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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #475 on: January 22, 2020, 01:08:24 pm »

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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #476 on: January 22, 2020, 01:22:12 pm »

LITTER
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #477 on: January 22, 2020, 01:26:26 pm »

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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #478 on: January 22, 2020, 02:30:37 pm »

how many left??
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #479 on: January 22, 2020, 02:34:05 pm »

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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #480 on: January 22, 2020, 02:55:51 pm »

ok, so possibly line, life, trip, or bottle.

I sort of like line since it could have been the last one for Royal or for Geography. What do you think scola?
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #481 on: January 22, 2020, 04:55:48 pm »

Hmm, it helps my thinking sometimes to go through it all again, even if it means repeating things that either you or I already typed I hope you can bear with that.

Currently we have:
Throne (3): Castle, Bow, Litter
Geography (4): Washington, Himalayas, School, Turkey
Vet (3): Turkey, Nurse, Litter

of course, two words are repeated so we're still one word shy. So either:
a) Jimmmmm wasn't thinking those exact clues and our missing word is from one of those, OR
b) the last word has no clue for it, meaning random choice

a) by definition, is less risky, so sure, one of:
Line, Life, Trip, or bottle, maybe even microscope

I do think we likely got all the geography, and that maybe little wasn't meant for either throne or vet. But I'm leaning towards it being the one for Throne, because why Throne? Why not just king or royalty if the third word we're line. Litter is the one that specifically refers to the chair-like aspect of throne. Which makes me think the missing word goes better with vet.

Of life, bottle, and microscope, I'm leaning more towards life.

Thoughts on my revised logic?
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #482 on: January 22, 2020, 08:14:49 pm »

Bow-throne is a connection I'm not terribly sold on, which means we might need a third one for throne. It could be Castle, Litter, Line.

If we are guessing randomly, I think we can dodge the kill word as long as we guess something that could conceivably be connected to a given clue, since we can assume Jimmmmm was conscious of the assassin. Same goes for the other team's last clue. So I think it does benefit us to make a guess here, provided that guess is associated with one or more of the given clues.

So I'm still inclined toward line, but you know, life is ok. Life has a vague connection to royalty.

I leave it up to you.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #483 on: January 23, 2020, 05:58:02 am »

OK. If I fel stronger about Vet -> Life I would go that way, but I also don't feel great about it.

AND we have been talking about Line a lot. So sure, LINE.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #484 on: January 23, 2020, 06:10:55 am »

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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #485 on: January 23, 2020, 06:34:23 am »

WASHINGTONMODELLIMOUSINECASTLEGARAGE
BUTTONPIANOMILKOLIVEMICROSCOPE
SCHOOLLIFEBOWNOVELLITTER
LUCKTRIPLINECASTATLANTIS
TURKEYNURSEHIMALAYASCONDUCTORBOTTLE
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #486 on: January 23, 2020, 06:45:09 am »

My clues:

THRONE: 3
Washington, Castle, Line

Not super happy with this clue, especially with so much available for Geography.
Line as in "2nd in line to the throne" etc.
I hoped the connection between king and president was strong enough for Washington, but I guess not.
I didn't consider Bow as a verb, and I didn't know the thing a king is carried around in was called a Litter.


GEOGRAPHY: 4
Washington, School, Turkey, Himalayas


VETERINARIAN: 3
Litter, Turkey, Nurse (with Line as the spare guess)

Life was probably a risk for anything clued for Nurse. Without Life, I probably would have clued something like BIRTH: 3 for Litter and Nurse and to reinforce Line, as Turkey was probably safer than Line.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #487 on: January 23, 2020, 07:07:35 am »

Yeah!

Wow, I had actually typed out the message with Life in bold, then changed my mind. Whew, as that would have basically been a guaranteed win for blue.

Yeah, I didn't even think of bow as a verb until they guessed it.

RED's first win! (1-4, one loss via Assassin)
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #488 on: January 23, 2020, 09:00:33 am »

What a nailbiter! Congrats on the deserved win team red.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #489 on: January 23, 2020, 09:02:12 am »

Writing out my clues in advance for the post mortem:

Sinatra 6: piano, luck, limousine, model (either role model, or because he probably hung out with/dated some models), life (he had a famous life), cast (I'm not sure if he was in movies but surely he was at least played by someone in a movie). I was hoping my team would realize bow was clued to with "Throne", but alas.

