As part of the #newbiegames initiative, and to support the great work by the #newbieresteemday team, I have put my thinking cap on to try and put a new twist into an old game to see if I can come up with a simple and fun way for us to connect with each other and the Steemian community.
I have seen this done by a couple of different people in the past, and I still think it is a good idea if done well with good intentions like these people:
- https://steemit.com/steemitbingo/@steemitbingo/introducing-steemit-bingo-a-fun-way-to-play-and-earn-steem-and-sbd-s
- https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@jassennessaj/introducing-the-game-minnow-bingo-31sbd-reward-pool-a-project-for-the-benefit-of-minnows
Most of us will be familiar with the game, so I want to still keep it simple enough that everyone can play and it will be good opportunity to find out more about the people that are working hard to make the #newbiegames and #newbieresteemday a success. So here is my proposal for the NewbieGames spin on Bingo:
How to Play
Make your bingo card
Create a table from the list of followers of the @newbiegames account (there are 50 followers last time I checked so plenty to choose from). And just to show you a simple way to creating tables, you'll need to construct a 4 x 4 grid using the '|' symbol like this and then leave a space and add a username and repeat until you have four in one row.
PLEASE DO NOT use the '@' symbol with the username otherwise @ginabot is probably going to go crazy!
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
Then you repeat until you have completed four rows like so (but choose different names):
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
Or you can go to the Markdown Tables Generator (http://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables) if you like something fancier like this:
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
|---|---|---|---|
| davemccoy | |||
| davemccoy | |||
| davemccoy |
If you are artistic then there's also nothing stopping you from creating an image as well :)
Register your entry
Place a link of the post that has your card in the comments section of this post before the cut-off period (which is when this post expires). This way we make sure that all the bingo cards cannot be changed. In the mean time you can visit the people on your bingo card and drop them a nice comment on their post or chat to them on Discord.
Drawing of the names
When all the entries are in, I will create a post for the first game titled "Steemit Bingo Game (#)" and will randomly pick a name out of the list of followers of the @newbiegames acount each day as an update to the post until someone manages to 'BINGO' and notifies me in the comments section.
When one or more players have connected four names together in a row, column or diagonal then they will post a comment with the word "BINGO" (doesn't have to be capitals, but hopefully you'll sound excited). The first valid winning entries will be checked and the contest will be closed and winners announced.
Prize (now increased by 5SBD)
The winner(s) of the game will share in the SBD for the post and any additional donations or offers of prizes that I will gratefully accept. This will be transferred to their account and posted in the comments section to ensure transparency and fairness of the competition.
Thanks to @simplymike for his generous donation of 5SBD the prize pool!
Also, extra prize that goes to the most creative bingo card!
This will be voted on when the official drawing of names started when all the entries have been submitted.
I've decided to donate 5SBD to the prize pool, just because I think it's such a great idea for a game
this is a very nice thing you are doing @simplymike! As I've told you so many time, you are wonderful! :)
Like I told you on Discord, I won’t be joining the game itself. Not only because I will be in hospital all week next week, but also because I donated the prize - it would be not fair if I won my own donation - lol
I do want to stay in the running for the most creative card, though :0)
Maybe someone can use my Bingo card to play...? @beeyou: how about it? No need to spend time creating a Bingo card, just take mine...
Sorry @simplymike. I did not see this message and therefore did not tell my teammates. One of them will play, I think.
Thanks :0)
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/contest/@simplymike/play-a-game-of-bingo-with-me-win-free-sbd-and-meet-more-people
I liked your artful entry.
Thank you :0)
I was going to give out a prize for the most creative bingo card as a bonus, so I am glad you have put in some effort with yours :) Thanks for playing!
Thank you for hosting. I really had fun creating the card :-)
wow... very awesome.. that's wild!
No time to play but I LOVE your bingo card!!! Perhaps someone from our beeyou team will play.
Thanks.
Creating a basic bingo card takes about 5 minutes, I hope one of you can find the time :0)
How about using my card to play the game? see explantion here
Here is my Bingo Card
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@losthippie/newbiegames-bingo-a-new-way-to-make-connections-and-have-fun
steemdiva I davemcoy I mudcat36 I newbiegames I
silentkiller I jorlauski I funcontest I bashadow I
bengy I wilfredn I cryptkeeper17 I losthippie I
beeyou I sillentkiller I leighleigh I simplymike I
Thanks for your entry :)
woo I see I'm inside! Here's a random like for you ^^
Special thanks to @fibrefox for organizing and @simplymike for the donation :D
This is my entry for NewbieGames Bingo!
https://steemit.com/newbieresteemday/@tifaong/do-you-wanna-play-with-me-in-bingo
My bingo card is
In table form is,
Good luck everyone!
