Spyfall

Alconja

00:00

@Wen1now lots, but it gets a bit dull after a while

boboquack

What's this?

Wen1now

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Alconja

@deus How long have you been coming here?

boboquack

Can I join in halfway?

Deusovi

Not really. But rounds are short.

thecoder16

00:02

@boboquack starred stuff on the side should show you how

Deusovi

I've been coming here pretty much daily for a while.

n_palum

Stop. Deus is the spy.

thecoder16

i'm for it

Deusovi

I kinda have to come here or nothing happens.

Wen1now

I don't think so

Alconja

00:03

Nope

Wen1now

His answer matches the previous one

n_palum

You hush spy boy

thecoder16

we have 2 spies?jk

Deusovi

(I'm not even mad, "you hush spy boy" is hilarious)

ffao

^ it is

thecoder16

00:04

alrigt then , continue

n_palum

I've got my eye on you

thecoder16

same

Wen1now

I think we're giving ffao too much info

Deusovi

agreed

Wen1now

;)

thecoder16

00:05

lmao

ffao

Stop WWII squad

n_palum

Why's it matter what they get?

thecoder16

nope

Train

Deusovi

Nope! It was the passenger train.

ffao

I had literally no clue

Wen1now

00:05

Deus was driver right?

conductor I mean

thecoder16

ffao answered 0 questions

lucky

n_palum

Fun fact! Conductors are NOT the people who drive the trains!

ffao

I would have stopped if I had to, I really had no idea

Wen1now

Okay, driver then

Deusovi

I was the train driver, yeah

ffao

00:06

well, I knew people ate there, but that's about it

thecoder16

interesting

n_palum

@Deusovi I thought it was you because it felt weird to say you were there daily.. then I realized you may be crew...

Wen1now

@thecoder16 Why would there be blood?

n_palum

I was a restaurant chef :P

Deusovi

yeah, I was worried for a second when n_p gave the cutlery hint

thecoder16

00:06

@Wen1now it was a test :)(

Deusovi

then I realized "restaurant" was another option, and it was fine

thecoder16

and it seems ffao fell fo rit

n_palum

Cutlery could be a few things so I was fine

Wen1now

In fact it could be pretty much half the locations

ffao

yeah, lots of places where you can eat in the list

thecoder16

00:07

yeah

Deusovi

I was marking off people who I didn't suspect - the only ones left were Wen and ffao

thecoder16

alright @boboquack if you want to join

boboquack

OK

ffao

the window was a good hint in hindsight

Wen1now

rbdmni

boboquack

00:08

I'll play

Wen1now

Access code

thecoder16

its starred

stating!

that we are starting :)

boboquack

Who's 65440 and Plum?

thecoder16

ffao and paum

Deusovi

ffao and n_palum

ffao

00:09

@Deusovi, what do you see?

thecoder16

n_p

Deusovi

...fuck.

well gg guys I was the spy

thecoder16

@Deusovi reply all. DO IT.

......

that was......

Deusovi

no fucking way I could bluff my way out of that one

ffao

I accuse Deusovi of being spy, who's with me

thecoder16

00:10

lmao

Deusovi

agreed

Wen1now

me too

thecoder16

er

boboquack

I am agreed

n_palum

Wat

thecoder16

00:10

..

Wen1now

okay, new game?

ffao

@Alconja, you're up

n_palum

Why'd you give in

Deusovi

@n_palum how the hell could I have bluffed my way out of that one?

:P

ffao

A good spy could probably do it, but he'd need to be here to tell you how

Wen1now

00:11

My game hadn't even loaded yet...

thecoder16

lol

n_palum

Out of what the location?

Deusovi

@n_palum out of being suspected

Alconja

Sorry. was AFK

n_palum

Why were you suspect

Besides saying gg

Deusovi

00:12

because I was about to give an incredibly suspicious answer

Alconja

@thecoder16 Are you even supposed to be here?

Deusovi

I have no idea what answer I could've given

ffao

that's fine, you won the last game @Alconja

Alconja

I did? Horray... ?

thecoder16

@Alconja yes, for sure. I need to be here!

Alconja

00:12

(bold plz)

Wen1now

bold, please

thecoder16

@Deusovi what do you see?

