Codenames

ffao

14:01

[pass]

Rubio

this board reminds me of an old joke. "News headline: POLICE ARREST ENERGIZER BUNNY! Charge him with battery!"

Shiro

ffao

next turn we should probably guess

Ankoganit

@Sid 's turn

Sid

Red: Mythical, 3

Ankoganit

14:01

centaur

Rubio

witch, centaur, and maybe Mercury

Techidiot

witch

dcfyj

mercury

ffao

BUGLEs make quite the mythical sound

Rubio

any objections to centaur > witch > mercury?

going once ...

Techidiot

14:02

Mercury...doubting..

Other two fine

Rubio

going twice ....

Ankoganit

^^

Rubio

CENTAUR

n_palum

Red

Sid

Red.

Rubio

14:03

WITCH

Sid

REd

Rubio

Do you see any better choice for #3?

strike that. Do you see any other viable choice for #3 period?

Techidiot

thinking...

dcfyj

turkey is pretty mythical

Ankoganit

prolly not

I'm ok with mercury

Techidiot

14:04

okk

good..

Rubio

MERCURY

Sid

Red.

Rubio

[PASSING]

Shiro

Rubio

and good clue, @Sid

dcfyj

14:05

boo, I was joking when I said it. clearly you were referring to the deity though.

ffao

I thought mercury was quite clear cut for "mythical"

dcfyj

it's a planet first and foremost though

n_palum

Okie dokie.. this will be interesting.

Blue: DPAD (4)

Rubio

(I said mercury before you did, if it makes you feel any better ...)

ffao

wait what

Techidiot

14:05

Mercury can be a myth in some sense, but there are no other good options, so why not :)

Deusovi

I didn't even think of the deity - I was just thinking of the planet and the liquid

(also, hi! can't play right now because I'm supposed to be working, so I'll just watch)

dcfyj

directional pad, found on gaming controllers

n_palum

Hoi

dcfyj

@Rubio I know, I saw

Rubio

hey @Deus

n_palum

14:06

I think that's a legit word to use. Apologies if not.

Business Cat

Stream, given that it has to do with games

Deusovi

I don't think there's anything wrong with it

Techidiot

Glass is for sure..

dcfyj

stream maybe, possibly tube, battery? and...

ffao

battery, because controllers need them?

Rubio

14:06

So

dcfyj

charge?

Rubio

You're not allowed to make commentary on your clues

so please don't do that :)

Deusovi

^

dcfyj

I say stream, battery, charge and tube. in that order

Business Cat

I feel like there would be a better clue if we had battery and charge

Deusovi

14:07

even after they've passed - after all, it can be a lucky coincidence

n_palum

What commentary

dcfyj

That's why I don't talk much at all when I sm

Business Cat

At the same time, I don't see much else

Rubio

@n_palum this commentary ;)

Deusovi

I always say nothing relevant to the game except for clues and reminding people to guess

n_palum

14:08

Seals mouth

Rubio

(or to pass)

ffao

and how many left on each side

n_palum

or cuts off fingers I guess?

Sid

3 for Red, 5 for Blue.

dcfyj

I still say stream, battery, charge and tube. in that order

tube being the most tenuous by far

ffao

14:09

why tube?

dcfyj

youtube

or tv

Business Cat

I'm ok with that

Deusovi

@Rubio and occasionally I'll join in side conversations about irrelevant things - just nothing that could be construed as a hint, especially nothing relevant to any clues or words on the board

ffao

stream

Sid

Lol.

Assassin GG

Deusovi

14:09

Assassin?

Business Cat

WTF

Deusovi

Ha, yep.

dcfyj

lol

n_palum

Facepalms

Rubio

lol

ffao

14:09

I expected as much based on n_p's comment

n_palum

WELP

dcfyj

what was dpad for then?

Business Cat

Interesting indeed

Rubio

What was intended for that?

