Contact

Helka Homba

5:00 AM

@Sherlock9 don't pass until at least one person contacts.

Sherlock9

looks it up Ohh, now I get it. Good luck

Whoops

Rubio

(unless, by some extreme miracle, you actually think that's your word)

Mistah Figgins

yay time to post my clue

6: Master Payne's Circus of Adventure sells these on sticks

sort of niche

we'll see if anyone gets this, but I doubt it

Alconja

1: rotcelfer

2: kids today

Sherlock9

2: It's not MILLENIALS

ffao

5:05 AM

contact 1

Sherlock9

PASS 1

Alconja

2 ✔

ffao

did the chat go down for anyone else too?

Alconja

yeah

Sherlock9

Yes it did

ffao

5:06 AM

1: mirror

Alconja

1 ✔

Sherlock9

Sherlock9 defending: M O

Rubio

1: Defender's foe

6: ...

Mistah Figgins

6 dies, was mimmoths

Alconja

3: flaming

Sherlock9

5:07 AM

Oh right, Girl Genius

Mistah Figgins

from girl genius

beat me to it

Rubio

2: Known to outgrabe

ffao

contact 1

Sherlock9

2: It's not MOMES

I'm not sure I'm spelling that right

Rubio

2 not quite

Alconja

5:10 AM

5: egg layer

6: It's not MOMENT

6 is not MOMENT

PASS 1

oh you're gonna kick yourself

Sherlock9

I really am

ffao

5:14 AM

1: moriarty

Rubio

✔

Sherlock9

Scrabble-legal?

Rubio

attack words can be anything

Sherlock9

Ahh

Sherlock9 defending: M O L

Rubio

contact 3 if it lives

8: It can be slow

6 dies, it was MOTEL (as in Motel 6)

@HelkaHomba is 60 still alive? (Are you?)

Sherlock9

5:16 AM

Ahh

Alconja

5 dies (MONOTREME)

Rubio

2 dies, was MOME RATHS

Alconja

3 dies (MOES)

Sherlock9

@Rubio Ooh close

Rubio

3': Flaming drink?

Mistah Figgins

5:18 AM

contact 3'

Alconja

contact 3' :)

Sherlock9

Oh heck, I don't know my alcohol

Helka Homba

@Rubio oops, no, MACBETH

Rubio

thanks

Alconja

1: crushes and grinds

Sherlock9

5:22 AM

1: It's not MORTAR AND PESTLE

Alconja

1: nope

(MOL)

Sherlock9

I forgot my own letters

Alconja

happens to the best of us :)

Sherlock9

3': It's not MOLOTOV COCKTAIL

Rubio

3': ✔

4: Some are always naked

Alconja

5:25 AM

contact 4

Sherlock9

4: It's not MOLE RAT

Rubio

✔

Sherlock9

6: It's not MOLE, maybe?

Rubio

there is no 6

Sherlock9

Whoops

8: It's not MOLE, maybe?

Rubio

5:29 AM

nope

Sherlock9

If anyone else has other clues, now is the time

1 and 8 have no contacts, and I'm running on fumes :D

1: It's not MOLAR

contact 8 then

1 ✔

Contact 8?

7: Appease

5:32 AM

contact 7

7: It's not MOLLIFY

✔

8: harass

8: It's not MOLEST

(and there's already an 8)

Alconja

5:33 AM

8 ✔

apparently I can be too slow

Sherlock9

8: It's not MOLASSES

Rubio

42: ...

8 ✔

11: Capone's gal?

Sherlock9

11: Was there a MOLLY CAPONE?

Rubio

not that I know of

Sherlock9

Huh, can't unstar the other 8 clue

Rubio

5:37 AM

12: Chocolate cake with a gooey middle

Sherlock9

Thank you

12: It's not MOLTEN LAVA CAKE, I think that's the name

Rubio

✔

Sherlock9

Good Lord, we've been on this round for 45+ minutes

How long do these usually last?

Alconja

1: elementary

Sherlock9

1: It's not MOLECULE

Rubio

5:41 AM

When very few people are actually giving clues it can take a long time, alas.

Alconja

Normally not quite so long, but normally there's a few more players too... I think we're all a bit stuck...

1 not molecule

Rubio

Though with me defending, rounds can often go beyond an hour.

