Codenames

DJMcMayhem

17:58

@/

John Dvorak

0/

PiIsNot3

0/

Quintec

o/

PiIsNot3

Downgrade to o/, haven't fully woken up yet

!newgame DJMcMayhem, John Dvorak, Quintec, PiIsNot3

Shiro

RED: John Dvorak, Quintec

BLUE: DJMcMayhem, PiIsNot3

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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!

DJMcMayhem

18:12

Oh hey, a game is starting

And apparently it's my turn

Covfefe will have to wait I suppose

Quintec

oh hey

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

!join

Shiro

Hi ThePuzzlingPlatypus, you'll be joining team blue!

BLUE: DJMcMayhem, PiIsNot3, ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Quintec

has DJ been taken by the powers of covfefe

DJMcMayhem

Not yet

Blue: SUCTION (4)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

18:21

vacuum

PiIsNot3

OCTOPUSes (octopi?) have suction cup tentacles

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

maybe mouth

it's actually octopuses technically

PiIsNot3

VACUUMs work via suction, yes

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I forget which language is which, but the uses vs i thing depends on if the word is greek or latin

PiIsNot3

You can suck on a MINT, but that's a degree removed

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

18:22

things get sucked through a HOLE?

PiIsNot3

A SINKhole looks like it's sucking in things

Oh, and HOLE is on the board too

I like OCTOPUS and VACUUM, what do you think?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

that works

then mouth and or hole?

I like those a littel better

PiIsNot3

Hmm, I'm unsure of the remaining two actually

I'll just play OCTOPUS and VACUUM, then we can discuss a little more

OCTOPUS

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

ok

Shiro

OCTOPUS is Blue

PiIsNot3

18:24

VACUUM

Shiro

VACUUM is Blue

PiIsNot3

I think SINK-HOLE was probably intended

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

hole definitlly

PiIsNot3

OK, if you like HOLE we can try it

HOLE

Shiro

HOLE is Black (assassin!).
Game over. Red wins!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

18:26

wow

DJMcMayhem

... Sorry

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

it made so much sense though

PiIsNot3

TBH not even mad, it's still early :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

things get sucked into holes

I was only going to play one game, but I have to redeem myself there

DJMcMayhem

Totally my fault

PiIsNot3

18:27

Sinkhole made a lot of sense... until it didn't

@DJMcMayhem Get your covfefe man!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@DJMcMayhem how was that not my fault

DJMcMayhem

It wasn't a bad connection, I just forgot to think about the assassins.

@JohnDvorak Good job, you won!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

John wins by doing absolutely nothing

DJMcMayhem

OK, I'm blue. *shakes head* Wake up!

Alright

BLUE: LITTER OCTOPUS SINK TOKYO STRIKE SPY MOUTH LEPRECHAUN VACUUM
RED: DEGREE CHOCOLATE HEART ENGLAND STRING NUT HAM MARCH
BLACK: HOLE

Hmm. LITTER, OCTOPUS, and SINK makes me think of the ocean. TOKYO too since it's on an island, but I suppose that's just as likely to hit ENGLAND. UNDERWATER? I suppose that loses the connection to LITTER.

HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI could hit TOKYO and STRIKE. I kinda feel bad, I think the WWII bombings come up every single time someone wants to clue Japan or something related lol.

Log, I guess

John Dvorak

oh, there's a a game? :P

DJMcMayhem

18:28

Can we get a show of hands?

PiIsNot3

OK, I guess I'm warmed up now, time for the real action

O/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

o/

John Dvorak

0/

DJMcMayhem

I'd like to redeem myself, but I also need to get some chores done, so o/ for now, O/ sometime later

PiIsNot3

@Quintec are you still available?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

18:30

I fail to see the difference between "not being able to sm" and "just not liking to"

technically, I could SM every time i want to play

I just don't like doing it

John Dvorak

then that's 0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

0/ then

PiIsNot3

OK, lemme change the order then...

!newgame PiIsNot3, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, JohnDvorak, DJMcMayhem

Shiro

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, JohnDvorak

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I just really hate doing that

it's hard

Shiro

18:31

BLUE: PiIsNot3, DJMcMayhem

PiIsNot3

0/ is fine too

John Dvorak

Not being able to SM would be, for example, if you had to leave mid-game.

Shiro

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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.

RED goes first!

Hosch250

@join

!join

Shiro

Hi Hosch250, you'll be joining team red!

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, JohnDvorak, Hosch250

Quintec

18:31

Wow, I won by doing nothing the whole game!

2

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

hang on guys, I need to get notepad open

Quintec

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus some people dont have the time to sm because it requires more attention to the game

DJMcMayhem

I was the best player on team red! I'm the only one that did anything for team red.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

It's cool, I have off from work today

I"m red, right?

Hosch250

Yes.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

18:35

just so I'm clear, "External research" includes "asking my mom if she knows something," right?