Techidiot

Haha that went well

Deusovi

14:10

there must've been some reason for D-PAD and not CONTROLLER

Ankoganit

wow

n_palum

So DPAD was intended to make you guess the only DPAD shaped thing left

Deusovi

I didn't figure out that reason, but you should've done so before continuing

n_palum

CHARGE NIGHT TUBE TABLE

dcfyj

That's a horrible clue lol

Deusovi

14:10

...that's not allowed

n_palum

@Deusovi Oh did we establish that

ffao

@Deusovi even with the answer I don't get the reason

Deusovi

I did clearly establish that, yes

Rubio

Some people need to refresh themselves on the rules ;)

Deusovi

@ffao position clue - look at your arrow keys, how they make an upside down T shape

there's only one of those on the board

n_palum

14:11

@Rubio Apparently so... it's been a few days I guess I forgot things.

ffao

DPADs are cross-shaped though :C

dcfyj

DPAD is more like a + sign though

Deusovi

Quoted directly from the rules I wrote:

n_palum

I've played with positional clues in the real game in person.. I forgot we weren't

Deusovi

"Clues can be one word (hyphenated or not) or names (like "New York" or "Pride and Prejudice" - which may be multiple words, but should be real things). You may not clue based on position on the board. "

Rubio

14:11

In any case, the d-pad would be charge+tube+night+table+grass

Deusovi

arrow keys are not the same thing as a d-pad

dcfyj

no, no they're not

Sid

Now, how would you have clued Paper, Bugle and Grass together? I had thought of SPiderman for Bugle and Paper. COuldn't fit in Grass, there.

Business Cat

Well, it made us lose... so karma I guess

n_palum

Yeah

I couldn't think of a way to get charge, tube, table.

Dc was right about shop

Deusovi

14:13

@Sid I'd've used NEWS for the first two. Plus, I think "GRASS" is slang for something to do with the news

an FBI informant, which could be loosely relevant

ffao

we would have guessed shop without any further hints

Rubio

Deus are we still saying dictionary phrases are ok?

ffao

so maybe make a (2) hint if you could and hope that red would give us another turn

Deusovi

@Rubio Yeah, why?

Rubio

That's not an official rule that I can tell, just curious'

n_palum

14:13

@ffao Yeah but I figured we wouldn't get another turn, Sid had an easier grouped board imo

Hence the panic dpad clue

dcfyj

Considering that this is a word association game, you should have expected this result from a positional clue.

n_palum

@Deusovi Part of why I said, sorry if it's not a legit word, was not just because dpad is slang, but because I was doing a directional clue..

Rubio

Clues: one (possibly hyphenated) word, dictionary phrase, or actual name of actual thing ("New York", "Pride and Prejudice"). Clues must be semantic, not based on spelling or board position.

11

Sid

@Deus makes sense. Grass is informal for informant according to google. (Now it makes sense why that mission was "Cutting the Grass")

Deusovi

Rubio

14:15

How's that?

Deusovi

from the official rulebook

n_palum

@dcfyj I'll just blow it off as rust from being away

Deusovi

"You can decide to allow any compound words." They consider "pack rat" to be a compound word, and I thought it was reasonable to allow things like "ice cream"

And that sounds good to me.

Rubio

(Yah - I meant the "you can decide" part, it's not officially ok unless you decide it is, and you left it out just now)

mutter

Deusovi

?

Rubio

14:17

there.

n_palum

I think I surpassed Deus on the dumbness

Rubio

I wanted "semantic" to actually show on the star board.

So, new round anyone?

Business Cat

Yes

ffao

to clarify, semantic excludes stuff like "gzip->czech" from yesterday, right?

Sid

I am in.

dcfyj

14:20

I'm still good to go

n_palum

I'll go again wearing my cone of shame

Deusovi

@ffao Yes.

ffao

I'll try to win one for once

Techidiot

In...

Deusovi

(Some people allow spelling clues, but we seem to have decided to not allow them. That's fine by me as long as we're consistent.)

Business Cat

14:21

I'm not sure how easy it would be to make a spelling clue anyway

With one word

Deusovi

@BusinessCat Well, we had one yesterday. GZIP --> FILE + CZECH

Techidiot

Cow -> Moscow/Calf..

dcfyj

@Deusovi that makes no sense to me

Deusovi

first is regular clue, second is spelling (consonant+z pattern)

dcfyj

I guess? that seems pretty stretched to me

Techidiot

14:22

Night -> Black/Knight

Sid

Is that allowed?