Alconja

to make matters worse, i'm going to have to go soon

Sherlock9

1: It's neither MOLE nor MOLECULAR

Alconja

1: nope, neither of those

ffao

5:42 AM

I already don't give clues normally, and I'm multitasking right now

Rubio

6: Bathroom resident

Alconja

contact 6, maybe

Sherlock9

PASS 6

I also should go soon

Alconja

6: MOLD (with a version of spelling that I'm pretty sure I've seen before)

Rubio

MOLD ✔

UK/... uses mould, US uses mold

Sherlock9

5:45 AM

Sherlock9 defending: M O L Y

boboquack

@Alconja Pokemon games? Mold breaker

Rubio

42 lives. *cough*

boboquack

contact 1

Sherlock9

You can see why I was fighting so hard not to give this letter up

PASS 1

Go on ahead

boboquack

1: MOLYBDENUM

Rubio

5:45 AM

... which was also 42

Alconja

@boboquack Never poked a mon, no

Sherlock9

Both 1 and 42 were correct

So who goes next?

Rubio

me

who's still able to play?

Alconja

oh.. 42... didn't realise, but probably could've guessed...

I'm out. gg.

Sherlock9

I'm out. Thanks for the game :D

Rubio

5:47 AM

ok guess we let it die. thanks for playing

hope to see you again

ffao

yeah, we should play when we get more players

and I'm hopefully not busy :P

Mr. Xcoder

8:00 AM

>_____> All the games take place when I am offline

boboquack

@Mr.Xcoder Don't worry. Over 7 billion people haven't even participated in a genuine PSE game of Contact

Sherlock9

9:26 AM

Hello again

Sorry about that. Thought that was the search box

Who's up for a game?

Mithrandir

o/

Sherlock9

9:51 AM

That's one

We need a bare minimum of three people, right?

Mithrandir

Yup.

boboquack

o/ for about 0-30 minutes

@Sherlock9 thought what was the search box?

Mithrandir

(@John, @ffao?)

John Dvorak

o/

Sherlock9

@boboquack Was looking up the last time we had "x hours later", or the last time we started a game. Typed in chat instead of the browser search box

That's 4 people

Mithrandir

10:00 AM

Mith defending: D

101: ...

contact 101

101: DECIMAL?

101 is not DECIMAL

1: bad society

boboquack

11: aeioudhnts (I can't quite remember the order)

John Dvorak

10:03 AM

contact 101

Mithrandir

101: DEFENDING?

1: DYSTOPIA

John Dvorak

40: natural condensation

101 is not DEFENDING

40: DEW

40 ✔️

10:05 AM

1: DYSTOPIA is correct

boboquack

3,4,(5): Non-fiction books

Sherlock9

Remind me, how do you do strikethrough in chat?

---like this---

---this---

41 EXTERMINATE

10:07 AM

contact 41

Mithrandir

41: DESTROY? DOCTOR WHO? DALEK?

Thank you both

41 ✔️

101: DALMATIANS

101 DALMATIANS is correct

John Dvorak

10:09 AM

42: edible part of a musical instrument?

3/4/(5): DIARY?

3/4/(5): incorrect

11: JOHN :P

11: correct

Is anything contacted?

Sherlock9

10:13 AM

9: to redact

boboquack

I have to go, so SHA256 hashes for 3 and 4 in all-caps:

3: bc3da7941b52f48885a69d0b2c844f3acd5330808e97c89f5c136e7badbc38bc

4: d252bb1fdbd5603fec1d33b2c77a2fb9ecb27ab1b7fb3d0a5fb43d61aef26dba

Sherlock9

See you later o/

There's my clue number 9 but no one has contacted that yet

John Dvorak

43: not a smart piece of training equipment

Sherlock9

15: movement vector

boboquack

contact 43

(not gone quite yet)

Sherlock9

10:17 AM

contact 43

John Dvorak

44: Visual recursion (6 6)

45: This guy gives you hell

Sherlock9

50: keyboard

contact 45

Mithrandir

Sorry, Internet trouble :/

Sherlock9

Np. Any guesses?

Mithrandir

43: DUMBBELL

Sherlock9

10:21 AM

43 is correct

John Dvorak

43 ✔️

Sherlock9

I'm sorry. I forgot that wasn't my clue

45: DEVIL

Good grief

45 x

10:22 AM

50: DVORAK again

Sherlock9

50 is correct

60: run a loop at least once (2 5)

John Dvorak

contact 60

Mithrandir

15: DYNAMIC

Sherlock9

Also my clues, 9 and 15 haven't been starred

15 is not DYNAMIC

Mithrandir

Pass 45.

Sherlock9

10:25 AM

45 is DONALD TRUMP?

I don't know, DEVIL was my first guess, too

John Dvorak

...