DJMcMayhem

Yes

John Dvorak

She could join as a team member

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

it's fine

PiIsNot3

@Quintec Quintec wins by doing absolutely nothing in Codenames 2019

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@PiIsNot3 I already said that about John in the last game

John Dvorak

18:38

Hey, don't discount my nonparticipation!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: ZEBRA (2)

Hosch250

Africa

John Dvorak

It's a horse-ish animal living in Africa

Hosch250

And probably Grass or Horse.

John Dvorak

another tenuous one would be bolt because they're fast runners

Hosch250

18:40

Yeah, seems too tenuous, though.

John Dvorak

horse seems the best because it then sets the whole theme

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I gotta clean up from lunch quickly, but that takes like 2 minutes

John Dvorak

AFRICA

!who

Shiro

Red currently has 3 guesses remaining.

John Dvorak

AFRICA

PiIsNot3

18:42

Oh I put a space in your name on accident, hold on

!leave JohnDvorak

Shiro

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Hosch250

PiIsNot3

!joinred John Dvorak

Shiro

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Hosch250, John Dvorak

Hosch250

Africa

AFRICA

Shiro

AFRICA is Red

Hosch250

18:43

There we go.

HORSE

Shiro

HORSE is Red
You are out of guesses. It is now Blue's turn

John Dvorak

No, we're not!

Hosch250

Wat?!

We got 3 guesses? LOL

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

you weren't going to pass anyway?

Hosch250

I mean, we would've just passed anyway...

John Dvorak

18:43

We were, but we were going to do so of our own volition, not by force!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I think one of your guesses may have gone through and not properly registered

probably the double africa guess

PiIsNot3

Blue: Newspaper (4)

DJMcMayhem

Hmm

PRESS for sure.

DRAFT maybe

BUGLE? Like the Daily Bugle from Spiderman?

STAFF is possible

And maybe SQAURE

PRESS

Shiro

PRESS is Blue

Hosch250

Definitely not SQAURE.

Maybe SQUARE, though.

DJMcMayhem

18:48

You're not on my team :P

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

but that was funny

DJMcMayhem

Maybe also COLD?

Oh, lol

STAFF

Shiro

STAFF is Blue

DJMcMayhem

BUGLE

Shiro

BUGLE is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn

DJMcMayhem

18:49

Dang, I was really hoping it was BUGLE

Next round I'll guess DRAFT for sure, and then I'm not sure between SQUARE and COLD

Hosch250

Plot twist. Draft is the Assassin.

On the whole, though, Spy would suit that better ;)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: Dessert (2)

Hosch250

PIE

Shiro

PIE is Red

Hosch250

China, I guess?

Dessert is often served on china...

John Dvorak

18:51

uhh... why?

Hosch250

I can't think of anything else.

John Dvorak

Cold seems better...

Hosch250

I mean, an herbivore might have Grass for dessert?

John Dvorak

no

Hosch250

I guess you could Bolt a dessert down.

John Dvorak

18:52

that's desert

Hosch250

Bolt like Gobble?

John Dvorak

who?

Hosch250

No, Bolt is a synonym for Gobble. Like, you could gobble/bolt some food.

Also Snarf.

I'm chill with cold, and if that doesn't work, we can try China later?

John Dvorak

to desert is the opposite of getting drafted, right?

COLD

Shiro

COLD is Blue
What were you thinking?
It is now Blue's turn

Hosch250

18:54

Look at the spelling :)

Shiro

Hosch250

Desert != Dessert.

John Dvorak

that's why I'm asking!

Hosch250

Dessert is like a pie. Desert is like a dry biome or to leave (i.e. go AWOL).

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Fun fact: the "just desserts" Is supposed to be "just deserts," though pronounced as cake

I said that because it's irrelevant to my clue

John Dvorak

18:57

The fact that it's irrelevant is a hint, isn't it?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

nope

just a random fun fact about the two words

John Dvorak

Good. Just checking.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

this is why SMs shouldn't talk

I just had to share that

DJMcMayhem

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus You say, as you talk while SMing?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

yes

PiIsNot3

18:58

Still thinking...

Blue: Fraternity (3)

DJMcMayhem

CLUB, SCHOOL

Not seeing a third one. Perhaps stadium? That seems related to schools, and it's not hard to imagine that fraternity members would be excited about college sports.

SCHOOL

Shiro

SCHOOL is Blue

DJMcMayhem

CLUB

Shiro

CLUB is Blue

DJMcMayhem

DRAFT

Shiro

19:03

DRAFT is Blue

DJMcMayhem

!board

Shiro

DJMcMayhem

Suit? Cap? Contract? I have no idea

STADIUM

Shiro

STADIUM is Red
What were you thinking?
It is now Red's turn

DJMcMayhem

Whoops

Shiro

19:04

Hosch250

I guess you could say you got REAMed.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I don't get it

unless that's apaper joke

in which case I do get it

Hosch250

Yes, a paper joke.