Rubio

No

Night != Knight, so cannot be counted as a match

Techidiot

none are allowed AFAIK

Rubio

that's specifically mentioned in the (actual game's) rules - those exact words, in fact

Business Cat

I'd prefer not

ffao

14:24

anyone for SM?

Rubio

not-it

Deusovi

@Rubio in the flexible rules, it says that can be allowed

but isn't by default

n_palum

I probably shouldn't SM

Techidiot

I can if no one is..

Rubio

Bah. flexible rules.

Sp3000

14:25

(still spectatin')

ffao

I'll do one before I go to work then

Deusovi

I mean, flexible rules are what allow proper nouns

Rubio

I guess. :)

Deusovi

right now our rules say: yes, yes, maybe, no, no to each of those

ffao

Deus is in?

Deusovi

14:26

hm... I guess I can be, but I'm at work now :P

so I might have to leave at any second

...meaning I can't spymaster

ffao

!newgame ffao, Techidiot, Deusovi, Rubio, Business Cat, n_palum, Sid

Shiro

RED: Techidiot, Deusovi, n_palum, dcfyj

BLUE: ffao, Rubio, Business Cat, Sid, Ankoganit

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/8afdf9jfkcljzwsn98hn9uwtpv29u8e
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/94cs50gsa0pi5kf0zjp69ni52dkjuga

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.

dcfyj

Apparently I'm not playing lol

n_palum

Lol

Rubio

you're Red

dcfyj

14:27

I'll go red

Deusovi

^

Sid

Lol. Jump on the red bandwagon

Ankoganit

me?

Deusovi

you're blue then

ffao

I knew I forgot someone

too far to scroll

Ankoganit

14:27

ok

ffao

oh, see, Shiro included you two

dcfyj

heh

Rubio

Shiro is wise.

dcfyj

Apparently shiro's name changed to deusovi for the edit

Deusovi

Welp. Guess it's time to start worshipping our robot overlords.

dcfyj

14:28

lol

ffao

Shiro, can I not start next time I'm SM? Thanks

n_palum

You mean you?

Rubio

Pay daily homage to Shiro or your rep drops 200 points

Sid

All hail Shiro!

n_palum

ffao when you're ready :P

Rubio

14:30

And the daily penalty increases by 200 for each day you've missed in the past

ffao

Shiro is still gaining rep, I don't know how

BLUE: crime, 2

dcfyj

Knight, because batman

Sid

Police and racket sound plausible..

Ankoganit

^

Rubio

mug and racket for me

Business Cat

14:32

War crimes?

dcfyj

lol VTC too broad haha

Sid

Ah, that is also a possibility.

Business Cat

Police seems like the most likely

I say guess it first

ffao

brb VTCing too broad my own clue

Rubio

Police is actually the farthest from crime, but - ok :)

Sid

14:32

POLICE

ffao

Blue

Deusovi

clearly it's SPACE crimes, the most important issue of the upcoming century

dcfyj

@Rubio but they are closely related

@Deusovi lol

Rubio

(I wasn't contradicting the guess, just sayin')

Deusovi

"Give me the space money and nobody gets space-hurt!"

Rubio

14:34

so, what do we want for #2

dcfyj

knight!

Rubio

racket, mug, war, and even capital are all good fits for crime

Sid

Okay, war and racket are our options. And only one of them is blue. The other is probably neutral otherwise ffao wouldn't have clued "crime" unless he is so insane that we are all probably screwed anyway.

Business Cat

I don't really get racket

Like a crime ring?

Sort of thing

Rubio

Yah

Sid

14:35

Yeah.

Rubio

Like what "Racketeering" is named for

dcfyj

I'm guessing they mean racketeering

Deusovi

@BusinessCat it's when you hit someone over the head with a tennis racket

dcfyj

lol

Business Cat

The most heinous of crimes

Rubio

14:36

No, that's more of a mugging :)

Deusovi

it's a very serious crime. tennis rackets are sacred in some cultures

n_palum

^

Deusovi

(I'm half asleep, so I think I'm a lot funnier than I actually am. It may be best to just ignore me. :P )

dcfyj

Some of your comments are rather amusing

Rubio

(Actually you seem funnier when half asleep. Of course that may also be because I am also half asleep)

n_palum

14:37

In ancient Mesopotamia they worshiped the deity Raqueta, who wielded a might racket in combat

ffao

^^

Sid

@Deusovi aren't you at work? You should actually be active rather than asleep..

dcfyj

are you not used to being up this early or late night?

