Codenames - 2017-05-23 (page 2 of 15)

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3:02 AM

CODENAMES RULES
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We split into two teams: red and blue. Each team has one "spymaster", and the rest of its players are "operatives".

(Sorry, I didn't come up with the theme.)

Everyone will see a 5x5 grid of words, representing people. Some of these words are "agents" for the red and blue teams, some are regular people, and one is the assassin.

The goal of the game is for your operatives to contact all your agents (guess all your team's words) before the other team does.

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Psst @Deusovi if you need another RO... wink wink

what counts as a name?

If you're unsure, ask the opposing spymaster.

how do I ask him without everyone else seeing it?

The name can't be something you made up. It has to be an actual recognized "thing", for lack of a better word

so things like "New York" and "Pride and Prejudice" are fine

3:06 AM

Alright, I'll byte.

no sedgehogs?

ok, it's easier with some examples

I'll play

you might want to edit those in

Sure

3:07 AM

alright so

I'll try to play...

I'll be one of the spymasters first round

red, I guess

I don't understand it fully but it looks fun

You'll pick it up as the game goes

Yup

3:08 AM

anyone want to be the other spymaster?

@Deusovi Do you want me to be the other?

Sure!

Alright, anyone else interested should pick red team or blue team

@n_palum That's a roundabout way of asking?

we can add more people later as long as it's roughly balanced

Red

3:09 AM

i'll take blue

Blue

I guess red then

Yay, a friend

Cool, that should be a good start

which team do I go to?

3:10 AM

I'll go Red I guess?

ok I go blue

RED: Deusovi*, awesomepi, Sconibulus, Alconja

BLUE: n_palum*, Wheat Wizard, Rubio, ffao, Sid

we shouldn't need to use the starboard for this game

I'll jump in too (never played though, so apologies in advance when I screw it up). Should I wait for another to make teams even?

putting the teams and maybe the word list up seems like it'd make sense

3:11 AM

alrigt

I have to go in 10-15~, so can we start now?

@Alconja No need. As long as they're roughly even, it's fine

k. I'll go red, to balance the leaving bobo

(you should probably join Red, because of that @Alconja)

^

3:12 AM

(Ninja'd)

@HelkaHomba you were gonna do this?

@ATaco, @HelkaHomba - you going to join in?

ninja'd

Alright, n_p, - random.org gives 509137894 for a random number between 1 and 1 billion, so that can be the seed

Nah, Not irght now.

3:13 AM

Ha, that's the seed then?

well, why not

RFC 1149.5 specifies 4 as the standard IEEE-vetted random number.

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Here's the grid.

(n_p, did you get that too?)

Yep

cool, we can start then

you're up first

I'll keep track of the guesses if you want

3:14 AM

Do we guess in an order?

I'll write them down too

we should agree to our guesses as a team

You should be in rough agreement as a team

I suggest bolding your guesses when you're ready

And then say like final: 'guess'

Yeah bold em

do you do all the guesses at once?

3:15 AM

So I'll give a WORD and #

right

... wondering if I'll get to actually play...

Ready?

Go for it

Just to clarify, if I get them to guess all my words, do we keep going?

With like a new clue, I forget

3:15 AM

so your word/count is a hint that should apply strictly to that count number of the 25, right?

No. They get n+1 guesses, and that's it

Okay.

MANIMAL (2)

...hold on

that's a thing?

yeah

carry on then

3:16 AM

there was a TV show

Haha it was an old show

But I'm using it as a work around

alright blue team, you get up to three guesses (you won't need the third this time unless you wanna just guess randomly)

I'm guessing mole and mammoth because they start with M, unless there's a deeper meaning to the TV show

you have to guess one at a time

(not bolded, so not a final guess)

3:18 AM

^

(just discussion)

(if a guess is wrong, your turn ends)

I can't really say much IIRC

you shouldn't

Is interrupting the discussion with random comments frowned upon?

