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18:00
I'm hearing lots of typing from his side of the room xD
Hoo boy, must be taking lots of notes.
@El'endiaStarman Maybe they just got inspiration for a novel.
It is NaNoWriMo...but they should be focusing on this game!
I think @IceDagger14 is significantly more likely to participate in NaNoWriMo than I am
:P
18:03
I'm trying....
lol
> What if Robin was Chinese, but living in Tokyo as a doctor turned police officer...
NaNoWriMo is hard though xD
Red: Body (4)
@IceDagger14 It is indeed; I've done it twice.
hahaha
18:03
And two more attempts.
@ElizB We're up again.
ARM and FIGURE are sticking out to me.
Oh really? (trying not to go off-topic) I love writing so maybe I'll bug you on discord about it hehe
@IceDagger14 I wouldn't mind that at all. :)
DOG, FISH, EAGLE, and TURKEY are all animals, so they all have bodies. Not sure if any of them were intended though.
Oooh, body BLOCK is a thing in football.
And you can PIN one's arm behind their back.
Ah @ElizB you're back! :D
Uh, haha hi
I'm on mobile thats why I didn't get the ping
18:08
25 mins ago, by El'endia Starman
@Rubiksmoose Yeah, probably caught up in watching Kim Possible... :P
Was the guess right? :D
Haha yup
Who won the bet?
Haha
woooo I got it right! :P
Okay so arm and figure look good and pin looks good too
ARM is Red
18:10
FIGURE
FIGURE is Red
PIN is Red
Nice :)
18:10
What do you think of BLOCK? Anything else on the board you like more?
I like block
I can't see anything else I like more
BLOCK is Blue
Oh, dear.
It is now Blue's turn
Aww
18:11
Still a decent position to be in though!
Still a good round
Yeah, I think that a great round too! (hehe)
lol no, but you guys did get three so good job
18:16
AFK
I have to run in a few to go to the school to prepare teaching my ASL class
Oh cool!
:)
Blue: Spanner(2)
BRIDGE
(not quite AFK actually)
18:19
lol
Lolz
also it is British-ism for wrench
So I don't actually know what spanner means
Well primarily it means wrench in Britain.
So I'm glad you're not AFK completely
Okay
18:20
But a BRIDGE is very comonly said to "span" a gap.
Amusingly, I only know "spanner" as a term from Star Wars novels.
Oh that's a good point
ahaha
bbbdwA
Whoops, that's not vim
so would DOG be in the running again then?
facepalm
Are we OK with guessing BRIDGE real quick while we figure out the other?
18:22
@DJMcMayhem LOL
Oh oh I read wench
hah
Yeah, go for it
BRIDGE
BRIDGE is Blue
sweet, nice!
I'm here for two more minutes then it's not really safe for me to play and drive
18:23
I'm having issues with the second clue though..
but if we can get it, it set us up very nicely for next round.
!board
@ElizB Lol yeah no don't do that. :P Drive safe!
I have to remember it's spanner and not span... Kind of thought of wing span for a sec but I don't know if it's a good connection
So I thought EAGLE for a sec
So wrench, being the tool?
@El'endiaStarman lol I will
Yeah I'm really not sure...
18:26
I feel like both SQUARE and ROUND compete for things a wrench can clasp onto
See ya later! Thanks for pinging me irl @El'endiaStarman see you later! :)
Bye! Drive safe!
We might have to pass if we can't get something plausible.
yeah, how about we do that for now
[pass]
18:27
It's not a great place for our SM unfortunately, but not sure what else we could do there.
Yeah, at least we're tied for now
@IceDagger14 Nope
oh
I mean
We're winning!
I forgot that it's offset
Sorry I'm taking so long, still thinking
Red: Flying (2)
18:39
FISH and EAGLE, probably.
Technically TURKEY counts but that could've been clued with "ASIA (3)" earlier.
EAGLE
EAGLE is Red
FISH is Black (assassin!).
Game over. Blue wins!
oh no! / yay!
18:40
20191115

This time I only have one guesser while the other team has two. As usual, I start second.
Blue words: Block, Doctor, Square, Gas, Police, Bridge, Robin, Stick
Black: Fish

Block and Square are shapes.
Red has Eagle and Dog, I have Robin and Stick. Joy.
Car stuff? Block, Stick, Gas. Block is pretty particular that I use Engine, but it should work.
Maybe. Engine / Stick isn't strong.
Throttle? Good for Gas and Stick. Still not great for Block.
Note that Arm is red.
Tokyo is red, so avoid Drive.
I have failed you DJ. *commits seppuku*
AAAAAAAgh
> There are two types of people in the world: Those who play Final Countdown to indicate the time limit for the guessers, and those who play Kesha's Tik Tok. I'm of the former.
I didn't think of that
18:41
RED: LIGHT FIGURE DOG ROOT PIN TOKYO ARM EAGLE CHINA
BLUE: BLOCK DOCTOR SQUARE GAS POLICE BRIDGE ROBIN STICK
BLACK: FISH