Deusovi

@Sid Yeah, I'm at work. I should be active, but right now I don't really have much to do

Business Cat

Ok I think racket is good then

dcfyj

14:37

Been there

Rubio

anyhoo. WAR: 65% MUG: 70% RACKET: 50% CAPITAL: 30%

n_palum

I'm in the same boat as Deus.. although I think I'm just stuck on stuff

Deusovi

(and morning is the worst. I'd prefer to work from noon to 8 or something if possible)

Rubio

who else likes what

ffao

I actually work from 11 to 7 most days

Sid

14:38

I like nothing else. might as well go for Mug..

Business Cat

I guess mug is fine

Ankoganit

pass maybe?

We can guess later

dcfyj

@Deusovi If it makes you happy, you work noon to 8 in another timezone :P

You're just not there :P

n_palum

Really? I hate leaving work later than 4

Sid

We would be behind for much of the game if we pass and ffao would probably feel the pressure to clue more words together..

Business Cat

14:39

Noon to 8 sounds horrible

Rubio

I agree with Sid

dcfyj

I work 8-4 so I'm fine either way

ffao

Leaving at 4 requires you to wake up early. ew

Deusovi

^

Business Cat

Yeah getting up sucks

n_palum

14:40

I'm in office by 730, I hate it, but I hate leaving late more

Rubio

so - mug? anyone violently in opposition?

dcfyj

I like sleeping in/staying up late, but I work a desk job so...

Business Cat

Ok let's guess something. Mug is fine

Deusovi

plus, not as much traffic if you drive

dcfyj

Yeah, I miss most traffic

Sid

14:40

Yeah, let's go for mug..

Rubio

MUG

ffao

Blue

Deusovi

come on, assassin

aw

dcfyj

lol

Sid

[pass]

Rubio

14:40

[PASSING]

Shiro

n_palum

@dcfyj same :P

until I go back to school in august

Rubio

lol. I half-expected two boards just now

dcfyj

I'll eventually go back for another degree, but not right now.

@Rubio me too

Deusovi

I think it's because Sid's brackets weren't bolded

ffao

14:41

Sid's pass was not valid because it wasn't entirely bold

Techidiot

CLIMBING(2)

Deusovi

ROCK

dcfyj

mount

Deusovi

yeah, mount sounds good too

Techidiot

red

n_palum

14:42

Deus with the insta guesses

WE'RE A TEAM ;_;

Deusovi

@n_palum I only do that for really obvious things

n_palum

I know ;)

Rubio

If ROCK was wrong there you were doomed anyway :)

Deusovi

exactly :P

n_palum

I only really like Mount otherwise as well

Deusovi

14:43

and we were gonna guess it no matter what - best to just get it over with

any opposition from red team to MOUNT? it sounds likely to me

dcfyj

go for it

Business Cat

You could probably climb up the side of a hospital

Deusovi

MOUNT

Techidiot

red

Rubio

I know you could climb out of a pit

Deusovi

14:43

[passing]

Shiro

dcfyj

@BusinessCat dogs/cats climb into laps too

Rubio

Awman. I should have said that.

Business Cat

And you should ideally be aWAKE to climb

ffao

BLUE: sound, 2

dcfyj

14:45

eye

Rubio

so racket and, what, conductor? wake?

Business Cat

Oh, heh. Didn't realize I have a meeting in 15 minutes

dcfyj

>.<

You are Business Cat after all :P

Sid

Do casinos have music systems/sound?

Ankoganit

Tube?

n_palum

14:46

Casino's are noisy

So is war

dcfyj

and washers

Rubio

Vacuums make sound. War is noisy. My washing machine is noisy. Casinos have music playing and lots of machine noises.

dcfyj

I'm sure a capital would be pretty noisy too

Sid

But, racket is obvious. So, we go for that..

