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| − | '''Scattergories''' is a series of very hard, whimsical open side events written by [[Will Nediger]]. There have been | + | '''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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| + | 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== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Tournaments]] | [[Category:Tournaments]] | ||
[[Category:Open Tournaments]] | [[Category:Open Tournaments]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:50, 1 June 2025
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.
The libfix -gories spawned in 2020 and has been used to name vanity packets such as "Taylorgories" or "Victorgories" (and the libfix scatter- was used in "Scatterwonnies"), although a real description communicates better than "questions on things the author ostensibly likes".[1]