Contact

Gareth McCaughan

17:00

then all defenders will see if they can think what the answer is, and if not the person whose clue it is will find an easier way to clue it

usually you want a clue to be fairly tricky because otherwise the defender will get it

but once you know (or strongly suspect) your word is their word, that no longer matters

Rubiksmoose

Ah because they have to pass.

Makes sense.

I think.

Gareth McCaughan

so once an attacker has set a clue for what's actually the defender's word, the game is morally over: it just needs finishing off properly :-).

(except that of course you can't know it's their word until someone actually guesses it and it's confirmed)

Rubiksmoose

Sure.

user58

...I mean, officially I should have just said "yes, that's my word" when it was clear that Gareth knew my word but we've essentially dropped that in favor of passes.

(Pre-contact) passes are officially for when I think they have my word but am not entirely sure.

Rubiksmoose

Well, I'll probably jump in at some point.

Gareth McCaughan

17:02

I thought officially you weren't supposed to do that -- the formal win condition is that an attack matches your word and someone successfully guesses it.

Rubiksmoose

Ah gotcha.

Gareth McCaughan

(but I might be wrong)

user58

@GarethMcCaughan that's why @Rubio does the "it's not..." thing, I thought

In any case... we still need a defender. I could go again, but it's a 0/ not a O/

in Codenames, Jun 11 '18 at 21:38, by Mithrandir

BTW, quick guide to waving: O/ is "I can SM", o/ is "I can play but not SM", and 0/ is "I can play and can SM if needed, but prefer not to SM"

where SM = defend in this room

John Dvorak

Defending T

PiIsNot3

Are we starting?

Gareth McCaughan

17:07

looks like it

PiIsNot3

Is the bot down?

John Dvorak

We can still switch defenders if anyone volunteers

Gareth McCaughan

1. Slutty-sounding Victorian novelist

John Dvorak

... is there a novelist named Tits?

Gareth McCaughan

Not that I know of.

There's a mathematician of that name, though.

PiIsNot3

17:08

2. Amazon owns this involuntarily

John Dvorak

2 tributary?

PiIsNot3

2 is not TRIBUTARY

John Dvorak

Just in case... 2 tracker?

PiIsNot3

2 is not TRACKER

Man, I probably should've heard about giggle-inducing mathematician names, but I'm drawing a blank

John Dvorak

one could involuntarrily own 2 trash, but that's not specific to Amazon

PiIsNot3

17:11

2 is not TRASH

John Dvorak

2 tribe? Tiara?

PiIsNot3

2 is not TRIBE or TIARA

Yoo hoo, is anyone else in here?

user58

6: What you get when you cross an insect with extreme heat

John Dvorak

6 t(h)ermite

user58

6: THERMITE is correct

PiIsNot3

17:13

20: .

user58

c20

John Dvorak

20 tip?

PiIsNot3

20 is not TIP

John Dvorak

pass 20

Avi

hello hello

John Dvorak

17:15

welcome, Avi

PiIsNot3

@user58 your guess for 20?

user58

20: TWENTY

PiIsNot3

20 is TWENTY

John Dvorak

oh

PiIsNot3

hehe

John Dvorak

17:15

defending TE

Gareth McCaughan

1 was TROLLOPE and is dead

PiIsNot3

2 dies, was TWITCH

John Dvorak

I was trying to remember the periodic table

Gareth McCaughan

I had to say "Victorian" because there's also Joanna Trollope.

John Dvorak

Why's Amazon's ownership of Twitch involuntary?

PiIsNot3

17:16

It's a kinda ddef, Amazon owns Twitch and a twitch is involuntary

John Dvorak

oh

GentlePurpleRain

9: Caspian's ilk

user58

1: impermanent bean without Methods of Rationality

c9

PiIsNot3

c1?

5: Ignore this one

John Dvorak

1 temporary?

5 temptation

PiIsNot3

17:19

5 is not TEMPTATION

user58

1: TEMPORARY is incorrect.

John Dvorak

pass 9

PiIsNot3

u1

user58

9: TELMARINE

GentlePurpleRain

9: yes

(From the novel Prince Caspian)

user58

17:20

(Narnia reference)

John Dvorak

Defending TES

PiIsNot3

5 survives

user58

1 dies; TEPARY

Gareth McCaughan

I learned a new word!

