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00:26
\o/
@cairdcoinheringaahing?
Darn 'borg solving puzzles
What kind of person solves puzzles in a puzzling site? Geez
It's as if they took the site at face value
Pfft
If this was a puzzling site, why do I get math tutoring, huh? Huh?
because I am a tutor who likes tutoring people and you are a person who wanted tutoring
00:29
Hm
Mith is sleeping (or should be sleeping, so let's not ping them)
"seen 30 seconds ago"
I guess not sleeping
@Mithical why you still awake, huh?
@Sciborg you down?
@/
I will be a bit slow if SMing, since trying to solve Bobble's puzzle at the same time
Hmmm we need another person
I'll also go @/
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus maybe?
I’m watching tv and on my phone but sute
00:39
Yay \O/ the summon worked
Bobble vs. Borg Showdown: Part II
!newgame bobble, Sciborg, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Prince North Læraðr
Can you bold on mobile?
RED: bobble, ThePuzzlingPlatypus
BLUE: Sciborg, Prince North Læraðr
RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/8i7gdqsxm2yk4r71syuziq7f2ilzwl7
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/ruuhkh4dh340yty07padh5bqzl5o8zn

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.
You can bold on mobile, just ** as usual.
00:40
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Yeah, I think so. Just the same thing "**"
North, I'm counting on you :p
Alright 'borg
Let's go
00:42
We are currently waiting for a clue from the Red spymaster.
@bobble Your turn
Dec 1 at 1:06, by bobble
thinking of clue, thinking of clue
I hadn't finished copying down the words when you pinged
Red: oil (4)
Damn
That's a nice clue
PALM is Red
WHALE is Blue
What were you thinking?
It is now Blue's turn
Ah unfortunate
Was oil not a reason whaling was a thing?
00:50
I would've guessed that too, don't worry
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Yup, I believe so
That and candles, I think
The blubber was used for a lot of different stuff, I think
I would've gone with another word before whale if I were you though
Blue: Arachnid (3)
Spider, web, and
Maybe Greece for the pun? Or fire because oil makes fire
Greece???
Spider
SPIDER is Blue
WEB is Blue
Arachnid
I'm missing something obvious here
!board
blue stairs going up!
pretty
Arachnid... I think it has to be Greece, right?
Greece
00:52
GREECE is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn
I was thinking of Athena, 'borg
Oh, I'm so dumb
My idea was Greece/grease
It's eye
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Homophones aren't allowed, I don't think. Are they?
00:53
Probably not
Because spiders have many eyes smh ofc. At least I have that on backlog
I'm honestly not sure what the 4 of oil was. I can figure out 3, but I'm not sure about the last one
Mm maybe the last one, but bit of a stretch. At least I know which ones to avoid
Red: noisemaker (unlimited)
Hey, that's not nice to call me that!
FIRE is Red
00:58
Ooh that's fire
Shiro isn't colorblind!
A racket is a loud noise
Racket
Watches are loud too
RACKET is Red
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
Tickity-tockity, tickity-tockity
01:00
You can also SLIP on oil
I'm sure Jupiter has also too
Oil is found in the ground
Ground
GROUND is Blue
I feel for you.
It is now Blue's turn
01:02
Damn if only Greece was blue
Disregard that one time secret now, bobble, i don't need it anymore :p
Also, poor Bobble. If only I was in red team
Blue: Fishing (2)
I might not go for the next game. Playing on mobile is annoying
01:03
POLE is Blue
LINE is Blue
EYE is Blue
You are out of guesses. It is now Red's turn
Welp, GG everyone. Thanks for the free words :P
01:04
GG I think I’ll stop after this
Dang bobble still has to clue 4 words together
That's rough
Red: road trip (unlimited)
CAR is Red
01:07
TRUNK is Red
i think road trip was a movie
Film
FILM is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn
Blue: Gamble (1)
I'm pretty sure PITCH was the last one for oil
DICE
01:08
DICE is Blue
I’ll stop for now, watching tv
seed: 523448107, I'm RED

mine: TRUNK, SLIP, PALM, CAR, FIRE, RACKET, EAGLE, PITCH, FORK
theirs: EYE, DICE, GROUND, WEB, POLE, SPIDER, WHALE, LINE
neutral: GRASS, FILM, PART, GREECE, NAIL, JUPITER, WATCH
assassin: BOW

