Codenames

micsthepick

08:00

but what were the other clues?

Jesse

spine was an extra they gave us... but i don't think chests have spines

cylindrical and chest

thats it

micsthepick

right

so, maybe opera

or robin

Jesse

ooh sorry

hearts was one

hearts (1)

micsthepick

which we got deck for

Jesse

so..?

micsthepick

08:01

what's your opinion on opera and robin?

we might go for bank

Jesse

what about them?

micsthepick

because of the second meaning

so, the opera and robin make a sound other than the chime

Jesse

robin puffs out its chest and opera has a big chest? hrmm, im less convinced because it was gold and trunk

bank maybe..

but i have no idea

micsthepick

well, isn't another definition of bank also a storage space?

Jesse

ok

BANK

ffao

08:03

yellow

micsthepick

drat

Jesse

more like phew :D i think that was pretty risky

John Dvorak

Red: Continent(1)

Mithrandir

!board

Shiro

Mithrandir

08:05

EUROPE

John Dvorak

red

Sid

I think this clue means "go for BED"

Mithrandir

yeah, i agree, and was just typing that

BED

John Dvorak

also red

Great game, guys

Sid

gg

Mithrandir

08:05

phew

micsthepick

I knew we threw the game there

gg

ffao

screw this bell assassin

John Dvorak

LOL

micsthepick

who was thinking of bell?

!finalboard

Jesse

nobody

John Dvorak

08:06

It blocks TRIANGLE/OPERA

ffao

this board looks really weird, how am I cluing missile without bomb, opera without bell... awful assassin choice
cylindrical for missile-bomb? that can get me spine and trunk too, maybe?
oh, mug and glass also fit
didn't really look at those since they were blue, but it still works out for us so it's fine

technology - mass might be a bit hard to get, if that's what JD is going for, but laser and bomb are easy

I probably need to clue spine again - might go chest here first before going for the other words because there are a lot of distractors they might guess first

Shiro

Jesse

i think ffao had a clue near bell

micsthepick

dammit

John Dvorak

Teams: Mith, Sid and me vs. Jesse, Mics and FFAO

Red: buck, bomb, europe, mass, bed, theater, laser, ham
Black: bell

Nice clustering. Unfortunately that has zero effect on gameplay.

HAM screams RADIO, but BELL gets in the way. What other options do we have?
TRUNK blocks BED pretty well. OPERA blocks THEATER. The latter will be pain for both sides.
TECH looks good, but MISSILE gets in the way.

CYLINDRICAL clears TRUNK, so maybe INDOORS first?
It also clears MISSILE, so TECH looks good as long as my team doesn't think a bell is the pinnacle of technology.

Jesse

08:08

OOOOH

micsthepick

we just kept ignoring spine

Jesse

so hearts was for spine!

why give it just 1?

you should have said hearts (3)

diamond, deck, spine

and deck WAS diamond :D

i ruddy knew it had to be

ooh wait no

..

micsthepick

facedesk

Jesse

what were the 3 trunk things?

micsthepick

??

you mean the chest things?

Jesse

08:11

deck

deck was supposed to be the third chest clue.

@micsthepick no.. it was trunk, gold and deck

but deck doesn't really work if you want to rule out pirate :D

ffao

yeah, it was trunk, gold and spine

Jesse

spine?

like a skeleton guarding the chest? what?

ffao

I should have paired deck with opera like I said in the comments, we might have had a chance then

no, chest as in upper body

Jesse

ahh

John Dvorak

Who knows that HAM = amateur radio?

Jesse

08:13

yeah, i see you commenting on how its an issue. always one theme for me

Mithrandir

o/

micsthepick

funny how red DID get spine

Jesse

and body is the opposite theme to treasure

micsthepick

overall, do you guys think it is better to associate too many of your words to a clue or too few?

John Dvorak

I always undernumber

micsthepick

08:14

always?

Jesse

i like doing the opposite

the more the better

John Dvorak

Not sure "always", but at least usually

ffao

I usually undernumber, but this board was terrible

micsthepick

I'm good for one more game of this

uno mas

Jesse

a general large numbered theme they can get early on can make later guesses easier

John Dvorak

08:15

I don't want my team to scrape for associations that aren't there.

micsthepick

yeah

Mithrandir

O/

John Dvorak

I could have cranked up technology up to 5, but I was really afraid of BELL

ffao

yeah, another thing I should have done is cylindrical (5)

John Dvorak

0/

ffao

08:16

you would get laser, but that would be fine in the grand scheme of things

0/

Jesse

yeah, i would have gone spine and laser for the extra 2

micsthepick

0/

John Dvorak

Getting SPINE early would have helped blue a ton

Jesse

so 4 not 5

micsthepick

I would have avoided laser

Jesse

08:17

that way when we get laser wrong and spine right we aren't still looking for more cylinders

micsthepick

but trunks aren't always cylindrical

Jesse

i dont think they ever are

John Dvorak

Elephant trunks are, tree trunks are

Jesse

ooh

ffao

this ^^

Jesse

08:18

yes

John Dvorak

human trunks sorta are

ffao

so what's the procedure for resolving three zeros? :P

Jesse

i can't play another sorry

ffao

Shiro can only generate random numbers up to 2

John Dvorak

Best case for red for too many cylinders: Tubular bells

micsthepick

08:19

what you have to do is look at each word and ask, what are the all the different meanings of this word, and be aware of every meaning of every word for every action

Jesse

what context ffao?