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Deusovi

ALL

:P

n_palum

HE'S THE BROWN BEAR

thecoder16

(deus spy confirmed again)

ffao

00:13

^^

Deusovi

I see lots of cloth.

boboquack

Wait, are we playing?

Wen1now

Probably sewing something

Deusovi

@Wen1now, have you talked to anyone recently?

n_palum

@boboquack Yes.

boboquack

00:15

So Deusovi wasn't the spy?

Sorry, I'm confused

Deusovi

We started a new game.

thecoder16

he was

boboquack

Do I click end game?

ffao

no

Deusovi

No. At the top should be your new role.

Wen1now

00:16

Yes, but I don't know many people here

boboquack

I didn't see a change... can I reload the page?

thecoder16

yes

boboquack

(is that safe?)

Deusovi

I think so

Wen1now

Should I wait?

thecoder16

00:17

only if you are asking him, i think

Wen1now

Oh no, I gtg soon...

thecoder16

its pretty simple to read

boboquack

I'll play the role it says then.

thecoder16

@Wen1now doesn't matter unless you are spy :P

boboquack

(interestingly, it asked me to put my name; I could have chosen Plum or something)

Wen1now

00:18

@n_palum How did you get here?

n_palum

The same as everyone else

thecoder16

@boboquack well, honor system

ffao

it doesn't even matter what your name there is

well, only for us to know who starts

Wen1now

okay, I reckon Plum is acting suspiciously

n_palum

Do I ask next

thecoder16

00:19

yes

Deusovi

yeah

Wen1now

cya, I was not spy

thecoder16

@Wen1now that could clue the spy too much, typical not to talk to much betwteen questions

n_palum

@ffao Have you met anyone new?

ffao

I meet many new people in this place

@Alconja Are you excited to be here?

Alconja

00:22

@ffao I sure am! This is fascinating

thecoder16

......

boboquack

Hmm

Alconja

@n_palum Do you like being here?

n_palum

Not quite as much as you

thecoder16

well that's a way of dodging the question

Deusovi

00:24

both of them have been dodging questions

n_palum

@Deusovi Do you like the mornings here?

Deusovi

There's nothing special about them.

also, that question was very suspicious - anyone want to accuse n_p of being the spy?

or is it just me?

thecoder16

i'm almost there

bt not quite

Deusovi

fair enough

n_palum

You're a towel

thecoder16

00:26

because like when i asked "is there blood" to see how people would react

boboquack

What's the timer for?

Deusovi

@boboquack - how are things going so far?

(if you play IRL or with voice chat, you use it to keep the game moving - once times up people have the chance to make one last accusation, no more discussion)

Alconja

@Deusovi I think n_p is the spy too

thecoder16

we should try with voice chat :)

it would be interesting

discord anyone? xD

boboquack

Same-same, you know the way

n_palum

00:30

I do have discord

boboquack

(I'm not sure if same, same or same-same...)

Meh, whatever

n_palum

Sesame

ffao

I do have discord, whether I should use it in the middle of the office is a different question, of course

n_palum

Oh that's right you're still at work..

It's like 830 at night here :P

thecoder16

well 5:30 here, i'm off and getting home

Deusovi

00:33

@boboquack, your turn to ask a question

ffao

so now that thecoder is off, does that mean we can accuse n_p? :P

thecoder16

? i'm here

boboquack

@Alconja - Is everything going well for you?

n_palum

No because he's the spy, he can't leave

Deusovi

who hasn't had a question yet? thecoder hasn't

thecoder16

00:34

meant off as in not where ffao is :P

Alconja

@boboquack For now, great. But I'll be moving on soon.

@Wen1now What do most people wear here?

Deusovi

guys why has nobody asked thecoder anything

thecoder16

lol

n_palum

Because he's the spy

Cause it's skyyyyfaaaaall

ffao

asking is overrated

n_palum

00:39

@Alconja wen1 left no?

Deusovi

also yeah that

thecoder16

alconja ask someone else

like me'

n_palum

or me

or adele

Deusovi

@Alconja?

Alconja

@thecoder16 What do most people wear here?

(sorry partially afk)

thecoder16

00:42

Not what ffao wears to the theater!

@n_palum what are you doing here?

n_palum

Here for a moment, then heading along

thecoder16

n_palum is definitely spy.

for sure now/

boboquack

Yep

thecoder16

any objection

n_palum

LOCATION: DAY SPA... I dunno

Deusovi

00:44

I'll second that accusation.

