Steemit Bingo Game #2 - Make Connections and have fun (plus SBD and other prizes on offer!)

in makesteemitgreat-again •  7 years ago  (edited)


image by @simplymike

The long awaited game returns... this time to support @asapers and the great work that they are doing for newbies on Steemit. All SBD from the post will be split between the winner of the contest and the account, so make sure that you follow @asapers and @newbiegames and you'll be in with a chance.

My apologies to @smylie2005 and @gracefavor for taking so long since my last contest, and I hope @simon62 will get a chance to play this time as well :) For those who participated last time, I certainly hope it was entertaining enough for you to have another go.

How to Play

Eligibility

This game is open to anyone who is a follower of @asapers account. So make sure you follow the account for your entry to be considered valid.

Make your bingo card

Create a 4 x 4 grid and fill it with the account names from the list of followers of the @asapers account (there are almost 200 followers last time I checked so plenty to choose from!). A simple way to creating tables is to use the '|' symbol like this and then leave a space and add a username and repeat until you have four in one row.

Why 16 names? Because I think it is just enough for you to put down your favourite people plus a few new people that you can learn about through playing the game :)

PLEASE DO NOT use the '@' symbol with the username otherwise @ginabot is probably going to go crazy!

So just something like this is fine:

| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | coolguy123 |

Then you repeat until you have completed four rows like so (but choose different names):

| davemccoy | mudcat36 | plushzilla | mitneb |
| sweetcha | rosesmith | lynncoyle1 | coolguy123 |
| shai-hulud | simplymike | smylie2005 | starjewel |
| yogajill | zorchy | magicalmoonlight | goldendawne |

Or you can go to the Markdown Tables Generator (http://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables) if you like something fancier.

davemccoymudcat36plushzillamitneb
sweetcharosesmithlynncoyle1coolguy123
shai-huludsimplymikesmylie2005starjewel
yogajillzorchymagicalmoonlightgoldendawne

And if you are artistic then there's also nothing stopping you from creating an image as well... see previous contest entries here: https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/newbiegames-bingo-a-new-way-to-make-connections-and-have-fun

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). 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 @asapers acount until someone manages to 'BINGO'.

You can see the process I use in the first game here:
https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/steemit-bingo-game-1-winners-announced

PRIZES

For the entries that are first to 'BINGO'

The winner(s) of the game will share in the SBD generated from the post with half going to @asapers. This will be transferred to their account and posted in the comments section to ensure transparency and fairness of the competition. I will also provide an update during the contest with additional prizes that I am planning to award. I am keen to contribute both a physical and a digital prize in addition to the SBD generated but that's all I will say for now.

@shai-hulud is also chipping in with 2 shares of steem basic income to the winner(s), and in the case of more than 2 winners I will randomly draw names out of the list of winners to receive this bonus prize!

For the most creative bingo card

@simplymike will sponsor 2 @steembasicincome shares for the most creative card (as determined by her), so you can also use your creativity and not just luck to win!

Find out more about @steembasicincome here:
https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-member-upvotes-drive-sustainability

Register your entry NOW and see you in a week's time for the second draw of Steemit Bingo!

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I'll add 2 shares of steem basic income to the winner.

Thanks for running this competition.

Thanks for the support! I have quite a few updates to make to this post already :)

Thank you for supporting this game with that too @shai-hulud! That is awesome! You earn a newbie nickel for such a nice thing to do! :)

Congratulations, this newbie nickel is sponsored by #newbieresteemday this week!

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#newbieresteemday always recommends our sponsors!

That is very kind of you, thank you for the support of ASAPers.

I just had to find out who @creepyturtle was after looking at the names on your card. Definitely not creepy and not a turtle :D

It was one of the followers, when I read the name, I had to have it on my card. ;-}
Now I just need to go learn more about the name. and person, when i get a little bit of time.

ahah! Happy to be not creepy :D
Hardly my usernames have an intrinsic meaning, I usually pick them because I like the way words sound together and the images they bring to my mind.

I wish I could be a turtle, though, they're so beautiful

I don't think of them as creeping along the beach as much as they 'glide' in the water, and they are majestic creatures of the ocean as you say :)

Yes, but if I will ever happen to see a turtle creeping around I'll definitely adopt it and love it forever.

That's awesome @shai-hulud!!

Awesome contribution @shai-hulud 🌸👍

very nice!!! :)

Thanks for playing and very nice spread of names from the follower's list as well!

I thought it could be a good idea to add some unfamiliar names whose posts deserved some more attention. And of course I couldn’t leave out @davemccoy ;0)

This is my BINGO square. I just don't get how you are going to call off the names.

https://steemit.com/@mineopoly/community-bingo-win

Thanks for the entry! I recognize the images from the posts of the people so it's great that you went over and paid them a visit as well :)

Actually, this works a little bit different to most bingo games in that I basically get the entire list of names from asapers and generate a random order, then I kind of play the game for everyone at the same time. You can read about how it is done here:
https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/steemit-bingo-game-1-winners-announced

I see. I read that @fibrefox. That's cool. I thought it was a live game. That would be real hard for me to follow. This is great.

