Spiderweb Scattergories

[Dikiyoba]

Rules: At the beginning of the round, a letter will be chosen by me. For each category, you may put down one answer (and one answer only) where the first letter of the first word begins with the chosen letter. For instance, if the letter for the round was i and one of the categories was "Things that are cold" you could put down iceberg or ice cream, but not both. You may not repeat an answer (or a slight variation on an answer) that someone else has already used, nor may you use the same answer for multiple categories (but you may use an answer that was listed by someone else as your answer for a different category). Articles (a, an, the) do not count as part of the answer.

 

At the end of the round, each answer is worth a point. The first answer posted within each category is worth 2 points, so act fast. The best word (chosen by me on the basis of creativity, insightfulness, and humor) will also be worth 2 points (or 3, if the best word is also the first one). The person with the most points at the end of the round wins.

 

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Letter for this round: N

 

Categories:

 

1. Character from the Avadon series:

 

2. Forum-related meme or in-joke:

 

3. Common Internet acronym:

 

4. Book title from the "What have you been reading recently?" thread:

 

5. An alcoholic beverage or cocktail:

 

6. Vegetable:

 

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game:

 

8. Name of a city, fort, or dungeon from any Spiderweb game:

 

9: Name of a Spiderwebber (you must use their usual nickname and not their current PDN):

 

10. Something you never want to see on these forums again (you may not list a person):

 

11. RPG term:

 

12. Commonly misspelled word:

 

Go!

 

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Dikiyoba will do Dikiyoba's best to keep an updated list of valid answers and points as the round goes on.

[Lilith]

1. Character from the Avadon series:

 

Nathalie

 

3. Common Internet acronym:

 

NHOI

 

6. Vegetable:

 

Nopal

 

8. Name of a city, fort, or dungeon from any Spiderweb game:

 

New Harston

 

9: Name of a Spiderwebber (you must use their usual nickname and not their current PDN):

 

Nikki

 

10. Something you never want to see on these forums again (you may not list a person):

 

Nudes

 

11. RPG term:

 

NPC

 

12. Commonly misspelled word:

 

Noticeable

[Randomizer]

1. Nicodemus

2. Nethergate (What Tyranicus always answers to best Spiderweb game)

[Lilith]

But wait, there's more!

 

4. Book title from the "What have you been reading recently?" thread:

 

Nausea

 

5. An alcoholic beverage or cocktail:

 

Negroni

 

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game:

 

Netshot (Tinkermage skill in Avadon 2)

[Randomizer]

Some more:

 

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game:

Nature Mastery (shaman ability in Avadon)

 

8. Name of a city, fort, or dungeon from any Spiderweb game:

Northforge (from Geneforge 4)

[Callie]

1. Neray

2.

3. NSFW

4. Nickel and Dimed

5. Newcastle Brown Ale

6. Napa cabbage

7. Nimble Fingers (Exile trait)

8. New Cotra

9. Nicothodes

10. Neverending flame wars

11. Necromancy

12. Nuptials

[Dikiyoba]

Answers so far:

 

1. Character from the Avadon series: Nathalie (Lilith, first), Nicodemus (Randomizer), Neray (Excalibur)

 

2. Forum-related meme or in-joke: Nethergate (Randomizer, first),

 

3. Common Internet acronym: NHOI (Lilith, first), NSFW (Excalibur)

 

4. Book title from the "What have you been reading recently?" thread: Nausea (Lilith, first), Nickel and Dimed (Excalibur)

 

5. An alcoholic beverage or cocktail: Negroni (Lilith, first), Newcastle Brown Ale (Excalibur)

 

6. Vegetable: Nopal (Lilith, first), Napa cabbage (Excalibur)

 

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game: Netshot (Lilith, first), Nature Mastery (Randomizer), Nimble fingers (Excalibur)

 

8. Name of a city, fort, or dungeon from any Spiderweb game: New Harston (Lilith, first), Northforge (Randomizer), New Cotra (Excalibur)

 

9: Name of a Spiderwebber (you must use their usual nickname and not their current PDN): Nikki (Lilith, first), Nicothodes (Excalibur)

 

10. Something you never want to see on these forums again (you may not list a person): Nudes (Lilith, first) (Excalibur's answer intentionally left off)

 

11. RPG term: NPC (Lilith, first) (Excalibur's answer intentionally left off)

 

12. Commonly misspelled word: Noticeable (Lilith, first), nuptials (Excalibur)

 

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Scores:

 

Lilith - 22 points

Excalibur - 9 points

Randomizer - 5 points

 

Next round, there will not be bonus points for being first, because Lilith's score is just ridiculous right now.

