Spyfall

Mithrandir

09:53

Spyfall game: spyfall.crabhat.com/bcvzxp

Wen1now

I have arrived

Jan Dvorak

Codenames could theoretically be played in three, if one player acts as a double agent.

Mithrandir

I still can't figure that one out, waiting for a good answer to my question ;)

Techidiot

Yeah

Mithrandir

@Techidiot ?

Techidiot

09:58

Codenames or Spyfall? What are we playing?

Mithrandir

bcvzxp

Techidiot

Okay

Mithrandir

I'd prefer Spyfall

Wen1now

Oh, that's why you asked

Hey does anyone know how to do strikethough?

Mithrandir

---like this---

Techidiot

09:59

triple dashes

Wen1now

In an answer, I mean

Mithrandir

<s>like this</s>

Wen1now

Thanks

Jan Dvorak

@Mithrandir what do you see around you?

Mithrandir

@JanDvorak A lot of impatient people.

@Techidiot Why are you here today?

Techidiot

10:10

To take something that does not belong to me

Mithrandir

wait what???

The game just switched

Techidiot

lol

Jan Dvorak

Which one applies now?

Let's finish the old one quickly

STOP

Techidiot

Sure

Wen1now

Oh we've started

Jan Dvorak

10:11

are we at a supermarket?

Wen1now

Oh we've finished

Mithrandir

nope

Techidiot

Nope.

Wen1now

gg

Techidiot

I was going to ask a question to Jan :p

Jan Dvorak

10:12

That's what I get for rushing :-D

Wen1now

Are we playing the new one now?

Mithrandir

Alright. @Avantgarde, you here?

Jan Dvorak

now for the new game

Avantgarde

@JanDvorak Yes, I'm here

Mithrandir

hang on a sec

Avantgarde

10:12

@Mithrandir, I mean

Mithrandir

let's make sure avant knows what is going on

@Avantgarde see the example above - the messages in bold

Avantgarde

@Mithrandir okay

Mithrandir

Do you understand how it works now?

Jan Dvorak

Oh, sweet, yet another restart

Mithrandir

Here, @JanDvorak was the spy. The location was the Bank. I was customer, and @Techidiot was a bank robber

(I'm guessing)

Techidiot

10:15

I was a robber. Yes

Mithrandir

Please don't anybody press start game or anything

Avantgarde

@Mithrandir I understand somewhat. I'll get the hang of it once I play

Mithrandir

Alright, so let's start. @Wen1now you start

Wen1now

@JanDvorak What do you see?

Jan Dvorak

I see lots of people

@Mithrandir Do you enjoy it here?

Mithrandir

10:19

@JanDvorak It can be dull at times, but at least I have a good job... and a nice position of power ;)

@Avantgarde what time did you get here?

Avantgarde

@Mithrandir About 10 minutes ago

Mithrandir

(and now you have to ask the next question to someone else, but not the person who asked you)

Avantgarde

(got it)

@Wen1now Is it loud where you are?

Wen1now

Yes, everybody is chatting but I expect they will soon settle down

Mithrandir

wen and jan are clear IMO

Wen1now

10:24

@Techidiot Has anything interesting happened?

Techidiot

Well, watching the people nicely dressed, and enjoying makes me think that something good has happened.

@Avantgarde Are there any kids here?

Avantgarde

@Techidiot Nope

@Mithrandir What are people around you doing?

Jan Dvorak

bold, please

Techidiot

You can bold it ^ Also, no need to tag the asker. You can simply answer.

Mithrandir

Laughing and talking, and some people are drinking a bit.

Avantgarde

10:29

Ok thanks

Mithrandir

@Wen1now Do you like the people in charge?

Wen1now

Deep down, not really, but of course I have to pretend I do

@JanDvorak Do you like the people around you?

Jan Dvorak

Yep. I've had plenty of time to get to know them, especially Mith.

@Techidiot What is the ceiling made of?

Techidiot

It's a usual ceiling. Nothing fascinating. Quite boring place though

STOP I accuse Wen

Mithrandir

+1

Jan Dvorak

10:34

+1

Avantgarde

+1

Wen1now

Why me?

I was spy, gg

Techidiot

:)

Jan Dvorak

I don't think this corporate party will settle down anytime soon

Wen1now

btw Were we at a Corporate party

Techidiot

10:35

The question you asked was a level 0

When it was around 2nd or 3rd question :)

I was expecting a better question - and yes, Corporate party

I was an entertainer.

Jan Dvorak

secretary

Mithrandir

Manager

Avantgarde

Accountant here. I like this game

Wen1now

I should've guessed...

