFIBRILLATOR (of course)

@Rubio oh yes indeed

so I suppose I have to defend now, if there are still enough interested attackers (numbers seem to have thinned a little)

Jan Dvorak

I'm interested

ffao

I'm still intermittent

Alconja

I'm newly intermittent

Rubio

ohai @Alconja

Alconja

10:52 PM

hey

n_palum

By pump do you meant heart?

Gareth McCaughan

of course!

Jan Dvorak

It was pretty obvious :-D

Rubio

I'd like to quibble -

a defibrillator does not restart a heart

Gareth McCaughan

no, but it's close enough for Contact.

Anything is close enough for Contact.

Rubio

10:54 PM

it actually stops it, so an abnormal rhythm gets corrected ;)

Gareth McCaughan

so we have a Jan, half an ffao, half an Alconja. @n_palum and @Rubio, are you up for a game?

Jan Dvorak

shutting down is the first step to restarting

Rubio

I'm sitting down, actually, but sure.

n_palum

I agree with the quibble

I am also sitting

Gareth McCaughan

sounds like enough people

Gareth defending: P

Rubio

10:55 PM

world+dog, as the expression goes?

Gareth McCaughan

for the avoidance of doubt, my earlier remark about a P was a joke, and this word is not in fact PARTITA

Jan Dvorak

11: bluish magenta

Rubio

1: "Suite of music, usually for a solo instrument"

Gareth McCaughan

@JanDvorak 11 might be PURPLE

@Rubio 1 is, alas, surely PARTITA

Jan Dvorak

11 ✔

Rubio

10:57 PM

2: You might need some after eating chilli

Mike Q

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

@Rubio in view of your clue in an earlier game I guess 2 is PINK STUFF.

Rubio

2: ✔

Jan Dvorak

11 moderate, v.

Rubio

2': 2's actual generic name

Mike Q

10:58 PM

contact 2'

3: Magic tricks

Gareth McCaughan

@MikeQ 3 is probably PRESTIDIGITATION.

Mike Q

3 ✔

Gareth McCaughan

@Rubio I am pretty sure I don't know 2'. @MikeQ what's your guess for it?

Mike Q

So you pass?

Jan Dvorak

3': place where magic tricks happen

Mike Q

10:59 PM

2' PEPTO BISMOL

Gareth McCaughan

I do, sorry I wasn't explicit enough

that's a generic name?

Rubio

2' That's a trade name, not a generic name

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