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GentlePurpleRain
2:46 PM
Defending:
I
Business Cat
1:
Ocean floater
GentlePurpleRain
hmm.....
1: not ICEBERG
Sconibulus
3:
Unhelpful, perhaps hostile
Business Cat
1: Yes
GentlePurpleRain
3: not ICY?
Sconibulus
2:51 PM
3: nope
Business Cat
2:
That's correct
Sconibulus
4:
Fiendishly Puckish
GentlePurpleRain
3: not IMPISH?
4: not IMPISH?
Sconibulus
3: nope...
4: yes :)
Business Cat
4:
FTL travel
Sconibulus
2:53 PM
5:
Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity
contact 4
GentlePurpleRain
5: not INCONCEIVABLE (you keep using that word...!)
4: not INTERSTELLAR?
Deusovi
6.
I like him (even though none of his initials are actually I)
Business Cat
... I should've gotten that
4: Yes
Sconibulus
5: yes
contact 6
GentlePurpleRain
pass 6
Sconibulus
2:54 PM
6: Ike
Deusovi
yup!
(Dwight D Eisenhower's campaign slogan was "I Like Ike")
GentlePurpleRain
ah.
Defending:
I M
Sp3000
I thought that was a Smash Bros "We like Ike!" reference :P
Sconibulus
3 falls, was Inimical
Business Cat
2 dies, was INDEED
5:
Useless
GentlePurpleRain
2:56 PM
@Sconibulus is that a word? I've heard of
inimicable
, but I don't think the def matches...
Deusovi
7.
Stamp's purpose: to move someone
GentlePurpleRain
5: not IMPOTENT
Business Cat
5: Nope
Sp3000
Contact 7
GentlePurpleRain
7: not IMPETUS?
Deusovi
2:57 PM
nope
Sconibulus
@GentlePurpleRain reasonably sure, often used in sci-fi of unpleasantly barren places
GentlePurpleRain
7: not IMPRINT
Deusovi
also nope
Business Cat
6:
What programmers often do with math
GentlePurpleRain
7: not IMPRESS
Deusovi
2:58 PM
there you go
Sp3000
9.
Easter egg in Python that opens up a specific xkcd, take the 9-letter prefix that's also a word
Deusovi
contact 9
(nice clue)
GentlePurpleRain
I guess 9 is the kind of thing you either know or you don't.
pass 9
Deusovi
IMPORTANT(igravity)
Sp3000
Yup (not sure if unfair)
GentlePurpleRain
3:00 PM
Nah, it's fine.
Deusovi
I didn't know it was an easter egg in python, but thought of XKCD-relevant words
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
I M P
Business Cat
5 and 6 stand
Deusovi
7.
Hasty
Rubio
4:
Ill mannered
GentlePurpleRain
3:00 PM
Not surprising. There aren't a lot of IM words that aren't IMP.
Business Cat
contact 7
Rubio
contact 7
Sconibulus
3:
May prevent Henry V's famous speech
Rubio
1:
Skin condition
GentlePurpleRain
3: not (speech) IMPEDIMENT
Sconibulus
3:01 PM
3: nope
Rubio
1':
Rash
GentlePurpleRain
1: not IMPETEGO
1': not IMPETEGO
Deusovi
contact 1'
Rubio
1: IMPETIGO ✔
GentlePurpleRain
1': not IMPULSIVE
I knew I hadn't spelled it right.
Rubio
3:02 PM
1' no
Sconibulus
contact 7
contact 1'
GentlePurpleRain
1' had 2 guesses. Both wrong?
Deusovi
8.
It has three vowels in a row, two of which are the same
GentlePurpleRain
8: not IMPERIOUS
8: not IMPERVIOUS
Deusovi
updated 8
Rubio
3:03 PM
contact 8. heh
Sp3000
17.
Introduction from a Nintendo princess?
Deusovi
contact 17
Business Cat
contact 8 I think
GentlePurpleRain
17: not I'M PEACH?
