Codenames

Deusovi

4:00 AM

(gimme a sec, thinking)

Sid

@wheat no worries. It is just everyone's first game here

Wheat Wizard

Yeah I can see what happened I thougt sid and rubio agreed. I'll try to read more carefully in the future.

awesomepi

the real gamekiller is thinking confirmed

Deusovi

Sorry, I'm kinda under a lot of pressure :P

Rubio

;)

awesomepi

4:02 AM

ye

no pressure

n_palum

YAWNS

awesomepi

since everyone's new here anyway

we can just blame any win on beginners' luck

Sconibulus

If Fork was right, just clue the other word with (0) :)

n_palum

@awesomepi At least Deus and I have played

awesomepi

that's how it works right

n_palum

4:03 AM

Yes it is

awesomepi

well yeah, but like

everyone else is new basically

n_palum

Yea I know :P

Deusovi

CIVIL, 2

awesomepi

civil

hmm

Alconja

GREECE?

n_palum

4:04 AM

Hmmm..

Alconja

CANADA?

awesomepi

maybe

Alconja

Not yard, metric is civil...

Rubio

Fighter, clearly

ffao

^

awesomepi

4:05 AM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Alconja

clues can be anything yeah? Like in contact? i.e. CIVIL could somehow be referencing roman numerals? (not that it likely is in this instance, just curious)

n_palum

As far as I know yes

Sconibulus

I don't have many good-feeling guesses here

Alconja

I can't see anything particularly strong, but if it's GREECE and CANADA, why not just clue "country"... which makes me think at least one is wrong

Sconibulus

true

Alconja

4:07 AM

using a FORK is civilised (over using your hands)

Rubio

Since your objective really is to get your team to guess, and keeping your words secret from the other team is ideally not a consideration, there'd be no reason to obfuscate a clue unless doing so let you fold two otherwise unrelated words together

Sconibulus

Canada and Fork though could be Goose?

so Greece Fork?

Alconja

@Rubio But if it's our last two words...

Sconibulus

or maybe CIVILian draft? That doesn't sound right

Alconja

I'm voting for FORK

Sconibulus

4:09 AM

sure, we can Fork

although Deus didn't respond to my suggestion re: fork

so maybe that's not it

awesomepi

I guess we just fork it over

n_palum

He can't talk to you guys

ffao

he can't respond to any suggestions

Alconja

Fork it. let's lock it in.

Sconibulus

I thought he could play with clue words and numbers?

Alconja

4:09 AM

FORK

awesomepi

dun

Deusovi

...FORK is a blue word.

Sconibulus

Or is that not supposed to be 2-way

n_palum

Thanks fam

awesomepi

YES

ffao

4:10 AM

WOOT

oh my

I'd never get that

muahaha.

@awesomepi NO THAT'S A BAD THING

n_palum

COLD (0)

awesomepi

4:10 AM

one left

Sid

Yes...

ffao

ANTARCTICA

awesomepi

oh wait

I'm an idiot

n_palum

YESSIR

Helka Homba

@Deusovi lol

awesomepi

4:10 AM

I'm on red team

Rubio

I dunno, I have no idea which of those words Deus was clueing either

awesomepi

LAMO

n_palum

high fives all around

Sconibulus

...Canada is also cold

Deusovi

@ffao, why would you pick that with a ZERO clue?

Sid

4:10 AM

High fives n_palum.

n_palum

I have faith in my team

Deusovi

I thought we were saved once n_p gave it as a zero

ffao

doesn't zero mean unlimited?

Deusovi

you can say "zero" and "unlimited"

those are different options

n_palum

Nope you say unlimited

ffao

4:11 AM

I thought you couldn't use zero as a clue that no words match

Deusovi

You can. It gives unlimited guesses

n_palum

0 means only 1 guess

Deusovi

nope, 0 is an exception to the n+1 rule

n_palum

I figured between WATER and SCIENCE which RUBIO (props) figured out Antarctica, you'd get the cold

Deusovi

anyway, here's the actual grid

ffao

4:12 AM

so wait, zero can be used as a clue that no words match?

awesomepi

CANADA and DRAFT

dang

Deusovi

I had DRAFT and CANADA, and I had to avoid FIGHTER

ffao

but it doesn't have to?

awesomepi

I'm guessing CANADA was like civil service

Deusovi

@ffao no, it has to - at least, it should

n_palum

4:12 AM

If you didn't give us fork, I was going to clue silverware and give an extra guess, hoping Rubio would figure out to guess Antarctica still

Deusovi

zero means "these words are not related"

n_palum

Oooooo

ffao

so I guessed completely wrong and won?

