Topic: Codenames VIII (Read 171889 times)

bitwise · « **Reply #1225 on:** April 27, 2020, 12:41:22 am »

I'm thinking Center over Ray/Bar. I'm not sure which of Ray or Bar I like better.

mail-mi · « **Reply #1226 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:21:00 am »

Quote from: bitwise on April 27, 2020, 12:41:22 am

I'm thinking Center over Ray/Bar. I'm not sure which of Ray or Bar I like better.

Cool Center

cayvie · « **Reply #1227 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:22:03 am »

Center is Neutral

cayvie · « **Reply #1228 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:24:11 am »

Red goes first

NURSE	WATCH	RAY	STICK	BAR
RABBIT	SHOT	PITCH	MINT	BUCK
CAT	LUCK	LONDON	FORCE	CENTER
PASTE	KING	SOUTH	BASE	BOTTLE
CHURCH	BUGLE	CRICKET	GRASS	DUCK

cayvie · « **Reply #1229 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:31:45 am »

Sunscreen: 2

Swowl · « **Reply #1230 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:32:10 am »

ray and bottle

Swowl · « **Reply #1231 on:** April 27, 2020, 01:33:21 am »

joth what did we miss before that you saw? I still don't see it.

jotheonah · « **Reply #1232 on:** April 27, 2020, 02:43:49 pm »

Mint! Mint leaves. I'm like pretty sure.

jotheonah · « **Reply #1233 on:** April 27, 2020, 02:44:48 pm »

I like your guesses for sunscreen. I also think South is a possibility. If we're talking about the region of the US, a trip to the south would usually require sunscreen.

Swowl · « **Reply #1234 on:** April 27, 2020, 04:30:33 pm »

Quote from: jotheonah on April 27, 2020, 02:44:48 pm

I like your guesses for sunscreen. I also think South is a possibility. If we're talking about the region of the US, a trip to the south would usually require sunscreen.

cool. What order do you like for [mint, south, ray, bottle]? obviously we only need 3

jotheonah · « **Reply #1235 on:** April 27, 2020, 05:28:09 pm »

I’d say Mint, Ray, Bottle. South was worth mentioning but it’s not as strong as your two.

Swowl · « **Reply #1236 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:18:47 pm »

awesome. exactly what I was thinking:

MINT

Swowl · « **Reply #1237 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:19:56 pm »

you know what is super funny about this. Since quarantine my pass time has been starting and growing an herb garden, and like every day of my life for the last 2 weeks the one that keeps dying on me is mint, so it has been on my mind constantly - and still no connection here haha

scolapasta · « **Reply #1238 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:31:54 pm »

Mint is red.

jotheonah · « **Reply #1239 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:32:52 pm »

Ray then Bottle

scolapasta · « **Reply #1240 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:36:29 pm »

Man, this was a bad round. Oh wait, I'm not supposed to say anything while I'm codemaster.

Ray is red.
Bottle is red.

Game Over.

OK, now I can talk...

Sorry team, I was not good this round. Board coming; let me know if there's any good clues out there for Blue.

Swowl · « **Reply #1241 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:36:57 pm »

scolapasta · « **Reply #1242 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:37:44 pm »

Full board:

Red goes first

NURSE	WATCH	RAY	STICK	BAR
RABBIT	SHOT	PITCH	MINT	BUCK
CAT	LUCK	LONDON	FORCE	CENTER
PASTE	KING	SOUTH	BASE	BOTTLE
CHURCH	BUGLE	CRICKET	GRASS	DUCK

scolapasta · « **Reply #1243 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:48:22 pm »

Blue Post Mortem:

Clues:
Arts:2 - Paste, Bugle
Power:3 - Bar, Force, King

OK first let me say cayvie knocked it out of the park (pun intended) with her first clue. That put us behind early. I didn't see many options for multi word clues tha I liked (how the hell do you tie Bugle, South, Luck, Rabbit?!). Arts was trying to tie art and music together. I didn't Center, which was a great guess.

Power was my best clue, but I saved it for 2nd, so you could have extra guesses for Arts, since I knew it wasn't a great clue. Plus I was worried about Church, though of course, which is ironic since that was guessed for Arts.

Another not great clue idea I had was Cereal 2: for Rabbit and Luck.

Even if we had gotten that far, that still would have left South. Again, how to tie that with anything? (I did think something like Scotland for King and South, but London was the Assasin)

Anyway, sorry guys - I think this was a tough board for blue.

bitwise · « **Reply #1244 on:** April 28, 2020, 01:03:20 am »

Maybe Paw:3 for Rabbit, Luck, South? It would probably hit Cat but I don't see any other big problems for it. Then your other two clues would cover the rest.

cayvie · « **Reply #1245 on:** April 28, 2020, 02:06:59 am »

Quote from: scolapasta on April 27, 2020, 11:36:29 pm

Man, this was a bad round. Oh wait, I'm not supposed to say anything while I'm codemaster.

Ray is red.
Bottle is red.

Game Over.

OK, now I can talk...

Sorry team, I was not good this round. Board coming; let me know if there's any good clues out there for Blue.

this was a bad board for both teams; i took a big gamble with my first clue (Sports 4) and y'all read my mind. you could have guessed Bar (Sports Bar) or Center (SportsCenter) or so many things that would have helped the opponent. but i didn't see any other way to get ahead. so thanks guys for being psychic! after that it was just playing it safe and protecting the lead. my first win as codemaster!!

cayvie · « **Reply #1246 on:** April 28, 2020, 02:11:35 am »

Quote from: DatSwan on April 27, 2020, 01:32:10 am

ray and bottle

also holy crap this post, swan! that was less than 30 secs after i posted my clue!!

jotheonah · « **Reply #1247 on:** April 28, 2020, 09:17:40 am »

Yeah, cayvie, Sports was majorly high-risk high-reward, it connected to more than half the board, but also I think we were able to identify the words that most closely aligned. There was a slight risk in that Swan and I are both American and might have skipped over Cricket, but I guess we're trained to think globally on this forum.

Weirdly, there is a fictional baseball team in Star Trek called the London Kings and so seeing both those words on the board I was immediately drawn to them, but I was able to recognize that not everyone lives in my weird Trekkie head.

After sports though, I thought you played it brilliantly and Swan guessed it brilliantly. My only real contributions were Shot and Mint; other than that I think I just confirmed what Swan came up with.

jotheonah · « **Reply #1248 on:** April 28, 2020, 09:19:17 am »

According to Star Trek history, the London Kings should have already been around for five years by now: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/London_Kings

But we were also supposed to have a Eugenics War in 1996, so you know.

Swowl · « **Reply #1249 on:** April 29, 2020, 03:54:30 pm »

The randomizer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TXkY5snm_uhZQNYvGqwrLSHjuHARIZouOP5pBEWRMXA/edit#gid=0

I believe it is Joth and bitwise up?

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