Codenames

n_palum

13:01

kicks open door Good Morning!

Mithrandir

*peeps in*

Deusovi

We up for a game?

n_palum

points to broken down door

Jan Dvorak

o/

Rubio

Is a kicked-open door necessarily a broken-down one?

n_palum

13:12

If I'm gonna kick a door down I aim to break it down

Rubio

If you broke it, though, you have to pay for it. I believe the current repair cost for a broken door is 1000 rep, to be paid in bounties to a dogerator of your choice.

Gareth McCaughan

hey, n_palum, you kicked that door in while Business Cat's head was still poking through.

You have to clean up the mess now.

RIP Business Cat, it was nice knowing you.

Jan Dvorak

I don't know, cats are pretty resilient

Gareth McCaughan

maybe he has 8 lives left

Jan Dvorak

Ping me when a game starts

Gareth McCaughan

13:17

but he certainly lost one here. I mean, ewwwww.

n_palum

Dang I was close to 3k too

Time to make a bad hnq click bait puzzle full of bad math and poorly written riddles that I can give a 1000 rep bounty on

Deusovi

Anyway, who's gonna be a spymaster?

n_palum

I can if no one else wants it

Jan Dvorak

I was SM the last game, and the game was ... weird.

Gareth McCaughan

I can't SM

Business Cat

13:20

I'm writing up an answer so I probably can't atm

n_palum

Gareth never SMs, I think he's scared ;)

Gareth McCaughan

I have SMed at least twice

and IIRC won both times

but I when Codenames games happen I am usually at work

and can't give the game the consistent attention SMing requires

Mithrandir

!newgame deus, n_palum, BC, Gareth, Mith, JanD, Rubio, Sid

Shiro

RED: n_palum, Sid, JanD, BC

BLUE: deus, Rubio, Mith, Gareth

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/pajl5wb3smjk9onztajrz3uqdhezwun
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/84lio6jnpie2mumsg1hk1id6imi75jo

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.

Gareth McCaughan

I often avoid defending in Contact too

n_palum

13:23

Oh

Shiro

RED goes first!

Mithrandir

LOL

Shiro

Sid

All mods blue.

Lol.

Mithrandir

The entire BLUE team has blue names :P

@JanDvorak ping

Gareth McCaughan

13:24

wow. First time I've been blue in a CN game for a while.

Jan Dvorak

aye, thanks

Deusovi

Oh, apparently I've been forcibly volunteered as spymaster.

n_palum

^

Jan Dvorak

I'd been volunteered the last game.

n_palum

If we are ready

RED: PLACE (4)

@BusinessCat @Sid

Jan Dvorak

13:26

nice

Sid

London, Czech... possibly Bank

Jan Dvorak

London seems strong

pool is as much of a place as a bank

Czech is an adjective, not a noun.

Sid

Czech Republic?

Jan Dvorak

Mercury, perhaps

Sid

I think if London is place, Czech too fits..

Jan Dvorak

13:27

If Czech fits, so does Aztec

Business Cat

Place could be a double meaning too. Anything relating to the verb?

Jan Dvorak

good point

Sid

In any case..

Jan Dvorak

pipe is weak for the verb

Sid

London

n_palum

13:27

Red

Jan Dvorak

Next up, Czech?

Business Cat

Best thing to me for the verb is card, but that's weak

Sid

Let's get that out of the way, first. Now, what else?

Jan Dvorak

Either Czech, or bank + pool. Possibly both.

But then again, a cell is also a place.

Business Cat

I feel better about bank than pool

Jan Dvorak

13:29

Thought on Czech?

Sid

I like Czech... maybe Aztec slightly as well..

Jan Dvorak

bank

Business Cat

As it is it isn't really a place. But I could see n_p going for a wider clue on the first turn

n_palum

And that's game

Business Cat

Really

Sid

13:30

... assassin?

Deusovi

assassin gg

n_palum

I ignored BANK, I'm officially the biggest idiot of them all

7

Business Cat

What

Jan Dvorak

WAT

Business Cat

Why

Sid

13:30

WTF?

Mithrandir

:P

Rubio

um. wow?

Deusovi

that was hilarious

Jan Dvorak

Round 1 assassin. I'm impressed.

Gareth McCaughan

blimey

Sid

13:31

!finalboard

Rubio

second word of the game. Where's that t-shirt site again? ...

Shiro

Deusovi

I saw "Place (4)" and immediately thought "ooh, this is gonna be good"

and indeed it was good

Jan Dvorak

And good it was :-D

Gareth McCaughan

I assume POST was one of the intended ones from "place"?

Deusovi

13:31

anyway, nice work blue team - I know it was hard, but you managed to pull it off

Rubio

In keeping with tradition . . .

n_palum

I was like... hmmm mercury, pool, london, czech are all places....

Deusovi

...czech isn't a place

n_palum

TOTALLY skipped over bank

Rubio

*stars the "idiot" post*

Deusovi

13:32

it's an adjective describing a place

Business Cat

It almost happened to me. Good thing you didn't guess tablet

n_palum

Meh close enough

Sid

Czech Republic... close enough with Czech..

n_palum

┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

Jan Dvorak

Close enough, yeah.

Deusovi

13:32

sure, it WOULD be close enough

if bank wasn't there

n_palum

If only

Gareth McCaughan

well, that was fun. Shall we do it again?

