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22:00
Perfect streak ruined :)
lol
@DJMcMayhem (I work in brake NVH fwiw. We measure noise and vibration to make sure your brakes don't kill your eardrums! I used to work for a speaker company though, Harmon Kardon where I was much more acoustically focused naturally.)
Red: athlete (2)
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You can see athletes in a STADIUM
You can be a FAN of a particular athlete
@Rubiksmoose Cool! So, vehicular R&D sorta?
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And athletes can be part of sports CLUBs
22:02
@DJMcMayhem Yup I'm in R&D for sure.
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Was also considering SOLDIER because they're athletic, but the clue isn't an adjective
An athlete in baseball might PITCH
I'll try STADIUM first since I'm most confident about that
STADIUM
STADIUM is Red
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There's quite a few spectator sports related words, unfortunately
Hi El'endia Starman, you'll be joining team red!
RED: Mithical, HTM, El'endia Starman
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22:05
I'm at FAN > CLUB > PITCH >> SOLDIER right now
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Though I have a feeling FAN + STADIUM have a better, more specific connection than just "Athlete"
Yeah, like "sports (2)" or "spectate/spectator (2)".
I'm leaning most towards PITCH because of baseball pitchers.
@HTM "INDUSTRIAL AIR CONDITIONER" (yes, not legal I know)
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PITCH + STADIUM could've been "Football/soccer"
Or the name of a football/soccer field
22:07
Not baseball?
On the other hand, Mith is in Israel, where I know a lot of people have to serve in the military, and presumably SOLDIERs have to be pretty athletic. Question here is whether Mith wants us to consider words from our perspective or theirs... :P
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I guess soldiers qualify as athletes
Or even FRANCE for a particular famous bicycle race...
@HTM Oh! You're PiIsNot3!
I was wondering who this newcomer is :P
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SOLDIER + STADIUM could be a military demonstration
@DJMcMayhem Lol, you're not the only one who got confused
For a moment I was thinking "Who is this new user??" Then I clicked on your profile and all became clear ;-) — Stiv yesterday
22:10
@DJMcMayhem Oh, that makes sense lol. I thought HTM was just a brand new person and didn't question it...
Pro-tip: if you change both your name and avatar, nobody knows who you are.
@El'endiaStarman same lol
@El'endiaStarman :)
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I wish there was some way to quietly broadcast a name/avatar change
!board
Aaaanyway...
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22:11
Honestly, I can't decide between all the one's we've mentioned so far
I'm leaning towards FRANCE now because PITCH + STADIUM could certainly be clued better.
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I feel like FRANCE is a degree removed though, since you have to make the connection to Tour first
It is, yeah.
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OK, process of elimination time
PITCH and FAN could've been clued better
SOLDIER is tenuous
FRANCE is a degree removed
So that leaves just CLUB
...on the other hand, Mith knows a bit of baseball, so maybe PITCH was intended?
I dunno if I've ever heard of e.g "athletic clubs". I feel like those tend to have different names.
Mith is also an avid cyclist, which points towards FRANCE.
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22:14
A golfer uses clubs
Argh, can't decide!
I think the best move is to just pass and hope it doesn't put us too behind
I'm okay with that plan. Pass.
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[pass]
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And sorry Mith if we completely overlooked something obvious
blue: Davy Jones' locker (4)
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22:18
I eat me, returning for 58 formerly (4)
Blue currently has 3 guesses remaining.
@HTM wat
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(not a play btw, just an interesting CC I thought of)
Please ignore the pre-edit version
22:19
@JohnDvorak So 2 or 4?
that was a typo
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!who
Blue currently has 3 guesses remaining.
Shiro thinks it's 2, don't know how well we can ignore that...
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You still only have 3 guesses though
22:19
If that was really a typo we could double pass to fix it
Hey, that clue sounds familiar... :P
we'll see if it comes to that, for now just play
OK, fine
SUB, TRUNK
TRUNK, SUB?
haha
BERMUDA?
22:20
ah yeah BERMUDA works too.
What exactly does UNDERTAKER mean?
@DJMcMayhem they prepare bodies for funerals/viewings
That's the name of a famous WWE wrestler.
(Not trolling but also not being helpful. ;) )
SPOT for the black spot?
oh and X marks the spot?
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@El'endiaStarman "In 1993, the Undertaker threw mankind..."
22:23
@Rubiksmoose Not sure what that is
@DJMcMayhem pirate trope.
TRUNK > SUB > BERMUDA >>> SPOT
PITCH someone into the water? Also maybe for physics?
Sure, go for it.
I'm pretty happy with the the answers for this clue for now.
TRUNK is Blue
22:24
SUB
SUB is Blue
BERMUDA
BERMUDA is Blue
Awkward
22:25
ok.
Thanks
So SPOT and AZTEC
