Codenames

Sconibulus

18:00

Face is Red

GentlePurpleRain

FIELD?

Mithrandir

Oh duh, I'm an idiot

5

Deusovi

any particular reason, Mith?

(I like FIELD, but I'd like to figure out what the other actress is)

Mithrandir

Yeah, I missed the obvious one

GentlePurpleRain

Let's not get distracted, here...

Gareth McCaughan

18:01

I remark that we have only 2 left

Deusovi

that is a true statement

Gareth McCaughan

and that having 2 left and a clear candidate leftover isn't really any worse than having 1 left

GentlePurpleRain

But what about winning on this go?

Gareth McCaughan

and may even be better because it leaves more to confuse the opponents

so IF we think we can win this turn we should try

Deusovi

!board

Shiro

18:02

Gareth McCaughan

but IF NOT we should probably prefer to leave two and make sure at some suitable point that Sconibulus knows what we will guess if left to our own devices

dcfyj

annoyingly my chat does not wish to scroll down...

Business Cat

Hey, Team Yellow finally got a word

GentlePurpleRain

If anything, I would do FIELD, then DOG. But I'm not super confident. I'm ok with waiting.

Gareth McCaughan

does one drill horses as well as soldiers?

GentlePurpleRain

18:03

@BusinessCat They had help from Blue Team.

@GarethMcCaughan I guess if it's a cavalry drill...

Business Cat

ಠ_ಠ

Deusovi

I think if we can get the other actress, then we win.

Gareth McCaughan

If we can get the other actress AND it doesn't happen to be FIELD for some crazy reason

GentlePurpleRain

There just doesn't seem to be much that relates to actresses.

Sid

(I think actress->Field isn't really a stretch)

GentlePurpleRain

18:05

If you were trying to link FAIR, FACE, and ______, what would make you think ACTRESS?

Gareth McCaughan

Dunno, but for sure FAIR+FACE wouldn't do it. (BELLE or something would be better.)

Deusovi

Why just "actress" and not a specific one?

Gareth McCaughan

I wonder if there's some famous actress called Barfield or Carlock or something.

GentlePurpleRain

Because it's cluing Sally FIELDS

Gareth McCaughan

is that even legal?

GentlePurpleRain

18:06

@GarethMcCaughan That would be one word too many.

Gareth McCaughan

@GentlePurpleRain true

unless FAIR or FACE wasn't actually being clued by ACTRESS at all

Deusovi

No, I think it was.

It certainly wasn't our other clues, and Scon knew we were thinking FIELD.

Gareth McCaughan

Anyway, if the last word from actress is FIELD and the last word from drill is FIELD then there is no real gain from guessing it now.

GentlePurpleRain

Let's just pass.

Gareth McCaughan

[passing]

Shiro

18:08

Forklift

@mith we have 2 leftover electronics, also

Mithrandir

I can guess now, right?

Deusovi

Not until BC gives a clue.

Forklift

what are you guessing?

Mithrandir

Car.

Forklift

18:10

?

Mithrandir

@Deusovi k

@Forklift electronics

Gareth McCaughan

I have to go now. Good luck @Sconibulus, @Deusovi, @GentlePurpleRain!

Forklift

I thought that. also field

Deusovi

See ya!

Forklift

and lock.

Mithrandir

18:10

@Forklift I think field may be red's

Forklift

I do too, but electronics is literally a field of study

Mithrandir

True. Well, we'll see what Bus clues

Business Cat

Blue: Moving (0)

Forklift

...?

Deusovi

ha!

Mithrandir

18:12

...okay. So it's not car, I guess

Deusovi

@Forklift oh right we didn't tell you

a "zero" clue is allowed

it gives you unlimited guesses

(an "unlimited" clue is also allowed, which also gives you unlimited guesses)

Mithrandir

Should we go for lock @Fork?

Forklift

so none of our 3 remaining clues are moving then?

Mithrandir

Right

Forklift

lock fo sho

Mithrandir

18:13

LOCK

Business Cat

blue

Forklift

still like field, fwiw

Mithrandir

Field... maybe... Isn't there something like an electric field?

Forklift

we can shelve it a minute and try for "not moving"

ring, field, bar?

only things that hit for me on "not moving"

Deusovi

are you going to guess at some point?

@Mithrandir, @Forklift?

or have you both just left

Forklift

18:18

I am waiting on my patrner

perhaps Mith had to tinkle

Deusovi

then I guess it's up to you

no pressure

Forklift

I'm a little wary of our clue so I want some more input

I can't tell if it's saying that since moving is 0, we should clue immobile things

Sid

!join

Shiro

Hi Sid, you'll be joining team blue!

BLUE: Business Cat, Mithrandir, Forklift, Sid

Forklift

oh hey Sid. right on time to watch us fail

Sid

18:21

what are the clues again?

Forklift

we have a remainign clue for electronics, which I suspect is field and 1 clue for Mobile (0)

but Red is also strongly leaning field

Sid

Yeah, well... car is definitely not ours because I am 80% sure it is of Red.

Forklift

for drill?

also car is mobile

and we have 0 mobiles

or something liek that

Sid

Yeah, obviously Car is not blue

Eh, I don't know what else. Maybe, it's just not clued yet..

@Forklift Also what were your options for Electronics?

Forklift

field is only thing I got but also they have 2 left and should win next turn

electronics, field was my only other guess in play

could be 0 because we said all the right answers and just need to guess them?

Sid

18:25

what's the other word, then?

Forklift

wait! cricket mobile

Sid

We still need (2), right?