Nope.

thecoder16

@n_palum too late :)

after we stop, you cannot guess

n_palum

Oh that's lame

Why can't I make a last second guess

ffao

you didn't stop though

Deusovi

well, we didn't stop

still, that's wrong

thecoder16

oops okay yeah

Deusovi

00:45

so you lose either way

it was the embassy

thecoder16

Embassy

n_palum

Hmm that was like my third choice still

I didn't have much to go on

thecoder16

@Alconja exactly how exciting is an embassy lol

Deusovi

yeah, I'd suspected you for a while

Alconja

I'm a tourist :)

Deusovi

00:46

that's what I thought

but wasn't 100% sure

boboquack

I'm a gov official

Deusovi

I was an ambassador.

thecoder16

ima secreatry

i'm off-bye!

Deusovi

yeah, I'm done for now - it was fun

thecoder16

will try this again tomorrow, yay new game

n_palum

00:47

I had nothing to go on mehh

Deusovi

that's the point!

n_palum

Exciting and cloth threw me off

Deusovi

Cloth was meant to refer to flags, of course. c;

n_palum

I thought about that but the not a long stay/exciting made me think of the spa

thecoder16

True

I guess the general strategy is to go as vague as possible lol

Which makes it harder for the non spies

@Deusovi how do I make you an owner?

Deusovi

00:51

the "room" button in the top right

then "control access"

boboquack

@thecoder16 What's the point?

thecoder16

None at all

boboquack

Oh, did someone end the game?

thecoder16

Yea

Feeds

thecoder16 has added Deusovi to the list of this room's owners.

n_palum

00:58

I lost

boboquack

Are we starting a new game?

n_palum

I believe deus and coder left

boboquack

Ah

Wen1now

I'm ready

boboquack

Hmm... I think too late :P

There's only 3 of us here now

I suppose there's enough for Contact

Sid

05:40

What is this thing?

I have tried reading the transcripts. I don't understand anything..

Wen1now

05:55

Do you want me to explain?

@Sid

Sid

Yep. Go on.

Wen1now

Try click on the Join/create games here link on the side

Create a game

Click start game

Now you'll see a list of locations

Basically, how the game works is that one of the locations is the one that you are in. However, everybody knows that location except the spy

Everybody except the spy gets a role in that location, so for example Train Driver if you were on the passenger train

How the game works is everybody takes turns asking questions. The spy's job, of course, is to try and blend in

How are you so far?

Sid

So... if I am a spy, can I ask questions too?

Wen1now

Yeah, questions are asked in a specific order

Sid

Oh, got it..

Wen1now

06:04

So at the start, on the link you'll see a little 1st next to who asks the first question

Then after that whoever was last asked gets to ask the next question, and they can ask anyone except who just asked them

Lastly, anybody including the spy can call STOP and make an accusation at somebody else. If there is unanimous agreement (excluding the accused) that they are a spy, then the game ends

If they were the spy, the lose and everybody wins, otherwise the spy wins and everybody loses

Sid

Ohh, got it! Nice..

Wen1now

Lastly, the spy can call STOP to guess a location. If he/she is right, they win otherwise everybody else wins

And it was established that the spy can't stop/guess after somebody else has Stopped and accused

Oh yeah, if there isn't unanimous agreement after an accusation then play continues

This game is so hard :(

Basically every answer you feel like you're giving too much away

Does anybody want a game?

Oh, wait, on a different topic, has anybody tried today's google cricket game?

@Sid @Techidiot Do you want a game?

Techidiot

Trying it now..

This game? I am going through the rules..no idea for now..

Wen1now

ping me if you need help

or if a game is starting

Sorry, I gtg soon, I should be back within an hour or two

Sid

06:35

This game is hard and puzzling

Techidiot

I'm facing hard time getting it.. So, there are multiple players

One of them is a SPY

Other are assigned a location and character

Sid

Correct.

Techidiot

All of them have a list of characters and locations in the game

So, they start asking questions to each other...One at a time..and form a Q&A chain

And, they need to find the SPY.

Sid

and the spy has to avoid being caught.

Techidiot

If they are wrong identifying a spy, they lose.

Sid

06:46

Apparently, Yes.

