Post mortem:
I needed Jkaen to make a mistake after the Edible 4 start, but he played it smart and conservatively.
In retrospect, I should have been more aggressive on my first clue, but with Car and Jet on the red list, I was having a hard time finding any racing clues.
Nationals 4 was a big gamble. I assumed sunrise would be the only one who could possibly know it referred to a baseball team, and he came through with that. I was going for America, Capital, Pitch, Tie. A baseball game can't end in a tie (except the All Star Game
), but the score can be tied during the game. I would have been happier with a soccer team, but had no idea whether Washington even has one (DC United according to Wikipedia, so not much help there).
I wanted to clue NASA 3 on the last round, but decided that was not a legitimate clue after checking the rules. I was obviously going for Moon, Plane, Tie (based on my memories of the control center being full of guys in ties).
That's what happens when you try to make connections that aren't really there.
