Contact

3: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯------O

2 no

So I'll probably start with 10^n for each attacker

5. Dot's sibling

5:19 PM

2: not YAMMERING

@incesterror21 Please don't. We try to limit ourselves to two digits because typing more takes effort

2 No

5: not YIN or YANG (can't remember which is which)

no, and no

How often can he guess?

5:20 PM

As often as I want.

As much as he wants

If I can't think of anything, and someone has contacted, then I pass.

contact 5

pass 5

5: YAKKO?

5:21 PM

yup!

Ah, now I get it

(reference to the Animaniacs cartoons)

No idea what that is.

Contact is kind of a "Pause" keyword

(YAKKO, not Animaniacs.)

Not really

5:21 PM

(A character from Animaniacs.)

Defending: Y O

No, more of a "this clue is urgent" keyword

contact 3

Now we determine which clues still apply.

3: not YOLO

my 4 dies - it was YELLOW (YELL + OW - was hoping someone else had seen that neat wordplay before)

5:22 PM

3: not YOYO

3 is YOYO

2 dies, YAPPING

Obvious once I figured out what the line and circle were...

5: Oh No!

5: not YIKES

we're at YO

5:23 PM

5: nope

Even I got that!

Whoops

5: not YOWZERS

5: nope

oh, and one more thing - any type of clue is acceptable. it can be a crossword-style clue, a cryptic clue, or vague word association

1: Rob Schneider's favorite line

5:24 PM

But the word being defended has to be a valid Scrabble word.

Clues don't even have to be for actual words.

Not a Rob Schneider fan.

In fact, I have avoided a couple of movies solely because he was in them.

(I think they should have to be at least recognizable things. You can't just take arbitrary letters and stick them together.)

2: #ff0000 ▶️

@GentlePurpleRain It's not his movie :P

@Deusovi, as long as someone can guess them.

@n_palum You sure that's not supposed to be #ffff00?

But then you could literally just clue ANY word and stick it after whatever letters come up, which kinda ruins it

I see what you're saying.

5:26 PM

the whole point of the game is that things are narrowed down from both sides as you go, until eventually someone hits the word

I am sure

There hasn't been much of that, anyway.

No, but there easily could be.

6: Long Ago

@n_palum oh, right, YELLOW wouldn't work anyway.

6: not YORE

5:27 PM

That is true :P

6: yes

9. That

9: not YO

Contact 9, 1/2 need stars

nope

5:28 PM

9: not YES

no

oh, that was a guess rather than an instruction? still no :P

ha ha

Is he allowed to guess 9 after palum has made contact?

pass 9

Yes. Until I decide to pass.

yeah, he is - he gets as many guesses as he wants until he has to pass

5:29 PM

Like I just did.

@n_palum

No point in passing if no one has contact.

yeah, contact just says "hey, I think I know", defender still has priority until they want to give it up

Sorry, again was not watching, I wanted to do YO, uncontact

>:/

pay attention to the game

5:30 PM

unpass 9

updating 9:

9: That, archaically

I'm working at the same time :( Sorry

9: not YONDER (still)

nope

1: (guesses) not YOU GOT IT or YO

5:32 PM

3: Deus and I

bonkers

Right

updating 9 again...

9: Hither and...

contact 9

3: not YOU or YOUSE or YOU'S (shudder)

5:33 PM

contact the first 9

3 all no

9: not YON

yeah

3: not YOUNG

3 Yep

(YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS, perhaps?) :P

5:34 PM

3' Deus and I are the

...contact 3'?

@Deusovi are you just removing the first 9?

3': not YOUNGEST

yes, because that was an update to the clue

oooo

3' no

5:35 PM

All the 9s had the same answer.

That'd be Gerbil

Gerbil's not here, though...

4: HA!

6: Provincial folk

pass 3'

5:36 PM

YOUNGER? I dunno, I thought YOUNGEST too

contact 6

No..

YOUTH

tentative contact 4

very tentative

4: not YOU GOT ME

Clever but no

When do I have to pass?

5:37 PM

You don't.

my tentative contact still stands

When you've run out of ideas

Only the defender passes.

So I never lose if I never pass

pass 4 @KritixiLithos

5:38 PM

YOLO?

(a lot of this game runs on the "honor system", in a sense - you could keep clues around forever, but it'd make a boring game, and you'd be kind of a jerk)

No :/

YOCK - laugh

When you feel like you've exhausted all your ideas and can't come up with anything else, you pass.