John Dvorak

FFAO's 0 kinda looks like O :P

ffao

it may look like it but it's not :P

micsthepick

o0Oo0O

ffao

ok, randomization protocol -- Red is 1, Blue is 0, I'll generate a number from 0 to 3 MSB first. 0 is me, 1 is JD, 2 is mics, 3 is reroll

!flipcoin

Shiro

08:21

Blue

ffao

!flipcoin ...

!flipcoin

micsthepick

wait

Shiro

Red

ffao

you want to SM?

micsthepick

the binomial probability is different

0 and 3 are less likely to occur

John Dvorak

08:23

@m

it's binary, not binomial

micsthepick

oh I see

you are doing 2x one throw, not three individual throws

John Dvorak

The dice roll says I SM

micsthepick

yep

so big endian

MSB first

John Dvorak

MSB first

Mithrandir

@ASCII, you playing?

John Dvorak

08:25

Best case he opts to SM :P

BRB

Jesse

I didnt really follow but for multiple coin flips you just have to make order matter to stop the weighting towards center

micsthepick

yes, so we did MSB first binary

two flips, four numbers

Jesse

cool beans

micsthepick

!newgame JD, mith, mics, ffao

ASCII-only

@Mithrandir oh, there's a game? yes definitely

:|

Shiro

08:27

RED: JD, ffao

BLUE: mith, mics, ASCII-only

ASCII-only

!join

Shiro

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/c8dcypzs7t7abdoanhxg2pnmp791kh3
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/h82cmryrupu0x3k7thtjqipjtjofmk7

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.

Hi ASCII-only, you'll be joining team blue!

BLUE: mith, mics, ASCII-only

micsthepick

blue goes first

Jesse

native australian animal is in exactly the same spot as platypus was in the round we played earlier. coincidence? i think NOT

micsthepick

also, from that round was server and calf

you might say this is part of some twisted plot

Mithrandir

08:32

Blue: Mountains (3)

micsthepick

cliff, stream

there are mountains on some planets right?

what do you think ASCII?

ASCII-only

definitely those two

micsthepick

maybe plane?

ASCII-only

yeah maybe

micsthepick

CLIFF

Mithrandir

08:34

CLIFF is blue.

micsthepick

STREAM

Mithrandir

STREAM is... not blue. Or yellow.

John Dvorak

red

ASCII-only

~~clearly it's grey~~

micsthepick

pft

John Dvorak

08:38

Red: Planet(2)

micsthepick

clearly it's kangaroo

ffao

k

saturn

John Dvorak

red

micsthepick

VENUS

ffao

space

ASCII-only

08:39

userscript that adds lightbox to images for people that think chat oneboxes are too small </shamelessselfadvertisement>

John Dvorak

Venus isn't on the board. Space is red.

ffao

[pass]

Shiro

ASCII-only

:|

Mithrandir

Blue: Sewing (2)

ffao

08:41

@ASCII-only I approve the starred messages in that chat from the screenshot

ASCII-only

@ffao note: screenshots were ~~stolen~~ from the original repo (I should probably update with lightbox gifs)

micsthepick

NEEDLE

ASCII-only

and HOLE probably

Mithrandir

NEEDLE is blue.

ASCII-only

and we should do a mountain one, assuming it's not the case that both of these are the mountain ones

micsthepick

08:44

go for hole?

ASCII-only

yeah

micsthepick

HOLE

Mithrandir

HOLE is yellow.

micsthepick

ugh, knew it

ASCII-only

:|

micsthepick

08:45

these clues are hard.

ASCII-only

maybe it was BOX then

micsthepick

why?

ffao

!blame

Shiro

It's n_palum's fault.

John Dvorak

Red: Police(2)

ffao

08:46

well, you got away scot-free this time, mith

Mithrandir

that's one way of putting it

ASCII-only

well, I was thinking sewing kit, which seems like the closest out of all the possibilities

ffao

pistol

John Dvorak

red

ffao

belt

John Dvorak

08:48

blue

ffao

there you go, I helped you with one

(it seemed logical to me >.<)

micsthepick

!broad

ahem

!board

Shiro

ffao

lol, I'll have to steal that one in the future

John Dvorak

!beard

Mithrandir

08:50

Blue: Clothing (2)

micsthepick

I'm thinking ketchup and tooth

how about you ASCII?

on a more serious note, perhaps hook, with a bit of a stretch pole

we could go ahead and guess box

ASCII-only

@micsthepick for clothing?

micsthepick

sorry, sarcasm

ASCII-only

@ffao clearly conratc is best typo

well I'd say CHANGE maybe?

micsthepick

ooh that sounds nice

go for it

ASCII-only

08:54

CHANGE

Mithrandir

CHANGE is blue.

micsthepick

and hook?