Techidiot

So, either a SPY wins or All lose

?

Sid

Or if they get the spy, spy loses.

Techidiot

And all win

Sid

... I guess?

Techidiot

Quite same as Mafia

If I have got the rules right

Sid

06:47

Is Mafia another similar game?

Techidiot

Yes. . It's similar

There is a god/mod who assigns everyone with a role..

Everyone is a part of village..

They have Village/Doctor/Spy/Vigilante/Mafia roles

And they discuss, fight etc to come up with a conclusion of finding the Mafia

So, in this game - The ones who are wrongly accused of being a spy are kicked out of the game..

Sid

Spyfall will probably work only if there are more than 4 or 5 participants. Else, it would be too quick, I think.

Techidiot

This will not immediately stop the game..

The ones who are kicked out have last words to say to the rest..which can be anything like where were they or what character were they playing..and whom do they suspect..That will help others figuring out the real Spy

Sid

Don't you have to find the mafia? Why would they want to find the spy?

Techidiot

Mafia has an additional thing called "Joker" who will act like he is a Mafia and when all accuse him of being a Mafia, everyone loses and the Joker wins..

I was talking about this game..

We can bring that rule in this game..

I think the way it is working right now is - if the accusation is wrong, the game ends.. Which makes the game quite short

Sid

06:53

But, here accusing requires unanimity. So, if you kick one out, you kick all out..

Techidiot

How? If they unanimously come to a decision of accusing someone of being a spy and they find out they were wrong, the one who was accused is kicked out of the game and the rest continue playing and finding the right SPY

If at the end, only 2 remain, the SPY wins..

Sid

That will be too long for a single game.

Techidiot

Yeah.. May be they can play till half of the team remains..

Less than half and the SPY wins..

Sid

That way, the spy can keep accusing everyone else. 100% chance of winning..

Techidiot

But, one wrong is quite quick..

He can't do that..

That will indicate him being a spy

And will get a unanimous positive vote

I think atleast a couple of chances should be given to all for accusing ..

MAFIA does take a really long time to finish ..

Sid

06:58

Since we can ask an infinite number of questions, anyone will accuse only if they are confident. So, I guess that is the reason only a single accusation is allowed.

Another question I had, is that do we answer in character? For example, say I am a sailor, do I have to answer like a sailor does?

Techidiot

Hmm..may be it's just a start and people concluded too quickly :)

Yes. You do answer in character

No just location

If you are asked "What do you see?"

Now if you are a sailor on ship, you say, Water/People in hats

If you are a tourist on ship - you say, musicians/dolphins..

Sid

Nope, sailors talk like Captain Jack Sparrow. :P

Techidiot

You have to reveal your identity to people so that they don't accuse you..

Lol. Yeah. That works good too..

A good liar who is a SPY can play this game really well.

The thing is - It becomes difficult if the SPY gets the first question :p

Because, at that time, he/she doesn't have any idea about what characters/locations they have in the game and needs to answer that very nicely in order to avoid suspicions.

Sid

They could ask general questions like "What do you see?", etc.

Oh, they have to answer the first question? Gosh, that would be hard

Techidiot

Yeah :)

That was a reason Deus submitted

When he was a spy and was asked the first question :p

Sid

07:10

Deus doesn't know how to bluff, I guess. :P

But, then, you need a context to bluff..

Techidiot

Hehe

Yes. That

That's also a point where I think it's not fair.

In Mafia, you have some defined set of characters. And it's difficult to easily find the Mafia

Mafia can easily be into anyone's shoes..

ffao

07:29

Spyfall is good with 4 in chat, because people tend to take longer to reply than in a voice conversation

If you read the transcript, what usually happens is most people are too afraid to accuse/guess, so the game goes on for a while

Sid

DO we have 4 now?

Because I need to understand how this works. It is easier to understand if you are part of a live game.

ffao

If it's just a "training session" you could do it with less than 4

Sid

@Tech are you here?, @Bobo You?

ffao

But... I have to sleep right now

Sid

Sleep is a bad thing. Very bad. :P

Wen1now

08:09

Oh a game has started?

I'm here

@everybody let's start

Wen1now

08:25

@Techidiot @Sid You guys wanna play a round?

Wen1now

08:40

@boboquack Wanna play?

boboquack

I can now

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