Codenames

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

4:32 PM

hi

Quintec

hi

Mithical

hi

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

ping me if a game starts

John Dvorak

hi

Mithical

./

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

4:38 PM

o/

or 0/ actually

I have time

@Mithical what does your wave mean

Mithical

"O/" = want to SM
"@/" - no preference between SMing or guessing
"0/" - would prefer to guess but can SM
"o/" - can guess but not SM
"./" - can guess but only with another player on the team

6

John Dvorak

What's between ./ and o/?

Mithical

Whaddya mean?

John Dvorak

I can guess alone, but I'm crap at it

Mithical

As in... ./ because I'm in the middle of something else and might be AFK

John Dvorak

4:41 PM

ah

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

0/

like i said, ping me if a game starts

Mithical

Alright.

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Quintec?

Mithical

@HTM

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

if you're wondering why I didn't guess TRIP yesterday, it's because I actually didn't see that it was there

and I forgot what happened when I clued Epona myself

although I remember Avi being more familiar with the goddess she's named after than the fictional horse

Mithical

5:14 PM

\o

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I can wait

John Dvorak

o\

Quintec

5:35 PM

o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

0/

ping me if a game starts

@JohnDvorak @cairdcoinheringaahing @Mithical @HTM anyone?

caird coinheringaahing

o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

cool, now we just need one more

John Dvorak

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Ok, now we need someone else to SM

I have time for once

John Dvorak

5:41 PM

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

0/

That's 4

Me, John, caird, quintec

who's going to start the game

John Dvorak

go for it

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

!newgame ThePuzzlingPlatypus, John Dvorak, caird coinheringaahing, Quintec

Shiro

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, caird coinheringaahing

BLUE: John Dvorak, Quintec

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/244xt66928mnzov6zvs01praaon6wkd
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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.

BLUE goes first!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Quintec you still here

@JohnDvorak @Quintec

and Quintec is gone

We can't play now

John Dvorak

5:50 PM

Blue: Maginot(2)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

He left, John

caird coinheringaahing

We can just wait until someone else joins

John Dvorak

Two SMs, one guesser?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I asked Rubio

caird coinheringaahing

Yeah, I could guess for both teams if no one else joins

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

5:52 PM

Rubio's up for a round

Rubio

‘lo folks

Haven’t played this in ages

welcome

!join Rubio

!join

Hi Rubio, you'll be joining team red!

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, caird coinheringaahing

Hi Rubio, you'll be joining team blue!

caird coinheringaahing

5:53 PM

Really?

Shiro

BLUE: John Dvorak, Quintec, Rubio

Rubio

Uhoh

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

!leavered Rubio

Shiro

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, caird coinheringaahing

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Fixed it

!who

Shiro

5:56 PM

Blue currently has 3 guesses remaining.

John Dvorak

!leave quintec

!leaveblue Quintec

Shiro

BLUE: John Dvorak,

John Dvorak

Wait, what?

!joinblue Rubio

Shiro

BLUE: John Dvorak, Rubio

Rubio

Ok we all good now?

John Dvorak

5:58 PM

yes

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Rubio, Your clue was maginot(2)

whatever that means

right @John

Rubio

Oh sorry I missed blue had already clued

LINE

LINE is Blue

FRANCE

FRANCE is Blue

5:59 PM

PASS

Shiro

PASS doesn't appear to be on the board...

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

brackets

Rubio

Oh

[PASS]

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

bold brackets lowercase

Rubio

Lol

caird coinheringaahing

6:00 PM

Doesn't have to be lowercase :P

Rubio

Been a while

caird coinheringaahing

This should work: [PASS]

[pass]

!join

6:02 PM

Hi El'endia Starman, you'll be joining team red!

RED: ThePuzzlingPlatypus, caird coinheringaahing, El'endia Starman

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: Indiana Jones (2)

El'endia Starman

HOLLYWOOD and TEMPLE?

caird coinheringaahing

Yeah, I like those

El'endia Starman

Any others before I make the guesses?

caird coinheringaahing

Nothing as good as those

El'endia Starman

6:04 PM

HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD is Red

TEMPLE

TEMPLE is Red

[pass]

6:05 PM

Why does Blue have more words to guess, anyway?

John Dvorak

blue: Sock(3)

Rubio

Blue went first

SHOE

SHOE is Blue

SLIP

SLIP is Blue

6:08 PM

[pass]

Shiro

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That was a 3, you missed a word

Rubio

I did what I intended

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: Construction worker (2)

El'endia Starman

DRILL for sure, and I think HOLE is the second.

caird coinheringaahing

6:15 PM

Yeah, I was looking at those as well

El'endia Starman

Any objections to me guessing them?

caird coinheringaahing

Gas, or Sub might work as really tenuous connections, but yeah, go with Drill, and Hole

El'endia Starman

I saw GAS too. That'll be in the backlog if need be.