^

I don't think I've heard the word YOCK before...

5:39 PM

GPR, 6 has a standing contact

Neither have I.

I thought by "HA" it was supposed to be a mocking tone to a person who just died

Yeah, I still think I might get 6, if I think a bit more...

Similar to YUK

Alright!

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yock - It's slang ish

5:39 PM

Just putting pressure on you :P

Okay, pass 6. I'm sure I'll kick myself.

(only pulling it up to prove I am not crazy)

YOKEL

<*kick*>

6 was YOKEL

5:40 PM

@Sconibulus

woo!

Defending: Y O D

5 falls, was YOKO

3: Mountain top singer

contact 3

11. And now, we see the wild mountaineer, about to perform their mating cry...

5:41 PM

1 was YOU CAN DO IT

aw

I feel the knowledge can be quite specific

contact 3

2 was YOUTUBE ;_;

but it's less fun than mine :P

5:41 PM

It is far less fun than yours :P

how is 2 YOUTUBE?

red play?

red triangle

contact 11

Red play button

5:41 PM

red play button = youtube

Even I got that!

pass 3 + 11

right.

3: YODELER

@incesterror21 Then you should have contacted!

I'm still trying to understand it all

5:42 PM

@incesterror21 Yep, it can! But the best moments are when the defender misses something obvious

If you think you know it, say the number and contact, then if defender passes, you get one guess

or a clever clue that they could have gotten, but didn't

Defending: YODEL

I thought that was clever :)

Aha, so a contact more or less forces the defender to say their last guesses

Right before passing

5:43 PM

No, a contact just means, "When/if this gets passed, I want a chance to answer."

Then, if your answer is right, you force the defender to reveal a letter.

I see, that's how it works

I'll watch at least one more round but I think I got it

@n_palum and @Deusovi I guess you need to fight it out for who's next.

I concede to the far funnier clue

You can always join in sporadically.

I have to leave in 10 minutes

so I don't think I can defend

5:45 PM

Hmm what's an uncommon letter

Defending: V

1: Game designer Chvatil

2. I hate it. So does my computer.

contact 2

contact 2

Oh

oh?

5:48 PM

1 VLADIMIR with an accent somewhere I believe

oh, this never happened in the previous game

@n_palum nope

Can I double contact with you? (SFW)

Multiple people can contact a clue.

or VLADDA

@n_palum close enough, it was VLAADA

5:48 PM

:P Better be

If multiple contacts happen, they all get a chance to guess at it before the answer is revealed

and any one being correct counts as a successful contact

Also I could contact my way through the game without thinking of clues myself

Yep, you could!

@incesterror21 You could, but where's the fun in that?

@Sid 2 is not VOMIT, VIRUSES

5:49 PM

@GentlePurpleRain I would help to get used to the game

4: Often pumped up

Yes, VIRUS is correct. (How on earth would a computer vomit?)

I guess vomit could be detrimental to a computer's functioning...

@Sid disk drive eject maybe?

If you vomited on it literally? I imagine that'd be bad :P

5:50 PM

5: Brain Candy

1: Odin's brother is a senile 57 (4)

5 VITAMIN(S)

5: nope

note the C is capitalised

5 not VISUALS?

still no

5:52 PM

Oh shoot I know that reference...

1 VOKI if that's a thing

2. An outer shell

1: nope

2 VALENCE?

contact 1

yes, that's correct for 2

5 is VSAUCE

5:53 PM

indeed

oh duh

5: Beginning of army is transport protector (8)

not Thor's brother, Odin's brother.. 1 is VILI

1: yes

aw - I got that purely from the anagram

5:54 PM

yeah, indirects are bad...

I don't get that part :P I just like the mythology

all's fair in love, war, and Contact

and horseshoes!

or.. that's almost

5 wild guess VANGUARD?

5 is VANGUARD

Oh never mind

5:56 PM

3: Gaius, of Gaul

contact 8

aw, have to go for about half an hour

feel free to use my clue

was 8 also VANGUARD?

I think it was Vambraces

is 3 the VIDI VICI VENI or whatever the order is

7: Sucker! Value Mecca! Run amok!

5:58 PM

3: yes

9: Not ear

Bold your clues

8: Earth has been destroyed by ____

How?

@KritixiLithos 7 VENUS?

5:59 PM

7: no

10. Easy as an ice-cream

@incesterror21 Bold doesn't work when you have multiple lines.

Put your clue and nothing else.

Um, there are 2 7s here..