Personally, I think it takes away what makes the game fun, interesting and unique. That's JUST ME though.


However, I don't see some other people here that are running games listening to complaints that the game is "too hard."

Just an observation....

as usual .. it's all Hammerfan's fault.

I get a 2 or 3 word answer, but anything more than that is really reaching. It takes far greater creativity to come up with a short answer that no one else has thought of than to string together an alliterative mess.

Dont take me wrong here, Rayne or NE. I wasn't complaining.

Personally, I read the thread from the beginning and saw it was a great neck-on-neck start. But as soon as the long phrases came in, the ones like Despare (who had actually won a game) was left far behind.

True, it makes the game fun and innovative...for those who can think and act fast and quickly. But to accomodate all those who are interesting in playing but can't keep up with the long phrasing, it would be a bit tough, and mentally draining. That was a main reason why I, myself, skipped through most of it.

But it's your game, Rayne...so please conduct it as you deem fit. Think of me as just another casual observer, who had an input which didnt amount to much.

Carry on, please. You wont hear anything more from me.

*sigh* It always is!

The game is ABOUT aliterative messes!

But the hostess has spoken, so the point is moot.

pretty much what i was thinking .. a lot of the phrases are stretching it - to the point where they were meaningless.


mangled meathook ? you might as well go mangled mauve metal mighty muddy meathook ...

all you end up with is a bunch of nonsensical alphabetical descriptors


(mind you - that could be a fun game in itself)

Excerpt from the OFFICIAL Scattergories rules:

I left out that part to allow for more creativity and diversity...So, I think that allowing the addition of unnecessary adjectives (and even adverbs in some cases), while putting a 3-point cap on the answers, is a fair compromise...Agreed?

my thoughts exactly

but who cares what I think....I'm old



and feeble




and smell funny

and lazy :D

I was too lazy to type it

Don't be silly...I value your opinion...I want the game to be fair and fun for EVERYONE...So, input is helpful :)

fuck diversity !!!


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yeah - the cap should fix the mess ... easier for you to score too ...

HaHa...I never have any trouble scoring

ZING!

:D

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MOOOOOOOMMMMYYYYY


I pooped my pants agaaaaaiiiin.


just when you were about to score !

That's too true...:(

Thanks for the snap back to reality :p

or




SNAP

look at what Rayne just scored !!

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HaHa...You guys are jerks *muah*

This round is over

Results coming up :)

First round...Remember that ANY answer can be challenged by the players who participate in each round...Then a vote has to be taken.

Roderick Usher - 13 points

1) Bloody Irish: Celtic Vampire Stories - 1 point
2) Iain Banks - 1 point
3) The Believers - 1 point
4) The Beast of Bray Road - 2 points
5) Bark at the Moon - 1 point
6) Basement - 1 point
7) Black Sunday - 1 point
8) Buttered Popcorn - 1 point
9) Beach - 1 point
10) Mario Bava - 0 points
11) Big Black Demon Mask - 2 points
12) the Birds - 1 point

Dude Guadalupe - 12 points

1) Books Of Blood - 2 points
2) Clive Barker - 1 point
3) Belphegor; Phantom Of The Louvre - 1 point
4) Black Dahlia - 1 point
5) Ballad Of Dwight Frye - 1 point
6) Bedroom - 1 point
7) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - 1 point
8) Buffalo Hot Wings - 1 point
9) Bog - 1 point
10) Bava - 0 points
11) Bible - 1 point
12) Bats - 1 point


Total Scores

Roderick Usher - 13 points

Dude Guadalupe - 12 points

Roderick Usher won this round, so he can choose the next letter...If he wants to :)

Next round starting as soon as we have a new letter

Roderick has signed out and his time to choose a letter has expired, so we go to the second highest point holder...Dude Guadalupe

It can be any letter except A, F, C, L, S, N, M or B.

Dude Guadalupe has chosen the letter R

Trust me, he's sitting right here, on the phone, trying to explain to Posher how to fix his computer...It isn't going well...