I like the style of the bingo card you have there :) Would love to see more people come up with their own designs. Maybe I can use it for the next time I run the contest!
Thank you @fibrefox :)
Yeah, this also prompts more people to think creatively and show that they put effort in the contest. Then you can judge based on those effort.
Note: I suck at art and design :P
Hi! Here is my bingo card entry :
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@babi13/my-bingo-card-entry-for-newbiegames-contest
Thanks for your entry! Lots of familiar names there including @bengy who also hosted a contest that I participated in, and many people who are also hosting contests in this week's newbiegames posts :)
Hey that's me! I have an idioms game with SBD prizes, and also a steam key contest!
Aren't you joining us in the Bingo game, @bengy? Creating a bingo card takes only 5 minutes or so... ;0)
@simplymike
I plan to! I ben busy trying to grow the #classical-music community and juggle sick child. Should have a few minutes this evening!
Cool contest, here is my entry. I've noticed quite a few new people follow the newbiegames account since the start date of this.
https://steemit.com/bingo/@mrzurkon/bingo-card
Excellent! Thanks for playing and I am glad to see that not everyone puts davemccoy on their bingo card because the names will be drawn randomly and not by popularity :D
Hi guys! Here's my entry, thank you!
https://steemit.com/contest/@steamdan/my-entry-for-the-newbiegames-bingo-game
Thanks for entering and I am sure it will be even more fun now that the prize pool received a generous boost from @simplymike!
It was also because of him that I learned from this thingy! Cheers and again, thank you guys!!
Here is my entry. I hope I don't get to busy to check in every now and then.
Don't worry, now that I have your entry I will organize the contest so that no one misses out if they are a winner :) Thanks for your participation!
Great Game @fibrefox! Here is my entry Bingo Card! I'll be looking forward to playing!
Thanks for participating! I am actually looking forward to connecting with more people and learning about those names that I have not come across yet in the bingo cards :)
Absolutely! Thanks for putting such a fun game together!! Connecting with people is so important in this steemit world! 👍
Awesome contest! Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@tessalonica/my-bingo-card-to-the-newbiegames-bingo
Thanks for playing! Now that there are quite a few contestants I can't wait until the contest starts... but I will have to be patient :p But I think it gives you time to visit a couple of people that are on your bingo card to say hi :)
Heres my entry! :)
https://steemit.com/newbiecontest/@smylie2005/newbiegames-bingo-a-new-way-to-make-connections-and-have-fun
I have seen your name on a few people's bingo cards, it must be that nice smile that you have. Thanks for playing and hope we can all have some fun :)
Aw, thanks! Always down for some fun! :)
| bengy | iexplore | kismet2018 | motherearthist |
| newbieresteemday | bashadow | amariespeaks | julies |
| a-0-0 | gracefavour | simplymike | woodzi |
| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |
Apologies for the horrific formatting!
Works for me :) I just realized that it is probably easier if I just got people to put their bingocards here instead of creating a link to it on their own page, even though it would make the comments section of this post a big mess :D Thanks for playing!
Yes, and I didn't want to make a post on my posts. I get votes from team Australia and I didn't want to annoy them with a post with no content!
Thank you @fibrefox for this superb game.
Here is my entry https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@gracefavour/newbiegames-bingo-a-new-way-to-make-connections-and-have-fun
Thank you for the kind comment and your participation. I hope that everyone will have a lot of fun playing as well :)
Here is my bingo card entry. :D
You've managed to make the bingo card on my post look very ordinary :D Thanks for your entry and I like the names you've got on that card too!
I had a look at your profile and thought that you might be interested in @steemmakers which is a community for DIY/makers that is growing. I thought you might also like the leather wallet by @armadillionman which was the only other example of leather art I have seen on Steemit: https://steemit.com/contest/@armadilloman/contest-giveaway-steem-symbol-minimalist-card-wallet-giveaway-contest
Good luck with the contest, which I can't wait to kick off soon :)
oooo... DIY/makers - I'll definitely check all of that out, thanks!! I LOVE bingo, so I can't wait!!