okay I'm first
TRUNK and CAR might go together?
"phoenix" -> EAGLE, FIRE
"baseball glove" -> PLAM, PITCH?
"sports" -> RACKET, PITCH?
"triangle factory" -> SLIP, FIRE (requires history knowledge)
"oil" -> FIRE, PITCH, SLIP, CAR
haha! a (4) to start. I'm going with this
yes, North, I'm quite proud of it. Thanks!
01:09
BLUE: me and my tree buddy :D
RED: bobble and Platypus

BLUE: EYE, DICE, GROUND, WEB, POLE, SPIDER, WHALE, LINE
--
RED: TRUNK, SLIP, PALM, CAR, FIRE, RACKET, EAGLE, PITCH, FORK (heh, pitchfork - could easily do mob(3))
YELLOW: GRASS, FILM, PART, GREECE, NAIL, JUPITER, WATCH
BLACK: BOW

Red goes first, I have time to think. Must avoid BOW.
Honestly, I think I have amazing clues this time. EYE, DICE, SPIDER, WEB are so easy to tie together.

Possible clue sequence:
SPIDER+WEB+EYE = Arachnid (3). Could leave out EYE and make it a 2-clue, but I'm feeling risky and spiders have lots of eyes, so
actually PALM was unintended for OIL
should've been a (5)
Pitch is tar
which is oily
although it did cross my mind
WHALE and GROUND both occurred to me as possible hits for Oil, unfortunately
01:10
I didn't know that thing about whaling
Ground was a hmm maybe clue
Signing out now. Watching tv
I mean, Gandalf took a road trip on an eagle.
Platty+me is not a good team
No I just suck
01:11
Nah, I think he was just distracted
Bobble, don't say that :( sometimes bad games happen
That too North
i've completely flubbed all kinds of clues
Also, I give you permission to declare "oil" my SHAPES clue
Yup, i'm never letting you live it down
01:12
Oil was a pretty good clue
It was a good clue, but unfortunately WHALE was a really good fit
The shapes yeah that was... yeah
Whale would've been my third choice
I was wondering why CAR was left for so long...
What was GREECE, by the way? :p
i had no clue what you were going for
Oh, Greek mythology
01:13
from... Arachnid?
The word arachnid comes from a greek word
i was just trying to clue spider without saying spider :p
It's based on a greek mythology
I probably would've still gone with greece
Rick Riordan kids FOR THE WIN!
note to self: if greece exists, north will guess it for any clue
01:13
Basically, this one girl gets really good at weaving, Athena gets jealous and curses her
yes, but... this word comes from a Greek word = greece?
and Annabeth has to go on a quest thingy to her later
@Sciborg Lol, no it's a pretty famous greek mythology and arachnid is a greek-based word. Eye didn't register through my head
To be completely honest, I didn't see eye
Also, what else do you expect from a word like arachnid
fine, i won't use the word anymore :p
'borg, did you make progress on the Easy As LITS?
01:15
SMing distracted me
how dare you
if you need help we can go to the secret lair
In future, if I ever clue something that sounds vaguely Greek-ish, just assume it is not what I was going for :p
except the one time when you do mean it
yes
i honestly know basically zero greek mythology
01:17
o\
really need to work on my Lit stuff
alternatively will help 'borg with my puzzle
Okay I guess maybe Greece wasn't the best guess
but if like Mith or Bobble gave that clue to me, definitely guessing GREECE
i think it's just because we have very different levels of mythology knowledge :p
solution: you need to read more Riordan
i don't own the books anymore sadly :(
01:18
virtual library service?
i could probably buy them on Kindle sometime
anyways, do you want help or should I work on my other stuff?
You can work on other stuff, i will ping if i need help
in the Secret Lair :P
 
11 hours later…
12:15
Sorry about yesterday, I was watching TV with the family and playing on mobile, so I was very distracted
More than usual
 
