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[ACTIVITY] Bin-GO RP! (now over)
Week 2 has begun!
  • We had 11 groups reach a bingo this week! Great job, guys!
  • Any groups who wish to begin a new card together may now do so!
  • No worries if you haven’t reached a bingo on your first card yet - you don’t need to complete it in just one week! :)
Posted 04/08/20

Nobo
Signing up again with the same group you’ve previously completed a bingo card with would mean starting a new RP together.
(sorry, only just saw your question!)

Posted 04/08/20
Follow-up question, since I was convinced that we had to finish within a week or forfeit our card. I just got confused at the start and never thought otherwise. Say my group finishes Week 1’s card in Week 2. Can we start another card in Week 2 or do we need to wait until Week 3 to start a second card since we ended up finishing a card in Week 2 regardless of which week it came from?
Posted 04/08/20

raus
The intention is that you’ll have 1 active bingo card (per unique group) at a time. So, if you finish your first card in week 2, you’re welcome to start your next card at any point after that first one is done (be it week 2, week 3, several weeks later…). The point will count towards the week you finished the card on, not the week you started it. So, even if you finished your first card and your second card during week 2 of the activity, you’d only be able to get your point for the first card you turn in.

Does that make sense? I know the logistics are a little complicated to explain, so I definitely don’t mind clarifying. 8);

Posted 04/10/20
Crow Yes, that makes sense. That’s what I was assuming. I think I was just worried we could not start the second card immediately. Thank you for clarifying!
Posted 04/10/20
Say a group finished their bingo card, and we would like to continue the rp, could we request a new bingo card for that same rp and then complete that one for a new point? (Different weeks of course) Instead of having to request a whole new thread, thus restarting their plot?
Posted 04/15/20

Epipen DelightfulDragon Cien
Sorry for the delay getting back to you guys on this! We had to talk it over, but we’ve decided to allow players to continue their current RP thread with a new card after they’ve completed their original bingo. However, due to the relatively limited number of bingo cards available at this time, you may receive a duplicate. This isn’t something we’re going to check or re-roll for.

If you’d like to continue a current RP thread with a second (or third, fourth, etc.) card, please post in the Group Registration thread with a link to the thread you’d like to continue, as well as the names of the players in the group.

I’ll add this into the first post here, and into the Group Registration thread, too.

Posted 04/16/20
Thank you guys for reviewing those requests and letting us continue RPs! I’ve started a few that are really fun but I wouldn’t be able to sustain those plus a new one every week going forward.
Posted 04/16/20

With the implemented change of being able to ‘refresh’ the card for ongoing RPs (which I’m really happy about!), DelightfulDragon and I have a question about this rule:

One active card per group - you may re-sign up with the same group again once your previous card is complete.

For a specific example: we first signed up with this thread, which we completed a card for. At that point of time, the rule change wasn’t in place to get a new card, so we re-signed up and got this thread on April 8.

We hadn’t yet started anything for it before the rule change, after which we decided to get a new card for our first thread on April 17. But since we still have that second thread, we have some questions:

1. If we started an RP for the second thread, would we be able to claim credit for it if we achieved bingo?
2. Would we be allowed to request a new plot/bingo card for that thread? (Referring to the FAQ question/answer: ‘I’m not comfortable with the plot that got rolled for my group. Can I get another one?’ which states ‘you are welcome to request a new card for your current group at the beginning of the next week of this activity’, and not as in requesting a new card after completing a bingo.) If yes - are we allowed to request it now, as it’s been a week since we asked for the thread to be created, or do we need to wait a week from April 17, when our first thread’s bingo card was rerolled?

Sorry for this really long and involved question 8’D

Edited for wording clarity!

Posted 04/20/20, edited 04/20/20
Azurrys
  1. Yep! You’ll just get the bingo credit for whichever thread you claim bingo in first that week (it doesn’t matter on which week the thread was started, just when you finish your card - so if you get bingo in that thread and another on the same week, you can only get credit for one)
  2. You can do so now, since it’s been at least a week since you got that plot rolled up.

I hope that makes sense - no worries about the questions, though! Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you!


General Update!

Azurrys recently approached us with a fancy spreadsheet she put together to make generating bingo cards easier and more varied! After some discussion, we’ve decided that we will be utilizing this sheet going forward.

This means that new bingo cards generated after this point will appear as a table in bbcode rather than an image as they did previously. This also means that there will be more variation in the cards overall, instead of us just pulling from the same small handful we have created thus far.

Hopefully this change will help shake things up a bit! We will also provide the bbcode for your card in Bone Monster’s post, to make it a bit easier for you to keep track in whatever way works best for you.