Great game! Thanks for organising this =)
My entry can be found here and this is my lucky Bingo card:
EDIT (25th Feb): swapped top left corner's sweetcha for plushzilla due to an unintended repeat. Thanks to @plushzilla for spotting it!
Since luck would have it that all these guys are on my Bingo card, I'm going to check out everyone's blogs before the contest starts too!
Just noticed that you have sweetcha there twice. I don't suppose there is a rule against it unless you think there is a good chance that it will come up more often than you would expect by random chance :)
Thanks for spotting it! Didn't mean for that to happen.
Thanks for your entry! There are lots of really great people on this list and I think you'll enjoy finding out more about them. Unfortunately I am a bit stuck with your code-breaking game so I might have to wait and see if there is a clue or two floating about somewhere :p
Oh no... I was thinking about whether I made it too difficult >.< I should probably put up a hint for stage 2!
I have tried a few things and probably been overthinking it too much :p But the search for the solution actually allows you to discover a few other interesting things as well, such as your LinkedIn profile :)
Really creative game you have there. Congrats!
I'll start making my Bingo card immediately :0)
Can you explain when someone has BINGO? When all names on the card have been crossed, or just a line?
(It's been 25 years since I played the game - lol)
For the sake of keeping it short and sweet (and the original rules of the game) it will just be one line :D
Thanks! (Maybe you should add that to the post too...)
Excellent game @fibrefox!
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@fibrefox I couldn't find you on the #newbieresteemday Discord channel. Aren't you a member?
Ah, that's because you need to look for @plushzilla :p I use the @fibrefox account for all community related activities (sorry if it is causing some confusion). But if you are doing something nice for the community you'll get a follow from @plushzilla :)
When I was making my Bingo card, I had noticed the two accounts were using the same profile pic. At the time, I thought it was a coincidence. It didn’t occur to me that both accounts could be run by the same person - lol.
I’ll send you a message tomorrow
The description on the profile pages also provide a clue:
There are also accounts that are shared so those are run by multiple people too! Identity is an interesting thing on Steemit and I have written about it in the past: https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@plushzilla/the-steemian-identity-crisis-what-a-picture-of-you-holding-up-a-card-really-means
lol - I hadn't noticed that resemblance - probably because I often do not visit people 's profile pages.
I've just read your article about identity, and I'm really intrigued by the idea of having to 'recover' your identity by interacting with the people who knew you. In my personal case, I would for sure turn out to be a completely different person. I'm taking that with me in my battle against low self-esteem and negative self-image... Really inspiring...
Then you might actually be interested in this documentary that I watched a while ago, which actually inspired some of the thoughts I had about identity and some of the struggles I have had as well. It is titled "Unknown White Male": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436864/
Looks interesting. Will check it out :0)
Great game! I'm adding this to my to-do list :-D
Entries for this contest is closing soon :) Plus there is also a prize for the most creative bingo card design!
@fibrefox thank you SOOO much for the reminder my friend!! generating bingo board now! be back soon!
here's my entry!!
preview:
Glad to see your entry for the bingo game. I am writing a post very soon about the process for drawing the names. It won't be one per day but a lot more rapid (i.e all at once) so that people don't have to keep track of it over a long period of time. And I also like the creative effort with the card, looks very nice and thanks for playing!
thanks!! its gonna be a lot of fun! grwat idea!!
Better late than never!!! Here's my entry ;)
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@davemccoy/newbiegames-bingo-i-m-entering-you-can-too-easy-free-and-fun-so-don-t-wait
Glad to see your entry here since so many people have your name on their card :D This is the 15th entry into the bingo game so it will be interesting to see which names we draw and who wins!
I'm looking forward to it... I wanted to play it all week and finally had some time to do so. Its a great idea and something that can be done regularly :)
@simplymike is amazing too!
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@yura81/my-entry-for-the-newbiegames-bingo-game
Thanks @ fibrefox for hosting is cool contest. Here is my entry.
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@beeyou/my-entry-to-newbiegames-bingo
Just in the nick of time... as Dave said, better late than never! :)
I must be Ian Anderson's, 'vintage, classic or even Jurassic', because although I read that post several times I still have no idea how to play it¿ your example had same four names in four rows, which seems strange because they all in same order. You say use other names which makes sense, But, I still don't see how a card is written. With four names, sixteen names¿ or as in bingo, with spaces. I read it over and over and can make no sense of the instructions. I expect you mean a box of sixteen names, and you 'call'obe per day, until some one wins. Is this correct and waiting for your reply, what is time limit on making entry as 'now' is world wide a 24hr time¿ Thank-you.
