Topic: Codenames VIII (Read 171895 times)

Swowl · « **Reply #725 on:** March 13, 2020, 10:15:57 pm »

Press and dust would be the ones that jump out.

Would start with dust.
I can look over again later tonight.

Galzria · « **Reply #726 on:** March 13, 2020, 10:41:02 pm »

Dust was one of my gut two.

The other was Kiss, if Eevee was going for Maid(en)’s Kiss. I also considered Press as a third - but didn’t see much beyond those 3

Eevee · « **Reply #727 on:** March 14, 2020, 06:56:26 am »

dust is blue

Galzria · « **Reply #728 on:** March 14, 2020, 02:41:51 pm »

Coollio.

Press

Eevee · « **Reply #729 on:** March 14, 2020, 08:24:53 pm »

neutral

cayvie · « **Reply #730 on:** March 14, 2020, 11:38:18 pm »

Ok let's go team.

defenses: 3

scolapasta · « **Reply #731 on:** March 15, 2020, 12:20:24 am »

CHANGE	DICE	TOWER	WEB	TIE
FLOWER	PRESS	MICROSCOPE	GLASS	PITCH
CANDLE	ELECTRIC	MINE	WIND	WALL
MAIL	BLOCK	KISS	DISEASE	WHIP
WITCH	COMIC	ICE CREAM	DUST	FILM

scolapasta · « **Reply #732 on:** March 15, 2020, 12:34:55 am »

OK, so we know 2 of the 3 Defenses also should match Balrog.

The first two defenses that jump out at me are: Wall and Tower (in that order)

Tower was already a word we were considering for Balrog. What about Wall??

Other possible defenses maybe are: Pitch (as in Oil), Mail (as in Armor), and Web (though is that more of a trap than a defense? hmm...).

I could also make an argument for Tie (teams something play defensively in order to get a tie), but it's definitely lower on the list. Similarly, Dice (in some games, you "roll for defense"). I think it's just late now as I'm probably able to make a connection to defense with some of the other words too!

So what I think is best for third will depend on if we think there's a Balrog-Wall connection.

Are you happy with Wall and Tower for the first two?

jotheonah · « **Reply #733 on:** March 16, 2020, 08:56:01 am »

Electric too— you can have an electric fence.

I agree we start with TOWER, then Wall.

After that I truly dunno.

jotheonah · « **Reply #734 on:** March 16, 2020, 08:56:52 am »

I think maybe I like mail the best for the third.

cayvie · « **Reply #735 on:** March 16, 2020, 09:42:10 am »

tower is red

scolapasta · « **Reply #736 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:31:49 am »

Wall

Let's think a little (if ok) before picking the third. Do you think Wall was also for Balrog?

cayvie · « **Reply #737 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:47:42 am »

wall is red

jotheonah · « **Reply #738 on:** March 16, 2020, 03:22:22 pm »

I don't think Wall was for Balrog, though I suppose it's possible.

I think Pitch and Mail are really clever. Like, I would not have thought of those meanings for those words. And I wish I knew Cayvie a little better, because either (A) she is also clever in that way and you are clever for figuring it out or (B) she is not thinking that way (and I promise this is not a diss, again, if it were me this is where I would be, just different people's brains work differently) and she's now going "oh shit, I totally didn't think about that". So those two are high risk/high reward. I think Pitch is this way moreso than Mail.

Electric is one where, again, a certain kind of person would really easily make the leap from defense to fence to electric fence.

Tie, I think, is too clever by half -- no one would expect someone else to get there. And Dice is similar.

I would put Web in that category too if not for the fact that we had also ID'd it as a LoTR reference, which makes me more inclined to pick it.

Still and all, gun to my head, I pick Mail. I think it's the most straightforward association with Defense of anything that's left, as long as you assume that Cayvie went the chainmail direction with it, which I would not have, but you did.

So that's where I am. If I had to rank them:

Mail
Web
Pitch
Electric
Dice
Tie
{Wind, Kiss, Witch, Comic}

scolapasta · « **Reply #739 on:** March 16, 2020, 03:37:27 pm »

Starting with your list:

Mail
Web
Pitch
Electric
Dice
Tie
{Wind, Kiss, Witch, Comic}

So we're agreed that we don't think Wall was for Balrog. Which means whatever we pick should match both.

That eliminates Dice and Tie. (and yes, I do agree that those were "clever by half")

Was there anything at all electric about the Balrog? I can't recall, anything, and if that's true, then I definitely prefer Mail to Web or Pitch.

jotheonah · « **Reply #740 on:** March 16, 2020, 04:31:00 pm »

not that I can think of. so, mail?

scolapasta · « **Reply #741 on:** March 16, 2020, 06:21:31 pm »

Mail it is.

Galzria · « **Reply #742 on:** March 16, 2020, 06:24:22 pm »

I like your chances.

cayvie · « **Reply #743 on:** March 16, 2020, 07:30:10 pm »

Quote from: scolapasta on March 16, 2020, 06:21:31 pm

Mail it is.

Mail is neutral

Galzria · « **Reply #744 on:** March 16, 2020, 07:59:57 pm »

Quote from: cayvie on March 16, 2020, 07:30:10 pm

Quote from: scolapasta on March 16, 2020, 06:21:31 pm
Mail it is.

Mail is neutral

Wow. Definitely would’ve been my choice in their spot!

Eevee · « **Reply #745 on:** March 16, 2020, 09:19:53 pm »

Porn: 2

Galzria · « **Reply #746 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:27:55 pm »

CHANGE	DICE	TOWER	WEB	TIE
FLOWER	PRESS	MICROSCOPE	GLASS	PITCH
CANDLE	ELECTRIC	MINE	WIND	WALL
MAIL	BLOCK	KISS	DISEASE	WHIP
WITCH	COMIC	ICE CREAM	DUST	FILM

Swowl · « **Reply #747 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:28:56 pm »

I like kiss and web

Galzria · « **Reply #748 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:29:23 pm »

Still like Kiss for Maid, Double with Porn.
Like Web second - Web as something a Maid gets rid of, and where Porn exists.

Don’t think it’s anything else.

Galzria · « **Reply #749 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:30:16 pm »

Kiss, then Web

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