Codenames

HTM

22:03

Red: Hand washing (3)

Brandon_J

Tap immediately comes to mind

as does Teacher and Force

Rubiksmoose

!joinred

Brandon_J

oh

Shiro

RED: HTM, Brandon_J, Rubiksmoose

Brandon_J

disease

and water

tap, disease, water?

Rubiksmoose

22:05

(I only have a few minutes)

Brandon_J

OK

Rubiksmoose

Palm?

Brandon_J

oh

palm, disease, water

?

Rubiksmoose

I wonder if it is Palm, tap, water

Brandon_J

Palm and water are the obvious ones

IMO

Rubiksmoose

22:06

agreed

Brandon_J

save disease/tap for the end?

Rubiksmoose

Yeah go for those two

Brandon_J

PALM

Shiro

PALM is Red

Brandon_J

WATER

Shiro

22:06

WATER is Red

HTM

@Shiro Jaws theme plays

Brandon_J

IMO if he was thinking of tap as in tap water, he would have done a (4)

Rubiksmoose

I'm split but leaning towards TAP

Brandon_J

because hand washing is to prevent disease

that's the purpose of its existence

I would lean fairly strongly toward disease

John Dvorak

I thought the purpose was to avoid responsibility for your actions?

Brandon_J

22:08

since it is intrinsic to hand-washing, but tap-water isn't.

Rubiksmoose

Right, but if either Tap or Disease isn't ours they wouldn't have the ability to go for 4 lol

@Brandon_J Well a tap is a faucet, so kind of instrumental to most hand washing.

Go with yours though.

Brandon_J

hmm

OK

Rubiksmoose

I won't be here for long.

John Dvorak

also known as the Pilatus maneuver

Brandon_J

!blame

DISEASE

Shiro

22:09

DISEASE is Red

John Dvorak

@Rubiksmoose ominous

Brandon_J

phew

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J :)

Brandon_J

pass?

[pass]

Rubiksmoose

(also I was completely off on my last clue disagreement pretty hard core, so there's that)

Shiro

22:10

Brandon_J

Backlog: Tap, Teacher, Force

(Teacher and Force from my elementary school days lol)

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J Why Teacher and Force?

lol

I'm going to go ahead and say that those are highly unlikely.

msh210

Blue: torque (4)

John Dvorak

FORCE

Shiro

FORCE is Blue

John Dvorak

22:13

crown gear?

CROWN

Shiro

CROWN is Red
I hope you feel okay about that.
It is now Red's turn

John Dvorak

next idea: fan

Brandon_J

@JohnDvorak idk if u want help from the opponent

but one of those stuck out at me

John Dvorak

Oh, Jack

Brandon_J

ye

John Dvorak

22:14

(English, please, though)

HTM

@JohnDvorak They’re talking about the multi-platinum, award-winning musician Kanye West, abbreviated as “ye”

John Dvorak

I mean the "u"

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J Generally, we don't help the other team. One good reason because all of us are very capable so offering to help can often come across as demeaning. And another is so your teammates don't hate you.

3

Brandon_J

Jan 23 at 21:32, by Brandon_J

I am aware of the correct English spelling. I was using a common shortening of the word, usually used in informal settings to maximize typing speed.

@Rubiksmoose oops. Was offering because they got unlucky

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J No worries, you were coming from a good place, but nobody here wants to win off the other team's mercy help anyways. So most of the time better just not to offer.

John Dvorak

22:17

@Brandon_J please don't

HTM

Red: Polling station (3)

Brandon_J

Polling station?

as in elections?

Rubiksmoose

Like a voting thing. Yeah

Button maybe

John Dvorak

That is where polling stops

Brandon_J

ummmmm

Rubiksmoose

22:20

They are often at schools so maybe Teacher could come into play

Fire stations can be as well though

Brandon_J

right

I know Beijing is a capital

Rubiksmoose

I guess that makes 3, but they seem awfully tenuous.

Brandon_J

but China's not strictly a democracy

Pool as in Candidate Pool?

Torches aren't very democratic

a Hotel MIGHT be a polling location

different FANs of candidates might be there

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J I was thinking that as well. Pool of candidates, voting pool, etc.

John Dvorak

Why? Torches are how people used to vote in the medieval Europe.

Brandon_J

22:22

I think Pool is our safest

right?

Rubiksmoose

Maybe? I've been pretty wrong today thus far lol

Brandon_J

I just feel like this could mean something else

whatever

here goes nothing

POOL

Shiro

POOL is Red

Brandon_J

cool

John Dvorak

jaws theme intensifies

Brandon_J

22:24

I feel like there's an alternate meaning of GROUND I might be missing

I guess maybe TEACHER and then pass

?

is @Rubiksmoose still here?

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J yup!

Just stepped away for a minute

I still like button, but I suppose most of the time they are stickers nowadays

so maybe not.

Brandon_J

ooh I missed button

hmm

that's a good one

BUTTON > TEACHER > FIRE > BEIJING?

wait what about horse

like a dark horse candidate

hmm

BUTTON > HORSE >TEACHER > FIRE > BEIJING

I think I am going to bite the bullet and do BUTTON

and then horse

thoughts?

Rubiksmoose

Horse is a good catch, but remember the clue is "polling station" not "election"

Brandon_J

except POOL worked

hmm

Rubiksmoose

Good point

But there is some reason why election wouldn't work

Brandon_J

22:31

button

Rubiksmoose

Presumably.

Brandon_J

BUTTON

Rubiksmoose

Or Teacher/fire

Shiro

BUTTON is Red

Rubiksmoose

yay!

Brandon_J

22:31

Let's save HORSE for a rainy day, shall we?

Rubiksmoose

Passing might be wise I think, agreed.

