Contact

boboquack

7:35 AM

Let's get the room started, then

Rubio

Let's get this party started?

boboquack

How do you add a RO?

Rubio

Context menu under "Room v" I believe

Feeds

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

Deusovi

Ooh!

Feeds

7:36 AM

boboquack has added Rubio to the list of this room's owners.

Rubio

Spaffo.

boboquack

I have to go, so I'll let you all make the decisions.

Deusovi

???

Oh no, responsibility!

Rubio

lol

Volatility

8:17 AM

well I'm back, if y'all wanna keep going

TheGreatEscaper

1:01 PM

How does this game work?

Rand al'Thor

@TheGreatEscaper Someone posted a link in tSL last night ... hang on, let me find it.

TheGreatEscaper

Probably pin the link

Rand al'Thor

quora.com/How-do-you-play-the-word-game-Contact

But I think the version we've been playing might be slightly different in the details from the one described on that Quora link.

I'll let someone more knowledgeable confirm and add a pin.

Sid

1:47 PM

in The Sphinx's Lair, 10 hours ago, by Deusovi

I'm the "defender". I have a word and I've given them the first three letters now. They have to 'attack' by giving me clues to words.

Read some of the below lines as well.. @TheGreatEscaper

Rand al'Thor

Do we have enough to get this game going again?

@Sp3000 is active in the other chat too.

Sid

Well, yeah 3 also works... but the more, the merrrier

Don't count me in for now... I have just dropped in for a few minutes

Sp3000

I won't be for too long though, I should really sleep soon

Rand al'Thor

Ah well, looks like nobody is committed enough just now.

goes back to lurking

boboquack

8:05 PM

Anyone here?

Techidiot

8:50 PM

This sounds interesting!

boboquack

Hmm...

Should be middle of the afternoon for @rubio?

Rubio

hey just got back home

boboquack

@Rand and @Rubio, we could use room timeouts as an unofficial countdown

Rubio

walked in to "BUNNGGG"

boboquack

Is that the sound of a ping?

I don't have my volume up usually

Rubio

8:55 PM

Yah. :)

Countdowns for what exactly

boboquack

@Techidot, do you want to start

@Rubio Same-time reveals

Hi @Rand!

Rubio

Didn't really seem like we needed that though - just letting the defender guess until they give up seemed to be a reasonable alternative to the countdown business.

boboquack

OK

Rand al'Thor

@boboquack Sounds a bit lik3 using a sl3dg3hamm3r to crack a nut.

boboquack

Anyone want to play? I've got 15 minutes...

Rubio

8:58 PM

Sure

I've got a word if you want me to start

boboquack

Ok

Rubio

P

Rand al'Thor

I can play for a bit, but not sure how long I'll be able to stay.

boboquack

Authority

Techidiot

I would be a bad start

:p

Rubio

8:59 PM

power

boboquack

-1

Rubio

Permission

boboquack

My messages aren't getting through

-1

There we go

Rubio

I think if you repeat the same message twice in a row too quickly it eats the second

boboquack

Ah

Rubio

9:00 PM

I had that happen last night

boboquack

Interesting

Other guesses?

Pow?

-1

Punch?

(You're supposed to say Contact, @Tech)

Rand al'Thor

9:02 PM

Wait, Rubio is supposed to give up first!

Rubio

that's ... not how this game works, yeah :)

Techidiot

Ah, okay.

Rand al'Thor

Only if Rubio can't solve it do the rest of us get to have a go.

Rubio

I haven't given up, but if nobody 'contact's then I have no real need to guess or give up

Techidiot

Okay okay.

Sorry, new to rules

boboquack

9:03 PM

Hi @Deus!

Deusovi

Hey!

Rubio

And more than one challenge at a time is fine, in case one stalls like this one has with no valid defense nor any contacts

Rand al'Thor

@Deus @bobo @Rubio Do any of you experienced Contacters have a useful rules link that we can pin in here?

Rubio

quora.com/How-do-you-play-the-word-game-Contact

Deusovi

I was writing up a rules message right now.

Rand al'Thor

9:04 PM

(can't remember which of you were experienced, but whatever)

Rubio

I'll pin that for now

Rand al'Thor

@Rubio Is that identical to the rules system we've been using? I thought there were some subtle differences.

