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Collective Consciousness Hangman
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From the mind of Projoy via The Banter Page: "One person sets a conventional hangman problem, but only other players are allowed to reveal the letters or add lines to the scaffold. Other players take guesses in turn as to which letters are in the word. The players who arbitrate over what letters are in the word are not allowed to confer. The shape of the word can only emerge through tacit mutual consent - via, in other words, the collective consciousness." (Winning move is "hanged")
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My God, it's full of...
Absolutely. S _ A _ S
Positions vacant
Might one of the two be an M?
I think so
Which leaves S _ A M S. I suppose the last letter could be C, E, H, L or P.
Logic
Well, logic dictates that at least four of those guesses are wrong, so...

I'll leave it to the conciousness to decide which is right.
Hang on...
How do we know it's not SNAMS, army codeword for the South Vietnam vets who sat around in Saigon complaining of the lack of sick animals?
C E H L P
If put into the word, each letter would generate a word found in any accepted dictionary, therefore it can be none of them. I agree with Snams.
Is that a win then?
So the scores on the doors are:
Me:   1
Raak: 1
Everything to play for as we move into Round 3:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)

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Let's go for an E then - must be at least one in the two words.
Give us a break
Shouldn't we know where the break of words is or is that also up to the collective? Do wrong guesses as to the break location lead to a hanging?
Have a break . . .
I would imagine that the break will make itself known given time.
Good guess!
There is indeed at least one E. In fact there are four!

_ E _ E _ _ _ _ _ E E _
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Does the latter part have at least one T-shaped hole in it?
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Is there an S?
None
_ E _ E S S _ _ _ E E _     T

I'll make a guess at the word division: is it (6,6)?

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Any C's?
Chemistry
I get the feeling this is one of those trick scientific words. I believe a digit is required here, bordered by dashes. I therefore propose -4-.
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T (6,6) -4-

Hemmed in here a bit by early multiple letter answers but I'll try for a full guess.

CELESSIC FEEL
A modern day tv audiece condition, brought on by overdosing on 'Celebrity TV'. As the empathy between the viewer and celeb increases, the veils of status disappear till the viewer mistaken with delusion begins to feel that anyone these days can be a celebrity.

What else?
That seems like a prefectly good definition to me. And, I think, with the scaffold silent in the breeze it's probably time to put this game in a cupboard where it can mature a while until the next time Hitler can be hanged.

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*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Projoy*
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