Rubio

y'all aren't exhausted from that round?

Business Cat

@GarethMcCaughan Minus guessing assassin first turn, yes

Gareth McCaughan

I think with a little more effort we should be able to manage assassin on the first guess.

ha, ninja'ed

Deusovi

13:33

no, that was the most fun part!

Gareth McCaughan

actually, no, that wasn't what @BusinessCat meant

(sorry, talking to myself)

Jan Dvorak

New game? Yes. Another round 1 assassin? I'd rather not.

Rubio

o/

Jan Dvorak

though sure as hell it was fun

n_palum

I can play again if I'm not banished

Deusovi

13:35

Anyone whose "can play" status is changed from the last game?

Mithrandir

@n_palum Thou art exiled permanently, spy.

n_palum

sighs

Business Cat

You're right, I thought n_p was a master spy.

Deusovi

!newgame deus, n_palum, BC, Gareth, Mith, JanD, Rubio, Sid

Shiro

RED: deus, Rubio, Mith, JanD

BLUE: n_palum, Sid, BC, Gareth

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/gjr0ver92q3zb3ureg3jrrci3ludhlg
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/ozwgu2fao4l7pqoxym0xk6eisb6oj3b

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.

BLUE goes first!

Deusovi

13:40

alright @n_palum, time to redeem yourself

or not

up to you really

Business Cat

As long as Gareth consults before guessing things

n_palum

BLUE: Orchestra (2)

Gareth McCaughan

concert

flute

not much else, I think

any disagreements?

Sid

Ah, RUbio got there, just before me..

Gareth McCaughan

I guess violins have BOWs

Sid

13:41

Nope, no. all fine

Gareth McCaughan

and cellos have SPIKEs

and the conductor has (what is usually not called) a STICK

but those all seem weaker than flute (first) and concert (second)

FLUTE

Deusovi

Red!

Business Cat

I would say it's those 2.

Sid

...

Business Cat

Wat

Jan Dvorak

13:42

Wow

Business Cat

I guess he chose to not redeem himself

n_palum

OH WAIT I'M BLUE

ASDKOUGASIGU

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum you are soooo fired

Rubio

lol

Deusovi

sigh

n_palum

13:43

I guess I'm more tired than I thought

Gareth McCaughan

I mean at this point I am semi-seriously wondering about deliberate sabotage

Deusovi

You literally said "blue"

Rubio

can I star the "idiot" another time? pleeeeease?

Mithrandir

@Rubio you can pin ;)

n_palum

Feel free to edit out the beginning and just add a 2X to the end...

Business Cat

13:44

@GarethMcCaughan First he kicks the door into my head, and now this

Sid

Anyway, @Deus your clue...

Deusovi

oh, we're still playing? neat

Rubio

Can RED just pass and let np win for us?

Sid

well, it wasn't assassin..

Rubio

!board

Gareth McCaughan

13:45

the good news is that there's a good chance one of the other obvious orchestra words is the assassin

Shiro

Deusovi

Red: Hawkeye, 2

Rubio

so - bow, superhero, and concert?

Jan Dvorak

He's that guy from MASH.

Rubio

man. could be comic or bolt too.

Jan Dvorak

13:47

Which Hawkeye are you thinking about?

Rubio

The one from the Avengers

Jan Dvorak

I haven't watched that

brb

Rubio

oh. Well. he's an ace with a bow

@mith you here?

Mithrandir

yep

Rubio

Any thoughts?

I'm leaning now toward BOW > COMIC > SUPERHERO [ > BOLT] + CONCERT from np's failure

Mithrandir

13:49

Bow is best shot I think

But I don't really know anything about it.

Rubio

okay then

BOW

Deusovi

Red.

Rubio

CONCERT

Deusovi

Also red.

Rubio

COMIC

Deusovi

13:49

Neutral.

Rubio

pish.

next turn. :)

Sid

!board

Shiro

Gareth McCaughan

well, I reckon we've pretty much got it in the bag now

Sid

Okay, @n_palum you are blue. Remember that you are blue. B L U E

Mithrandir

13:51

n_p is gray

n_palum

red, got it

er, grey

Gareth McCaughan

no, Mithrandir is grey. You are blue.

n_palum

BLUE: SHAFT (3)

Gareth McCaughan

stick? staff?

spike?

@JanDvorak I was carefully avoiding saying that

(I didn't mean you should remove it!)

Sid

staff, stick sounds good to me..

staff

Business Cat

13:53

I think spike works

Gareth McCaughan

(when you deal with a LAWYER you are likely to get shafted. Hillary Clinton allegedly got shafted by MOSCOW. ...)

n_palum

Blue

Gareth McCaughan

there is a Monty Python sketch in which the words "stream" and "shaft" are applied to the same thing

sorry, just auto-heckling, I stand by the three words I suggested above

Sid

Stick

n_palum

blue

Sid

13:55

Spike

n_palum

Yellow.

Gareth McCaughan

oh well

Jan Dvorak

!board

Gareth McCaughan

oh, I think I know what the other one was

Shiro

Deusovi

13:59

hm...

n_p, could you double check the validity of this?

onetimesecret.com/secret/6sze3if7r856vm2x25qaxz68ckdqsku

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