Codenames - 2017-07-11 (page 1 of 5)

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12:00 AM

Anybody here?

o/

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12:19 AM

There is a two/three player version of codenames...

2 hours later…

2:12 AM

There is. It's not good.

We probably have less now

is there a 1 player version :p

yes, it's called "guessing randomly"

it's not fun

2:39 AM

1 player is trying to think of good clues given a random board

That actually sounds decently fun

11 hours later…

1:15 PM

!flipcoin

Red

!hiShiro

!wakeplayers

1 hour later…

2:25 PM

Command not recognized

!pls

Command not recognized. Please try again

Gareth McCaughan

Command recognized. Acquiring resources

Some players are deceased. Reconstructing genotypes...

?newgame Plum,Opponent,x,y,z

Gareth McCaughan

Reconstructing phenotypes...

Insufficient energy available for computation. Converting nearest star to black hole

Conversion will be complete in 2 hours 8 minutes

Conversion will be complete in 2 hours 6 minutes

2:29 PM

Requesting backup

Gareth McCaughan

Sorry, all available resources currently occupied

Black hole conversion cannot be interrupted

Conversion will be complete in 2 hours 5 minutes

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Gareth McCaughan

Conversion will be complete in 2 hours 0 minutes

Can we interrupt the conversion with a game of Codenames?

Gareth McCaughan

Provided it doesn't take longer than 1 hour 57 minutes.

2:36 PM

Probably, but the black conversion seems to be uninterruptible

@GarethMcCaughan Do you have a meeting at that time? it seems non-arbitrary to me.

It is a very peculiar time chosen

@Randal'Thor nifty new picture

OMG, this convers(at)ion is hilarious.

Gareth McCaughan

Conversion will be complete in 1 hour 53 minutes

You mean it's hole-arious

2:39 PM

Ooh, @GarethMcCaughan, @Randal'Thor has ample power. I'm sure he could supply it!

You stop that

@dcfyj Thanks! :-D I'm still not used to it yet.

It's deceiving

Honestly I forget what your old one looks like, I think blue?

@GarethMcCaughan You spell "recognised" with a Z? We must arraign you for treason and deport you across the Atlantic.

2:43 PM

@Randal'Thor That might be because of me, since I did it that way first.

@dcfyj Like this.

By the way @Randal'Thor, did you beat/finish Ogres are like onions?

Nah, I hardly spent any time on it. Not really my kind of thing.

but is codenames your thing

Codenames, I've played a few.

2:50 PM

Ooh, is a game happening?

theoretically

I can probably sm, if it's against Plum it'll probably be quick :P

@GarethMcCaughan how's that timer?

I could also be a spymaster. I wouldn't mind either way.

@Deusovi I've been trying my darndest Deus

@Deusovi Sorry, here at MI6 we prefer people to be more enthusiastic about the job. You're not hired.

I'm writing something up so I can't SM atm but later I could

3:09 PM

!newgame Deusovi, dcfyj, n_palum, Business Cat

Rest can join

RED: Deusovi, n_palum

BLUE: dcfyj, Business Cat

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/k2r823casu91mwukonhy8vr73xcvtvx
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/dmdvcfeqr13k0gwet1sx67bjkbdkbvs

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.

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@dcfyj?

!join

Hi Rand al'Thor, you'll be joining team blue!

<b>BLUE</b>: <i>dcfyj</i>, Business Cat

Oh good, someone fixed the apostrophe bug.

3:14 PM

!join

Hi Mithrandir, you'll be joining team red!

<b>RED</b>: <i>Deusovi</i>, n_palum

Hi Mithrandir, you'll be joining team red!

<b>RED</b>: <i>dcfyj</i>, Business Cat

Hi Rand al'Thor, you'll be joining team blue!

Oh good, I have Deus :P. Oh no, I have n_p.

RED: dcfyj, Business Cat

@Shiro ....um?

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/dr5fm74m3gt41vf1dlvb9gn7o0ryc6b
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/sy8bdrvel3w2b7uj6xfj24x8dld2dp7

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.

3:15 PM

um...

RED goes first!

@Shiro Someone fix this bug please

RED: dcfyj, Business Cat

@ffao we have a problem

shiro's going back in time again

RED goes first!

Hi Rand al'Thor, you'll be joining team red!

3:16 PM

Ffao tried to add a fix for editing as people join within the 5 min frame

@Shiro shhh

She does a bad job handling this and this

BLUE: Deusovi, n_palum, Mithrandir

!stop

!newgame Deus, dcfyj, Cat, Plum, Mith, Rand

RED: dcfyj, Rand, Mith

BLUE: Deus, Plum, Cat

3:17 PM

ok let's try this again

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...seed?

no, apparently we're playing blind

!recall

To view the current seed, click this link: onetimesecret.com/secret/h2fqi2wihyqfxfxbgfawy14b7nsupgl

sorry, was doing a 10 min typing test

3:20 PM

!flipcoin

Blue

So blue goes first

No Mith

!recall

To view the current seed, click this link: onetimesecret.com/secret/75bhuh4qejzpolrmtsbk89to6pk0vza

3:21 PM

It's still predetermined by the board, it isn't randomly picked by Shiro

Red is first

...right

lol

*faceplums*

Gareth McCaughan

Conversion will be complete in 1 hour 11 minutes

Increased gravitational gradient from black hole conversion may lead to temporal anomalies

"temporal anomalies" such as?

3:23 PM

6 mins ago, by Deusovi

shiro's going back in time again

Such as Shiro going back in time just now, perhaps.

RED: PRISONERS (4)

!join

Hi Sid, you'll be joining team red!

