Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
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FYI, in case the forum goes down you can email me your "BINGO!" calls to e3bingo@gmail.com. Please include your username in your message.
Alternatively, I'll accept any time-stamped post you make about it on an another message board.
Also, you can use your twitter account to post it. #bingo!
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Update.
Just wanted to let people know that you can still sign up up until the start of the conference. The only difference is the items that already happened during the Nintendo Direct ( Glimpse of O/S, Universal Remote) will not be on the cards of folks who sign up after Nintendo Direct.
- Gahiggidy
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Prizes
GRAND PRIZE: The certified 1st place player will win $50 towards a Wii U preorder.
5 RUNNER-UP PRIZES: Still to be determined, but the players who place 2-6 will win a neat piece of Nintendo swag. The current plan is to get Nintendo themed coffee mugs.
This contest was put together as a way to add fun and hype to Nintendo's already hotly anticipated 2012 E3 Press Conference. The game is played like paper BINGO, but with random numbers replaced with games, people, hardware features and generally cool stuff everyone hopes to see during the press conference. There are 78 of these cool things to look out for during the show. These items are listed with a short explanation at the end of this document. Each player that signs up to play gets three BINGO cards. Each card has a randomly generated 5x5 square grid made up of those 78 items. Everyone's game uses that same list of items, but not every item from the list will be shown on one of the player's BINGO cards.
Since there are a few long-shot items and even a couple of nearly impossible "wildcard" items in the list, everybody playing has three sheets/cards to try and make a BINGO pattern. The winning patterns are "straight-lines"; those being any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines formed from 5 covered squares. As soon as you make a matching pattern on any of your three sheets, declare "BINGO!" For those playing in-person in the NeoGAF cafeteria, shout it out loud enough for the judges to hear, for everyone else playing the home game, post it on NeoGAF in the thread titled "Checkbox Bingo - Play the Nintendo Press Conference - Win Prizes". (In the unlikely event that the forums go down during the press event, an alternative method of communicating your BINGO will be arranged. Check back later to see how that will work.)
Even if you see other players post "BINGO!", keep playing, as the next five people to get BINGO will receive runner-up prizes. Furthermore, since this is an online game, and we cannot pause the conference to check cards, certification of the winners will take place when the conference is over. Please keep playing through the end of the conference. Copies of everyone's BINGO cards are saved for the judges to review. You do not need to send your card back to us.
This is a pen and paper game. You are supposed to print the sheets out and mark them as you watch the conference.
In the event that one or more people declare "BINGO!" before the 30-minute mark of the press conference, the rules will alter to allow someone to "steal" 1st place and win the Grand Prize. If by the end of the conference anyone gets a BINGO pattern on each of their three cards, they can declare "BINGOx3!" to win that first place spot. The original winner will move to the first runner-up position. No other winning places will be given to follow-on players who get a "BINGOx3"on their cards.
Important. Only what is seen and heard during the Nintendo Press Conference or Sunday's Nintendo Direct can be used to mark your cards. Nothing outside of those events should be considered, including material from the official Nintendo press site, news reports, or third-party press conferences. For example, if it has been confirmed by a Nintendo press release that a new Mario Paint game is coming to Wii U, but they fail to ever show or mention it during the press conference, you may not check that box. Additionally, if they do show a confirmed game during the press event, you have to wait for the moment it comes up during the show before you can mark your card. Also, if a person has the label "On stage" under their name, video feed only does not count (including the Nintendo Direct). (Updated to include the surprise Nintendo Direct)
FAQ
Sounds great, how do I sign up?
In order to get you your BINGO cards, I will need you to send me a PM (Private Message) confirm you want to play and provide me an email I can send it to along with your username. Please put these on separate lines to make it easy for me to cut and paste. Also, if you have any punctuation, spaces or other characters in your username that are not safe for file-names, please modify your username to be file-name friendly. For example:
I will send out your BINGO cards as a PDF document whihc will also inlcude the above instructions and rules repeated. You can download a sample of this document here:
>> http://checkboxbingo.com/pdf.cfm <<
For those who are curious, I've set up a page where you can test out the results of the random BINGO card:
>> www.checkboxbingo.com <<
FYI, in case the forum goes down you can email me your "BINGO!" calls to e3bingo@gmail.com. Please include your username in your message.