Rubio

It's not, no - there are house rules we've been using to make it more suitable for chatroom play

Deusovi

CONTACT RULES: The defender thinks of a word and gives the first letter. Attackers give 'clues' to words starting with that letter. If the defender gets the clue, they say "no, it's not ___". If another attacker gets the clue, they say "contact". If the defender doesn't get the clue and gives up, the "contacting" attacker says the answer. A correct contact means the defender must give the next letter.

boboquack

Any more challenges, guesses or any contacts?

Rand al'Thor

9:05 PM

I mean other than the chatroom-related changes like abolishing the "3,2,1".

Rubio

i'll try - preeminence

boboquack

-1

Rand al'Thor

They chomp in water

Deusovi

Alias

Rubio

pirhanna

boboquack

9:06 PM

Contact @Rand

Rubio

pen name

pseudonym

i butchered that spelling, didn't I.

Rand al'Thor

@Rubio Spelled wrong, but yes :-)

Deusovi

pseudonym was right

Rubio

Pirrhana ? what is it

Deusovi

piranha

Rubio

9:06 PM

I give up lol

Piranha.

On mine?

Ah right, thanks

Think Spanish.

It's spelled "Piraña" in Spanish

boboquack

9:07 PM

#2: Near Spain

Deusovi

Triangulatable

Rubio

Oh. yeah that would make it easy to remember wouldn't it

Portugal

Rand al'Thor

contact, bobo

Too easy.

boboquack

+1

#1 revised: The authorities

Rand al'Thor

contact

Rubio

9:08 PM

Principals or Principles

-1

or Police

+1

@Rubio Yep, that was my thought.

Deusovi

No contact on mine?

boboquack

9:09 PM

Food knot

Rubio

pretzel

boboquack

+1

@Deusovi Contact... maybe?

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi Thinking, but can't come up with anything yet.

Rubio

@Deusovi wild guess - Plottable

Deusovi

Nope

boboquack

9:09 PM

A bear, for some?

Contact maybe

Papa

-1

aww. That would have been good though :)

Patronus (lol)

Deusovi

Any more guesses on mine, Rubio?

Feeds

9:10 PM

boboquack has added Rand al'Thor to the list of this room's owners.

Nope @deus

Boboquack?

Partitionable?

Nope.

:(

9:11 PM

It was polygon.

Rand al'Thor

@StackExchange Oh hey, I wondered why this tab just force-refreshed.

Rubio

Oh, heh

Deusovi

Heights, maybe?

Rand al'Thor

Thanks, @bobo, but it doesn't give me any new powers here :-)

Deusovi

Sure, but it's symbolic, Rand

boboquack

9:11 PM

Yeah

Phobia

yep

Any more on mine?

still thinking

Heig, ma?

9:12 PM

@Deusovi Bah. Polygons aren't the only triangulatable things, in an advanced geometry/topology sense (taking the triangles sufficiently small).

Rubio

on a limb - Pet

boboquack

-1

#2: Lisp

Rand al'Thor

Monty Python - Man who speaks only the ends of words

►

Deusovi

@Randal'Thor In my defense, I am still an undergrad.

So you'll have to forgive me for not knowing much topology

Rubio

#2 Programming language. hehe

Deusovi

9:14 PM

Really? No contact on mine? I thought it was clever. :c

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi Fair enough :-) No differential geometry yet?

Rubio

It's all ~~greek~~ well, foreign to me. ;)

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi Maybe it's too clever for us ...

Deusovi

Nah, not yet.

Techidiot

So, there can be simultaneously running 2 contacts?

Deusovi

9:15 PM

(Think "thris".)

@Techidiot There can be as many as you want as long as you don't overdo it

Rubio

We've had four clues at once. And as many contacts as people can establish.

@Deusovi That didn't help me. Oh well.

Deusovi

Well, it wasn't supposed to help you.

boboquack

-1

I have to go, so panda and parentheses

Rand al'Thor

I've lost track. How many clues are still unsolved?

8 mins ago, by boboquack

A bear, for some?

6 mins ago, by Deusovi

Heig, ma?

Rubio

That one never was but bobo moved on

Rand al'Thor

9:18 PM

5 mins ago, by boboquack

#2: Lisp

Rubio

There's "Lisp" and "Heig, ma?" currently active

Rand al'Thor

@boboquack Panda - good one. I don't get parentheses.

Deusovi

Lisp is a programming language known for excessive parentheses

There was even an xkcd on it!

I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the MIT computer science program permanently.

Rubio

I was actually about to say parentheses when he spilled the beans

I love that xkcd.

