Codenames (Game 65 in progress)

[Felissan]

Game 21 is now full! I'm currently waiting for Not Known 15 to confirm their pre-/in as spymaster before I assign the teams.

[Not Known 15]

/confirm

[Felissan]

Thanks! Now we can begin soon.
Our spymasters this game will be Not Known 15 and James Brafin. VashtaNeurotic joins the queue as spymaster, along with dweller as a regular player.

Not Known 15

James Brafin
StrangerCoug

Haschel Cedricson

Formerfish

Pine
xofelf

Charles510

One thing that we should settle before we start, in addition to potential rule changes - several players said they'd prefer if players couldn't post during the other team's turn, but not everyone shares that opinion. So this is the perfect opportunity to vote for whether we'll make it a rule, or just expect people to stay reasonable about it.

Speaking of which, I've just noticed Formerfish's title. I love it!

[StrangerCoug]

VOTE: First turn has N guesses allowed instead of N+1 (where N is the number given with the clue)
VOTE: Abstain on whether a team can post during the other team's turn

[Haschel Cedricson]

Vote:No talking when it's not your turn

[Pine]

VOTE: No talking during others’ turns

Heckling is fun in a live game, but it’s a lot more confusing and disrupting here.

[Formerfish]

Vote to keep fun alive.

[James Brafin]

Vote to keep fun alive.

Second that.

[xofelf]

Vote for Fun

I don't see why it's such a big deal if people do make posts being incredibly obviously silly during the game, it's part of the fun. It's one thing if the other team is saying things to actively mislead the other team, that's a bit shitty, but if it's just being goofy, why does it matter? Teams aren't that big anyways, you should be able to keep track of who is or isn't on your team and can just ignore it as silly banter. If that's entirely gone, where's the fun and entertainment? It becomes far too serious and like solving a puzzle, and I can do that in my spare time. Part of the game being socialization just seems good to me.

I'm also indifferent about StrangerCoug's rule suggestion. Idk why that matters?

[Formerfish]

Vote for anarchy

[the worst]

hear, hear to xofelf

[Charles510]

I agree with xofelf. I'm for having fun. I don't want to silence people. Just no pretending to be on the the other team and making misleading suggestions.

[popsofctown]

maybe a designated font color or bolding for heckling?

[StrangerCoug]

VOTE: Do not heckle in bold

Too prone to mod error. OOC tags are fine if that's what we want.

[popsofctown]

Most people play codenames as themselves, but it sounds like you roleplay

[Formerfish]

Most people play codenames as themselves, but it sounds like you roleplay

Wait, this isnt a meta game?

[StrangerCoug]

Most people play codenames as themselves, but it sounds like you roleplay

You mean you're not supposed to play as a cougar wearing a tacky Hawaiian shirt?

[the worst]

VOTE: bonus points for role-playing as a cougar wearing a tacky Hawaiian shirt

basically Charles hit the nail on the head for me. Think what happened last game was an innocent mistake but it probably shouldn't happen in the spirit of the game

I'll be sitting this one out but I have opinions if they're not relevant atm just skip this Feli

[popsofctown]

Most people play codenames as themselves, but it sounds like you roleplay

You mean you're not supposed to play as a cougar wearing a tacky Hawaiian shirt?

StrangerCoug if you are not truly a cougar wearing a tacky Hawaiian shirt IRL I will cry until this thread is soggy

[Felissan]

We have a majority in favor of allowing posting out of turn, and some more people from outside the game voicing their support too. I'll still take popsofctown's suggestion of a compromise, and require that out-of-turn posts use

any shade of green of your choice

, as long as it's easily distinguished from default colors obviously. Of course, I'm open for more discussion about this after the game.

MAPLE	FIGHTER	AMBULANCE	LINK	STRING
DECK	WIND	SPINE	WAVE	PYRAMID
OLYMPUS	STAR	CASINO	POINT	DANCE
DUCK	PLATE	BANK	MODEL	MOUNT
COPPER	BEACH	DATE	STATE	CODE

Team	Spymaster	Field operatives
Red team	Not Known 15	Haschel Cedricson, Pine, xofelf
Blue team	James Brafin	StrangerCoug, Formerfish, Charles510

And it's now Not Known 15's turn to get us started.

[Not Known 15]

METAL 2

[StrangerCoug]

Mod: V/LA, no internet.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Copper is the obvious one. Link would be my next best guess.

[Pine]

Metal plate, starmetal also comes to mind

Copper

[Haschel Cedricson]

Plate is good too. Starmetal seems like an incredible reach, especially for the first clue.