Alternatively, I'll accept any time-stamped post you make about it on an another message board.
Also, you can use your twitter account to post it. #bingo!
*** UPDATE ***
*********
Update.
Just wanted to let people know that you can still sign up up until the start of the conference. The only difference is the items that already happened during the Nintendo Direct ( Glimpse of O/S, Universal Remote) will not be on the cards of folks who sign up after Nintendo Direct.
- Gahiggidy
**********
Prizes
GRAND PRIZE: The certified 1st place player will win $50 towards a Wii U preorder.
5 RUNNER-UP PRIZES: Still to be determined, but the players who place 2-6 will win a neat piece of Nintendo swag. The current plan is to get Nintendo themed coffee mugs.
This contest was put together as a way to add fun and hype to Nintendo's already hotly anticipated 2012 E3 Press Conference. The game is played like paper BINGO, but with random numbers replaced with games, people, hardware features and generally cool stuff everyone hopes to see during the press conference. There are 78 of these cool things to look out for during the show. These items are listed with a short explanation at the end of this document. Each player that signs up to play gets three BINGO cards. Each card has a randomly generated 5x5 square grid made up of those 78 items. Everyone's game uses that same list of items, but not every item from the list will be shown on one of the player's BINGO cards.
Since there are a few long-shot items and even a couple of nearly impossible "wildcard" items in the list, everybody playing has three sheets/cards to try and make a BINGO pattern. The winning patterns are "straight-lines"; those being any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines formed from 5 covered squares. As soon as you make a matching pattern on any of your three sheets, declare "BINGO!" For those playing in-person in the NeoGAF cafeteria, shout it out loud enough for the judges to hear, for everyone else playing the home game, post it on NeoGAF in the thread titled "Checkbox Bingo - Play the Nintendo Press Conference - Win Prizes". (In the unlikely event that the forums go down during the press event, an alternative method of communicating your BINGO will be arranged. Check back later to see how that will work.)
Even if you see other players post "BINGO!", keep playing, as the next five people to get BINGO will receive runner-up prizes. Furthermore, since this is an online game, and we cannot pause the conference to check cards, certification of the winners will take place when the conference is over. Please keep playing through the end of the conference. Copies of everyone's BINGO cards are saved for the judges to review. You do not need to send your card back to us.
This is a pen and paper game. You are supposed to print the sheets out and mark them as you watch the conference.
In the event that one or more people declare "BINGO!" before the 30-minute mark of the press conference, the rules will alter to allow someone to "steal" 1st place and win the Grand Prize. If by the end of the conference anyone gets a BINGO pattern on each of their three cards, they can declare "BINGOx3!" to win that first place spot. The original winner will move to the first runner-up position. No other winning places will be given to follow-on players who get a "BINGOx3"on their cards.
Important. Only what is seen and heard during the Nintendo Press Conference or Sunday's Nintendo Direct can be used to mark your cards. Nothing outside of those events should be considered, including material from the official Nintendo press site, news reports, or third-party press conferences. For example, if it has been confirmed by a Nintendo press release that a new Mario Paint game is coming to Wii U, but they fail to ever show or mention it during the press conference, you may not check that box. Additionally, if they do show a confirmed game during the press event, you have to wait for the moment it comes up during the show before you can mark your card. Also, if a person has the label "On stage" under their name, video feed only does not count (including the Nintendo Direct). (Updated to include the surprise Nintendo Direct)
FAQ
Sounds great, how do I sign up?
In order to get you your BINGO cards, I will need you to send me a PM (Private Message) confirm you want to play and provide me an email I can send it to along with your username. Please put these on separate lines to make it easy for me to cut and paste. Also, if you have any punctuation, spaces or other characters in your username that are not safe for file-names, please modify your username to be file-name friendly. For example:
Mr. Kitty2@@8 said:
I will send out your BINGO cards as a PDF document whihc will also inlcude the above instructions and rules repeated. You can download a sample of this document here:
>> http://checkboxbingo.com/pdf.cfm <<
For those who are curious, I've set up a page where you can test out the results of the random BINGO card:
>> www.checkboxbingo.com <<