Getting reamed is a term for getting beat up.

Like, a sports team could be reamed by losing 100 to 0.

Or something like that.

John Dvorak

is ream the wood pulp that turns into paper by drying?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

IT's a unit of measurement for bundles of paper

Hosch250

19:07

No, it's a number of pages.

John Dvorak

oh

Hosch250

IIRC, it's like a few hundred pages, or something.

Maybe a couple thousand.

DJMcMayhem

ITT: Things I've learned from The Office

PiIsNot3

@Hosch250 I think you're missing a C in there somewhere

Hosch250

@PiIsNot3 Well, that's another one.

But, reamed is too :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:10

Sorry, thinking.

John Dvorak

to be fair, you can use almost any verb and still be understood.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

like smeckledorfed?

John Dvorak

yes!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

How is that still funny

Blue: Chang'e (2)

DJMcMayhem

That team got absolutely smeckledorfed last night

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:13

That works, and that's supposed to mean bamboozled or tricked

@DJMcMayhem "That's not even a word and I agree with ya"

DJMcMayhem

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Apostrophe intended?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I think that's how you spell it

so yes

I may have spelled it incorrectly, but I'm not exactly allowed to go check

Hosch250

China and Beijing?

That's a Chinese name, IIRC.

John Dvorak

Is that the guy who forgot a potted plant on the Moon?

Potted plants need oxygen and light to survive. Name two things that cannot be found on the South pole of the Moon.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Penguins and polar bears @JohnDvorak

John Dvorak

19:17

Yup!

DJMcMayhem

!who

Shiro

Red currently has 3 guesses remaining.

Hosch250

Wait, Chang'e is China's moon probe!

Dang, 2? I guess china and moon, and leave Beijing out?

John Dvorak

Just go by your original plan.

Hosch250

CHINA

Shiro

19:22

CHINA is Red

Hosch250

Beijing, you think?

John Dvorak

WAit. Who are the teams?

I thought this was a clue for blue

Hosch250

You and me playing this one :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

!teams

Shiro

RED team: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Hosch250, John Dvorak

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:23

this is a red clue

Shiro

BLUE team: PiIsNot3, DJMcMayhem

John Dvorak

I've been lied to!

Hosch250

I like moon a lot better than Beijing, TBH.

John Dvorak

Moon then

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@JohnDvorak you've been smeckledorfed

2

Hosch250

19:23

MOON

Shiro

MOON is Red

Hosch250

[pass]

Shiro

Hosch250

I bet @ThePuzzlingPlatypus is thinking I saved the day there :D

Or maybe they are thinking they should've made it 3.

John Dvorak

I would advise our SM to better get it right next time or else.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:24

you'll see what I think later

2 stars, it's official

smeckledorfed is just as funny now as it was backw hen that Spongebob episode aired

DJMcMayhem

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I know you're not trying to give anything away, but you really should say less when you're SMing

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That's why I'm saying things that aren't about the game

PiIsNot3

Blue: Bind (2)

Hosch250

I think we lost.

These 2 are easy.

DJMcMayhem

CONTRACT

Shiro

19:28

CONTRACT is Blue

DJMcMayhem

BOLT

Shiro

BOLT is Blue

Hosch250

gg

DJMcMayhem

Phew

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

gg

DJMcMayhem

19:29

gg

John Dvorak

Troll level 0

PiIsNot3

2019-11-29, 10:32 AM

I’ll take it easy this game, don’t wanna stress myself out this early in the game.

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, John Dvorak, Hosch250
BLUE: PiIsNot3, DJMcMayhem
RED goes first!

Seed: 32073153
Blue: DRAFT, PRESS, COLD, BOLT, CONTRACT, SCHOOL, STAFF, CLUB
Red: OPERA, MOON, PIE, STADIUM, CHINA, SPY, SQUARE, HORSE, AFRICA
Yellow: BUGLE, STAR, CAP, GRASS, FAN, SUIT, TRIP
Black: BEIJING

Immediate thought: CHINA Red, BEIJING assassin? Wow, that’ll be hard to clear IMO.
Ooh, I see a good 5 for DRAFT + PRESS + SCHOOL + STAFF + CLUB, just need to find a good name for a school ne…

Hosch250

Dang, red even started first, and we played a perfect game :D

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

RED: OPERA MOON PIE STADIUM CHINA SPY SQUARE HORSE AFRICA
BLUE: DRAFT PRESS COLD BOLT CONTRACT SCHOOL STAFF CLUB
YELLOW: BUGLE STAR CAP GRASS FAN SUIT TRIP
BLACK: BEIJING

First things first, how in the [insert mythological underworld here] am I supposed to clue China
but not BEIJING? Country or something I guess, but I won't worry about that yet

POKEMON (2) could clue STADIUM and MOON, but I the only person here that I know would get that is
on the other team

a MOON PIE is a real thing, but I can't use either of those words or google other names

PiIsNot3

GG!

