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12:00 AM

can breathe above water or under water. That one bit is impressive.

8: girls name sounds like solar roadway

Our views of what Cthulu are seem to be fairly different

32: found on a table

@JohnDvorak sounds like a glorified frog

Contact 32.

12:03 AM

pass 32. I'm blanking.

Element(s)?

@as4s4hetic

yes

32: correct

The Periodic table.

nice one

👍

12:05 AM

I rejected that idea as too unlikely, and yet it is so. And a direct hit at that.

I forgot the periodic table

Direct Hit already? Ouch.

sorry

No need to apologize, that's just the way the game goes.

Who's got the earliest direct hit?

maybe @wen1now

12:07 AM

earliest direct hits were 1-clue games

can't beat that

and there were at least three of those, iirc

I jokingly played a 1 character word game, but that's about it for me.

Oct 6 at 2:41, by ATaco

ATaco: Defending A

I propose that it counts as a defender win if nobody attacks the word

what about false ends?

defending: V

bad idea. we don't want people to choose words no one knows on purpose

12:10 AM

1. Datatype for storing multiple elements of the same type

19: testificate

Contact 19.

19: verification?

1 is either really easy or unfair, depending on whether as4 programs

19 no

12:12 AM

Like, 90% of my general knowledge is programming related, so many of my clues are too.

contact 1

I would contact 1 but what ffao said

ok I'll pass 1

vector, I guess

✅

I'll try to ease up on the Programming clues.

12:16 AM

can switch to desktop soon

defending V A

19 was villager (Minecraft trivia)

70 Doesn't actually cause autism

contact 70

vaccinations >_<

12:17 AM

70 ✔️

1. Unclear

71 Type of truth that doesn't provide any information

8: rotational inertia?

contact 1,71

72 You're so _ (4)

Contact 72.

Contact 71.

12:19 AM

c 72

1. vague

73 Element

1 is Vague.

..pass 72

@ATaco really? I thought it was quite straightforward. :P

12:20 AM

c 73

:\

72 is Vain.

72 ✔️

(You probably think this song is about you)

DH

...

12:21 AM

Ouch, Short words make for short games :P

But long words make for the Sedgewren situation.

S

don't mind me just adding to the list of shortest games

1. Tool used for Dynamic Entry

1 space suit or space ship??

I'm probably missing a reference

❌

12:26 AM

what does DH stand for

oh

I know

I forgot to specify this, but...

Defending S

18: person who cuts to kill??

18 samurai

18 no

18 saw operator?

(lumberjack)

12:30 AM

18 no

?

18 surgeon

18 no

32: witchhunt

32 Salem?

correct

12:31 AM

18 slaughterer

18 soldier

18 vtc tb >_<

18 no no

8: not there

8 somewhere else

xd

12:34 AM

8 is something else

8 stolen?

no

9: c5

contact 9

33: crikey

pass 9

33 slang

9: Sicilian (Defence)

12:37 AM

yep

Defending SU

33 was Steve (RIP)

8 was square (sorry)

explain?

18 was SNIPer

12:38 AM

@JohnDvorak you know that thing people sometimes say

"be there or be square"

ahh

TIL

18 nice

1 was SLEDGEHAMMER

though that would properly be snipper :P

hence the double ?

12:39 AM

71. Sp3000's infamous word

3: that you be

C 71

71 suinkunitsu ... or something to the taste

SUIKUINITSU

ah good enough lol

12:40 AM

3 such

no

vtc tb

.-.

lul

2. Rise with it

2 sun(shine)

12:42 AM

contact 2

2 correct

3 sure?

no

Nah, Rise with the moon go to bed with the sun.

19: The beginning and the end

12:43 AM

♪Early to bed and you miss all the fun♪

Rise with the moonshine? Doesn't sound right

34: tiebreaker

19 supremum?

maybe 19 is not that great

19 no

Contact 2.

12:44 AM

2 is finished

my editing doesn't work

35: Diamonds, perhaps?

2. extra (flow)

2 superfluous?

correct

6. Cogito ergo

12:46 AM

6 sum

6c orrect, contact 34

pass 34

SUDDEN DEATH?

oh, nice

correct

12:47 AM

defending SUB

3 lives

19 was sunset

:c liked 35 better than 34

1. immediately

35 was Suit

12:48 AM

sp3000's word was suikinkutsu

come on guys, it's so simple

LOL

suikini... suikinki... suiku... suikinkutsu!

I thought kutsu had to be in there

1 sub-second...ly???

1 subsequently, as in immediately after?

1 no

12:51 AM

~~(60. Isekai character, 100. Isekai title word)~~

yeah, no chance I'd get those :D

summoned

10. Deceit

contact 10

Contact 10.

12:52 AM

10 subverse

Hmm not what I had in mind

2. A birdie in golf?

10 subterfuge?

2 sub-par

contact 2

Co-

12:52 AM

10 is indeed subterfuge

Nevermind.

2 is correct darn it lol

60 is invalid, Barusu doesn't start sub

pffft

Golf is the only game where sub-par play is desirable

12:53 AM

88. Hidden Message

neither does toyota

88 subliminal

Does CodeGolf have a par score..?