Deusovi

Anyway Rand, no contact on mine? D:

Rand al'Thor

9:20 PM

The female one has U or O, according to where you are.

@Deusovi I'm sure it'll be something obvious ... :-/

Deusovi

Like I said, think "thris".

Rand al'Thor

Contact maybe, but has @Rubio given up yet? (And I still don't understand the significance of "thris".)

Rubio

I'll officially give up on it - go for it

Deusovi

So what's your guess?

Rand al'Thor

Phi?

Deusovi

9:23 PM

No. Pho

Rand al'Thor

pretends that was a typo :-P

Deusovi

(Last night, I used "this" for "contact", and immediately after used "thris" for "contract")

Rand al'Thor

I thought of pho, but assumed it isn't a word.

Rubio

I don't get it, but I didn't expect to.

Rand al'Thor

What's it mean?

Deusovi

9:24 PM

It's a type of soup

I was hoping for you to get that I chopped off the last three letters of each word

(again, like "this = contact" --> "thris = contract" from last night)

-)-(-

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi I don't remember "thris = contract". Must have been after I went to bed.

Rubio

I think it was

Deusovi

Yeah, I guess. Still hoped Boboquack would get it :c

Rand al'Thor

I think bobo left already.

10 mins ago, by boboquack

I have to go, so panda and parentheses

Deusovi

Yeah.

I mean I hoped he would get it before leaving

Rand al'Thor

9:30 PM

@Deusovi This is a clue, right? Not some weird emoticon?

Deusovi

Yeah. I bolded it.

Rand al'Thor

The game slowed down a lot suddenly.

@Rubio Any guesses on mine?

@Volatility @Techidiot You here?

Techidiot

Yeah

Rubio

I have no clue on either of yours, and no contacts for either

That tends to stall the game. hehe

Volatility

yep

Techidiot

9:32 PM

I am still trying to make heads and tails out of it :p

It went like this _-^ and then all of a sudden ___

:D

Volatility

we can pick up my word again if you want

Rand al'Thor

OK, I'll edit mine to give a hint.

The female one has U or O, on different sides of the Atlantic.

Techidiot

What's your word Rand?

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot ?

Techidiot

I mean, your clue :p

Okay

Contact @Randal'Thor

Rubio

9:35 PM

Go for it, I have no idea

Techidiot

Linguistics?

Deusovi

...It starts with P.

Rand al'Thor

No, it has to begin with P.

Volatility

oh wait, is it rubio defending? my bad

Deusovi

Yeah

Rand al'Thor

9:35 PM

(Since Rubio already gave us the first letter.)

Techidiot

Oh wait. Am I suppose to provide a clue or provide a guess for the answer?

Rubio

i'm defending, yes.

Volatility

thought it was bobo

Techidiot

Pheww. I still suck. Give me some time guys

Deusovi

You provide clues and try to "contact" by solving other people's clues.

Rand al'Thor

9:36 PM

@Techidiot You can do either, but if you provide a guess, you have to say "contact" and wait until Rubio gives up.

Volatility

so do we just have P?

Techidiot

Okay.

Deusovi

Yeah

Rand al'Thor

@Volatility Bobo left :-P

Deusovi

♓

(updated version of my previous clue)

Rubio

9:37 PM

You can provide a guess for my word in the form of a challenge clue that means the word you are guessing, and I have to guess what word your clue means. If I can't guess it, but someone else "contact"s and successfully does guess YOUR word, I have to reveal another letter of MY word

Deusovi

It doesn't need to mean the word you're guessing - only hint at it somehow.

Techidiot

Oh okay

Rubio

If your guess is my word then you win, and set the next thing.

Volatility

Headshot

Rand al'Thor

Possible contact, @Vol

Rubio

9:38 PM

Er. Yeah, your clue resolves to your guess, via whatever.

Photo

Volatility

-1

Rubio

huh.

Rand al'Thor

Actually, two possible contacts.

Volatility

err, maybe not a perfect clue

Rubio

Doesn't have to be perfect; if it works, it works :)

Punch

Rand al'Thor

9:40 PM

Has everyone given up on mine?

Volatility

-1

Rand al'Thor

Oh, wait, there was a failed contact. That means I should reveal the answer, right?

Rubio

@Randal'Thor I think yours is busted, I think contacts only apply if made before I give up.

So yes.

Deusovi

Well, he didn't understand the rules

Rubio

Picture?