John Dvorak

5 test

PiIsNot3

17:21

5 is TEST

user58

(impermanent = temporary - MOR = tepary = bean)

GentlePurpleRain

7: Major Wrinkle in Time plot point

user58

c7

PiIsNot3

c7

user58

and I was about to clue that

John Dvorak

17:21

pass 7; haven't seen that

user58

7: TESSERACT

PiIsNot3

7 is TESSERACT?

user58

and... seen?

GentlePurpleRain

7: yes

PiIsNot3

It's been a while since I've read it

GentlePurpleRain

17:22

The movie was pretty good, actually, but of course the book is always better.

John Dvorak

Is it one of the Avengers' universe?

user58

..........no

PiIsNot3

@JohnDvorak duuuuuuude

John Dvorak

defending TEST

GentlePurpleRain

No. By Madeleine L'Engle

Avi

17:23

so uh, what do I do

John Dvorak

... I'll look it up.

Avi

can I propose a CC?

PiIsNot3

@Avi Read the meta post in the description

GentlePurpleRain

4: Gonadal

Gareth McCaughan

contact 4

Avi

17:23

I did - but still confused :(

PiIsNot3

But basically, we're trying to guess the defender's word, and in order to do that, we provide clues for words that start with the letters currently revealed

John Dvorak

Lord of the rings? Pass 4, no chance

user58

7: #$%^&

Gareth McCaughan

4 is not LoTR.

user58

@JohnDvorak PFFFFFF

Gareth McCaughan

17:23

4 is TESTICULAR

John Dvorak

ouch.

user58

*rofl*

PiIsNot3

Ha!

Gareth McCaughan

(LoTR? what a load of balls)

GentlePurpleRain

4: yes

John Dvorak

17:24

It does look like an Elf name

defending TESTA

user58

7 lives

PiIsNot3

100: Nope!

John Dvorak

100 chuck testa

PiIsNot3

100 is TESTA

user58

(I'm out of stars for the day)

John Dvorak

17:25

is he still alive?

Avi

testament?

PiIsNot3

9: Can be old or new

GentlePurpleRain

Avi, please don't guess at clues. It kind of ruins the game.

Gareth McCaughan

@Avi please don't just blurt out possible words :-). There's a process!

contact 9

John Dvorak

DH 9

GentlePurpleRain

17:26

If you think you know the answer, contact the clue, like Gareth just did.

user58

@AVi if you think you know the answer to an attacker's clue, you contact the clue first by saying, e.g., "contact 16".

Avi

what/who's 16?

Gareth McCaughan

I think Avi was guessing the defender's word rather than an attacker's clue

GentlePurpleRain

@PiIsNot3 I was going to do the exact same clue!

PiIsNot3

Or you can make up your own clue that clues the word

John Dvorak

17:26

Yes, my word is testament

Avi

G G

user58

there is no current 16, that was an example

PiIsNot3

And hope the other attackers get it

user58

7 was TESTAMENT as well through a slightly convoluted process

Avi

but, how do I actually target the defender's word

user58

17:27

(symbols = swear = oath = testament)

GentlePurpleRain

@Avi By making a clue that is the defender's word.

PiIsNot3

@Avi You provide clues of the form "(number): (clue in bold)"

Then, you take a look at the currently available clues

If the defender has not guessed a clue correctly (yet), then you can Contact that clue, hence the name of the game

Avi

oh, that makes a lot more sense now

GentlePurpleRain

PiIsNot3 thought the defender's word might be TESTAMENT, so they made a clue "9: Can be old or new."

PiIsNot3

You do this by saying "Contact (number)" or "c(number)"

If the defender guesses that clue correctly, then you don't do anything

GentlePurpleRain

17:28

So Pi is defending next?

Avi

what if they guess the clue correctly, and it's their own word?

PiIsNot3

If the defender instead doesn't know and says "Pass (the same number you contacted)," that's your chance

@Avi Then the game is over

Avi

ok, I think I understand now

GentlePurpleRain

If you manage to make a clue that is the defender's word, you win.

PiIsNot3

Usually the defender would say "(word) was my word" or "direct hit (clue number)"

@GentlePurpleRain I'm reeeaaally bad at defending, but I can try I guess

If a defender passes on a clue you contacted, you can guess what the clued word is

And if you're right, the defender has to give up another letter

GentlePurpleRain

17:30

@PiIsNot3 You know what they say. Practice makes perfect.

John Dvorak

@PiIsNot3 hey, I made one successful contact this run

(testa doesn't count)

PiIsNot3

Heh, ok, I guess I'll try

Avi

can the defender ever win?