88 is Subliminal.

Few authors post the lengths of their own solutions

89: We all live in a...

12:55 AM

...subpar world

contact 89

contact 89?

89 suburbs? not really

89 material world :P

Nope, Nope.

2. You have been summoned

12:56 AM

pass 89, in before face palm

submarine of yellow colour

face palm

Correct.

Defending SUBM

3: subjunctive

12:57 AM

... oh

2. SUBPOENA

1. SUBITO

89'. Precipitates : C4 word :: 89 : ?

subito is literally "suddenly"

3: accept offer

3 subscribe

1:00 AM

no

contact 89' yolo

pass 89'

whoops now I regret

lmao

submerge?

1:04 AM

89' is submachine (rains -> chains)

bah, I had rains but was taking C4 word to mean a recent answer to a C4

I kept thinking "c4 word" meant that suinki-thing

suinkikutsu

sui-kin-kutsu

sushikatan o wait

water instrument hole

water [instrument hole]

1:06 AM

ooh, that thing

wait hm

Anyhow contact 3?

I must remember that

pass 3?

Submit?

yeah

1:07 AM

in which case I concede SUBMISSION

so that was the first thing I thought when seeing 3 but I didn't get it until a second ago

haha i get it awkward slience

some days my brain is not wired properly for this .-.

oh man i missed a game

I thought about it and thought it was wrong

1:15 AM

Anyhow, I'm going to guess Doorknob is busy. Anyone up for another?

o/

still o~

o/ sure

@Sp3000 oh, I'm still here

is it my turn? >_>

Yeah it is :P

1:18 AM

accept offer was your doing

ok uh I've never done this before one sec

Defending C

70 0-0 or 0-0-0

castle

Really? Doorknob never defended? :o

numbers, please

70 ✔️

71 She wants you to evacuate the dancefloor

1:21 AM

40, 30. Informally, something that provides a steady stream of funds

contact 40, 30

40/30: cash cow

Yup

72 plant with big yellow seeds close together

72: corn?

1:23 AM

72 ✔️

73 plant that's good at holding water

72': what you eat it on

73: cactus, 72: cob

73 ✔️

72' yes

6. Bell-shaped hat

1:25 AM

32: Queen of crime

6' Cone-shaped hat

32: christie :D

32: of course

:)

74 side-effects in war

74: casualties

1:26 AM

74 x

19: vegetable: automotive rust?

good answer though

75 Rubber - sulfur

76 helical piece of metal used to open wine bottles

76: corkscrew

76 ✔️

77 Picard, perhaps

contact 77

1:29 AM

77: captain?

77 ✔️

78 Solo's sidekick

78: chewbacca

78 ✔️

agh sorry I have to go for ~10min

79 Small trap with pyramidal symmetry

1:32 AM

97, 96, 93. Late Show host, Late Late Show host, their broadcaster

0.01: ...

81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88: Regular sickness; what a telemarketer might do; where they might work; shift stick location; rm or noclip perhaps; plagiarism keys on a Mac; alternative to treble and bass

contact 0.01

woah

related clue overload

contact 0.01

contact 0.01...

1:34 AM

Contact 81, 82, 83, 84

hmm... I'm counting 8 clue IDs but only 7 semicolon-separated clue bits

Contact 81,82,83,84

so am I

@JohnDvorak the message is exactly as intended

contact 81, 82, 83, 84, 87

I know

1:36 AM

...*do* you know?

good question

but now I do, now that you confirmed it

star-pls 79, 75, 74

and 0.01

I have vague thoughts for 85-88 but some of the clues go slightly outside my realm of expertise

contact 81, 82

contact 83?

84?

contact 86, 87

Contact 86-88?

1:46 AM

contact 88

contact 86?

ok so sorry the dog was insisting that he go for a walk

0.01: cent?

correct

9[76]: colbert? 93: cbs?

97 is Colbert, and CBS is correct

1:48 AM

8*: common cold call center console command [???] clef

nice!

all correct, nicely done!

huh

I thought 88 would be something else

TIL center console :P

oh, is the other one just "c"

1:49 AM

yup :p

@Sp3000 I just assumed "console command" :P

uncontact whatever's left

noclip made me want to say cheat, but rm didn't seem like a cheat command (and wtf would center cheat be)

might 6' be cornithaum, or however it's spelled?

6' ✔️

cornuthaum, I believe

1:53 AM

Hello

hi!

Hello

How are you?

74 wouldn't be carnage or civilian something by any chance

How do you get lots of rep. points?

1:55 AM

hit daily rep cap a lot...

74 x

by answering or asking popular questions

(with a reasonable quality post)

Any tips on how to do that? I got 100 one day, and its been flat ever since, but iv'e been asking and answering

making suggested edits is a quick way of making a little rep if you struggle to get your posts upvoted

Is it easier to get more reo on one server compared to another?

1:58 AM

I don't think it's likely that I'll get any of these clues, but nobody's contacted them <_<

contact 96?

pass 96

Craig Ferguson?

96 is Corden

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