DRILL

Shiro

DRILL is Red

El'endia Starman

HOLE

Shiro

6:16 PM

HOLE is Blue
I feel for you.
It is now Blue's turn

El'endia Starman

GAS it is then. :P

Rubio

I saw HOLE for sock but didn’t like it enough to guess it hehe

John Dvorak

blue: Music school(2)

Rubio

PIANO

Shiro

PIANO is Blue

Rubio

6:18 PM

PUPIL

PUPIL is Blue

[pass]

gg

Red: flatulence (0)

Rubio

Lol

caird coinheringaahing

6:19 PM

Guess its not Gas

El'endia Starman

welp

caird coinheringaahing

So what's related to Construction Worker then?

El'endia Starman

Could be SUB because subcontractors. Could be SATELLITE or TELESCOPE because both are built. None of the others feel like good connections.

Rubio

Ya know. ... mercury, for the contaminated products they are tearing out, or the fancy bulbs they’re putting in. String, for the plumb line they use. Sub-contractors. Or the bill they send when they’re done.

El'endia Starman

Could be STRING for plumb lines.

caird coinheringaahing

6:22 PM

I'm good to go with whatever you like

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Rubio I don't want to shush a mod, but you're on the other team

El'endia Starman

What if we just guess GAS and put ourselves out of our misery? :P

Rubio

So BUTTON it up and SPELL out your guesses.

El'endia Starman

SUB

Shiro

SUB is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn

Rubio

6:23 PM

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I’m completely allowed to kibitz :)

gg

good point

blue: Fog(2)

caird and John are both very good at trolling

Rubio

Fog??

caird coinheringaahing

6:26 PM

There a clouds in the Alps, and that's basically Fog

El'endia Starman

DRAGONs appear ominously from the fog.

caird coinheringaahing

Hawks have builtin fog machines in their tails

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@cairdcoinheringaahing don't even pretend that's not awesome

El'endia Starman

SATELLITEs help clear away the fog of war.

Rubio

FOREST

Shiro

6:29 PM

FOREST is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn

:O

fog. Oof.

So you're saying...there's a chance.

yeeAASSSS

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: machine (2)

El'endia Starman

6:31 PM

SATELLITE and TELESCOPE, I guess?

caird coinheringaahing

Is there something on the board that's obviously a construction machine that we've missed?

I like Satellite, not Telescope

It doesn't really work with Construction Worker

John Dvorak

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus onetimesecret.com/private/ezbjnmziuwtabrnndn7eqp6ae7r5k3t

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I can't see it

Rubio

Many machines used in construction run on gas

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@JohnDvorak try again

caird coinheringaahing

6:33 PM

@JohnDvorak Isn't that the private link, not the secret link?

Rubio

You shared the private link not the secret link

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That's one for the starboard

caird coinheringaahing

It should look like onetimesecret.com/secret/tbn7mk33mkiyp1sn8ndxxt31unl86hu

John Dvorak

oops, sorry

onetimesecret.com/secret/76sy4smk8wrgvjc1pmd08gjmb6gxbde

El'endia Starman

@cairdcoinheringaahing Not that I can see. I feel like STRING might be the remaining construction worker word.

Rubio

6:34 PM

Spot the player on mobile.

caird coinheringaahing

What about Button?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

onetimesecret.com/secret/lxaxj5hi0bfqdowpbtnv8c6tty9t6w8

El'endia Starman

BUTTON is plausible, yeah.

BUTTON and one of SATELLITE/TELESCOPE, then?

caird coinheringaahing

Machines have buttons

El'endia Starman

I mean, I think both of the latter are machines, so...

caird coinheringaahing

6:35 PM

Satellite > Button > Telescope

El'endia Starman

Worth a shot.

SATELLITE

Shiro

SATELLITE is Red

El'endia Starman

BUTTON

Shiro

BUTTON is Black (assassin!).
Game over. Blue wins!

John Dvorak

no finalboard, please

Shiro

6:36 PM

El'endia Starman

nooo

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Red: SATELLITE HOLLYWOOD BILL TEMPLE DRILL TELESCOPE ALPS STRING
Blue: HOLE SLIP PIANO SHOE LINE FRANCE PUPIL SPELL GAS
Yellow: FOREST HAWK MERCURY SUB GRASS DRAGON TOOTH
Black: BUTTON

I see nothing
SATELLITE + TELESCOPE = Space (2), but that could hit MERCURY.

Maginot(2) clued. FRANCE and LINE apparently intended. Now that I think about it, that sounds
familiar, but I forget what it is

Are TELESCOPES "machines," per se?
Got it. HOLLYWOOD + TEMPLE = Indiana Jones (2)

El'endia gets it immediately.