DJMcMayhem

19:29

@Hosch250 No, you donated COLD

John Dvorak

gg

Hosch250

Oh, I guess I forgot that.

PiIsNot3

@DJMcMayhem Do you know any college/university newspapers off the top of your head?

DJMcMayhem

Nope

Hosch250

But they gave us stadium

PiIsNot3

19:30

Good, glad I didn't give that clue then :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I underestimated you guys

That CHang'e thing was a very obscure reference

John Dvorak

Chang'e with Beijing assassin is bloody dangerous

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

You try clueing CHINA but not BEIJING

CHINA + SQUARE = TIanenmen, but guess where that is

BEIJING

PiIsNot3

Chang'e

Chang'e (Chinese: 嫦娥; pinyin: Cháng'é) or Chang-o, originally known as Heng'e, is the Chinese goddess of the Moon. She is the subject of several legends in Chinese mythology, most of which incorporate several of the following elements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, an elixir of life, and the Moon. She is married to the archer Houyi. In modern times, Chang'e has been the namesake of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. == Tales == There are many tales about Chang'e, including a well-known story that is given as the origin of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. In a very distant...

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

CHang'e is China as a whole

John Dvorak

19:31

Agreed

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I only knew about her from a youtube video

PiIsNot3

If Red had cleared CHINA from "Dessert," that would've made your life a whole lot easier

John Dvorak

I would get the pokemon reference!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

My plan there was Moon + PIE

DJMcMayhem

I was scared the last round because I saw contract, but not BOLT, and then hosch comes in and says "these are easy" and I'm panicking haha

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:32

I was going to do the pokemon thing, but then stadium was donated so I couldn't

PiIsNot3

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Why MOON? My immediate thought was lemon squares

DJMcMayhem

!finalboard

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Moon pies are a real thing

Shiro

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

it goes by the "actual name of an actual thing" rule

SEriously, how else would I clue China without BEijing or making it a 1 clue

Hosch250

19:33

Yeah, I've heard of moon pies.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

lots of great connections, but all of them overlap beijing

Hosch250

Not often, though. Never would have guessed.

PiIsNot3

Never heard of them here

John Dvorak

Largest(3) => Moon, Africa, China

Hosch250

Didn't know the Chang'e myth. Great thing I remembered the lunar probe!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:34

and @Hosch250 I would've gone with 3 but I didn't know if there was an opera about her or not

John Dvorak

almost worked for me the last time I almost clued it

Hosch250

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I probably would've guessed Beijing, though.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That too

BLue may have one, but I pulled off the hardest thing on the board: Clueing CHINA without its capital

*won

also @PiIsNot3, I am impressed

Hosch250

I'm going to go play with my dog.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

you too @Hosch250

you do that

Hosch250

19:35

Thanks :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That chang'e thing was really obscure

PiIsNot3

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Nah I just happened to have all the newspaper related words, and you were at a disadvantage due to the assassin

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I meant with you getting my reference

PiIsNot3

Ah, yeah, I'm an ABC (American-born Chinese), so that falls completely in my realm :)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I did not know that

DJMcMayhem

19:37

I had never heard of Chang'e before

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

NEither had I until I saw that youtube video a few months back

I just like mythology

John Dvorak

I was uncertain which of the recent Moon missions was which

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

so that story is why they named the moon missions that

John Dvorak

The Indian one was ... Chandrayaan, apparently

PiIsNot3

Anyway, have to BOLT now, gotta have the leftovers from yesterday!

\o

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:40

That's what I'm having for dinner

John Dvorak

@PiIsNot3 have a nice TRIP

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I could stay, but I might check back later if there aren't enough people

John Dvorak

0/

DJMcMayhem

Make sure to heat it up so you're not having it COLD

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I really don't want to SM again

John Dvorak

19:40

best served on Beijing

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

so i'm going to say o/ despite the fact that it's technically 0/

John Dvorak

so, about that China - Beijing thing... we do have the dishes

and food

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

So @John, were you trolling with the BEIJING thing because you thought it was a blue clue?

John Dvorak

yes

DJMcMayhem

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus You don't have to volunteer to SM if you don't want to

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

19:41

oh

I was just saying I could but don't want to

which is different than "I can't"

o/ then

DJMcMayhem

o/ means I would like to guess

John Dvorak

o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

o/

I'll be waiting for a game to start

one more, I want to see if I can win one

unless people are leaving, in which case I'll check back later

John Dvorak

pmig

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

yeah, ping me

John Dvorak

20:20

o\

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

ping me if a game starts

Hosch250

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

21:09

hi

o/

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