@Mithrandir's comment gave me a false sense of security :(

hey, did everybody just leave?

Mithrandir

no

Avantgarde

10:38

I'm here

Jan Dvorak

You seem to have left

Techidiot

@Avantgarde You left the game

You can rejoin

Wen1now

Yeah, I gtg, have fun guys!

Jan Dvorak

I see Wen having left

Avantgarde

I didn't press the "leave game" button.

Wen1now

10:39

Btw Whoever does the Spyfall explanation, please put in bold that you don't need to change rooms every time

It gets soo annoying when people are randomly making new keys and stuff

Jan Dvorak

But then again a key dies automagically after two hours, so it's better / needed to rotate them occasionally

Mithrandir

@Wen1 joining again?

Wen1now

Nah, I gtg... have fun :)

Mithrandir

4 player game. Ready Jan, Avant, Tech?

Techidiot

Yup

Jan Dvorak

10:41

OK

Mithrandir

Jan, you're up

Jan Dvorak

@Techidiot How did you get here?

Techidiot

I got here using a train

Jan Dvorak

... the lobby died again

Techidiot

@Mithrandir Are you afraid of being here?

Mithrandir

10:44

pff

The game died

Jan Dvorak

I remember my role, but it would still be nice if it didn't keep dying

Avantgarde

I gotta go, but this was fun. I'll be back soon

Mithrandir

Bye.

I guess we can't play now, not enough players

Jan Dvorak

@Avantgarde were you the spy?

Oh well. I'll take a wild stab and say we're in... WWII?

Techidiot

Nope

Military base

Close :)

Jan Dvorak

10:48

Close :)

bye

Techidiot

Bye bye!

Mithrandir

Bye!

Wen1now

bye!

Avantgarde

11:48

@JanDvorak No, I wasn't! I was a tank engineer

n_palum

13:36

Stretches arms and yawns

Techidiot

switches tab to see what's going on

Deusovi

Oh, a thing is happening?

Business Cat

Was anyone writing the Spyfall explanation for meta? (I just started working on it)

Mithrandir

Deusovi

beautiful

n_palum

13:38

@BusinessCat Just go for it anyway

Mithrandir

@BusinessCat You must include that image ;P (just kidding)

n_palum

I still say it'd be better having a detailed explanation of the games

Mithrandir

@n_palum yeessss, that's what it's for

n_palum

Nothing against Rand, but they hardly play so I'm not sure why they did a write up

Mithrandir

See the Codenames answer.

n_palum

13:42

@Mithrandir Not much of a fan of that write up either, just kinda gives cues and shiro commands plus some screenshots

Mithrandir

feel free to write more answers

Oh, I'd appreciate if someone actually included an example game in their answer.

n_palum

Sounds like a lot of work

Weeding through all the nonsense between every turn of codenames or every question of spyfall

Mithrandir

make one up

A short one

n_palum

Yawns cries and shrugs all at once

I already wrote a bunch of meta responses today D:

Business Cat

14:25

0

A: What are these chatrooms with names like 'Codenames', 'Contact', and 'Spyfall'? What are they for?

Spyfall Overview Spyfall is best played with 4 or more players. All players are in some location. This could be a circus tent, a space station, a theater, etc. Each player is also assigned a role for the location; this might be an acrobat for the circus tent, an alien for the space station, an...

Let me know if there's anything unclear or anything to add

Sid

@BusinessCat Seems fine to me.

Mithrandir

45 mins ago, by Mithrandir

Oh, I'd appreciate if someone actually included an example game in their answer.

n_palum

^

Business Cat

I'll look into it

n_palum

I found out Hospital is one and it isn't in the link we use D:

dcfyj

14:33

It isn't?

Sid

Pretty sure it is

Business Cat

Remember when Rubio perfectly described a hospital

Sid

And I took an eternity to realise it.

n_palum

Oh it is

Okay phew

Deusovi

@BusinessCat I'd recommend just using the example game from the rulebook.

dcfyj

14:34

n_palum

I feel like we do the same 5-6 places

dcfyj

Hospital is definitely there :P

Deusovi

yeah, I wish we could add our own locations

well, without hosting it ourselves

dcfyj

If whispers were a thing we could use a bot like shiro, but sadly that's not an option

n_palum

There is a way

github.com/evanbrumley/…

dcfyj

14:37

You'd still need 7 roles too though

n_palum

Not too hard to think of imo

Deusovi

Yeah.

dcfyj

Depends on the location, also I suck at being creative so...

n_palum

Well then you can just play :P

So.. are we playing this or codenames XD

dcfyj

I can? Woohoo! I get to be blamed!