in Pirates of the Caribean I think the treasure was Aztec gold.
Why Aztec?
@DJMcMayhem Especially for your parser. :)
Hmm
@El'endiaStarman Lol
22:26
Also kind of a go-to place for pirate treasure in stories.
Oh, actually that's even worse than I thought because the transcript shows the edited version... >_>
@DJMcMayhem We can edit it though.
and clean up the comments so it works for the parser technically if we wanted.
But it exposes the larger problem of "what happens if a game-message is edited"
@DJMcMayhem anyways what think ye about the clue?
22:28
SPOT AZTEC PITCH SCIENTIST
pick two lol
Is PITCH like tar or something that they would use on a ship?
@DJMcMayhem Actually, yes. Old timey ships do use pitch I think! Nice thinking.
But if it is PITCH, does that mean we're done guessing for PHYSICS?
hmmm, maybe?
It's probably not PITCH and AZTEC/SPOT
It may or may not be PITCH and SCIENTIST (maybe if PITCH was unintended for Physics)
22:30
If it's PITCH we may just want to pass because we're unsure.
And also up by 4. I'd be OK with that
If it's not...then that at least clears some things up.
Yeah, if it's not I'm feeling AZTEC > SCIENTIST
PITCH
PITCH is Blue
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Good thing we didn't go for that I guess...
So we could pass, or we could go for one more.
!board
@HTM I was really hoping you would though...if onnly so we didn't have to
I'm fine passing, this is a sizeable lead
22:33
@DJMcMayhem Well, we can't win no matter what we do. I say we pass and hope that they can give us a 2 clue. Or, if they want us to guess and we are right with SPOT/AZTEC they can give us 1 and we'd have a 50/50 shot.
[pass]
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@Mithical you deserve a long nap after this one
Now I'm curious which clue PITCH was for and whether they overlapped
@DJMcMayhem I'm very curious about this as well. Was it a happy coincidence?
22:36
Red: workout (3)
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...ok then
Yep, CLUB probably
And that might have been our "Athlete" word
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SOLDIERs undergo strenuous workouts
Agreed on SOLDIER.
You can SPOT people as they're e.g. weightlifting.
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22:39
Perhaps, but I'm wary of that cause it might be Blue
CLUB > SOLDIER > SPOT
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Good with CLUB and SOLDIER to start off though
:makeitso:
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CLUB
CLUB is Red
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22:40
SOLDIER
SOLDIER is Red
!board
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Well, this poses an interesting dilemma
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22:40
Cause we mentioned both CLUB and SOLDIER for "Athlete"
@HTM dooooo it ;)
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And our SM isn't the kind to be overlapping words when down big
There's no way we can win this turn, so we should take that into consideration.
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Perhaps the intended "Athlete" word was neither CLUB nor SOLDIER, but one of the others we suggested?
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22:41
FRANCE or FAN
Again, I feel FRANCE is a bit removed, so I'm leaning FAN
And FAN is problematic because FAN + STADIUM could've been clued better.
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And I don't see any better "Workout" words than SPOT
@El'endiaStarman Watch them both be ours hehe
Supposing that our SM's brain is a bit wonky because it's late, SPOT > FAN > FRANCE?
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I'm OK with that
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22:43
Wait, I just wanna make sure we're not missing anything else for "Workout"
Since SPOT might be for "Davy Jones"
They guessed SUB, TRUNK, PITCH, BERMUDA for that clue.
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I feel like PITCH was the "Physics" word though
Alright then, FRANCE > FAN > SPOT?
Sorry, being a bit sneaky there, FAN > FRANCE > SPOT. :P
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I'll play FAN, and if it works out we'll deliberate more about "Workout"
FAN
FAN is Blue
Uh... what?
It is now Blue's turn
22:45
:O
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...you're kidding
that's on you lol
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Aight, calling it, FRANCE is the assassin
I think it's LEMON.
Blue: Gravedigger(1)
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22:46
@El'endiaStarman Black lemons? Ew
Yeah, very assassiny.
UNDERTAKER yeah?
@JohnDvorak I hope you don't mind, but I edited your last clue back to (2) so that my script can parse it easier :P
Roger.
@Rubiksmoose Yep
22:47
mod abuse!!11!
!!!!11!1!11!
@DJMcMayhem Wait, shouldn't it be 4 since that was intended?
And then delete the passing in between?
Oh, that could work too
You say that like DJ wants to do actual work.
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@DJMcMayhem New esolang, perhaps?
22:48
UNDERTAKER
UNDERTAKER is Blue
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GG
@HTM I prefer ijl!
@HTM Just an old PPCG meme.
22:48
I'm was so sure UNDERTAKER was for athlete and I was sure you were going to go for that after you mentioned it
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!finalboard
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...FRANCE was ours, huh
22:48
FRANCE was Red!!!
20191210
Blue, first