Sconibulus
contact 17
Sid
3:03 PM
contact 8, I think..
Rubio
sorry - 1' both were wrong
Sp3000
17. Correct
Deusovi
(of course, the "real" answer was the word IMPEACH)
GentlePurpleRain
Would've made a good CC.
Pass 7
Sp3000
Contact is basically where I throw my half-baked couldn't-quite-get-it-right CC clues :P
Deusovi
3:04 PM
okay, @everyone
Business Cat
7: IMPATIENT
Deusovi
no
Sconibulus
7: Impetuous
Rubio
7 - IMPULSIVE
Deusovi
7 was IMPETUOUS
GentlePurpleRain
3:05 PM
7: Too broad...
Deusovi
@Rubio, that was already guessed
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
I M P R
Deusovi
oh wow
Sconibulus
3 lives
Rubio
@Deusovi not for 7 :)
Deusovi
3:06 PM
I was
sure
that was your word
Business Cat
5 stands, 6 dies: IMPORT
Deusovi
...because there were
three
clues towards it
Rubio
1' dies, it was also IMPETUOUS
Deusovi
7, 8, and 1'
Rubio
why did you reclue it anyway
Deusovi
3:06 PM
because I thought you knew and had reclued it as well
Rubio
4 dies, it was IMPOLITE
Sconibulus
8:
Someone important and music-related I think
Deusovi
(and like I said, I was
sure
it was GPR's word)
Rubio
oh I thought hasty was impatient. hehe
Sconibulus
contact 5?
GentlePurpleRain
3:07 PM
8: not IMPRESARIO (sp?)
Rubio
2:
C++?
Deusovi
10.
Official seal (religion-related, I think)
Business Cat
contact 2
GentlePurpleRain
10: not IMPRESSION
Business Cat
7:
Made up
Deusovi
3:08 PM
no, not IMPRESSION
GentlePurpleRain
2: not IMPROVEMENT
Rubio
2: ✔
Deusovi
(also, I wish picture clues were less terrible to make because I'd
totally
MS Paint a suit and tie and a pope hat onto a seal, the animal)
Sconibulus
contact 7
GentlePurpleRain
7: not IMPROVISED
Sconibulus
3:09 PM
contact 10?
GentlePurpleRain
2 mins ago
, by
GentlePurpleRain
8: not IMPRESARIO (sp?)
Sconibulus
8: yes, sorry
GentlePurpleRain
1 min ago
, by
GentlePurpleRain
10: not IMPRESSION
Deusovi
1 min ago
, by
Deusovi
no, not IMPRESSION
GentlePurpleRain
Sorry, just saw that.
Rubio
3:10 PM
contact 10
Deusovi
:P
GentlePurpleRain
Don't know how I missed it.
Deusovi
look, I can do the quote-self-thing too!
Sconibulus
chat swallowed a message or three on me
Rubio
same
GentlePurpleRain
3:10 PM
ok, pass 10
Sconibulus
10: Imprimatur?
Deusovi
10 is IMPRIMATUR
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
I M P R O
Rubio
1:
Not done right
Sconibulus
3 falls, was impregnable: 'once more unto the breach...'
GentlePurpleRain
3:11 PM
2 mins ago
, by
GentlePurpleRain
7: not IMPROVISED
1: not IMPROPER
Deusovi
@BusinessCat?
11.
Like Whose Line, energetically
Rubio
1: ✔
contact 11
Business Cat
Sorry, 7 was improvised
GentlePurpleRain
11: not IMPROV
Business Cat
5 dies, IMPRACTICAL
Sconibulus
3:12 PM
3:
Without notice
Deusovi
no, 11 is not IMPROV
GentlePurpleRain
11: not IMPROVISED
11: not IMPROVISATIONAL
Deusovi
nor is it either of those (I'd've given it to you)
Rubio
hm. uncontact 11
Sconibulus
4:
Heart of Gold
Rubio
3:13 PM
contact 4
Deusovi
contact 4
Business Cat
contact 4
Sp3000
Maybe contact 11
Sconibulus
contact 11
Sp3000
(only because I have a word in mind that hasn't been said)
Contact 3
Rubio
3:15 PM
1:
We should avoid all such appearances
Deusovi
contact 1?
