Scattergories - Revision history

Kevin Wang: re-ordering to preferred

2026-01-03T21:24:39Z

re-ordering to preferred

Kevin Wang: /* Inspiration */

2026-01-03T21:14:35Z

Inspiration

Ophir Lifshitz: fix

2026-01-03T05:08:10Z

fix

Kevin Wang at 03:11, 3 January 2026

2026-01-03T03:11:29Z

Ophir Lifshitz: this exists too apparently

2025-06-01T10:50:14Z

this exists too apparently

Ophir Lifshitz: libfix

2025-06-01T10:30:30Z

libfix

Michael Bentley at 01:51, 26 December 2020

2020-12-26T01:51:41Z

Kevin Wang: Kevin Wang moved page Scattegories to Scattergories

2020-01-03T02:44:21Z

Kevin Wang moved page Scattegories to Scattergories

Kevin Wang at 20:26, 8 November 2019

2019-11-08T20:26:08Z

Shan Kothari at 17:05, 9 August 2019

2019-08-09T17:05:17Z

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 !Other
 |-
-|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18920&p=327217 Scattergories]
+|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=382154#p382154 Scattergories 5]
-|2016-2017
+|2020-2021
 |Will Nediger
+|
 *3 fiction
 *3 poetry
-*2 drama
+*1 drama
-*1 non-fiction
+*3 our choice lit
+|
-*3 painting/sculpture
+*2 painting/sculpture
 *2 film
-*1 architecture/photography
+*1 other visual arts
-*1 dance/other performance
+*1 any visual arts
-*2 auditory (at least one of which will be classical music)
+*1 auditory arts
-*1 my choice
+*1 any arts
+|
 *1 philosophy
-*1 social science (mostly psychology and linguistics, most likely)
+*1 social science
-*1 religion/mythology (mostly religion, most likely)
+*4 our choice
 |-
-|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=20539&p=343114 Scattergories 2]
+|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=364279#p364279 Scattergories 4]
-|2017-2018
+|2020 summer
 |Will Nediger
+|
 *3 fiction
 *3 poetry
 *1 drama
-*1 non-fiction
+*3 my choice lit
+|
-*3 painting/sculpture
+*2 painting/sculpture
 *2 film
-*2 other visual arts
+*1 other visual arts
 *1 auditory arts
-*1 my choice arts
+*1 any arts
+|
 *1 philosophy
 *1 social science
-*1 religion/mythology
+*2 more thought
-*2 my choice
+*3 our choice
 |-
 |[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21987&p=355743 Scattergories 3]
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 *4 my choice
 |-
-|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=364279#p364279 Scattergories 4]
+|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=20539&p=343114 Scattergories 2]
-|2020 summer
+|2017-2018
 |Will Nediger
+|
 *3 fiction
 *3 poetry
 *1 drama
-*3 my choice lit
+*1 non-fiction
+|
-*2 painting/sculpture
+*3 painting/sculpture
 *2 film
-*1 other visual arts
+*2 other visual arts
 *1 auditory arts
-*1 any arts
+*1 my choice arts
+|
 *1 philosophy
 *1 social science
-*2 more thought
+*1 religion/mythology
-*3 our choice
+*2 my choice
 |-
-|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=382154#p382154 Scattergories 5]
+|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18920&p=327217 Scattergories]
-|2020-2021
+|2016-2017
 |Will Nediger
+|
 *3 fiction
 *3 poetry
-*1 drama
+*2 drama
-*3 our choice lit
+*1 non-fiction
+|
-*2 painting/sculpture
+*3 painting/sculpture
 *2 film
-*1 other visual arts
+*1 architecture/photography
-*1 any visual arts
+*1 dance/other performance
-*1 auditory arts
+*2 auditory (at least one of which will be classical music)
-*1 any arts
+*1 my choice
+|
 *1 philosophy
-*1 social science
+*1 social science (mostly psychology and linguistics, most likely)
-*4 our choice
+*1 religion/mythology (mostly religion, most likely)
 |}

