Codenames (Game 65 in progress)

[HockeyFan]

Ok yea cool looks like its simillar to u guys have

[HockeyFan]

idk how strip connects to drift tho

[Farren]

Looks like all three of us agree DAY should go first, so let's get that out of the way.

Day

[The Bulge]

Day

blue

[Farren]

I think this is correct?

BAR	GOLD	SKYSCRAPER	TUBE	NUT
DOG	SINK	NET	WAKE	PIRATE
CALF	WHIP	PART	WIND	PIE
TRUNK	TOKYO	CONCERT	DAY	FIELD
SLIP	BANK	PANTS	SCREEN	HONEY

Blue Clues	Red Clues
7/9	3/8
STREAMER - 3	CHOCOLATE - 3
DRIFT - 3	STEEL - 3
ANNIVERSARY - 2

Team	Spy Master	Members
BLUE TEAM	The Bulge	lilith2013, Farren, HockeyFan
RED TEAM	Charles510	Nancy Drew 39, Marashu, Not_Mafia

[Farren]

So slip to drift -

From a racing perspective, "slipstream" is a thing, I think. Plus tires could lose traction - slip - while drifting.
From a movement perspective, "drifting" and "slipping" are pretty similar.
From a nautical perspective, you could drift into a slip (a marina berth is called a slip, I think?)

None of those by themselves are super-strong, but anything with three semi-reasonable separate connections is usually a pretty good bet.

[HockeyFan]

ah that makes more sense. Yea cuz there's nothing else that makes snese

[Farren]

So the question is: SLIP first, or try to tackle GOLD vs. CONCERT? I'm leaning towards SLIP > CONCERT right now.

[lilith2013]

I think slip is more solid. you make a good argument against gold, but I don't really feel good about concert.

[Farren]

Other than GOLD and CONCERT, the only other thing I can connect to Anniversary - and this is a stretch - is SLIP itself. Which is not helpful.

[Farren]

HockeyFan, are you okay with guessing SLIP next?

[HockeyFan]

Yep

[Farren]

SLIP

[Charles510]

Blue

[Farren]

BAR	GOLD	SKYSCRAPER	TUBE	NUT
DOG	SINK	NET	WAKE	PIRATE
CALF	WHIP	PART	WIND	PIE
TRUNK	TOKYO	CONCERT	DAY	FIELD
SLIP	BANK	PANTS	SCREEN	HONEY

Blue Clues	Red Clues
8/9	3/8
STREAMER - 3	CHOCOLATE - 3
DRIFT - 3	STEEL - 3
ANNIVERSARY - 2

Team	Spy Master	Members
BLUE TEAM	The Bulge	lilith2013, Farren, HockeyFan
RED TEAM	Charles510	Nancy Drew 39, Marashu, Not_Mafia

And then there was one.

Options here:
1) Pass. Opponents get one shot to guess five in a row and will be forced to attempt it; if they fail, our victory is as certain as anything ever gets in this game.
2) Gold. If correct, we win; if wrong, it's probably a red word. Presumably, they then get one shot to guess four in a row.
3) Concert. If correct, we win; if wrong ... who knows. Could be anything. Probably not the assassin, especially since CONCERT was a possible Streamer connection, but you never know.
4) Something else clever.

[HockeyFan]

1 and 3 seems most sensible to me

[Farren]

I know lilith had reservations about guessing CONCERT, and we have reservations about guessing GOLD. Looking like maybe we should pass?

[lilith2013]

I’m not sure we should pass since they have 3 clued words already, but don’t feel great about any guesses. so I’m not sure where that leaves us.

[Farren]

For me the logic goes - CONCERT's less likely to do damage than GOLD is. But if we're prioritizing "not doing damage", passing accomplishes that the best.

Red team will also get to deal with this whole "who does GOLD belong to?" dilemma. Granted, they'll get an extra clue, but they've still got two words totally unclued. Unless Charles can come up with a 4 or 5, he'll be forced to clue Unlimited (or zero, I suppose), which will muddy the waters.

[lilith2013]

slightly in favor of passing, I guess?

[Farren]

We're overtime with no real consensus. I think that leaves one choice.

Pass

.

[Charles510]

Woodstock - infinite

[Marashu]

Spoiler:

CONCERT - famous concert in 1969, which I believe happened in a FIELD (but I'm not 100% sure on that second one)

--
We still have Steel, so that's probably (in my opinion)
SKYSCRAPER
SINK
TRUNK

But I've also been looking at WHIP - I think it's possible for a whip to be made of steel links, if video games have taught me anything.

[Marashu]

Other team's 1 away, so at this point we guess until we're wrong.

[Marashu]

Spoiler:

I'm against GOLD for the Steel hint because it's very likely to be the other team's word, especially with Woodstock being ours.