Rubio

An orchestra pit is full of sound producing musicians and led by a conductor.

n_palum

14:47

If you stuck a needle in your ear you wouldn't be able to hear sound

Rubio

RACKET

ffao

Blue

Business Cat

Needle like on a record player maybe

Rubio

There's a lot of things that could be sound. hehe

Business Cat

But I doubt it

Ankoganit

14:48

Conductor sounds somewhat plausible

dcfyj

raw carrots are noisy when you eat them

Rubio

I hope one wouldn't clue Conductor and not also Pit, so I think neither is it

Sid

@n_palum Not necessarily. You would have to burst your eardrum while sticking a needle in your ear..

dcfyj

You'd hear an echo if anything

and ringing, lots of ringing

n_palum

@Sid Also depends on how big a needle

Rubio

14:49

pass @ 75%. tube at a soft 60%. wake at 50%.

dcfyj

needles are usually pretty small

Rubio

(and space at 0%. HAH!)

dcfyj

although I guess knitting needles would hurt, a lot

ffao

my sound is blasting at 100% right now

Sid

Should we go for tube? I don't really like passing at an early stage especially when we need to get 9 clues.

ffao

14:50

go demetori

Rubio

someone make a call. i done givved my odds

Business Cat

Yeah I'm good with passing i.e. VTC as too broad

Sid

I like tube..

Business Cat

I could see it...

Sid

@Anko?

Ankoganit

14:52

um okay go with tube

Rubio

ok tube it is

TUBE

ffao

red

!board

Sid

.... What?

Shiro

Ankoganit

dang

Deusovi

14:52

woo!

dcfyj

yay!

Sid

hangs head in shame

ffao

I'm secretly picking my clues from a random generator, they just happen to have matched some blue words

n_palum

Good idea

Deusovi

your numbers too, right? just roll a d4

dcfyj

14:54

lol

Deusovi

or maybe a d6 with 5 and 6 replaced with 0 and UNLIMITED

dcfyj

be adventurous, use a d100

or a d27 I guess would be more fitting

Business Cat

Ok well I gotta go... be back later

Techidiot

CANCER(2)

dcfyj

hospital

Ankoganit

14:56

Hospital

n_palum

Hospital and Laser?

Ankoganit

^

n_palum

@Ankoganit You know you're on Blue right?

Deusovi

sounds good to me

HOSPITAL

Sid

Um... @Anko aren't you blue and not red

dcfyj

14:56

I'm thinking beach or space

Techidiot

red..

Deusovi

shh don't tell him

Ankoganit

oh oops

Deusovi

@dcfyj apparently that actually exists!

Ankoganit

I'm stupid

Deusovi

14:56

shapeways.com/product/7F85VD8Y5/…

n_palum

LASER

Techidiot

red..

n_palum

Just pass?

Deusovi

don't see any reason to keep guessing

dcfyj

We don't have anything pending right?

n_palum

14:57

Nope

Deusovi

[pass]

n_palum

good clue Techi

Shiro

dcfyj

Why laser though?

Kritixi Lithos

I'll join Red, they seem to be low on people

n_palum

14:58

They use lasers to cut out tumors

Deusovi

@KritixiLithos Business Cat just left

ffao

BLUE: orchestra, 2

Rubio

lol

PIT

Ankoganit

conductor

ffao

Blue

Rubio

14:58

CONDUCTOR

dcfyj

@n_palum I guess? beach or space makes more sense to me

ffao

Blue.

Rubio

ok do we pick up one from last round now?

n_palum

@dcfyj Why's that?

dcfyj

crab

cancer = crab

n_palum

14:58

Ehhh

Deusovi

oh, true

I wouldn't say beach

n_palum

That's indirect

Ankoganit

@Rubio what was left?

n_palum

I'd say space over beach in that case though

Deusovi

but maybe space because of the constellation? keep it in mind if we need to do a last-ditch guess

dcfyj

14:59

@n_palum doesn't mean it's not valid

Rubio

sound (2) and we only got RACKET

Ankoganit

hm

right

dcfyj

@Rubio Go for eye! they're super noisy!

n_palum

@dcfyj if you were curious cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/surgery/…

Ankoganit

I don't see any obvious choice tho

Rubio

14:59

It's possible @ffao meant Conductor and overlooked Pit

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