Codenames

boboquack

10:00 PM

@ffao Yep, that seems likely.

ffao

bell

Sp3000

@n_palum A bit before then, yeah

Wheat Wizard

@ffao blue

boboquack

Yay

Now, bent...

n_palum

@Sp3000 lucky.. I have to be up at 630

boboquack

10:01 PM

CAST? You use a cast if you have a broken bone

THUMB? You can bend a thumb

ffao

I was thinking belt for the punishment clue

those two are good guesses for bent

boboquack

Oh yes, belt seems likely

ffao

belt

we'll try the bent ones later, since we're out of guesses

boboquack

ok

Wheat Wizard

@ffao blue

Jan Dvorak

10:06 PM

Red: Forbidden city (2)

Deusovi

...

that's probably not a valid clue

Jan Dvorak

that's a proper name

Wheat Wizard

Deusovi

Oh yeah!

CHINA

Jan Dvorak

china is red

boboquack

10:07 PM

@JanDvorak Hint alert!

Jan Dvorak

@boboquack catch-22.

Sp3000

So what was this thing about phrases as hints? Did the original clues only allow single words or something?

Deusovi

That was clarifying that it was indeed a valid clue

ffao

well, it had to be a proper name, else the clue would be invalid

Jan Dvorak

^

n_palum

10:08 PM

Haha was about to say Deus don't blow China

Temple would be my other guess

ffao

you should capitalize proper names to make it obvious

Deusovi

yeah, mine too

n_palum

Albeit it's not actually a temple, more of a tomb IIRC

ffao

ie Forbidden City

Deusovi

and I agree with @ffao - I thought you were just saying "forbidden city" in general

TEMPLE

Jan Dvorak

10:08 PM

Oh, right, English capitalizes all words. Sorry.

n_palum

What am I? Chopped liver?

Jan Dvorak

Temple is red

Deusovi

@n_palum Hey, you agreed!

n_palum

Oh I forgot, we're the speed guessers

No hesitation

Gut instincts only

Deusovi

Alright, any other ideas? Or do you think the first two clues were pointing towards the ones we already got?

No, but if something's agreed on, I don't want to waste time

n_palum

10:09 PM

We're missing one from either pot/cap?

Deusovi

Could be

Could we have a board update?

boboquack

I think you're missing KETCHUP

n_palum

Hm... Screen CAPture?

boboquack

MEXICO, because we need to CAP Trump's ambitions

n_palum

A washer as in the hose/pipe bit kiiind of acts like a cap

Wheat Wizard

10:11 PM

n_palum

But neither of those I am crazy about

Deusovi

SCREEN seems semi-plausible

boboquack

All the words work because they're all in CAPS

Deusovi

I dunno either. I'll leave it up to you - guess or pass

ffao

all of the words work, LOL

boboquack

10:11 PM

Yes, PASS should work

n_palum

[passing]

boboquack

@n_palum no, deus wanted you to PASS

Jan Dvorak

Who's on first? :-D

Wheat Wizard

Blue: TENTS (3)

boboquack

ffao SPIKE as a punishment?

TENTS - COTTON?

though that's a bad material for tents

ffao

10:12 PM

spike seems good

boboquack

yeah

it is also like a tent peg

ffao

I'm not sure our spymaster knows which materials are good for tents

(I know I don't)

boboquack

Cotton won't dry if it gets wet

guess spike?

(btw i have to go for some time soon...)

ffao

spike

Wheat Wizard

@ffao spike is blue

boboquack

10:14 PM

Yay

And gtg, so make good choices!

ffao

... oh my

cotton then

assassin

BLAM!

HA

Haaaaaa

10:16 PM

I can fill in if you... nvm :P

Wheat Wizard

I know not to make tents out of cotton :p

Jan Dvorak

I started laughing maniacally the moment Bobo said "tents - cotton" :-D

n_palum

He dropped a bomb and walked out

ffao

you really should make the clues more specific

Deusovi

so, please explain POT and CAP

Wheat Wizard

10:17 PM

This one was hard

Jan Dvorak

hubcaps were good and so was pothole

Deusovi

yeah, I got pothole

ffao

instruments was good, that could have been a first clue

Jan Dvorak

now, jumping from pot to potholes and then from potholes to cars in one move was ... unexpected, but it would play out well anyways

The last cap was a thumb cap

ffao

what were the tent words?

Deusovi

10:18 PM

ohhhh

like magicians

n_palum

cap was more solid on car for me

ffao

that was part of why I didn't want to guess thumb for bent

but I couldn't say that or I would give you a hint

Deusovi

I've always heard it called "thumb tips", not "thumb caps"

unless it's something else

n_palum

thumb tacks

Jan Dvorak

Thumb cap, as in the thing you put on while sewing so that you don't stab yourself

n_palum

10:20 PM

was spike red?