45 was Dante

Mithrandir

@Sherlock9 that wouldn't have been political at all :P

Sherlock9

Apologies, it was a cheap shot

John Dvorak

45': Another Donald

Sherlock9

contact 45'

Mithrandir

10:26 AM

45': DUCK

John Dvorak

45' ✔️

Sherlock9

96: Difficulty with reading

John Dvorak

46: Someone with a sword above their head

Sherlock9

contact 46

John Dvorak

46': Elder Scrolls game he might be afraid of

Mithrandir

10:28 AM

44: DLOTSE EFFECT or something

John Dvorak

44 droste effect ✔️

Mithrandir

Wow, I was off :P

96: DYSLEXIA

Sherlock9

96 ✔️

Mithrandir

46: DAMOCLES (whee, I liked that)

John Dvorak

46 ✔️

Mithrandir

10:31 AM

(can you clear stars please @John? Mobile etc)

Sherlock9

16: Math is a slippery slope

Mithrandir

Is anything contacted?

Sherlock9

76: the number one state

Mithrandir

76: DELAWARE

Sherlock9

Number 60 is

76 ✔️

Mithrandir

10:34 AM

So pass 60.

John Dvorak

do-while

Sherlock9

60 ✔️

Mithrandir

...I don't know how, but okay.

John Dvorak

It's a programming construct

Mithrandir

Mith defending: D A

John Dvorak

10:35 AM

42 dies, drumstick

Sherlock9

16 dies, DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

Mithrandir

@JohnDvorak okay, that's why I had no idea ;p

John Dvorak

46' lives

Sherlock9

9 dies, DELETE

15 dies, DISPLACEMENT

John Dvorak

47 cadence, according to orcs (always needed more of)

Sherlock9

10:37 AM

John, I think you need to be the one to clear stars

24: time unit

John Dvorak

contact 24

Sherlock9

contact 7'

Mithrandir

Uhhh are you sure that 7 is DA and not DU?

Sherlock9

Whoops

Mithrandir

Cause DURMSTRANG and DUMBLEDORE both aren't valid now :P

Sherlock9

10:40 AM

10: destruction

Mithrandir

24: DAY

Sherlock9

12: treacherous

24 ✔️

Mithrandir

10: DAMAGE?

Sherlock9

10 ✔️

51: a type of fabric

52: the art of moving

John Dvorak

48: time unit destruction in the morning

Mithrandir

10:42 AM

52: DANCE

Sherlock9

contact 48

52 ✔️

John Dvorak

48': in the morning (4)

Sherlock9

contact 48'

Mithrandir

Hmm.

Pass 48; no idea.

Sherlock9

48: DAYBREAK

John Dvorak

10:44 AM

48 ✔️

Mithrandir

facepalm

Mith defending: D A I

John Dvorak

48' dies, dawn

Sherlock9

51 dies, DAMASK

12 dies DANGEROUS

John Dvorak

47 dies, dakka

Mithrandir

@Sherlock9 ...

John Dvorak

10:46 AM

46' dies, daggerfall

Sherlock9

30: platform

Mithrandir

Is it safe to say that 3/4/(5) are dead now?

John Dvorak

49: Chained flower

Mithrandir

30: DAIS

Sherlock9

24': per time unit

30 ✔️

John Dvorak

10:47 AM

contact 24'

49: DAISY

49 ✔️

24': DAILY

24' ✔️

40 Milk-based

10:48 AM

I'll be unconventional and say that you can probably use Google for this one if you need

31: delicate

40: DAIRY

40 ✔️

Sorry wires crossed

I'm having that a lot today

I've been using Google just to remind me of the exact meaning of words

John Dvorak

I don't think that's allowed

Sherlock9

10:49 AM

I will stop then

when making clues, I mean

Is 31 DAISY again?

31 is not DAISY

DAINTY

Although, Google has been allowed for this game now :P

Sherlock9

31 ✔️

32: Japanese company

John Dvorak

10:53 AM

Well... Wiktionary gives us a couple of options...

Mithrandir

32: SwiftKey seems to be telling me that DAIWA is like one of the only other words it knows that I don't recognize here, so I'll go with that ;P

Sherlock9

32 is not DAIWA

Mithrandir

So the other one is DAIKIN

John Dvorak

41: Japanese radish

I think we should allow Mith to Google as well :P

Sherlock9

contact 41

Mithrandir

10:55 AM

^good idea :P

Pass 41, time for this to end after this.

Sherlock9

41 DAIKON?

I forget the spelling

John Dvorak

But then again, now we're all on equal footing and can't make a hit, if we all use Google

41 ✔️

Sherlock9

Well, we have another letter now

Mithrandir

Mith defending: D A I Q

John Dvorak

42: Cocktail

Sherlock9

10:57 AM

contact 42

Mithrandir

Pass 42

Sherlock9

Daiquiri

John Dvorak

(used Google for 41 and 42)

42 ✔️

Mithrandir

Game over whew

I'm relatively sure that was a valid word.

John Dvorak

Nice defense

Sherlock9

10:58 AM

Okay I need to head out the door

Back soon

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