For those who are busy please skip to the winners at the end of this post, but if you want to re-live the excitement of the draw as I went through it just read on...
You can see all the details regarding the Steemit Bingo Game from http://bit.ly/2EW6M35, which is a Google Sheet that I set and contains all the information in all its glory (for @simplymike and the curious ones). Each step in the process corresponds to a spreadsheet with the same name so you can see the process for yourself.
Step 1 - Get the list of followers on @newbiegames account
At the time when the competition ended there were 101 followers of the account (I think it is up to 106 now) so this is where all the names come from. I copied and pasted them from the account so they are in alphabetical order.
Step 2 - Generate a list of random values to determine the order of names to draw
I went to www.random.org and used the Integer Generator to come up with a random list of numbers:
Step 3 - Combine the list of names and random values and sort from lowest (1) to highest (101) value to determine the draw order
Step 4 - The fun part! Start circling names off the bingo cards (which I prepared earlier)...
This is how it looks like at the start:
No miracles after the first four names, in fact 2 out of the first 4 names was not on anyone's list:
After 12 names were drawn, bengy was just one match away from claiming the first bingo, while davemccoy was still yet to find a match:
The interesting thing also about playing a game of bingo like this is that you can look ahead to see where the missing name for bengy was going to come up:
And since it was number 78 (out of 101 remember) there might be a long wait or perhaps another opportunity elsewhere?
Then one name that most people wanted finally came up (davemccoy if you were wondering), but it didn't help too many people except for bengy...
...who now has another chance to bingo on name 33:
After 18 names have been drawn, bengy appears to have a strong hold on the game, but from nowhere davemccoy now also has a chance to BINGO!, what a dramatic turn of events
Or not, because the name he needs is way down in 68:
And with one more move two more people are now in contention!:
But the names that they need are way down in position 80 & 81 :(
Then all of a sudden, we have a winner (go to the end of the post if you don't want spoilers)
Step 5 - Playing through to the end
Maybe it was because this is the first time I hosted a bingo game, or maybe I just really enjoy the experience, I decided to keep going and see what happens. As expected, @bengy got there on the 33rd move to be the runner up, and I guess this is the unpredictable nature of the game of bingo and why many people enjoy it. The fact that we tweaked the rules slightly made it more interesting as well.
And I did play through to the end to make sure that everybody was a winner, but in hindsight it was a bad idea because it took another 62 names for @losthippie to get that elusive bingo and for me to finally have had enough of it :p Next time I don't think I'll quite go that far...
After name 85 @losthippie was still unwilling to yield to the laws of chance... but I hadn't given up yet...
Eventually all good things have to come to an end, so now to the part that you have been waiting for - prizes!
Prizes - please claim your prize by telling me where you would like the SBD to go to - see transfer record in comments):
Best Bingo Card prize (0.5 SBD) goes to @simplymike for a very cool design that also incorporated the avatar images so we can put some faces to the names!
Unbingo prize (0.1 SBD) goes to @losthippie who defied the laws of chance to be the last person to score a BINGO at name 95 and I think that's pretty amazing too!
The Winner of the first Steemit BINGO Prize (5 SBD) goes to @amariespeaks!
With the 23rd name @annamighty drawn, @amariespeaks takes a mighty step and claims the first Steemit Bingo prize (thanks to @simplymike's generous donation). Runner up was @bengy who eventually got that elusive last name that was 33rd on the list.
And that concludes the first edition of Steemit Bingo. I hope you have enjoyed it and we look forward to seeing you again soon :)
Congrats, @amariespeaks.
Thanks for the prize, @fibrefox.
I liked the original idea and post so much I couldn’t have imagined you would top it by writing such a great winner announcement. I got completely caught up in the game, and got more and more excited near the end.
Very well done!
Hope to see more of you soon :0)
@simplymike
I had to make up for it in the winner announcement post since no one technically played bingo except for me :D Your creative bingo card inspired me to create another prize and also gave other people a chance to be creative so it was an extra bonus from creating the game :)
I’ll be turning your prize into a sponsorship for @steembasicincome, paying it forward. Now all I have to decide on is who to give it to. There are so many great people out there who deserve one :0)
There are lots of games out there looking for sponsors and prizes, so I am sure you'll be able to find one :) Great idea of paying it forward as well!
That was pretty cool, congrats to @amariespeaks!, and @simplymike it was a cool card, and onto the unbingo winner I think @losthippie that record is going to stand fro quite awhile.
Still waiting to hear from the winner to see what they want to do with the prizes (in case they wanted to donate it to another cause), but I tried a few different things with this game and it all seemed to work out quite well :) It is certainly the game with the highest participation that I have ever hosted so I might do this one again soon.
Yay!! Never won at BINGO ever! I'm super excited and I would love to donate it out!! sorry for the late response - it was night time here on the east coast lol
If you prefer to donate it all out I will still transfer the 5 SBD to your account so you can decide where it should go. The longer it sits in my account the more I feel like it should go somewhere else :) I will do the same for the other two winners as well.
okay! I'll have to think of a way to distribute it :-D
Lol, who could have thought a post about a bingo draw could be such a compelling read!
I am glad you enjoyed it although I probably didn't quite do it justice :D I didn't actually think drawing all the names at the same time would make it as fun but it was just as unpredictable as any Bingo game. I hope it was fun to participate in and if there is enough interest I'll have to do one for the newbieresteemday group too!
If you are interested, I have a couple of steam key giveaways and an idiom contest for SBD.
https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-saint-s-row-iv
https://steemit.com/gaming/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-pillars-of-eternity
https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/idioms-game-with-sbd-prizes-number-3
Looks like I wasn't lucky enough this time. That's too bad =X Thanks @fibrefox for the game.
Congratulations to @amariespeaks and @simplymike. You guys deserve it for everything you have done for newbies here.
Or unlucky enough :) But I hope everyone who participated, and everyone who was mentioned on a bingo card got some additional attention on their posts this week!
If you haven't claimed your prize or decided where it should go, don't worry, it is in your accounts now @amariespeaks, @simplymike and @losthippie:
Awesome Game! Very clever way to show the winner and out comes! Good job! Congrats @losthippie @simplymike @amariespeaks
Thanks for the comment. It wasn't until I did the draw that I realized this was so different from how Bingo is played I am not even sure if you could call it Bingo :D This was more of a one-off event but I might consider doing this more regularly, although the rules will need to change again if we have too many followers.
Congrats to the winners! I actually read the whole thing, I was on the edge of my seat! ;) Great game!
Glad you enjoyed the post :) It took a lot of effort to write but I thought it wouldn't be much fun for me if I just announced the winner so I decided to make a longer post. I am already thinking of the next contest that we can play for the newbiegames follower so stay tuned!
Awesome! Will do! :)
This is my new game concept, anyone can play but especially good for couples: https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/newbiegames-perfect-matches-make-connections-and-have-fun
What an interesting game @fibrefox. Congrats to @amariespeaks, @simplymike and @losthippie.
thank you @gracefavour!
Hi @gracefavour, I am glad you enjoyed it :) Hopefully the next game will be even better. I know a few people wanted to play and missed out, so I will try to do one again soon.
That would be great. I look forward to the new game.
New game out now: https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/newbiegames-perfect-matches-make-connections-and-have-fun
Congrats y'all.who knew my name could be the winning card for @amariespeaks. Nice one guys
I like games where we can all be connected in different ways :) She picked out a nice bunch of names and came home with the prize. Hope you can join the next game and also be part of the fun!
That was interesting, to see how it all came together, thanks for the prize and congrats to the winners
Thanks for participating and joining in the fun. With newbiegames I think everyone is a winner!