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Post Post #12 (isolation #0) » Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:07 pm

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/in
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Post Post #19 (isolation #1) » Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:42 am

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Here is an image of the flexible rules, in case you don't want to have to return to the document.

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My thoughts:
1. Fine with compound words
2. Okay with proper nouns but not multiple word proper nouns (exception with location as suggested)
3. Totally good with acronyms
4. No idea on homonyms
5. Hard no on rhymes
6. Big yes on 0 and infinite clues
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Post Post #20 (isolation #2) » Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:44 am

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Also, really want to try to be spymaster, but I have no clue how good I'd be at it.
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Post Post #36 (isolation #3) » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:13 am

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MUFASA 3
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Post Post #80 (isolation #4) » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:09 pm

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MATTRESS 2
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Post Post #119 (isolation #5) » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:00 am

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FLAMENCO 2
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Post Post #142 (isolation #6) » Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:29 pm

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BIRACIAL 2
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Post Post #151 (isolation #7) » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:46 am

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Centaur is red
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Post Post #177 (isolation #8) » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:58 pm

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COCOA 1
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Post Post #185 (isolation #9) » Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:10 pm

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Centaur is a terrible word to clue btw
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Post Post #198 (isolation #10) » Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:36 am

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I'm fine for another
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Post Post #1278 (isolation #11) » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:17 pm

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/in as a spymaster

About time i try this again
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Post Post #1335 (isolation #12) » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:22 am

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I am also good with me being master of spies
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Post Post #1355 (isolation #13) » Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:02 am

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Drowning 3
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Post Post #1382 (isolation #14) » Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:21 am

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Destination 4
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Post Post #1418 (isolation #15) » Fri May 03, 2019 7:04 pm

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Sharp 1
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Post Post #1425 (isolation #16) » Sat May 04, 2019 11:04 am

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2-0 as codemaster babes! Woot!
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Post Post #1573 (isolation #17) » Fri May 24, 2019 11:35 pm

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I think it is time I defend my spymaster reputation, having never dropped a match yet (I mean....I've only played 2 as spymaster but that's beside the point)

/in as spymaster, and only spymaster
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Post Post #1590 (isolation #18) » Tue May 28, 2019 8:55 am

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Confirmed
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Post Post #1613 (isolation #19) » Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:28 am

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Mammal 3
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Post Post #1650 (isolation #20) » Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:53 am

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Cathode 3
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Post Post #1686 (isolation #21) » Wed Jun 12, 2019 6:22 am

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Stab 1
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Post Post #1716 (isolation #22) » Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:19 pm

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Plumbing 1
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Post Post #1723 (isolation #23) » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:59 am

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Ftr Cathode was suppose to get Battery and Bolt. The third word was pipe but was a bit of a stretch, since I was hoping y'all would think of a cathode ray tube which is kind of a pipe.
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Post Post #2821 (isolation #24) » Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:12 pm

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/in as spymaster
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Post Post #2951 (isolation #25) » Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:39 am

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Confirming my involvement
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Post Post #2978 (isolation #26) » Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:21 pm

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Post Post #3009 (isolation #27) » Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:33 am

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Post Post #3045 (isolation #28) » Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:51 am

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AVALANCHE 3
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Post Post #4427 (isolation #29) » Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:57 pm

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/in but specifically to team with CM1 against xof and brightenskies
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Post Post #4429 (isolation #30) » Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:14 pm

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In post 4428, xofelf wrote:You're going dooooooown, muahahaha!
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Post Post #4443 (isolation #31) » Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:32 pm

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Gold is definitely one of ours.

I did feel an immediate link with Oil and Well, since while technically you Drill for Oil it's close enough. Also a mine shaft is pretty much a well.

Sink is a no and I guess Pit technically works, but I think if were a going for "mining" it definitely wants you to think of the act of extracting resources, so yeah Gold, Oil and Well go really well together for that.
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Post Post #4445 (isolation #32) » Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:41 pm

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In post 4444, xofelf wrote:
Anybody else want some of this popcorn while we watch the overanalysis gang have at it? Can't wait for them to overthink their way into the assassin.
Well yeah, didn't you see the name of this episode of "Mish Mashterminds"


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Post Post #4453 (isolation #33) » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:32 am

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In post 4451, CreativeMod1 wrote:I'd rather pit next, haschel does make a point that you technically don't mine for oil
No but you do take it out of the ground much like gold and you use an OIL WELL for that.

Like yes you "technically" don't mine for oil, but this is codenames, what else would you use to get gold, oil and well? Drilling won't get you gold, but mining already sets you on that path and isn't that far from Oil.

Also most Mining isn't done in a pit, it's done in caves. Unless they wanted to evoke the idea of strip mining.
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Post Post #4454 (isolation #34) » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:34 am

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Actually Pit mining is an actual kind of mining, you learn something new every day. I still am not sure it's the right word.

It's probably either Oil and Well or Pit and Lead, since you do mine lead.
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Post Post #4456 (isolation #35) » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:50 am

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Oh btw enomis. A gerund is a verb that ends in ING, such a swimming or mining.

Edit: it's also important to note it functions as a noun.
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Post Post #4518 (isolation #36) » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:37 am

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I'm definitely feeling Roulette on this since it's a game, the other is less clear, Revolution is the other since well, nothing strikes me as a prize or competition and we did win the revolutionary war.
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Post Post #4539 (isolation #37) » Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:16 am

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I agree Sunrodotus
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Post Post #4573 (isolation #38) » Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:26 pm

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I definitely associate Forests with Canada more than anything
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Post Post #4625 (isolation #39) » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:59 pm

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Probably Oil (can light on fire), wave (since alight is the word choice) and Hawk (a word we discussed previously with forest and hard to tie together.
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Post Post #4631 (isolation #40) » Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:42 am

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I think so. We all seem to agree on wave being 1 of them so go that?
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Post Post #7126 (isolation #41) » Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:57 pm

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/in Duet with xofelf
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