Kritixi Lithos

14:38

are we playing?

dcfyj

why hide it?

Deusovi

(adding more)

dcfyj

Arg, I keep forgetting I'm not RO in here lol

I went to go look at the history of the deleted message and was denied haha

Kritixi Lithos

ROs can see deleted messages?

dcfyj

yes

Mithrandir

14:39

Oh yeah, add the list of ROs in the answers too

Deusovi

We frequently update the ROs.

Kritixi Lithos

so are we playing a game of the fall of spy?

dcfyj

I'm RO in both of the other game rooms, just not this one :P

Mithrandir

adds don't care for your jokes

dcfyj

lol

Feeds

14:40

Mithrandir has added dcfyj to the list of this room's owners.

n_palum

One of the answers says ROs are just those who frequently play, but I think it should also highlight they are trusted users just so people don't assume "I play a lot" I can be an RO too

dcfyj

@Mithrandir Don't you mean Regular red-faced fury of Jim, a puzzler (5)? :P (thanks)

n_palum

And that Codenames answer needs more. Including that Shiro has limits like a whitelist

Mithrandir

Did I reload your page?

dcfyj

Yeah, in the middle of typing :P

Sid

14:41

Yeah, Shiro only listens to "trusted users".

Kritixi Lithos

1 min ago, by Kritixi Lithos

so are we playing a game of the fall of spy?

n_palum

o/

dcfyj

I'm up for either

Kritixi Lithos

I will create a new game

Code: powhsf

n_palum

We should attempt to do some key hiding imo

dcfyj

14:42

spyfall.crabhat.com/powhsf

Kritixi Lithos

no, don't include the link

dcfyj

For anti measures?

n_palum

Or just delete things afterwards

dcfyj

@KritixiLithos Why?

Kritixi Lithos

yes

Deusovi

14:43

I don't really want to play spyfall with this few people

dcfyj

The link is much faster to connect to anyhow. That's why I put it up

4 is pretty hard

n_palum

We have like 6 people?

If mith/bc play

dcfyj

5 with mith I think

n_palum

otherwise I'm fine for moving to codenames

dcfyj

cat's in here? haven't seen him talk

Kritixi Lithos

14:44

right now it's just two in the lobby

n_palum

Cat said they're around earlier

Business Cat

Oh yeah I'm here

dcfyj

@n_palum That font again?

n_palum

:P

Business Cat

Umm do I really need the list of locations in my explanation? It'll be too much of a wall of text to include the example in addition to that

dcfyj

14:47

I don't think it's necessary personally

n_palum

^

dcfyj

Anyhow, I'm ok with playing either game.

Business Cat

I'd prefer codenames atm since I'm not paying full attention

n_palum

I'd just like to pick one so we can paly

Mithrandir

...Zalgo? Seriously?

dcfyj

14:53

...Gandalf? Seriously? :P

Kritixi Lithos

it's better than zalgo text

n_palum

Well if cat/deus joined, that's 6

dcfyj

llafyks?

oh, never mind

n_palum

;)

Deusovi

as for locations, here are a couple off the top of my head:

pizza shop: manager, angry customer, baker, cashier, delivery person, diner
courtroom: judge, defendant, defense attorney, prosecutor, audience member, plaintiff, bailiff, juror
convention: host, speedrunner, cosplayer, obsessive fan, security guard, booth runner, ticket collector
concert: performer, fan, security guard, merchandise seller, audio mixer, lighting controller, backup dancer, stage crew

(not all of them have 7 roles, but I tried to get some varied ones)

dcfyj

14:57

Some of those have good overlap with other locations too, poor poor spy lol

Kritixi Lithos

5 people now

Mithrandir

We've already got restaurant, do we really need pizza shop?

Deusovi

oh, is restaurant one? I haven't seen it pop up

and I guess I kinda forgot about it :P

Business Cat

I would think juror could be a role in the courthouse too

Deusovi

oh duh, juror - I meant to put that in but completely forgot it

dcfyj

14:58

lol

n_palum

@Deusovi Concert could have stagecrew

I think pizza shop could be a bit different from restaurant but it's close

dcfyj

like the theater one haha

Kritixi Lithos

start game?

dcfyj

@Deusovi game of 6?

Deusovi

@n_palum yeah, maybe we could make it "fast food restaurant" instead of regular restaurant

n_palum

14:59

gah I hate theater - some say movie some say play and it's play

Deusovi

@dcfyj yep, that concert/theater overlap was intentional c;

@dcfyj sure

dcfyj

@n_palum It's clearly play

n_palum

@Deusovi I'd say fast food and pizza shop could be two then

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