Scattergories Week 2

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EricBess

Guest
I don't know about easy, but yeah, the point stakes are much higher if you can use the internet. I've played previous games of Scattegories here where I didn't use the internet and there is a huge advantage if you do, so I had to join them.

If the intent is to not use the internet, though, we should probably choose another letter for this round (or throw it out). We can wait and see what the points are if people think it's not a big deal.
 
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BigBlue

Guest
The points are definately higher this round... but I think a lot of that had more to do with the categories being "easier". There were very few blanks for answers (1 or 2 if I recall).

I hope I never offer the letter "T" again... a lot of word "the", and I need to research some things to see if "The" is part of the answer or something added.

I'm working on new categories - I'll probably post 'em tonight or maybe tomorrow along w/ the results. I liked seeing points scored.
 
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BigBlue

Guest
I fixed a couple typos...

Musical Artist or Group - Tanya Tucker (Turgy 2); Tina Turner (EB 2); Twisted Sister (DF 1); Tila Tequila (Ransac 2); Tommy Tutone (Mooseman, Melkor, Spidey 0); Thin Lizzy (rokapoke 1)
Pizza Topping - Tomato Sauce (Turgy, rokapoke 0); Tuna (EB, Mooseman, Spidey 0); Teriyaki Chicken (DF 1); Taco Sauce (Ransac 1); Tomatoes (Melkor 1)
Franchise Business - Target (Turgy 1); Taco Time (EB 2); Two Men and a Truck (DF 2); Tony Roma's (Ransac 1); Taco Bell (Mooseman, rokapoke 0); TGI Fridays (Melkor 1)
Blue Magic Card - Turnabout (Turgy 1); Truth or Tale (EB 2); Time and Tide (DF 2); Treasure Trove (Ransac 2); Twiddle (Mooseman 1); Tolarian Drake (Melkor 1); Teardrop Kami (rokapoke 1); Thoughtbind (Spidey 1)
Computer or Video Game - Tekken (Turgy 0); Tass Times in Tonetown (EB 3); {Tekken} Tag Tournament (DF 2); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan (Ransac 5); Turok (Mooseman 1); Terminal Velocity (Melkor 1); Tic Tac Toe (rokapoke 3); Temple of Apshai (Spidey 1)
Movie Title - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Turgy 2); Three to Tango (EB 3); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (DF 2); Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (Ransac 6); The Terror (Mooseman 2); Three Men and a Baby (Melkor 1); TimeCop (rokapoke 1); Tron (Spidey 1)
Body of Water - Tributary (Turgy 1); Tiber River (EB 1); Trinity River (DF 1); Thames River (Ransac, Mooseman, Melkor 0); Tulpehocken Creek (rokapoke 1); Thracian Sea (Spidey 1)
Something you'd see along the Highway - Turn Signal (Turgy 1); Traffic (EB 1); Town Car, Lincoln {totaled} (DF 1); Tires (Ransac 1); Tow Truck (Mooseman 2); Texaco (Melkor 1); Turtle (rokapoke 1); Toads (Spidey 1)
Herb or Spice - Thyme (Turgy, EB, Spidey 0); Thistle (DF 1); Tamarind (Ransac 1); Tarragon (Mooseman, rokapoke 0); Tellicherry Pepper (Melkor 1)
Actor/Actress Name - Tommy Lee Jones (Turgy 1); Tia Texada (EB 2); Tina Turner (DF 2); Thomas, Johnathan Taylor (Ransac 2); Terry Taylor (Mooseman 2); Talia Shire (Melkor 1); Ted Danson (rokapoke 1); Theron, Charlize (Spidey 1)
Television Network - Turner Classic Movies (Turgy 1); TBS (EB 1); TV Tokyo (DF 2); TV Land (Ransac 1); {The} Travel Channel (Mooseman 1); truTV (Melkor 1); TV Guide Network (rokapoke 1); The N (Spidey 1)
Fictional Character - Timmy (from South Park) (Turgy 1); Tiny Tim (EB, Mooseman, Melkor 0); Thomas the Tank Engine (DF 3); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Ransac 0); Tim Taylor (rokapoke 2); The Tick (Spidey 2)

Scores:
Ransac - 22
DarthFerret - 20
EricBess - 17
rokapoke - 12
Turgy22 - 10
Mooseman - 9
Melkor - 9
Spiderman - 9

As you can see - the scores were incredibly high.