Forklift

thats a phone

yes, 2.

I like cricket

Sid

Go for it. I dunno

Mithrandir

Sorry, something unexpected came up IRL

Forklift

18:27

CRICKET

Deusovi

@bus, @scon?

Business Cat

Blue

Forklift

WOOO!

Sid

... wow.

Mithrandir

Nice! :D

Sid

18:28

So, just one more..

Forklift

so was cricket electronics, or moving?

Sid

I am guessing cricket was never clued. And a shot in the dark just hit the bullseye

Forklift

what, no way

that was just clutch mind synchronization

Sid

Anyway, it could be electronics for all I know

Forklift

last clue. wild guess? mith?

Sid

18:30

@Forklift Just go for what you feel like. you seem to have the Midas touch. Or @Mith thoughts?

Mithrandir

Um.

Forklift

I think field has my vote

Mithrandir

Should we throw caution to the winds and guess FIELD? If it's theirs, they win, guaranteed. If we don't get this, they win, almost guaranteed.

Forklift

I know it looks good for them, too but theyll...

yes thats what I was saying

Mithrandir

@sid - what say you?

Sid

18:33

Yeah, go for it

Mithrandir

FIELD

Sconibulus

Field is Red

Red: Dollar (1)

Business Cat

..

Sconibulus

!board

Mithrandir

...sigh

Forklift

18:34

well... it's not field.

Shiro

Deusovi

BILL

Sid

gg

Sconibulus

Bill is Red

Sid

(wow, it wasn't car then. I really thought that was it.)

Sconibulus

18:34

whew

Business Cat

No, it's not field, because I clued electronics not electric field

Forklift

electronics is a field of study

Business Cat

Car was the assassin

But a car isn't really an electronic

Mithrandir

!finalboard

Forklift

true that

Shiro

18:35

Forklift

what was the clue we missed?

Deusovi

it has electronics though

why BILL for actress?

Forklift

"playbill"

Business Cat

NO idea why you guessed cricket but it worked

Sconibulus

Playbill, top-billing, etc.

Forklift

18:36

hehe, bar was electronics then?

Deusovi

BAR?

Business Cat

I had a bit of a crisis with my 4 clue there

Deusovi

yeah, I don't get that

Forklift

I'm not sure I see the bar/electronics connection

Mithrandir

I don't.

Deusovi

18:38

Nor do I.

Sconibulus

Apple genius bar maybe?

dcfyj

@Forklift to?

Business Cat

Power bars, cell phone signal bars, it's pretty tenuous

Forklift

@dcfyj to each other. the clue was for lock, button, bar, switch

dcfyj

I don't know what the clue was...

Forklift

18:40

ah. signal bar. tough one

"ELECTRONICS (4)"

Business Cat

I was thinking of cluing cell phone, but then siwtch wouldn't fit and cricket/switch would be pretty much impossible, also it would probably hit bill

Forklift

and ring

Business Cat

A neutral isn't as much concern, but yeah ring would be one of the first guesses

Which would be bad

I was planning to try cluing cricket/bar on the last turn but then you started thinking it was car and I had to make a terrible 0 clue

dcfyj

Electronics -? bar makes me think of power bar

Forklift

...that was a terrible clue :)

dcfyj

18:42

Forklift

thats a power strip

dcfyj

They're also called power bars

if you google power bar you'll find a lot of these show up

Business Cat

I take it you're from UK, Forklift?

I call those power bars and never heard power strip in my life

dcfyj

They're typically called power strips in the US, I don't know about the UK

Forklift

weird. I just googled it. expected to see power bars shop.powerbar.com

dcfyj

18:44

I see both :P

Forklift

me too, but was not expecting the strips

Sconibulus

I've always heard them called power strips

Mike Q

Why does that power strip have so many switches on it?

Forklift

I am US. lived in UK though

dcfyj

As I said, it's another name for them

Forklift

18:45

individual control

Business Cat

Hm. I have literally never heard the term power strip until now

Mithrandir

I call them outlet splitters

Or power strip

Mike Q

Sometimes they are referred to as surge protectors

Forklift

surge protector is another

Business Cat

TIL.

Forklift

18:46

dammit mike

Sconibulus

surge protectors are different things

Mike Q

Yes, hence the "Sometimes"

dcfyj

@BusinessCat It's quite possible power strip is a US thing while power bar is a canadian one? I've lived in both countries so maybe that's why I thihnk nothing of it?

Business Cat

Possibly

Sconibulus

a few of those have surge protectors built-in

Forklift

18:46

power bar is food tho!

Sconibulus

but mostly surge protectors are things on UPS's

Mike Q

Power bars are edible. Not necessarily food.

Forklift

ha!

Sconibulus

which usually also have alarms and battery backup

dcfyj

power strips/bars can have surge protection, but it is by no means a requisite item.

Business Cat

18:47

Well I need to get something done so I'm out for now

Forklift

or that they are effective. looking at you, Wal-Mart

I also must go. thanks for the invite

dcfyj

lol, yeah, power bar's surge protection isn't the greatest, if you're wanting that you'd best get a UPS

Mike Q

The best method of surge protection is to avoid plugging in any electrical devices

dcfyj

Hard to do with a desktop

Forklift

The best defense is electrical education, abstinence only simply results in more unwanted surges

Mithrandir

18:55

Say 'o/' if you're here and can play

o/

Morgan G

o/

Sconibulus

o/

Mithrandir

@Mike, @dcfyj?

dcfyj

I'm pretty distracted, but sure

Mithrandir

Scon, you up for SMing?

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