Brandon_J

[pass]

Shiro

HTM

@Shiro That’s a sad looking board for Blue

Brandon_J

!blame

HTM

22:33

!blame

Shiro

It's Rubiksmoose's fault.

Rubiksmoose

Whelp. I'll accept that lol.

Somehow

Brandon_J

lol

Rubiksmoose

Side note: I love how we had both pool and water but got them in separate clues

msh210

Blue: flame (unlimited)

John Dvorak

22:38

TORCH

Shiro

TORCH is Blue

John Dvorak

FIRE

Shiro

FIRE is Blue

John Dvorak

JACK

Shiro

JACK is Blue

John Dvorak

22:38

PHOENIX

HTM

@Shiro Any chemists in the room? What does this mean?

Shiro

PHOENIX is Blue

Brandon_J

@HTM hmm?

John Dvorak

BEIJING

Shiro

BEIJING is Red
Maybe you'll do better next time.
It is now Red's turn

Brandon_J

22:39

oh lol

blue fire

Shiro

HTM

@Shiro F

Brandon_J

nice clue, though.

John Dvorak

No olympics? Oh well.

Rubiksmoose

@HTM Almost F U

John Dvorak

22:41

Agreed though, good clue

Fan still scheduled

HTM

Red: Socrates (2)

Brandon_J

hm

Rubiksmoose

TEACHER?

Brandon_J

my first thought

also OLIVE, a traditional Greek food.

Socrates was Greek, right?

Rubiksmoose

I believe so.

Shall we try TEACHER?

Brandon_J

22:49

yeah

TEACHER

Shiro

TEACHER is Red

Rubiksmoose

I can't see anything else

Go for OLIVE I say

Brandon_J

!board

unless we're supposed to go for HORSE

Rubiksmoose

though it is a weird connection.

IS there some horse connection?

Brandon_J

No

Rubiksmoose

22:50

I'm trying to think if there are any socratese stories that I know

Brandon_J

but we have that leftover clue

unless TEACHER is the leftover clue

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J Ah, well they wouldn't have given us 2 then.

@Brandon_J That's what I'm assuming.

Brandon_J

true, so HORSE is unlikely

!board ain't working for me

Rubiksmoose

!board

Shiro

John Dvorak

22:51

!whitelist

Brandon_J

The Socratic method doesn't seem to have any relation to these.

there's nothing about poison or suicide

Rubiksmoose

Agreed.

John Dvorak

Disagreed.

Brandon_J

There are no other Greek philosophers on the list

Did Socrates subscribe to the earth air water fire view of the world?

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J Maybe?

Brandon_J

22:54

I think that was mostly Aristotle, but I can't be sure.

Rubiksmoose

Seems like it would be highly tenuous unless he was really obviously associated with it

Brandon_J

right

Rubiksmoose

I really think OLIVE is our best shot.

Brandon_J

I guess Olive it is

alrighty

here I go

OLIVE

Shiro

OLIVE is Red

Brandon_J

22:55

yay

msh210

gg

Rubiksmoose

YOOO: You only Olive once

msh210

395795622

Blue: phoenix, jack, fire, tap, shot, torch, fan, force
Assassin: ground

fire + torch = flame, risks nothing
tap + shot = golf, risks hotel/y, ground??/a, water/r, forget it
tap (=spigot) + jack (=tirejack) + fan (=blower) + force? = torque, risks wave??/y (=rotation of arm/hand), shot/b, nothing else

Interesting imbalance of the board, with all the blue in the right-hand three columns and almost all the red in the left-hand two.

Is there a Phoenix basketball team? That'd be good for Phoenix + shot + fan?. "Suns" sounds right but I'm not sure enough.

Brandon_J

nice

HTM

Codenames 01-30-20

Start time: 1:52 PM

RED: HTM, Brandon_J, Rubiksmoose (2:04 PM)
BLUE: msh210, John Dvorak
RED goes first!

Seed: 395795622
Red: TEACHER, BUTTON, PALM, POOL, CROWN, DISEASE, WATER, BEIJING, OLIVE
Blue: PHOENIX, JACK, FIRE, TAP, SHOT, TORCH, FAN, FORCE
Yellow: TURKEY, WAVE, HORSE, AIR, BEACH, HOTEL, DOG
Black: GROUND

Immediate thought: Blue has a lot of fire-related words, while I have a lot of water-related words. Also FIRE, WATER, GROUND, and AIR are all on the board and are all different colors. Interesting development.

> Is there a Phoenix basketball team? That'd be good for Phoenix + shot + fan?. "Suns" sounds right but I'm not sure enough.

John Dvorak

22:57

Crown gear

A crown gear (or a contrate gear) is a gear which has teeth that project at right angles to the face of the wheel. In particular, a crown gear is a type of bevel gear where the pitch cone angle is 90 degrees. A pitch cone of any other angle is simply called a bevel gear. Crown gears normally mesh with other bevel gears, or sometimes spur gears, a typical use being a crown gear and pinion system which allows a rotary motion to be shifted 90 degrees. == See also == Crown circle Spiral bevel gear == References... ==

Brandon_J

it is the Suns

HTM

You are correct

Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division, and are the only team in their division not based in California. The Suns play their home games at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. The franchise began play in 1968 as an expansion team, and their early years were shrouded in mediocrity, but their fortunes changed in the 1970s, where, after partnering long-term guard Dick Van Arsdale and center Alvan Adams with Paul Westphal, the Suns...

msh210

@JohnDvorak interesting

Brandon_J

@/

HTM

!finalboard

Shiro

22:59

msh210

@/

HTM

./, gotta start doing other stuff soon

Rubiksmoose

@Brandon_J gg! @HTM

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