RED: LIGHT DOG ROOT EAGLE
BLUE: SQUARE GAS STICK
YELLOW: COTTON POOL SPY FRANCE ROUND RAY TURKEY
BLACK: FISH


Alright, I've EAGLE but not ROBIN or TURKEY. And CHINA but not FRANCE or TURKEY. And LIGHT bt not RAY. And ROOT but not STICK. I could do ASIA for TOKYO/CHINA. Maybe NUMBER for FIGURE and PIN? They might miss the PIN connection. Aaaaand it could hit SQUARE. PHOTOSYNTHESIS for LIGHT and ROOT? ROOT is a bit tenuous, because it's really TREE > ROOT. I'll avoid clui
Flying fish are actually a real thing, BTW, even though they jump and glide but can't actually fly.
I know
That's why I'm so ashamed of not realizing it
I've even seen them in person before
Don't worry, I didn't think of them either, until they were brought up by ES.
I do have seen mudskippers with my own eyes, but not flying fish
O/ or o/
in a few I'll be o/
18:43
There should be a wave for "Happy with either one"
BRB, then 0/
@DJMcMayhem isn't that 0/
@Rubiksmoose Yes, but it says "Prefer not to SM"
0/ means "I'd rather not SM"
@DJMcMayhem ah gotcha
18:44
Whereas I would be perfectly content with either one
This round would have been 500% easier if TURKEY was RED.
Yeah, this was a hard board
I should have just gone with FEATHER (2) and then DIG (2) last round
Yeah, FEATHER (2) would've worked.
o\ gotta focus on work now
Maybe I should say \0
But that might be interpreted as a null-terminator
18:47
Appropriate if it terminates your chat session :P
I propose 😐/ for "I don't care if I SM"
noooo no emojis
☹️/ for "I can SM, but I'd rather not
But I can't type that from my desktop
o/
Gosh I could give SMing a go but I'd fail my team hard haha
18:49
You should do it!
What about @/ for "either is fine"?
If you use Windows, it's Win+.
There's also a keyboad for Firefox
Oh wow, how did I never know that?
It's a relatively new feature
19q3/4 methinks
New proposal: x/ for "cannot SM", -/ for "prefer not to SM", 0/ for no preference, and +/ for "wish to SM"
18:58
Can be stacked. For example, ---/ means "at a gunpoint" and +x/ means "I'd love to, but I can't"
Or o/, 0/, 0/, and O/. :P
These are complicated and way too subtle of differences
nahhhhh (yeah)
HOw about 0/O/
\o player, \O prefer not to SM
o/ fine to SM, O/ want to SM
19:00
On the same token, o/0/ would mean "technically I can, but it would be painful for everyone involved"
\o means you're leaving
How about o/ I would like to guess. O/ I would like to SM. oO/ I would like to do either
If we want a two-axis system, you can go for sm-preference / guesser-preference. As in, x/x - spectator, -/- - backup player, +/- - prefers to SM
I typically use o\ for leaving. Much less ambiguous.
x/x would be the new leaving
I think @JohnDvorak's first proposal made way more sense lol
To me at least, but I'm new
19:05
@DJMcMayhem you could even make a subtle change to the last one Oo/ would rather SM oO/ would rather play.
@JohnDvorak How I feel right now
Re-advocating @/ for "either is fine".
@Rubiksmoose Oooh that's neat.
@Rubiksmoose But there's still no option for if they're equal
If we want to stick with o/0/O, @ seems like the obvious extension
19:05
@El'endiaStarman What if I want to ping someone named slash?
@IceDagger14 What have you done
Still, it carries historical baggage
@DJMcMayhem Won't happen, a slash username is impossible. :P
@El'endiaStarman I like this idea
19:07
Anywho, @/
still o/
@JohnDvorak what have you done? lol
19:08
The only logical next step. Weakly prefer not to.
🎂O/
I will be fine spymastering, as long as I'm eating yummy food
leaves to go grab a brownie
Excellent. You can now play from the same room.
$O/ = will only SM if bribed
Battle of the Sexes: Codenames Edition :P
@Rubiksmoose You mean 🤑/
19:14
@JohnDvorak even better lol
One YouTuber, when showing sponsored videos, precedes them with a notice that includes a ka-ching sound and the tuber's eyes covered with a pair of dollar signs.
$O/ would be "I'll SM for free if no money is available"
Alright, so me and IceDagger for SM?
With Rubiks and John guessing?
Avi
Avi
o/
19:19
!newgame DJMcMayhem, IceDagger14, John Dvorak, Rubiksmoose, Avi
RED: DJMcMayhem, John Dvorak
BLUE: IceDagger14, Rubiksmoose, Avi
Avi
Avi
on phone so typing is hard - don’t wait for my feedback if you’re 90% sure
RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/r5uzjlxl8api651p5n03ba0p8cvs9x2
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/3ij4mad80zqtrhmzqsa1308cwh2wsbq