We are now on Week 4, by the way!
Posted 04/22/20, edited 04/22/20
Week 6 has begun!

I’m still catching up on tallies and new cards, but anything posted before the official beginning of this week will still count towards last week.

And an end date for Bin-GO RP! has been set!

This activity will come to a close after 23:59 ST on June 9th.

Posted 05/06/20, edited 05/06/20
One of my RPs were just turned in for this coming week, but that means I can’t hit 6 points before the deadline. I was under the impression this event would go on indefinitely. Is there a way to extend it an additional week to accommodate planning?
Posted 05/06/20
I was under the impression this was a permanent or at least very long time thing as well. An activity to help encourage people to roleplay more… it sucks that its temporary cause I was waiting to be matched up for 2+ weeks and am still waiting for a match actually.
Posted 05/06/20
While I didn’t think it was permanent, I thought it would last longer than this.. My role-play partner and I have been role-playing pretty slowly, and have only really earned one point.
Posted 05/06/20
Will there also be a hard deadline to redeem the points we earned for prizes?  If so, what will that be?
Posted 05/06/20
I’ll be sad to see this event go! I feel like the bingo event was a great idea to help spur some more on site roleplay! It would be neat if it were extended by another week so anyone caught off guard could max out the points needed to get the top tier shrooms, but either way!! I hope to see this event, or an event similar, come back in the future! It’s a lot of fun!
Posted 05/06/20
After some discussion, we have decided to extend Bin-GO RP through the end of the day on June 30th.
  • Hopefully this will give everyone ample time to earn the points you need to earn your preferred prizes, without making anyone feel like they need to rush through their bingo cards to do so.
  • We will continue to do our best to update bingo cards, points, and prizes once per day. Please be patient with us if there’s a day or two that is missed - it’s a weird time, and we’re balancing running this on top of other Mycena work, offline responsibilities, and other stressors.
  • We also hope to put together some way for players to continue to generate plots and such after this is over. This is something we’ll be looking into over the coming weeks - it seems like a great use for the adventure system!

Edit: As a result of this update, I’m going to wait a bit before distributing the prizes that have been requested since last night, just in case this changes anyone’s mind about what they’d like. Feel free to edit your post in that thread if you’ve changed your mind about spending your points!


luccamajere
At this time, there’s no hard deadline for redeeming points. We may revisit this closer to the end of the activity, but will keep you guys updated!

fairyneko
I’m sorry that you haven’t found a partner yet. Unfortunately, there’s not much we can do about that on our end, but I definitely encourage you to put your feelers out a bit more! Hopefully you find someone soon! You could always post in the group assignment thread, though that is also dependent on other players looking for groups, as well

Posted 05/06/20, edited 05/06/20

Thanks y’all!! <33

And I think that would be really neat, if y’all were able to figure out something similar to this to use as an event for the adventure system!! =0 That could be a very good way to both encourage creative engagement with the site and community, and also give folk an excuse to play with the adventure system if they haven’t done much of that yet!!

Posted 05/06/20
Just wanted to say, thank you for extending the deadline!
Posted 05/07/20
Thank you!! Hopefully we’ll be able to get a few more points now. :)
Posted 05/07/20
I super appreciate the flexibility :D!
Posted 05/07/20
Update: Bingo card adjustments

Several more character interaction tropes have been added to hopefully spice things up a bit, and a couple of the really way too easy ones have been removed. This change will affect any new bingo cards generated after this point in time. All previous bingo cards currently still being worked on will still count, even if they contain squares that have since been removed.

Posted 06/10/20
The final week of Bin-GO RP! has begun!

We’ve been really impressed by the participation in this activity, and hope that you’ve enjoyed flexing your roleplay muscles throughout! Once the activity draws to a close next week, we’ll have a feedback form for you guys, and probably a final date set for we’ll want all of your points to be redeemed by.

Posted 06/24/20
Bin-Go RP! has now concluded!

We hope you had a good time RPing for some prizes, and look forward to utilizing a similar activity style in the future! For now, though, you guys deserve some rest. :D

Some final notes:
  • Please aim to spend your Bin-GO RP points by the end of the day on July 31st. After that date, any remaining points will be spent for you.
  • If you would like to continue your thread, please reach out to Dove or Crow and we can move it into the proper subforum for you.
  • We would be very happy to receive feedback on this activity! You can either post in this thread, or echo Dove and/or Crow. Crow didn’t feel she had enough pointed questions to call for a feedback form proper.
Posted 07/01/20, edited 07/01/20
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