I have no idea who Ian Anderson is, but I think I have changed the rules of bingo so much that you are not the only one not to understand it :D
Basically you have to fill in a 4 x 4 grid with 16 names chosen from the list of followers on the @newbiegames account, and as in bingo you have to make a row, column or diagonal by matching the names on your grid with the names called out.
The time limit is starting from when the post is made to when the post expires (so the post can't be edited anymore), so it gives you as much as 5-6 days to enter.
You can see how the draw is made in this post (you don't even have to lift a finger, except to claim the prize):
https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/steemit-bingo-game-1-winners-announced
Thank-you, got that. From @newbiegames, draw my sixteen in box. I will have to await the next one @fibrefox. I do know some of those who posted here but I didn't know of @newbiegames, and wouldn't have read sixteen of them. Thank-you for the opportunity. It looks like a good game to participate in. But, again, I'm having trouble with timing, as so many of you live where you are awakening just when I'm fatigued and going to sleep. If you run it on a weekly basis, then I might read some more postings first.
I noticed that you are from a similar part of the world so I am curious why you are not following @teamaustralia and getting some support from @centrelink and also some mentoring from the more experienced users: https://steemit.com/teamaustralia/@choogirl/team-australia-new-recruits-14-02-18-and-do-you-fancy-yourself-as-a-tor-mentor-of-newbies
Well, months ago, when I first joined steemit, no-one here ever replied so I didn't know there was such available. I am not computer oriented and have not had instruction since the eighties. The last time I had access, in from the bush, I had XP Office, and just as I learned enough of it they made it obsolete. Which was BS, because they have still not produced any better software. So the big boys at the top of the industry have killed the internet as a system to make communication easier, and have just conned every commercial body into buying updates time after time after time. It may be faster, but a program that worked very well is now many times the cost, split into umpteen separate sales, and doesn't do the job half as easily from the user's point of view. I've heard the arguments, but have also employed myself, on the side, as a gatherer of information to make up reports, because I can attend the state library and access five author's and precis one page in the field of the query from each and have them bound and on the committee table, faster than any in an office on a single screen computer scrolling, looking for the field and then the page and then the right paragraph. A Co I used to work for had secretaries who each wore no more than three hats. Were very good in one, learning a second and sufficient in a third. The managers knew their areas and clients, but the senior secretary knew everything that went on in the office. Digital arrived. The Co now employs six more people. It's overheads have increased, and I don't mean the expected increase of time. And no-one knows all thats happening or even all their own hats. There are no specialists except IT fixers, and the profits are less than when I was there.
--Sorry, I just had a brand new Dell have to be returned to manufacturer because IT couldn't fix, and that after a day of back-up, but not all, so lost two years photography. My IT techie says I carry a lot of static, and computers don't like me. I know, that sounds esoteric, and not computer logic, but we have both experienced things that 'are not computer' logic. I understand that those green icons will take me elsewhere to sites. But I am not very competent and at the moment have only my phone. Keep on keeping on. 😇
This should be more helpful for someone using Steemit on their phone: https://steemit.com/steemsecrets/@inspiredgideon1/a-detailed-guide-to-help-newbie-from-my-one-month-deep-experience-and-study
Excellent from my quick first couple paragraphs. I will read later tonight. Vote, for this comment rather than old post, and as old post with no esteem oblong arrow, you have just given a resteemed from me to a newbie, tonight too. Thank-you. It looks well worth some time.
May the blessings be. 😇
It's unfortunate to hear that you didn't have such a good experience when you first joined. I don't have any faith in technology being able to solve any problems that are caused by people, and the modern day office stops once the internet or the computer stops working, which makes me wonder who or what is doing the work. If you are mostly on your phone and posting photos, try the steepshot app and also zappl as they are the equivalent of instagram and twitter in the Steemit social media ecosystem.
Thanks for that. I tried steepahot but couldn't understand how to get it to work, so am using Snapseed. And I have no idea at all about twitter or instagram. Ian Anderson quote 'vintage or classic or maybe jurrasic' suits me. Old Jethro Tull fan. 😀
I don't know about zappl but am not on IPhone. 😇 All these new phones are amazing. I have had mine six months and still have not learned half what it can do, except NOT auto spell, before post. 😡😂