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!
Avi
Avi
I’m guessing pool is not blue, considering Shiro’s track record on colors
She's gotten better lately
19:21
Okay, DJ helped me get set up, I'm now thinking lol
Avi
Avi
BlackBerry incoming then
Project idea: make a per-word color statistics, fully automated
Would force me to get familiar with an OCR library
@IceDagger14 BTW, the syntax for clues is Blue: **CLUE** (number)
Avi
Avi
It’d just end up as a uniform distribution
It should end up as uniform distribution
but it will end up with outliers. And those might be hilarious.
Avi
Avi
19:23
If you ever get familiar with an OCR library
Automated selection of outliers => principal component analysis, also fun
Avi
Avi
Yeee
Blue: *HATTER (3)
oops
Blue: HATTER (3)
OK
Mad Hatter maybe?
@Avi that's...not nice.
anyways. Looks like I'm on my own.
Avi
Avi
Oof
That was not serious
Anyways, mad hatter also pops to mind
19:33
So my vague recollection was that the mad hatter has something to do with mercury and lead.
No objection to the kick, but perhaps a discussion topic for later: Should kicks be preferentially performed by teammates rather than their opposing team? In this case, by Rubiks?
@Avi That was very much not obvious, but we should move on for now.
Avi
Avi
Go ahead then; I can’t seem to make any connections off of the mad hatter itself
MERCURY
MERCURY is Blue
19:34
LEAD
LEAD is Blue
Avi
Avi
oh, right
Avi
Avi
The felt on hats used to be lined with mercury/lead
So, I have no idea why those are connected, but good job brain holding on to that tidbit.
Ahhhh. and the mercury presumbly did what mercury does.
!board
19:35
Avi
Avi
causing people to get brain damage, hence the term “mad hatter”
maybe poison as well
or, round because hats are round
yeah those two stand out to me as well.
Avi
Avi
He could’ve clued Toxic for poison/mercury/lead
Yeah that is what I was just thinkign as well
Avi
Avi
So I think we go round instead
19:37
Sure.
ROUND
ROUND is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn
Avi
Avi
Weird
Maybe battery because they contain mercury/lead? Really sketchy though
Huh. Well I'm glad it was yellow. I wasn't super confident in it. But POISON could be it?
@Avi ....but nothing to do with hatter so I agree it is a big stretch
Avi
Avi
Maybe just ignore the rest of this clue and wait for the next one, I’m thinking
Yeah agreed. I'm not confident enough to go for POISON without some other direction.
Or if we were really desparate
Avi
Avi
19:42
Unfortunately we’re probably a fair bit behind now, so it may come to that scenario
You have one fewer word than us
Avi
Avi
I believe in DJ to get a (5)
Red: Racing (3)
@Avi I don't :P
Avi
Avi
Oof
Space race comes to mind, so perhaps that's why there's the -ing
is "racing pit" how you call underground circuits?
You race by pressing your foot...
FOOT
19:45
FOOT is Red
PRESS is Red
PIT is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn
Avi
Avi
Saved, but PIT was my first guess
19:47
Next idea: restrictor plates
ooh, star
Avi
Avi
race Star?
I’ve only heard of race car
not particularly fond of either
Avi
Avi
Fair enough
FTR @Avi I'm telling it to DJ, not to you, so no need to reply ;)
Blue: CHARGE (2)
Avi
Avi
19:49
Nani 2?
BATTERY
Avi
Avi
Battery for sure
BATTERY
BATTERY is Blue
Avi
Avi
maybe charged plate? Or electric fence
Or chemical bonds
19:51
@Avi I'm thinking bonds or plates here
it would have made more sense to say ELECTRIC o therwise I think
Avi
Avi
Though Chemical (3) would’ve hit lead/mercury/bond last turn
Are batteries poisonous
@Avi I can't think of one that is great for you. A lot of heavy metals.
So...yes I guess.
Definitely not venomous though
Avi
Avi
May as well get it out of the way, then
hmm
Let's go for BOND first I think
Avi
Avi
19:55
Ok... I’m not a fan though FTR
Actually no PLATE.
Avi
Avi
plate is better
I'm not either
PLATE
PLATE is Blue
heck yeah
19:56
there goes my plan
Avi
Avi
Maybe go poison now
do we pass or poison?
Avi
Avi
and pray it’s not actually poisonous
POISON
POISON is Blue
You are out of guesses. It is now Red's turn
Avi
Avi
19:57
yey
Avi
Avi
\o/ \o\ /o/ |o| /o\
Shimmy shimmy shimmy

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