Deusovi

@Avi the point of the game is that the defender is never allowed to guess their own word

so you're slowly narrowing down on the word

GentlePurpleRain

Should I fire up Lens?

user58

17:31

@Avi no

Deusovi

the goal for the defender is to last as long as possible

GentlePurpleRain

Buggy as it is...

Avi

sounds fun

user58

@GentlePurpleRain ...I think better to do it silently just as starbot under your account...

GentlePurpleRain

I will try that.

Don't start till I have it up.

ok

Someone else will need to silence it. I can't from the same account.

PiIsNot3

17:35

What are the commands?

!shutup 1

GentlePurpleRain

I'm sorry, I've been told not to listen to you. Try asking a mod to add you to the whitelist.

!shutup 100000

John Dvorak

!shutup 86400

GentlePurpleRain

Ok. That should do it.

Begin.

PiIsNot3

Pi defending Y

John Dvorak

70 one of the newest verbs in the English dictionary (4)

70' the opposite of 70

user58

17:37

1: Near the Ginnungagap

Avi

is 70 a clue? 1 looks like a clue

PiIsNot3

I know what I want to say for 70, but don't know how 70' would work with that

John Dvorak

71 Small hunter (16)

PiIsNot3

70 is not YELP or YEET

Lens

GPR here. Signing in as Lens.

John Dvorak

17:39

70 is yeet

Lens

What does it mean?

user58

to throw

yeet

Interjection: yeet

(informal, slang, humorous) Used to express excitement or approval.

Noun: yeet (plural yeets)

(Internet) A type of dance with flailing arm motions, popularized by social media website Vine.

Verb: yeet (third-person singular simple present yeets, present participle yeeting, simple past and past participle yeeted or (humorous) yote)

To move quickly.
To throw an object a long distance or with a sudden or forceful motion.
yeet (third-person singular simple present yeets, present participle yeeting, simple past and past participle yeeted)
(obsolete) To ye (address with the pronoun "ye").

Adverb: yeet

yet

Conjunction: yeet

yet...

Avi

C70'

PiIsNot3

Don't know what the heck its antonym could be

Avi

YANK

PiIsNot3

17:40

@Avi Nope, don't do that :(

Avi

what do you mean

Lens

@PiIsNot3, if you want Lens to properly keep track of clues, you can only make a single guess on each line.

user58

c 70'

PiIsNot3

Just leave it contacted, and if I pass on that clue you can guess

@Lens OK, should I make my guess again?

John Dvorak

Only the defender gets to make guesses, unless the defender passes

Lens

17:41

Nah, you're fine now.

Avi

didn't you pass when you said "don't know what the heck the antonym could be"?

or do you have to explicitly say "I pass on c ..."

PiIsNot3

@Avi I'd have to say "Pass 70'" for it to be official, for now I'm just thinking

John Dvorak

Nope, that's just flavor.

Lens

Pi is the defender...

6 mins ago, by PiIsNot3

Pi defending Y

djsmiley2k - CoW

/me looks in an is very onfused

PiIsNot3

17:43

I guess I'll try that for 70'

70' is not YANK

djsmiley2k - CoW

even after reading the instructions :

John Dvorak

71 (edit): Small hunter of English origins (16)

70' isn't yank

Lens

@djsmiley2k-CoW Watch for a bit and you'll get the hang of it.

Avi

phew

djsmiley2k - CoW

yeah, i guess idle chatter isn't helpful at all, but can I guess words without technicallly 'joining in' ?

Avi

17:44

no

Lens

@djsmiley2k-CoW No. That will ruin the game.

djsmiley2k - CoW

k

John Dvorak

You can contact if you wish

djsmiley2k - CoW

ill watch

PiIsNot3

@djsmiley2k-CoW Don't give away any words, just say "Contact (number)" if you think you know a clue

Lens

17:44

You can contact clues. Then if PiIsNot3 passes on a clue, you can make a guess.

djsmiley2k - CoW

oh right, cool

so if i thought I knew @JohnDvorak's one (71) I should contact that?

Lens

correct

John Dvorak

72 Capital city in east Europe

Avi

c72

John Dvorak

73 Interjection / acronym occasionally used before a potentially suicidal action

PiIsNot3

17:47

73 is not YOLO

John Dvorak

73 ✔️

Avi

whatttt

no way

it's YEET and YOINK - I know because I have a little brother

PiIsNot3

@Avi Thanks for spoiling the clue for me :)

DJMcMayhem

100 Beatles Song

John Dvorak

c100

PiIsNot3

17:48

Can someone pull up the contacts for me?