[BMA]

2. NO.

3. NVM

9. Nightwatcher

10. Newbies

[Lilith]

ooh ooh i finally thought of one for 2

 

2. Forum-related meme or in-joke:

 

Nine-Headed Cave Cow

[Ouroboros]

2. Nico's mechanical pencil

3. NWO

8. Nephilim Castle

9. Neb

10. New spambot

11. NWoD

12. Navel

[Tyranicus]

2. Nethergate (What Tyranicus always answers to best Spiderweb game)

That's not a meme. That's just the truth.

[Xaiya]

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game:

Nature Lore

 

9: Name of a Spiderwebber (you must use their usual nickname and not their current PDN):

Nalyd

 

10. Something you never want to see on these forums again (you may not list a person):

Nothingness

[adc.]

1.) Nathalie

2.) Nsanity

3.) NFW (No F***k*** way)

4.) Narnia?

5.) Nagle?

6.) Nettle

7.) Netshot

8.) ???

9.) Nightowl24

10.) Nitrogen

11.) Natural roll (from DDO)

12.) Naumachiae

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-Nightwatcher

[Lilith]

is this still a thing or did i ruin it

[Randomizer]

I don't think it was a popular game.

[Dikiyoba]

Yeah, it turned out not to be a well balanced game. Definitely should finish it, though.

 

Final answers:

 

1. Character from the Avadon series: Nathalie (Lilith, first), Nicodemus (Randomizer), Neray (Excalibur, best)

 

2. Forum-related meme or in-joke: Nethergate (Randomizer, first, best), No (BMA), Nine-headed Cave Cow (Lilith)

 

3. Common Internet acronym: NHOI (Lilith, first), NSFW (Excalibur, best), NVM (BMA), NWO (Ouroboros), NFW (Nightwatcher)

 

4. Book title from the "What have you been reading recently?" thread: Nausea (Lilith, first, best), Nickel and Dimed (Excalibur, best)

 

5. An alcoholic beverage or cocktail: Negroni (Lilith, first), Newcastle Brown Ale (Excalibur), Nagle (Nightwatcher, best)

 

6. Vegetable: Nopal (Lilith, first), Napa cabbage (Excalibur), nettle (Nightwatcher, best)

 

7. Name of a spell, skill, trait, ability, etc. from any Spiderweb game: Netshot (Lilith, first), Nature Mastery (Randomizer, best), Nimble fingers (Excalibur), Nature Lore (Iffy)

 

8. Name of a city, fort, or dungeon from any Spiderweb game: New Harston (Lilith, first), Northforge (Randomizer), New Cotra (Excalibur), Nephilim Castle (Ouroboros, best)

 

9: Name of a Spiderwebber (you must use their usual nickname and not their current PDN): Nikki (Lilith, first), Nicothodes (Excalibur), Nightwatcher (BMA), Neb (Ouroboros), Nalyd (Iffy) (all best)

 

10. Something you never want to see on these forums again (you may not list a person): Nudes (Lilith, first), newbies (BMA), nothingness (Iffy, best)

 

11. RPG term: NPC (Lilith, first), New World of Darkness (Ouroboros), natural roll (Nightwatcher, best)

 

12. Commonly misspelled word: Noticeable (Lilith, first, best), nuptials (Excalibur), navel (Ouroboros)

 

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Final score:

 

Lilith - 26 points

Excalibur - 13 points

Randomizer - 7 points

Nightwatcher - 7 points

Ouroboros - 7 points

BMA - 5 points

Iffy - 5 points

 

Congratulations, Lilith. You win (absolutely nothing)!

 

Dikiyoba.

[adc.]

What about another round

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plz?

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-Nightwatcher

[Student of Trinity]

The game was a good idea but the scoring was broken. Just reset all the scores to zero, send some goons to repossess Lilith's absolutely nothing, and try again.

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[Lilith]

The game was a good idea but the scoring was broken. Just reset all the scores to zero, send some goons to repossess Lilith's absolutely nothing, and try again.

 

i actually always assumed from the wording of the OP that the individual round scores would be reset every round, and the relevant long-term scoring statistic would be how many rounds each player won

 

tbh though i don't think this game works very well in a forum format, since even without the benefit of the first-answer bonus you still get the first posters taking all the good answers. it'd work better in a chatroom

[Alorael at Large]

It would work better if answers were PMed to Diki (or a rotating judge for each round) so that standard Scattergories scoring could apply. A chatroom allows you to institute a time limit, but the clever answers totally subjective bonus is an acceptable compromise and fully in the spirit of traditional Spiderweb silliness.

 

—Alorael, who isn't volunteering to judge. Yet. He's not paid enough for that.