Pitt 4: cast (movies), button (benjamin button), model (same than sinatra), life (same than sinatra)

I realized the pit-pitt connection, but it wasn't my intention to clue in that direction, Pitt was given to include "button" and guide my team away from conductor and toward cast and life. Fwiw I would think that my team would know that I'm aware of homonyms not being legal clues.

Shouldn’t have used Pitt as a clue, too confusing with olive. Noted for future.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #490 on: January 23, 2020, 09:17:51 am »

Yeah, sorry about that. I was sure OLIVE* was one of the Sinatra words, so thought maybe you were going for pit/pitt.(I sent a PM tot the spymasters at the time to check)

* Sinatra as a martini drinker
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #491 on: January 23, 2020, 11:14:07 am »

What a fun one! scola is a great teammate and Jimmm is a superb spymaster.

Am I up next as spymaster? Who's up for blue?
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #492 on: January 23, 2020, 11:36:55 am »

Yeah, sorry about that. I was sure OLIVE* was one of the Sinatra words, so thought maybe you were going for pit/pitt.(I sent a PM tot the spymasters at the time to check)

* Sinatra as a martini drinker

I had made this as a possible connection, but it seemed really, really far fetched.

I would’ve bet Line was Blue (Lines -> Scripts -> Movies -> Pitt/Sinatra) & Life was Red. I thought for sure guessing Line would give us the game. Definitely felt it was the strongest possible word to be blue left on the table. Ah well.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #493 on: January 23, 2020, 11:40:11 am »

What a fun one! scola is a great teammate and Jimmm is a superb spymaster.

Am I up next as spymaster? Who's up for blue?

Swan is Blue’s Spymaster.
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Derphammering is when quickhammers go derp.

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Mafia Record:
TOWN Wins: M3, M5, M6, M11, M17, M28, M32, M105, M108, M114, M118, M120, M122, DM1, DoM1, OZ2, RM45, RM47, RM48, RM49, RM55
TOWN Losses: M4, M7, M8, M9, M13, M14, M18, M31, M110, M111, M113, M117, M125, RM3, RM4, RM54
SCUM Wins: M2, M19, M23, M100, DM3, RM1, RM2, RM48, RM50
SCUM Losses: M15 (SK), M102 (Tr), OZ1, RM55

Total Wins: 30
Total Losses: 20

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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #494 on: January 23, 2020, 04:39:35 pm »

The new grid (red goes first):

PRIVATECHECKRULERBOOMAIR
CHANGETOWERSATELLITEDISEASECROWN
EAGLETRIPBRICKEMBASSYTICK
PARTDIAMONDTOOTHDRILLSNOWMAN
SERVERROSESTARPANGLASS
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #495 on: January 23, 2020, 04:47:52 pm »

I know it's a one-word rule...  what's the ruling on abbreviations. Like, say NASA or USA or AWOL?  Are they allowed?
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #496 on: January 23, 2020, 04:53:32 pm »

for now, let's go with Safety 3
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #497 on: January 23, 2020, 04:55:41 pm »

I know it's a one-word rule...  what's the ruling on abbreviations. Like, say NASA or USA or AWOL?  Are they allowed?
I find it more challenging and fun the more you restrict the clues so I’d vote no.
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #498 on: January 25, 2020, 12:14:20 am »

Safety seems like a tough clue to me, since there are lots of words that you could argue have a connection to safety.

The ones with the strongest connection seem to be:

CHECK: As in checking that things are safe, making a checklist.
TICK: Similar to check.
AIR: Air safety.
GLASS: Windows can keep us safe, you want  to be safe around glass, safety glasses.
BOOM and DISEASE: Ie staying safe from explosions and diseases.

I count about 10 other words which could have some kind of connection to safety. Thoughts, scola?
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Re: Codenames VIII
« Reply #499 on: January 25, 2020, 01:59:01 am »

I'm very happy with check then glass. Lots of options like you said for the third.
I'm flying today for about 16 hours, so let me think on it and get back.
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