Rubio

@n_palum I would have, yes

n_palum

Well, regardless, they still got it :P

Deusovi

4:13 AM

yup, you guessed the worst guess possible and won

n_palum

@Rubio I was screaming internally when you said Antarctica and then Heart was finalized

Rubio

(me too hehe)

Deusovi

I was constantly screaming internally

ffao

so was I, I was sure antarctica had to be it

n_palum

Thanks @ffao for remembering old clues

ffao

4:13 AM

water/science

Deusovi

BIRTHDAY was supposed to clue DRAFT as well

n_palum

@Deusovi Oh I figured, I was watching them discuss and was like oh, if I'm losing it, Deus must be dying

Rubio

oh. that's indirect

ffao

I don't get volleyball though

Deusovi

nah, I thought it was pretty direct

at least for Americans

awesomepi

4:14 AM

lol we suck

n_palum

Volleyball was SERVER/PASS which you got, and FORK is a type of play, was a longshot, the pass was smart though

Deusovi

the military used to draft you based on your birthday

n_palum

As soon as I gave water and you said pistol, I just prayed you'd at least get tower first

ffao

water pistol is a pretty good connection though

Deusovi

yeah

ffao

4:15 AM

we were lucky that wasn't the assassin

Deusovi

I'd've guessed it

n_palum

Yeah it was, I totally missed it

Sconibulus

what was Band cluing?

Alconja

Let's just agree that it was bobo's fault for bringing the red team down by leaving us in the lurch.

Wheat Wizard

Volleyball is measured in Metres btw

n_palum

4:15 AM

If it was an assassin I would've paid more attention to it

Sid

This game is an emotional rollercoaster.

ffao

yeah, volleyball is a fairly international game

Deusovi

"band" was ROW, BOW (like on a violin), FLUTE, MARCH

Wheat Wizard

It was invented in the us though

n_palum

I assume Deus did the same, triple checking that the clue wouldn't give off assassin

Deusovi

4:16 AM

yup

n_palum

Well, that was a fun ending

ffao

I thought row was for volleyball, then it came red and I was confused as hell

Rubio

i had march, flute, row and line in that order for band

Deusovi

anyway, thoughts on the game?

I thought of line as a potential distractor but figured it was fine since it was a neutral

awesomepi

I'm an idiot and forgot my team color at the end lol

n_palum

4:16 AM

Good

Sid

I said it. Emotional rollercoaster

Rubio

fun game

ffao

... I should pay more attention to 0 clues

Deusovi

It's a lot slower than Contact, but I think it's fun

n_palum

I'll be around tomorrow (like 8 hours from now)

Wheat Wizard

4:17 AM

I'd be happy to play another.

n_palum

if people decide to come back to this, but otherwise I do need to sleep

Rubio

slower paced, but not necessarily longer wall-clock time ;)

same

alright then, night!

I have to sleep

4:17 AM

Night all!

ffao

next time maybe we can designate an official person to submit guesses?

Alconja

I'm still around if another game runs

Rubio

^^

I was going to suggest that, after ... well ... ;)

n_palum

@ffao I did think about saying that, and then I figured Rubio would take over after the first couple he gave

Deusovi

part of the fun of the game is yelling at your teammates not to guess something

and them either laughing at you or being ashamed

Rubio

4:18 AM

yeah

Alconja

^^

n_palum

And screaming internally as a spymaster

ffao

but we can't really yell through chat

I type too slowly for that

Wheat Wizard

We could do bold but thats guessing

BOLD AND ITALICS IN ALL CAPS

Alconja

yeah, I can imagine the game could get broken if people organised too many "rules"... eg. "If i ever clue a number, I'm referencing words on the grid with that many letters"

Deusovi

4:19 AM

yeah, that type of thing isn't allowed

Rubio

wow. that would be completely unfair

ffao

we can leave it this way then, but let's confer with everyone before guessing

Deusovi

sure, you could use binary encoding somehow to indicate which of the grid words are yours

but then you'd be a bad person

ffao

is anyone going to be still around if another game runs, like alconja?

Rubio

I'm a little surprised this game doesn't have a site a little more like Spyfall does

Deusovi

4:20 AM

I'd be up for another game

Wheat Wizard

I'll play

Deusovi

@Rubio It did - gridword.ga - but the server doesn't appear to be up

Rubio

(and by the way, if you've never played Spyfall, you need to)

ffao

I'm a terrible spyfall player

I always give it away instantly

Deusovi

same, I'm awful at it

Rubio

4:21 AM

hehe

I'm pretty good

Deusovi

it's not even all social deduction games that I'm bad at - I'm decent at Secret Hitler

(which would also be interesting to play with the PSE denizens)

Rubio

never seen Secret Hitler, will have to look for that

ffao

secret hitler is an interesting one too

Deusovi

it's like Mafia, but better

Wheat Wizard

Teams?

ffao

4:22 AM

I'll go red this time

Rubio

who's still here? I can't commit to another hour game

Deusovi

hidden-role game where you pass policies and try not to elect Hitler chancellor... unless you're secretly a fascist

(in the game, not in real life)

I'm not sure I can commit either. I can try, but I can't be spymaster

ffao

WW, Deus, me and Alconja, we can play with 4 right?