Words marked with braces {} were not counted.

New categories coming shortly. I'll tally the scores after the 5th and final round.
 
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EricBess

Guest
I can see why you don't want to use "T" anymore. Either that or we need to introduce a rule in the future that modifiers such as "the" and "to" don't count. I mean, I can't say much because I used them, too, but wow Ransac, that's some serious abuse :D

One comment - Spidey, you said that you didn't see that using the internet made a difference. As you can see, if your objective is to get multiple points, it can make a huge difference. Assuming all answers stand, I scored 17 this round and Ransac made a killing with 20, 11 of which came from only 2 of the answers.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
This question only applies if this round stands: Why did Tila Tequila only count for 1 point?

But yeah, with the help of the internet, abusive answers wasn't hard. "Ty the Tasmanian Tiger?" That's just too easy. And "Tombstone, the town too tough to Die?"

My vote is to encourage the lack of internet usage. I wouldn't mind redoing this round.


Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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rokapoke

Guest
EricBess said:
I can see why you don't want to use "T" anymore. Either that or we need to introduce a rule in the future that modifiers such as "the" and "to" don't count. I mean, I can't say much because I used them, too, but wow Ransac, that's some serious abuse :D
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I thought that the "actual" rules of Scattergories don't include "the" as a point-scoring word. I'd vote that we restrict it to words that would be capitalized in titles.
 
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DarthFerret

Guest
I second Rokapokes idea. However, I am wondering why the Tekken did not count as part of my answer? I remember playing the game long ago, and thought that it was part of the title. I did not use the internet to search and still did fairly well, so not sure about the searching vs. no searching.
 
Mooseman

Mooseman

Isengar Tussle
Without counting "The":

Musical Artist or Group - Tanya Tucker (Turgy 2); Tina Turner (EB 2); Twisted Sister (DF 1); Tila Tequila (Ransac 2); Tommy Tutone (Mooseman, Melkor, Spidey 0); Thin Lizzy (rokapoke 1)
Pizza Topping - Tomato Sauce (Turgy, rokapoke 0); Tuna (EB, Mooseman, Spidey 0); Teriyaki Chicken (DF 1); Taco Sauce (Ransac 1); Tomatoes (Melkor 1)
Franchise Business - Target (Turgy 1); Taco Time (EB 2); Two Men and a Truck (DF 2); Tony Roma's (Ransac 1); Taco Bell (Mooseman, rokapoke 0); TGI Fridays (Melkor 1)
Blue Magic Card - Turnabout (Turgy 1); Truth or Tale (EB 2); Time and Tide (DF 2); Treasure Trove (Ransac 2); Twiddle (Mooseman 1); Tolarian Drake (Melkor 1); Teardrop Kami (rokapoke 1); Thoughtbind (Spidey 1)
Computer or Video Game - Tekken (Turgy 0); Tass Times in Tonetown (EB 3); {Tekken} Tag Tournament (DF 2); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan (Ransac 3); Turok (Mooseman 1); Terminal Velocity (Melkor 1); Tic Tac Toe (rokapoke 3); Temple of Apshai (Spidey 1)
Movie Title - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Turgy 1); Three to Tango (EB 3); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (DF 2); Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (Ransac 4); The Terror (Mooseman 1); Three Men and a Baby (Melkor 1); TimeCop (rokapoke 1); Tron (Spidey 1)
Body of Water - Tributary (Turgy 1); Tiber River (EB 1); Trinity River (DF 1); Thames River (Ransac, Mooseman, Melkor 0); Tulpehocken Creek (rokapoke 1); Thracian Sea (Spidey 1)
Something you'd see along the Highway - Turn Signal (Turgy 1); Traffic (EB 1); Town Car, Lincoln {totaled} (DF 1); Tires (Ransac 1); Tow Truck (Mooseman 2); Texaco (Melkor 1); Turtle (rokapoke 1); Toads (Spidey 1)
Herb or Spice - Thyme (Turgy, EB, Spidey 0); Thistle (DF 1); Tamarind (Ransac 1); Tarragon (Mooseman, rokapoke 0); Tellicherry Pepper (Melkor 1)
Actor/Actress Name - Tommy Lee Jones (Turgy 1); Tia Texada (EB 2); Tina Turner (DF 2); Thomas, Johnathan Taylor (Ransac 2); Terry Taylor (Mooseman 2); Talia Shire (Melkor 1); Ted Danson (rokapoke 1); Theron, Charlize (Spidey 1)
Television Network - Turner Classic Movies (Turgy 1); TBS (EB 1); TV Tokyo (DF 2); TV Land (Ransac 1); {The} Travel Channel (Mooseman 1); truTV (Melkor 1); TV Guide Network (rokapoke 1); The N (Spidey 0)
Fictional Character - Timmy (from South Park) (Turgy 1); Tiny Tim (EB, Mooseman, Melkor 0); Thomas the Tank Engine (DF 2); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Ransac 0); Tim Taylor (rokapoke 2); The Tick (Spidey 1)