John Dvorak

aw common, Shiro...

caird coinheringaahing

cracks knuckles And that's how it's done :P

John Dvorak

20191215
Low on players but we have enough
Blue words: Hole, Slip, Piano, Shoe, Line, France, Pupil, Spell, Gas
Black: button

Sock theme might potentially work with Slip and Shoe.
Maginot for a quickie Line / France? France is an odbball methinks. Way to avoid Alps/R. Playing.
A third match would be... If I knew a way to add Hole, Slip into the set, but I don't know enough detail...
My guesser has left. Maginot(2) posted already.
Got a new guesser. Not for long though, I've heard
Piano + Pupil = Music school.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:37 PM

I was going for DRILL/BILL, but couldn't just say "rhyme"

and I wasn't sure if telescopes were machines or not

Also I wanted to post this a few minutes ago

tenor.com/view/troll-in-the-dungeon-gif-5157432

Rubio

Fog isn’t actually gas. And after flatulence(0) with 5 remaining I was more than concerned GAS might be black.

John Dvorak

Maginot line is one of the bigger hot spots in WWII

caird coinheringaahing

> "Troll! Troll in the Codenames room!"

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

water vapor is gas Rubio

El'endia Starman

But it technically isn't.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:39 PM

IT's the gas phase of water

Rubio

Yeah. It’s not. Hehe

El'endia Starman

Steam is a gas. Water vapor is liquid suspended in air.

John Dvorak

fog is water suspended in air

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

oh

I was a physics major, and I did not know that

El'endia Starman

They are pretty synonymous for many/most people. Especially because of things like tea kettles.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:40 PM

I could SM again, but I really don't want to

Rubio

I actually gotta run anyway

John Dvorak

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I like this hat though

@Rubio Good game though

Rubio

Have fun gang

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

o/ or 0/

El'endia Starman

6:40 PM

When a tea kettle is whistling, it's steam escaping, which is invisible and will burn you, but that steam turns into water vapor which is visible.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

to me vapor = gas

El'endia Starman

Good ol' English...

John Dvorak

vapor is gas.

What steam turns into is ... fog?

El'endia Starman

Fair point, vapor pressure is a thing.

Water vapor

Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Water vapor is transparent, like most constituents of the atmosphere. Under typical atmospheric conditions, water vapor is continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. It is less dense than most of the other constituents of air and triggers convection currents that can lead to clouds. Being a component of Earth's hydrosphere and hydrologic cycle...

John Dvorak

In fact, vapor = anything evaporated

El'endia Starman

6:43 PM

Well, I guess that settles it. So what's the difference between steam and water vapor? Temperature?

John Dvorak

steam would be hot water vapor methinks

El'endia Starman

Oh hey, from one of our very on SE sites:

2

Q: What is the difference between vapour and steam?

What is the difference between vapour and steam? These two terms seemingly are similar but have different meanings. trying to define these two gets us a similar definition which is not actually true I tried to think over it but could not.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

gaseous phase of water

first sentence of that wikipedia article

John Dvorak

also cf. vaporization (active process) vs. evaporation (passive process)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

also what John said

El'endia Starman

6:45 PM

> In general, a vapour refers to the gas phase of a substance below critical temperature.

I can live with this.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I might've lost, but that is the funniest clue i've ever given

John Dvorak

I can live with that

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I'd tell you the best one, but that might happen again

John Dvorak

Which one? I do wish I could have given my Whoosh(2) clue.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Chang'e (2) for China and Moon

caird coinheringaahing

6:48 PM

o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

either o/ or '0'/

Like i said, I could but dont' want to

so hopefully someone else wants to

but I have time if not

El'endia Starman

Hmm. Got some coding I want to do. ./

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Where's @DJMcMayhem? I wanted to ask him a question

John Dvorak

0/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@DJMcMayhem Whenever you see this, how does one actually go about creating a new programming language? If anyone else here has done that, you can answer too

John Dvorak

6:49 PM

ping me if game

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

me too

I'm able to do either thing

0/

also @John, for someone who prefers not to SM, you end up doing it a lot

but also ping me if there's a game

John Dvorak

not many other volunteers

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

fair enough

caird coinheringaahing

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I can answer that, but not in this room :P

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@cairdcoinheringaahing why not?

caird coinheringaahing

6:51 PM

Because its not on topic here

El'endia Starman

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I've done this as well. But also, not the best room for this. :P (I'd suggest The Nineteenth Byte or Primes and Squares.)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Ok thanks guys

heading to that first one

Mithical

7:07 PM

O/

caird coinheringaahing

o/

o/ or 0/ depending

@John

0/

!newgame Mithical, John Dvorak, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, caird coinheringaahing

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

7:10 PM

I don't want to SM

Shiro

RED: John Dvorak, caird coinheringaahing

BLUE: Mithical, ThePuzzlingPlatypus

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/a6whdk8528cxsuadewfm5k77lkb9mmh
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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.

RED goes first!