Rubio

what if I'm secretly a fascist dog in real life?

Wheat Wizard

I'll be blue again

Deusovi

4:23 AM

@Rubio dogs are incapable of being fascist. Their political position is "Good Dog"

ffao

@Alconja you still up?

Rubio

@Deusovi well. there's also "Bad Dog", though.

Alconja

yep

ffao

which team are you going to?

Deusovi

We also need to pick spymasters

Wheat Wizard

4:24 AM

I'll do that

ffao

well, whoever is on your team and is not you is a spymaster, so that would be easy to pick

Rubio

ok deus you and I take opposite teams and we drop out when we drop out

Deusovi

sounds good

and hopefully we don't ruin the game

Rubio

Red for Rubio, Dunno-what-color-that-is for Deusovi

ffao

I'll spymaster for the opposing team just because we need someone

so currently me and Rubio on red, WW and Deus on blue

alconja still needs to pick a side

Wheat Wizard

4:26 AM

Should I advertise on PPCG?

Deusovi

Nah.

Alconja

Sorry. I'll go red again then so I don't confuse myself :)

ffao

WW: seed is 21246618

Wheat Wizard

@Deusovi Ok. Is there a reason why?

Rubio

is @sid in?

Wheat Wizard

4:27 AM

@ffao What do I do with this?

Deusovi

I mean, you can try, but they'd need to learn how to play

Wheat Wizard

oh yeah

Rubio

oh. it's weird not being RO hehe

Deusovi

@WheatWizard Go to the URL in the starboard and type it in the top where the three-digit number is

oh here, I'll fix that

Rubio

(goes to unpin. Feels silly)

Feeds

4:27 AM

Deusovi has added Alconja to the list of this room's owners.

ffao

well, maybe you'll be RO in every room in a few days

Feeds

Deusovi has added Rubio to the list of this room's owners.

Wheat Wizard

@Deusovi What three digit number?

Deusovi

I'll add people from the Contact room later

Rubio

Danke sir

Alconja

4:28 AM

...my power grows...

Deusovi

@WheatWizard top box - there should be an 8 and a 9, then a box just right of that

Wheat Wizard

hm I don't see that

Deusovi

did you go to the site?

Wheat Wizard

yeah

Deusovi

do you see the 25 words?

Wheat Wizard

4:29 AM

I figured it out, my browser is not too great

javascript was not working

oh screw it lol

... this is hard

Ok who's first then

hm?

ah, being spymaster

yeah, it's hard

ffao

WW is first

Deusovi

4:30 AM

there's a bar on the left that tells you who goes first

I'm red?

Yup

CLOTHING (3)

wait, I was red

^

4:32 AM

oh, whoops

ffao

I thought blue always was first

CLOTHING, 3

Deusovi

no, not necessarily

also, we need the word list

ffao

(that was the exact clue I would give anyway)

Rubio

RED: ffao*, Alconja, Rubio

Deusovi

does red have 9 words?

Wheat Wizard

4:32 AM

yes

blue has 8

Rubio

BLUE: Wheat Wizard*, Deusovi

Alconja

@Rubio Wait, I thought I was red....

Rubio

well - Wheat went, and is red, so - our team is now blue

Wheat Wizard

we just switched teams

Deusovi

no, switch back

Rubio

4:33 AM

oh

Deusovi

that was the clue ffao was gonna give anyway

Alconja

That's it, I'm starting my own team. :P

Rubio

ok there

ffao

that is a bit small

Wheat Wizard

ok so thats ffao's clue then

Deusovi

4:34 AM

yes

Rubio

wow, I can't read any of that at all

Alconja

So, FFAO is cluing CLOTHING (3) for the RED team (ALCONJA + RUBIO)

is that correct?

Yeah, am in.

Yes

4:34 AM

But, I may not be completely active.

Deusovi

Word list: SUB WALL LINK SHOT AFRICA POUND FENCE POLE SHOE JET MICROSCOPE NEEDLE WATCH WASHER WAR CRASH KNIFE DRESS PIPE HOLE MOON SOUL MISSILE DISEASE LAP

Rubio

ok Sid you're on blue then

Alconja

@sid jump on the Blue team

Rubio

ok so clothing -

Alconja

Ok, so DRESS

Maybe NEEDLE

WASHER

Rubio

4:35 AM

dress, shoe, maybe lap or hole or needle

washer looks better yeah

dress, washer, shoe ?