Scores:
Ransac - 17
DarthFerret - 20
EricBess - 17
rokapoke - 12
Turgy22 - 10
Mooseman - 8
Melkor - 8
Spiderman - 7
 
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Melkor

Well-known member
I score 9 either way, and yes, the advantage of research is pretty obvious. Although, that is a great performance by DF then, although T is the sort of the letter that lends itself to high scores.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
Those are the total scores, right? Not just this round?

Why did "Ty the Tasmanian Tiger" net me zero points in the Fictional Character category? If it's because I used one of his games in a previous category, the character name and the game title are two seperate things.


Ransac, cpa trash man
 
Mooseman

Mooseman

Isengar Tussle
Those are this round scores, not total for both rounds.....


I'd say that Ty was used twice, so you shouldn't get any points for either, but hey if BB wants to give it to you, I'd say one or the other not both......

Why are we arguing about this? Isn't that why it fell apart last time?
I say, "The" never counts, as wouldn't "a", "and", "to", etc.
 
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BigBlue

Guest
Those are the totals from this round as Mooseman pointed out.

Ransac - you only get credit once for the character since it was also the name of the video game.

Tekken and Tekken Tag Team... I discounted Tekken from both answers.

"The" is the first word of 3 of the answers which imho would count regardless - because they are an integral part of their title "The Terror", "The Tick", and "The N". Since most people had "the" answers I left them all. The actual rules do not stipulate anything about "the", "to", etc. (They have very loose rules - I looked them up on several sources and it's pretty vague - so I counted them. I can assure you I won't be using "T" again at any rate since it's the worst offender - probably won't use "A" either for the same reason - "A", "An", "And", . . .)

If I run this again - or anyone else does... I would suggest the following major rules change which addresses most issues we have here online... Simply count a unique answer as 1 point, no extra points for extra letters... Or cap it at 2 points per answer which cuts down on the problems and allows for originality.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
I never heard the rule that characters listed in titles counted as the same thing, but whatever.

Additionally, DF got 19 points, not 20. :D


Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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BigBlue

Guest
Sorry - You can't list the same answer more than once - to me, if it's a subset of another answer it's the same thing...
 
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EricBess

Guest
If we are nixing points for "the" and "to", then you missed one on me. I should only get 2 for "Three to Tango".
 
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Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
Yeah, I have to point out that the "The" in "The N" for Network is part of the name of the network; it's not called "N". Same with "The Tick". I tried to keep my "The"s relevant to the answer.

EB: In response to your earlier statement, I didn't think BB would take those kinds of answers :) I mean, the stuff after Tombstone is pretty much fluff and adjectives - I guarantee IRL I would be questioning that answer :) But if he's taking those kind of answers, it's more my fault for not following along :)
 
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EricBess

Guest
I specifically asked before submitting, but wouldn't have ended up changing my answer anyway. I'm good either way, but if his still giving me 3 points was an oversight rather than intentionally, I just wanted to call it out for consistency.
 
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