Yeah, the logistics would be too difficult, plus people didn't mind reading my post on the draw itself so I figured that I'll keep things the same until I can figure out something better. Maybe I'll get the people who are playing to pick some random numbers or do like a double payout square on their card (like scrabble) next time as well :)

Anything as long as it is simple:)

I hope I did this right ... here's my entry for the game! It was fun "meeting" 16 new peeps! If your name is on here, I'm looking forward to connecting with you this week!

Hi @helenoftroy, this is the most calming/soothing bingo card I have ever seen! It must be the effect that beaches and oceans have on people :) Thanks for your entry and I hope you enjoyed getting to know some new Steemians from the group!

It was fun looking up new Steemians! I didn't pick anybody that I knew and I followed all of them. @coachjj already came by and read a couple of my posts :) Hopefully, I'll be able to connect with the others this week.

Wow @helenoftroy, that is absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad it's not real life bingo so you don't have to use those dabber things and mark it all up :)

I'm so glad you joined in!!

Thanks @lynncoyle1! Maybe I could use seashells or something if it were the real-life version ;)

Of course!! My mind just went to..."please, no one destroy that card!" haha

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Hi @helenoftroy!! Gorgeous bing card Good luck on your game of bingo!!! ☘🌻

Thanks, @yogajill! You have stopped by my blog, so I guess I shouldn't have said I didn't know anyone on my card ... but I'm glad we get to connect as fellow @asapers ;)

Awesome Bingo card, @helenoftroy!

Thank you @simplymike! It was a lot of fun to make :)

TRIVIA
Some quick facts about the Bingo game entries so far for those that are interested:

  • out of the 14 entries so far 104 out of 208 names on the @asapers list have been mentioned! That's 50% of all the followers!
  • the most popular names included in the bingo cards (if you want to use or avoid them) are:
  • if we actually drew the names in order of popularity (as it stands at the moment), @smylie2005 would win in eight moves! But the drawing of the names will be completely random :)
  • almost a quarter of the followers in @newbiegames are also followers of @asapers (51/220), so I think these two groups are pretty closely related (but we can be even closer!)
  • @dayzieblue and @helenoftroy both have 8 names (or 50% of the names on their card) that have not been picked by other people so it is a good mix of names

Great idea @fibrefox
I think you could make a post out of this.
1 - you have an extra post
2 - you might attract more people to play

Now, let me do I little dance to celebrate I’m the most popular kid in Bingo-land ;0)

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hahahaha @simplymike!! That's me after a few or anyone at a wedding...when they kick off their shoes to really get going ;)

The most popular! That's seriously says a lot!

Haha! Nice 🎶😊

Nice moves on the dance floor @simplymike ;)

I guess I’ve still got it... ;0D

First attempt at this - I hope I've got it right!
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(I will use black next time, I thought the dark green would be dark enough.)

https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@viking-ventures/my-entry-for-steemit-bingo-game-2-making-connections

This is perfect! I think the beautiful floral image gives it a nice touch :) It must have been tricky trying to squeeze some of those names into the grids :D

Thanks for your entry and good luck for the draw, lots of good names on that list and I hope you got to know them a little bit better :)

Thanks. I fought with GIMP a few minutes trying to do the names at an angle, but I gave up and went back to Photoscape where I do most of my photo-editing.
The hardest part was freehanding the grid. But I figured it was good enough for the purpose. :-)

I've only been in the group 24 hours, so I'm gradually getting to know a few of them.

What an awesome Bingo card @viking-ventures :)

Thank you!

You are so welcome!! Look at how polite we are ;)

I figure that good manners don't cost anything. :-)
(Though I don't always remember to say it, I always mean it... I know now that it's a Finnish thing - and I grew up in a heavily Finnish community in NW Oregon. Until recently, I didn't think I had a drop of Finnish, but I know better now, a single Finn arrived in Sweden sometime in the 1700s and infiltrated an otherwise very Swedish line. :-p )

Exactly! It is free to be polite :)

I grew up in a European family (Belgian and French), and manners were expected; my dad always had a good 'swat' handy for those times we forgot :)

That's interesting about the "single Finn"! I guess it only takes a drop ! Did you have your family history researched?

My dad has been working on genealogy for many years now. I picked up the bug from him. As I'm LDS now, there is a strong emphasis on family history and (not being in current contact with my father - long story) I started over this year. Thankfully with everyone else who is learning these days as well, it was relatively easy to get a lot done in a short space of time. Ancestry (membership through church) has done a lot of good in this area.

