February 17th, 2020, 17:17
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Two and two, huh? El Grillo and Shallow Thought are in favor of BERLINer, JR and me in favor of SATURN. Everyone considers CROWN and ROULETTE to be unlikely but vaguely possible?
I tried to look at it from the spymaster perspective, but honestly both BERLIN and SATURN have basically the one connection to CHOCOLATE and HOLE - I can't come up with any alternatives that combine all three words. Can't use torus or ring for Saturn without missing CHOCOLATE. And I can't see anything at all that would combine Berlin with the other words if not via the JFK speech (the popular interpretation, specifically - 'I am a jelly donut' may not be how it translated exactly but it's too good a story).
If Saturn was meant then Crown would be unavoidable collateral risk - while if Berlin was meant then maybe there's no collateral.
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure it's not going to get any more clear by further debate - we all agree that BERLIN and SATURN are both possible, just disagree on which is most probable. The good side is that means we've got a good chance of catching up with our +1's if my gut is the right one. And also: last game my gut wasn't good, I don't think I was correct any time when I disagreed with the group.
So...
Point to BERLIN
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