Codenames

8:11 AM

@El'endiaStarman I generally have four to six chat.SE tabs, two chat.Meta tabs, and two chat.SO tabs. (:

4:04 PM

O/

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*pongs @El'endia and @John and @PiI*

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!newgame user58, John Dvorak, Rubiksmoose, caird coinheringaahing

4:12 PM

RED: user58, caird coinheringaahing

BLUE: John Dvorak, Rubiksmoose

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/avfi7fi1w52j6bfhbs8v6c0i538jfb0
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/9w613tbll3xmjmrpyu0v36sk15wkzgg

Please save the seed somewhere! As a last resort if any of you happens to forget the seed, you can type !recall to get a new link.

Please remind me to upgrade to Windows 7 before my Codenames log stash exceeds 4 GiB

BLUE goes first!

...you actually save them?

yes

I just dump them in chat and clear the editor.

4:13 PM

What kind of monster are you? :P

Initially I did that to find out how well they'd compress

Blue: Observatory(3)

telescope

TELESCOPE is Blue

thinking MERCURY and LAB potentially. And GLASS potentially as a stretch.

MERCURY

MERCURY is Blue

4:20 PM

@John onetimesecret.com/secret/enqdp6tu22vieeowhxdk0b2uj4gmcko

LAB

LAB is Blue

[PASS]

@user58 onetimesecret.com/secret/tq2nnbm4oeuk8cykhnb191wy2jwrid1

4:23 PM

Red: Montreal (0)

Well, I know very little about Montreal, aside from the fact it's in Canada

It's the opposite side of the world to Australia?

So I guess that's better than nothing? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA is Red

El'endia Starman

@user58 o\

New York is the other side of the border to Montreal

NEW YORK

NEW YORK is Red

4:27 PM

Nice, but I'm out of ideas, so

[PASS]

Blue: Carpentry(3)

hmmm

FILE seems decent

oh CHAIR

CHAIR

CHAIR is Blue

FILE

4:35 PM

FILE is Blue

The only other thing I see right now is DUCK, thinking wood duck decoys.

Eh what the heck, I'll go for it

DUCK

DUCK is Blue

[pass]

Red: gold (6)

4:37 PM

wowza

For the win

Pretty sure Rose Gold is a thing

They use gold at the Mint

IIRC Golden Eagle is a species of eagle

ROSE

ROSE is Blue
I feel for you.
It is now Blue's turn

Welp

.....

oh no!

4:42 PM

Before anyone uses finalboard, can I try to guess the other Gold words, given that we're likely to lose after this round?

blue: Laser(2)

I'm really hoping the answer is DEATH RAY here...

RAY

RAY is Blue

FIRE is also a candidate. My gut says it is more likely than DEATH unless John was expecting me to put them together like that since DEATH alone has very tenative connections to lasers.

DOCTOR also uses lasers at times but I'm fairly confident that isn't what's being clued.

I'll go with my gut.

[FIRE]

[FIRE] doesn't appear to be on the board...

4:47 PM

FIRE

FIRE is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn

Oh, I might have a chance here

hallo

!join

Hi Avi, you'll be joining team blue!

BLUE: John Dvorak, Rubiksmoose, Avi

Red: water (unlimited)

4:48 PM

!teams

@Avi Wrong team

oh, wrong team :(

LEPRECHAUN

can somebody list the teams

LEPRECHAUN is Red

4:48 PM

PLATYPUS

PLATYPUS is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn

Oh come on

nani

stream was definitely red

Without a doubt

4:49 PM

Blue: Kill(1)

sorry

DANGIT.

DEATH

so uh

DEATH is Blue

!board

Eagle and Mint were also Red?

4:50 PM

!finalboard pls <3

Canada is the assassin?

EAGLE and MINT are red, CANADA is not the assassin.

platypi live in water though, right?

Yeah they do

!finalboard

4:50 PM

uhhh

do you think Avant Garde

20191111

four players today, and I go first!
Blue: File, Rose, Mercury, Chair, Duck, Death, Telescope, Lab, Ray
Black: Chocolate

Astronomy gives Mercury, Telescope. Observatory adds Lab.

Duck is mine but Eagle is red, but they might get cleared as USA. Platypus is yellow.

In the interest of time, playing Observatory(3). Let's see how many connections I didn't notice at first my team finds.

Drat. Death Ray might have been possible to clue using something from Star Wars, together with Mercury. No matter.

?

clues new york + limousine

@JohnDvorak nice cluing BTW

4:51 PM

6894334

LIMOUSINE, AUSTRALIA, STREAM, LEPRECHAUN, COMPOUND, EAGLE, MINT, NEW YORK.

"coin" comes to mind for MINT + LEPRECHAUN = LIMO?, but we're approaching Chanukka and I don't want to put people in mind of gelt with CHOCOLATE being the assassin.

Perhaps "gold" or even "cold coin" (might check with John if that's legal). That might clue STREAM as well, as in gaming.

...wild idea: "Montreal (0)", to anti-clue CANADA and clue NEW YORK and AUSTRALIA.

John says no to "gold coin". Ah well.

I think I'll give caird a test and try my Montreal idea. It just might work.

Eh, Duck was 100% luck on my part

my apologies for the platypus

to apologize, I'll SM against anyone who wants to

O/

Avi v. User58?

sure

I thought Carpentry was cluing towards Rosewood, then changed my mind with the Gold clue :/

o/

4:54 PM

Rose would have also been correct

And I'm blind for not seeing Leprechaun earlier

Not gonna lie. Steve Irwin would have been brilliant. Points to User58 for that.

@JohnDvorak Platypus would have been a danger there though for me. I love the idea of that clue though for sure.