100 is not YELLOW SUBMARINE

Avi

oh my god i can't count

John Dvorak

!contacts

djsmiley2k - CoW

c100

Rubiksmoose

c100

DJMcMayhem

@PiIsNot3 ❌

PiIsNot3

17:49

100 is not YESTERDAY?

John Dvorak

1.6 m

DJMcMayhem

@PiIsNot3 ✔️

PiIsNot3

1.6 is not YARD

user58

2: 2018

John Dvorak

1.6 ✔️

PiIsNot3

17:49

2 is not YEAR

2 is not YESTERYEAR

actually

user58

2: YEAR is incorrect.

2: YESTERYEAR is correct.

John Dvorak

74 Eastern European tent

PiIsNot3

The contacts, where are they?

74 is not YURT

John Dvorak

!contact

user58

the bot isn't posting anything, intentionally

John Dvorak

17:51

FR: even if shut up, the bot should still reply to commands

75 Lesser known element

PiIsNot3

75 is not YTTERBIUM

djsmiley2k - CoW

c75

John Dvorak

75 ✔️

user58

ducking out for a few minutes, don't pass my clues :P

DJMcMayhem

101 Former Mod

PiIsNot3

17:53

I wanna pass one of the clues but I don't have any idea which ones have been contacted

djsmiley2k - CoW

O_o

John Dvorak

c101

Andrew T.

ugh, I thought I was fairly good at remembering capital city back then, now I'm really curious...

Avi

10: It's been new for 231 years

djsmiley2k - CoW

c10

DJMcMayhem

17:53

If you're really curious, you could google it but not contact :P

John Dvorak

c10

djsmiley2k - CoW

Am i doing nthis right :/

DJMcMayhem

102: Mail Service

@djsmiley2k-CoW yeah

djsmiley2k - CoW

k cool.

PiIsNot3

I'll pass on one to clear the board

djsmiley2k - CoW

17:54

tho 10 is a tricky one the more i think about it.

PiIsNot3

Pass 10

Avi

alright folks, guess away

John Dvorak

10 york

Avi

correct

djsmiley2k - CoW

10 zealand

pah

PiIsNot3

17:55

Ah, nice :)

djsmiley2k - CoW

that was my first guess :P

Avi

has to start with Y

John Dvorak

zealand doesn't start with y

DJMcMayhem

@JohnDvorak Ooh, good one

djsmiley2k - CoW

oh :< I've clearly missed something :

PiIsNot3

17:56

Pi defending YA

Rubiksmoose

10

A: What are these chatrooms with names like 'Codenames', 'Contact', and 'Spyfall'? What are they for?

Contact Overview Contact requires at least three people, one person to create a word and at least two people to guess it. The word creator thinks of a word and gives the guessers the first letter. The guessers' objective at any stage is to get the word creator to give them the next letter o...

DJMcMayhem

102 lives

John Dvorak

71 dies, yorkshireterrier

DJMcMayhem

101 dies, Yvette

djsmiley2k - CoW

yeah i rea that @Rubiksmoose

John Dvorak

17:56

72 dies, yerevan

74 dies, yurt

PiIsNot3

@DJMcMayhem Ugh, and I was following the drama all the way along :(

John Dvorak

70' dies and spoiled

PiIsNot3

@JohnDvorak I think I might've guessed that, but it's OK

DJMcMayhem

@JohnDvorak That was guess :P

Does 1 live?

Avi

11: Member of America begins a drawing (not entirely CC)

PiIsNot3

17:57

102 is not YAHOO

DJMcMayhem

102: ✔️

PiIsNot3

11 is not YANKEE

Avi

correct

12: Pull hard

DJMcMayhem

c12

Avi

12: Pull hard

djsmiley2k - CoW

17:58

c12

PiIsNot3

12 is not YANK

Avi

oof

correct

so it's probably not a yan

unlesss......

John Dvorak

75 Large quadruped

PiIsNot3

75 is not YAK

John Dvorak

75 ✔️

DJMcMayhem

17:59

103: Amélie Composer

djsmiley2k - CoW

So, if you propose a clue, that Pi fails to guess.... they reveal a letter?

PiIsNot3

@user58 I know you're busy, but what's the status on 1?

Avi

13: Expresses love(?) through violence

DJMcMayhem

@djsmiley2k-CoW If someone else correctly guesses it, yes

djsmiley2k - CoW

k.

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