Sconibulus
contact 1
GentlePurpleRain
pass 4
Deusovi
4: IMPROBABILITY DRIVE
Rubio
4 IMPROBABILITY
Business Cat
3:15 PM
Couldn't type fast enough
Sconibulus
4: IMPROBABILITY
Deusovi
Hitchhiker's Guide reference
GentlePurpleRain
Need to brush up on my HGttG, apparently...
Defending:
I M P R O M
Rubio
hm.'
Deusovi
12.
PTU
Sconibulus
3:16 PM
3 lives :)
Rubio
1 dies; IMPROPRIETY
Sp3000
Yeah I think that's 3 Deus
GentlePurpleRain
12: not SPITTING... ;)
Deusovi
pff
GentlePurpleRain
Y'all have it. I think 3 and 1 are also it.
Deusovi
3:17 PM
11 dies - was IMPROVE (IMPROV+E, because E is "energy" in cryptics. I'm sorry)
Sconibulus
I had that one :)
GentlePurpleRain
Defending:
IMPROMPTU
Rubio
wow.
Sp3000
I thought it might be that for 11 :P (but wasn't quite confident enough)
Deusovi
(I figured you all would get IMPROV(IS(ED/ATION)) and wonder what the "energetically" could mean)
Sconibulus
3:18 PM
go ahead Deus, I think I have to leave soon
Deusovi
I have to run and get lunch soon - wouldn't be long, but I don't want to interrupt the game
GentlePurpleRain
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?
Rubio
gimme a sec and I can run one
if someone else wants to though, go for it
ok then.
Rubio defending:
M
Sp3000
Well.
(thinking)
10.
Excavate rorck -> food
Business Cat
s/rorck/rock/?
Sp3000
3:31 PM
rorck [sic]
Rubio
You save these up for me, don't you.
Sconibulus
no? :)
Sp3000
9.
Level that's half of 9?
Sconibulus
wait, mine are bad
I somehow read M as R
Business Cat
8:
Famous colonel
Rubio
3:34 PM
8: It's not MUSTARD
Sconibulus
5:
Just a bay
Business Cat
8: Yes
Rubio
I don't suppose 9 is MALBOLGE
Sp3000
Nope
Rubio
5: It's not a MARE maybe
GentlePurpleRain
3:36 PM
4:
Get your grubby paws onto
Sconibulus
5: Mere, which I'll call close enough because I need to go grab food :)
Rubio
actually that was going to be my next guess so I'll accept that :)
GentlePurpleRain
2:
My very eager mother just served us nachos
Sp3000
14.
Unit of time and time is not thyme but similar
GentlePurpleRain
3:
Tiny
3':
Tiny
Deusovi
3:38 PM
Contact 2
n_palum
1:
Ray Romano
Rubio
3 and/or 3': it's not MINUTE
Business Cat
contact 3?
Rubio
1: It's not MANNY?
Sp3000
Contact 2
GentlePurpleRain
3:39 PM
3': ✔
n_palum
1 No
Rubio
3: It's not MINUSCULE
GentlePurpleRain
3: ✔
thecoder16
lol
3'' :
Tiny
GentlePurpleRain
contact 3''
Rubio
3:40 PM
3'': It's not MINI(ATURE)
thecoder16
3'': ✔
Business Cat
7:
μ
thecoder16
contact 7
GentlePurpleRain
3''':
Tiny
Rubio
3''''': It's not MICRO(SCOPIC)
Deusovi
3:40 PM
Contact 3'''
Rubio
almost preempted
GentlePurpleRain
3''': ✔
thecoder16
there is no 3''''' :P
Deusovi
oh
GentlePurpleRain
contact 7
Sp3000
3:41 PM
19.