Yeah, I'm great at thinking of clues for the other team... :P

O/

it is fairly amusing how often John and I go up against each other

I hope you enjoy SMing

4:58 PM

o/

because that could explain it :P

I do generally enjoy it, although I seem to be having a bit of a losing streak recently

losing doesn't matter

I get donked by references I don't know all the time :x

On the other hand, you tend to use references that either work out really well

or nobody has ever heard of

@John you in?

Knowing your guessers really helps

o/

5:00 PM

!newgame Avi, user58, Rubiksmoose, caird coinheringaahing, John Dvorak

RED: Avi, Rubiksmoose

BLUE: user58, John Dvorak, caird coinheringaahing

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/509wm98j7xnt9qx1zksajmvyn1sts9w
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/qymlt2dsyzwjcwji5xt0k30k8efvfus

Please save the seed somewhere! As a last resort if any of you happens to forget the seed, you can type !recall to get a new link.

alright @Rubiksmoose I'll be counting on you :)

BLUE goes first!

@Avi oh dear. I did fairly well last round, so we'll see if the universe brings it back into balance ;)

Blue: shape (4)

5:06 PM

line for sure

square for sure

wave, perhaps

SQUARE

SQUARE is Blue

LINE

LINE is Blue

cc @caird

"file" would work in a military setting

I don't see much better than Wave

5:08 PM

WAVE

WAVE is Blue

Maybe Revolution?

also eyeing cell

Yeah I was looking at that as well

revolution is an active thing in the realm of shapes, not really a shape itself

another loose one would be suit, as in cards

hook??

5:10 PM

Hooks aren't really shapes though

File next?

Yeah, why not?

FILE

FILE is Blue

nice!

[pass]

5:12 PM

poke @avi

:(

Red: HOLDUP (0)

oooh, a leading zero clue. Unenviable.

hoo boy. Let's see what to do with this...

I...don't see anything at first glance that has to do with "holdup" as in robbery at gunpoint.

I wonder if it was intended to be more literal as in "hold up" either time-wise or structurally.

I, for one, have no idea what the clue was trying to give ... or avoid

5:22 PM

I guess I'll have to just choose a clue that for sure has nothing to do with any of those?

PENGUIN

PENGUIN is Red

Boy, am I lucky I think.

[pass]

This ... is an interesting strategy if that's what you were intended to do

Blue: Captain (0)

5:24 PM

Indeed. hopefully we can build on that with the next one.

oy!

lol

They don't want us to pick anything!

lol

I think we're not supposed to guess Pirate

Agent maybe? They aren't captains

5:25 PM

or Hook, because that's a pirate captain's name

Agreed about Hook

Maybe Cell, as that was next on our list?

Yeah, I guess

Whip, as in not-hook?

AFK for a few minutes.

5:27 PM

I like whip

Whips aren't exactly not hooks

Both are olde-timey weapons

I guess

I haven't seen Peter Pan. Any idea related to Pan?

Aside from Pan?

5:30 PM

I mean, would Pan be a captain, or a not-captain?

Maybe Time because the children don't age?

A not-captain, I guess

WHIP

WHIP is Red
When will you learn?
It is now Red's turn

ouch

Please not another (0) clue lol

5:31 PM

LUL

I'm wondering what kind of board would require this style of play

A tough one I'd wager.

But yeah, very curious to see what both SMs are looking at.

@Avi just in case you were AFK

(no rush)

still thinking :X

!leave

BLUE: user58, John Dvorak

uh oh

5:36 PM

Red: Food bowl (3)

huh

makes me think immeditately of animals and feeding them.

So just off the top I wonder about BEAR, SEAL, and PASTE

Oh though I wonder about PAN and CELL, maybe like a prisoner's food arrangement.

I think the animal angle is slightly better and I don't know what I'd do for the third one in the prisoner.

PASTE seems iffy though.

SEAL

SEAL is Red

Interestingly this makes me even more confused about "holdup" at least my literal interpretation.

BEAR

BEAR is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn

@user58 bonk

5:42 PM

knob

;)

(AKA "bonk" back)

yeah I could tell

no offense taken

It's better to suppress alternative interpretations :P

Blue: revolt (3)

5:44 PM

Revolution

Agent

REVOLUTION

REVOLUTION is Blue

AGENT

AGENT is Blue

kinda cutting it close etymologically methinks

oh, wait, I'm alone, aren't i?

@JohnDvorak aren't we all? ;p

5:46 PM

yeah

Worms could be seen as revolting...

(But then again, so would China's politics)

WORM

WORM is Red
Oh, dear.
It is now Red's turn

Would've been a great clue for the three

Red: HOLIDAY (2)

DATE

5:49 PM

DATE is Red

Perhaps the dumbest question I've ever asked: Does Talk Like a Pirate Day actually count as a holiday?

Otherwise I'm inclined to go with TIME. I feel like there would be other clues for that though, like TEMPORAL maybe.

Arrrr.

lol

I don't know about USA, but my government won't give me a day off just to practice trilled R

PIRATE

5:52 PM

PIRATE is Red

@JohnDvorak For shame!

[pass]

Might be because Czech already uses trilled R on a daily basis

Blue: Defense lawyer (3)

so... an attorney

SUIT

5:53 PM

SUIT is Blue

"getting sb. off hook" is a phrase, but captain(0)

CELL

CELL is Blue

because prison

!board

5:57 PM

guessing "hook" is either the obvious choice, or the obviously wrong one... depends on if User58 thinks I wouldn't know about Captain Hook.

But... I don't see any other obvious potential matches

and I don't think I can afford to pass

Maybe... wall because the clue is Defense Lawyer rather than Attorney

WALL

WALL is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn

My guess is that my last two words are PAN and PASTE

@JohnDvorak oh dang, that was one of my top guesses as well.