Game 2

Round 2

This set will be played out for all letters until someone reaches 100 points.

All answers in this round must start with the letter 'R'

1) Horror Book

2) Horror Author

3) Horror Movie based on a book

4) Horror movie based on a 'true story'

5) Horror-themed song

6) Best place to watch a horror movie

7) Classic Horror

8) Best snack to have with a horror movie

9) Best setting in a horror movie

10) Horror movie director

11) Important item in a horror movie (can be from any horror movie)

12) Horror movie where an animal is (or animals are) a major factor


Each round only lasts an hour, or until 10 entries are received...These are supposed to go kinda fast.

I'll list names and points for each round before the next one starts.

And Round 2 has officially started

15 more minutes for this round

Second round...Remember that ANY answer can be challenged by the players who participate in each round...Then a vote has to be taken.

Dude Guadalupe - 16 points

1) Rose Red - 0 points
2) Ramsey Campbell - 1 point
3) Rose Red - 2 points
4) Rose Red - 2 points
5) Raise The Dead - 1 point
6) Really dark rec room - 3 points
7) Revolt Of The Zombies - 1 point
8) Raisinettes - 1 point
9) Roadside Restroom - 2 points
10) Romero - 1 point
11) Rune Stone - 1 point
12) The Roost - 1 point

Roderick Usher - 10 points

1) Rose Red - 0 points
2) Anne Rice - 1 point
3) Re-Animator - 1 point
4) Ricky 6 - 1 point
5) Raining Blood - 1 point
6) (no answer) - 0 points
7) Rosemary's Baby - 1 point
8) Razzles - 1 point
9) Reform School - 1 point
10) Eli Roth - 1 point
11) Rear-view mirror - 1 point <--------oooo good one
12) Rats - 1 point

Dude Guadalupe won this round, so he can choose the next letter. It can be any letter except A, F, C, L, S, N, M, B or R.




Total Scores

Roderick Usher - 23 points

Dude Guadalupe - 28 points


Next round starting as soon as we have a new letter

Okay...Dustin has chosen 'G'...Which I personally think is going to make things difficult, but that's what he wanted...We shall see.


Game 2

Round 3

This set will be played out for all letters until someone reaches 100 points.

All answers in this round must start with the letter 'G'

1) Horror Book

2) Horror Author

3) Horror Movie based on a book

4) Horror movie based on a 'true story'

5) Horror-themed song

6) Best place to watch a horror movie

7) Classic Horror

8) Best snack to have with a horror movie

9) Best setting in a horror movie

10) Horror movie director

11) Important item in a horror movie (can be from any horror movie)

12) Horror movie where an animal is (or animals are) a major factor


Each round only lasts an hour, or until 10 entries are received...These are supposed to go kinda fast.

I'll list names and points for each round before the next one starts.

And Round 3 has officially started

I knew you would get on at noon I just had that feeling. :(

And I would have won.

Jump on in, Gore

the more the merrier

Oh trust me I'll am back in....

30 minutes left for round 3

My answers are in.

I'll continue to play and come up with good ones but I could care less about winning and am not going to put in forced and superfluous phrases just to earn points. :)

However you wanna play it

Think you can come up with something in 15 minutes? ;)

At work? We'll see how little I'm interrupted.


Maybe I'll even put in some silly phrases. :p

I basically stopped with the long phrases. I never went crazy retarded with mine. If you go back and look mine actually sounded and looked right.

Haha...Okay...10 minutes now :)

Oh yah- way to backpeddle.

:p

What do you mean? Some of my answers were actually short for awhile. I mean yeah I did use a string of words or whatever but it wasn't words normally people never use in a sentence and that is why I was wondering why people wanted to challenge me. I do think now that we can't use long sentences that challenging should be discontinued.

we've established a 3-point max per answer for this round to cut down on the alliterative adjectives.

wooooo hoooo

yeah I was tempted, but resisted... good to know I can always count on you, Urge;)