Weather forecast: skies are going to be grey, with a potentially unexpected bonus
Deusovi
contact 19
Rubio
7: It's also not MICRO
Business Cat
contact 19
Rubio
19: It's not METEOROLOGY
Business Cat
7: no
Sp3000
3:41 PM
19 is not METEOROLOGY
thecoder16
3'''':
tiny
Rubio
7: It's not MU
Deusovi
(also, just posted the next CCCC. I'm not sorry at all)
Business Cat
7: Yes
Rubio
19: It's not MEATBALLS
thecoder16
3:42 PM
must think of more
Sp3000
19 is indeed MEATBALLS
thecoder16
3''''':
tiny
3'''''':
tiny
i'm done now
Rubio
oh good.
thecoder16
lol
Rubio
briefly preempted by Deus' clue. sorry :)
thecoder16
3:46 PM
same here
Rubio
4: maybe, it's not MANHANDLE, but that seems remote
GentlePurpleRain
4: ✔
If you're being manhandled, you might say, "Get your grubby paws off of me!".
Sp3000
25.
50% of Japanese follow Japanese comic
Deusovi
contact 25
Rubio
25: It's not MANGA
Sp3000
3:49 PM
Not MANGA
Rubio
lol
25: It's not MANGANESE
Sp3000
Yeah that's the one
Rubio
read the whole clue, Rubio
Sp3000
I'm going to guess I dialed the first few up too high ... either that or Deus is on mobile :P
Rubio
2: It's not MNEMONIC
what is that for?
Sp3000
3:51 PM
Planets
Deusovi
I'm not on mobile. And now staring at 14 and 9
Rubio
oh of course
Sp3000
12.
(5, 7) dessert with a repeated 4-letter substring
Deusovi
oh no, geography
Sp3000
Sorry, dessert not desert
Deusovi
3:52 PM
oh no, not geography
Sp3000
[/terrible at geography myself :P]
n_palum
Heh
Deusovi
geography and things that aren't geography: the two types of trivia I'm bad at
thecoder16
that's me
n_palum
3:
Spray sounds like a failed shot
Rubio
3:54 PM
3: It's not MIST
Deusovi
contact 3
thecoder16
there still are a string of 3''''s up btw
Rubio
10: It's not MINCE ?!
GentlePurpleRain
2:✔
Deusovi
4.
mother
Sp3000
3:55 PM
10 is not MINCE
Rubio
4: It's not MOM or MA or MAMA
Deusovi
no, none of those
Sp3000
I fail to think of a synonym for what I have in mind for that
n_palum
3 yes
Deusovi
@Sp3000 then you don't have the right thing in mind
Rubio
3:56 PM
what is currently contacted?
Deusovi
...I'm not sure if anything is
Rubio
4: It's not MATRIARCH perhaps
Deusovi
nope, not MATRIARCH
you'll know the answer when you get it
Rubio
3*: it's not MIDGET or any of the other things already guessed for the "tiny" clues.
thecoder16
midget is one of them
n_palum
3:57 PM
I'm worried to contact 4 and blow the clue
thecoder16
2 more :P
Sp3000
I'm gonna take a guess and say contact 3'''''
(even though it's probably the wrong one)
Deusovi
n_p, does it seem like something I'd do? If so, go for it
n_palum
I am not sure
Contact 4 I guess
Sp3000
I have in mind something you would do, but still fail to find a synonym :P
n_palum
3:59 PM
Contact it too sp to guess
Deusovi
@Sp3000, you're not on the right track
I think I know what you're thinking
Rubio
3*: It's not MINUSCULE or MINISCULE, MINI(ATURE), MICRO(SCOPIC), MIDGET, MINOR, MINUTE, MINIMAL/MINIMIZED, MITE, MOTE, or MOLECULE/AR
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