Sure, there are still some rather large red herrings in places, but the general quality of research has improved immensely over the years. Even if you had yours researched a couple of years ago, there's more information available online all the time. Several groups, including my church, are working on indexing some of the old records so that more and more is available online.

Only a few years ago, it was reckoned that only 10% of the available genealogy information is online yet! So, it's going to take a long, long time to catch up!

That's cool! And only 10%...amazing. I would have thought that number would be higher.

I also forgot to say thank you for including me on your card :) Oh! and I put you on mine!

Wow! It's a gorgeous creation!!! 🌸👯‍♀️

Thank you!

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

What a fun game @fiberfox!! Love all the collaboration 🍦💖👯‍♀️ thanks for the resteem @hitmeasap! What a great group of entries!!!! WOW!!!! Nice bingo cards everyone....time to get creative!

Your name was on quite a few of the bingo cards, so I'd definitely like to see you put an entry in and find out whose names will be on your card :)

So pro! Nice design 😍

Thanks!

Thank you so much for including me on your card @thatsweeneyguy!! And a fine-looking card at that :)

I can see I'm not the only on who thinks this might be fun.

We had about 15 entries in the first Steemit Bingo draw, so anything close to those numbers will be great!

This is a great idea... I love what you did here @plushzilla! Combining multiple groups like @asapers and @newbiegames is exactly how to grow each group together! Very cool and as always, I love this game and will be happy to enter myself!

You have a few of my favourite people on your card too... and some I have not heard of :) Of course, this is not a popularity contest but all a bit of luck and fun. Hopefully we'll all get to connect with a few new people too! Thanks for playing :)

I tried to be as random as possible so that I could be impartial... I figured the bingo ball wouldn't know anyone, so I took it random too! I like the game, very fun and thank you for hosting it!

No problems, it's good to see people like you adding that little bit extra energy and fun into the community :) I probably had more fun drawing out the names than people creating the card - since they can't really play the game :D

Awesome!! Thanks for tagging me! :D Heres my ENTRY!

plushzillainsideoutletkismit2018magicalmoonlight
lynncoyle1simplymikefrankabelleilovepoorpeople
charisma777davemccoyfibrefoxnostone-unturned
pretty.dorkygoldendawnecryptoriddlerjan23com

So great to see you again (and sorry about the delay) :) I have seen you pop up a quite a few different places on Steemit and you have a lot of my favourites on your card (not including myself of course :D)!

Thanks for playing :)

Well of course I had to put YOU on the list! ;) No need to apologize, we all get busy. Glad to see the contest back, and using @asapers members as the list, it was a nice surprise!

Putting me on the list isn't necessarily going to help your chances though :p I have definitely been thinking about using the game to connect more people/groups together. Turns out that there are quite a few in both newbiegames and asapers already, which makes the job that much easier :) Good luck!

Well of course not! You have one of the names that just sticks out! :) Ive noticed that as well, we do share a lot of the same members. Its a beautiful thing! Thank you!

Hey @smylie2005...sucking up to the boss I see haha
I've been curating for asapers and trying to get more of our newbiemembers to join asapers as well! It is such an awesome fit for both groups!

Haha! I would never! ;)

And here is my bingo card entry. Always fun to play. Now I just need to catch up on some more voting and commenting, but bingo is always a nice break the routine.

You started the Bingo game without me...
Lol, this means I can play :0)
No fancy Bingocard this time... doctor’s advice - no making Bingo cards for another couple of weeks. But I’ll get started on mine instantly :0)

Sorry, you've been doing so much work for @newbiegames and I was dragging my feet a little bit with this one, not to mention that you really need your bed rest. Plus I also wanted to do something more specifically for @asapers this time, so you can put your feet up for now :)

Great idea @fibrefox! Way to support @newbieresteemday and @asapers :) I'm totally in, but I won't get my card in until tomorrow.

Thanks for doing this!!

You're lazy Lynn.... geez... what will it take you to do something and contribute to this platform? ;)

That's me...the lazy queen, sittin' back eating bon bons haha

omgosh... do you want me to get you 16 names your highness?

yes actually ;) I forgot all about the bingo card til now !!

Sweet drawing by the way...I thought you were busy haha

Other than the hair colour, that's pretty good! I didn't know you were such a good artist :D

Don't encourage @davemccoy now @fibrefox! He was totally making fun of me haha

I couldn't draw like that using MS Paint, that's why I am doing pixel art at the moment :p

You should try putting your feet up sometimes... I think Dave was just trying to give you a hint :)

hahaha that's funny! @davemccoy, look at your buddy @fibrefox sticking up for you haha

And I couldn't draw that using MS Paint either :) What's pixel art?

I did wonder which names were going to be on your card :) A good mix of people from those that I know to those that I have not heard of... I am sure I'll learn quite a few new ones by the end of this. Thanks for playing!