3:18 AM

yup - ideally, your only communication is word-number pairs

@boboquack That's half the fun of the game! :P

Hey

ya like jazz

I'm thinking mammoth and fighter, one is a man and one is an animal.

Don't think of pink elephants!

IGTG, bye all

nah. I'm assuming the clue is M+Animal, so mole and mammoth would be my guesses

Bye bobo

3:19 AM

aw, see ya

If they guess wrong, is it revealed whether the wrong guess is the other team's spy, or just not theirs (and not the assassin)?

rip

cya bobo

have fun bobo!

Yes, it's revealed.

3:20 AM

bye bobo

cyas @boboquack

tick tock

@Rubio What would the second one be?

?

hi

3:20 AM

neither microscope nor march are animals

i'm interrupting

and nothing else starts with m

wooo

wait

mole and mammoth are animals

that's 2

Deus

3:20 AM

hm?

yeah. like I said. mole and mammoth.

@ffao Oh that works

that makes more sense than what I had

actually nvm

shall we finalize that?

I'm ok with it

3:21 AM

sounds good

ok MOLE and MAMMOTH

don't guess them both at the same time

one at a time?

oh sorry

then MAMMOTH

Eh regardless, that's both right for us

but one at a time in the future.

3:22 AM

you probably shouldn't have said that

if one is wrong we lose our turn anyway

but yeah, both right

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guessing multiple would allow for faster resolution, possibly

if you guess multiple in a comment, I'll resolve left-to-right

treat them as guesses in order left-to-right

3:22 AM

maybe we should just agree to make multiple and resolve l-to-r

if the first is wrong, the second is not guessed

wow

triple snip

anyway, you can make another guess if you want, blue team

nah. I think we should go left to right, and ...

or you can pass :P

3:22 AM

I'm good, shall we pass?

Why would we want to guess again?

row is on the blue team, you know

Dunno - what would we lose by flipping something wrong, if we turn up assassin do we lose or something?

You wouldn't now, but later, you might

yes, you lose if you turn up assassin

if we turn assassin we lose instantly I think

3:23 AM

If you flip assassin, you lose. If you flip a red, they keep it.

(say, if you missed a word from a previous clue)

yeah, not a good idea to turn willy-nilly

Ok lets not do anything foolish then

wait

how many of each side are there?

then yeah let's just pass

3:24 AM

Phew

there's 12 per side, plus one assassin, right?

It's a 5x5 grid so yes, 12v12 and assassin

nope - blue has 9, red has 8, 7 neutral

and one assassin

(so: formally:) PASSING

yeah

what Deus said is what I wanted

aight

3:25 AM

I thought you meant team members

As a note, the word/number clue is supposed to be how many fit the clue, not just how many guesses I want you to have

yes, it is

so you can't make a clue that refers to 2 words and say a bigger number on purpose?

that's right

but you can say "unlimited"

I mean, you could...

3:25 AM

Wait, so what I said was right.. right?

which gives them unlimited guesses, but doesn't tell them the number of words

but it would not be doing your team favors

10 mins ago, by Rubio

so your word/count is a hint that should apply strictly to that count number of the 25, right?

^ so this, yes?

Yes.

The number means "This many words are related to the clue".

@Deusovi if you didn't know, you can click your tiles to highlight them green for getting them.

3:26 AM

and I assume we don't include words already turned over in the count

That's correct.

Alright red, have at er

Aight. What's red's clue

BAND, 4

well MARCH is gonna be one

LINE also

3:27 AM

does Blue have an extra agent because they start first?

@Rubio yep

I think I dunno where's the rest of red lol

microscope looks like a really rad band name

I thin we might want MARCH, FLUTE, LINE, and SERVER?

@awesomepi by what logic? (are they actually bands?)