Alconja

missed shoe, would say it's better than needle

yeah, but maybe switch the last two?

definitely dress first

DRESS

Dress is a red word.

SHOE

shoe then?

4:36 AM

Shoe is a red word.

Rubio

WASHER

ffao

Washer is a red word.

Rubio

[PASSING]

Alconja

Nice.

Rubio

3 up, 3 down. good clue.

Wheat Wizard

4:37 AM

Ok

whose on my team now

just deus?

deus and sid

Deus and sid

me and Sid

CYLINDER (3)

4:38 AM

@Sid: I'm thinking POLE and PIPE

and possibly POUND? I think there's a pound coin

I can't see anything else cylindrical

...oh wait, microscopes have cylinders on them. Hm.

Pole feels correct..

POLE

pole is blue

....

blue

he meant pole is blue

Rubio

4:39 AM

whew. :)

Deusovi

pole is our word

ok good

@Sid, pipe next?

Wheat Wizard

sorry too many team switches

Yep.

PIPE

pipe is blue

4:41 AM

The only other options I see are POUND and MICROSCOPE

@Sid, what do you think?

Sid

I don't like either, TBH

Deusovi

Do you think we should pass then?

There has to be one other cylinder word

and I don't see anything else

unless there's some weird conspiracy theory where the moon is cylindrical :P

Sid

Lol. Nah. Let's go for Pound..

Deusovi

You think so? Alright

Rubio

The moon landing was mocked up on a sound stage on Mars.

Deusovi

4:43 AM

POUND

Pound is neutral.

Pound is neutral

Alright then.

food, 2

sub and knife?

4:44 AM

could be SUB and KNIFE?

SUB

Sub is a red word.

KNIFE

Knife is a red word.

[PASSING]

4:45 AM

red team knows how it's done

ffao

Wheat Wizard

VIOLENCE (3)

Sid

SHOT, @Deus, perhaps?

Deusovi

sounds like CRASH, NEEDLE, MISSILE, and/or WAR to me

...or SHOT

WAR seems the most promising

Sid

Yeah, Let's go war, first

Deusovi

4:47 AM

WAR

Wheat Wizard

war is blue

Rubio

Typical moderator. Going to war before pursuing any other options.

MISSILE next, maybe?

Yep..

MISSILE

4:48 AM

missile is blue

Deusovi

I'm not sure which of the others it is...

We could try MICROSCOPE.

Sid

For the previous clue?

Deusovi

...Wait, no. MISSILE could be the cylinder

it could be cylindrical-ish

Sid

We have 2 chances, right?

Deusovi

Yes, we have two more guesses

(though if one's wrong, it passes to the other team)

and we're missing one violence and possibly one cylinder

Sid

4:50 AM

cylinder could be hole? Cylindrical hole?

Deusovi

Nah, I don't think so. Holes don't necessarily have to be cylindrical

Sid

We should look for violence..

clues, that is.

Deusovi

want to try CRASH or SHOT?

Rubio

maybe the hole is a missile silo. ;)

Sid

Yeah. SHOT, perhaps? If it was Crash, he could have clued landing?

Deusovi

4:52 AM

No, that wouldn't have given us WAR

Sid

I trust you. Go for any one of the above.

Welp.

Just, don't pass

CRASH

Crash is neutral

4:53 AM

Alright then. Not too bad.

ffao

Wheat Wizard

I'm not allowed to clue words on the board right? even if they've already been revealed?

Deusovi

Revealed words are no longer relevant.

You can use them directly as clues, you can use words containing them, and they don't affect the count

ffao

orbit, 2

Wheat Wizard

But I still can't clue unrevealed words right?

Sid

4:54 AM

Wait, red started first?

Rubio

moon, lap ?

Deusovi

@WheatWizard If you're asking if you could use, say, WALL as a clue, the answer is no

nor could you use BERLIN WALL

Rubio

does your clue have to be a single word?

Alconja

definitely moon, so let's start with that

Rubio

MOON

ffao

4:55 AM

Moon is a red word.

Deusovi

@Rubio Either a single word, a dictionary phrase ("ice cream" is okay, but not "red fruit"), or a proper noun ("New York", "Sharknado", "Pride and Prejudice")

Alconja

Ok, I agree with LAP being the next best guess too... others (like FENCE) are more tenuous...

Rubio

^

LAP

ffao

Lap is a red word.

Rubio

[PASSING]

Wheat Wizard

4:57 AM

Ok lets shoot the moon then.