RED: dcfyj, Rand, Mith, Sid

Right on time, I see.

3:23 PM

Hmm, Lock, Bolt...

Web?

They sometimes have DANCES in prison

Ruler less likely

Gotta be Australia.

@Randal'Thor ...Why?

Slug? Slug is a gun, right?

3:25 PM

Maybe BOX?

@Mithrandir You don't know about how they used to send convicts to Australia?

@Sid No, a slug is a bullet. Kinda slimy, though

I suppose the question is, does dcfyj know.

@Randal'Thor Ohhhh. yes, I knew that, but didn't think of it.

OK, what do we want to try first?

Lock?

3:26 PM

Go for it.

LOCK

red

Game, is in the Prisoner's Dilemma?

^ I was thinking of that actually..

It is Prisoners not prison so I'm not so sure about box and bolt

3:27 PM

Dwarf, is in Thorin & co.?

:P

@Randal'Thor ye need bold

@Randal'Thor If that's a guess it needs to be in bold for me to reply

:38708804 if that's a guess, you might want to bold it. if not, then you might not want to put it on its own line

AUSTRALIA

Sorry.

Red

Well, Rand seems confident enough,

Knife? Because prisoners have knife?

3:28 PM

There's the ROCK of Alcatraz.

They don't have knives what are you talking about

They make shanks/shivs and such

The fact that both WEB and DWARF are there is making me laugh.

(^ The Hobbit ref)

What do we go for? None of them seem to be too good. But, they are close enough to be not assassins, I think

There are some prisoners who stole HELICOPTERS

Bolt, I'd say....

3:30 PM

BOLT

red

Usain :-P

Oh, well... we have done well so far.

we're not talking sprinting here

What next?

3:31 PM

*takes plunge*

Do we want to try ROCK or BOX, or pass?

lock is done.

Lock has been guessed

BOX

blue

3:31 PM

...

Darn.

Oh, crap...

woo!

^delayed

?

3:33 PM

Took you a while to put that up :P

!board

Anyhow, your turn @Deusovi

!board

@dcfyj And he's supposed to be a fast typer too :-P

lol, I know

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3:35 PM

Blue: GTA Online, 4

@n_palum, @BusinessCat?

Wow..

Well I hope there's nothing super specific about that because I haven't played it

But I guess knife, helicopter, game

Car

Ooo

Car, Helicopter, Game, Knife

CAR

Alright go for it

is glad to be on red team and not get clues like this

3:36 PM

Blue.

GAME

Also blue.

HELICOPTER

Again, blue.

KNIFE

3:37 PM

Red.

lol

Nice ordering.

Interesting.....

I think by now Deus knows I'm uncultured and only know video games

@Gareth, how's that black hole going?

3:38 PM

RED: SPUTNIK (2)

!board

!board

I only have one other guess for GTA and that's Stock and if it's what Deus is after I'm going to be upset because it's wrong.

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Satellite?

3:39 PM

SATELLITE

Red.

red

hmm

maybe air?

@Rand thoughts>

Hang on.

3:40 PM

Space-> air.. not sure.

Can't Sputnik mean something else as well?

It can

...like?

It's a Russian word, right?

So it probably means something in Russian.

Just like "Voyager" and "Apollo" and so on.

Not sure if dc knows Russian.

3:41 PM

It means LEMON

@BusinessCat Shush, DL isn't even here :P

Nor do I think he expects us to know Russian..

He may know that I know some Russian.

Prisoners = WEB?

I kind of don't like AIR, because the whole point of sending things into space is that they leave air behind them.

3:43 PM

I know what it means in Russian

But could be.

Are we allowed to use Google for this game?

no

Nope.

brb

closes tab before hitting return key on "sputnik meaning"

3:44 PM

I see only Air as a likely option.

Go for it if you want, @Sid @Mith

Also for Prisoners?

Web? Or what?

yeah, let's go with web

ROCK would be my guess for Prisoners.

hang on

3:45 PM

Why WEB?

didn't sputnik have something to do with the 'net?

back

@Randal'Thor Spider webs = trapped = prisoners

So I'd say we go with WEB

What about Air?

@Rand Why Rock?

@Sid Maybe after, I find it more tenuous

@Sid Alcatraz

3:48 PM

19 mins ago, by Rand al'Thor

There's the ROCK of Alcatraz.

I'm pretty sure I know what dc is looking for

You blue sod :-)

anyone have any better ideas?

I'll be back in a couple minutes

Rock = blue, web = red

3:50 PM

Nope. Go for what you feel like..

!flipcoin

Red

oh no, that means plum is going to be the one to get my next clue

WEB

Blue!

3:50 PM

Bah..

...gah

Shiro betrayed us!

*faceplums*

@Deusovi How so?

1 min ago, by Business Cat

I'll be back in a couple minutes

3:51 PM

Well, I'm giving a clue now. And you're the only one on my team to see it.

("Get" as in "hear", not "understand".)

Ooo

I got this

Blue: Wares, 2

Jul 6 at 15:34, by Rubio

It's not a proper game of Codenames unless @n_palum has royally botched something up.

!board

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3:52 PM

STOCK

Blue.

Hmmm

I'm conflicted..

Between?

I thought GTA was giving Stock too but it makes sense for this one too

So I'm trying to think if there is another gta clue and it wasn't a double clue

I guess a Crane moves wares in a large store room but not a fan

track/washer/rock/slug/hawk/dwarf/dance all make no sense

So what's left.. England/ruler/pin/lemon/paste

3:57 PM

You've never been to a slug-and-hawk warehouse?

Slug might make sense for gta since it's a bullet

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