[Lurkers] Codename 3 Lurker Thread

[Cyneheard]

Are they not a sports team? Baseball?

Yes. And by being specifically "Royals", he's saying "Kansas City Royals" - Royal would be a way to suggest something other than Baseball.

[Ichabod]

I'd go with palace and ball. Ball as in the parties that royalty used to do in Tolstoi books and such.

[Rowain]

Are they not a sports team? Baseball?

Yes. And by being specifically "Royals", he's saying "Kansas City Royals" - Royal would be a way to suggest something other than Baseball.

If that's the case Psilly has to hope that David returns and points before any of the others points to a potential dangerous word.
Bacchus, novice, TT are all Europeans and I doubt they care enough about Baseball to know that team.

[BRickAstley]

Would it be a step far to doublecheck everyone's nationality on your team before you start a game, so the cluegiver could have a rough idea what sort of terms his teammates might or might not know?

[Rowain]

Would it be a step far to doublecheck everyone's nationality on your team before you start a game, so the cluegiver could have a rough idea what sort of terms his teammates might or might not know?

It seems natural to do so. But how do the guessers decide if the spymaster uses his term or tries to use their terms.

[BRickAstley]

Would it be a step far to doublecheck everyone's nationality on your team before you start a game, so the cluegiver could have a rough idea what sort of terms his teammates might or might not know?

It seems natural to do so. But how do the guessers decide if the spymaster uses his term or tries to use their terms.

[Khan]

Would it be a step far to doublecheck everyone's nationality on your team before you start a game, so the cluegiver could have a rough idea what sort of terms his teammates might or might not know?

I wondered this after the Royals comment above. It would never occur to me about this being a well known Baseball team. I simply know nothing of the sport. We had a similar issue with 'check' and 'cheque' in the first game.

[Mardoc]

Would it be a step far to doublecheck everyone's nationality on your team before you start a game, so the cluegiver could have a rough idea what sort of terms his teammates might or might not know?

I wondered this after the Royals comment above. It would never occur to me about this being a well known Baseball team. I simply know nothing of the sport. We had a similar issue with 'check' and 'cheque' in the first game.

I don't know that there is any way to do this rigorously. I was very much startled by the lack of traction on the Condor clue. I knew it's an American animal but I thought they were more famous than that. I'd expect Euros to know Elephant and Tiger and so on, even though they're not native to Europe. I thought Condor was in the same category.

[ipecac]

The first thing I think of is Bobby Fischer, U.S. chess champion.

I think DavidC might also be clueing us in on some other important considerations by limiting the clue only to one word (which, if his intentional strategy is the one I think it is, was pretty clever).

So it's probably CHESS while denying MATCH, and maybe something else?

[T-hawk]

I have to say, now that it won't confuse the discussion, that to me Fischer is first and foremost a sports equipment manufacturer, and for this ambiguity Fischer is a strange guy to pick to represent chess, great as he is. Kasparov or Anand, not to mention Nimzowitschschs have none of the ambiguity

Fischer is the most recognizable chess name to Americans. Younger folks won't know Kasparov or Karpov. I don't know who Nimzowitsch is. Anand would make me think of the AnandTech guy. And Magnus Carlsen wouldn't be uniquely identified with just one of the names.

And making the clue super obvious for Chess with a number 1 that obviously excludes the otherwise easily includable Match is indeed some nice strategy.