Scattergories (February 2017)
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Scattergories (February 2017)
This is the announcement for Scattergories, a tossup-only multi-subject side tournament written by me. As a vanity tournament, it will consist of questions only on categories I like (mostly literature and arts), and will be quite hard (but not, like, Arrabal hard). It will be played after the Michigan site of (This) Tournament Is a Crime, and will be available for mirrors elsewhere starting in February. It'll cost $10 a person to play.
Each packet will consist of 24 tossups. The per-packet distribution is as follows (number of packets to come):
Literature
3 fiction
3 poetry
2 drama
1 non-fiction
1 my choice
Fine arts
3 painting/sculpture
2 film
1 architecture/photography
1 dance/other performance
2 auditory (at least one of which will be classical music)
1 my choice
Other
1 philosophy
1 social science (mostly psychology and linguistics, most likely)
1 religion/mythology (mostly religion, most likely)
1 my choice (this could be anything, even, heaven forfend, science)
I've already written a goodly number of questions on what I think are creative and interesting topics, so I hope lots of people play this.
Each packet will consist of 24 tossups. The per-packet distribution is as follows (number of packets to come):
Literature
3 fiction
3 poetry
2 drama
1 non-fiction
1 my choice
Fine arts
3 painting/sculpture
2 film
1 architecture/photography
1 dance/other performance
2 auditory (at least one of which will be classical music)
1 my choice
Other
1 philosophy
1 social science (mostly psychology and linguistics, most likely)
1 religion/mythology (mostly religion, most likely)
1 my choice (this could be anything, even, heaven forfend, science)
I've already written a goodly number of questions on what I think are creative and interesting topics, so I hope lots of people play this.
Will Nediger
-Proud member of the cult of Urcuchillay-
University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
Member emeritus, ACF
Writer, NAQT
-Proud member of the cult of Urcuchillay-
University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
Member emeritus, ACF
Writer, NAQT
Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
I am assuming this is open, right?
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Yeah, this is very much open.
Will Nediger
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
For those who have never experienced a Will Nediger random question reading: the man is an insane genius. You'll want to play this.
Auroni Gupta (she/her)
Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
I think that at least part of this event should consist of quizbowl-related Scattergories lists (think of all the points you can get for knowing those alliterative character names from Restoration comedies!)
Kurtis Droge
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
As if I needed more of a reason to attend the main tournament!
Rob Carson
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University of Minnesota '11, MCTC '??, BHSU forever
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Now that around three packets are done, an update which will surprise precisely nobody who knows me well: the lit and arts in this set will be heavily skewed towards 20th and 21st century stuff, and there will be a lot of common links. Clue-wise, things are shaping up to be rather hard (comparable to this year's CO in terms of early clues), but the preponderance of common links means that there will be a lot of accessible answerlines.
Will Nediger
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University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
This tournament is completely done, and consists of 10 packets of 24 tossups plus a tiebreaker. So I guess if anybody's interested in holding a mirror earlier than (This) Tournament Is a Crime, feel free to contact me.
Will Nediger
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University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
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University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
I'll happily play this tournament.
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Left here since birth...forgotten in the river of time...I've had an eternity to...ponder the meaning of things...and now I have an answer!
I am pure energy...and as ancient as the cosmos. Feeble creatures, GO!
Left here since birth...forgotten in the river of time...I've had an eternity to...ponder the meaning of things...and now I have an answer!
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
I'm down to play this. Don't expect me to buzz on much literature.
Will Alston
Dartmouth College '16
Columbia Business School '21
Dartmouth College '16
Columbia Business School '21
Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Fixed the obvious typo.Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:I'm down to play this. Don't expect me to buzz on much.
I'm down to play this too.
Ike
UIUC 13
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
You got OWNED, Will Alston.
I need a team. I don't know anything Will Nediger likes.
I need a team. I don't know anything Will Nediger likes.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
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Formerly U of Minnesota
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
I take it as motivation.
Will Alston
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
This weekend's mirrors have wrapped up. If you're interested in holding a mirror, let me know sometime this week, otherwise I'll post the set.
Will Nediger
-Proud member of the cult of Urcuchillay-
University of Western Ontario 2011, University of Michigan 2017
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Writer, NAQT
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
There was some unconfirmed talk about possibly mirroring it at NYU on 3/25 alongside the Oxford Open, which I hope happens since I'd like to play this.women, fire and dangerous things wrote:This weekend's mirrors have wrapped up. If you're interested in holding a mirror, let me know sometime this week, otherwise I'll post the set.
Michael Z
NYU '13
NYU '13
Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
The two packets of this that I heard were hard but great. Would love a chance to play the other 6 packets if possible.
Michael Z
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Now that all mirrors are completed, people are free to post any comments they'd like. I just uploaded it to hsqb, so it should appear soon.
Will Nediger
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
This was very fun to read through. The annotations are a sweet idea. I would've gladly first line-negged Sonmi-451, forgetting the full name of the section. That priming tossup is also cool since the spreading activation effect should come up more. Wish I could've played!
Jack Mehr
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Even though I would have been a complete buzzer rock on most of it, the above summarizes my feelings. Also, as you can guess from my avatar, I'm super happy that Ubu got tossed up (though to be ridiculously pedantic I should point out that he doesn't throw the royal family into the debraining machine, just every other noble in the country. Doubt that messed anybody up, anyway).Banana Stand wrote:This was very fun to read through...Wish I could've played!
Also, the delightfully nonzero Broadway content was universally masterfully executed.
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Re: Scattergories (February 2017)
Read through a couple of packets at practice today. Great film questions!
Paul Kirk-Davidoff
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Carleton College '18
Oakland Mills High School '14
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