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 Scattergories is the premiere example of the ''auteur'' side event, with each of the first three sets written entirely by Will and entirely motivated by his interests. The set has directly and indirectly inspired many other sets: starting in 2020 sets other [[vanity packet]]s began using the [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'', spawning "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" and "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories" (the libfix ''scatter-'' was also used in "Scatter[[Wonyoung Jang|wonnies]]").<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
-Other single-author vanity sets in the same vein as Scattergories include [[TELEOLOGY]] by [[Taylor Harvey]], [[QBOWLOSM]] by [[Jordan Brownstein]], and more loosely [[CANONINFLATION]] by [[Kevin Wang]].
+Other single-author vanity sets in the same vein as Scattergories include [[TELEOLOGY]] by [[Taylor Harvey]] and [[QBOWLOSM]] by [[Jordan Brownstein]].
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-'''Scattergories''' was a series of open side events written by [[Will Nediger]] noted for their difficulty, [[vanity]] subject matter, and sense of whimsy. The first three Scattegories were run in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and were written entirely by Will; Scattegories 4 and 5 were held in 2020 and 2021 and involved collaborators. Players highly praised every iteration of Scattergories.
+'''Scattergories''' was a series of open side events written by [[Will Nediger]] noted for their difficulty, [[vanity]] subject matter, and sense of whimsy. The first three Scattergories were run in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and were written entirely by Will; Scattergories 4 and 5 were held in 2020 and 2021 and involved collaborators. Players highly praised every iteration of Scattergories.
 The set is loosely based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattergories the Milton Bradley party game], whose premise is to come up with unique answers in a provided list of categories - in this case, the topics are "things Will likes", which spans a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.
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 ==Inspiration==
-Scattegories is the premiere example of the ''auteur'' side event, with each of the first three sets written entirely by Will and entirely motivated by his interests. The set has directly and indirectly inspired many other sets: starting in 2020 sets other [[vanity packet]]s began using the [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'', spawning "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" and "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories" (the libfix ''scatter-'' was also used in "Scatter[[Wonyoung Jang|wonnies]]").<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
+Scattergories is the premiere example of the ''auteur'' side event, with each of the first three sets written entirely by Will and entirely motivated by his interests. The set has directly and indirectly inspired many other sets: starting in 2020 sets other [[vanity packet]]s began using the [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'', spawning "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" and "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories" (the libfix ''scatter-'' was also used in "Scatter[[Wonyoung Jang|wonnies]]").<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
 Other single-author vanity sets in the same vein as Scattergories include [[TELEOLOGY]] by [[Taylor Harvey]], [[QBOWLOSM]] by [[Jordan Brownstein]], and more loosely [[CANONINFLATION]] by [[Kevin Wang]].

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-'''Scattergories''' is a series of very hard, whimsical open side events written by [[Will Nediger]]. There have been four iterations so far, running in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively. The third of these was written in collaboration with [[Jaimie Carlson]]. Players have highly praised all four Scattergories sets. Will, [[JinAh Kim]] and [[Mike Bentley]] are writing a fifth set for Summer 2021.
+'''Scattergories''' was a series of open side events written by [[Will Nediger]] noted for their difficulty, [[vanity]] subject matter, and sense of whimsy. The first three Scattegories were run in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and were written entirely by Will; Scattegories 4 and 5 were held in 2020 and 2021 and involved collaborators. Players highly praised every iteration of Scattergories.
-Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.
+The set is loosely based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattergories the Milton Bradley party game], whose premise is to come up with unique answers in a provided list of categories - in this case, the topics are "things Will likes", which spans a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.
-The [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'' spawned in 2020 and has been used to name [[vanity packet]]s such as "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" or "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories" (and the libfix ''scatter-'' was used in "Scatter[[Wonyoung Jang|wonnies]]"), although a real description communicates better than "questions on things the author ostensibly likes".<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
+Since producing Scattergories, Will has also produced the similarly vanity tournament [[Logomachy]].
-==External links==
+{| class="wikitable"
-*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18920&p=327217 Scattergories announcement]
+! rowspan=2|Announcement
-*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=20539&p=343114 Scattergories 2 announcement]
+! rowspan=2|Season
-*[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21987&p=355743 Scattergories 3 announcement]
+! rowspan=2|Collaborators
 [[Category:Tournaments]]
 [[Category:Open Tournaments]]
 [[Category: Side events]]

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 Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.
-The [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'' spawned in 2020 and has been used to name [[vanity packet]]s such as "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" or "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories", although a real description communicates better than "questions on things the author ostensibly likes".<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
+The [[wikipedia:libfix|libfix]] ''-gories'' spawned in 2020 and has been used to name [[vanity packet]]s such as "[[Taylor Harvey|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" or "[[Victor Pavao|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories" (and the libfix ''scatter-'' was used in "Scatter[[Wonyoung Jang|wonnies]]"), although a real description communicates better than "questions on things the author ostensibly likes".<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>
 ==External links==

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	Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.		Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.
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		+	The [[wikipedia:libfix\|libfix]] ''-gories'' spawned in 2020 and has been used to name [[vanity packet]]s such as "[[Taylor Harvey\|Taylor]]<nowiki/>gories" or "[[Victor Pavao\|Victor]]<nowiki/>gories", although a real description communicates better than "questions on things the author ostensibly likes".<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/search.php?keywords=gories</ref>

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−	'''Scattergories''' is a series of very hard, whimsical open side events written by [[Will Nediger]]. There have been ~~three~~ iterations so far, running in 2017, 2018, and ~~2019~~, respectively. The third of these was written in collaboration with [[Jaimie Carlson]]. Players have highly praised all ~~three~~ Scattergories sets, ~~and Will and~~ [[JinAh Kim]] are ~~planning~~ a ~~fourth~~ set ~~in the near future~~.	+	'''Scattergories''' is a series of very hard, whimsical open side events written by [[Will Nediger]]. There have been four iterations so far, running in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively. The third of these was written in collaboration with [[Jaimie Carlson]]. Players have highly praised all four Scattergories sets. Will, [[JinAh Kim]] and [[Mike Bentley]] are writing a fifth set for Summer 2021.

	Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.		Since all Scattergories sets are avowedly vanity tournaments, they skew towards things Will likes, but otherwise cover a wide range of topics in literature, arts, thought, and a lot of 'mixed' (''sensu'' [[NAQT]]) questions.

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