7 hours later…
19:39
O/
I could very much go for a game
I have lunch soon, but after I'd be available
20:25
Ping me if game
@/
I prefer guessing but I'm better at SMing
so it evens out
@bobble @cairdcoinheringaahing
O/ in like 5 minutes
I can wait
also we need a fourth person
@ is no preference, right?
@bobble Sorry about yesterday, was distracted
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Yep
OK good
that's what I meant
I need to redeem myself after last night's game
in my defense I was both playing on mobile and watching TV
and I was honestly more invested in the show
also it's hard to look at the board on mobile
@/ I think
20:32
o/
I'm good for O/
upgrade to O/ I guess; someone has to do it
actually no
still @/
(popping out very quick to finish up a welcome comment)
ok
I could SM
I don't have anything else to do for a little bit
So who's SMing? TPP or bobble?
20:34
I guess I"ll do it unless she wants to
or we could coin flip?
Shiro has that function right?
@bobble Do you mind?
!coin
!flip
I swear that was a thing
It's !flipcoin and it's best to assign "A = red, B = blue" first
blue = bobble, red = TPP
20:35
!flipcoin
Red
back, and guess I'm guessing
!newgame caird coinheringaahing, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, bobble, Mithical
RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Mithical
BLUE: caird coinheringaahing, bobble
RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/btfahavsgcwelt11eqpw0ejz2ox68zv
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/g05ny0q2rt6738o3d0d4eeujvx32o7b

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.
20:36
I really need to bookmark Puzzling's math-puzzle policy, seeing as I link to it so often...
RED goes first!
Man I have too many tabs open for this :/
Reminder on my knowledge:
some nerd stuff (Harry Potter, MCU, Riordan, Star Wars, NOT Star Trek)
some history, some geography
lots of science
@bobble Appreciate it, I'll try my best :P
Some genres (spy, horror) I only know by their tropes, having not actually seen them
20:40
it's color:bolded (number) right?
I'll just try
Yep; Red: Clue (9) for example
bold clue there
Red: New Delhi (2)
@Mithical
@Mithical ping, you're up
(sorry was AFK)
INDIA
20:42
INDIA is Red
CAPITAL
CAPITAL is Red
[pass]
Nice clue
20:43
thanks
Blue: Drowning (4)
ooh
POOL
POOL is Blue
hm, AIR because you run out of air
LIFE because you lose it
DECK for a connection to ships?
MOUTH because you suck in water?
those last two are sketchy
AIR
AIR is Blue
20:45
LIFE
LIFE is Blue
!board
hmmm
I'm missing one here
I'm not seeing anything else, though...
MOUTH > DECK, I think?
MOUTH
MOUTH is Blue
20:47
hah!
[pass]
take that, Mith!
Red: **Scoliosis**(3)
20:49
We are currently waiting for a clue from the Red spymaster.
Red: Scoliosis(3)
SPINE
SPINE is Red
NURSE
NURSE is Red
20:50
!board
hmmm
ROW
ROW is Red
[pass]
that was a decent clue
20:51
oh, something else: I know just about nothing for religion, but I do know lots of musicals. also I know far too much American politics
also there is no backlog at the moment
Blue: King George III (2)
!who
We are currently waiting for a clue from the Blue spymaster.
Ugh
Blue: King George III (2)
!who
Blue currently has 3 guesses remaining.
wonderful, which of the georges is this?
think bobble think
comes from knowing too many old white guys with similar names
20:53
@bobble III :P
I think this is the one in Hamilton
Washington
WASHINGTON is Blue
hmm, what else
Hi Prince North Læraðr, you'll be joining team red!
RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Mithical, Prince North Læraðr
20:55
great now I have Hamilton songs stuck in my head
It's quiet up town
I need to think, not sing to myself
darn catchy music
If you see him in the streets, walking by himself, talking to himself, have pity
What kind of clue is King George III? I genuinely can't see anything else
you're not on her team north
20:57
that said I couldn't figure out the second one either
although I had a guess
"You say, the price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay"
sshhh
also I haven't seen Hamilton
my parents have though
@ThePuzzlingPlatypus scribbles in log
I saw the Disney+ version
20:58
"It must be nice, it must be nice, to have Washington on your side"
a lot of these words could be connected to Hamilton in some way
Be right back
...soon you'll see...
stretchyness: what if it's BOOT because that's a British-ism for TRUNK and George is British?
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