3:28 AM

you guys should try that

FLUTE looks like a likely one

oh

Good work blue team, proud of you

I'm going by things that traditional bands do

like marching bands

a FENCE is a "band" of sorts (i.e. it goes around something)

because we have FLUTE and MARCH, which seem like good candidates for BAND terms

3:29 AM

Line and Band are similar enough to maybe se Synonyms

I thought Server for Bandwidth, but that's my least confident guess

Yeah, gotta say, FLUTE and MARCH are the only strong contenders... should we start with those?

sure

(we can keep discussing/guessing if we get those both correct, no?)

realizing this is going to take longer than I thought

yawns

(yep, you can continue afterwards)

3:31 AM

Actually, is a flute likely for a band, or is that more of an orchestra thing?

I say we put March first, just in case

sounds good

MARCH

(codenames is usually a more slow-paced game than contact)

^

flute's'll march in band

MARCH is indeed a red word.

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3:31 AM

I knowww I'm just forgetting that it's 11:30 pm

FLUTE

FLUTE is also a red word.

okay so what do we have as candidates after this

ok, three more guesses at two more words...

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3:32 AM

ROW could be like rows in a marching band

SERVER could be bandwith

We had Line, Server, and Fence put forward as candidates

LINE could be a synonym of band

FENCE could be a band as in an enclosure

even looser, a HEART has a beat, so does a band...

I think that's too loose

cool

3:33 AM

Yeah, probably too loose for when we're tied

(I'm not trying to urge you either way here, but I'd like to remind you that passing is an option. You aren't required to guess, though you still may.)

We already have 4 candidates, and two spots, it's very likely that's not it

I feel pretty good about Line

the rest seem like bigger stretches

yeah, I think line could be hinted by band in a couple different ways

Ok, let's try that

3:34 AM

LINE

LINE is a neutral word. Blue team's turn.

dang

oh damn

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Hmmm

3:34 AM

@n_palum?

yay we're technically winning

VOLLEYBALL (3)

well pass right?

oh wow, you're passing already? :P

totally ;)

3:35 AM

:P

...ninja'd the joke :P

pass, server, and perhaps fence though it feels dodgy

No one is against pass right?

my thoughts as well, I have only dodgy guesses for 3

guess: PASS

3:36 AM

oh... I just realized what one of the words we were supposed to get probably was

PASS is a blue word.

Pass yes

SERVER

So... Who is playing for which team?

it's on the star board

3:37 AM

Server yes

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yard is possible, fence is possible. i think i prefer yard slightly.

I think yard might be a good idea its an american game

DON'T TRUST THE YARD

IT'S AN AMERICAN ASSASSIN

or we can pass.

3:38 AM

^

you probably shouldn't be saying that

yeah

It was invented in the US though so it probably is measured in yards

blue team is auto dq'd for n_palum's trickery

ha we win

Poof

3:39 AM

eh, it's everyone's first time

did you mean yard as a measuring unit, Rubio?

yeah I know, I'm just kidding

@n_palum flag'd

No, I meant it as in where it's sometimes played

I'm not confident enough in either

i'm fine with passing

yeah, I think WW got a little confused

I'm ok with passing too

3:40 AM

goes back to listening to SU music

@ffao Wait what?

rubio was talking about yards as in gardens

WW, you ok with passing?

Ok, I was talking about the measurement

@Rubio yeah I'm not confident in anything

PASSING

3:41 AM

DUCKS, 2

So... Whose team am I? Or do I wait till the game finishes?

gotta be ROW, yeah?

Feel free to join either team.

Ducks in a row

yeah

ROW

3:41 AM

ROW

Band may have been Tower

ROW is a red word

and then maybe PLATYPUS?

the duck bill?

Platypus sounds pretty good

yeah, happy with that

3:42 AM

PLATYPUS

PLATYPUS is a red word.

Okay, I join BLUE. (They got one less member)

only two targets, so pass?

You have one more guess; you can also choose to pass.

@Sid bobquack left I think we are even

3:42 AM

(we're actually even at the moment, but that's fine as long as teams stay roughly equal)

yeah we're even

we can try to get one of the two Band words we missed

yeah

blue team is still best team anyway

true, but I'm still not confident on any of them...