Deusovi

@JanDvorak never heard of it

ffao

spike was blue

n_palum

...A thimble???

ffao

we guessed it

I was hoping you would, but alas you did not

Jan Dvorak

@n_palum Yes

Wheat Wizard

10:20 PM

the last tent words were fair and screen

Jan Dvorak

screen??

n_palum

Thats what I know them as

ffao

oh, fair, that's fair

Wheat Wizard

tents have screens

ffao

fair was the assassin in my last game so I kind of ignored it

screen... not sure about that

Deusovi

10:22 PM

alright, I'm done

ffao

oh, depends on the tent

done for now too

Wheat Wizard

same

Jan Dvorak

g'night

Would it be possible to give a clue along the lines of "whatever the opponent thought of trying, try it yourself"?

Deusovi

Sure, if you can find a way to communicate that with one word.

n_palum

Theirs

Jan Dvorak

10:28 PM

I thought "steal" but it could be misinterpreted as a normal clue

Another option would be to just wait for the opponent's guess and focus on the other spies

boboquack

I'm back now

Oh, I see what happened

Anyone still here?

Jan Dvorak

Aye. Thanks for cotton :-D

Sconibulus

nope, we're all gone forever

Gareth McCaughan

kinda here but disappearing soon

boboquack

:P

Jan Dvorak

10:39 PM

I'm chilling on Youtube

Is sp here?

Yup

n_palum?

that game was stacked from the start, me vs deusovi and n_palum

boboquack

Agreed

Anyone want to play?

Sp3000

10:41 PM

Sure, if we have enough people

Jan Dvorak

I'm in

ffao

I can't be 100% here but I can fill

boboquack

Scon?

Jan Dvorak

Who wants to spy?

boboquack

Can I be a spymaster? I haven't been yet (so I don't know how it is)

Jan Dvorak

10:42 PM

I say go ahead

Sconibulus

I'm probably not very here, dinner is pretty soon

ffao

you give clues, then you cringe at how people manage to guess the assassin out of them

boboquack

Sp or Scon would be the other, unless either of you want to go again

ffao

Sp can be the other

boboquack

I'll take RED

Sp3000

10:44 PM

If I'm spymaster I'll be on mobile so I can't do screenshots

boboquack

I can do screenshots

Jan Dvorak

Sp vs. Bobo then?

Random teams?

boboquack

Jan Dvorak

OCR says: 42163766

boboquack

Oops

Let's try that again

Jan Dvorak

10:46 PM

uh... you don't want to post that

13549345

OCRbot is useful

boboquack should just paste the number, to me that would be even easier than posting a screenshot

boboquack

10:48 PM

Then it could be rigged

Oh, is it red going first

Who's on which team?

Gareth McCaughan

the reward for cheating is having no fun. I don't think we need to worry about whether any given protocol "could be rigged".

Jan Dvorak

shuffle us

Eh, it would be nice if we couldn't cheat

ffao

random the teams

boboquack

According to Wolfram Alpha, shuffled is gareth, ffao, jan, scon

Jan Dvorak

Which half is which?

boboquack

10:51 PM

RED: boboquack, Gareth McCaughan, ffao, n_palum

BLUE: Sp3000, Jan Dvorak, Sconibulus, Rubio

(executive decision)

Jan Dvorak

Thanks

Hey, cotton's on the board

boboquack

MARIO, 2 (red)

n_palum

Oh you got a game going?

boboquack

Ya, join a team

Rubio

i'll join wherever @n_palum doesn't to keep it even

boboquack

10:55 PM

Ooh, hi Rubio!

Rubio

hihihi :)

Jan Dvorak

yay!

n_palum

I'm not here, how can we make this work @Rubio

Rubio

oh, I'm not here either - it'll be fine

I'm reading help pages and stuff like a good noob

n_palum

Suuure you are.. I bet you've already mapped out your takeover

boboquack

10:56 PM

Well, @Jan and @Scon when you get back... take your pick

Rubio

Step 1 - ban Rubio

Step 2 - well, hadn't really thought past 1

Jan Dvorak

I am here...

boboquack

(Step 1.5 - unban Rubio)

^see, this is how Rubio wins

n_palum

Step 3, get all other mods removed

Appoint socks as new mods

Jan Dvorak

I think if we take Rubio, it will be 1:1 on mods

Rubio

10:58 PM

the ex white-house cat?

I don't think he and I will get along. I am a dog who does not wear socks.

ok, the people have spoken. I shall be Team Blue

ffao

ok n, you're with us on red

n_palum

Ha, if you insist

boboquack

parse my sentence as '[Well], [[[Jan] [and] [[Scon][[when] [you] [get back]]]]... [take] [your] [pick]]]'

Hi @Rubio, welcome to blue :P!

ffao

while I could connect most of the board with mario, let's look for obvious connections

star?

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