Publicity shot? Poster? lol

Volatility

9:41 PM

-3

Deusovi

...♑♒♓ <--

Rubio

Pictogram or Pictograph?

(@deus)

Volatility

contact deus, I think

Deusovi

Nope

Rand al'Thor

@Rubio You did give up - Tech had got the rules by then (although still has the wrong initial letter, admittedly).

Anyway, my intended answer was parent.

Deusovi

9:42 PM

Ah, clever

Volatility

oh

Rubio

oh. Good one

Deusovi

Rubio, thoughts on mine?

Rubio

I was running through all the "p" animals I could think of :)

Sp3000

I think I have a guess for Deus but it's more only because I can think of just one that fits

Rand al'Thor

9:43 PM

I think I know the general idea of @Deusovi's clue, but can't come up with a relevant P-word.

Deusovi

Well, there only is one that fits.

hmmmmm

Contact, I guess

@Sp3000 Deus or Vol?

I'll pass - go ahead

9:43 PM

On Deus

pisces?

Yep!

^^ that

nice.

P I

Deusovi

Sounds like a religion when doubled

Volatility

9:44 PM

well mine was portrait

Rand al'Thor

That's what I thought.

Rubio

Oh geez. Again I danced all around it. Nice

contact deus

Rubio?

thinking

9:45 PM

Please pay attention primarily???

Deusovi

@Sp3000 ...Contact?

Or maybe not. I'm not sure which one you're going for

In a last resort

geez

Rubio overload!

contact rand

9:47 PM

@Deusovi ok passing on this

Vol?

pi (2pi = tau ~ tao)

Bingo!

Oh wow.

Sp, was yours pineapple?

Volatility

9:48 PM

ofc, that was the subject of a blunder in one of my questions

Yeah

Nice one, Deus.

P I S

@Deusovi Wait, Rubio didn't give up on Sp's clue yet!

Rubio

I just busted it anyway

Deusovi

9:48 PM

@Randal'Thor Yeah, but I figured it'd be invalidated (and also forgot)

I was gonna say that, but wasn't sure if it was that or Pikotaro

Rubio

but yeah, don't kill the clues before they're dead :)

Rand al'Thor

Ah, OK.

Sp3000

I didn't think of the artist fitting as well oops

Rand al'Thor

Mine is also now invalidated. @Vol, what was your guess?

Deusovi

Simple curse

Volatility

9:49 PM

pinch

@Volatility +1

Pish ?

Nope

drunk

Pissed

9:51 PM

+1

Green kernel

contact rand

pistil

Contact Rand.

@Rubio -1

9:52 PM

I have a slight guess for Deus but it doesn't quite seem right

Rubio

I think rand has it.

I'll pass, let someone confirm :)

pistachio?

Pistachio?

+2

That's it.

9:53 PM

Yay!

Rubio

you're up @Randal'Thor

Volatility

nice

Rand al'Thor

OK, gimme a minute ...

Let's hope this lasts longer than my last one did :-P

Rubio

37 seconds?

Deusovi

:D

Rubio

9:54 PM

That was hilarious

Rand al'Thor

OK, got a word.

First letter is A.

Volatility

which one was that?

Sp3000

@Deusovi What was yours out of curiosity?

Deusovi

piss-easy :P

Rubio

Hammer stop?

Sp3000

9:55 PM

... it was that

Volatility

contact rubio

Rubio

I've never heard that expression

Rand al'Thor

@Volatility Last night I said "First letter is C", Deusovi said "This", and the answer was Contact. The game was over in a single round.

Sp3000

Contact for Rubio

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi Oo, nice.

Volatility

9:56 PM

ha

Rand al'Thor

@Rubio Um, hmm.

Anvil!

Volatility

doesn't beat my guess on Sp's Rendezvous :P

Rubio

+1

Rand al'Thor

@Volatility I guess that was after I went to bed.

Deusovi

This + Hammer

Rubio

9:56 PM

yeah, Volatility's was literally 37 seconds I believe.

Rand al'Thor

Blimey, so much transcript for tSL for this morning.

Sp3000

I tried to pick something semi-obscure but still common and that was the result o_O

(for rendezvous)

Volatility

must've been some subconscious psychic connection

Deusovi

No contact on mine?

Rand al'Thor

@Deusovi If something is itself even after you add a hammer to it, I'll guess aleph-null :-P

Deusovi

9:59 PM

Nope

Rubio

I have a fairly tenuous contact

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