3:43 AM

well, row might've been one of them maybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-

I think we should maybe just sit this one out?

I vote pass

ok, if you guys want

deus can you update to add Sid to blue and remove bobo from red, please

Done

danke

3:44 AM

Tower, Fence, and Row are the proposals we had that are still live, right?

PASSING

Just trying to keep track

row we just got

oh, wait, Row is cleared

so Tower, fence

3:44 AM

can we get an updated board image thing

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Thanks

So it's a pass no?

yeah we've passed, you're up

WATER (3)

3:46 AM

Could it be fighter?

tower is my first thought

... I don't get this clue at all

huh. I was just going to comment on all the transient images filling up imgur when I noticed you're not using it. I assume puu.sh lets you let them expire?

Yeah. I think it does, at least

I just use it for quick screenshots

Maybe, Antarctica?

Wait, water Pistol?

3:47 AM

tower, lock, and I have no 3rd guess

oh.

pistol

tower, pistol, lock would be my 3

Water Greece

yeah tower and pistol for sure

why lock?

Greece is surrounded by lots of water

Water Day is for National Water Day which is March 22nd

TOWER

TOWER is a blue word.

3:48 AM

Tower right

is kibbitzing encouraged, discouraged, customary, meh in this game?

PISTOL

PISTOL is a neutral word.

oh, wow, I'm a dumb dumb

...

@Rubio Customary, I'd say

3:49 AM

Whaaa...

I was so sure

Bleh

same.

water can be related to almost anything, it's a bit too generic for a clue

BLAME THE CLUER. :)

3:49 AM

but nice try

BIRTHDAY, 3

Good idea

@ffao there's a running meme in my board game club about not saying water

can we have an update

it's been used twice, and both times the assassin was picked

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3:50 AM

lol

(one time the assassin was ATLANTIS. that was an interesting conversation after the game)

oh gosh. wow.

alright

wow, saying water with atlantis as an assassin

Birthday

3:50 AM

hmm... Date is probably one?

DATE

talk about living dangerously

yeah, DATE

is that a guess?

DATE

3:51 AM

now it is

DATE is a red word.

then maybe BOW (as on a present)?

yeah

that sounds pretty plausible

then perhaps Fork for the cake?

or is that two steps removed

let's put up BOW first

BOW

3:52 AM

BOW is a red word.

I'm going to Greece for my birthday, that's gotta be it

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I got a microscope for my birthday

just saying

FORK sounds like a plausible idea

I can't think of anything else that would fit the clue any better

hmm

we're hunting 8 or 9?

3:53 AM

8

there are two red words left, four blue words left

;_;

lol blue is succ

pass since we're in front?

yeah sounds like a plan

3:53 AM

5 neutrals and the assassin

but I mean

yeah, I think we should maybe be safe being ahead

also

actually nvm

yeah let's pass

[PASSING]

You suuure

3:54 AM

'tis done

I bet it was Greece

SCIENCES (3)

I'm tellin ya ;)

microscope

Rubio's convinced me in the couple of seconds

mass?

heart?

3:55 AM

Haha

mass

CANADA, because it has trees and stuff

heart seems plausible

microscope then mass then heart?

yeah

remember that we still have 2 water-related words

3:55 AM

MICROSCOPE

Yup

That's a blue word.

MASS

**MASS

Also blue.

3:56 AM

oh snap it's a comeback

high fives

ok heart is our one kindof iffy one

same

could heart be water-related?

that last clue is still bugging me

antarctica might have been both water and science

3:57 AM

Let's go for it.

HEART

lock might have been water

WW just not even conferring...

come on, WW...

HEART is a neutral word.

3:57 AM

Have some heart

I thought we agreed

Ugh..

Damn.

antarctica was a much better guess

sorry

3:58 AM

There are still three places on the thing lol

I thought Lets go for it was heart

Let's go for it was not to pass..

Only Sid said that, after Rubio gave you more to discuss

tick tock Deus o'clock

ok it's just a game.

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