Contact

Jan Dvorak

09:00

44: it makes things faster while staying the same

Fargle

contact 44

Rubio

44: It's not CATALYST

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Sp3000

8. Shape that minimises potential energy in a calculus of variations problem

Rubio

uh

some of that looks like English?

Fargle

09:02

contact 8

ffao

contact 8

Sp3000

Edited to make it easier then :P

Fargle

edit made it better

Jan Dvorak

44 Pope's favorite book

Rubio

8: I'll guess that it's (still) not CATENARY but with zero confidence

44: It's not CATECHISMS

Sp3000

09:03

It is indeed CATENARY

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

44 pope

Rubio

44: it's not CATHOLIC

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Fargle

@wen1now, response on 1?

Jan Dvorak

44 A movie's favorite sentence

Rubio

09:04

44: It's not CATCHPHRASE

Sp3000

(the problem alluded to was basically the shape of electrical wires across telephone poles, to put it loosely)

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Fargle

6: Intrusive renal assistant

Rubio

6: It's not ouuuuwwwwccchhhhhhhhhh

er. sorry. CATHETER

Fargle

6: haha, yes

Rubio

09:05

42: It's not CATALOG

Jan Dvorak

44 cows

42 ✔

Rubio

44: It's not CATTLE

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Fargle

3: Heller's dilemma

Jan Dvorak

42: a young vegetarian

Sp3000

09:08

27. Despite one of its other names, people usually walk on this

Rubio

nothing contacted right now, yes?

27: It's not a CATWALK perhaps

Sp3000

27. Correct

Fargle

Not at the moment, it seems.

Rubio

what other names?

Sp3000

Runway

Jan Dvorak

09:09

44: a proton in chemistry

Rubio

oh that kind of catwalk

44: It's not CATION

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

44 ray tube

Sp3000

(and yes, I didn't realise I put "walk" in the clue until after I posted oops :P)

Rubio

44: It's not CATHODE

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Rubio

09:10

pistachios are good. just sayin'.

I might even say they're Wonderful.

Sp3000

9. Disaster

Rubio

9: It's not a CATASTROPHE ... there

Sp3000

(Rubio that's how you know the advertisers have gotten to you :P)

Rubio

that's ... not how that's spelled

Jan Dvorak

44: something like trebuchet

Sp3000

09:12

9. Hm oops too broad - but the intended one was not CATASTROPHE

Fargle

6: This put slingers out of a job

Rubio

44: It's not a CATAPULT. which I still hold should be something that hurls felines.

Jan Dvorak

44 ✔

Rubio

9: It's not CATACLYSM then

Sp3000

Yeah that's the one

Jan Dvorak

09:12

It could be used to hurl dead bodies, yeah

Fargle

I'm surprised 3 hasn't been contacted yet.

Sp3000

(I don't think I know a Heller)

ffao

I imagine that's easy if you know Heller, very hard if you don't

Rubio

seems familiar but I can't place it. Yet. :)

Jan Dvorak

44: free food

Sp3000

09:14

9. ?A?A?A?A?

Jan Dvorak

contact 9

ffao

2: Plant used by Yuna to hit for 9999 damage

Y. Zhang

hello

Jan Dvorak

I'm surprised 43 is still there

Rubio

9: It's not CATAMARAN i think

looks right

Sp3000

09:15

9. Correct

ffao

oh, nice

Sp3000

(I don't know if there's any others, but I don't think there's any common ones at least)

Y. Zhang

6: Catapult maybe?

Rubio

no, that's not how this game works

Wen1now

Oh, sorry

1: x

Jan Dvorak

09:16

@Y.Zhang you aren't defending...

Sp3000

Currently Rubio guesses, everyone else gives clues :)

Rubio

Please read the rules - you are an attacker, if you think you know the word for a hint you say "Contact"

Sp3000

Also for ffao: not sure what the ref is there sorry :P

Y. Zhang

sorry, I thought I already contacted

Rubio

Also, though it immediately followed another CATAPULT word, I'll go ahead and say that for 6 to remove any doubt (@Fargle)

Jan Dvorak

09:18

@Y.Zhang even if you did, you have to wait for a pass

Fargle

6 is right. I got sniped.

ffao

Rubio probably doesn't know the ref either so you're on even ground

although Yuna should be a fairly famous character

Fargle

This is a very slow lightning strike.

Sp3000

15. Settling game

Fargle

contact 15

Rubio

09:20

15 It's not CATAN

Sp3000

Yup

I can only think of one plant tbh, not sure if that's it

Fargle

the problem is, you keep guessing what I contact!

Rubio

that's, like, my job. :)

Jan Dvorak

@Fargle more of a sustained arc :P

Rubio

2: It's not a CAT TAIL maybe

i guess that's hyphenated?

w/e it looks weird. hehe

ffao

09:22

2: it's not that anyway :P

Sp3000

17. Rude whistling

Jan Dvorak

contact 17

Rubio

17: It's not a CAT CALL

Sp3000

Correct

Rubio

did we lose @Wen1now ?

Wen1now

09:23

Nah

I'm here

Fargle

He said 1 was wrong

Rubio

ok

Wen1now

Sorry I just went for dinner

Rubio

ah I missed that, thanks

Jan Dvorak

just in case: s/beginning/\0s/ in 43

ffao

09:24

contact 44

Rubio

1: It's not CATACLYSM or CATASTROPHE just to cover some more bases

ffao

contact 5

Rubio

oh.