I decided to mix it up... Its cool to see other names and maybe make some contacts! Love this game and both you and @simplymike make a good pair on it!

Thanks for the mention @fibrefox :) Glad the game is back. Here is my Entry

Thanks for playing! Seems like Dave's name is popping up again, but this isn't a popularity contest so I don't know when his name will get drawn :D

Always good to see post getting people to get engaged looks fun I wish everyone luck may the cards forever be in your favor

It only takes a few minutes to put in an entry, so join in the fun if you like :)

Here is my entry. Loved the first one and loved this one!

https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@iexplore/steemit-bingo-game-2-entry

Thanks for the entry! I really enjoy seeing everyone's cards and also drawing the names :) You've got quite a few of my favourites on your card as well. Good luck!

Ok I got it done :) Here's my entry. Thanks for hosting such an awesome game and honouring @asapers in the process ;)

I have definitely had fun getting to know some of the people on @asapers better... there has to be a good reason why some of the names keep popping up on those bingo cards, and why I haven't heard of some yet (it means I need to get involved in other circles as well). Thanks for your entry and good luck!

Thank you, and fyi I fixed my card. It was very difficult fyi ;)

You're all good to go now! I certainly learnt a lot of new names... did you know that about a quarter of the people who follow @newbiegames also follow @asapers :) That means there are still lots of great people that haven't had the chance to meet other wonderful people from the other group!

I know! :) That's how I got involved with @asapers. I followed @hitmeasap and liked him and what he does, found out about asapers and realized it's very similar to @newbieresteemday so I thought if I joined both, I could maybe bring our groups together a bit; and of course, when I'm wandering around here, I find people and introduce them to both Discord channels. I love that I'm seeing more and more people from newbieresteemday joining asapers and vice versa! And @insideoutlet is so awesome to work with...I'm really enjoying being a part of two wonderful groups.

Your game is a great way to have more interaction between the groups and of course for all of us to meet new people! Thank you again for hosting it ;)

I started with finding a post from @mudcat36 and from @davemccoy, and followed @newbieresteemday (and @newbiegames). I already knew @insideoutlet from @teamaustralia, so I am surprised I didn't know about @asapers sooner. And from there I also found out about @helpie so I am wondering where it will lead to next :)

It's strange I feel weird promoting my own group. That's why I am so glad that people like you, @simplymike and @lynncoyle1, not to mention @hitmeasap are regually promoting the group. It's wonderful to see it growing so fast. All I need to do now is get the SP above 500 as I am strggling to upvote the posts from the post promo channel with limited VP and SP. We are at 312 sp only need about 200 more in delegations to make a difference. Do you know of any contests we could enter to possibly win some?

Well, there is a logo contest for @steem-bounty for 300 STEEM at the moment... but @artz has a pretty good list as you know, and there are also lots of contests at @newbiegames and @ifc as well that you might be interested. Anything that I am winning from competitions now I am trying to put towards group accounts as it is much more effective than trying to promote people on my own. Will look out for delegation opportunities as well as there are some going around too :)

Well now my wheels are turning! Yikes, I keep bringing more people into @asapers too...poor you!!

I'm going to talk with @davemccoy and some others to try and figure something out. I really want to help you ;)

stay tuned...

Well I'd say the sky is the limit! I'm excited that we are all growing together and can't wait to see what it all looks like a year from now. It's a pretty awesome group(s) of people and I just love seeing them all intertwined in one way or another!

I agree.... we are only a few months in and now we can start to see our connections grow daily. One year wil be something to behold.

That is the beauty of how all this works @plushzilla... we are really all one big team and finding our ways together because we have the same missions. Maybe we attack things differently, but the same goals of building the community still exist.

Going through the list of the @asapers followers, it struck me there were so many names I hadn’t seen before...
With your Bingo game, you are providing a great opportunity for people to meet new people :0)

It is a great chance to meet new people, isn't it??!! And I love how it's combining @newbieresteemday and @asapers! So awesome ;)

Also lots of interesting bingo card designs!

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Hi @krystall, I heard a lot about @steemschool and it sounds very interesting :) I am also involved with @newbieresteemday, @asapers and @helpie who are all doing similar things so we should all support each other!

I will sponsor 2 @steembasicincome shares for the most creative card

Thanks for the support! I will add it to the prizes and also include a mention of @steembasicincome :)

Here's my entry, @fibrefox

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My Entry

Thanks for the image! It really does make the thumbnail and the presentation of the post stand out a lot more :)

This looks fun, and I haven't played a Steemit game in a while. I'm in! Laying out my post now.

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My Card... I hope I did this right, if not would someone come to my rescue?? :)

No need for a rescue this time, you're all set to go. A few interesting names on your list that I don't know of so I'll have to go pay them a visit :)

Missed it this time, let me know when the next bingo goes up!

No problems :)