Blue words: Mass, Sub, Vacuum, Trunk, Undertaker, Pitch, Bermuda, Charge, Fan

Mass, Vacuum, Charge, Pitch = Physics. State red, Scientist yellow.
Playing.
Mass seen. Charge seen. State/R seen. Scientist/Y seen. Vacuum seen. Pitch seen. Pitch disliked.
I didn't expect State to be so popular :(
Scientist deconsidered because the clue wasn't Physicist. Gotta get to the mindset of actually using "Physicist" in cases like this.
Acoustics is part of physics, indeed. Oooh, Rubik's major. (Also, BTW, inclined planes, screws, roofs...)
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STATE, AZTEC, CHECK, STADIUM, CLUB, SOLDIER, FRANCE, SNOW.

Assassin: CASINO.

This is a hard board, for me at least...

STATE + AZTEC + "mexico"

STADIUM + CLUB (+ CHECK)? = "athlete"

SOLDIER + STATE + "military"

...I'm pretty sure Rubiks is a physicist, so you better know what you're talking about here

And STATE donated.

"athlete" is likely to hit PITCH (baseball), so only playing it for 2.

Remaining words: AZTEC, CHECK, STADIUM, CLUB, SOLDIER, FRANCE, SNOW.

(gives "athlete" clue, for 2)
@Rubiksmoose See, I thought UNDERTAKER was for Davy Jones Locker, but I didn't mention it since you were going more towards pirates in general, where I was trying to think more about the bottom of the ocean
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@Shiro Ooh, I just noticed the yellows in the upper right form a cube net
Y'all really gotta consider way more obvious ways of cluing together words for the connections you make.
22:51
@HTM they do!
They do
Sometimes the SM does miss an obvious better though, or doesn't consider it better
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@Mithical Of course, you don't know what exactly your team considers a connection, so it's always good to cover all bases :)
Is it OK if I edit the transcript into what was intended? No one objects?
no objection
Anyway, now I will go to bed earlier than 2:30AM for the first time this week (it's only 1!), so g'night y'all \o
22:53
The Black Spot is a literary device invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel Treasure Island (serialized 1881–82, published as a book in 1883). In the book, pirates are presented with a "black spot" to officially pronounce a verdict of guilt or judgement. It consists of a circular piece of paper or card, with one side blackened while the other side bears a message and placed in the hand of the accused. It was a source of much fear because it meant the pirate was to be deposed as leader, by force if necessary—or else killed outright. In Treasure Island, Billy Bones is much frightened by...
Sleep well! \o
Oh, someone already did
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Oh, and the game took almost exactly 1 hour to complete
I'm here for another game if anyone's up for it
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@Mithical See ya!
22:53
I'm up
I'm out.
@ElizB SM duel?
GG all!
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I'm not up
\o
oh hey Eliz, do me a favor and smack El'endia for me will you
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I just realized that "I'm up" and "I'm down" mean roughly the same thing
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@HTM I've played with that before. :D
@El'endiaStarman You're ON!
@Mithical Yup, will do :) just smacked. :P
@ElizB @El'endiaStarman If you're willing to wait 30 minutes, I'll be a guesser
thank you
22:55
Show of hands, who wants to play?
O/
@Mithical no problem. you didnt specify location so it was just a light tap on the arm :)
Future-o/
O/
I might be able to convince IceDagger to join again, that would be interesting :D
22:56
@JohnDvorak @DJMcMayhem nice work SM and partner :)
@DJMcMayhem That'd be cool. :D
Thanks
!newgame ElizB, El'endia Starman
RED: El'endia Starman,
BLUE: ElizB,
22:57
RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/cd6bi83i7f64uvffm8ckeh9uu6hxuhi
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/ltkfulw97bdmlmcz2z0xrl6g2muz65t

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!
@El'endiaStarman That's... One way to do it I suppose :P
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...fine, I'll stick around again
But I am getting a little hungry
!join
Hi HTM, you'll be joining team blue!
BLUE: ElizB, HTM
Game won't start for real until there's four. :)
22:58
Hi John Dvorak, you'll be joining team red!
...okay lol.
RED: El'endia Starman, John Dvorak
And there's four. Oh well
Alrighty then
I don't mind waiting
I could grab a snack for myself too
\o, see y'all soon
22:59
I just wolfed down my dinner so I could play
Yeah, it'll be a few minutes before I give a clue.

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