43: it's not CATNIP

Jan Dvorak

43 ✔

Rubio

PASS on 5, no idea

ffao

09:25

5: category

Rubio

oh. Jeopardy?

or is that Wheel of Fortune?

ffao

how did we all miss 43 for so long

wheel

Rubio

I'm ashamed.

I made a "What is a .. .Word?" based on that game.

Sp3000

@Fargle Confirmation?

Rubio

Rubio defending: C A T C

Fargle

09:26

5 is category sorry

I had to step away

ffao

2 was also CATNIP, the protagonist's ultimate accessory in Final Fantasy X-2

Rubio

lol.

Sp3000

I would have guessed CATNIP on sole account of me not knowing any other fitting plants :P

Fargle

3 lives

Jan Dvorak

44 dies, was catering

42 dies, was caterpillar

Sp3000

09:27

17. in the rye (freebie for Rubio)

Fargle

@Rubio Wheel of Fortune was what I was trying to evoke

Rubio

34 minutes on "CAT". that's a looong time. :)

17: It's not CATCHER

ffao

not even going to bother contacting 17

Jan Dvorak

contact 17

Sp3000

Yup

Fargle

09:28

lul

Sp3000

Well speed round, gotta cover those bases :P

Rubio

catering is NOT free food. lol

Jan Dvorak

how exact is the "exact match only" rule? strcmp level of exact?

Then how do you call the free food at a party?

Sp3000

Free for event attendees at least (if it's a free event), not the organisers :P

ffao

^ :P

Rubio

09:29

It literally means exact. Having said that, I generally choose words where there's no mucking about with word endings to make it more fair.

Since my objective is in fact to get done, er, "quickly'. :)

Wen1now

Oh, 1 dies, it was also CATNIP

Sp3000

16, 17: the words CATCHES and CATCHING respectively

Jan Dvorak

In which case

ffao

so much catnip

Jan Dvorak

17: rude whistling (10)

Rubio

09:30

16, 17: It's not CATCHES nor CATCHING.

Wen1now

A reference to Gale from Hunger Games

contact 17

Rubio

17: It's not CATCALLING

Sp3000

:P

(that's a yes)

ffao

18: The word CATCHY

Jan Dvorak

17 ✔

Rubio

09:31

you can at least try ;)

18: It's not CATCHY

is 3 alive btw

Wen1now

Oh, I finally get why Rubio types 'It's not'

Rubio

nvm i see that it is

Fargle

3 is indeed alive

Rubio

oh

3: it's not CATCH-22 ?

Fargle

3: Correct!

Sp3000

09:32

19, 20. The words CATCHIER, CATCHIEST

Jan Dvorak

oh. facepalm

Rubio

I knew that sounded familiar

19,20 It's not those.

Sp3000

k, just checking :)

ffao

21: The word BIBLIOPOLE

Rubio

21 ✔ you guessed it.

Sp3000

09:33

Not sure if actual clue :P

Rubio

;)

Sp3000

?!

Fargle

I'm lost

ffao

lol

Rubio

(it's a JOKE people)

hehe

Jan Dvorak

09:33

I'm not a fan of this sustained arc round :-P

Rubio

To make sure all bases are covered for you

It is no form or tense of the verb CATCH, nor the adjective CATCHY

ffao

but it is probably CATCH*

Jan Dvorak

mainly because I can't think of any words starting with catc

Sp3000

cat/c... seems likely, but failing to think of some

Fargle

10. The asterisk in this chat's parlance

Rubio

09:35

PASS 10

Fargle

10: CATCHALL (or CATCH-ALL if you prefer)

Sp3000

!?

Rubio

well. that's not how that's done, but -

yes, that was my word.

Jan Dvorak

??

Fargle

Wait, how would it be done?

Rubio

09:36

I pass if I think there's another word you might have that is NOT my word

if I know you have it, I'll just say yes, you got it

ffao

you forgo the possibility of getting a letter if that were not rubio's word

Rubio

so formally, you're supposed to get someone else to guess your word at that point

Fargle

Ah, I didn't think anyone could contact past a pass.

Jan Dvorak

But you're passing an uncontacted word. Who's to guess it?

Rubio

even if by means of, say, "10': The word CATCHALL" :)

Fargle

09:37

Ah, okay.

Wen1now

Catchall?

Fargle

Well, I didn't want to win, so I'll bow out.

ffao

but if he does that and it's not CATCHALL, can you still guess?

Fargle

A catchall is something that, er, catches all.

Rubio

well. technically a pass w/o a contact is a nullity, but it shortcuts me saying "I think you have it." you getting someone to contact. me formally passing. them guessing.

ffao

09:38

then I see no difference between that and just giving the word

Fargle

I defer to your judgment and will abide that in the future.

Rubio

If the word is contacted and guessed, I give up a letter even if it wasn't my word, per usual.

And yeah, it happens.

anyway. i'm off to bed now.

Jan Dvorak

So, if you pass without a contact, it's treated as if you passed after the next contact for that clue?

Rubio

basically, yes.

Jan Dvorak

thanks

Rubio

09:40

It's shorthand for "That's probably it, get someone to contact so I can pass and confirm"

Jan Dvorak

Who's still in?

Sp3000

o/

ffao

I could be

Sp3000

I guess that's not quite enough for now then, unfortunately

ffao

yep

Jan Dvorak

09:45

three are technically enough

ffao

practically usually not

Jan Dvorak

ok

Wen1now

What's happening?

Oh gg

boboquack

I'm here for a while

Wen1now

Me too

I'll be here while I scan stuff

boboquack

09:56

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