ASCII-only

yeah probably. slip is another possibility, but hook seems the best out of all of them. probably.

micsthepick

lets go for hook

HOOK

ASCII-only

yeah

Mithrandir

08:56

HOOK is blue.

ASCII-only

:D

ok now a mountain or sewing word

micsthepick

would slip have anything to do with sewing

ASCII-only

possibly? who knows

micsthepick

let's not guess

for that

ASCII-only

okay then

micsthepick

08:58

try box?

at this point I want to get as much information as possible

ASCII-only

yeah, why not

micsthepick

which is better box or plane?

ASCII-only

hmm.

I'd say plane

micsthepick

does slip thread sound familliar?

maybe it really is a sewing thing

I am aware of the slip knot

that isn't really a sowing thing

PLANE

Mithrandir

....gray.

micsthepick

09:02

wat?

John Dvorak

YES

micsthepick

oh, black?

Mithrandir

WHEN DID I EVER CLUE PLANE

John Dvorak

Red words: SATURN, KETCHUP, STREAM, POLE, KANGAROO, PISTOL, SPACE, KNIGHT
Black: PLANE

SPACE, KNIGHT = JEDI. PLANE gets in the way. Maybe incorporate STREAM somehow? Also, BELT is blue.

Blue starts with MOUNTAINS(3). Seems they'll get cliff, and give me stream. And their back-up plan is the assassin. I don't envy Mith. Should give me a head-start. For a moment I wish STREAM wasn't mine, so that Mith wouldn't have time to react to PLANE.

JEDI(2) is cool, but PLANET(2) seems safer, plus KNIGHT can be paired with PISTOL.

micsthepick

mountain plane

Mithrandir

09:02

SLIP, BELT, CHANGE, PLATE, HOOK, NEEDLE, BOOT, CALF, CLIFF.

Hmm. “mountain” should get BELT, CLIFF, and if I’m lucky PLATE (tectonic ones).

Wait, no, not STREAM. That’s red. *slaps self* bad Mith

CLIFF is good, yes. Maybe they’ll realize that it’s not STREAM and go for a different one?

D’Arvit, they picked STREAM. They’re gonna kill me when I release this.

Hmm, “sewing” should get HOOK and NEEDLE, if they’re at all familiar with that. Are there any words that this would be bad for? Hmm… don’t think so. I guess it’s worth a shot.

John Dvorak

I thought mountain went for boot

ASCII-only

belt >_> how could we not get that

John Dvorak

How did you miss that your team was thinking of PLANE? :P

micsthepick

I deserved that slap, especially when you consider the actual way I came up with pole

John Dvorak

Awesome dump :-D

ffao

09:05

belt for mountain was a bit too far

sure I understand it, but wouldn't think of it when guessing

ASCII-only

ok so clearly mith's thinking is on too high of a level for us :P

micsthepick

I would consider it a different wavelength

Mithrandir

>.<

micsthepick

sorry

John Dvorak

Still not sure I get belt

micsthepick

09:07

I've been playing for so long

ASCII-only

@micsthepick clearly that would be an insult. this is a Literature mod you're talking to

micsthepick

my brain is a potato

3

ASCII-only

hmm. are we allowed to scroll through transcript while a game is going on

John Dvorak

yes

Mithrandir

probably

John Dvorak

09:09

in a physical game you'd remember everything that happens because you're paying attention.

ASCII-only

@JohnDvorak well I meant more to look through SM's past SM logs

micsthepick

I'm hopeless with remembering clues in a physical game

John Dvorak

Can you use a notepad in the physical game?

ffao

people paying attention in a physical codenames game? that exists?

micsthepick

there is nothing saying you can't in the rulebook

John Dvorak

09:11

!xkcd eat a dog

micsthepick

IIRC

John Dvorak

It's definitely an intentional foul, but we've decided it's worth it.

so, house rule territory. Got it.

0/

Mithrandir

0/

micsthepick

0/

ASCII-only

o/ wait dinnertime

ffao

09:16

(ᴗ˳ᴗ)

John Dvorak

does this means we have three players total?

Might be a good opportunity to attempt a double duty as SM for two guessers

ASCII-only

@JohnDvorak :P good idea

John Dvorak

or a guesser for two SMs

ASCII-only

oh

John Dvorak

I'd like to try the latter as SM

might melt the guesser's brain though

or, I could be the double guesser

ASCII-only

09:22

@JohnDvorak well the thing is either way the guesser would win

assuming they don't hit the assassin

micsthepick

would they still win though?

John Dvorak

The jury in a court process are supposed to be impartial

They'd be the judge / jury of the SM ability, with no stakes for themself

ASCII-only

hmm.

micsthepick

it would be interesting to see the results of a study on jury impartialness

ASCII-only

actually if this happens clues should happen simultaneously

John Dvorak

09:24

Nah, maintain the turn order

Mithrandir

12:35

When do you ever sleep, @JohnDvorak?

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