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I wonder what we should read into "ablaze" vs just "fire" if anything.

I think Phoenix and Star are the top two.

I don't really like much for the third, but let me take another look.

Or "burning"... why ablaze? Odd choice. Probably a reason, and I'm just not seeing it.

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09-13-2018 , 08:28 PM

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JMurder3

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Maybe he thinks we'd miss star otherwise? Not sure...

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09-13-2018 , 08:34 PM

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If he said fire 3 I think we probably go phoenix then maybe star & strike?

If he said burning 3, phoenix, star &...?

Maybe ablaze is some sort of cultural reference we're missing? Like from a song or movie or something?

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09-13-2018 , 08:35 PM

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Man on Fire? haha

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09-13-2018 , 08:37 PM

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I mean stars are not really burning or ablaze if we want to be pedantic about it, so not sure that matters much.

I like strike for fire in general, but yeah maybe he said ablaze to specifically avoid strike.

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09-13-2018 , 08:39 PM

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They aren't? The sun is a star & I would definitely say it's ablaze.

I just had a dumb theory about helicopter which is probably too dumb to even mention, but I'll mention it anyway haha...

I was thinking it can't be Phoenix + star + helicopter because he'd probably just choose ascending, but then Eagle would get in the way, so he decided ablaze because helicopters when they catch fire are lit af because of all the gas inside of them.

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09-13-2018 , 08:40 PM

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If we are going to say a flammable thing, maybe field? It does have some wartime significance, scorched earth tactics, etc.

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09-13-2018 , 08:41 PM

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JMurder3

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Like if you lit the entire list on fire, helicopter would definitely be the most ablaze.

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09-13-2018 , 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JMurder3

I guess I'm saying stars aren't undergoing combustion reactions, which is what we call fire here on earth. They are indeed ablaze in the sense of being hot as ****

I'd just say you could throw helicopter in the mix of several things on the list that can burn sometimes.

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09-13-2018 , 08:43 PM

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Hmm. I don't mind fields.

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09-13-2018 , 08:44 PM

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If I didn't consider it research, I'd go find some videos of fields & helicopters burning & see which were cooler haha.

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09-13-2018 , 08:45 PM

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"ablaze" is more of an old-school word, so maybe he wanted to connect to old-school war tactics. Set the fields ablaze

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09-13-2018 , 08:49 PM

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field is my final answer if we're going to say something.

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09-13-2018 , 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl_Spackler

field is my final answer if we're going to say something.

YOLO

field

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09-13-2018 , 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JMurder3

YOLO

field

& hopefully pass

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09-13-2018 , 08:54 PM

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Field is

Spoiler:

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09-13-2018 , 08:56 PM

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bottled - 5
ablaze - 3

Bow
Dice
Eagle
Europe
Glass
Helicopter
Jack
Jam
Lemon
Model
Plot
Port
Roulette
Satellite
Shark
Space
Spine
Strike
Swing
Tablet
Telescope
Theater

Jack
Field
Phoenix
Star

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09-13-2018 , 08:57 PM

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Wonder if that's what he was going for if we played bad & got there haha. I assume not, though because D1iab usually goes hard early.

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09-13-2018 , 09:00 PM

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I think field was probably intended, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it or anything.

Anyway, it worked out.

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09-13-2018 , 09:18 PM

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Russian - 2

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09-13-2018 , 10:19 PM

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Roulette and Europe, obviously.

But we shouldn't say those; we need to solve the bottled problem.

We need to save roulette and Europe for the unlimited clue next round.

We should take our sketchiest bottled guesses and get those out of the way. Think we should go with glass/tablet/jam. If any of those are wrong, we need to know about it for next round.

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09-13-2018 , 10:21 PM

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I'm going to bed because soon I have to get up stupid early for work tomorrow, but I'm good if you want to bold different answers that are bottled-related. Just please don't say Europe or Roulette at any point. It would be a complete waste of our information gathering opportunity, given that we can't win here.